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Santiago Cirugeda


www.recetasurbanas.net 

Work exposed in Madrid Abierto
Construye tu casa en una azotea

Architect. Carries out subversive art project in different areas of the urban environment. He is currently working on self-construction projects in various Spanish cities, in which groups of citizens decide to create their own urban public spaces.

EDUCATION
  • Architecture degree from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla (Higher Technical College of Architecture, Seville).

SITUATIONAL PROJECTS. URBAN PROSTHESES

2007
  • Creation and installation of alegal furniture. Vigo-Madrid
  • Reusing and tuning up 45 housing containers for social collectives
  • Restoration of shantytown settlement of As Rañas. La Coruña
  • Ci-Arte Co-operative. Sevilla
  • Roadblock. Project in the territory. El Cotillo, Fuerteventura
  • Alegal housing contracted on roofs of co-proprietor housing communities
2006
  • Studios for rent on roof of Escuela Arte 4.Vivero de Empresas. Madrid
  • Housing estate of 5000 m2 on non-trafficable roof. Mixart-Myrys.  Toulouse, France.
  • Casa del Tilo. Lacorzana, Álava
  • 35 rental apartments for young people. Social management project. Basauri, Vizcaya
  • Memorial victims of the Civil War Málaga 1937 together with Rogelio López Cuenca
2006–2005
  • Disassembly and Assembly. Aula Abierta. Granada
2005
  • Self-constructed lecture room building trench. Faculty of Fine Arts, Málaga
  • Stiff sheets. Camouflaged housing
  • Demountable building. One-person housing. Occupation of a land site in Barcelona.
  • Institutional Prosthesis. Extension of the Contemporary Art Centre of Castellón, ESPAI
2004
  • Opening of land sites with public equipment. Sevilla
2003
  • Centre of visual arts project. Automaton architecture. Sevilla
2002
  • Occupation of land sites with movable architecture. Sevilla-Madrid
2001
  • Refuge for excursionists under the Osborne Bulls project
  • Occupation of trees. Insect-house, the strategy of the tick.
2000
  • Poster-house with tunnels. Plaza de la Mina, Cádiz
  • Illegal house in the historical centre (witnesses protection system)
  • Five-storey house inserted in seven-storey building. Degenerated horizontal proposal.
1999
  • Projector-house. Urban bus station. El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz
  • Cápsula 1.S.C. Finland Pavilion. Expo'92. Sevilla

1998-2001

  • Tiendas 13. (habitable cells). Sevilla; Cádiz; Granada; Córdoba
1997
  • Calle San Luis (Installation of container  S.C.). Sevilla
  • Plaza de San Marcos (Occupation of scaffolding).Sevilla
  • Calle Divina Pastora (Room on scaffolding).Sevilla
1996
  • Barrio de San Bernardo (Projecting with lights. Neighbourhood energy transfer). Sevilla
EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
2007
  • Sueño de Casa Propia.Geneva, Switzerland
  • Rotterdam Architecture Biennale, the Netherlands
  • Illegal house project. Fundación Borgovico 33, Como, Italy
  • Urban Reanimations and the minimal intervention. Swiss Arch Museum, Basel, Switzerland
  • Civil Disobedience: the work of Santiago Cirugeda. NYIT, New York, USA.
2006
  • Sector Sur. Instituto Aberroes, Córdoba
  • Galería AD-Hoc, Vigo
  • SPAM city. Contemporary Art Museum, Santiago de Chile
  • 5th Leandro Cristòfol Art Biennale, Lleida
  • Confusión Project. Project 133. London
  • Memorial Málaga 1937. ARCO'06, Madrid
2005
  • Galería ADN, Barcelona
  • 1st Contemporary Art Biennale Moscow, Russia
2004
  • Intrusiones. Andalusian Contemporary Art Centre, Sevilla
2003
  • MAD.03. Experimental Art Meetings, Madrid
  • Crossroads of n°11 creation, Design and habitats. George Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
  • Urban Drift. Transformers. Berlin, Germany
  • UTOPIA STATION. 50ª Mostra di Arte. Venice Biennale, Italy
  • The TENT. Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2002
  • Legal-Space-Public. Établissement d´en face. Brussels, Belgium
  • CAPITAL CONFORT. Alcorcón, Madrid
  • MANIFIESTA 4. Research Room. Frankfurt, Germany
  • Colectivos y Asociados. Casa de América, INJUVE, Madrid
  • Generación 2002. Caja Madrid, Madrid; Barcelona; Sevilla
  • Cambio Climático. 1.1. Ministry of Development. D.G.V.A.U. Madrid
  • Living in Motion. Vitra Design Museum. Berlin, Germany; Milan, Italy; Lisbon
  • Portugal ; London, England
2001
  • ESPAÑA 1:1. Order of Lisbon Architects, Portugal
  • METAPOLIS  Nº3,  Barcelona, October
  • Second Architectural Market EME-3. Centre of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona
  • IDENSITAT. Calaf art public. Centre of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona
  • UTOPIA NOW. California College of the Arts, San Francisco and Sonoma County Museum. Los Angeles. USA.
  • ARCHILAB .3.  Orleáns, France
  • Exhibition "MRGNC". Caja de San Fernando, Sevilla; Badajoz; Cádiz
2000
  • METAPOLIS 2.0. Barcelona, June
  • Expo "Industrial Design Andalucía".D.G.A.V. Regional Government of Andalusia. Sevilla
  • 1st Invitation; Vínculos al tiempo. Ministry of Development, D.G.V.A.U. Madrid
  • 1999. First Architectural Market. EME-3.  Barcelona
  • Acción nº4 La Casita. Cycle of Initiatives. Ministry of Development. D.G.V.A.U. Madrid
  • Equilibrios, Casitas. Exhibition. Galería Antoni Pinyol, Reus, Tarragona

1999-1995

  • Instalación habitable .Finland Pavilion. FIDAS \ COAAO. Sevilla
1998
  • Video-work for Arts on the edge. Academy of performing Arts, Perth, Australia
  • The City, Space + Globalization Exhibition. University of Michigan. College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Slusser Gallery. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

1998-1997

  • Museo S.C. Puente del Alamillo, Sevilla (rejected)
1997
  • Urban-Planning Conferences in the District of San Bernardo. Provincial Government of Sevilla
1996
  • Instancias. Civic Centre, Casa de las Columnas, Sevilla
1995
  • Das Letzte Haus. The last house. Haus der Architektur. Graz, Austria
1993
  • Contaminación. Family house. Sevilla

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

  • "Superuse", Recyclicity Foundation. Rotterdam, February, 2007
  • Virus. Lisbon
  • Mark Magazine, Amsterdam, January, 2007
  • "Situaciones Urbanas", Edit. Tenor, January, 2007
  • "Arquitectura del Siglo XXI, más allá de Kioto", Madrid, January, 2007
  • "APTM.30m2", Actar, Barcelona, 2006
  • SPAM arqu, nº 2. Santiago de Chile. October 2006
  • IMPASE, Lleida, nº 6, March, 2006
  • Architecture in Spain, Taschen, November, 2006
  • Progettare, Milan, September, 2005
  • A10, Amsterdam, Nº5, July, 2005
  • Magazine Archis, Amsterdam, Nº2, July, 2005
  • Rooftop Architecture, NAI publishers
  • Pasajes de Arquitectura y Crítica, Nº 86, April 2005
  • CASABASIC, Valencia, June, 2005
  • EXIT, April, 2005
  • "Arquitectura Portátil", Structure, 2005
  • "TREE HOUSES", Pageone, 2005
  • "VIA Construcción", Barcelona, July, 2004
  • "MOVE HOUSE", Prestel, London, 2004
  • OVIZINE. 3, Bilbao, 2004
  • ZEHAR, Arteleku, San Sebastián, Nº52, January, 2004
  • Pasajes de Arquitectura y Crítica, Nº 53 and Nº 54, January/February, 2004
  • Blank, Madrid, October, 2003
  • PAPERS D´ART, Gerona, Nº 85, 2003
  • Clone, Sevilla, Nº 05, November, 2003
  • EIS, Madrid, October, 2003 
  • SUBLIME, Gijón, Nº 10, October, 2003
  • LAPIZ, Madrid, Nº 184, June, 2002
  • LAPIZ, Madrid, Nº 194, September, 2003
  • NEUTRA. 09-10 .COAS, Sevilla, September, 2003
  • SCALAE, Barcelona, Nº 2, September, 2003
  • IDENSITAT 2, Calaf-Barcelona, CCCB, Barcelona, 2003
  • Generación 2002, Caja Madrid, Madrid, January, 2003
  • B-guided, Barcelona, December, 2002
  • Living in Motion, Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, 2002
  • Pasajes de Arquitectura y crítica, Madrid, Nº 53, Nº54 and Nº 66
  • ABITARE, Italy, December, 2002
  • El interior de la arquitectura, Chile, 2002
  • ¿Qué hago yo aquí?, Madrid, Nº 2, 2002
  • PISO. Architecture Magazine, Mexico, 2002
  • Colectivos y Asociados, INJUVE, Madrid, 2002
  • TRANSVERSAL, Barcelona, September, 2002
  • Diseño interior, Madrid, September, 2002
  • AGGLUTINATIONS, New York, Nº 1, June, 2002
  • "Cambio Climático. 1.1". Ministry of Development, D.G.V.A.U., Madrid, 2002
  • ARCH +, Berlin
  • NADAES, Art magazine, Cádiz, November, 2001
  • VERB,. Actar, Barcelona, Nº 1, November, 2001
  • ROJO, Barcelona, Nº 2, October, 2001
  • "International Ateliers of Alsace and Lorraine", ACTE, Phalbourg, November 2001
  • "UTOPIA NOW", CCAC: California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, 2001
  • ARCHITECTUR AKTUELL, Austria, Nº7, Nº8, July/August, 2001
  • Diccionario de Arquitectura Avanzada, Actar, September, 2001
  • WERK, BAU+WOHNEN, Switzerland, May, 2001
  • ARCHILAB 3, Orleans, France, May, 2001
  • NEO2, Nº 17, May, 2001
  • MRGNC. Caja de San Fernando, Sevilla, March, 2001
  • Pasajes de crítica y arquitectura, Nº 26, Nº 30
  • INSITU, Oporto, Nº 1, March, 2001
  • CONSTRUCTIVA, Barcelona,  Nº 4, Nº 6, December, 2000
  • FIDAS del COAAOC, Sevilla, February/September/October, 2000
  • "CONVOCATORIA", Ministry of Development, D.G.V.A.U., Madrid, November, 2000
  • METÁPOLIS  2.0, Actar, Barcelona, July, 2000
  • Piezas de Autor. 1920-1999, Industrial Design of Andalucía, Government of  Andalucía, May, 2000
  • Fisuras de la cultura contemporánea, February, N° 8, 2000
  • QUADERNS, N° 244, February, 2000
  • SUBURBAN, Sevilla, Nº2, 1999
  • Acciones, Ministry of Development, N° 4, May, 1999
  • FIDAS del COAAOc, January, 1999
  • Pasajes de crítica y arquitectura, Nº 2, Nº 3, Nº 4, Nº 6, Nº 12, Nº 26, Nº 30, December 1998, January/February/April/December 1999, April/October 2001
  • Mi-5, Nº 1, December, 1997
  • "La última casa", Austria, Steirisher Herbst, 1995

 CONFERENCES (SELECTION)

  • "On Contemporary Culture", Summer workshop, Almería, July 2007
  • "Other ways of creating the city: alternatives to globalisation", UIMP, Santander, July 2007
  • Encuentro de Arte Contemporáneo MED07, Medellín, May 2007
  • "Intramuros" Lecture series and Workshop, PBSA-FH, Dusseldorf, November 2006
  • "Affordable housing" Seminar, CCCB Barcelona, November 2006
  • "21st Century Housing", UPM summer competitions, La Granja de San Ildefonso, July 2006
  • "Youth and Housing". FORO CIVITAS NOVA 2006, Guadalajara, March 2006
  • "21st Century Housing, beyond Kyoto", 2nd Seminar on Sustainability, Madrid, February 2006
  • HOUSING IS BACK. Symposium, Munich, January 2006
  • "Cities in (re)construction" Course, Local Government of Barcelona, December 2005
  • "Dance and Architecture". UPC, Barcelona, May 2005
  • COAM, Madrid, April 2005
  • ARCHITAXI, Granada, February 2005
  • Association of Architects of Castellón, March 2005
  • Fundacione Querini Stampalia, Venice, September 2004
  • "Public Art in Spain", Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome, 2004
  • "Citizen Participation", C.O.A., Ciudad Real, 2004
  • Conferences on heritage, C.O.A., Toledo, 2004
  • PERIFERIAK, Bilbao, 2004
  • Architecture in Migration, Cologne, 2004
  • "LABITACIONES", Arteleku, San Sebastián, 2003
  • "Urban Drift", Transformers, Berlin, 2003
  • Estudios Superiores Foundation, Olot, Gerona, 2003
  • "The Tent", Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2003
  • Architecture College of Oporto, Portugal, 2003
  • Barraca Barcelona, FAD, Barcelona, 2002
  • College of Architecture, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, 2002
  • Higher College of Architecture of Sevilla, 2002
  • Elisava Design College, Barcelona, 2002
  • "Legal-Space-Public", Établissement d´en face, Brussels, 2002
  • Alicante College of Architecture May 2002
  • ESDI. Sabadell, November 2001
  • Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon, 2001
  • "A space for art", Andanza, Sevilla, 2001
  • ARCHILAB .3, Orleans, France, 2001
  • Master "Habitat: contemporary housing and environment", ESARQ, Barcelona, 2001
  • ETSA Granada, University of Granada, 2000
  • Master "Metrópolis 8", Barcelona Centre of Contemporary Culture, UPC, 2000
  • Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon, 2000
  • First Architectural Market, Eme -3, Barcelona, 1999
  • Forum "No Homologado" ESARQ, Barcelona, 1999
  • ETSAV, University of San Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona, 1999
  • New teaching tendencies, Fidas.COAAOc, Sevilla, 1998
  • Seminar "Intervene The City" The Theatre Institute, Sevilla, 1998
  • Arts on the edge Conference", Academy of performing Arts, Perth, Australia, 1997
TEACHING
  • Workshop Arpafil, FIL de Guadalajara, Mexico, November 2006
  • Architecture Week. Habitares; Chapultepec. Mexico City, October 2006
  • EUTOPÍA. Meeting of young creators, Córdoba, September 2006
  • Art and Architecture workshop. International Spanish Co-operation, Panama, August 2006
  • International workshop Intersekzi, Bilbaoarte, Bilbao, July 2006
  • Workshop "Aerial Sevilla, fleeing from speculation", CACC, June 2006
  • Dance and Architecture workshop. "Catedrales", ENDANZA, Sevilla, March 2006
  • Research workshop, Foro BARRIADAS, Sevilla, 2006
  • International workshop "Cartagena de Indias", University of the Andes, Colombia, July 2005
  • Director of workshop AULA ABIERTA, Faculty of Fine Arts, Granada, March 2005
  • Master "Architecture and Ephemeral Spaces", UPC, Barcelona, 2004-2005
  • Workshop "The subversión of public space", CAAC, Sevilla 2004
  • Workshop "Urban situations", Spanish Cultural Centre, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2003
  • Seminar "The contemporary metropolis", Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, 2003
  • Treating Historical Centres, C.O.A., Castilla la Mancha, Toledo, 2003
  • "Labitaciones", Arteleku workshop, San Sebastián, 2003
  • Workshop "Dripping shit. Urban Strategies", PERIFERIADOS, Gijón, 2003
  • "BARRACA BCN", Workshop Barcelona, 2003
  • Director of workshop "Constructing on the Constructed 2", Escuela LAI, Barcelona, 2003
  • Director of workshop, "Mastery of urban planning", Bogotá, 2002
  • Director of workshop "Constructing on the Constructed", ESARQ. UIC., Barcelona, 2002
  • Master "Design and Public Space", ELISAVA, Barcelona, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006
  • Co-director of course "Vertical Dancing-Architecture Dancing" with Geneviéve Mazin, ENDANZA, Sevilla 1999
  • FIDAS, COAAOc, Andalusian Theatre Institute, College of Set Design, Sevilla, 1999
  • Director of course "Urban Interventions. A place from the institution"
  • Director of course "Dripping shit. Public Art", Andalusian Theatre Institute, Sevilla, 1998
  • College of Set Design, Sevilla, 1997
  • Director of course "Urban situations. Public Art", Andalusian Theatre Institute