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ASCENDING, DURATION, ROOMS
Ascending, Duration and Rooms (13:54 each) are the three short films based on the un-construction of the House Opera in Detroit. … More
SPATIAL CONSTRUCTIONS
Spatial Construction: Occupying a Grid is an exercise for the Introduction to Architecture and Visual Culture studio for non-majors at Barnard … More
FORMS OF ENGAGEMENT
Interview with PLAT journal editors discussing forms of engagement, care, architecture education, and architecture as potential. Visit their website here.
MAKING THE PUBLIC–COMMONS
MAKING THE PUBLIC–COMMONS was an installation and a conversations-marathon project motivated by the ambition and need to elaborate our positions … More
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AN AGENDA FOR BCS
As a newcomer faculty to Texas in the Fall of 2018, I decided to dedicate most of my architecture studios—junior, … More
QUESTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN BRYAN, TX
QUESTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN BRYAN, TX is a collaboration with MILM2 long-standing Proyecto Pregunta (or Question Project) for their latest book … More
ARCHIVAL IMPRESSION: (RE)COLLECTING GORDON MATTA-CLARK
This article examines the contested relationship between the artist Gordon Matta-Clark, who was educated as an architect, and his father, … More
BRIDGING THE BINATIONAL CITIES OF LAREDO AND NUEVO LAREDO
ARCHITECTURE MATTERS: BRIDGING THE BI-NATIONAL CITIES OF LAREDO AND NUEVO LAREDO The studio explores questions of political boundaries and their … More
EXIT INTERVIEW: MUSINGS, HISTORIES, IDEAS
This remote-teaching studio takes the idea of an academic “Exit Interview” to develop a dialogue, discussions—or musings about contemporary architectural … More
TEXAS MINI POLEIS
Everything is bigger in Texas, or not. The saying indeed reflect the vast geography of its political boundaries, yet its … More
EXPANDED PRACTICES FOR ARCHITECTURE: LOCATING PSYCHOPOLITICS
EXPANDED PRACTICES FOR ARCHITECTURE, LOCATING PSYCHOPOLITICS: Re-Mediate, Reveal, Announce, Denounce, Expose, Display is an architectural research project investigating the SPATIAL, … More
ABOUT
Marcelo López-Dinardi is an immigrant, designer, and educator based in Texas, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture … More
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AMERICAN ART OF THE SIXTIES
Presented the paper, Audience and Discourse: Cross-Atlantic Exchanges in the Context of the IAUS in New York City, or Inventing … More
ARCHITECTURE META-MATTERS
ARCHITECTURE META-MATTER(S) is a first year M.Arch studio focusing on introducing why architecture matters and what is the matter of … More
THE RISK OF NOT SPECULATING
The Risk of Not Speculating, Liam Young in Conversation with Marcelo López-Dinardi published in ARQ 102.
DREAMING SUMMER DESIRES BOOK
Summer intensive studio book documenting the work of the eponymous architecture studio that investigated the possibilities of play and summer … More
I WOULD RATHER BE___________ DREAMING SUMMER DESIRES
I WOULD RATHER BE DREAMING SUMMER DESIRES (DSD) … More
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE COMMONS AND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY
A continuation of Public Assemblies and Infrastructures from the Fall 2018, INFRASTRUCTURES, THE COMMONS, AND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY is … More
PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES AND INFRASTRUCTURES
PUBLIC(S) ASSEMBLIES AND INFRASTRUCTURES is a third year architecture studio (Fall 2018) that will consider what and who constitutes the … More
SUBJECT
SUBJECT, 2019 Commercial exhibition banner, printed (36 x 168 in.) SUBJECT appeals to the use of language as a form … More
WE CAN FIT
This short design-research projects explores alternatives for the architectural floor plan of ONE MANHATTAN SQUARE, the newest addition to NYC’s … More
UNNATURAL DISASTER
The project Spatializing Debt: A Visual Audit was presented at Columbia GSAPP after an invitation by the Buell Center for … More
INCUBATING
GSAPP Conversation hosted an edition with outgoing members of the Downtown NYC GSAPP Incubator at the NewInc. You can listen … More
‘IN-BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL: LOCATING GORDON MATTA-CLARK AND ARCHITECTURE’ AT ACSA-MARFA
In-Between the Physical and the Psychological: Locating Gordon Matta-Clark and Architecture, is a research-paper presented during the Fall Association of … More
GSAPP DEBATES AT IDEAS CITY NEW YORK
Architecture vs Education with Marcelo López-Dinardi and Violet Whitney, as part of the GSAPP Debates presented during Ideas City New … More
SPATIALIZING DEBT: A VISUAL AUDIT
Spatializing Debt: A Visual Auditing examines the intersection of architecture, political economy and visual imaginaries with the logics of state-financial debt … More
COCA – MADRID
COCA was the First Congress in Architectural Communication held at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM). I … More
IDEAS CITY ARLES
Ideas City Arles was a week-long residency program organized by New York’s New Museum in collaboration with Luma Foundation (Luma Arles). “IdeasCity … More
DOES A SURFACE SPEAK?
Does A Surface Speak? was my contribution for the collective exhibition, “Yes I’ve Had A Facelift, But Who Han’t” curated by … More
PROMISED AIR AT MoCAD
Promised Land Air, A(n) Office’s contribution to the 2016 US Pavilion for the architecture Venice Biennale, is now on view … More
PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES OF WORK
PUBLIC(S) ASSEMBLIES OF WORK was a graduate architecture studio at NJIT that considers what and who constitutes the publics (in plural) … More
IDEAS CITY ATHENS
IDEAS CITY Athens was a week-long residency program organized by New York’s New Museum in collaboration with Neon Foundation. “The … More
US PAVILION 2016 PROMISED L-A-N-D AIR
Promised L-a-n-d Air, the A(n) Office proposal for Mexicantown/Southwest Detroit, engages the consequences of North American infrastructure for urban housing, … More
UNDISCIPLINED CMU: A DESIGN-BUILD MASONRY STUDIO
UNDISCIPLINED CMU: A DESIGN-BUILD MASONRY STUDIO is the book that document the project of the same name. The book was … More
UNDISCIPLINED CMU
UNDISCIPLINED CMU is the second iteration of a second year undergraduate studio project at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in which … More
METHODS AND MEDIA
Methods and Media is an exhibition and a lecture at the BB Gallery of the Rhode Island School of Design … More
THE DAY AFTER THE CARNIVAL
The Day After the Carnival: The Hangover of Work (in Late Capitalism) was a graduate studio taught at Penn Design … More
HOUSE OPERA | OPERA HOUSE
The House Opera project seeks, through architectural innovation, to propose a fertile alternative to the blight binary of neglect versus … More
URBAN_NEXT INTERVIEWS
urbanNext* conducted three interviews on my “work with A(n) Office” in Detroit, a “Designer’s Approach” and my “Curatorial Approach” for … More
REPLACING SPLITTING
Artist Gordon Matta-Clark Splitting’s house photographs were superimposed in the location where the house stood before demolition in 1974. Re-placing … More
3595 BROADWAY
3595 Broadway is a critique/article to a mixed-use building by Columbia University’s uptown expansion in New York City, published in … More
CMU I
A complement to the 2nd year studios at the New Jersey Institute of Technology students work on a masonry build-mock-up, a competition based … More
SYSTEMS AND TECTONICS
The core 2nd year studio at the New Jersey Institute of Technology aim to discuss and develop design strategies for … More
URBAN INTERVENTIONS I
Barnard + Columbia Introduction to Architecture and Visual Culture studio for non-majors in architecture. Students were asked to develop a Urban … More
POST-SPECULATION ACT I
Post-Speculation Act I was an exhibition at P! Gallery featuring HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN. A project with A(n) Office, we designed the exhibition … More
VISITING SPLITTING
Visiting Splitting was a film screening and conversation held around two films depicting Gordon Matta-Clark’s Splitting work, including the film Visit … More
ANONYMOUS SYMPOSIUM
Anonymous symposium presentation on the panel Commonisms, at the Princeton University School of Architecture with A(n) Office, 2013. Video documentation … More
LOCATING OUT-SOURCING
PG-Arch, a project for the exhibition Locating Out-sourcing at Studio-X Mumbai, departs from the acronyms used in the industry as … More
PROMISCUOUS ENCOUNTERS
Promiscuous Encounters, a day-long event held at the GSAPP in March 2012, examined the interplay between the critical, curatorial, and … More
PROMISCUOUS ENCOUNTERS: ADRESSING/ASSESING ADHOCRACY
Promiscuous Encounters: Addressing/Assessing Adhocracy, a day-long event held at the Galata Greek School after an invitation form the curatorial team … More
INTERPRETATIONS: PROMISCUOUS ENCOUNTERS
Interpretations: Promiscuous Encounters, a day-long event held at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in March 2012, examined … More
CIUDADLAB: BRAZIL, THE FORM OF DESIRE
After researching the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and São Paulo in Brazil we identified leisure, void, security, industry, … More
POLIMORFO
Polimorfo is the journal of the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. Founder, Editor, Designer, 2009-2011 … More
SENSE RECESSION: WHAT COMES NEXT?
Sense Recession: What Comes Next? was a lecture series inquiring and exploring architectural practices as they emerged or were formulated … More
CIUDADLAB: UTOPIA IN MOSCOW
As with every CIUDADLAB research and exhibition project, we pick a different destination in an attempt to broaden the frame … More
CIUDADLAB
A research and exhibition driven platform for examining and revealing the critical and emergent issues formulating the contemporary production of … More
ROUNDTABLE SERIES
The Roundtable Discussion Series began as a complement to the first CIUDADLAB course offered at ArqPoli in 2005. The conversations … More
FLMM NEW VISITORS CENTER
The project, the new Visitors Center and Museum for the Luis Muñoz Marín Foundation in San Juan, Puerto Rico, situates itself as … More
PLACE AND CONTEXT STUDIO
For the initial part of the course, first year undergraduate students where confronted to notions of place and context. An … More
HOUSE O
The house was conceived as a large open interior/exterior space in between the front and back gardens of the elongated … More
ANARCHIST GARDENER
Led by pedestrian deity (Finnish architect Marco Casagrande), the anarchist gardener performance developed 12 “industrial zen gardens” during a 9 … More
VALPARAISO OR AN ANAMNESTIC MEMORY
Memory is a vital resource for trying to explain cities. Valparaíso in Chile has been no exception as evidenced by … More
ABOUT
Marcelo López-Dinardi is an immigrant, designer, and educator based in Texas, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture … More
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