Almudena Cano Piñeiro is an architect and urban designer. She is also co-founder of LanA, a laboratory dedicated to urban anthropological research, design and teaching. Since 2011, LAnA has been developing experimental research methods to analyze and represent the construction of collective identities in the urban scene. LanA members have participated in conventions and exhibitions such as EME3 “Global problems, local solutions”(Barcelona,2011) and “Ideas Urbanas2.0” (Barcelona,2012). In 2012 she graduated from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, where she first developed her understanding of architecture as a tool for social empowerment towards a better and more sustainable future. Her graduate project “Urban Strategies to Regenerate Indian Public Space: A Case Study of Pols in Ahmedabad, India” was awarded the COAM “PFC Innovation Prize 2012”, ISARCH Award 2012 and Graduates Architecture Award 2012. The project is a finalist for both the Global Graduates Award (Architectural Review, 2012) and ARPA-PETC Young Researchers Award 2012. It was recently nominated for the Hunter Douglas Awards in the framework of Arch Moscow NEXT exhibition 2013. Her work has been published by specialized discussion forums and architecture magazines including Architectural Review (October, 2012), AV proyectos, Archiprix International, Hicarquitectura, Activistark,Metalocus. Her projects have been exhibited at the 13th Biennale di Venezia (Venice, Italy), Colegio de Arquitectos de Madrid (Madrid, Spain) and the Roca Galleries in Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon. Almudena received an Erasmus grant from ENSA Paris-Belleville in Paris in 20082009 where she worked with international firms and research teams such as Bres+Mariolle: architecture and urbanism, and LAA: Laboratoire d’Architecture et Anthropologie in conjunction with ENSAParis-La Villete. In recent years, she has collaborated with Izaskun Chinchilla Architects (2009-2010), Beta.0 Architecture+Landscape (2010-2011) and Arenas+Basabe+Palacios (June 2011-Present).
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