computation and progressive technologies responding to architecture and design at a multiplicity of scales.
The Bartlett School of Architecture 2016
Professor Marcos Cruz BiotA Lab Director, RC7 Tutor Marcos Cruz is Professor of Innovative Environments and Director of BiotA Lab at The Bartlett. He has developed an extensive career as a researcher and educator, having led MArch Unit 20 for over 17 years. In addition to holding the Directorship of The Bartlett (2010-14), he has also taught at UCLA, University of Westminster and is currently Visiting Professor at the IaaC Barcelona. Cruz has published and lectured widely and is co-founder of the architecture practice marcosandmarjan. His research on Neoplasmatic Architecture won the RIBA’s Research Award in 2008. He is currently Principal Investigator of an EPSRC-funded ‘Design the Future’ research project entitled ‘Computational Seeding of Bioreceptive Materials’. Richard Beckett BiotA Lab Director, RC7 Tutor Richard Beckett is a Lecturer and Co-director of BiotA Lab at The Bartlett, currently working on an EPSRC funded project ‘Computational Seeding of Biorecpetive Materials’. He has a multidisciplinary background in biochemistry before going on to study and teach architecture at UCL. His investigations into architecture have remained cross-disciplinary, focusing on the contemporary discussion on digital architecture and novel fabrication alongside the impact of biotechnology on architecture and more specifically, investigations into the use of living or semi-living materials in our built environment. Christopher Leung BiotA Lab RC7 Tutor Christopher Leung is an architect trained at The Bartlett, earning a doctorate from UCL for 114
work on passive thermal actuators for the environmental control of buildings. He has expertise in design and physics modelling of environment-to-material exchanges of water and energy through original work as a researcher on the EPSRC ‘Computational Seeding’ project with Professor Marcos Cruz. Javier Ruiz BiotA Lab RC7 Tutor Javier Ruiz is a design tutor at The Bartlett where he develops computational techniques and design strategies for experimentation in architecture. He has previously worked at Grimshaw Architects, Foster + Partners, CRAB Studio (Sir Peter Cook + Gavin Robotham) and Eralonso Arquitectos. He has also collaborated with marcosandmarjan. Guan Lee BiotA Lab RC5 Tutor Guan Lee is an architect, lecturer, and director of Grymsdyke Farm. He studied at McGill University, Montreal, the AA, and The Bartlett, where he completed his doctoral studies on the relationship between architectural craft, making and site. In his own practice he explores digital fabrication in conjunction with hands-on building processes using a range of materials, including clay, concrete and plaster. Vincente Soler BiotA Lab RC5 Tutor Vicente Soler graduated in architecture from the European University of Madrid. He specialises in computational architecture, generative design and robotics applied to architecture. He has worked with several architectural offices, including AMID.Cero9* and has lectured internationally, including at University of San Sebastian, San Pablo CEU University, the COAMU (Association of architects of Murcia), and the European University of Madrid.