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Sofia von Ellrichshausen and Mauricio Pezo
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PEZO VON ELLRICHSHAUSEN was founded in Buenos Aires in 2001 by Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen. They currently work in Concepcion, southern Chile, in a cross production between Art and Architecture.
Their built work includes XYZ Pavilions (Concepcion, 2001), Rivo house (Valdivia, 2003), 120 Doors Pavilion (Concepcion, 2003), Poli house (Coliumo, 2005), Wolf house (Andalue, 2007), Parr house (Chiguayante, 2008), Fosc house (Venado, 2008) and several public art projects. Under construction projects are Baum house and Pael house in Concepcion and Hema studio in Buenos Aires.
The office has been awarded the Best Work of Young Architects Prize at the V Iberoamerican Biennial (Montevideo, 2006), the Architectural Quality Prize at the XV Chilean Architecture Biennial (Santiago, 2006) and the Comended Prize at the AR Awards for Emerging Architecture (London, 2005). They have been the curators of the Chilean Exhibition at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (Venice, 2008).
Their work has been compiled in a monographic book by Ediciones ARQ (Santiago, 2007) and selected for several books, among others; Hatch: the new architectural generation (Lawrence King, London, 2009); Architecture Now vol 5 (Taschen, Köln, 2007); Key Contemporary Buildings (Lawrence King, London, 2008) and the Phaidon Atlas of the 21st Century (Phaidon, London, 2008). It has also been published in several specialized magazines like Domus (Milan), A+U (Tokyo), Detail (Munich), 2G (Barcelona), Icon (London), Mark (Amsterdam), Architectural Record (New York), C3 (Seoul), Abitare (Milan), Architectural Review (London), Arquitectura Viva (Madrid), Summa (Buenos Aires) and Arq (Santiago).
The work of the office has been showed in several exhibitions, among others: Freshlatino (Hamburg, 2009), Building, dwelling, thinking exhibition at the IVAM (Valencia, 2008), Made in Chile at University of Texas School of Architecture (Austin, 2007), Chilean Architects in Belgrade at the Museum of Applied Arts (Belgrade, 2007), Visions of Latin American Architecture in El Museo del Barrio (New York, 2007), 44 Young Architects in the Centre d`Art Santa Monica (Barcelona, 2007), Casa Granturismo project (Lisbon, 2006), 20 Projects des Jeunes Architectes Chiliens at la Maison de l´Architecture (Paris, 2005), Frontis Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia (Venice, 2004) and in the Panorama Emergente exhibition at the IV Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura (Lima, 2004).
Biography
Pezo von Ellrichshausen is an art and architecture studio founded in 2002 by Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen. They live and work in the southern Chilean city of Concepcion. They currently teach at the Universidad Catolica in Santiago and at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and have also taught at the Universidad del Bio-Bio, the University of Texas at Austin and at Cornell University.
Among other venues, they have lectured at the Tate Modern, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Alvar Aalto Symposium and the GSD at Harvard University. In 2008 they were the curators of the Chilean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Their work has been distinguished with the Mies Crown Hall Americas Emerge Prize by the IIT, the Rice Design Alliance Prize, the Iberoamerican Architecture Biennial Award and the Chilean Architecture Biennial Award.
The work of the studio has been widely published and edited in monographic issues of A+U in Tokyo, 2G in Barcelona and ARQ in Santiago; exhibited at the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and as part of the Permanent Collection at the MoMA in New York. Mauricio Pezo (1973) completed a Master in Architecture at the Universidad Catolica and a degree in Architecture at the Universidad del Bio-Bio. He has been awarded the Young Architect Prize by the Chilean Architects Association and the Municipal Art Prize by the Concepcion City Hall.
Sofia von Ellrichshausen (1976) holds a degree in Architecture from the Universidad de Buenos Aires where she was distinguished with the FADU- UBA Honors Diploma.
Sofia von Ellrichshausen and Mauricio Pezo
Profile
PEZO VON ELLRICHSHAUSEN was founded in Buenos Aires in 2001 by Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen. They currently work in Concepcion, southern Chile, in a cross production between Art and Architecture.
Their built work includes XYZ Pavilions (Concepcion, 2001), Rivo house (Valdivia, 2003), 120 Doors Pavilion (Concepcion, 2003), Poli house (Coliumo, 2005), Wolf house (Andalue, 2007), Parr house (Chiguayante, 2008), Fosc house (Venado, 2008) and several public art projects. Under construction projects are Baum house and Pael house in Concepcion and Hema studio in Buenos Aires.
The office has been awarded the Best Work of Young Architects Prize at the V Iberoamerican Biennial (Montevideo, 2006), the Architectural Quality Prize at the XV Chilean Architecture Biennial (Santiago, 2006) and the Comended Prize at the AR Awards for Emerging Architecture (London, 2005). They have been the curators of the Chilean Exhibition at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (Venice, 2008).
Their work has been compiled in a monographic book by Ediciones ARQ (Santiago, 2007) and selected for several books, among others; Hatch: the new architectural generation (Lawrence King, London, 2009); Architecture Now vol 5 (Taschen, Köln, 2007); Key Contemporary Buildings (Lawrence King, London, 2008) and the Phaidon Atlas of the 21st Century (Phaidon, London, 2008). It has also been published in several specialized magazines like Domus (Milan), A+U (Tokyo), Detail (Munich), 2G (Barcelona), Icon (London), Mark (Amsterdam), Architectural Record (New York), C3 (Seoul), Abitare (Milan), Architectural Review (London), Arquitectura Viva (Madrid), Summa (Buenos Aires) and Arq (Santiago).
The work of the office has been showed in several exhibitions, among others: Freshlatino (Hamburg, 2009), Building, dwelling, thinking exhibition at the IVAM (Valencia, 2008), Made in Chile at University of Texas School of Architecture (Austin, 2007), Chilean Architects in Belgrade at the Museum of Applied Arts (Belgrade, 2007), Visions of Latin American Architecture in El Museo del Barrio (New York, 2007), 44 Young Architects in the Centre d`Art Santa Monica (Barcelona, 2007), Casa Granturismo project (Lisbon, 2006), 20 Projects des Jeunes Architectes Chiliens at la Maison de l´Architecture (Paris, 2005), Frontis Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia (Venice, 2004) and in the Panorama Emergente exhibition at the IV Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura (Lima, 2004).
Biography
Pezo von Ellrichshausen is an art and architecture studio founded in 2002 by Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen. They live and work in the southern Chilean city of Concepcion. They currently teach at the Universidad Catolica in Santiago and at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and have also taught at the Universidad del Bio-Bio, the University of Texas at Austin and at Cornell University.
Among other venues, they have lectured at the Tate Modern, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Alvar Aalto Symposium and the GSD at Harvard University. In 2008 they were the curators of the Chilean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Their work has been distinguished with the Mies Crown Hall Americas Emerge Prize by the IIT, the Rice Design Alliance Prize, the Iberoamerican Architecture Biennial Award and the Chilean Architecture Biennial Award.
The work of the studio has been widely published and edited in monographic issues of A+U in Tokyo, 2G in Barcelona and ARQ in Santiago; exhibited at the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and as part of the Permanent Collection at the MoMA in New York. Mauricio Pezo (1973) completed a Master in Architecture at the Universidad Catolica and a degree in Architecture at the Universidad del Bio-Bio. He has been awarded the Young Architect Prize by the Chilean Architects Association and the Municipal Art Prize by the Concepcion City Hall.
Sofia von Ellrichshausen (1976) holds a degree in Architecture from the Universidad de Buenos Aires where she was distinguished with the FADU- UBA Honors Diploma.
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