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2G 82: Ensamble Studio

No. 82. International Architecture Review
Series: 2G
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2G 82: Ensamble Studio showcases the innovative work of Ensamble Studio, a team led by architects Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa. Founded in 2000 and operating from Madrid and Boston, the studio is known for merging art and science to explore new architectural typologies and technologies. Their startup WoHo focuses on making quality architecture affordable through offsite construction methods, supported by their research facility Ensamble Fábrica in Madrid. The book highlights their commitment to bridging professional practice with academia via teaching and research.
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Ensamble Studio is a cross-functional team founded in 2000 and led by architects Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, both architects by the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM), with studios in Madrid and Boston. Balancing imagination and reality, art and science, their work innovates typologies, technologies and methodologies.

Currently, through their startup WoHo, they are invested in increasing the quality of architecture while making it more affordable by integrating offsite technologies. Their new research and fabrication facility in Madrid, Ensamble Fábrica, has been built to support this endeavour.

Antón and Débora are committed to sharing ideas and cultivating synergies between professional and academic worlds through teaching, lecturing and researching.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9783960988069

Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 June 2021

Country: Germany

Imprint: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig

Illustration: 150 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Text by Philip Ursprung
  • Text by Bjarke Ingles
  • Edited by Moises Puente

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 300.0mm

Weight: 770g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Moises Puente is an architect and editor of the 2G series. Bjarke Ingels is a Danish architect and the founder and creative partner of Bjarke Ingels Group. Philip Ursprung is an art historian specialising in late 20th and 21st-century European and North American art and architecture. Iwan Baan is a Dutch photographer

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