MAde Studio at… the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla, Spain
Presenting “Housing Hybrids,” a project developed with Emilio Ontiveros de la Fuente, at the Jornadas de Innovación Docente: el Reto de la Enseñanza Transversal en las Escuelas de Arquitectura.
06.2018
MAde Studio in… the 2018 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) International Conference: New Instrumentalities in Madrid, Spain
Presenting the research on the Narmada Watershed “Dam(n)ed: Mechanizing a Sacred River Landscape” in the Environmental Crisis section moderated by Jane Hutton.
05.2018
MAde Studio in… the 2018 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Annual Conference in Barcelona, Spain
Chairing the Panel “When Courts Govern the City: the Role of Legal Actors in Mediating Socio-Economic and Environmental Conflicts” organized with professor Ana Paula Pimentel Walker. The panel included two presentations co-authored by Ana Paula and Maria on their ongoing research in São Paulo’s Informal Settlements.
05.2018
MAde Studio in… Ruhr Region, Germany
Participating in the International Student Workshop and Symposium Transforming City Regions III, at TU Dortmund
05.2018
MAde Studio in… MUniversity of Minnesota, School of Architecture, in Minneapolis, USA
As jury member in the Master of Architecture Final Project Review
05.2018
MAde Studio at… Water Bar, Minneapolis
Lecturing on “Liquid Planning: Tracing the waters of the Great Lakes.” Invited by professor Karen Lutsky, the event is sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Department of Landscape Architecture.
05.2018
MAde Studio in… Michigan, USA
… As part of the Steering Committee and participating on the Conference on May 2. Sponsored by the University of Michigan Water Center and the School for Environment and Sustainability. The conference aims to advance new ideas and forge new collaborations between academia and society.
02.2018
MAde Studio at… ETS Arquitectura de Madrid
As part of the Inter-Institutional Parallel Workshop Taubman College/ETSAM, Maria led the graduate seminar “Exercising Urban Sustainability” working in La Cornisa de Tetuan in partnership with students in the Master of Urban Planning in Madrid.
12.2017
MAde Studio at… the 2017 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (UABB)
Exhibiting the project “Illegal, Informal, Irregular: The Production of Urban Land in the Mexico City MetropolitanArea” in collaboration with McLain Clutter.
MAde Studio in…the Narmada River, India
Maria Arquero, Nishant Mittal and Dhara Mittal are traveling through the Narmada region of India undertaking field research for a recently awarded Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, Research Through Planning Grant for a proposal titled “Dam(n)ed: Mechanizing a Sacred River Landscape.”
11.2017
MAde Studio in… India
Lecturing on “Playing Lines” at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Faculty of Architecture, Vadodara; Trust’s Hiray Institute, School of Architecture, Mumbai and Nirma University, Institute of Architecture, Ahmedabad.
11.2017
MAde Studio in… Madrid Polytechnic University, School of Architecture, Spain
Presenting “Trazando Agua” in the Master of Urban Planning and Territorial Planning.
11.2017
MAde Studio in… Tianjin University School of Architecture, China
Participating on “The Future of Architecture Education” part of the 80th Anniversary of the School of Architecture.
10.2017
MAde Studio in… Montreal, Canada
Maria Arquero de Alarcon, director of the Master of Urban Design program and associate professor, presented her research on renaturalization strategies in post industrial regions as part of the track Design for Earth: Living degrowth / when habitat returns to nature, in the World Design Summit in Montreal.
MAde Studio at… Taubman College
Presenting “Legal Institutions and the Planning Process” with Ana Paula Pimentel Walker, per invitation by the Organizing Committee for the URP Lunch Up Series.
MAde Studio at… Taubman College
Following a lecture on the Third Coast Atlas: A Prelude to a Plan by co-editors, MAde Studio joined a panel discussion with other Taubman College faculty contributors.
MAde Studio in… Detroit
Part of the Detroit Design Festival organized by Lawrence Technological University with the Detroit Creative Corridor Center, MAde participated in two panels: the Art of Making and the Art of Placemaking.
09.2017
MAde Studio in… Detroit, City of Design
Moderating the panel discussion “Preserving and Uplifting Local Culture”at the UNESCO City of Design Summit a the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
MAde Studio in… the Master in Collective Housing, ETS Architecture, Madrid
Participating as a juror in the final review for the Urban Landscape Module.
06.2017
MAde Studio on… the Huron River Watershed
Opening of the Huron River Watershed Council’s Huron River National Water Trail Kayak Lockers.
06.2017
MAde Studio in… Michigan
MACC Development posted summer updates regarding the Mack Lot (designed by MAde Studio in collaboration with City Form Detroit and Giffels Webster). Through the community efforts of neighbors and MACC, the lot has been cleaned and planted!! Follow MACC Development (@MACC Development) on Facebook to see more photos of the planting day.
MAde Studio at… SAIC, Chicago
Participating in the final review of the architecture studio in the 3rd year of the BFA program.
MAde Studio at… the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, Boston
Presenting “Informal / Irregular / Illegal: the Production of Urban Land in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area” with professor McLain Clutter, in the panel Mapping Flexibly: Design + Critical Cartography.
Made Studio at… Escola da Cidade, Sao Paulo
Lecturing on ” University and Community: Mutual Global Learning through the City” with professor Ana Paula Pimentel Walker, part of the postgraduate course the Pósgraduação Lato Sensu Arquitetura, Educação e Sociedade: formas de ensinar / formas de aprender
01.2017
MAde Studio at… Buenos Aires
Participating in the International Workshop “Recuperación de Asentamientos Informales en Áreas Urbanas Centrales: el caso del Barrio 31 en Buenos Aires” Organized by the Banco InterAmericano de Desarrollo (BID).
12.2016
MAde in… Michigan, USA
MACC Development posted fall updates regarding the Mack Lot (designed by MAde Studio in collaboration with City Form Detroit and Giffels Webster) including a link to an article in Crain’s Detroit about the project.
10.2016
MAde in… Cleveland, USA
MAde participated as panelists as part of the Kent State University Urban Design Collaborative’s Future City Sessions about the soon to be published “Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan.” Charles Waldheim presented an overview of the publication which can be watched by clicking on the CUDC logo.
03.2016
MAde in… Xochimilco, Mexico City
Maria Arquero de Alarcon and Jen Maigret traveled to Mexico City with 19 students from two Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning courses (Arch 506_Urban Natures and Arch 662_Cultivar).
12.2015
MAde in… Toronto, Canada
Maria Arquero de Alarcon and Jen Maigret participated as design critics on reviews at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Landscape, Architecture and Design (as guests for a studio co-taught by Jane Wolff and Andrea Mantin).
11.2015
MAde in… Detroit, USA
MAde Studio (in collaboration with Utile, HR&A, City Form Detroit, and Nelson Nygaard) is one of 7 teams shortlisted for Detroit East Riverfront Framework.
11.2015
MAde in… Grand Rapids, USA
MAde Studio presents design work at Kendall College of Art & Design’s Career Symposium.
03.2015
MAde in… New Mobility Magazine
MAde Studio’s Liquid Planning Detroit is one of five projects featured in Steve Wright’s article “Accessible Public Spaces,” published in this month’s (March 2015) issue of New Mobility Magazine.
02.2015
MAde in… Knoxville, USA
MAde is in Knoxville to deliver “Playing Lines” as part of the Church Lecture Series at the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design.
02.2015
MAde in… New York, USA
MAde is a participants in the Architecture League of New York’s “5K Pound Life: Water” symposium.
01.2015
MAde in… Green Building & Design
MAde was a guest editor and featured in UPFront, MAde Studio for Playful Horizons and Liquid Planning Detroit.
11.14.2014
MAde in… East Lansing, MI, USA
MAde is in East Lansing to participate in the opening of the East Lansing 2030 | Collegeville Re-Envisioned Exhibition at the Broad Museum.
11.05.2014
MAde in… Buffalo, NY, USA
MAde Studio is in Buffalo to participate in the University of Buffalo’s symposium “Approaching the Edge: Reconsidering the Littoral Great Lakes” organized by Sean Burkholder (University of Buffalo) and Karen Lutsky (the Ohio State University).
10.24.2014
MAde in… Cleveland, OH, USA
MAde is pre-selected to participate in an ideas competition and develop a proposal for a public art installation as part of a workshop “From the Studio to the Street” organized by LAND Studio.
10.10.2014
MAde in… Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
MAde is in Waterloo to present recent work surrounding issues of water, urbanism and design. CityAge is a platform for ideas and business development, designed to enable new partnerships among the business, government and societal leaders who are shaping the 21st Century.
07.2014
MAde in… Architect Magazine
MAde Studio is honored to be featured in the July issue of Architect Magazine in the Next Progressives series. To read the full article, “Watershed Design”.
06.2014
MAde in… Detroit, MI, USA
MAde’s project, “Liquid Planning Detroit”, has been awarded a 2014 AIA Michigan Honor Award in the Unbuilt Category. The design awards will be presented on Saturday, June 7 at the Eli and Edythe Broad Museum in East Lansing, Michigan.
04.18.2014 – 04.19.2014
MAde in… Charlottesville, VA, USA
MAde is in Charlottesvillie to give the Michael Owen Jones Memorial lecture and participate in the Intention and Improvisation Symposium: A 2nd Demonstration of the Practical Imagination
04.2014
MAde in… Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MAde is in Toronto to participate in winter reviews at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
01.2014
MAde in… Boston, MA, USA
MAde is in Boston to receive a BSA (Boston Society of Architects) Design citation… in the Unbuilt Category for Liquid Planning Detroit.
12.2013
MAde in… East Lansing, MI, USA
MAde is in East Lansing to participate in a public lecture at the Broad Museum as participants in the East Lansing 2030: Collegeville Re-Envisioned program, along with collaborators Craig Borum (PLY Architecture) and David Bieri (Political Space Economy Lab).
11.2013
MAde in… Research On the City Exhibit
In its second year, Research on the City is a competitive faculty research grant program, intended to foster interdisciplinary research on urban topics. MAde studio collaborated with Lorelle A. Meadows, College of Engineering and Richard Norton, Urban and Regional Planning on “Great Lakes Cities on the Shore: Modeling and Representing Complex Shoreline Dynamics for Policy Making” which can be seen under “Dynamic Natures” in Portfolio.
10.2013
MAde in… Michigan Journal of Sustainability
MAde’s article “Liquid Planning: Water as a Lens Toward Sustainability” has been published in the inaugural edition of the peer-reviewed, Michigan Journal of Sustainability.
10.2013
MAde in… Torch Lake, MI, USA
MAde presented “A Dozen Playgrounds” as part of the AIA Michigan Annual 2013 Design Retreat.
09.25.2013 – 09.27.2013
MAde in… Buenos Aires, Argentina
MAde participates in the SAP Symposium hosted by the Buenos Aires Architecture Biennale and Revista PLOT.
06.18.2013
MAde in… Michigan, USA
MAde awarded a Michigan AIA Unbuilt Award for “A Dozen Playgrounds.”
06.12.2013
MAde in… Michigan, USA
MAde and PLY architecture awarded a Michigan AIA Unbuilt Award for “Eastside Recreation Center.”
05.2013
MAde in… Quito, Ecuador
MAde is participating in the 2013 “International Think Tank: Yachay city of Knowledge”, in Quito, Ecuador.
05.2013
MAde in… Santiago, Chile
Maria Arquero is appointed as a visiting professor for a one month workshop at the Universidad Católica de Chile, Escuela de Arquitectura.
03.24.2013
MAde in… Athens, GA, USA
MAde leads a workshop at the 2013 LABash at the University of Georgia.
03.21.2013 – 03.24.2013
MAde in… San Francisco, CA, USA
Awarded 2012 – 2013 ACSA Faculty Design Award for “Liquid Planning Detroit.”
03.21.2013 – 03.24.2013
MAde in… San Francisco, CA, USA
MAde is in San Francisco to present WATER DRIVES THE MOTOR CITY in the Infrastructural and Ecological Urbanisms session moderated by Julia Czerniak at the 101th ACSA Annual Meeting, NEW CONSTELLATIONS / NEW ECOLOGIES