Hernan Diaz Alonso
(1969)
USA
(1969)
USA
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Hernan Diaz Alonso (1969) USA |
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Hernan Diaz Alonso is a graduate of the Universidad Nácional de Rosario in Argentina, and obtained a Master’s degree from Columbia University in New York. In 1966 he collaborated with the Enric Miralles agency and in 2000- 2001 with the Peter Eisenman agency. In 1999, he founded Xefirotarch in Los Angeles. Belonging to the second generation of architects associated with digital tools, Hernan Diaz Alonso agency has developed more than 30 projects, be it in the area of research, private commissions, or national and international competitions. Let us mention the First Prize competition for the Metro Plaza in Lexington Kentucky, a line of tableware articles called Objects for Mutant Manners, the competition for U2 Studio, and the Land Mark Building in Dublin, Ireland... Hernan Diaz Alonso has in particular designed a cigar store called Happening, a fashion store, Spy, and a private school, Etnade... The agency is currently at work in Los Angeles on Mars, an art centre-cum-hotel. His work, which has won several prizes, has been described in various publications, and in particular in the book Next Generation Architecture: Folds, Blobs & Boxes by Joseph Rosa. His work has been shown in international exhibitions, in particular at the Venice Biennale, San Francisco MoMa (U2 tower prints are part of the permanent collection) in 2004, Rotterdam and Miami Biennals in 2003, the SCI-ARC Gallery in 2002, where he put on a solo show, Emotional Rescue. Hernan Diaz Alonso also has a career as a teacher, lecturer and critic, in the USA (SCI-ARC, Columbia University) and in South America. He is currently co-editing a book called SESSIONS. |