Lluís Ortega

Courses taught

Cloud Studio F15
Cloud Studio S16
Seminar S16

Expertise

Lluís Ortega is Associate Professor at Illinois Tech in Chicago and Visiting Professor at the Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires. Previously taught at UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago), the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, the Universidad de Alicante, Harvard University and at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna.
He co-founded his practice F451 in 2000 and relaunched it as Sio2Arch in 2014 with Xavier Osarte and Esther Segura. His firm work has been awarded, published and exhibited internationally. He has been responsible of several specialized publications: director of the architectural magazine Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme (Barcelona, 2003-2005), and editor of the architectural magazine 2G (Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 2000-2001), Josep Llinàs’s writings Saques de Esquina (Pre-Textos, Valencia, 2002; with Moisés Puente), Platform GSD 2008 (Actar/Harvard University, Barcelona/Cambridge, 2010) and the reader La digitalización toma el mando (Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 2009). He is the author of Atlas of Suprarural Architecture, with Ciro Najle published by Actar in 2016 and of Total Designer, published by Puente Editores in Spanish and by Actar in English in 2017. Both projects were awarded by the Graham Foundation.

Education

PHD Architectural Design, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain.
BA in Philosophy, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
DEA (Advanced Studies Diploma), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain.
Master of Science of Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia University, New York, USA.
Architect, Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB), UPC, Barcelona, Spain

Teaching Experience

Assistant professor (TT), University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. 2011-2015

Visiting professor, Universidad Torcuato Ditella, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2012-2014

Assistant professor, Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB), UPC, Spain. 2010-2011

Visiting professor, Alicante School of Architecture, Universidad de Alicante, Spain. 2009-2011

Assistant professor, GSD, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass), USA 2006-2009

Assistant professor, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria. 2002-2004

Visiting professor, Master Crítica y Proyecto, Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB), Barcelona, Spain. 2000-2002

Assistant professor at Lasalle School of Architecture, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. 1999-2000

Professional Experience

Founder and Principal of Sio2Architecture, Barcelona, 2000-current

Director and Editor of the magazine Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme, 2003-2005

Editor Staff at Gustavo Gili Publishing House 2000-2001

Licenses

Registered Architect in Spain

Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

Built work
2017 Son Ganxo House, Menorca, Spain
2015. Head Design Consultant. Chicago Architecture Biennial. Cultural Center
2014 Exhibition INTERIOR
Design Exhibition INTERIOR, Sala Zuazo, Madrid, Spain. With Manuel Ocaña and Iñaki Abalos.
Design Exhibition Spanish Pavilion Venice, Italy. With Iñaki Ábalos.
2007 Temporary Extension and landscape for Pompeu Fabra University , Barcelona, Spain
2013 Lara Rio House, Asturias, Spain
2005 102 Dwellings Barcelona, Spain
2005 Municipal Day Centre In Cardedeu, Spain

Books and magazines
Director of Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme (Barcelona, 2003-2005). (Jean Tschumi Prize 2005, UIA) Published issues nos. 241-248; Special issues: 400,000 Dwellings (international competition, 2004), and The Education of an Architect (international conference, 2005).
La digitalización toma el mando published by Gustavo Gili in 2009.
Atlas of Suprarural Architecture, with Ciro Najle published by Actar in 2016
Total Designer, published by Puente Editores in Spanish and by Actar in English in 2017