Event 9

Odile Decq in conversation with Martha Thorne and Ramón Pico

Building different worlds

Venue: Escuela de Arquitectura (Campus Reina Mercedes de la Universidad de Sevilla)

The French architect and urban planner Odile Decq is internationally recognized as a teacher, entrepreneur and advocate for women in the profession. She will speak on global design, in this conversation in collaboration with the Seville School of Architecture (ETSA-Seville). She will present museums in Italy and China, a residential tower in Barcelona and two single-family houses in France. Through these seemingly diverse projects, it will become evident how this architect approaches place, client needs and cultural, political, legal and construction contexts that are often different and difficult.

Her multidisciplinary approach was recognized with the Jane Drew Award in 2016, and she was honored with the Architizer Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 for her pioneering work, but also for her commitment and contribution to the architectural debate. In 2018, she was elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, in recognition of her outstanding contributions in building science, design and education, and of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. A professor of architecture for over 25 years, Odile Decq was director of l'École Spéciale d'Architecture (ESA) in Paris from 2007 to 2012, and has taught and lectured at numerous international universities, including Bartlett (London), Kunstakademie (Vienna and Düsseldorf), SCI-Arc (Los Angeles, CA), Columbia University (New York, NY) and, most recently, the Harvard Graduate School of Design (Cambridge, MA). In 2014 he created his own school, now located in Paris: the Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture, accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects.

She will discuss her career with Martha Thorne, urban planner and former executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, and architect Ramón Pico, Director of the Seville School of Architecture.

Event in English

Free entry, up to capacity