IE School of Architecture & Design Newsletter - July/August 2020 |
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| | | | If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit - Banksy |
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| | Summer Booster: The City of the Future July/August - Hybrid | Are the Cities of Today in equilibrium? Most of them are not, but the Cities of the Future certainly must be. IE University launched the Summer Booster, a summer program for students and recent graduates to keep us all activin these uncertain times and to bring together diverse topics and teachers from all five Schools at IE. Professor Manuel Pérez Romero and Dean Martha Thorne conducted a workshop about The City of the Future to promote an understanding of the interrelationship of city systems, people, and our environment. |
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| | Welcome to IE A&D! #WeAreReady September/October - Hybrid | In September and October, we will welcome new students of the Bachelor in Architectural Studies, the Bachelor in Design, and the Master in Real Estate Development. We are preparing our campus for all safety and health protocols and to foster flexible ways of learning with the help of technology and new teaching ideas. We look forward to meeting you all! Welcome to IE A&D! |
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| IE University's Online Graduation Ceremonies | 
| Ana Corina de la Fuente while addressing her classmates during the Bachelors' online graduation | 24 Bachelor in Architectural Studies (BAS) students celebrated an online gathering with their professors last June 30 to mark the date of their Graduation, waiting for a face to face event in the future. Paula López Vallespir and Mikhail Frantsuzov were recognized as the Best Student and the student with the Best Final Project respectively during the BAS online event. We listened to the emotional words by Ana Corina de la Fuente, one of the graduates, who focused on all the experiences and love they shared in the last five years of their lives at IE, and that have become a big family. | #IEBAS #IEGRADUATION | 
| Martha Thorne after naming Alessandro Vita Best Student during the MRED online graduation | July 17 witnessed IE University Master's online Graduation, bringing together more than 1800 graduates from different corners of the world, including our Master in Real Estate Development students. The event started with the opening words of Santiago Íñiguez de Onzoño, President of IE University, and the recent graduates took part in activities such a cook-along show conducted by 2-Michelin star chef Dani García, and a private online DJ set with Steve Aoki. In the MRED graduation segment, Alessandro Vita was named Best Student, and Alfonso Benavides received the mention of Best Professor. During the ceremony we had the opportunity to listen to Pablo Isla (Executive Chairman at Inditex), who shared the following tips for success with the graduates: "Don't forget that people are always a priority. Whatever you do, do it with passion! Show commitment, go the extra mile. Be humble and keep your feet on the ground. Pursue excellence." As Dean Martha Thorne said to the graduates "We want IE to be one of those pillars you go back to" Congratulations!! We hope to see you soon! | #IEMRED #IEGRADUATION |
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| Rasha Al-Tekreeti, Freelance Interior Designer in Dubai |
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| | Originally from Iraq but based in Dubai, Rasha Al-Tekreeti is an independent, self-motivated, and passionate Interior Designer. She is consistently looking for inspiration from nature, traveling to cities, and exploring cultures. One of Rasha’s favorite hobbies is horseback riding, and traveling: "I dream of traveling the world, exploring the fascinating cities, hunting for authenticity in villages, and meeting exciting people to learn from their cultures!" Read Rasha's success story here, and find out how the IE Master in Strategic Design of Spaces has changed her life! During the COVID-19 lockdown, we launched the Instagram LIVE series Love Letters to Cities, and Rasha didn't think twice to recite some words to her beloved Dubai. Listen to her letter here |
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| | HOOLY by Yoko Hwang Kaetsu and Nicole Andreina Beltran to participate in the ARTS THREAD Competition 2020 |
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| | As a response to end-of-year showcase cancellations due to the coronavirus outbreak, the prestigious magazine i-D and ARTSTHREAD launched a global graduate showcase initiative for undergraduate and graduate design students: the Global Design Graduate Show 2020. We are happy to announce that Bachelor in Design students Yoko Hwang Kaetsu and Nicole Andreina Beltran were invited to take part in the competition with their Design Studio project HOOLY. "HOOLY is an autonomous service robot within the Holiday Inn Express brand, designed to ensure that guests are taken care of at any time" We wish you the best of luck in the competition! Find out more about the project here |
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| IE A&D's Summer Picks | Here's a selection of reading recommendations, and virtual conversations of different sectors and backgrounds that will help you have an enriching time during the summer break! |
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| Elvira Muñoz, Director of the Master in Strategic Design of Spaces, recommends reading The Architecture of Happninnes by Alain de Botton. "It was not written recently, but its messages are still valid nowadays, specially in the current distressed new normal." |
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| Joy Yoon, former Studio Director of the Adidas Brooklyn Creator Farm and recent lecturer at IE A&D, goes for Mary Oliver's poetry and suggests A Thousand Mornings. "Oliver's poetry is a profound reminder to think and to live." |
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| Ren Yee, Head of Design/Strategies at UNSense and professor in the Master in Business for Architecture and Design, shares with us one of the reading in his personal list: The Capsular Civilization by Lieven de Cauter: "Malls, gated communities, amusement parks, a focus on the condition of urban enclaves!" |
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| #EDUCATIONSPEAKSTO... |
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| | Our Dean Martha Thorne led a series of conversations with renowned experts of different sectors via Instagram LIVE during the COVID-19 lockdown. Names like Ben van Berkel (UNStudio), Paul Priestman (PriestmanGoode), Pratap Bose (Tata Motors), and Amanda Ferber (Architecture Hunter) are just some of the people that we had the pleasure to have a conversation with during these series called Education Speaks to... Rewatch them all on our IG TV channel in this link |
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| | | Leading in Complex Times is a series of dialogues that IE University offers across its five Schools to showcase an interdisciplinary perspective to understand the complex and changing times while providing practical insights for ourselves and our organizations. IE A&D took contributed to this initiative with several conversations, and we would like to recommend the last two: - The Green New Deal: Professors in the Master in Real Estate Development Beatriz Corredor, President of Red Eléctrica, and Fernando de Roda, Founder and Managing Partner of Greenward Partners, discussed their views on how the European Green New Deal will change the view of the real estate sector in a post-COVID reality. You can watch it here - Why Design is Essential in Times of Uncertainty: in this conversation, Jerónimo van Schendel, Director of the Master in Business for Architecture and Design, and Ren Yee, Head of Design/Strategies at UNSense, discuss on how design has become relevant to define new realities and generate business opportunities during periods of change Rewatch it here | #IELEADINGINCOMPLEXTIMES |
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