Inés Moisset (born 24 June 1967) is an Argentine architect, known for her research into the theory and history of the discipline.

Inés Moisset
Born (1967-06-24) 24 June 1967 (age 57)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Education
OccupationArchitect
EmployerCONICET
Parents
AwardsBernardo Houssay Award (2003)
Websiteinesmoisset.com Edit this at Wikidata

Early life

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Inés Moisset was born in Buenos Aires on 24 June 1967, the oldest of six children of architects Noemí Goytia and Daniel Moisset de Espanés.[1] As a child, she was immersed in her parents' work, and she grew up among the various universities where her they carried out studies and research. In 1986, she entered the Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Design (FAUD) at the National University of Córdoba. In 1990, she became part of the founding team of the Catholic University of Córdoba's Design Institute, led by César Naselli [es].[2]

Research career

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After finishing her studies in 1992, Moisset began working as a teacher in the subject Problem of Modernity in Latin America, along with Marina Waisman. She worked at the Togo Díaz [es] studio until 1994. That year she joined the Marina Waisman Center for the training of researchers in History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture at FAUD.[3] In 1997, she was awarded a scholarship by the Argentine Ministry of Education to do her doctoral studies at the Dottorato di Ricerca in Composizione Architettonica, Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy. She completed these in 2000.

In 2002, Moisset entered the Scientific Researcher Program at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET).[4] In 2003, she received the Bernardo Houssay Young Researcher Award from Argentina's Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation.[5] As of 2020, she is the only architect to receive this recognition.[6]

In 2005, she became the head of the Master in Design of Innovative Processes program at the Catholic University of Córdoba's Faculty of Architecture.[7] She has given lectures and seminars at conferences and universities, both in Argentina and abroad.[8][9]

Publications

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Moisset has published numerous academic papers[4] and articles in specialized magazines such as Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme de España, Summa+, ARQ Clarín [es] of Argentina, Vitruvius of Brazil, and Plataforma Arquitectura/ArchDaily.[10]

Together with Omar Paris, she created the studio i+p (investigación + proyecto; Research + Project), with which she developed initiatives such as the Red Hipótesis de Paisaje (Hypothesis Landscape Network), responsible for international seminar workshops from 2001 to 2009.[11] They specialized in the dissemination of Latin American architecture through book publishing and the periodical 30-60 cuaderno latinoamericano de arquitectura (30-60 Latin American Architecture Notebook) that they created in 2004.[12] According to Spanish critic Josep Maria Montaner [es], the magazine "has managed to introduce the renewing gaze of young generations, becoming the best showcase for the diversity of context-sensitive Latin American architecture."[13]

Moisset has published several books, both as author and co-author, such as Fractales y formas arquitectónicas (Fractals and Architectural Forms), and Togo Díaz, with Gueni Ojeda, in the ARQ Clarín Masters of Argentine Architecture collection.[14]

She also publishes various websites related to the topics of her research: Fractales y arquitectura (Fractals and Architecture), Sembrar en el desierto (Sowing the Desert) together with Ismael Eyras, and Un día | una arquitecta (One Day | One Architect), together with Daniela Arias Laurino, Cecilia Kesman, Florencia Marciani, Gueni Ojeda, and Zaida Muxí.

Awards and recognition

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Moisset has been a juror in biennales of architecture such as the Ideas Competition in the Network of the Ibero-American Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism [es] (Medellín, 2010),[15] the Bolivian Biennale of Architecture (La Paz, 2012),[16] and the Golden Hexagon Award [es] (Lima, 2014).[17] In 2014, she was a member of the selection committee of works for the Argentine contingent at the Ibero-American Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.[18] She had the role of Ambassador General at the 2016 Argentina International Architecture Biennale.[19]

Her work was exhibited at the show On Stage! during 2014. The exhibition, which included works and projects by experts in the field of gender planning, was presented at the Vienna University of Technology, at the Higher Technical Architecture School of Valencia [es], and at the Leibniz University Hannover.[20]

She is the coordinator of the collective Un día | una arquitecta, whose objective is to make the work of women in architecture visible, with repercussions in specialized and national and international interest media.[21][22] Within this group, she has organized meetings such as Women and Architecture, inaugural event of the Biennial of Buenos Aires that took place at the Centro Cultural Recoleta in 2015,[23] the so-called Un día | una arquitecta at the Design Museum, and at the Barcelona Pavilion.[24]

Her research work has been recognized with awards, including:

For her work in the area of publication, she received an honorable mention at the 17th Quito Panamerican Biennale of Architecture [es] for the 30-60 cuaderno latinoamericano de arquitectura collection.[27]

References

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  1. ^ Muxí, Zaida (3 July 2015). "Noemí Goytia 1936". Un día | una arquitecta (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ Montaner, Josep Maria (2011). Arquitectura y crítica en Latinoamérica [Architecture and Criticism in Latin America] (in Spanish). Nobukosa. p. 152. ISBN 9789875843134. Retrieved 17 May 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Inés Moisset". Del territorio al detalle (in Spanish). University of Talca. 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Moisset de Espanes Ines" (in Spanish). National Scientific and Technical Research Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Comision de ciencia y tecnologia" (PDF). Sesiones Ordinarias (in Spanish) (1256). Argentine Chamber of Deputies: 1–8. 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Ganadores de los Premios SeCyT 2003" [Winners of the 2003 SeCyT Awards] (PDF) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Argentine Institute of Radio Astronomy. 7 May 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Cierre de la convocatoria para la Maestría en Diseño de Procesos Innovativos" [Closing of the Call for the Master in Design of Innovative Processes] (in Spanish). Catholic University of Córdoba. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Diploma de Especialización en Investigación Proyectual" [Diploma of Specialization in Project Research] (in Spanish). University of the Republic. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  9. ^ Concha, Alejandro (17 November 2010). "Seminario: 'Del Territorio al Detalle' / Inés Moisset, Solano Benítez" [Seminar: 'From Territory to Detail' / Inés Moisset, Solano Benítez]. ArchDaily (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  10. ^ Kesman, Cecilia; Moisset, Inés (March 2014). "Cristián Fernández Cox (1935–2014): Un pensamiento propio sobre América Latina" [Cristián Fernández Cox (1935–2014): A Singular Reflection About Latin America]. Vitruvius (in Spanish). ISSN 2175-6716. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Pablo Ferreiro: 'Soy arquitecto, no artista'" [I am an Architect, Not an Artist]. La Nación (in Spanish). 29 October 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  12. ^ "30-60 Cuaderno Latinoamericano de Arquitectura (Argentina)" [30-60 Latin American Architecture Notebook (Argentina)] (in Spanish). Asociación de revistas latinoamericanas de Arquitectura. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  13. ^ Montaner, Josep Maria (2011). Arquitectura y crítica en Latinoamérica [Architecture and Criticism in Latin America] (in Spanish). Nobukosa. pp. 124–125. ISBN 9789875843134. Retrieved 17 May 2020 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ Sedrez, Maycon; Celani, Gabriela (May 2017). "The new ornament in architecture: Generation of complexity and fractals". Vitruvius. ISSN 2175-6716. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  15. ^ Pastorelli, Giuliano (1 February 2010). "Concurso de ideas en la Red para Arquitectos y Estudiantes de Arquitectura en Iberoamérica" [Competition of Ideas in the Network for Architects and Students of Architecture in Latin America]. ArchDaily (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  16. ^ Tapia, Guadalupe (1 November 2012). "La bienal de arquitectura se inaugura en Calacoto" [The Architecture Biennale is Inaugurated in Calacoto]. La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  17. ^ Valencia, Nicolás (15 December 2014). "Barclay & Crousse recibe premio Hexágono de Oro en XVI Bienal de Arquitectura de Perú" [Barclay & Crousse Receive Golden Hexagon Award at 16th Architecture Biennale of Peru]. ArchDaily (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  18. ^ Valencia, Nicolás (17 May 2014). "Las 15 obras argentinas preseleccionadas para la BIAU 2014" [The 15 Argentine Works Preselected for the 2014 BIAU]. ArchDaily (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Embajadores" [Ambassadors] (in Spanish). Argentina International Architecture Biennale. 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  20. ^ "On Stage Vienna 2014!" (PDF). Vienna University of Technology. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  21. ^ Álvarez, Eva; Gómez, Carlos (8 March 2017). "The Invisible Women: How female architects were erased from history". Architectural Review. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  22. ^ Santos, Josefina (8 September 2016). "Más historias, obras y pensamiento de mujeres en la profesión" [More Stories, Works, and Thoughts of Women in the Profession]. Clarín ARQ Diario de Arquitectura (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  23. ^ Décima, Juan (2 September 2015). "El 1er. Encuentro de Mujeres y Arquitectura inaugura la Bienal" [The 1st Meeting of Women and Architecture Opens the Biennale]. Clarín ARQ Diario de Arquitectura (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  24. ^ "'Un día una arquitecta', una jornada para el diálogo en el Disseny Hub" ['One Day One Architect', a Time for Dialogue at the Disseny Hub] (in Spanish). City Council of Barcelona. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  25. ^ "Comision de ciencia y tecnologia" (PDF). Sesiones Ordinarias (in Spanish) (1256). Argentine Chamber of Deputies: 7. 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  26. ^ "Milka Bliznakov Research Prize". Virginia Tech. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  27. ^ Veredicto [Verdict] (PDF) (in Spanish). Quito Panamerican Biennale of Architecture. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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