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Gemma Gené

Gemma Gené

New York, NY, US

 

About 

Architect and Visual artist living in New York

Employment 

Steven Holl Architects, New York, NY, US, Junior Architect

May 2014 - current
 

Edebé editorial, Barcelona, ES, Illustrator

Ilustration in the dedication page of the Edebé award winner book "Sopa de cola de Lagartija" (Lizzard tail soup) by Marta Gené.

Full illustration of the book "El examen de matematicas" (the mathematics exam) by Miguel Matesanz.

Jan 2014 - current
 

Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Illustrator

Illustration for the magazines and news papers: Columbia Science Review, Columbia Politics Review, Columbia Economics Review, The Federalist, The Pulse

Aug 2013 - current
 

1,57 of gemma, Barcelona, ES, Founder and cartoonist

online cartoon (also published in the Columbia University news paper The Federalist)

Oct 2012 - Dec 2013
 

Pm, Mt, Barcelona, ES, Practical Training Architect

Oct 2012 - May 2013
 

ICCIC, Barcelona, ES, Descriptive geometry professor

Descriptive Geometry and hand technical drawing at Institució Cultural del CIC

Sep 2011 - May 2013
 

Barcelona City Council, Barcelona, ES, Intern at the Architectonical Heritage Department

Sep 2011 - Aug 2012
 

Education 

Columbia University, New York, NY, US, MArch, MSAAD

Master in Advanced Architectural Design at Columbia University. Studio Professors: Jing Liu, Bernard Tschumi and Steven Holl.

May 2013 - May 2014
 
Sep 2005 - Nov 2012
 

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, US, Sculpture

Sculpture class with professor Ehren Tool

Jun 2010 - Aug 2011
 

Escola da Cidade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, São Paulo, BR, BArch, Architecture

Semester abroad at Escola da Cidade, São Paulo

Jan 2010 - Jul 2010
 

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, US, Architecture

Summer Studio with professor Carol Buhrmann

Jun 2009 - Jul 2009
 

Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, ES, Cinema

Minor in Cinema

Sep 2001 - Jun 2006
 

Awards 

The Allies Art Gallery, Other

Exhibition of the project Noodloo developed at Columbia University for the class Fast Space Slow Space (professors Mark Bearak and Brigette Bordes) at the Allies Art Gallery in Soho, New York.

Team: Gemma Gené, Jenny Lin, Rashad Palmer, Rebecca Riss, Gabriel Calatrava, Dan Luo, Eileen Chen, Margaux Young, Anna Vander Zwaag and Madeeha Merchant

2014
 

Abstract, Other

Publication of two projects in the Abstract, the book that selects the best projects of the year at GSAPP, Columbia University.

The projects are:

- "The shadow of structure" by Gemma Gené and Dimitris Syropoulos for the studio directed by Steven Holl and Dimitra Tsachrelia.

- "Noodloo" developed for the class Fast Space Slow Space (professors Mark Bearak and Brigette Bordes). Team: Gemma Gené, Jenny Lin, Rashad Palmer, Rebecca Riss, Gabriel Calatrava, Dan Luo, Eileen Chen, Margaux Young, Anna Vander Zwaag and Madeeha Merchant

2014
 

Figment, 1st Place

Exhibition of the project Noodloo, developed at Columbia University for the class Fast Space Slow Space (professors Mark Bearak and Brigette Bordes) at Figment.

Team: Gemma Gené, Jenny Lin, Rashad Palmer, Rebecca Riss, Gabriel Calatrava, Dan Luo, Eileen Chen, Margaux Young, Anna Vander Zwaag and Madeeha Merchant

2014
 

2013 Canvas Artist Series Contest, 1st Place

Art competition

2013
 

Barcelona City Council grant, Grant

Barcelona City Council on theart and architectural historical heritage department

2011
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills