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College / Department

College of Architecture, Art and Design
Department of Architecture

Teaching areas

Architectural design, Technical Drawing, Construction and Materials.

Research areas

Integration of academia with architectural practice. Translation of design concepts into realized buildings, Use of traditional material in contemporary architecture. Social Impact design extending across the academy-public community.

Education

PhD, Doctor In Architecture, Kumamoto University, Japan, 1998
MArch, Research On Traditional Japanese Housing, Hokkaido University, Japan, 1987
BArc, Bsc Architecture Universidad Central De Venezuela, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela, 1983

Professional experience

Professor Of Practice, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2017 - Present
Visiting Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2015 - 2017
Visiting Assistant Professor, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, 2013 - 2015
Instructor, Tongji University Architecture & Urban Planning, Shanghai, China, 2012 - 2013
Director, EMBT Shanghai office, SH, China, 2009 - 2013
Lecturer, European Institute of Design, Barcelona, Spain, 2007 - 2009
Project Director, EMBT Barcelona office, Barcelona, Spain, 2000 - 2009
Project Director, Arata Isozaki Atelier, Tokyo, Japan, 1990 - 1995

Memberships

COAC College of Architects of Catalunya, 1 October 2000

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2824

Dr. Igor Curiel

Professor of Practice
PhD, Kumamoto University, Japan

A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Igor Peraza worked for five years at the Atelier of Arata Isozaki and led the Domus (Museum of Mankind) project on-site in La Coru'a, Spain. In 2000 he relocated to Barcelona to work with Miralles Tagliabue as Director of the Santa Caterina Market project. He went on to serve as Director of EMBT's Shanghai office, where he led a number of projects including the Spanish Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo. He has previously taught at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, the European Institute of Design, Tongji University in Shanghai and the Lebanese American University.

Publications

Igor Peraza. Poetics of construction, material imagination, and place identity: Assessing the built work of RCR Architects in the UAE
Igor Peraza. Wrapping up and weaving buildings: Handcrafted techniques in contemporary architecture, 8 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2019
George Newlands And Igor Peraza. Dubai Creek Maritime Museum, Comprehensive Architecture Studio,Spring 2017 A Tectonic Study
Igor Peraza. Planning subsector 2 PERI Llull Pujades Ponent, 17 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2014

Conference Presentations

Two Houses in the Arabian Desert: Assessing the Built Work of RCR Architects in the United Arab Emirates, Conference On Design Principles And Practices, 29 March 2023
Poetics of construction, material imagination, and place identity: Assessing the built work of RCR Architects in the UAE, Icsa2022 5th International Conference On Structure And Architecture, 6 July 2022
Building a Community of Learning, Center For Innovation In Teaching And Learning, 1 November 2021
Study Abroad Program: ONLINE Teaching and Learning about the Sense of Place., 19th International Conference Arquitectonics: Mind, Land And Society, 3 June 2021
From Drawing to Building, El Proyecto Urbano Y La Ciudad, 6 May 2020
Handcrafted Techniques in Contemporary Architecture, Conference, 24 October 2019
Wrapping up and Weaving buildings, International Conference Of Structure & Architecture Icsa 2019, 26 July 2019
Mexico City Global Studio, 21 June 2019
Latin America Architecture, Latin-america Symposium, 5 June 2019
Beginnings, Middle and End, Architecture And The Environment, 9 March 2018
EMBT WORK Benedetta Tagliabue & Igor Peraza, In Situ Nz Institute Of Architects, 18 December 2017
La Regeneracion Urbana en Barcelona- El Plan y el Mercado de Santa Caterina, Cumbre Mundial De Lideres, 14 October 2016

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, FRG21-S: Poetics of construction, material imagination, and place identity: Assessing the built work of RCR Architects in the UAE, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2021 - 31 May 2023

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