Maria Mingallon CV
- 1. Maria Mingallon Maria Mingallon is a senior structural engineer with a degree in architecture. She uses Nature as a source of knowledge and digital computation as a tool for designing, analysing and fabricating. She graduated in 2005 in Civil Engineering and obtained a scholarship to complete her studies at Imperial College in London. She has worked at ARUP since graduating as a Structural Engineer. Among other projects, she has designed two footbridges leading to the Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects at the London 2012 Olympic Park. In 2008 Arup sponsored her master degree in Emergent Technologies and Design at the Architectural Association from which she graduated with Distinction. www.mariamingallon.com Profession She has taught at the Architectural Association as a visiting tutor. She is Structural Engineer currently teaching Advanced Construction at McGill School of Architecture where she was awarded the 'Gerald Sheff Visiting Current Position Professorship in Architecture' for outstanding part-time teaching, in Senior Structural Engineer June 2011. From Sep 2010, she directed the ContemPLAY pavilion project (in collaboration with FARMM), which has recently reached completion. She is also part of the reviewing committee for the Joined Arup Symposium in Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design. 2005 On December 2010, Maria published her first book: 'Fiber Composite Years of Experience Adaptive Systems'. On August 2012 she co-authored a chapter titled 7 years 'Bio-inspired Self-Actuating Composite Materials' part of the book: 'Composites and Their Applications'. Nationality Spanish Maria is currently co-directing the b-Shack project, a beehive observation shack to be designed and built by graduate students of McGill University, in collaboration with the Facility for Architectural Languages Research in Media and Mediation, FARMM. Spanish, English, French Qualifications 2008-09, Msc (Distinction) Emergent Technologies + Design, Specializing in advanced computation and digital Architectural Association, London. fabrication, Maria represents Arup successfully in engineering and academia with her past and current works 2008, CEng MICE, UK. 2005, Chartered Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Spain. Nouvelle Autoroute 30 Montréal, Canada, 2009 - current Construction Phase Structures Coordinator, supervising the construction 2000-05, MEng Civil, Structural & and remedial actions for non-conformances to the original design. Environmental Engineering (5 years degree). Parracombe Footbridges, Bristol, UK, 2012 Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Assistance to Bristol’s ARUP office for the parametric modeling of Puertos, UCLM, Spain. three different bridge typologies at the concept stage. www.arup.com
- 2. 2003-04, Erasmus Scholarship: Taichung Tower International Competition, Taiwan, 2011 Imperial College, London, UK. Assistance to Toronto’s ARUP office for the parametric design of a 550m high tower scheme. Publications Heifei Yangtze Skyline Mansion Competition, China, 2011 ‘Composites and their Assistance provided to Toronto’s office on the 3D computational applications’, edited by Ning Hu, parametric model used for preliminary structural analysis of the tower. Chapter 15: ‘Bio-Inspired Self- Actuating Composite Materials’, London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, UK, 2006 - 2008 InTech, ISBN 978-953-51-0706-4, Structural Engineer for the Conceptual and Detailed design for the Published: August 22, 2012. footbridges leading to the London Aquatics Centre, designed by Zaha ASME, Biomimetics in Hadid Architects. Architecture, ‘The Architecture of the dragonfly wing: a study of the PPP M1/Westlink Belfast, UK, 2005 - 2006 structural and fluid dynamics Private partnership project for the improvement of the motorway capabilities’, Denver, Colorado, network around Belfast. USA. November 2011. ACADIA, Responsive Information Teaching and Variations in Architecture, Peer Reviewed Exhibition: ‘Fibre ARUP, Algorithmic Design with Grasshopper, 2013 Composite Adaptive Systems’. Arup internal 2-days course, to be imparted in our offices in New York, New York, USA, October 2010. Los Angeles and San Francisco. ‘Fiber Composite Adaptive McGill University, School of Architecture, Montreal, 2010 - current Systems: A manifesto into self- Advanced Construction, MArch program. Parametric design and digital actuating potentials of fiber composite structures embedded fabrication in architecture. with shape memory alloy Community Design Workshop, MArch program. Hands-on experience, actuators’, published by LAP ContemPLAY pavilion. Lambert Academic Publishing; ISBN-13: 978-3843367257, Architectural Association, London, 2009 December 14, 2010. Introduction to Design by Scripting (VB), 3-days workshop. SimAud, ‘Associative modelling of Multiscale Fibre Composite Academic Adaptive Systems’, Orlando, FL, The b-Shack Project, Montreal, 2012 – currently USA, April 2010. Design and construction of a beehives observation shack, using parametric design and digital fabrication tools; management and Press coordination of the project as co-director together with Jason Crow from the Facility for Architectural Research in Media and Mediation ContemPLAY pavilion for (FARMM) of the McGill School of Architecture. Architizer A+ Awards, New York, December 2012. ContemPLAY Pavilion Project, Montréal, 2012 La Maison de l'architecture du Design and construction of a pavilion, using advanced computation Québec, Protéiforme: architecture techniques and digital fabrication tooling; management and paramétrique, Montreal, November coordination of the project in collaboration with FARMM, McGill 2012 - February 2013. School of Architecture. ContemPLAY pavilion Theaterhaus Jena, Germany, 2009 for Architects Journal Small Design and construction of an inflatable structure for the Theatre Projects Awards 2013, UK, Festival ‘Crash Boom Bau!’ in Jena. EU funded project as part of the Cultural Programme for the Bauhaus year 2009, in collaboration with www.arup.com
- 3. December 2012. the AA Interprofessional Studio led by Theo Lorenz and Tanja Siems Scientific Computing AA Terrace Canopy Project, London, UK, 2009 World, Structural engineering Design and construction of a canopy for the AA terrace by the Emtech software reveals architecture of students in collaboration with Buro Happold Engineers. Main dragonfly wing, August 2012. responsibilities were coordination of the structural design in liaison with BHE, development of construction sequence and methodology under ArchDaily, The ContemPLAY Pavilion / DRS + FARMM, tight site constraints and a low budget. August 2012. MMOT, SSHRC Research Creation Grant in Fine Arts, 2011 FIGMENT City of Dreams Part of the research team at McGill School of Architecture awarded Pavilion 2012-2013,The Enneper with a grant to investigate the productive and demonstrative pavilion by Maria characteristics at play in architectural design methodologies: Mingallon among the finalists, “Modelling the Methodologies of our Time”. New York, July 2012. Archinect ContemPLAY, ‘Adventures in full-scale digital Competitions fabrication’, July 2012. Enneper Pavilion, Finalist Canadian Architect, ‘McGill City of Dreams Pavilion Competition, New York, May 2012 architecture students create ContemPLAY pavilion’, June Amsterdam Iconic Footbridge 2012. AC-CA International Competition, Amsterdam, March 2012 ZQ Zygote Quarterly, ‘Interview with Maria Mingallon’, May 2012. eVolo 2012 Skyscraper International Competition ContemPLAY pavilion wins collaboration with MSSM Associates, Jan 2012 Excellence Award from the American Galvanizers Association, May 2012. fLying seating installation Brown Bag Lecture Series Seoul International Design Competition, South Korea, 2011 presents: Maria Mingallon, March 2012. MSD Future Proofing Schools Oasys GSA case studies: ‘The International Competition, Melbourne, Australia, 2011 Architecture of the Dragonfly Wing’, February 2012. Paphos Footbridges ARCH20 and 3D-Dreaming, Collaboration with MSSM Associates, Cyprus, 2011 'Disaster Recovery Skyscraper', eVolo 2012 Skycraper Competition entry, in collaboration REPEAT with MSSM Associates, January TEX-FAB, Digital Fabrication, Houston, USA, 2010 2012. Morfae, 'Paphos Footbridge by Taxi Stands MSSM Associates with Andri Design Montréal, ‘Les taxis prend ses aires’, Canada, 2010 Shalou and Parametric Structures + Design in Cyprus', November 2011. Wu Zhi Qiao Footbridge, Third Award Morfae, 'ContemPLAY pavilion, a Arup internal design competition, (entry no. 57), Mixia, China, 2010 student led initiative of the McGill School of Architecture', April 2011. Academic Awards eVolo, 'ContemPLAY Pavilion – www.arup.com
- 4. McGill School of Architecture', April 2011. Awarded ‘Gerald Sheff Visiting Professorship’ Morfae, the shape of things: Recognizing excellence and outstanding skills in part-time teaching, architecture, design, interior, art, style – 'Fibre Composite Adaptive McGill University School of Architecture, June 2011. Systems', November 2010. Biomimetic Architecture Research MSc Distinction for thesis: 'Fibre Composite Adaptive Systems' Community, ‘The Architecture of As part of the master program in Emergent Technologies and Design the Dragonfly Wing’, Oct 2010 taught by Mike Weinstock, Michael Hensel and Achim Menges, and Fibre Composite Adaptive Systems, October 2010. Architectural Association, London, UK. November, 2009. Domus, ‘Fibre Composite Adaptive Systems’, Russia, Sep EC Erasmus tuition scholarship 2010. Imperial College, London, UK, 2003-2004. Urban Flux, China, Thesis on Fibre Composite Adaptive UNIÓN FENOSA, First Award, UCLM Systems, July 2010. Best Academic Project for the Urban Development of an industrial eVolo, 'Fibre Composite Adaptive Area: 'Industrial Sector Larache, Ciudad Real', Spain, March 2003. Systems', June 2010. archdaily, 'Fibre Composite SIKA, S.A., Third Award, National Contest Adaptive Systems / Architectural 'Construction project of an egg-shaped sludge treatment plant', Spain, Association', June 2010. June 2005. Tectónicas Digitales, Laboratory for Advanced Architecture, 'ComtemPLAY', May 2011 and 'Compuestos de Fibra Inteligentes', June 2010. www.arup.com