Circle of Life

Manuel Herrera was born in Veracruz, Mexico, in 1966; he did his undergraduate at Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City) and a master in Architecture at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles; He has received a three year scholarship from the The National Foundation of Arts in 2015, two silver medals at Mexico Bienal of Architecture in 2018, CEMEX prize 2018, Interceramic first prize 2018; in 2019 his office, Noldi prize 2018; Taller DIEZ 05 was award with The Best Office at the anual OBRAS Magazine price 2019; also getting an Honor Mention at the Iberoamerican CIDI Bienal of Interior Design and Architecture. His work has been published in all over the world, such as: Arquine, Arquitectura Latinoamericana, Enlace, Bitácora, Arquitectura Mexicana e Interiorismo, Glocal Magazine, Archdaily, Berlogos Rusia, Arts and Architecture y Home Design, HINGE MAGAZINE (Hong Kong), Enlace Magazine Colombia.

Stefano Peluso is an architect and urban designer. He studies at the IUAV of Venice and at the TU of Berlin. From 2005 to 2009 he collaborates as architect and project-leader with Bernardo Secchi and Paola Viganò on many urban design projects and international competitions. From 2008 to 2013 is an adjunct assistant professor in the Architecture and Urban Design Laboratory and Graduation Thesis Laboratory of Prof. Paola Viganò at the IUAV University of Venice. He is the co-founder of MAARCH Architecture - Landscape and Urban Design Group located between Milano (IT) and Antwerp (B). He is a member of the editorial staff of the Italian Architecture Magazine “Turrisbabel”. In 2016 is invited to the XV Venice Architecture Biennale with the project PM800 Post Metabolic City. Lives and works in Bressanone (BZ – Italy) designing private and public buildings and open spaces. Member of the artist collective Butch-ennial, he investigates the relations between contemporary art and uncommon urban spaces. His project for the Albes Cemetery Extension has been critically acclaimed and nominated to the Südtiroler Architecture Award 2019.

Darius Reznek studied architecture and urbanism in Romania and earned his Master’s in Landscape Architecture at Wageningen University & Research. He started his career at Karres en Brands in 2012 and has since advanced at lightning speed to the level of designer and project leader, working on complex spatial assignments, mostly abroad. He led Karres en Brands’s competition team for several years working on numerous competitions, including the Paper Island urban design in Copenhagen and the winning station area designs in Roskilde or Helsinge Garden City in Denmark and the Randwick Academic Health Science Centre Masterplan in Sydney. Darius honed his skills through his collaboration with many agencies in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and Norway. His strength lies in his open- mindedness and inquisitive attitude. When approaching a complex spatial assignment, he considers both the qualities of the location and the overarching concept. Like in his work on the prize-winning design for the Triangle de Gonesse in Paris and on the winning competition proposal for Hamburg’s newest district - Oberbillwerder. The masterplan is Germany’s largest and most ambitious development with just under 130ha set to be developed into a cutting edge city of the future. He is one of the lead-architects for the further implementation. Currently Darius is a studio tutor within the Future of Death studio led by Bart Brands at the Stuart Weitzman School of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania.