Anna Puigjaner Barberà (

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, 1980) is a Spanish architect, researcher and editor. She received the

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in 2016.

Biography

Puigjaner studied her bachelor, master and doctorate degrees at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB). Firstly, she graduated in 2004. In 2008, she obtained the Master in Advanced Studies with a research named ''Waldorf-Royal''. In 2014, she completed her

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with a thesis project focused on the

Waldorf Astoria The Waldorf Astoria New York is a luxury hotel and condominium residence in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York. The structure, at 301 Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, is a 47-story, Art Deco landmark des ...

's kitchenless apartments during its first six decades. In 2005 she cofounded architecture office MAIO alongside María Charneco, Alfredo Lérida and Guillermo López. Between 2011 and 2016, Piugjaner was an editor of the Catalan magazine ''Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme''. In 2016, she received the

with the proposal ''Kitchenless City: Architectural Systems for Social Welfare,'' an itinerary that began in Senegal, and moved through Singapur, Tailandia, Mexico, Canada, Japan, China, Sweden and Peru. That same year, her ''Kitchenless City'' proposal was finalist of the

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. In 2023, Piugjaner was appointed as Professor of Architecture and Care at the Department of Architecture at

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. She is currently associate professor of Professional Practice at GSAPP – Columbia University, and has also taught at the

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in London and at the

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in Barcelona. Her architectural practice challenges traditional notions of

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, particularly the concept of the kitchen, and emphasizes the potential for shared spaces in urban housing.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Puigjaner, Anna Living people Spanish women architects Spanish architects Wheelwright Prize winners Women architects 1980 births Academic staff of ETH Zurich