Sofía von Ellrichshausen (born 1976) is an Argentine-Chilean architect, artist, and educator. In 2002, she co-founded the art and architecture studio «Pezo von Ellrichshausen» in Concepción,

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, together with Mauricio Pezo. Their work has been exhibited at the

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in London, and the

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, and is part of the permanent collections of the

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and the

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Education and academia

Von Ellrichshausen was born in Bariloche, Argentina, in 1976. She holds a degree in architecture from the

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. She has taught at

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in Ithaca, New York,

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in New Haven, Connecticut, the

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College of Architecture in Chicago, the

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, and the University of Tokyo in Japan.

Work

Von Ellrichshausen met Chilean architect Mauricio Pezo in Buenos Aires, and together they established an art and architecture studio in Chile. «Cien House», which the studio built for themselves, is located in a suburb of Concepción, and was highlighted as an example of Chilean Modernist architecture in a 2019 article in ''

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''. «Poli House», designed in 2005, was included in

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's list of "The 10 Best Concrete Buildings," and earned her the "Best Young Chilean Architect Award." In 2009, ''The Architectural Review'' described their design for «Fosc House» as "playful". Together with Pezo, von Ellrichshausen was curator of '' I Was Here'', the Chilean Pavilion at the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale, and served as a jury member at the 2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture. The studio's portfolio also includes projects such as Solo House, Rode House, Luna House, Raem House, and the INES Innovation Center, among others. Her work is part of the permanent collections of the

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in New York City, the

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in Chile, and the

Exhibitions and Presentations

* ''Reporting from the Front,'' 2016 Venice Biennale of Architecture * ''Conceptions of Space,'' Museum of Modern Art, New York City (2014) * ''Sensing Spaces,'' Royal Academy of Arts, London (2014)

Publications

* ''Naïve Intention.'' New York: Actar, 2018 * ''Av Monographs 199: Pezo von Ellrichshausen—Geometric Abstraction.'' Madrid: Avisa, 2018 * ''Pezo von Ellrichshausen—Spatial Structure.'' Copenhagen: Arkitektur B, 2016

Awards and honors

The studio is a recipient of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Emerge Prize in 2014 for Poli House, the Rice Design Alliance Prize in 2012, and the 2006 Iberoamerican Architecture Biennial Award.

References

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