Giancarlo Mazzanti Sierra: Border Architectures 2000-2008

Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, 6:00 p.m. Giancarlo Mazzanti Sierra is the founder and principal of Giancarlo Mazzanti Arquitectos based in Bogotá, Columbia. Mazzanti was the recipient of the 2008 Iberoamerican Architecture Biennial award for his most well known work the hilltop park and library, Parque Biblioteca Espana, in Medellin, Colombia. Intended to serve as an iconic symbol for the city of Medellin, it is part of a larger trend on the part of the city to use architecture to affect social change. Mazzanti’s other projects include the José Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City; the Barranquilla Museum of Modern Art and the Cultural Park and Museum of the Caribbean, both in Barranquilla, Colombia; Four Arenas for the South American Games, Tulio Ospina Park, Leon de Greiff Park and Library and the International Convention Center all located in Medellin, Colombia. Mazzanti has taught at the Universidad Javeriana, Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, in Bogotá, Colombia, the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Miami; the Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico; the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; the Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; the Colegio de Arquitectos de Panama; the taller intenacional de Arquitectura de Cartagena, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia; Universidad Católica and the Universidad Palma, both in Lima, Peru. He has won many competitions and been the recipient of numerous awards including the Bienal Paramericana de Arquitectura 2008, Quito, Ecuador; Bienal Iberoamericana de arquitectura 2008. Lisbonne, Portugal; Lápiz de acero 2008 award; Lápiz azul 2008 award; XX Bienal Colombiana de Arquitectura on the public spaces category and the Architecture National Award in the Urban Design and Landscape category at the 10th Venice Biennale of Architecture. Mazzanti studied architecture at Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia and industrial design and history and theory of architecture at University of Florence in Italy. Lectures are free and open to the public. They are located in the Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, Harris Hall, on the University Park campus. No reservations are required. Parking is available on campus at Gate 1 off Exposition Blvd. arch.usc.edu