Updated Dec 2012, English Version

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.
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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
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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 –
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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.
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