Lecture: Ana Rascovsky, “Ascetic Luxury”
Respondent: Ania Jaworska
Monday, September 19, 5:30pm
1100 A+DS
Join us for the first lecture of our fall series, by the Buenos Aires–based architect Ana Rascovsky. Clinical Assistant Professor Ania Jaworska will lead a conversation after the lecture.
Ana Rascovsky is co-director of Estudio PLANTA and a founding member of Supersudaca, a think tank of architecture and urbanism.
She completed a master of excellence in architecture and urbanism from the Berlage Institute Rotterdam (2002), a master (D.E.A.) in the history of urbanism from the Ecole d’Architecture de Versailles (2001), and a degree in architecture from University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (1996). She has received grants from the French Embassy / National Arts Fund and, along with Supersudaca, Prince Claus Fund. She is design professor at University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and has been visiting professor at the Iuav di Venezia, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Universidad de Palermo, and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. She has been invited to teach and lecture at many institutions internationally, including the Hochschule Anhalt of Dessau, the Academy of Architecture of Amsterdam, the Universidad de Talca, and KU Leuven.