I. Cornago Bonal
I. Cornago Bonal
Profile
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Íñigo has developed a professional practice between architecture and urbanism working independently, collaboratively and in the partnership Cornago&Sanchez. He has put forward projects that range in scope and scale: From building housing projects and developing time-based urban master plans, to art interventions and collaborative design. He teaches design studio at Kingston University, London in both the BA (Hons) Architecture and the MA Landscape and Urbanism.
Biography
Íñigo Cornago is an architect and lecturer. He graduated from ETSAM-UPM, Madrid in 2013. Thanks to an Erasmus grant, he spent one year as an exchange student at KTH, Stockholm. Currently, Íñigo is a PhD candidate at TU Delft in the Chair of Architecture & Dwelling. With the support of La Caixa Fellowship, he develops his PhD in the ’Architecture and Democracy’ programme, a collaboration between the Department of Architecture, TU Delft, the Jaap Bakema Study Centre, and Het Nieuwe Instituut.
Íñigo has developed a professional practice between architecture and urbanism working independently, collaboratively and in the partnership Cornago&Sanchez. He has put forward projects that range in scope and scale: From building housing projects and developing time-based urban master plans, to art interventions and collaborative design.
In 2016, he was awarded a Teaching Fellowship at CEPT University where he co-edited the publication “Ahmedabad Cross Section”. He has co-directed the Archiprix International Workshop in the 2015 and 2017 editions. In 2012, together with Claudia Sánchez, he directed a workshop for Interactivos-Hack the city at Science Gallery, Dublin and Medialab Prado, Madrid. Next year, they were Artist in Residency at El Ranchito, Matadero, Madrid.
Awards
Íñigo has been awarded a ‘La Caixa’ fellowship to develop his PhD. In 2015 he won a first prize in the Europan 13 competition with the proposal ‘Urban Toolkit’. His work has also been awarded in competitions such as Europan 10 [Tallin], 72 Hour Urban Action [Roskilde, Denmark], the competition for the urban regeneration of Badel site [Zagreb] or Arquia Proxima (2014,2016,2018).
Academic background
Íñigo Cornago is an architect and lecturer. He graduated from ETSAM-UPM, Madrid in 2013. Thanks to an Erasmus grant, he spent one year as an exchange student at KTH, Stockholm. Currently, Íñigo is a PhD candidate at TU Delft in the Chair of Architecture & Dwelling. With the support of La Caixa Fellowship, he develops his PhD in the ’Architecture and Democracy’ programme, a collaboration between the Department of Architecture, TU Delft, the Jaap Bakema Study Centre, and Het Nieuwe Instituut.
Íñigo has developed a professional practice between architecture and urbanism working independently, collaboratively and in the partnership Cornago&Sanchez. He has put forward projects that range in scope and scale: From building housing projects and developing time-based urban master plans, to art interventions and collaborative design.
In 2016, he was awarded a Teaching Fellowship at CEPT University where he co-edited the publication “Ahmedabad Cross Section”. He has co-directed the Archiprix International Workshop in the 2015 and 2017 editions. In 2012, together with Claudia Sánchez, he directed a workshop for Interactivos-Hack the city at Science Gallery, Dublin and Medialab Prado, Madrid. Next year, they were Artist in Residency at El Ranchito, Matadero, Madrid.
Expertise
Publications
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2022
Open Building and User Agency
Early and Contemporary Experiments in the Netherlands
I. Cornago Bonal / D. van den Heuvel -
2021-6
How to Build with Time?
Learning from Bimanagar
I. Cornago Bonal / Lueder Christoph -
2020
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2020
La vivienda que queremos después de la pandemia
Íñigo Cornago Bonal
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2020
Open Building and Users’ Agency
Early and contemporary experiments in the Netherlands
I. Cornago Bonal / D. van den Heuvel -
Media
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2020-07-04
A snapshot of Ahmedabad as microcosm
Appeared in: The Times of India
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2020-05-07
Talking Housing with Íñigo Cornago Bonal
Appeared in: Jaap Bakema Study Centre
Prizes
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2021
2021 RIBA Research Fund
The RIBA Research Fund awards annual grants to individuals conducting independent architectural research at any stage of their careers in practice or academia. The aim is to support critical investigation into a wide range of subject matters relevant to the advancement of architecture, and connected arts and sciences, in the United Kingdom.
In 2021, the RIBA Research Fund received the highest number of applications in its history. These were reviewed and assessed by the Research Grants Sub-Committee,
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2019
La Caixa Foundation fellowship for doctoral studies