Anna Puigjaner
{{Short description|Spanish architect}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Puigjaner
| image = Anna Puigjaner.jpg
| birth_date = 1980
| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain
| alma_mater = Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona
| nationality = Spanish
| occupation = architect, researcher, editor
| awards = 2016 Wheelwright Prize
}}
Anna Puigjaner Barberà (Barcelona, 1980) is a Spanish architect, researcher and editor. She received the Wheelwright Prize in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Ana |date=2016-05-20 |title=Anna Puigjaner, ganadora del Wheelwright Prize 2016 |trans-title=Anna Puigjaner, winner of the 2016 Wheelwright Prize |url=https://www.archdaily.cl/cl/787938/anna-puigjaner-ganadora-del-wheelwright-prize-2016 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=ArchDaily en Español |language=es}}
Biography
Puigjaner studied her bachelor, master and doctorade degrees at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB). Firstly, she graduated in 2004. In 2008, she obtained the Master in Advanced Studies with a research named Waldorf-Royal.{{Cite web |title=Anna Puigjaner, arquitecta catalana alumni UPC, a favor dels menjadors comunitaris |trans-title=Anna Puigjaner, Catalan architect, UPC alumni, in favor of community canteens |url=https://alumni.upc.edu/ca/noticies/una-arquitecta-catalana-alumni-upc-a-favor-dels-menjadors-comunitaris |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=UPC Alumni |language=ca}} In 2014, she completed her PhD with a thesis project focused on the Waldorf Astoria's kitchenless apartments during its first six decades.{{Cite thesis |title=Ciudad sin cocina : el Waldorf Astoria, apartamentos con servicios domésticos colectivos en Nueva York, 1871-1929 |url=https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/95471 |publisher=Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |date=2014-09-15 |degree=Doctoral thesis |first=Anna |last=Puigjaner Barberà}}
In 2005 she cofounded architecture office MAIO alongside María Charneco, Alfredo Lérida and Guillermo López.{{Cite web |last=Medina |first=Samuel |title=This Spanish Architect Wants to Revolutionize the Home—by Getting Rid of Kitchens |url=https://metropolismag.com/projects/anna-puigjaner-kitchenless-home/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Metropolis}}
Between 2011 and 2016, Piugjaner was an editor of the Catalan magazine Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme.
In 2016, she received the Wheelwright Prize with the proposal Kitchenless City: Architectural Systems for Social Welfare,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-05-19 |title=Barcelona-based architect Anna Puigjaner winner of the 2016 Wheelwright Prize |url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/2016/05/gsd-announces-barcelona-based-architect-anna-puigjaner-winner-of/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Harvard Graduate School of Design |language=}} an itinerary that began in Senegal, and moved through Singapur, Tailandia, Mexico, Canada, Japan, China, Sweden and Peru. That same year, her Kitchenless City proposal was finalist of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.{{Cite web |last=Gintoff |first=Vladimir |date=2016-05-23 |title=David Chipperfield Selects Swiss Architect Simon Kretz as his Protégé |url=https://www.archdaily.com/788099/david-chipperfield-selects-swiss-architect-simon-kretz-as-his-protege |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=ArchDaily |language=}}
In 2023, Piugjaner was appointed as Professor of Architecture and Care at the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich.{{Cite web |title=Anna Puigjaner |url=https://wohnforum.arch.ethz.ch/en/networks-knowledge-exchange/events/athena-lecture-series/anna-puigjaner.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=ETH Wohnforum |language=}}
She is currently associate professor of Professional Practice at GSAPP – Columbia University, and has also taught at the Royal College of Art in London and at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona.{{Cite web |title=Anna Puigjaner, "Kitchen Stories" |url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/anna-puigjaner-kitchen-stories/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Harvard Graduate School of Design |language=}}
Her architectural practice challenges traditional notions of domesticity, particularly the concept of the kitchen, and emphasizes the potential for shared spaces in urban housing.{{Cite web |last=Viva |first=Arquitectura |title=Interview with Anna Puigjaner - Enrique Morillo |url=https://arquitecturaviva.com/articles/entrevista-con-anna-puigjaner |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Arquitectura Viva |language=en}}
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Category:Spanish women architects