Carmen Espegal Alonso
General Information
Occupation: Architect, Professor
Date of Birth: March 27, 1960
Birth City: Palencia
Birth Country: Spain
Resident City: Madrid
Resident Country: Spain
Archive/Repository: IAWA Online Inventory at: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/inventories/Alonso.html
Sources: Curriculum Vitae
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid
Title: Associate Professor of Projects
City: Madrid
Country: Spain
Start Date: January 01, 1991
Notes: Espegal Alonso taught first second and third levels and was a tutor for end of career projects
Employer: School of Interior Architecture of Madrid
Title: Professor of Senior Year Project
City: Madrid
Country: Spain
Employer: VZK Architects
Title: Principal
City: Madrid
Country: Spain
Notes: Competitions that VZK Architects have entered include: Auditorium, Leon, 1995, finalist; Internationalet Stadt, Ideenwettbewerg Spreeinsel, Berlin, Germany, 1994; Second Prize in the Gaudarrama Madrid Cultural Center Competition, Novemer 1993; EUROPAN-3 Housing Competition, Den Bosch, The Netherlands, November 1993; Algete Town Hall Competition, Madrid, November 1992.
Collaborators
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Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Honorary Mention, International Competition FORUM IFYA,
Description: Washington D.C.
Name: Thyssen Architecture Competition: Atocha Railway Station
Description: Competition was held in Madrid Spain
Name: Third Prize, Arrangment of the Left Bank of the Tormes River in Salamanca
Name: First Prize, Ephermal Architectures, Center of European Capitals
Description: Competition was held in Madrid, Spain
Name: 2005 Milka Bliznakov Award
Description: for her book Heroines of Space
Date Received: January 01, 2005
Exhibitions
Title: Towards a non romantic architecture. VZK Architects
Description: Conference and Exhibition in the Official Collegeo of Architects
City: Barcelona
Country: Spain
Start Date: April 20, 1995
Title: Carmen Epsegal-Gines Garrido, VZK Architects
Description: Conference ad Exhibition in the Institute for Advanced Architectural Studies, EAAL Ecole d'Architecture Atheneum
City: Lausanne
Country: Spain
Start Date: March 02, 1995
End Date: March 16, 1995
Notable Projects
Title: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Description: Espegal Alonso acted as the Technical Leader for the project
City: Grenoble
Country: Spain
Title: Two-Single Family Dwellings
Description: The homes are found in the Historic Center of Palencia
City: Palencia
Country: Spain
Title: Commercial Building
Description: Located on Calle Mayor
City: Palencia
Country: Spain
Title: Restoration of Cobos de Fuentiduena Church
City: Segovia
Country: Spain
Title: Restoration of Cristo de la Moralejilla Hermitage
City: Segovia
Country: Spain
Title: Restoration of San Nicolas Tower
City: Segovia
Country: Spain
Title: Isla Canela Partial Plan
Description: Urban Planning project
City: Huelva
Country: Spain
Title: Project for Arrangement of the River Banks of Tudela de Duero
Description: Urban Planning Project
City: Valladolid
Country: Spain
Title: Program for Integrated Development of Bay of Almeria
Country: Spain
Education
Institution: The School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM)
Department: Architecture
Degree: Architecture, with Honors
End Date: July 15, 1985
Institution: Higher Techinical School of Architecture, Madrid
Department: Architecture
Degree: Doctoral Thesis in progress: "Gray-Badovici's Project E. 1027: Drama of the Modern Villa in the Mediterranean"
Institution: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Degree: Master Degree in Conservation of Historic Towns and Buildings
Notes: Espegal Alonso graduated with Magna Cum Laude and was on a study grant from the European Community
Licensing
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Professional Affiliations
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Publications By
Title: Las cuidads invivibles (The inhabitable towns)
Publication: Planos n 1
Page: pp 1-2
Date Published: December 01, 1992
Title: Decretar la Beleza (To Decree Beauty)
Publication: Faro de Vigo, Seciotn Opinion/Letters
Page: p. 1
Date Published: May 30, 1992
Notes: Signed with the pseudonym Isabel Vidal
Title: Arcades to motivate arcades
Publication: Arquitectura
Issue: 291
Page: p. 5-7
Date Published: March 30, 1992
Notes: Article appeared in the Opinon/Letters section and was signed with the pseudonym Isabel Vidal and Antonio Miranda
Title: The Belgian Case
Publication: Proun P.F.C. International
Issue: Number 5-6
Page: pp. 52-57
Date Published: February 01, 1991
Title: La Villa de Plinio (Plinio's Villa)
Publication: El Croquis
Issue: Number 24
Page: pp. 123-125
Title: Premios COAM 1971-1993 (COAM Awards 1971-1993)
Publication: Fundacion Cultural COAM
Page: pp. 190-191
City: Madrid
Notes: Espegal Alonso was the editor of the work
Title: PFC Arquitectura Interior
Publication: Arquitectura Interior
Issue: Number 8
Page: p. 16-18
Publications About
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