Zaida Muxí Martínez (born 1964 in
Buenos Aires
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) is an Argentine
architect
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and city planner who graduated in the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism at the
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires (, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the second-oldest university in the country, and the largest university of the country by enrollment. Established in 1821 ...
,
Muxí earned her doctorate from the Upper Technical School of Architecture of Seville
[Currículum en el portal La Mujer Construye ] and later served as professor in the Upper Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona.
She is co-director, with Josep Maria Montaner, of the Máster Laboratory of the House of the 21st century of the
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
The Polytechnic University of Catalonia (, , ; UPC), currently referred to as BarcelonaTech, is the largest polytechnic university in Catalonia, Spain.
UPC's objectives are based on internationalization, as it is one of Europe's techni ...
. Muxí collaborates in the supplement Cultura/s of the journal ''
La Vanguardia
' (; , ) is a Spanish daily newspaper founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan. It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper.
Despite being mostly distributed in Catalonia, ...
'' Her body of work is characterized by her experience of space and gender.
Muxí occupied the penultimate place in the list of Ricard Gomà Carmona (
ICV) of the candidature in Barcelona for the
municipal Elections of Spain of 2011.
Publications
From 2009 she directed ''visions'', the magazine of the Upper Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona.
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References
EXTERNAL REFERENCES
* Méndez, Alexis C. “Género y Arquitectura: Una Perspectiva Desde Lo Conceptual: Conversando Con Zaida Muxí = Gender and Architecture: A Conceptual Perspective: Talking with Zaida Muxí.” ''Arquitectura y Urbanismo'' 37, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 71–76.
* Muxí, Zaida. “Private public space: Maremagnum.” In ''Transforming Barcelona,'' edited by Tim Marshall, 162–163. London: Routledge, 2004.
* Muxí, Zaida. “Women Architects in the Modern Movement,
yCarmen Espegel.” ''ZARCH : Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism'', no. 13 (December 1, 2019): 301.
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Argentine feminists
Argentine women architects
Architects from Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires alumni
1964 births
Living people
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