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Charlotte Malterre-Barthes

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Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Marseille, France
Academic background
EducationB.A., École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Marseille-Luminy
M.A., École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Marseille-Luminy; Ph.D.ETHZ
Academic work
InstitutionsHarvard University Graduate School of Design
Websitecharlottemalterrebarthes.com

Charlotte Malterre-Barthes (born 1977) is a French architect and urban designer. She is an assistant professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Early life and education

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Malterre-Barthes attended École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Marseille-Luminy and ETHZ, where she received her Ph.D. on the political economy of commodities, nominated for the silver medal.[1] She worked for architecture firms Coop Himmelblau, Rudy Ricciotti and B. V. Doshi.

Career

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After graduating, Malterre worked in several offices before opening her own urban design agency in Zurich with Noboru Kawagishi called OMNIBUS.[2] In 2011, she joined the ETHZ as a research assistant and became the director of the MAS program in Urban Design.[3] She was a research fellow at the Future Cities Laboratory at NUS in 2012.

As a faculty member at ETHZ, Malterre was a founding member of the Parity Group, an activist association dedicated to equity in architecture.[4] In 2019, Malterre was appointed co-curator of the International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo. In 2020, Malterre joined the faculty at Harvard University Graduate School of Design as an assistant professor.[5] During this time and together with office B+, she initiated the call for "A Global Moratorium on New Construction".[6] This was also published as an online graphic novel with Zosia Dzierżawska in the Architectural Review.[7]

Books

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  • Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun. London: Nobrow, 2019. ISBN 9781910620434. With Zosia Dzierżawska.
  • Some Haunted Spaces in Singapore. Zurich: Editions Patrick Frey, 2018. with M. Jaeggi.
  • Cairo Desert Cities. Berlin: Ruby Press, 2017 ISBN 9783944074238 with M. Angelil
  • Housing Cairo – The Informal Response. Berlin: Ruby Press, 2016 ISBN 9783944074177 with M. Angelil
  • Migrant Marseille: Architecture of Social Segregation and Urban Inclusivity. Berlin: Ruby Press, 2020, ISBN 9783944074337 with M. Angelil

References

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  1. ^ "The Political Economy of Food Systems and its Effects on the Built Environment". ethz.ch. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "Charlotte Malterre-Barthes". gsd.harvard.edu. June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "MASTER OF ADVANCED STUDIES IN URBAN DESIGN". angelil.arch.ethz.ch. October 14, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Parity Group". parity.arch.ethz.ch. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  5. ^ Dagenais, Travis (June 8, 2020). "Announcing faculty appointments and promotions in urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture". gsd.harvard.edu. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  6. ^ "A Global Moratorium on New Construction". stopconstruction.cargo.site. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  7. ^ "Graphic Novel: A Moratorium on New Construction". architectural-review.com. November 18, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2022.