Karen Antorveza
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Education
2018 - 2020
M.Sc. Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research ITECH
University of Stuttgart,ICD, ITKE. Germany
2010 - 2015
Bachelor of Industrial Design (4-year professional degree)
UADE - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Work Experience
2022 - present
ETH Zurich
PhD Researcher |Switzerland|
Digital Building Technologies (DBT)
2020 -2022
Caracol AM
R&D Computational designer |Italy|
Caracol AM - Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
2019 – 2020
Institute of Computational Design and Construction. ICD
Research Assitance | University Stuttgart, Germany
icd.uni-stuttgart.de
- Large Scale Additive Manufacturing Platform (LAMP) Sino-German
- Robolab HIWI- Assisting in the supervision and coordination of the student robotics workshop
- Cluster of Excellence IntCDC Management Team
2015 - 2018
TaMaCo cheLA
Co-Director | Argentina | //chela.org.ar
- Collaborated with Francesco Milano to develop the laboratory’s brief, research and strategic management.
- Research and development of workshops, projects, and lectures related to computational design and fabrication technologies
- Developing fundraising applications for the project.
2015 - Present
Studio Formosa
Founder | //formosa
A research-oriented and experimentally-based practice, focusing primarily on computer design and digital manufacturing, working in projects that span a range of scales, from exhibitions, interior design to industrial design products.
2013 -2015
Industrial Designer. Trimaker Argentina
//trimaker.com
- Design of Cosmos 3D printer
- Education training
- Graphic design: packaging design, exhibition design, web design
Teaching
2019
Ensa Paris Malaquais, France
Workshop Digital Folding: from design to fabrication
2015
School ORT Argentina
Teaching Assitance - Industrial Design to high school students.
2017
Cátedra Lisman. FADU, University of Buenos Aires Workshop Plegado (Folding)
2016
Fundación Telefónica. Argentina
Workshop: Challenge your creativity with 3D printing
Workshop: 3D printing and 3D scanning
Skills sets
Fabrication and Hardware
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Robotics (KUKA)
• 3D printing
• Laser cutting
• CNC router
• 3D scanning
• 3D printing
• Laser cutting
• CNC router
• 3D scanning
• Biofabrication
• Woodworking
• Wood lamination
• Clay/plaster modeling
• Woodworking
• Wood lamination
• Clay/plaster modeling
Digital tools
• Rhinoceros - RhinoCAM
• Grasshopper - Kangaroo, Karamba
• Adobe Suite
• Keyshot, VRay
• Meshlab
Programming Languages
• Python
• HTML + CSS3
Grants and awards
2020
DAAD - COLFUTURO Scholarship
2018
Creation Grant. Objetos Fúngicos. National Fund of Arts of Argentina
2018
Design Research Grant. Metropolitan Fund of Culture Arts and Science of Buenos Aires
2016
Training Grant. National Arts Fund of Argentina
2015
Shenzhen Design Award for young talents.
KODAMA desk nominated by General Directorate of Foreign Trade of Buenos Aires to represent the city in the SZ DAY Shenzhen. China
Exhibitions
2022
Trazos Biomateriales.
Objetos Fungicos
Buenos Aires, Argentina //centroculturalrecoleta.org/
2022
Milan Design Week
SuperNatural Collection
2017
REHOGAR.Tropico: Fabricación colaborativa.
Open Design and Reuse. Makea Tu Vida
Barcelona, España www.rehogar.net
Publications
2021
Towards Self-shaping Metamaterial Shells: A Computational Design Workflow for Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of Architectural Scale Double-Curved Structures DOI
2017
Iglesias R, Antorveza K, Milano F. Rotoscoping Architecture, Productive and Morphogenetic Processes SIGraDi XXI, Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics. Chile
Lectures
2018
A Todo Diseño 2018, Materializando Ideas
Catholic University of Pereira. Pereira, Colombia
2016
El diseño y construcción (file-to-factory)
Route of design and sustainable innovation. CMD (Metropolitan Design Center). Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015
Digital tools and design
Product Design, FIUBA (Faculty of Engineering, Univeristy of Buenos Aires. Argentina
KAPHEND 2023 — Planet Earth