Always is a pleasure to support new and emerging proposals, in this case we highlight the work of Almudena Cano Piñeiro, winner of the first edition of the Premios IS ARCH Awards, this news was published by METALOCUS a few months ago. The project is situated in the city of Ahmedabad, India. This proposal addresses the urban problems trying to define action methods that improve the historic centers of cities, being very compact tissues where we should unite traditional and current. We hope that you enjoy with the Almudena´s work, being an example for many young architects and even for more experienced architects. We hope you enjoy with the Almudena´s work, which everybody can learn, from young and more experienced people. Excellent work Almudena!

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Almudena Cano Piñeiro, is an architect and urban designer. She is also co-founder of LanA, a  laboratory dedicated to urban anthropological research, design and teaching. Since 2011, LAnA has been developing experimental research methods to analyze and represent the construction of collective identities in the urban scene. LanA members have participated in conventions and exhibitions such as EME3 “Global problems, local solutions”(Barcelona, 2011) and “Ideas Urbanas 2.0” (Barcelona,2012).

In 2012 she graduated from the EscuelaTécnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, where she first developed her understanding of architecture as a tool for social empowerment towards a better and more sustainable future. Her graduate project “Urban Strategies to Regenerate Indian Public Space: A Case Study of Pols in Ahmedabad, India” was awarded the COAM “PFC Innovation Prize 2012”, ISARCH Award 2012, Hicbook 2012 and Graduates Architecture Award 2012. The project is finalist for both the Global Graduates Award (Architectural Review, 2012) and ARPA-PETC Young Researchers Award 2012.  It was recently awarded the Hunter Douglas Awards-Archiprix 2013 in the framework of Arch Moscow NEXT exhibition.

Published on: July 12, 2013
Cite: ""Pols in Ahmedabad" by Almudena Cano" METALOCUS. Accessed February 23, 2025
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/pols-ahmedabad-almudena-cano> ISSN 1139-6415
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