Sofia von Ellrichshausen (1976) holds a degree in Architecture from the Universidad de Buenos Aires where she was distinguished with the FADU- UBA Honors Diploma. Pezo von Ellrichshausen is an art and architecture studio founded in 2002 by Sofia von Ellrichshausen and Mauricio Pezo. They live and work in the southern Chilean city of Concepcion. They currently teach at the Universidad Catolica in Santiago and at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, the University of Texas at Austin and at Cornell University.
Among other venues, they have lectured at the Tate Modern, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Alvar Aalto Symposium and the GSD at Harvard University. In 2008 they were the curators of the Chilean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Their work has been distinguished with the Mies Crown Hall Americas Emerge Prize by the IIT, the Rice Design Alliance Prize, the Iberoamerican Architecture Biennial Award and the Chilean Architecture Biennial Award.
Among other venues, they have lectured at the Tate Modern, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Alvar Aalto Symposium and the GSD at Harvard University. In 2008 they were the curators of the Chilean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Their work has been distinguished with the Mies Crown Hall Americas Emerge Prize by the IIT, the Rice Design Alliance Prize, the Iberoamerican Architecture Biennial Award and the Chilean Architecture Biennial Award.
