About the Author

Silvia Benedito received a degree in architecture from the University of Coimbra, a degree in music from the Conservatory of Coimbra, Portugal, and a master degree in urban design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA. A former Senior Associate at James Corner Field Operations (NYC), Benedito is Assistant Professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design where she investigates the role of atmospheres in the built environment. She is also co-coordinator of the Master Program for Art, Design and the Public Domain at the GSD. Benedito was awarded the MacDowell Colony fellowship, the Graham Foundation publication grant, the Luso-American Fellowship, the Gulbenkian Foundation grant, and the Fernando T�vora Prize from the Portuguese Institute of Architects. Benedito co-founded OFICINAA in 2010. Alexander H�usler studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and architecture at the Technical University of Munich, Germany and holds a Master in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA. He worked at Hild & K, Munich, and at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), NYC. H�usler taught at various international universities, such as the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Technical University of Munich, and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in Cambridge. H�usler approaches design with an interdisciplinary mindset, with a particular interest on the subjective interactions of body and space, where he uses his education and training as a sculptor. H�usler co-founded OFICINAA in 2010.

Reviews

"This catalog accompanies an exhibition at the Museum for Concrete Art in the summer of 2014 that presented the ideas of the design concept, "Stadt Park Donau - Donau-Loop," created in response to a study commissioned to investigate the potential development of the Danube River area in Ingolstadt, Germany. The project created a new riverine district that encompassed various landscapes along the river and connected them with the town and urban expansion, through "tunings" linked by a multimodal pathway, the Donau-Loop, along the river's edge that connects smaller spaces. The catalog documents the project and exhibition and includes an interview with the designers and essays on the history of the river and the project's scales, environments, and visual elements, along with maps, plans, photos, and art." --ProtoView