Happening This Week
The Department of Architecture is pleased to announce that Marcelo Ertorteguy, Doctor of Design candidate, and Adjunct Professor at FIU, will present a lecture and workshop at the Universidade do Minho in Guimarães, Portugal, on October 22nd and 24th, 2025.
His open lecture, Máquinas Paralógicas, and workshop, Imaginação Artificial e a Genética da Criatividade, investigate the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence, creativity, and architectural production. Exploring the use of digital and analog tools to augment imagination and co-creation, Marcelo’s work examines how emerging technologies can challenge conventional boundaries of design thinking.
A practicing architect and researcher, Ertorteguy’s current doctoral studies at FIU’s Doctor of Design (D.Des) program focuses on the intersection of AI, fabrication, and experimental design methodologies. His invitation to the Universidade do Minho highlights the international visibility of the Department of Architecture’s creative research community.
About Marcelo Ertortegy
Marcelo Ertorteguy is a professor at Florida International University’s School of Architecture. He is the supervisor of the Fabrication Lab and is a doctoral candidate in FIU’s DDES program. Marcelo obtained his undergraduate degree from the School of Architecture at the Central University of Venezuela. He subsequently completed a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design at Columbia University’s GSAPP in the US. During his studies at Columbia, he was awarded the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize and the Prize of Honor for Excellence in Design.
In New York, he collaborated with Grimshaw Architects, where he worked on public transportation projects, including the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station for the Spadina subway extension in Toronto and the reconstruction of the Fordham Plaza intermodal station in NYC. In addition, Marcelo served as an associate at LOT-EK Architecture & Design, where he was instrumental in the reuse of standard ISO containers in innovative projects such as the Qyun Mountain Camp in China. Alongside his architectural activities, he co-founded the STEREOTANK studio with his partner Sara Valente.
This studio is dedicated to the exploration and creation of public art installations, hybrid objects, and instruments, often using reclaimed materials and prefabricated systems. This studio is dedicated to the exploration and creation of public art installations, hybrid objects, and instruments, often using repurposed materials and prefabricated systems. STEREOTANK has participated in international urban art festivals and public art programs, working with organizations such as Oolite Arts in Miami, the New York Department of Transportation, the Architectural League of New York, the Times Square Alliance, the Kobe Biennale in Japan, CAAA (Center for Art and Architecture Affairs) in Guimarães, Portugal, among others.
This event is organized by the Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura (CAAA) in partnership with the Escola de Arquitectura, Arte e Design of Universidade do Minho
Learn more about FIU’s Doctor of Design program here: Doctor of Design
