expert in architecture . the specific problem is it seems that this firm is not notable . wikiproject architecture or its portal may be able to help recruit an expert . september 2012 studio kawamura ganjavian industry architecture product design urbanism founded 2000 headquarters spain switzerland madrid lausanne website http www.studiokg.com kawamura ganjavian also known as studio kg is an architecture and design studio based in madrid spain lausanne switzerland . contents 1 story 2 profile 3 exposure 4 studio banana 5 projects 5.1 spaces 5.2 territories 5.3 products 5.4 teaching 6 publications 7 external links story edit iniciarte 2009 . it was established in 2000 in london by key portilla kawamura oviedo 1979 and ali ganjavian teheran 1979 and moved to madrid in 2006 . currently the practice is formed by 10 collaborators . kawamura and ganjavian met while studying at the university of east london in the mid 1990s and continued their postgraduate studies at the architectural association and the royal college of art in london . they have worked in tokyo with kazuyo sejima in basel with herzog & de meuron in tbv school of habitat in new delhi and lee wimpenny in new york . profile edit kawamura ganjavian have developed projects in different parts of the world . their work ranges from ephemeral experiments such as locutorio col n through a range of building types like the aravaca psychiatric clinic all the way to large scale territorial studies . several of their projects are spaces dedicated to exhibiting art such as iniciarte . they are also known for developing a line of design products which includes pieces of furniture and small accessories exposure edit kawamura ganjavian has participated in conferences workshops and exhibitions in europe asia and south america . their work has been published in multiple international magazines and books of architecture and design . they have been directors of the european design labs master course at the istituto europeo di design in madrid and have taught at the accademia di architettura di mendrisio in switzerland . they have been guest jurors at the uel london the bartlett school london eth z rich and cole polytechnique f d rale de lausanne schools of architecture . studio banana edit in 2006 they founded in madrid the multidisciplinary creative platform studio banana which currently hosts 40 young professionals working in different creative disciplines . in 2007 together with some members of studio banana they founded studio banana tv an on line audiovisual platform dedicated to the promotion of culture and creativity . as well every two thursdays there are a cultural event as a projection a performance or an exhibition . studio banana projects edit spaces edit process as paradigm . exhibition space . laboral art centre . gij n spain ; 2010 madrid abierto info point . madrid spain ; 2010 librairie la fontaine . fitting of a bookstore . lausanne switzerland ; 2009 2010 . iniciarte . art institution stand . madrid spain ; 2009 . collaboration with ramiro losada . studio banana . transformation of workshop into creative studio . madrid spain ; 2007 . locutorio colon . public art commission . madrid spain ; 2005 2006 . collaboration with maki portilla kawamura and tadanori yamaguchi . limac . exhibition space . le n spain ; 2005 . room under a slagheap . contemplative space in a valley . tur n spain ; 2002 2004 . collaboration with maki portilla kawamura tadanori yamaguchi and pedro escobio . musik didactique . multimedia exhibition . zurich switzerland ; 2003 . arco madrid . spatial design of art fair . madrid spain ; 2001 . collaboration with vicente salvador . territories edit asturegion territorial lab . territorial study . asturias spain ; 2008 . retroactive simulacrum . urban proposal . quito ecuador ; 2003 . space search engine . urban study . london uk 2002 . products edit read in peace caterpillar caterpillar trestles stickingrings stickingsticks plug on eat with your fingers scenter giraffe flword earshell ostrich pillow teaching edit european design labs master course directors 2009 . istituto europeo di design madrid . diy studio workshop tutors 2009 . centro cultural parque de espa a rosario argentina . guest jurors at atelier marc angelil 2008 . eth zurich faculty of architecture zurich . atelier riuso martin boesch tutor assistants 2007 2008 . accademia di architettura universit della svizzera italiana mendrisio switzerland . cartographic fantasies workshop 2004 . universit t kassel germany . guest jurors at dip 10 charles tashima 2004 . aa school of architecture london . publications edit madrid a monocle city survey . taylor s. practice kawamura ganjavian monocle no. 29 vol .03 london december09 january10 p. 94 en transcript of presentation at city and art forum . art and design practicds in reference to city and art ii mimar sinan university istanmbul 2009 pp. 107 133 en . the independent design guide selection of prominent contemporary design published by thames & hudson and edited by the former architecture and design editor of wallpaper magazine . heat me and divide it in housley l. ed . the independent design guide thames & hudson london 2009 pp. 299 and 310 . 1000 interior details for the home kaleidolight in rudge i. and rudge g. ed . 1000 interior details for the home laurence king london 2009 p. 300 . external links edit kawamura ganjavian studio banana kawamura ganjavian kawamura ganjavian participated on the first pecha kucha night in bilbao at the guggenheim museum talk by studio kg in matadero refresh madrid children space experimental workshop madrid spain 2007 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kawamura ganjavian & oldid 609440158 categories architecture firms of spainarchitecture firms of switzerlandhidden categories articles needing expert attention from september 2012all articles needing expert attentionarchitecture articles needing expert attention navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 may 2014 at 21 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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