Lecture by Elena Orte (SUMA)
Elena Orte, architect and founding partner at SUMA, will lecture on Tuesday 16 September at 5 pm at Kent State University Florence CAED. Her lecture, titled “Ecosystemic Design”, will be introduced by prof. Paola Giaconia.
SUMA, Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona. Photo © Jesús Granada.
SUMA, Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona. Photo © Pol Villadoms.
SUMA, Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona. Photo © Jesús Granada.
SUMA, Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona. Photo © Jesús Granada.
SUMA, Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona. Photo © Jesús Granada.
SUMA, Our Shelves Houses, Cooperative Housing in Madrid. Photo © Jesús Granada.
SUMA, Our Shelves Houses, Cooperative Housing in Madrid. Photo © Jesús Granada.
SUMA, Our Shelves Houses, Cooperative Housing in Madrid. Photo © Jesús Granada.
Studio & Home SUMA in Madrid. Photo © Jesús Granada.
Studio & Home SUMA in Madrid. Photo © Jesús Granada.
SUMA, 50 Public Housing San Francisco Javier in Madrid. Photo © Jesús Granada.
SUMA, 50 Public Housing San Francisco Javier in Madrid. Photo © Jesús Granada.
Elena’s lecture will explore how ecological principles influence building structures. Elena will argue that structures should not be viewed solely through physics or material efficiency but as part of a broader ecosystem, interconnected with living organisms. Her approach challenges the traditional separation between architecture and engineering, proposing a more holistic and integrated perspective.
SUMA, Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona. Photo © Jesús Granada.
SUMA, Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona. Photo © Pol Villadoms.
SUMA, Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona. Photo © Jesús Granada.
Studio & Home SUMA in Madrid. Photo © Jesús Granada.
Studio & Home SUMA in Madrid. Axonometry.
Elena Orte holds a Master’s Degree in Advanced Architectural Design from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM). She co-founded SUMA with Guillermo Sevillano in 2005, and the firm has won numerous national and international competitions, including the Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona, a Library and Multipurpose Center in Fuerteventura, 50 public housing units for the Municipality of Madrid, and 73 public housing units in San Sebastián de los Reyes. She is currently a professor at IE University and the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, where she leads a course on advanced ecological structures.