CV Miranda Kiuri - UIA-Sport

Miranda Kiuri
Studies:
Doctor Architect, PhD, European degree - University Camilo Jose Cela, (UCJC) with cotutelle ETSAM
Director, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) Madrid
(Doctoral thesis "Olympic Memory" with mention Excellent, Cum laude by Unanimity: Olympic values as
an Intangible Cultural Heritage and the interdependency between intangible and tangible values – Sport
Archaeology of the XX Century)
Specialist in Environment and Bioclimatic Architecture, MD of the ETSAM UPM) Madrid
Dipl. Architect, High School of Architecture and Construction (VIAS), Sofia with Homologation of
Diploma Arquitecto Superior by the Spanish Ministry of Education
Academic activities:
Professor in Architecture:
- History and Theory of Contemporaneous Architecture - UClC, Madrid (2004 - 2010)
- History of Contemporaneous Art - UClC, Madrid (2004 - 2010):
- Analysis of Architectural Shapes and Spaces (I & II) - UClC, Madrid (2005 - 2010)
- Olympism: History of Olympic Architecture, Olympic Chair - UCJC (2005 - 2008)
- Head of 1 st Master Project Engineer Architects – ArGEnCo, Ulg, Belgium (2011 – 2012)
Guest Lecturer:
- Master in Environment at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), (since 2003)
- Critic Session in Student Project Technishe Universitat (TU) Dresden, Germany (2011)
- Master in Urbanism (MUOT) at the University Ceu, Madrid, Spain; (2003 - 2009)
- Annual Summer Courses “Sport & Environment”, Universidad de Cantabria (CU), Santander, Spain
(2005 - 2009)
- Annual Architectural Conference, British Columbia University, (invitation) Vancouver, Canada, (2009)
- Master in Sport Administration, International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (AISTS),
- EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland (2008)
- PFE Class High School of Architecture (ETSAM), UPM, Madrid (2005)
Jury:
- International Students Competition Jury Member - TU Dresden, Germany (2011)
- Doctoral Thesis Jury Member: Faculty of Fines Arts – UPM, Madrid, Spain (2010)
- DEA Jury Member, School of Architecture and Technology, (UCJC) Madrid, Spain (2009)
- Director TFE “Environmental impact on Sport events” - University of Sherbrooke, Canada (2009)
Scientific Researcher:
- LEMA, University of Liege – Belgium (since 2011)
Domain: Stadium and Olympic stadium, Urban Environment, Cultural Heritage
Key words: Permeability, Visual composition, Architecture of the void, Cultural space & values,
Research area: Legacy – Sustainable Conservation - Design challenges
Resumed professional experience:
- Architect & Coordinator of sport projects: Aranjuez / Madrid Olympic Bid Rowing and Canoeing
course; Jaca & The Pyrenees Olympic Winter Bid venues and master plan (Bobsleigh and Luge track &
Ski jump track); Sofia – Olympic Winter venues, Master plan and Residential ensembles; Varna
Sportpalace- stadium & sport centre reconstruction (1985 - 2010)
- Director of Olympic Bid Committee, Director of International & Technical Olympic Bid Departments,
Spain (1989-1995)
- Olympic Chair International Director – UCJC, Madrid (2005 - 2009)
- Selected Consultant activities: City council of Aranjuez; Vigo Universiade Bid Committee 2014;
International Olympic Committee (IOC); Association of the European Olympic Committee (EOC);
Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) (1997 - 2010)
Selected publications:
• Books:
- El estadio olímpico, espacio cultural – un lugar de la memora, Ed.UCJC, Madrid, 2009. ISBN 978-84-
95891-43-3.
- Olimpismo y Deporte, Juegos Olímpicos y arquitectura et Juegos Olímpicos, arquitectura y medio
ambiente, vol. 25 & 26 Ed. UCJC 2004, Madrid. ISBN 84-95891-12-3. (2 nd Ed. 2009)
• Articles:

- «Towards a sustainable conservation of Olympic stadiums», The Journal of Cultural Heritage
Management and Sustainable Development (accepted paper with minor revisions) (Kiuri, M., Teller J.
2012)
- «Roma 1960 e i valori dellʼOlimpismo: il paradigma Giochi -!città», Ed. Revue Spaziosport. CONI.
ISSN 1125-1905. Pp. 44 – 46 (Kiuri M. 2010).
- « Instalaciones deportivas sostenibles y arquitectura bioclimática», Revue Ecosostenible, Ecoirius, W.
Kluiwer, 27. ISSN 1699-3492. pp.36 – 42 (Kiuri M. 2007)
Selected speeches from the last years:
- University of Liege – Belgium (ULg) - International Scientific Seminar Stadium 2012 «Sports stadium
as a dialogical approach for the city». Liege 2012.
- "Lancement de la Strategie Nationale Sport et Developpement durable" Health, Youth and Sports
Ministry. France, Paris, 2010, "Reflexions sur un Stade nouveau"
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdiqw7_mme-kiuri-professeur-a-l-universite_news;
- Jornada del Colegio de Arquitectos COAA, Malaga 2010. "Arquitectura deportiva sostenible"
- Invited by the British Columbia University, Vancouver 2009. "Emblematic Olympic Architecture as
Cultural Heritage”
- Society of Civil Engineers (Spain), Madrid 2009. "Olympic stadium - a place of memories"
- Sustainable Design on Sport Forum. AISTS. Lausanne 2008. "Cultural Impacts of the Olympic
Stadium & Sustainability"
http://www.ucjc.edu/index.php?section=universidad/sala-prensa/notas- prensa/noticia&cat=&news=1866
- UIA World Congres Turin 2008. (VIA_S&L), "Cultural impact of the Olympic stadium";
- UNEP World Forums, 2006 and 2008 "Olympic architecture and Cultural Heritage" and "Olympic
stadium urban cultural impact"
- City Conference "Las sedes olimpicas como ciudades saludables », Madrid 2008. «Host cities and
Environmental projects"
- European Congress Sport for All, International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA), Barcelona
2008, "Installations sportives et impact culturel"
- VII IOC World Forum Sport and Environment, Beijing 2007. "National Olympic Committees
Initiatives - The experience of the Commission Sport & Environment of the Spanish Olympic
Committee (COE)"
- VII Forum Olimpico – Consejo Superior de Deportes, Spain. “Arquitectura deportiva sostenible"
http://www.csd.gob.es/csd/noticias/vii-forum-olimpico/miercoles-14-de-noviembre-de-2007/base_view;
- Universal Forum of Culture, Barcelona, 2004. "City, Sport for all and Sustainability"
http://www.barcelona2004.org/www.barcelona2004.org/esp/banco_del_conocimiento/dialogos/ficha9cc8.html?IdEvento=163
Member of the:
- Spanish Union of Architects, under number 2221- Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos (COAA)
- Sport and Environment Commission, Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), (2005 - 2009)
- Sport & Leisure Programme Group - Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA)
- International Association for Sport & Leisure Constructions (lAKS)
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Languages:
French, Italian, English, Russian
Bulgarian & Spanish - mother tongs
Sports:
Tennis, Ski, Bridge