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Tap City- Winners

THE Tap City WINNERS ARE:

FIRST PLACE:  Fran Gallardo, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Seville, Spain and Susie Pratt, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

PURSE: 1250USD

Fran Gallardo was born in Zafra, Spain.  He attended Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Seville, Spain and is a Master’s candidate in Urban Planning and Structure Restoration.  He is currently a visiting scholar at the Environmental Health Clinic, a lab that prescribes various art, design and participatory projects in order to understand the intersection of individual and environmental health, at New York University.  His past work includes Zoohaus and Inteligencia Colectiva.

Susie Pratt was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.  She is an artist and designer investigating the intersection of environmental health, public action and digital storytelling. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She completed her Masters of Fine Arts through Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland, New Zealand in 2007. Her work has been exhibited internationally, most recently at the PaperMill Gallery in Sydney.

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FINALIST:  Urban Plinko, Shima Miabadi and Kieran Martin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.

PURSE: 1250USD

Shima Miabadi graduated from Ithaca College in 2007 with a BA in Art History and a concentration in Architecture.  She attended the Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design, and is currently a M.Arch candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  She is a designer and editor in the RPI SoA Publications Department.

Kieran Martin graduated from Humboldt State University in 2007 with a BS in Business Economics and International Studies.  He worked as a management consultant with Mercer before interning at iCrave.  Currently a M.Arch candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he spent a year there as a teaching assistant for a first-year design studio while pursuing his own curriculum.

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