Ivan L. Munuera and TAKK (Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño)
Barcelona, Spain and New York, United States
Ivan L. Munuera is a scholar, critic, and curator working at the intersections of culture, technology, politics, and bodily practices. He is assistant professor at Bard College and has held fellowships at PIIRS (Princeton) and the CCA. His work has been published in JAE, The Journal of Architecture, Log, Perspecta, Thresholds, and Domus, among others. He has curated exhibitions at La Casa Encendida, Maat Lisbon, Museo Reina Sofía, and CAAC, and developed projects featured at major biennials.
TAKK, founded by Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño, integrates ecological frameworks into spatial production. Luzárraga is assistant professor at Columbia GSAPP. TAKK’s work has received the Design Vanguard Award (2024), FAD (2023), and is in collections such as FRAC Centre and Vitra Design Museum. Clients include IVAM, Hermès, Moncler, and Swatch.
2025 Biennial Project
Project Overview
Discotecture: Altered States
The project shows how the architecture of nightclubs actively shapes cultural, social, and environmental practices. By combining elements such as modular sound systems, flexible dance floors, media archives, and a living garden of nocturnal plants, the project traces the histories and futures of “discotecture” as a form of spatial and political experimentation. It invites the public to experience the nightclub not just as a site of nightlife, but as an evolving infrastructure for community, care, and ecological thinking.
Presented with support from Bard College, GSAPP Columbia University, Institut Ramon Llull;, and AC/E (Accion Cultural Española).
Previous work
Project Overview
Venue
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Address
840 N. Michigan Ave
Description
The Biennial expands its footprint downtown with the opening of its fifth site at 840 N. Michigan Avenue, transforming more than 65,000 square feet of space on the Magnificent Mile into a dynamic hub for art, design, and dialogue.
