lblanco@princeton.edu
Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco is a New York based architect, curator and scholar. He is currently a PhD Candidate in the Architectural History and Theory Program at Princeton University, and a Critical Studies Helena Rubinstein Fellow 2017-18 at the Whitney ISP. Casanovas was trained as an architect at ETSABarcelona and the Edinburgh College of Art, and graduated from the MSc in Advanced Architectural Design at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He was chief curator of the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2017, together with the After Belonging Agency. His writings have appeared in several publications such as Volume, ARPA Journal or Plot. Casanovas is the recipient of several grants such as the La Caixa Fellowship, or the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies Grant. His dissertation, at the intersection of architectural history, media theory, and history of technology, explores postwar notions of environment related to irrational thinking in Spain.
