Xavier Costa-Guix#
| Membership Number: | 4090 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MUSICOLOGY & ART HISTORY |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | Spain |
| Homepage(s): | https://camd.northeastern.edu/people/xavier-costa/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - 2015 Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, USA
- 2010 - Present, Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Northeastern University, School of Architecture, Boston, USA
- 2010 - 2015 Founding Dean, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
- 2010 - 2014 Visiting Lecturer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- 2012 - Present Doctoral Advisor, ETH Zürich, PhD Program in Architecture, Zürich, Switzerland
- 1992 - 2010 Professor and Director Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Metropolis Graduate Program, Barcelona, Spain
- 2002 - 2010 Professor and Director, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Elisava Design School, Barcelona, Spain
- 2008 - 2010 Visiting Professor, University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art, Southampton, UK
- 2006 - 2007 Visiting Professor, Cornell University, Graduate School of Art, Architecture and Planning, Ithaca NY, USA
- 1990 - 2001 Visiting Professor, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK
- 1993 - 1994 Visiting Lecturer, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, New York, USA
- 1989 - 1990 Lecturer, Graduate School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Situationist international and the writings of Guy Debord
- Curatorship and conservation of modern architecture
- Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
- Architecture in Southern Europe, 1925-1972
- Josep Lluis Sert, Spanish architect who led the introduction of Modern urbanism in North America
- Theory and history of modern art and architecture
Honours and Awards
- 2014 - 2015 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Advisor and Nominator to the Award
- 2000 - 2008 European Union Culture 2000 Program, GAUDI program, Gouvernance Architecture Urbanisme Démocratie Interaction
- 2003 - 2006 European Union. Fifth Framework Program, Agora – Architecture and Cities for People
- 1994 - 1996 Government Award for Postdoctoral Research, Ministry of Education and Science, Spain
- 1993 - 1994 Fulbright Scholarship Awarded for Postdoctoral Research
- 1989 - 1990 Gilbert Chinard Predoctoral Award, Institut Français, Washington DC
- 1984 - 1988 Fulbright Program. Scholarship for Graduate and Doctoral Studies
