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Guillermo Aranda-Mena

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About me

Gender	Male
Industry	Architecture
Occupation	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Visiting Prof at the Politecnico di Milano
Location	St Kilda, VICTORIA, Australia
Introduction	I am an academic, an artist and a traveller. I have lived in many cities and countries around the world and call Australia home. I studied architecture in Mexico and Spain and split my year living in Oceania, Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Interests	Me gusta el arte, la arquitectura, el viajar y discubrir sitios y culturas ... y todas sus variantes e implicaciones incluyendo el buen vestir y el buen comer. For over 10 years I have formed part of the academic team at the UNESCO Chair in Mantova, Italy. I have been fortunate enough to deal with great academics, students and practicing architects. Some of the names formally engaged with us include Priztker laureates such as Eduardo Souto de Moura and Rafael Moneo. Also Kengo Kuma, João Luìs Carrillho da Graça and guest presenters such as Diébédo Francis Kéré. State Library of Victoria - especially the reading room amazing, light generous space which became my non-official office space!
Favorite Movies	French cinema has to be my favorite... increasingly Italian neorealism as uncut, raw and intricate stories of everyday life. Some films that stick in my mind - perhaps for the wrong reasons - include Easy Rider, 2001 Space Odyssey, Papillon, The Ax, La Strada, Shine, Betty Blue, Breaking the waves, Dogs Ville, Life's Bitch (Amores Perros), Y tu Mamá tambien, A clockwork orange, Paris-Texas, Eraser Head, Europa, Rocky, The Apartment, Little Fish, The Great Scape, Casino, The Godfather series, The Name of the Rose, 80000 Shots (the reconstruction of Berlin)..... my mentor on film is my sister Paulina.
Favorite Music	Eclectic like hell. Soda Stereo is perhaps my favourite band in Spanish. Also, Carlos Santana, El Tri, La Maldita Vecindad, Mana, Los Caifanes, Moenia, Heroes del Silencio, Raimstein, Moby Play, Rush, Reik, Fobia, Cafe Tacuba, Manu Chao, Buenavista Social Club. Twelve-tone music, medieval barroque, musica de trio, tambora (Los Tres Panchos, Jorge Negrete, Vicentito Fdez., Los Tigres del Norte, La Banda del Recodo). Also, Brasilean Bosanova Jazz. Latinoamerican contemporary classics such as the Mexican composers Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar (8 December 1882 – 24 April 1948) and Silvestre Revueltas (December 31, 1899 - October 5, 1940).
Favorite Books	Check out my complete list at: https://archibookclubmn.blogspot.com/ Solar by Ian McEwan A brave new world by Aldous Huxtley I peed on Fellini by David Stratton, The Creation of Controversy by Dorothy Nelkin. It is dangerous to visit bookshops. Walter Benjamin 'Arquitecturea de las galerias de Paris', Ann Rayn, Atlas Shrugged, Rosa Mujica, Mi Hermana Frida, Josh Pascher, La Crema del Crimen, Robin Bowles, Dead Centre, Cuentos de Mujeres Infieles.... In my 20's: Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, Zen and the art of motorcyle maintenance, the complete work of George Kelly on Personal Construct Psychology, the work of Karl Poper. Los Hermanos Karamazov de Fedor Dovstoyevsky. I enjoy latinoamerincan novels, cuentos y novelas. In my teens: El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (1615) de Miguel de Cervantes Saveedra. Miguel Strogoff el correo del Zar de Jules Verne, Lazarillo de Tormes (1552- unknown), Los de Abajo (1915 - Mariano Azuela), La Celestina, Cuentos de Horacio Quiroga, Cuentos de Edgar Allan Poe. Comics: Memin Pingüin, Condorito, Asterix, Titin, El Gato Felix and Quino.

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