Emilio Ambasz

Emilio Ambasz (born 1943) is an Argentinian-American architect and industrial designer. Ambasz has been called "the father, poet, and prophet" of green architecture by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. His style is characterised by a combination of buildings and gardens, which he describes as "green over grey". Defying the architectural trends of the 1970s, he often hid his buildings under gardens and grass or putting them on boats.

Ambasz reconciles "technology and primitivism" (Terence Riley), is "creator of sophisticated earthly paradises" (Alessandro Mendini), and his poetic research merges the natural and artificial: "It is an ethical obligation: to demonstrate that another future is possible. To affirm a different model of life to avoid perpetuating the present."

Under the direction of Arthur Drexler he was Associate Curator since 1968 at the Museum of Modern Art department for Design. He was also heading the Museum's new Program on Environmental Design which was then being developed there. He also established the Latin American Industrial Design Project with the International Council of The Museum of Modern Art. From From 1970 to 1976 he served as curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art.

In 2020, the Museum of Modern Art established the Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment. Curator, writer, and educator Carson Chan was appointed as its first director. Provided by Wikipedia