Internationally acclaimed architects and practitioners comprise the\u202fjury for the coveted\u202f2023\u202fMarcus Prize, awarded by the 51ÁÔÆæ School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP) in partnership with the Marcus Corporation Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Lee Bey and D\u00e9bora Mesa will join\u202fDavid Marcus, Mo Zell, and\u202fSam Schuermann on this year\u2019s jury, which will meet this fall and announce the 2023 Marcus Prize recipient in September.
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Kyle Reynolds, Head of School for SARUP, is excited about what Bergmann, Bey, and Mesa bring to the jury. \u201cThese jurors are incredibly talented, and their diverse roles and perspectives in the field of architecture will undoubtedly enrich the selection process and contribute to recognizing visionaries in our industry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot only does this jury represent an inspiring wealth of experience and expertise,\u202fbut they also represent the caliber of this prestigious award,\u201d Reynolds added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kai-Uwe Bergmann<\/strong>, FAIA, is a Partner at BIG, a Copenhagen, New York, London, Barcelona and Shenzen based group of architects, designers, urbanists, landscape professionals, interior and product designers, researchers and inventors. Bergmann brings his architectural expertise to proposals around the globe, including work in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Kai-Uwe heads up BIG\u2019s business development\u2013which currently has the office working in over 40 different countries. He also oversees BIG\u2019s Urban scales projects and supports BIG\u2019s Landscape projects. He is registered as an architect in the USA (15 states) and Canada. Bergmann most recently contributed to the resiliency plan BIG U to protect 10 miles of Manhattan\u2019s coastline. First envisioned through the Rebuild by Design competition to develop proactive responses to Superstorm Sandy, it is now being constructed with a completion date in 2026. Additional projects include Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Queens Park, Smithsonian Master Plan, Pittsburgh Master Plan and Miami Beach Square. He complements his professional work through previous teaching assignments at Georgia Tech, University of Pennsylvania, IE University in Madrid, and his alma mater the University of Virginia. Bergmann formerly was on the Board of the Van Alen Institute, participates on numerous international juries and lectures globally on the works of BIG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lee Bey<\/strong> is architecture critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. He is also a member of the Sun-Times editorial board, where he writes editorials on city governance, neighborhood development, politics and urban planning. Bey is the author of the much-praised book Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago\u2019s South Side (Northwestern University Press, 2019), which showcases his architectural photography and social commentary. He was also the host of the public television special, Building Blocks: The Architecture of Chicago\u2019s South Side, which aired on WTTW in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Marcus<\/strong>\u202fis the chairman of the Marcus Corporation Foundation.\u202fHe has chaired the foundation for the last\u202ffive\u202fyears and has helped steward the foundation since 2005.\u202fMarcus\u202fis a board member of Goodwill Industries of Southeast Wisconsin, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts and Sculpture Milwaukee. He is the past chair of the Froedtert Foundation and Betty\u202fBrinn\u202fChildren\u2019s Museum.\u202fHe also leads Marcus\u202fInvestments, the Marcus family\u2019s private investment arm.\u202fMarcus\u202fInvestments holdings includes Berengaria Real Estate Development, Hospitality Democracy restaurants,\u202fVerlo\u202fMattress and a minority interest in the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u00e9bora Mesa<\/strong> is a European Licensed Architect, principal of Ensamble Studio and co-founder of WoHo. She is the 2021 Marcus Prize recipient along with her partner Ant\u00f3n Garc\u00eda-Abril. She learned the profession by combining design with hands-on experiences in quarries, factories and construction sites, where she arrived to translate innovative ideas into built reality, alongside her partners Ant\u00f3n Garc\u00eda-Abril and Javier Cuesta. Mesa has been key to the expansion of the firm in the United States and the implementation of an interdisciplinary approach to architecture. Their contributions to the theory and practice of architecture have received numerous international recognitions, including the 2022 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award and the 2019 RIBA Charles Jencks Award. She is Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard GSD and previously served as Critic at Large at Pratt GAUD in 2021\/22, Ventulett Chair in Architectural Design at Georgia Tech in 2018\/22 and Research Scientist at MIT in 2013\/18, where she co-founded the POPlab \u2013Prototypes of Prefabrication\u2013 in 2012. Mesa holds a master\u2019s degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where she also completed her doctorate studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sam Schuermann<\/strong> is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning. She holds a Master of Architecture from Rice University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati, where she has taught studios in the School of Architecture and Interior Design. Prior to joining 51ÁÔÆæ, Schuermann practiced at LEVER Architecture in Portland, Oregon with a focus on affordable housing, cultural institutions, and mass timber material research. Schuermann is a designer, maker, and researcher whose work explores the aesthetics, objects, conventions, and material implications of domesticity. She served as the 2022-23 Architectural Activism Fellow at 51ÁÔÆæ, researching the intersection of domestic labor, gender, and architecture. Her work has been published in Wisconsin Architect Magazine, NCBDS, PLAT 7.5, exhibited at the Oslo Architecture Triennale and through Sculpture Milwaukee, and she has served on numerous juries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n