ABOUT US
PHILOSOPHY
Hunt Laudi Studio was established in 2001and the Dupont Underground was established in 2005 by Julian Hunt and Lucrecia Laudi after returning from ten years abroad in Barcelona. Our work is clearly influenced by that immersion in neo-modern minimalism mixed with the very old. As professionals, we work to transform our client’s intangible ideals into real projects and can offer design/build as an alternate to having to hire a contractor.
We are hands-on with years of experience working with craftsmen, tradesmen, and laborers to craft a building from the myriad materials needed to assemble the finished form.
With over 20 years working in our own practice and significant previous experience in large-scale international projects with Venturi Scott Brown, Ricardo Bofill’s Taller de Arquitectura, Leo A Daly and HOK in Washington DC, we are well aware of the balance of cost, complexity, quality and time constraints involved in a project.
WHO WE ARE
Lucrecia Laudi, Assoc. AIA
Lucrecia received her professional Architectural Diploma in Argentina and Masters in Architecture and City Planning with certificates in Urban Design from the University of Pennsylvania. She later moved to Barcelona to practice architecture and urban design for almost eight years. After coming back to the US and working in the corporate world developing mostly large scale international projects such as the Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina at Leo A. Daly Architects Washington D.C and Zayed University, Dubai at Hellmuth, Obata , Kassabaum Washington D.C, she initiated Hunt Laudi Studio in partnership with Julian Hunt.
Lucrecia currently serves on the advisory board of the Dupont Underground and on the Design Committee of the Dupont Circle Main Streets.
llaudi@huntlaudistudio.com
llaudi@dupontunderground.org
Julian Hunt, AIA
Born in Connecticut some thirty miles from New Haven where the first Hunt landed as an indentured servant in the 1639, nearly four centuries later, he studied architecture at Rice University and the University of Virginia.
On completing his Master’s degree, he went to work in Barcelona where he met Lucrecia Laudi and witnessed the critical role that architects played in the formation of municipal democratic institutions after 40 years of dictatorship. His work as lead designer at Ricardo Bofill’s Taller de Arquitectura included the urban expansion of the city of Andorra with careful attention to the problem of erosion in mountainous terrain, a new municipal park in Vigo, Spain transforming an industrial wasteland into a vibrant park among others. Participating in numerous competitions he was a joint winner of the prestigious Thyssen Prize, the national prize of Spain for a new urban plaza at a deteriorated site in the Barrio Gotico neighborhood of Barcelona. The vitality and openness of Barcelona during these years included his writing as an architectural critic for Metropolis, the Design Book Review, Arquitectura Viva, and as the playwright of a work during the Festival Grec, Iconópolis. The ten years were formative.
On returning to the United States in 1995, he worked on large-scale international projects, ranging from the design of the urban area around the Cheong Kong Centre in Hong Kong, an later a re-conceptualization of Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires. Setting up the Hunt Laudi Studio with Lucrecia Laudi in 2005, they hoped to bring some of the enthusiasm for sophisticated design to transform the perception of the District of Columbia. One of the key projects was the founding of the Dupont Underground, a cultural institution sited in an abandoned underground streetcar station in the iconic Dupont Circle. An innovative demonstration project of daunting complexity, the objective was to expand the understanding of what architects can contribute to public life, from the deep historical well of the architectural experience over centuries, as well as introduce an institution to facilitate the emergence of talent. The driving concept was a direct expression of the experience of the democratic transition in Barcelona.
jhunt@huntlaudistudio.com
jhunt@dupontunderground.org
Martin Quiroga Barrera Oro
Originally from Buenos Aires, Martin has designed and implemented projects on housing, land use, heritage and urban revitalization, local economic development, environmental restoration, risk mitigation, mobility and smart cities in several countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, and the United States. Previously he worked as a consultant for United Nations, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Inter-American Development Bank, Organization of the American States, among other organizations. He is the author of “Dynamics and Perspectives of the Argentine Zero-Emission Bus Industry”, among other publications on urban development, environmental governance, regional funds, and local governments. He has delivered courses on research methodology and economic policy. Martin has been the recipient of scholarships given by institutions such as Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, Fulbright, Brown University and Johns Hopkins to work on projects and participate in seminars on land use, fiscal management, population studies, epidemiology, and development.
Martin holds a Master in Urban Planning (concentration in Urban Analytics) from Harvard University and a Master in Public Policy (concentration in Economic Policy) from Torcuato Di Tella University.
mquiroga@huntlaudistudio.com
OUR SERVICES
Architecture
Urban Design
Masterplanning
Community Outreach and Visioning
Design/Build
12-point Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) in the District of Columbia
Registered in DC, MD, VA
Multi-lingual
CONTACT US
Hunt Laudi Studio
1504 Swann Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Julian: 202.360.8661
Lucrecia: 202.306.4396