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Marina Otero Verzier is an architect and researcher currently working as a Lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she teaches the MDes Open Project 'Storing Climates'. She has been involved in numerous educational initiatives, including leading a Data Mourning clinic at Columbia University's GSAPP. Otero has received recognition for her work, including Harvard's Wheelwright Prize in 2022 for her project on future data storage. She has collaborated with the Supercomputing Center of the DIPC to explore alternative models for data storage. Otero has played a significant role in developing insights around the intersection of digital infrastructures and climate change, and has authored the book 'En las Profundidades de la Nube' (2024) which discusses new paradigms in data storage in the era of AI. Her past roles include serving as Head of the MA Social Design program at Design Academy Eindhoven and Director of Research at Het Nieuwe Instituut. Otero has curated several exhibitions and co-edited multiple publications addressing themes of labor, extraction, and post-anthropocentric architecture.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).