Final Works at Aalto Festival 2015 and Block|Buster, catalogued in arquia/próxima 2014-2015

The works Aalto Festival 2015 – Final Works and HipoTesis Magazine: Block|Buster have been shortlisted for the catalogue in the present edition of the competition for young architects arquia/próxima 2014-2015, promoted every other year by Fundación Arquia: Aalto Festival 2015 – Final Works HipoTesis Magazine: Block|Buster 128 works by…

Dance House Helsinki results exhibited at Cable Factory

Next Thursday June 2nd, the exhibition with student works in the studio course Dance House Helsinki will be opened in the Turbine Hall at Cable Factory in Helsinki. The project is based on a real initiative and need for performance spaces for a leading dance education centre and theatre…

Aalto Festival 2016, May 16-31 at Aalto University

Aalto Festival is back again, showcasing the talents of Aalto University students, graduates and faculty. Aalto Festival 2016 will be held during the second fortnight of May in many premises in Helsinki and Espoo at the same time. The opening ceremony of Aalto Festival 2016 will be held on…

Final review studio course Typological Hybridizations

Next Tuesday May 24th (09:00-14:00) we will hold the final review of the studio course at Master’s level Typological Hybrizidations at the Department of Architecture, Aalto University, Miestentie 3, seminar room 220. The course is a collaboration between Group X at Aalto University and Madrid-based architectural office estudio Herreros….

Block|Buster finalist at FAD Awards 2016

Block|Buster finalist at FAD Awards 2016 Thought and Critique

AVS 2016 award for 134 social housing in Alcorcón (Madrid)

The built work 134 social housing in the plot M 20.1.2 of Alcorcón (Madrid), designed by the architect Antonio Rodríguez and promoted by the Social Housing Agency of the Region of Madrid -former Housing Institute of Madrid (IVIMA)- has been awarded with the first prize in the AVS 2016…

Final review Regrowth_Tallinn studio course

Today I will participate in the review session of the design studio ARK E4504 on Housing and Urbanism at the Aalto University Department of Architecture, with the topic Regrowth_Tallinn and organized by Frances Hsu. The session will be held from 14.00 at Paja premises on Otaniemi campus. Situated at…

ATLAS by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos

Next Wednesday April 27th I will introduce Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano from Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Alvar Aalto Medal 2015, at the Department of Architecture at Aalto University, who will be lecturing with the title “ATLAS” at 18:00 in the old building of the Department designed by Alvar Aalto…

MAS in Collective Housing UPM / ETH at ETSAM

It is now ten years since I took part in the first edition (2006) of the recommendable Master of Advanced Studies in Collective Housing MCH at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where I had the double opportunity to meet and work closely with many of the architects -students and professors-…

Double research award for HipoTesis at Spanish Biennial

HipoTesis platform, the collaborative publishing project created in 2009 with Francisco G. Triviño and Katerina Psegiannaki, has been awarded twice in the XIII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urban Planning (BEAU), within the I Call for Research Projects in Architecture and Urban Planning “Alternatives”, both awards in the category…