Bachelor and master of Architecture, Technical School of Architecture of Sevilla (ETSAS), Spain, 2010. Master of Architecture II, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA, 2015. He has received the Romanian Building Award 2019 (alongside PRÁCTICA), the Real Colegio Complutense Fellowship (2013-15) and the Harvard University GSD Grant (2013-15), among others. He currently is a studio instructor in the Academy of Art University Graduate School of Architecture, USA.
José Mayoral
Bachelor and master of Architecture, Technical School of Architecture of Sevilla (ETSAS), Spain, 2010. Master of Architecture II, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA, 2014. Doctor in Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Chile, 2022. He has received the Romanian Building Award 2019 (alongside PRÁCTICA), the Faculty Design Award, Harvard University (2014), the Arquia Award (2010), among others. He currently is a studio instructor in the Academy of Art University Graduate School of Architecture, USA and an assistant professor at ETSAM.
José Ramón Sierra
Bachelor and master of Architecture, Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM), Spain, 2013. Master of Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA, 2015. He has received the Romanian Building Award 2019 (alongside PRÁCTICA), the Real Colegio Complutense Fellowship (2013-15), and the Harvard University GSD Grant (2013-15), among others. He currently is a studio instructor in the Academy of Art University Graduate School of Architecture, USA.
Incorporating strategies of ecological regeneration, public spaces, and mobility networks, the project for the Somes river transforms an obsolete 20th-century infrastructure into a porous riverbank, activating the river as a meeting place for local communities, as well as for fauna and flora.