Laura Solsona is an architect and urban designer. She studied at Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (UPC-ETSAB) and Technische Universität of Berlin (TUBerlin), where she graduated with a MSc in Architecture. From 2015 to 2018, she collaborated with the catalan studio Jornet Llop Pastor arquitectes, where she was involved in urban planning and landscape design projects in different cities in Spain and France. After that, she moved to Australia and worked at Aspect Studios, leading projects in landscape and urban design in Sydney, from 2018 to 2021. She taught at the University of Technology Sydney in 2019 and participated in several design reviews. She is currently teaching Spatial Design at BAU, College of Arts and Design of Barcelona.

Eduard Fernàndez is an architect and educator. He studied at Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (UPC-ETSAB) and Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (FAUP), where he graduated with an MSc in Architecture. From 2014 to 2021, he worked in different architecture practices in Barcelona and Sydney, and collaborated with cultural institutions such as Fostering Arts and Design (FAD), Arquitectes per l’Arquitectura (AxA), Catalan Board of Architects (COAC), Barcelona City Council, and Casa da Arquitectura. In academia, he was a Research Assistant at the UPC Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning, and more recently a Teaching Associate at Monash University in Melbourne and the University of Technology Sydney, leading several design studios from 2018 to 2021. He is currently teaching Spatial Design at BAU, College of Arts and Design of Barcelona.

They also form part of Post Like, a collective that studies the impact of visual culture in architectural discipline through the organisation of cultural activities open to the general public.

AWARDS

2023, Curatorship

1st Young Architecture Biennial of Catalonia
Organization: Agrupació Joves Arquitectes de Catalunya (AJAC), Centre Obert d’Arquitectura, Catalan Board of Architects (COAC)

2023, 1st prize

Can Trinxet, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
Organization: Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona

2023, Finalist

51 social housing dwellings in Figueres, Girona
Organization: Institut Català del Sòl, Generalitat de Catalunya

2022, Fellowship

European Comission (EU)
Organization: LINA Platform, Creative Europe

2022, 2nd prize

Community Centre, Ripollet, Girona, Spain
Organization: Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona

2022, Special mention

Learning Centre, Chivonguene, Mozambique
Organization: Kurandza NGO

2021, 2nd prize

Levanger, Norway
Organization: Europan Europe 16

2019, Special mention

Saint Kilda Pier, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Organization: Saint Kilda Council

PUBLICATIONS

Demolitions and Deconstructions

Practices in Research (PiR) Journal, issue no.5. KULeuven, Brussels, 2024. ISSN: 2736-3996to the essay

A Collection of Bioclimatic Responses

in “Bioclimatic Actions. Resilient construction methods for a changing climate”, bi-fold publication, Haus der Architektur (ed.), Medienfabrik Graz, 2024, 68 pages, 148mm × 210mm, ISBN 978-3-901174-92-6

Their work has been published in other architectural platforms and magazines such as afaasia, Architecture AU, architectuul, HIC Arquitectura, HISE magazine, and NEO2 magazine

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