Photography 2024

Exercise: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona · Conference · The City of Barcelona  · Clara Solà-Morales

Clara Solà-Morales (Barcelona, Spain, 1975) is a licensed architect with a degree in Architecture from Barcelona’s School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC, BarcelonaTech) and holds a Master in Architecture (MArch II) from Harvard University. She is an associate professor at the ETSAB-UPC, BarcelonaTech. Clara has been Visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), associate professor at the School of Architecture at the Rovira i Virgili University, visiting professor of the Barcelona program at the University of Calgary, and professor and Head of Graduate Studies at the Barcelona Institute of Architecture (BIArch). She is a PhD candidate at the ETSAB-UPC, BarcelonaTech. Solà-Morales curated the exhibition, Susana Solano. Proyectos at the ICO Foundation in Madrid has co-edited the book Plans and Projects, printed by the Barcelona City Hall. As a researcher, she worked at the Center for Urban Development Studies (CUDS) at Harvard University. Her theoretical work explores the industrial production within housing and its repercussions on informal housing.

Exercise: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona · Conference · Architectural Considerations on the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia · Juan de Dios Trias de Bes

Juan Trias de Bes (Barcelona, Spain, 1964) is an architect from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC) 1991. He opened his professional studio, TdB Architects, in 1992 in Barcelona, where he maintains the activity of building and urban planning. In 2013 he obtained the qualification “cum laude” for his doctoral thesis “Material Architectures” at the ETSAB. He authorises institutional works, such as the Academy of Medical Sciences headquarters, the Grífols Laboratories headquarters, the ESADE University in Sant Cugat, and the Natura Bissè headquarters and factory. In rehabilitation, he credits interventions such as the Hotel Mandarin, the modernist Burés House or the restoration of Palau Moxò. In research, he is a member of the Technological Innovation Laboratory (LITEIS) of the UIC Barcelona, where he directs the Research Department “hARQware Chair”. In teaching, he is responsible for the Architectural Design area of the UIC School of Architecture in Barcelona. In humanities, he is a Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, a Founder of the Catalan Society of Architecture and Health, a Member of the Research Advisory Council of the Antonio Gaudí Study Center and the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of the Construction Board of the Temple of the Sagrada Família.

Exercise: Management Centre of La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park · Conferència · La Garrotxa: terra aspra, terra trencada, terra de volcans · Francesc Xavier Puig i Oliveras

Francesc Xavier Puig i Oliveras (Girona, Spain, 1965) is an agronomist from the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineers of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Since 1992, he has been part of the technical team of the Departments responsible for the environment of the Catalan Government, where he has developed his professional career, mainly in the planning and management of protected natural areas, assessment of environmental impact and urban planning. From 1996 to 2012, he taught as an associate professor of environmental impact assessment, attached to the Ecology area of the Department of Environmental Sciences of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Girona. Since 2002 he has been Director of the Natural Park of the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone.