CALDERON-FOLCH-SARSANEDAS ARQUITECTES is an Architecture office in Barcelona founded in 2000 and awarded in 2013 with International Spanish Architects Awards-Young Architect Abroad by the CSCAE-Spanish Architects Association, with the “Prix National Construction en Bois-Coup de Coeur” Award by the “Association des Maires de France”, in 2012 with the National Energy Efficiency Awards in Spain by Isover, and in 2004 and 2012 with the AJAC Award for Young Architects by the Catalan Architects Association. Nominated to the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture-Mies van der Rohe 2015.
We provide integral services of Architecture: Building, Urban Projects, Interior Design, Ephemeral Staging and Cultural Projects; both in public and private field. We propose a “conscious” architecture, to improve people’s quality of life and to offer an optimal solution for the client’s requirements and for the collective interest, through socially and environmentally responsible attitude. We are Certified Passive House Designers from the Passivhaus Institut in Germany. Our projects are the creative synthesis of a close look to the nature of each place and a meticulous, critical and analytical research into the complexity of technical and functional concrete factors.
Our work seeks to achieve the best quality. The combination of an excellent design and the direction of interdisciplinary teams formed by a network of experts leads to the holistic integration of a high technical rigor, an efficient production management and an exhaustive economic control, with the most up-to-date sustainability criteria.
PILAR CALDERON
(Barcelona,1975)
Master in Architecture (EtsaB -School of Architecture of Barcelona- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya). She completed her studies in the School of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies of the UC in Santiago of Chile and participated in the program for the elimination of poverty “Servicio País” in the Chilean Patagonia. Awarded with the Ajac prize for Young Architects in 2004 and 2012 by the Catalan Architects Association and with the International Spanish Architecture (Young Architect Abroad) by the Spanish Architects Association. She is currently an associated professor of the Architectural Projects Department at the ETSAB (UPC). She conceived and directed the Postgraduate Diploma in Set Design (Elisava -School of Design and Engineering of Barcelona -Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2011-2015). She is co-author with Marc Folch of the book “Neruda-Rodríguez Arias. Houses for a poet”.
MARC FOLCH
(Barcelona, 1975)
Master in Architecture (EtsaB -School of Architeture of Barcelona- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya). He completed his studies in the Lund Teknisker Högskolan of the Lunds Universitet of Sweeden and he participated in the research project “Space for living- living in space” with NASA’s Terrestrial Research Studio (Star) in Houston – United States. Awarded with the Ajac prize for Young Architects in 2004 and 2012 by the Catalan Architects Association and with the International Spanish Architecture (Young Architect Abroad) by the Spanish Architects Association. He is currently involved in many Master degrees of Architecture and Sustainabilty in several Universities. He is co-author with Pilar Calderon of the book “Neruda-Rodríguez Arias. Houses for a poet”.
POL SARSANEDAS
(Barcelona, 1981)
Certified Passive House Designer from the Passivhaus Institut of Germany. Master in Architecture (EtsaB -School of Architecture of Barcelona- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) and Postgraduated in “Sustainabilty and Architecture” by the Sert School of Barcelona. He completed his studies in Switzerland at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (Università della Svizzera Italiana). In 2009 he started his collaboration with Calderon-Folch Arquitectes and since 2011 he is an associated architect at Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas Arquitectes. Awarded with the Ajac prize for Young Architects in 2012 by the Catalan Architects Association.
Associated Architects Since 2000
Gérald Lafond: “Cultural Centre Léonce-Georges”
Jordi Bernuz, Manel Fernández: “Pedestrian Bridge in Manresa”
Liliana Silva: “UTEC University New Campus in Lima”
Miba Architects: “Medical School of the University of Cyprus”
Project Assistants since 2000
Nuno Almeida, architect (POR)
Anna Altemir, architect (ESP)
Alba Armengol, architect (ESP)
Linda Arduini, architect (ITA)
Roger Badia, arch. student (ESP)
Arnau Balcells, architect (ESP)
Teresa Baldó, architet (ESP)
Alice Berthelon, architect (FRA)
Bàrbara Blanch, arch.student (ESP)
Laia Capellades, architect (ESP)
Daniel Capito, architect (GER)
Julia Chabrera, archirtect (ESP)
Constanza Chara, architect (ARG)
Elena Codina-Dusoiu,architect (ROU)
Isabel Correa, architect (COL)
Elena Cruz, design student (CHI)
Thuany Danielli, architect (BRA)
Lisa Dargies, arch. student (GER)
Cecilia De Marinis, arch. student (ITA)
Lucía De Val, architect (ESP)
Chiara Di Donato (ITA)
Christoph Emenlauer, arch. student (GER)
Anna Fumadó, architect (ESP)
Gianluca Giaccone, architect (ITA)
Mariangela Giardino, architect (ITA)
Tamia González, architect (PER)
Jonathan Hagos, architect (GBR)
Petri Herrala, student (FIN)
Paula Ivan, architect (ROM)
Agustín Jiménez, student (ESP)
Bartosz Kisiel, architect (POL)
Germán Lamarca, architect (CHI)
Viviana La Terra Meli, engineer (ITA)
Bruno López, architect (ESP)
Dario Mabritto, architect (ITA)
Carles Madrid, student (ESP)
Xavier Mateo, architect (ESP)
Marc Méndez, architect(ESP)
Gemma Merino, architect (ESP)
Anna Miquel, architect (ESP)
Carlos Miquel, architect (ESP)
Anna Moll, architect (ESP)
Márton Mondvai, architect (HUN)
Montserrat Montalvo, architect (ESP)
Kate Moore, architect (AUS)
Federico Ortiz, architect (COL)
Carmen Otero, arch. student (ESP)
Aida Pérez, arch. student (ESP)
David Pérez, arch. student (ESP)
Adriana Porta, arch. student (ESP)
Matteo Pulcinelli, architect (ITA)
Àlex Real, arch. student (ESP)
María Ríos, architect (ESP)
Edgar Sanjuán, designer (ESP)
Gemma Serra, architect (ESP)
Pere Raventós, student (ESP)
Rubén Rodríguez, architect (ESP)
Manuela Schininá, architect (ITA)
Freek Schotte, architect (ZA)
Janek Strzykala, architect (POL)
Anne Szloser, architect (POL)
Monika Szymaniak, architect (POL)
Leonor Toro, arch. student (ESP)
Roger Tremoleda, architect (ESP)
Gianpaolo Vacca, architect (ITA)
Pilvi Vanamo, arch. student (FIN)
Situ Ya, architect (CHN)
Caroline Yu, architect (USA)
Luca Zanon, architect (ITA)
Photographers
Pol Viladoms: “El Roure community centre and La Ginesta Library”, “Low Energy MZ House” (exterior), “Cultural Centre Léonce Georges”, “Open Pavilion in Barcelona”, “Apartment LM”, “Apartment J”, “Pedestrian Bridge in Manresa”.
Lourdes Jansana: “33 Public Housing Units in Begues”:
Adrià Goula: “Pedestrian Bridge in Manresa (main)”:
Tim Adami: Portrait of Pilar Calderon and Marc Folch