JAVIER MOSQUERA GONZALEZ Architects
Our office believes architecture is a living experience where users and the environment become a single but complex unity. Practice, teaching, and research conform our basic paths explored to discover new responses to contemporary challenges. Blurring those limits becomes essential to redefine the concept of living as an unexpected result of interaction between several social and natural agents.
Through a hands-on attitude, analogical and digital processes are mixed with individual and collective dynamics. We believe that action becomes a driving force to make changes happen at a constructed level, be it built or theoretical. Competitions and workshops are our field of experimentation. A limited scope to respond, testing obsessive intuitions by developing possible rational and replicable methodologies.
We have worked in different countries all over the world, obtaining numerous prizes and recognitions, both in public and private commissions. Our research works have also been part of some prestigious scientific publications and presented in international educational and professional congresses. These are the results of a constant approach to our discipline as a platform to find out and promote new forms of living, as an experience to be perceived in a more conscious manner.
2020 PhD Architect UPM/ETSAM. Distinguished Dissertation Award UPM 2019-2020.
2017 Master in advanced architectural design UPM/ETSAM.
2007 Architect UPM/ETSAM.
2019 Assistant Professor of Architectural Design at the UPM/ETSAM.
2019 Visiting Professor. Tulane Design Teaching Fellow TDTF. Spring Semester. Tulane School of Architecture.
2013-2018 Assistant Professor of Architectural Design at the UPM/ETSAM.
COMPETITIONS
2022 Calasparra Town Hall. Spain. MENTION
2021 Loiola Social Housing. San Sebastián. Spain. (+NM)
2021 Taka-Töölö Kindergarten. Helsinki. Finland. (+JA)
2020 Outdoor swimming pool. Vilagarcia de Arousa. Spain
2020 Ames cultural center. Ames. Spain
2020 Coziness Valley Park. Murmansk. Russia
2020 Social Security Offices. Fuengirola. Spain. (+NM)
2020 Alcaniça social housing. Almada. Portugal
2019 Healthcare Complex. Plasencia. Spain
2019 Skæring Bæk Housing Stage II. Aarhus. Denmark
2019 Uruguay social housing. Montevideo. Uruguay
2019 Experimental housing. Shenzen. China
2019 Treviana Romanic Cultural Center. Spain. (+JU+CR) HONORABLE MENTION
2018 Eurostars Fab Lab. Barcelona. Spain
2018 Dar Al-Uloum Library. Saudi Arabia. (+JU+CR) FINALIST
2018 Ibiza social housing. Ibiza. Spain
2018 Carlos III University Science Building. Madrid. Spain. (+JU+CR) 3RD PRIZE
2018 Santa Iria de Azoia Health Center. Lisbon. Portugal
2018 Toni Catany Photography Center. Mallorca. Spain. (+JU+CR) HONORABLE MENTION
2018 Ciudad de Brujas Square. Valencia. Spain. (+JU+CR) FINALIST
2017 Concentrico 04. Logroño. Spain
2017 Noain sports facilities. Pamplona. Spain
2017 Railside promenade. Winnipeg. Canada
2017 Hornachuelos social housing. Córdoba. Spain HONORABLE MENTION
2016 Suncheon art platform. Suncheon. South Korea RUNNER-UP
2016 Pescara student housing. Pescara. Italy 2ND PRIZE
2016 Museum of Capitalism. California. United States of America HONORABLE MENTION
2016 Lighthouse Art Hotel. Syracuse. Italy
2015 Family center. Neumünster. Germany
2015 Durban apartment tower. Durban. South Africa HONORABLE MENTION
2015 Cascais cultural center. Cascais. Portugal
2015 Legno House. Condino. Italy
2014 Dalseong citizen's gymnasium. Daegu. South Korea 2ND PRIZE. BASIC DESIGN
2014 Bath House. Liepaja. Latvia
2013 Cultural Center. Liepaja. Latvia
2013 Container house. Sydney. Australia
2013 Biblioteca da Faculdade de Direito. São Paulo. Brasil
2013 Europan 12. Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Germany. (+JE+AP)
2013 Freilichtmuseum. Germany. (+EG+PM)
2013 CCCH Chapultepec Cultural Center. Guadalajara. Mexico. 1ST PRIZE
2012 Daegu Gosan Public Library. South Korea. (+JE+MC+AP)
2012 Martigny Custom House. Switzerland. (+JF+EG+PM) 2ND ROUND
2012 Neuchâtel 2020. (+JE+MC+AP)
2011 Figueira da Foz e Buarcos seafront. Portugal. (+JE+MC+AP)
2011 112 building with heliport in La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia. Spain
2010 Indoor swiming pool in Concello of Vimianzo, A Coruña. Spain
2010 Fairgrounds in Cáceres (IFECA). Spain
2009 Urban intervention in the "Parque de la Dehesa" in Soria. Pavilion catering use. Spain
2008 Public school early childhood education. Palma de Mallorca. Spain
Coauthors: Juan Enrique Álvarez (JE), José Aragüez (JA), Manuel Cifuentes (MC), Jorge Fajardo (JF), Elena Guillermina Guerrero (EG),
Néstor Montenegro (NM), Alfonso Peralta (AP), Pablo José Pérez Mico (PM), Carlos Rubio Zugadi (CR), Jesús Ulargui Agurruza (JU)
WORKS & PROJECTS
2020 S House. Madrid. Spain
2018 Flat renovation in C/Martín de Vargas. Madrid. Spain
2015 Dalseong citizen's gymnasion. Basic Design. Daegu. South Korea. UNDER CONSTRUCTION
2014 Flat renovation in C/Caravaca. Madrid. Spain
2014 Semi detached house renovation in C/Islas Azores. Getafe. Spain
2013 Flat renovation in C/Guzmán el Bueno. Madrid. Spain
2012 Flat renovation in C/Laurel. Madrid. Spain
2010 Medical clinic new layout. Madrid. Spain
PRIZES AND AWARDS
2022 MENTION. Calasparra Town Hall
2021 Distinguished Dissertation Award UPM 2019-2020.
2019 3RD PRIZE. XI Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Research papers. “El Japonismo en Marion Mahony Griffin y Walter Burley Griffin. De los conceptos gráficos del Ukiyo-e hacia una estrategia proyectual alternativa”.
2019 HONORABLE MENTION. Treviana Romanic Cultural Center.
2018 SELECTED. II Research Prize, XIV Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Research papers. “Trazados y trazas. Utopías redefinidas”.
2018 FINALIST. Dar Al-Uloum Library.
2018 3RD PRIZE. Carlos III University Science Building.
2018 HONORABLE MENTION. Toni Catany Photography Center.
2018 FINALIST. Ciudad de Brujas Square.
2017 HONORABLE MENTION. Hornachuelos social housing.
2016 RUNNER-UP. Suncheon art platform
2016 2ND PRIZE. Pescara student housing
2016 HONORABLE MENTION. Museum of Capitalism
2015 HONORABLE MENTION. Durban apartment tower.
2014 2ND PRIZE. Dalseong citizen's gymnasion.
2013 1ST PRIZE. CCCH.
EXHIBITIONS
2015 XIV World Forestry Congress in Durban, South Africa (Durban apartment tower)
2014 Daegu Architectural Culture Biennale (Dalseong citizen's gymnasion)
WORKSHOPS
2020 The Hidden House. Athens Programm. Madrid. Spain
2019 House of Memories. UPM Summer Workshop / China + USA + Spain
2016 Instant-Lab. Espai Barberí. RCR + Fundació Bunka. Olot. Spain
RESEARCH, CONGRESSES & LECTURES
2021-22 Argument#5 Proximities. UPM / ETSAM DPA Annual Lecture Series. Curatorial team: Néstor Montenegro, Javier Mosquera, Arantza Ozaeta, Gonzalo Pardo.
2021 School of Architecture. Nanjing University. Antoni Gaudi and Barcelona. Still on a wondered mission.
2019 ED2019 Spring. Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid. La representación de la arquitectura en el paisaje. Influencias orientales en Marion Mahony Griffin y Walter Burley Griffin.
2019 Tulane School of Architecture. Stool60
2018 MPAA9 Práctica crítica / Critical practice. TFM Recientes. Desaprendiendo.
2018 JIDA'18, El juego de la ciudad.
2018 Researcher at UPM/ETSAM innovative educational program, El juego de la ciudad.
2017 Foro de investigación en arquitectura. Arquitectura y sociedad. Mexico DF. Mexico. Trazados y trazas. Utopías redefinidas.
2017 Master Thesis. Desaprendiendo. Marion Mahony Griffin y Walter Burley Griffin. Castlecrag 1920-1937.
2017 UIA 2017 Seoul World Architects congress. Seoul. South Korea. Actionscape
2017 COCA.17 1st International congress in architectural communication.Madrid. Spain. Actionscape
2014 Catholic University of Daegu. South Korea. Objects and Variations.
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Veredes 02. Paisaje sublimado: De Rock Crest / Rock Glen a Pholiota. La evolución del uso de la piedra en la obra de Walter Burley Griffin y Marion Mahony Griffin
2018 REIA 11. Influencias antroposóficas en la casa Fishwick y la casa Duncan.Castlecrag 1920-1937
2018 Proyecto, progreso y arquitectura 18. Honestidad material. Castlecrag 1920-1937.
2018 SER4' #48 Maestría
2018 SER4' #42 Encuentros
2018 SER4' #34 Atávico
2017 SER4' #32 5,4,3,2,1...
2017 Foro de investigación en arquitectura. Arquitectura y sociedad. Crisis y utopía. Trazados y trazas. Utopías redefinidas.
2017 SER4' #26 Tesón
2017 Engawa 22. Trayectoria de aproximación lineal
2017 UIA 2017 Seoul World Architects congress. Actionscape.
2017 SER4' #21 Sueños
2017 Vitruvius Drops 117.04 Aromas
2017 SER4' #19 Aromas
2017 SER4' #15 Otras. Todas
2016 SER4' #04 Digital
2016 Vitruvius Arquiteturismo 113.03 Dos pintxos de arquitectura
2016 SER4' #02 Umbral
2015 Durban apartment tower. Timber Design & Technology, October 2015
2014 Engawa 16. ¿A fuego lento o precocinado?
2013 CCCH. 1ST PRIZE, CoArq, WA Wettbewerbe aktuell 7/2013
2012 Martigny custom house. 2ND ROUND. Concours de projets d’architecture. Confédération Suisse
2012 Neuchâtel 2020. Neuchâtel 2020, Des idées pour dessiner l’avenir du canton