FUENSANTA NIETO and ENRIQUE SOBEJANO are Architects graduated from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid and from Columbia University in New York, USA. They are project teachers at the School of Architecture of the Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM) and the Universität der Künste de Berlin (UdK), respectively, and founding partners of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, S.L.
They have been lecturers and/or visiting professors at various universities and institutions in Spain and abroad.
They were directors of the ARQUITECTURA magazine of the Official Association of Architects in Madrid, (1986-91). Their works and projects have been published in several Spanish and international publications, and have been a part of different exhibitions.
CONSTRUCTION WORKS AWARDS
• Aga Khan Architecture Awards. Madinat al Zahra Institutional Headquarters. Córdoba. 2011
• ECOLA Award 2011. Expansion Moritzburg Museum
• Via de Arquitectura Award for Excellence in National and International Architecture
• German Steel Structure Award 2011 Expansion Moritzburg Museum
• Nike Award from the BDA (Bundes Deutscher Architekten). 2011
• The International Architecture Award. The Chicago Athenaeum, Museum of Architecture and Design. 2009
Extension of the Moritzburg Museum, Madinat al Zahra Institutional Headquarters, Córdoba and Palacio de Congresos de Aragón. Expo 2008.
• Premio Nacional de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales. Valladolid National Museum of Sculpture. 2007
• Architecture Award from the partners of Arquinfad. Barcelona. Valladolid National Museum of Sculpture. 2007
• Madrid City Council Architecture and Urban Planning Award. "Oficinas y viviendas en la C/ Talavera, 4". 2006
- Madrid City Council Architecture Award 2000 "Edificio 18 VPO C/Sicilia"
Eduardo Arroyo was born in Bilbao in 1964 and graduated as an Architect and Town Planner in 1988 from the ETSAM in Madrid. Since then, he has been a teacher and speaker around the world. NO.MAD was founded in Amsterdam in 1989 and has its headquarters in Madrid since 1996. Our work has received several awards and has been published and exhibited in several languages. Some of our essential works include the Lasesarre Football Stadium, Casa Levene, Guardería de Sondika, Plaza Desierto, Arquia Bank and Casa Zafara-Uceda, among others. The work of our office combines accuracy, chance and necessity always in search of the unknown.
Topic: 'Penitence'
At a delicate time for the social image of our profession, reflecting on how it has become an essential part of the great real estate plundering can be a good warning for those who aspire to join it. We know of the potential that architecture has to improve the world and to create several ways of living in it, and we also know of its opposite potential to destroy ways of living and landscapes when it is in the wrong hands. Knowing already the characters involved in the collapse of our economy and the social 'Big Fraud', we will imagine a contradictory architecture capable of activating the best of the landscape and that serves at the same time as a penance for its users. Stunned by the impunity shown by the justice system in our country, those involved will be sent to a place of more advanced justice and extreme climate to reflect on their excesses.
The 7 characters :
A mayor
A town-planning councillor
An architect
A promoter
A banker
A jury of recognised prestige
A speculative citizen
The location:
Longyearbyen Fjord on the island of Svalbard (Norway). 78º14'00.51"N 15º33'23.90"E
The Conditions:
They will be housed in self-sufficient 'mini flats', the product of their speculative nightmare, which, in accordance with the peculiar idiosyncrasies of each character, will be organised in a totally free and imaginative manner.
The season of captivity will be a full year, six months at night (average temperature -10ºC) and six months during the day (average temperature 0ºC).
The inmates must be able to contemplate the wonderful landscape outside but not use it, they must be able to see each other but not touch each other, they must be able to be contemplated by multiple organised tours of those Spaniards they ruined.
It is understood that all necessary services and supplies are guaranteed from the nearby village.
Only the Motto will be clearly indicated in all documents.
The Jury's decision will be final.
Proposals submitted by means other than the Internet or received after the call has been closed will not be accepted.
Submissions must be made individually. To ensure the anonymity of the participant before the jury, the files sent must omit personal data.
The Foundation reserves the right to reproduce and/or exhibit all or part of the proposals submitted to the contest.
