The aim of Arquia Foundation is to promote and encourage cultural activities in the field of Architecture. Among these activities is the arquia/thesis collection, aimed at editing and publishing doctoral theses on Architecture that contribute to architectural knowledge, once they have been reviewed and adapted by their respective authors. The arquia/thesis collection thus aims to make valuable material available to the public interested in architectural studies that would otherwise be difficult to access. With the intention of increasing the editorial collection, the Arquia Foundation announces this biennial contest aimed at selecting unpublished doctoral theses.
The eleventh edition of the Arquia Foundation Biennial Contest for Architecture Doctoral Theses is sponsored by Arquia Banca.
Those Spanish architects who have defended their doctoral thesis in any school or faculty of Architecture in the world, as well as those foreign architects whose doctoral thesis has been defended in any Spanish school of architecture, can participate in the contest. Doctoral theses must be unpublished, i.e. theses that have been awarded in other contests or published in part or in full in any language, format or physical or digital support will not be accepted.
Registration for the arquia/thesis contest can only be done through the online registration system, completing the form provided to this purpose at this link:
Once the registration is completed, access the private user area by entering your user (e-mail) and password, and complete the registration by providing the following documentation:
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Information may be edited until registration deadline (see calendar).
In the second phase of the contest, the selected candidates will be asked to submit their original theses in Spanish (in digital and printed format) for evaluation by the jury.
Call opening: March 2017. Registration: 27 March- 5 June 2017
The period for registration and admission of the requested documentation will start on Monday 27 March 2017 and end on Monday 5 June 2017 at 12:00 pm.
Period extended until 20 June 2017, at 12:00 pm
1st Phase: June-October 2017
Each member of the jury will select a maximum of four works from the dossiers presented to enter the second phase of the contest.
The first week of November 2017, contestants entering this final phase will be asked to submit a full copy of their thesis in printed and digital format.
2nd Phase: November-March 2018
In mid-March 2017, the jury will meet to make a decision on the contest. This decision will be made public in April 2018.
The jury will be composed of:
Born in Bilbao in 1956. Architect, Doctor of Architecture and University Professor at the Department of Architectural Projects of the Barcelona Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, ETSAB, UPC. Professionally, he shares an architectural studio with María Àngels Negre, nsarquitectes.
María José Aranguren (Madrid 1958) is an architect and lecturer at the Department of Architectural Projects of the Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. She shares a studio with José González Gallegos (Aranguren-Gallegos architecture studio).
Carmen Espegel (Palencia, 1960) has a PhD in Architecture from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where she is lecturer in the Department of Architectural Projects. She is the architect in charge of the Espegel-fisac architects studio.
Carlos García Vázquez (Seville, 1961) is an architect, Professor of Architectural Composition at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Seville and visiting professor at the Scuola Architettura e Società del Politecnico di Milano (Piacenza headquarters).
Born in Legazpi, Gipuzkoa, in 1973. Architect (1998, Extraordinary Award) and PhD architect (2006) from the ETSA of the University of Navarra. Master in Design Studies with GSD honours (2004), Visiting Fellow GSAS (2005, 2006), Harvard University. Since 2008 she is a professor at IE School of Architecture and Design, Segovia-Madrid.
Naiara Montero (Barcelona, 1975) is an architect (2000) and PhD architect (2012) from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona, ETSAB-UPC. Professor of Architectural Projects at CESUGA, University College Dublin (2008-present) and architect in charge of Estudio TAU at its headquarters in A Coruña. Board member of Arquia Banca and trustee of Arquia Foundation.
Juan Manuel Palerm Salazar (1957) is Professor of Architectural Projects at the School of Architecture of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Visiting Professor and researcher at the University IUAV of Venice. President of UNISCAPE. Director of the II and III Biennial of Architecture, Art and Landscape of the Canary Islands, as well as of the Observatory of the Landscape of the Canary Islands. Founder and Director with Leopoldo Tabares de Nava y Marín of the architecture studio 'Palerm & Tabares de Nava, arquitectos'.
Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1957. Architect by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Doctor of Architecture and Professor of Architectural Projects at the ULPGC, Visiting scholar at Harvard University, 2000, Guest critic at the ETH Zurich, Studio Basel, 2005. Main partner at nred arquitectos Main partner of Alonso-Sosa
The finalists theses of the 2017 XI biennial contest of the Arquia Foundation are
GONZALO PARDO DÍAZ
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
CUERPO Y CASA
Others
Fernando Carrascal Street
E.T.S. A - Seville - US
SEVILLE, SPAIN
El nadador de Cap-Martin y otros cuentos de arquitectura.
History of Architecture
Silvia Colmenares Vilata
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
NI LO UNO, NI LO OTRO: POSIBILIDAD DE LO NEUTRO EN ARQUITECTURA
Essay
Héctor Fernández Elorza
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
ASPLUND VERSUS LEWERENTZ
Works
Berta Bardí Milà
E.T.S. A - Barcelona - UPC
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Las casas de Arne Jacobsen
Architect
Evelyn Alonso Rohner
PALMAS (LAS), SPAIN
LO INFRA-LEVE
Essay
Carlos Santamarina Macho
E.T.S.A - Valladolid - UVA
ASTURIAS, SPAIN
Cultura y representación del man-made landscape
Landscape
MARCOS PARGA PRADO
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
La opción radical
Others
Fernando Nieto Fernández
E.T.S.A - Valladolid - UVA
MADRID, SPAIN
Normalizar la utopía = Normalizing Utopia
Others
Angela Ruiz Plaza
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
ESTRATEGIAS DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE DE LA ARQUITECTURA DEL OASIS DE M´HAMID, DESIERTO DEL SAHARA.
Others
heitor garcia lantaron
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
Vivienda para un Envejecimiento Activo
Others
PABLO LOPEZ MARTIN
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
LA SILLA DE LA DISCORDIA.
History of Architecture
Aitor Acilu Fernandez
E.T.S. A - Pamplona - UNAV
ALAVA, SPAIN
VIAJES AL MEDITERRÁNEO EN BUSCA DE LA MODERNIDAD
Architecture History
Enrique Colomés Montañés
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
MATERIAL, ESPACIO Y COLOR EN MIES VAN DER ROHE. Cafe Samt & Seide 1927.
Architect
DIEGO GARCÍA-SETIÉN TEROL
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
TRANS ARQUITECTURA: IMAGINACION, INVENCION E INDIVIDUACION DEL OBJETO TECNICO ARQUITECTONICO
Others
Queralt Garriga Gimeno
E.T.S. A - Barcelona - UPC
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Arquitectura en exposición
Others
The preselected theses for the XI Arquia Foundation biennial contest corresponding to 2017, are:
Carmen García Sánchez
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
1950 en torno al Museo Louisiana 1970
Works
Carlos Santamarina Macho
E.T.S.A - Valladolid - UVA
ASTURIAS, SPAIN
Cultura y representación del man-made landscape
Landscape
José Antonio Tallón Iglesias
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
Gordon Matta-Clark a través de Rem Koolhaas.
Architect
MARCOS PARGA PRADO
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
La opción radical
Others
Fernando Nieto Fernández
E.T.S.A - Valladolid - UVA
MADRID, SPAIN
Normalizar la utopía = Normalizing Utopia
Others
Angela Ruiz Plaza
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
ESTRATEGIAS DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE DE LA ARQUITECTURA DEL OASIS DE M´HAMID, DESIERTO DEL SAHARA.
Others
JULIO BARRENO GUTIÉRREZ
E.T.S. A - Seville - US
CÁDIZ, SPAIN
ACCIONES Y REACCIONES.
Others
heitor garcia lantaron
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
Vivienda para un Envejecimiento Activo
Others
PABLO LOPEZ MARTIN
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
LA SILLA DE LA DISCORDIA.
History of Architecture
Aitor Acilu Fernandez
E.T.S. A - Pamplona - UNAV
ALAVA, SPAIN
VIAJES AL MEDITERRÁNEO EN BUSCA DE LA MODERNIDAD
Architecture History
Ivo Eliseo Vidal Climent
E.T.S. A - València - UPV
ALICANTE, SPAIN
LA PERMANENCIA DEL RECINTO,
Others
MARIANO MOLINA INIESTA
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
La idea de Monumentalidad en la Segunda Posguerra
Architecture History
JUAN ANTONIO ORTIZ ORUETA
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
BADAJOZ, SPAIN
En el principio era Távora...
Architect
Theodora Papidou
Thessaloniki, GREECE
El proyecto arquitectónico y su espacio de inscripción
Essay
Enrique Colomés Montañés
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
MATERIAL, ESPACIO Y COLOR EN MIES VAN DER ROHE. Cafe Samt & Seide 1927.
Architect
Humberto Nicolas Sica Palermo
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
RS, BRAZIL
Forma y tectonicidad: estructura y prefabricación en la obra de Gordon Bunshaft
Architect
Helia De San Nicolás Juárez
E.S. de Arte y Arq.- UEM
MURCIA, SPAIN
Jacques Tati: Vivienda experimental y espacio de trabajo a mediados del siglo XX
Architecture History
Ferran Grau Valldosera
E.T.S. A - Barcelona - UPC
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Proyectos del realismo crítico en la era de la simultaneidad
Works
DIEGO GARCÍA-SETIÉN TEROL
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
TRANS ARQUITECTURA: IMAGINACION, INVENCION E INDIVIDUACION DEL OBJETO TECNICO ARQUITECTONICO
Others
Queralt Garriga Gimeno
E.T.S. A - Barcelona - UPC
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Arquitectura en exposición
Others
GONZALO PARDO DÍAZ
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
CUERPO Y CASA
Others
Fernando Carrascal Street
E.T.S. A - Seville - US
SEVILLE, SPAIN
El nadador de Cap-Martin y otros cuentos de arquitectura.
History of Architecture
Silvia Colmenares Vilata
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
NI LO UNO, NI LO OTRO: POSIBILIDAD DE LO NEUTRO EN ARQUITECTURA
Essay
Héctor Fernández Elorza
E.T.S. A - Madrid - UPM
MADRID, SPAIN
ASPLUND VERSUS LEWERENTZ
Works
Berta Bardí Milà
E.T.S. A - Barcelona - UPC
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Las casas de Arne Jacobsen
Architect
Evelyn Alonso Rohner
PALMAS (LAS), SPAIN
LO INFRA-LEVE
Essay
