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Architecture studio based in Huesca and Barcelona, founded in 2022 by Javier Gavín Balda. It develops both new construction and rehabilitation projects in all their phases and scales: from preliminary studies to site management, from small furniture elements to large-scale urban projects.
The projects aim to respond to the new paradigms of the 21st century, drawing on lessons from the place and tradition, creating architecture that is respectful of its environment and roots.
The projects aim to respond to the new paradigms of the 21st century, drawing on lessons from the place and tradition, creating architecture that is respectful of its environment and roots.
Javier Gavín Balda
Architect from Huesca, trained at EINA (Zaragoza) and ETSAV (Barcelona), with an academic year at VIA UC (Denmark). He has worked in several nationally and internationally renowned firms such as RCR Arquitectes (Olot), SAM Architekten (Zurich), Sixto Marín (Zaragoza), or DATAAE (Barcelona), where he has led various projects, including 20 social housing units in Sant Pere de Ribes (FAD Awards finalist 2021) and 30 social housing units in Sant Just Desvern for IMPSOL (FAD Awards finalist 2024). He has received several prestigious awards such as the New European Bauhaus Rising Star Awards (from the European Commission), the Arquia Grant (Arquia Foundation), and the AJAC Young Architecture Award (Association of Young Architects of Catalonia), as well as various awards in architecture competitions
PREMIOS
2025
1st prize in the INCASOL competition for 31 social housing units on C/Doctor Trueta, Barcelona (IMPSOL)
Finalist in the INCASOL competition for 22 social housing units on C/Marroc, Barcelona (INCASOL)
Finalist in the IMPSOL competition for 52 social housing units in Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona (IMPSOL)
2024
1st prize in the competition for the construction of a sports facility with stands and a multi-sport field at the Municipal Sports Complex of Huesca (Huesca City Council)
Finalist in the IMPSOL competition for 73 social housing units in Mongat, Barcelona (IMPSOL)
2023
AJAC Young Architecture Award (Association of Young Architects of Catalonia) – Product Design Category
4th prize in the competition for a public facility building and 114 social housing units in Barreiro (Xerencia Municipal de Urbanismo, Vigo)
2022
2nd prize in the SOMUVISA competition in Jaén (Municipal Housing Company of Jaén)
1st prize in the INCASOL competition for 60 social housing units, commercial spaces, and parking in Mataró (Catalan Land Institute)
2021
1st prize in the IBAVI competition for 10 public housing units in Santa Margalida, Mallorca (Balearic Housing Institute)
New European Bauhaus Rising Star Awards (Comisión Europea).
Categoría: "Técnicas, materiales y procesos de construcción y diseño"
Categoría: "Técnicas, materiales y procesos de construcción y diseño"
2020
2nd prize in the IBAVI competition for 26+12 public housing units in Marratxí, Mallorca (Balearic Housing Institute)
2018
1st prize in the competition for the construction of a market in the Plaza de Toros of Huesca (Huesca City Council)
2017
1st prize in the AxA competition, Talamanca (Arquitectes per l’arquitectura)
2014
Winner of the Arquia Grant (Arquia Foundation) – Category: Competition / Destination: RCR Arquitectes
1st prize in the Archmedium RMCP competition