Andres Jaque Arquitectos

Profile of Andres Jaque Arquitectos

Business Name

Andres Jaque Arquitectos

Location

Spain

Services

Architecture

Website

http://www.andresjaque.com

Principal(s)

Andres Jaque (born 1971)

• Architect + Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid + 1998
• Tessenow Stipendiat + Alfred Toepfer Stiftung FVS, Hamburg + 1999

Profesor in:

• Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid
• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogota
• Universidad de Alicante
• Escuela de Arquitectura de Valencia
• Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Jorge Ruano (born 1982)

• Arquitecto + Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid
• Diploma Course + Academia di Architettura de Mendrisio (Switzeland)

Philosophy

Architectural office based in madrid compromised with urban institutional innovation. Focused on redefining the role of architecture in the making of societies, and engaged in the quality mark for architectural actions 'parliament architecture'. Among the products the office manage are 'teddy house', 'technogeisha', 'mousse city', 'peace foam city', 'skin gardens' and the collection of objects and strategies 'to ecologice is not going greening'. Their work for the 'first catholic chill-out' in plasencia (caceres) has been widely published and awarded.

Background

• Founded: 2000
• Offices: 2
• Design team: 9

Key projects

• Casa Sacerdotal Diocesana or First Catholic Chill Out , Plasencia (Caceres + Spain). 2000-2004. Multifunctional building for the Catholic Church
• 12 Action to make politically transparent Santiago's Ciudad de la Cultura, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), participatory strategy
• Ojala Awareness Club, Madrid (Spain). 2005, urban facility
• Mousse City, Stavanger (Norway). 2003, innovative housing
• Peace Foam City, Ceuta (Spain). 2005, innovative urban development
• Teddy House, Vigo (Spain). 2005-2006, house scheme
• House in Never Never Land, Ibiza (Spain). 2006-2007, house scheme
• Democratic Sponge, Madrid (Spain). 2005, public space
• Techno-geisha, Madrid (Spain). 2002, making of a host character
• Tupper Home, Madrid (Spain). 2006-2007, house prototype

Key publications

• First catholic chill out, DOMUS, julio-agosto 2005
• Democracy in space. Interview to Andres Jaque, A10, july 2007
• Mousse City, Stavanger [Noruega] Architecture Tomorrow, Paris 2005
• "Arquitectura Parlamento". [Arquitectura COAM. Madrid febrero 2007
• "Politicas del Daily Life. Siempre es verano en la Teddy House" Pasajes de arquitectura y critica. Madrid, septiembre 2005]
• Objeto de transparencia o tarde de Pic-nic con una Techno-geisha. Pasajes de arquitectura y critica. Marzo 2005
• Melnikov, aparcamiento para 1000 autos, segunda variante. Paris 1925, Car-park for 1000 vehicles, second variant. Paris 1925 Ediciones Rueda. Madrid 2004
• "12 acciones para transparentar la Cidade da Cultura de Galicia de Peter Eisenman" Pasajes de arquitectura y critica. marzo 2005
• Casa Sacerdotal Diocesana de Plasencia. Le Moniteur d'Architecture. Paris, 2005

Key awards

• 2005. Premio Dionisio Hernandez Gil, Colegio de Arquitectos de Extremadura. Merida, Spain
• 2006. Premio Grande Area, Colegio de Arquitectos de Galicia. Vigo, Spain
• 2005. Finalista Bienal Espanola. Bienal Espanola. Cantabria, Spain