
Second Place Winner
Sustainable ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶m̶i̶s̶l̶e̶a̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ architecture
Design by
Raquel Mena
Raquel Mena
I am a 3rd-year architecture student in ETSAV-UPC (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Vallès) in Barcelona. It is something I have always desired to study and explore further.
We still have much more to explore and propose. I would say the vast majority of the things that are being built have no context; they are unattached to its surroundings. If it does not unravel the complexity of the environment, it's nothing but a volume placed in there and therefore should not be treated as architecture.
I aim to work in the rehabilitation area; I genuinely believe that architecture that comes out of pre-existent spaces adds to the whole process some fun while remaining very challenging as well.
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