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Biography

Jordi Henrich graduated as an architect from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) and holds a master's degree in Architecture from Columbia University, NY. His professional career is linked to public space, landscape architecture and urban design. From 1987 to 2004 he worked in the Department of Urban Projects of Barcelona City Council and from 2004 to 2007 in the Public Spaces Service of Barcelona Metropolitan Area. Jordi Henrich was one of the precursors of the urban transformation of the city of Barcelona and its opening up to the sea. We highlight the Port Vell and Barceloneta port and maritime perimeter project (1988-2018) – 6km of seafront promenade linking the city, the port and the beach. This project had several phases, such as the remodelling of the Balconada of the Moll de la Fusta quay, the Paseo de Joan de Borbó promenade and the Barceloneta quay, the Pau Vila and Palau squares, the connection to Via Laietana with the Pas de Sota Muralla, the Barceloneta seafront promenade, Barceloneta park, and the Hotel Vela area (among others). The many local projects include the Cover of the Ronda del Mig road between Diagonal and Pg. de Lluís Companys, the public spaces of La Pau and the Avenida de Roma, as well as the pedestrianisation of streets in central Barcelona. His international projects include the remodelling, along with Joan Forgas, of the Boompjies quay in Rotterdam, also of maritime status , the square and library of Weiblingen, Berlin's Museum Island and the axis formed by Rue Foch, Place de la Prefecture and Plan du Palais in Montpellier.Together with Olga Tarrasó, Jaume Artigues and Miquel Roig he was nominated and awarded in various public space competitions. The “1st phase of the Barceloneta seafront promenade, Barcelona, FAD Exterior Spaces 1996”, the “First Prize of the European Landscape Architecture competition, V Biennial of Spanish Architecture”, the “IV Young Architects of Spain Exhibition” or the “VII Premio Década 2006”. He is a lecturer in Design of Urban Elements at the ELISAVA school and Public Space projects at the ETSAB. He also teaches on the master's degree in Urban Planning at the UPC, and he is a lecturer in projects of the bachelor's and master's degree in Landscape Architecture at the ETSAB. For Jordi Henrich public space has a contemporary, global and architectural character. He improves urban life by integrating historical and technical requirements with social requirements. This has led him to work on the detail of street furniture to confer meaning to the project as a whole. Together with Olga Tarrasó, he is co-author of the Nu bench (1991), the first bench to feature in the Santa & Cole catalogue. Know more