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Biography

Guillermo Bertólez Cué is an architect. He is currently deputy director of the La Salle Higher Technical School of Architecture in Barcelona. During the first stage of his professional career, in the 70s, Guilermo was influenced by his constant direct contact with that built in the North of Portugal, works by the renowned Álvaro Siza and rationalist Fernando Tavora. This interest evolved over the course of his professional career, with his thoughts on housing, the human condition and town planning prevailing. A defender of bridging the gap between architecture and man, for Guillermo Bertólez, architects are the masters of works who handle measurements, proportions and symmetry, from the initial design to the minute details, with the goal of celebrating the social life that takes place within their works. The author of various essays and famous articles, such as El espíritu de la Barraca, o apuntes de cómo acercarse al hombre (The spirit of the Barraca, or notes on how to adapt to man) (2007), Katsura, Los secretos del maestro escondido (Katsura, the secrets of the hidden master) (2017). He has collaborated on various monographs such as Obradoiro, arquitectura y urbanismo (Obradoiro, architecture and town planning (1997), Quaderns d’arquitectura i urbanisme (Notebooks on architecture and town planning) (2007) and Recortes, aproximación a la obra de Fernando blanco (Cuttings, a close look at the works of Fernando Blanco) (2021). He has also spoken at various conferences and workshops such as "The square as a paradigm of abstraction: maths, art and architecture" (2018) and the "Architectural Projects Workshop" (2011). Renowned for his incessant academic and intellectual research, Guillermo gave a speech embellished with introspective personal parallelisms, reflections and notes. Knowing ourselves and committing to society, a vision he has been transmitting for some time as a professor for the La Salle Higher Technical School of Architecture (ETSALS). Guillermo Bertólez designed the Rambla wastepaper bin (1993) together with Javier Ferrándiz, a functional, robust, hard-wearing plastic element. A wastepaper bin that is available in different models and with multiple features. Ideal for a city that promotes civic responsibility and the keeping clean of public outdoor spaces. Know more

Biography

Javier Ferrándiz obtained a degree in architecture from the Barcelona Higher Technical School of Architecture (ETSAB). Javier Ferrándiz has executed a wide range of architecture projects in Catalonia. In addition to his important role as a consultant architect of the UPC in the urban development agency for the city of Hospitalet del Llobregat. The works of Javier Ferrándiz have been recognised and awarded on various occasions. He won first prize for the partial plan for the Roc-Blanc sector for the construction of 1,200 residences in Terrassa (1988). He was also given an award for the Alcanar Secondary School Works (1992). He was selected for the FAD awards (1992) for the remodelling of a children's home in Barcelona; the La Farga shopping centre in Hospitalet del Llobregat (1996); the expansion of the Betània-Patmos school in Barcelona (1999); the Empúries Youth Hostel, Girona (2000); the sports centre in Ordal, Barcelona (2001); the Ribes de Fresser Primary Care Centre, Girona (2001); and he also won first prize for the construction of the Aena Waste Disposal Centre at Barcelona Airport (2002).During his career as an architect, Javier Ferrándiz has shared his experience and knowledge through his teaching and design dissemination work. He is also the author of the book "Apolo y Dionisos: El temperamento en la arquitectura moderna." (Apollonian and Dionysian: Temperament in modern architecture) Since 1998 he has led the Projects branch and a year later Projects III and IV at the ETSAB. Javier Ferrándiz is the creator of the Rambla wastepaper bin (1993). A simple, robust, hard-wearing elliptic wastepaper bin. Its easy installation and measurements make it ideal for smaller spaces. "To design, imagine, draw, reduce, expand, turn around, steel, glass, wood, stone, a flathead screw, start again, get away from the object that has you stuck: the excitement of inventing". Know more