Vicente Guallart

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Vicente Guallart is one of the most relevant emerging architects in Spain.

He was born in Valencia in 1963 and opened his studio in Barcelona in 1992.

[edit] Work

He works in the confluence of Architecture, nature and new technologies. Some of his more relevant projects are the Denia Mountain (reconstruction of an old quarry, in an environment that hold and old Arab castle, selected for the Venice Biennale 2004), 3 ports in the North of Taiwan that will improve the tourism in the island (winners of 2 international competitions), or the Sharing Tower in the neighborhood of la Torre (Valencia).

He spent part of his time with research and educational projects as director of the new Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC), in Barcelona, that hold a international postgraduate program on Architecture and Urbanism working in many scales “from Bits to geography”. In 2000 he co-directed with MIT’s Media Lab and other research Center, the Media House Project, the prototype of an informational house, based, as first time, in distributed computation.

He is author of the master Plan of the project Sociópolis, an innovative housing project in Valencia that allows the urban development and the protection of the agriculture environment. He coordinates a group of international architects that will build different equipments and housing projects in this neighborhood. This project was shown in the Valencia Biennale, or the Arkitertur Zentrum in Vienna. It will be build for the year 2007.

He is co-author of the Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture Actar, HiperCatalonia or Media House Project. The Korean publishing house DD dedicates the monograph “Intelligent realities” to his work. Actar publishing house is preparing his new book “Media, Mountains and Architecture”.

He have given lectures in different Universities and Cities around the world as http://www.princeton.edu/ Princeton University], Upenn, Architectural Association, UCLA, MIT, Space (Seoul), Taipei and others. His work has been exhibit in the Biennale di Venezia 2002 and 2004, Archilab, Gratz, and others.

[edit] Main Buildigns and Landscapes

Sharing Tower. Sociopolis-Valencia. 2005-2007
Kim Hyng Yoon editing Co Headquarters. Paju Book City. Seoul. Korea (2001-2005)
34 apartments in Cambrils. Tarragona (Spain) (2002-2006)
Fugee Turistic Harbour. Taiwan 2004-2007
Batoutz Touristic harbour. Taiwan 2004-2007
Keelung ocean plaza. Taiwan 2004-2007
Vinaroz Fish Market 2004-
Hortal house. Commarruga. Barcelona. Spain (2001-2004)
Denia Mountain Project. Denia. Alicante Spain (2003-
Web Hotel. Fabrications at MACBA, (Barcelona) 1998
Metapolitan Loft (2001-2004)
House in the historic center of Barcelona. 1992.
Project for the urban environment of the Plaza del Arbol in Valencia. EUROPAN II. 1991

Urban Plans

Sociopolis Master Plan. 2003-2005 Sociópolis
Project of Urbanization for Sociópolis. 2004-2005
Xativa Biogolf. 2005-
Burjasot 2005-
Plan of Uses for the Port of Vinaroz, 2001-2002
Museum of Fashion in Valencia, 2002-2005

Other Projects

Project for the construction of a multifunctional complex (Hotel, Car Park, Auditorium, Commercial Center) in the castle quarry in Denia, 2002-
Construction project for the south beach and services building adjacent to the Port of Vinaroz, 2001-2002
Special Plan for Protection and Interior Reform of the UA6 and UA7 in the environs of the Arabic city wall in Valencia
Project for a Telecenter and laying-out of the main square, including the partial covering-over of the river.

Ribes de Freser, 2000-2003

36 apartments in Cambrils (Tarragona), 2001-2004
C/ Cristòbal de Moura. Scheme design, 1998-
Grade 1 camp site in Pola de Gordón (León), 1999
Competition for the covering-over of the railway line and housing in L’Hospitalet
House of the Seven Summits, La Puebla de Vallbona, Valencia 1997
Scape House. Housing for agricultural environments. Prototype, 1998
Study for a plastic house. European Association of Plastics Manufacturers / European Space Agency, 1999