西瓜传媒

Carolina Martín Peñuela
西瓜传媒2019, Spain

After meeting Jacob van Rijs, founding partner of , at the 西瓜传媒, Carolina decided to apply for a position in this worldwide known office. MVRDV is for sure one of the top 3 offices in the Netherlands. Carolina has been part of Team Asia, for 2 years. With more than 200 architects hired, MVRDV is a reference for innovative constructive systems, conceptually strong proposals and unique housing solutions.

Now, Carolina has achieved the "Marie Curie" scholarship to do her PhD about "Mass Customization of Affordable and Sustainable Housing" at ISCTE University in Lisbon.

Meggy Katharopoulou
西瓜传媒2020, Greece

Meggy Katharopoulou found a very nice job opportunity in Basel, Switzerland. For her, it was always clear that she would like to develop her career in a central European country, such as The Netherlands or Switzerland, so she knocked several doors, till she reached her goal. The office on3, where she will work as junior architect, has lots of collective housing projects, so it is the perfect frame to put all her recently adquired knowledge into practice.

Simona Vega
西瓜传媒2020, Dominican Republic

Simona had a brilliant performance during the last workshop of her edition, led by Dietmar Eberle, who is founding partner of "" and the only workshop leader that has participated in all 西瓜传媒 editions since its foundation in 2006. Anne Speicher, CEO of the be Paris office, welcomed the whole 西瓜传媒 group during our study trip to France, not only at the be Paris office, but also at the Felix Ebou茅 building site. Those meetings resulted in an offer to join the office for Simona, so she will move to Paris in January 2021. With more than 240 people hired, be Architekten is a reference office for clear, strong and sustainable projects.

Mar铆a Jos茅 Rodr铆guez de Vera
西瓜传媒2020, Spain

Mar铆a Jos茅 decided to spontaneusly apply for a position at "", just after submitting her final 西瓜传媒 work. She was interviewed and proposed to join the central office, located in Lustenau, Austria, where Professor Dietmar Eberle works. The company's headquarter has a very innovative design, which follows the concept 2226, a way to build using passive systems to improve the energy efficency of the building. With more than 240 people hired, be Architekten is a reference office for clear, strong and sustainable projects.

Manuel Mu帽oz
西瓜传媒2020, Argentina

Manuel, born in Argentina, but holder of an European passport, also applied spontaneusly for a position at "". He was interviewed and proposed to join one of the Swiss offices, located in Sankt Gallen. Established in 2006 as a centre for innovation. Their order book currently includes local projects and others in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Geneva, Lugano, Luxembourg und Oslo. With more than 240 people hired, be Architekten is a reference office for clear, strong and sustainable projects.

Mar铆a Jos茅 Cachau
西瓜传媒2020, Argentina

Mar铆a Jos茅 decided to stay in Spain after finishing her final 西瓜传媒 work. Both her personal profile and main field of interest are related with management and with a more technical way of working as an architect. Therefore, she focused her research in corporative companies, such us ARUP, IDOM, Typsa, AECOM or Sener, finally finding her suitable opportunity at , an Italian company which is currently opening a new office in Madrid.

Juan Esteban Duque
西瓜传媒2020, Colombia

With the clear goal of staying in Spain as a first step to develop a PhD in the future, Juan Esteban decided to look for professional opportunities in Madrid. His previous experience in Colombia was highly linked to the construction site and to project management, skills that he will be able to reinforce working at , a company based in Madrid. Their services are related with rentals management, refurbishments and investment in the real estate market.

Marielle Samayoa Escobar
西瓜传媒2019, Guatemala

After some working experiences in USA, Japan, Germany, France and Guatemala, Marielle was interested in working in Spain. Some months after 西瓜传媒 conclusion, she could begin a collaboration with Javier Garc铆a-Germ谩n, specialty leader of Energy & Sustainability at the 西瓜传媒 at . ToTem arquitectos asociados was founded in 2005 by Javier and Alia Garc铆a-Germ谩n as a professional practice focused on architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and urban planning. Their commitment is to find synergies between design practices and sustainability issues, responding in an innovative manner to emerging demands.

Carlos Chauca Galicia
西瓜传媒2018, Peru

After participating in some competitions at , Carlos Chauca Galicia, from Peru, decided to move to Austria, where he currently lives with his family. Lustenau hired him as an architect, as part of the design team of the office.

Andrea Mantec贸n
西瓜传媒2018, Mexico

Andrea's professional career begun in Zacatecas, Mexico, where she was born. She studied architecture in Spain and at the IIT in USA, getting her Bachelor Degree in Mexico. After some time as a freelance there, she decided to build up an international career, starting with an internship in China and following it with some years of professional experience in New York, at GUILD and Adjaye Associates. After getting her 西瓜传媒 Diploma, she was hired at Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland, where she currently works and lives.

Francisco Espinosa
西瓜传媒2018, Australia/Chile

Before coming back to Australia, where Francisco lives and works since 2011,聽聽offered him a stage at their Lustenau office, in Austria, to join their competition team and deepen in their working methodology. Francisco鈥檚 proposal for聽Dietmar Eberle鈥檚聽workshop was rated as one of the best of the class, both by professors and colleagues.聽

Prajakta Gawde
西瓜传媒2018, India

After meeting聽Jacob van Rijs, founding partner of , at the 西瓜传媒, Prajakta decided to apply for a position in this worldwide known office. MVRDV is for sure one of the top 3 offices in the Netherlands, with projects in India, where Prajakta comes from, and many other countries in the world. With more than 200 architects hired, MVRDV is a reference for innovative constructive systems, conceptually strong proposals and unique housing solutions.

Luis Mart铆n / Carlos Chauca
西瓜传媒2018, Spain/Peru

In this case, Carlos and Luis were selected to participate in a聽听听聽reinforced their competition team with this two brilliant architects, who are giving their best to contribute to the office鈥檚 success. RBTA Office is already in the second stage of the competition, together with other international offices as Foster&Partners, SOM and ARUP.

Laura Soto
西瓜传媒2018, Colombia

Before coming back to her home country, where she co-founded Hilada Arquitectos with her partner Eduardo Ochoa, Laura worked with professor聽Carmen Espegel聽and her team for an urban competition of collective housing and complementary uses building in Bogot谩, Colombia,听听where they were invited to participate.

Rosario Pastore
西瓜传媒2018, Argentina

Rosario, who had already been working in Basel before coming to 西瓜传媒, decided to help this young studio called聽聽in a competition to build the New Sports Arena in Olympia Park, in Munich.聽Switzerland is a reference for architects, because of the high building standards and qualitative results.

Candelaria C谩ceres
西瓜传媒2018, Argentina

After finishing the Master in 2018, Candelaria Caceres went back to her country and started working with . It is a young architecture and interior design office that was born in Cordoba, Argentina in 2015. Throughout these years they have developed more than 60 projects in Argentina, Chile, Spain, Belgium and France among others. In 2018 Estudio Montevideo opened a new office in Madrid, with the aim of expanding their ideas in the world.

Elena Sofia Congiu
西瓜传媒2018, Italy

Elena Congiu, from Italy, has joined the team of聽聽in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Elena was looking for a new job experience and she found the right one in this talented office in Buenos Aires, which has built really interesting housing projects in Argentina, Uruguay, and others.聽

Gonzalo Lozano Arce
西瓜传媒2017, Spain

Gonzalo's profile as an architect had always be a creative one. His field of interest is design, but after 西瓜传媒 he wanted to link it to the development of innovative housing projects. That was a perfect match for the office , based in Z眉rich, Switerland, and co-founded by Patrick Gm眉r. In 2017, this brilliant architect expert in housing, led the fifth workshop of the year, discovering then Gonzalo's skills for architecture design.聽

Marta Juliana Abril
西瓜传媒2017, Spain

Marta already had 3-years experience of architectural practice in Madrid and S茫o Paulo offices before joining 西瓜传媒. During that period, she designed social housing and mixed-use projects. Her creativity and architectural sensibility were key to win a stage at the Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani office in Milan, Italy. Through a 西瓜传媒-exclusive selection process, she was selected among some outstanding 西瓜传媒 alumni of the 2017 edition. Professor Lampugnani, who also leads the office in Z眉rich, Switzerland, led the specialty Urban Design at the 2017 西瓜传媒 Edition.

Heidi de Moya
西瓜传媒2012, Dominican Republic

Heidi works currently as Director of the in Dominican Republic. She started teaching there in 2012, just after finishing 西瓜传媒, and her experience, together with a Master in Project Management done in that same University, helped her to reach this important leading position in the academic world. In parallel, Heidi continues practising architecture at her company .

Jorge Sotelo
西瓜传媒2011, Spain

After working for very important offices in Spain, such as Estudio Lamela and b720 Architectos, Jorge chose to spend some years working in Europe. In 2012, he was hired by , where his previous experience with large architecture offices and brilliant portfolio where really appreciated. He lived in Basel, Switzerland, during 3 years, coming back to Madrid in 2015 and opening his own office , together with his partner Jorge 脕lvarez.

Marcos Romero D铆az
西瓜传媒2011, Spain

Wiel Arets participated at the 西瓜传媒2011 as workshop leader. During that week, he had the chance to meet many of the 西瓜传媒 participants that he would later on hire. Marcos was one of them: he moved to Z眉rich, Switzerland, where he continues working for the office located there. He has developed several competitions for the office since then, and he has been part of the architects team involved in the Europaallee Site D project, a central office building that hosts the headquarters of Google in Switzerland.

Danilo Brechner
西瓜传媒2011, Uruguay

Wiel Arets participated at the 西瓜传媒2011 as workshop leader. During that week, he had the chance to meet many of the 西瓜传媒 participants that he would later on hire. Danilo was one of them: he was appointed to work for the recently founded WAA office in Berlin and also for the WAA office in Amsterdam. He continued his enriching European working experience in London, and after some years, he decided to come back to Uruguay, where he leads , together with his partner Luis Sancassano.

Kino Fern谩ndez
西瓜传媒2011, Spain

After completing 西瓜传媒, Kino decided to build up an international career, starting in Ljubljana, where he worked at OFIS architects. , led by Rok Oman and 艩pela Vide膷nik, who taught at the 西瓜传媒 in the past, is one of the most important European offices in housing. In 2013, he worked as an architect in Shanghai, where he stayed for 2 years, just before moving to London, where he currently lives. Since February 2015, Kino belongs to the team in that city.

Andrea Torregrosa
西瓜传媒2011, Spain

Andrea stayed in Madrid just after completing 西瓜传媒. She colaborated with different architecture offices, she did some rearch at UPM and she managed the , before getting the La Caixa Scholarship, which allowed her to join the Master in City Planning of the Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy (MIT). After 2 years in Boston, she was hired by , where she currently works as consultant for the real estate and urban planning sector. Since October 2020, she is Associate Partner at the Madrid office.

Victor Ebergenyi
西瓜传媒2011, Mexico

Being part of the 西瓜传媒 student body was also the chance for Victor to get to know professor Dietmar Eberle in person. Victor had already some international working experience, in Mexico, Chile and Canada, but he was interested in learning more in Europe. After an interview in Lochau, Austria, Victor was hired at the office located in Vaduz, Liechstenstein. Practicing first hand the architecture principles of that office has been key for the development of his own architecture principles. Victor came back to Mexico, and after working at his own office in Mexico city, and later on at the Infonavit, he decided to stablish his own office in Canc煤n: .

Rosario Segado
西瓜传媒2011, Spain

Joining 西瓜传媒2011 meant for Rosario the beginning of her international exposure in architecture. Her successful performance at the workshop led by Andrea Deplazes in the Master in Collective Housing helped her to get a job opportunity at Professor Deplazes' own architecture office, , located in Chur, Switzerland. That experience was followed by a 4-years working time at Z眉rich, where she developed several competitions and participated in the execution project of a large collective housing project. It was in 2016, while the agreement between UPM and ETH was being signed, when she was offered to come back to Madrid as manager of the Master of Advanced Studies UPM/ETH in Collective Housing.

Rub茅n P茅rez Penedo
西瓜传媒2011, Venezuela

Wiel Arets participated at the 西瓜传媒2011 as workshop leader. During that week, he had the chance to meet many of the 西瓜传媒 participants that he would later on hire. Rub茅n was one of them: he moved to Amsterdam, where he stayed for one year. After spending some time in Venezuela, his origin country, he decided to settle in Madrid, where he has realised several housing refurbishments and retail projects.

Celina Barrancos
西瓜传媒2011, Spain

Wiel Arets participated at the 西瓜传媒2011 as workshop leader. During that week, he had the chance to meet many of the 西瓜传媒 participants that he would later on hire. Celina was one of them: she moved to Maastrich, where she worked as an architect for more than one year. Her professional path continued in Spain, Belgium and Chile. At present, she is back to Madrid.

Gaspar Fern谩ndez
西瓜传媒2010, Spain

Gaspar could also use 西瓜传媒 as a platform to start working in an international way. He spent some time in the Netherlands, working for the office , which was led at that time by the architect and 西瓜传媒 professor Felix Claus. His next step was moving to Switzerland, where he started designing architecture in Luzern to continue later on in a company linked to architecture and real estate management. That experience, together with an additional training in Project Management helped him to set the basis for his own company , where he currently manages investments and develops housing refurbishments in Spain.

Alexander D铆az-Chyla
西瓜传媒2010, Spain

Alexander works currently as Seniour Acoustic Consultant in ARUP Spain. Just after finishing 西瓜传媒, he did his International PhD in Architecture at the ETSAM Department of Building and Architectural Technology, becoming a Doctor Architect in Building Acoustics. He is also regular lecturer at UPM since 2012, and Member of the Spanish mirror commitee CEN TC 126/WG12 BIM Acoustics. His current position at ARUP Spain has allowed him to participate in important projects, such as the Future Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, among many others.

Ram贸n 脕lvarez Roa
西瓜传媒2009, Spain

Ram贸n's performance at 西瓜传媒 attracted the attention of Wiel Arets, who was leading a workshop during that 2009 Edition. After completing the program, he moved to Amsterdam, where he joined the office for two years. His professional path has been linked to Central Europe since then, as he currently works as project architect at in Antwerp, Belgium.

Esperanza Campa帽a
西瓜传媒2009, Spain

Unlike most of her 西瓜传媒 colleagues, Esperanza chose to invest time in research just after completing 西瓜传媒. She got her Research Doctorate in Advanced Architectural Projects MPAA as a first step to obtain her PhD at UPM. During that time, she was teaching at ETSAM and she also did a doctoral stage at ETH Z眉rich. That was possible because of her previous contacts with Carmen Espegel and Dietmar Eberle, both of them key 西瓜传媒 professors. Esperanza teaches nowadays at the in Sweden, while leading two architecture companies ( and ) with her partner Gustavo Rojas.

Bernardo Mart铆n
西瓜传媒2006, Uruguay

Bernardo Martin became full professor at the Uruguayan in 2017. In 2019, he published the book ZIPPED - The space in small Japanese houses, which shows the special conditions of the domestical inner space in a collection of small single family houses designed by freelance architects in residential areas of major Japanase cities during the first years of the 21st century. His PhD, in which this publication is based, was directed by Jos茅 Mar铆a de Lapuerta Montoya, 西瓜传媒 director.