Vision

At Simbiotiqa we understand architecture as part of culture, and culture as the medium of interaction between society and the litho-biosphere through which we inhabit and experience the cosmos. Architecture is part of the culture of dwelling. A dwelling that simultaneously and specifically forms and generates the communities and ecosystem services of the place in which it is located.

We work to create resilient habitability, capable of reproducing itself indefinitely over time, reinforcing the cohesion of the communities that sustain it and improving the quality of the environmental services of which it is both consequence and guarantee.

We work for and from knowledge. For us, praxis and research are intrinsically interconnected activities that we combine in every project. We cannot intervene in what we do not know and, often, intervening helps us understand better. It is precisely through this shift in the usual sequence “analysis > diagnosis > proposal” that we generate the knowledge needed to guarantee full social and environmental integration.

Through research and practice, we aim to generate a trans-scalar relationship of mutual improvement between pre-existing conditions and new uses.

Team

Simbiotiqa’s projects emerge from dialogue and collaboration between clients and professionals from diverse disciplines who share a common perspective on architecture and territory.

FERRAN VIZOSO

Architect, lecturer and researcher, Ferran Vizoso grounds his career in the interrelation between civic participation, architectural design and environmental studies.

Educated at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB), he has pursued a career combining practice, teaching and research. Since the beginning, he has worked on projects exploring the environmentalisation of the discipline through eco-socially committed approaches.

His career includes collaborations with international studios and institutions, as well as extensive academic activity at ETH Zurich and ETSALS (URL), where he coordinates the “Energy” line. His work has been recognised with awards and exhibitions, including participation in the Spanish Pavilion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, awarded the Golden Lion.

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CO-AUTHORS

Architects and co-authors

LEVE projects, O-SH Studio, Jesús Cardona, MIBA architects, Josep Ferrando, Joan Enric Vilardell, Núria Bordas, Jordi Garriga, David Garcia

COLLABORATORS

Technical architects

Jordi Gordillo

Mus – Seguí

Structural engineers

Josep Baquer

Jordi Velázquez (MVA Estructures)

Restoration and traditional materials specialists

Joan Ramon Rosell (Laboratori de l’EPSEB)

Anna Chust

Conservator

Carolina Moreno

Industrial engineers

Josep Gavaldà (Triangle enginyers)

Lluís Mir

Manel Loriente

Agricultural technical engineers

Carlos Torres

Aina Plaza

Acoustic engineers

Pere Cerdà (I2A Acústica)

Historians

Joan Pons Alzina

Cristòfol Barber

Archaeologists

Carlos de Salort

Ismael Moll

Environmental scientists

Ivan Fernández

Piedad Martín

Environmental architecture consultants

Societat Orgànica

Cíclica

Arqbag

Carlos Bergillos i David Camacho (Local Studio)

Landscape architects

Nicholas Huges

Aina Plaza

Biologists

Eva Cardona

Marta Sales

Geologists

Mireia Benet (EGC Consulting)

Vicente Carriconto (GeocaviI)

Lawyers

Juan Carlos Iñigo

Antoni Muntaner

Graphic designers

Oriol Terrats (Tònic)

Irene Navarro Solé

Former collaborating architects

Ana Luis Ramos Baia, Julia de la Fuente, Marco Mosca, Federico Biasotto, Xosé Domínguez, Emma Martí, Iolanda Tironi Murakame, Cecilia Gil

Former collaborating architecture students

María Zufiaur, Alberto Asensio, Alegria Garrofè, Lorena Finocchiaro, Gian Marco, Daniele Russo, Reto Gsell, Debora Bühlmann, Rene Guder, Frauke Röth

Ferran Vizoso has collaborated with:

Elías Torres i J.A. Martínez Lapeña, Carles Muro i Charmaine Lay, Beth Galí i MVRDV, Estanislau Puig i Bàrbara Noguerol, Josep Ferrando, Tool Studio (arquitectes), Susana Solano (escultora).

Anthesis Lavola i Minuartia SL (consultories ambientals), GEA21 SL (Consultoría Ambiental i Social), Espai TReS (Territori i Responsabilitat Social), Mediterraneum (Cultura, Turisme i Medi Ambient SL).

Studio

Simbiotiqa is a relational platform that works collaboratively and transdisciplinarily, coordinating architects, other professionals and clients in heritage intervention projects. We understand heritage in a broad sense, integrating society and the environment.