Ferran Vizoso

Architect, lecturer and researcher, Ferran Vizoso focuses on the relationship between civic participation, architectural design and environmental studies.

Association

2022-Present	Member of AuS Architecture and Sustainability group, COAC.
2011-Present	Member of the Scientific Committee, Institut Menorquí d’Estudis (IME).
1999-Present	Registered architect 33004.3, COAC.

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Education

Studies

1998	Architect, ETSAB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
2000	INTERCAMPUS EAL grant, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. School of Architecture, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Assistant at the Postgraduate Department for Architectural Restoration.
1999	NTERCAMPUS EAL grant, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. School of Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. Assistant and researcher at the Postgraduate Department for Social Housing.
1993-94	ERASMUS grant, School of Architecture, Aarhus, Denmark.
1991-92	Grant at the Department of Architectural Graphic Expression I, ETSAB, UPC.

Postgraduate

2007	Diploma in Advanced Studies (DEA), Architectural Design Department, ETSAB.
2012	Second module of the “Architecture and Sustainability” Master’s, Escola Sert, COAC.

Courses

2022	“Energy Certification of Existing Buildings with CE3X”, Escola Sert.
2019	Workshop “The role of the Social and Solidarity Economy facing global environmental challenges”, UAB.
2015	“Tools for Developing Participatory Processes”, Escola Sert COAC.
2010	Attendance at the “Architecture and Sustainability” Master’s, ETSAV, UPC.
2002	Course on Civic Participation, Col·legi d’Ambientòlegs de Catalunya.

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Practice

Built work awards

2016	First Prize, Best Exhibition, 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, Spanish Pavilion, with the Church of Corbera.
2013	First Prize, Menorca Architecture Awards 2009–12, Best Overall Work, Four Porches House.
2013	First Prize, Menorca Architecture Awards 2009–12, Best Detached Single-family House, Four Porches House.
2011	First “Qualitat Ebrenca” Prize for Best Rehabilitation Work, Church of Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona.

Curatorship

2020	Lecture series “Hábitat II, les primeres passes”, COAC.
2019	Lecture series “Hábitat, el repte humà del segle XXI”, COAC.

Civic participation

2018	Facilitation of the participatory process for the Action Plan of the Menorca Biosphere Reserve (with Lavola).
2018	Drafting of the “Participation Recommendations Guide” for the Consell Insular de Menorca (with Espai TReS).
2017	Facilitation of the participatory workshop “Un Cós per a tothom”, Sant Lluís, Menorca (with Gea21).
2017	Participatory process for the Use Plan of the Civic Centre “Ca Savi”, Ciutadella (with Espai TReS).
2015	Participatory workshop for the improvement of the Bellvitge neighbourhood, Barcelona.
2008-09	Participatory process for the Preliminary Project of the Menorca Biosphere Reserve Interpretation Centre.
2004	Facilitation of the Agenda 21 participation process in Sant Antoni and Sant Pere de Vilamajor, Barcelona (with Minuartia SL).
2002-04	Facilitation of the Agenda 21 participation process in Maó, Sant Lluís and Es Castell, Menorca (with Minuartia SL).
2002	Participatory process for the Special Plan for the ANEI “El Toro” Me-18, Es Mercadal, Menorca.
2001	Participatory process on access to Cape Favàritx, s’Albufera des Grau Natural Park, Maó, Menorca.

Built work publications

2025	“On Diseño” no. 435, collective and single-family housing: 9 public housing units in Es Migjorn Gran, Menorca.
2023	“El Croquis” no. 219, IBAVI 2019–2023: 9 public housing units in Es Migjorn Gran, Menorca. 11 public housing units in Fornells, Menorca.
2017	“Arquitectura Viva” no. 194: Refurbishment of the Church of Sant Pere, Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona.
2017	“L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui” no. 418 (May): Refurbishment of the Church of Sant Pere, Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona.
2016	“ARQ 87 Estructuras Tensiles”, School of Architecture journal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Refurbishment of the Church of Sant Pere, Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona.
2016	“Plot” no. 32, Buenos Aires, architecture magazine: Refurbishment of the Church of Sant Pere, Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona.
2016	Catalogue of the exhibition “Unfinished”, Spanish Pavilion, 15th Venice Architecture Biennale: Refurbishment of the Church of Sant Pere, Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona.
2013	“Professional Lighting Design” no. 89, August: Refurbishment of the Church of Sant Pere, Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona.
2012	“Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme” no. 264 Yearbook: Four Porches House, Addaia, Menorca.
2007	“L’Informatiu”, July issue, Col·legi d’Aparelladors i Arquitectes Tècnics de Barcelona: Refurbishment of the Church of Sant Pere, Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona.
2005	Catalogue of the exhibition “Premis d’Arquitectura de Menorca 2002–03–04”: Two single-family houses, one refurbished and one new-build.
2005	“Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme” no. 247: One landscape intervention and two single-family houses.
2003	Exhibition catalogue “1% Cultural Fem Reviure el Nostre Patrimoni”, Generalitat de Catalunya: Refurbishment of the Church of Sant Pere, Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona.
1994	“DIVERSA Universitària Art i Arquitectura”, School of Architecture, San Sebastián, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea: Student project “Museum for a Submarine in the Port of Aarhus, Denmark”.

Exhibitions of work

2023	“Jo en vull un! Habitatge Públic digne, inclusiu i sostenible a les Illes Balears”.
2016	“Unfinished”, Spanish Pavilion, 15th Venice Architecture Biennale.
2015	“IV Mostra d’Arquitectura de les Terres de l’Ebre”, Tortosa Museum, Tarragona.
2013	“Premis d’Arquitectura de Menorca 2009–10–11–12”, COAIB, Maó, Menorca.
2007	“Susana Solano, Projectes”, collaborative projects, Fundación ICO, Madrid.
2005	“Premis d’Arquitectura de Menorca 2002–03–04”, COAIB, Maó, Menorca.
2003	“1% Cultural Fem Reviure el Nostre Patrimoni”, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona.
1999	“Concursos per a Joves Arquitectes de Catalunya”, COAC, Barcelona.
1992	“Extension of a Winery in El Carcher, Jumilla”, student competition, ETSAB.

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Academia

Research

2013	Research grant from Es Mercadal, Menorca, to study traditional water management in the municipality.
2007	COAIB research grant for “Arquitectura de la Pluja a Menorca, 50 traditional rainwater harvesting systems”.
2005	IME research grant for “Arquitectura de la Pluja a Menorca, 50 traditional rainwater harvesting systems”.

Text publications

2022	“Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme” no. 273: “L’ofici de pensar”.
2019	“S’Aljub de Mercadal, una construcció única”, Xerra i Xala, Es Mercadal, Menorca.
2017	“La Unidad”, text on the work of Josep Ferrando, exhibition catalogue, MAM Rio de Janeiro.
2015	“L’ús tradicional de l’aigua a Es Mercadal”, interview in Xerra i Xala, Es Mercadal, Menorca.
2009	“Eficiència i arquitectura, 2 estudis i 6 propostes d’acció”, article co-authored with Jesús Cardona, Última Hora de Menorca, 28 October.

Teaching

2022-Present	Undergraduate lecturer, ETSALS URL, “Energia 1” (1st year).
2024-Present	Undergraduate lecturer, ETSALS URL, “Projecte Tectònic III” (3rd year).
2019-Present	Postgraduate lecturer, ETSALS URL, “Master in Integrated Architecture Design” (MIAD), “Environmental Logic”.
2014-19	Postgraduate lecturer, IED Barcelona, “Master in Interior Design for Commercial Spaces”, “Energy & Geometry”.
2018	Undergraduate lecturer, IED Barcelona, “Ephemeral Project” (4th year).
2017	Undergraduate lecturer, IED Barcelona, “Interdisciplinary” (4th year).
2008	Undergraduate lecturer, EPSAG UdG, “Introducció a l’Arquitectura”.
2005	Assistant professor, Landscape Chair, Christoph Girot, Departement Architektur, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
2004	Assistant professor, Architectural Design Chair, Josep Lluís Mateo, Departement Architektur, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Workshops

2014	“La gestió tradicional de l’aigua a Es Mercadal, Menorca”, Master’s in Architecture, Energy and Environment, UPC (ETSAB and ETSAV).
2009-14	Guest professor at the annual “Barcelona Summer Studio”, School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA.

Lectures

2020	“Architecture and Ecology”, SUUN: Sustainability Unit, ETSALS URL.
2019	“Restauració de l’Antiga Església de Sant Pere a Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona”. “Vermuts d’Obra – 41”, COAC, Tarragona and Terres de l’Ebre.
2018	“L’arquitectura de la pluja a Menorca i la restauració de s’Aljub de Mercadal”, XLIè Curset AADIPA, COAC.
2017	“Intervencions a l’església vella de Sant Pere de Corbera d’Ebre”, XLè Curset AADIPA, COAC. “Water management in Cultural Landscapes as Territory and Identity Shaper”. “Sustain – Habitability”, Integrated Architecture Design Master, ETSALS URL. “Animal Architecture”, Integrated Architecture Design Master, ETSALS URL.
2012-17	“Animal Architecture”, Master in Advanced Design and Digital Architecture, Elisava School of Design, Barcelona.
2015	“Restauració de l’Antiga Església de Sant Pere a Corbera d’Ebre, Tarragona”. Centenary Conference Series of the Local Architectural Heritage Service, Diputació de Barcelona.
2014	“La gestió tradicional de l’aigua a Menorca”, Master’s in Architecture, Energy and Environment, UPC (ETSAB and ETSAV).
2013	“Casa a Port d’Addaia, Menorca”, ETSALS URL.
2012	“Arquitectura de la Pluja a Menorca, 50 traditional rainwater harvesting systems”, Architecture and Sustainability Master’s, ETSAB UPC. “Trade-off Architecture”, University of Virginia School of Architecture, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
2011	“La nova residència per a menors de Maó, Menorca”, I Jornades d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme, COAIB, Menorca.
2010	“Arquitectura de la Pluja a Menorca, 50 sistemes tradicionals de recollida d’aigua de pluja”, Institut Menorquí d’Estudis (IME), Maó. “Arquitectura de la Pluja a Menorca, 50 traditional rainwater harvesting systems”, IME, Maó. “Arquitectura de la Pluja a Menorca, 50 traditional rainwater harvesting systems”, COAIB, Palma de Mallorca. “Arquitectura de la Pluja a Menorca, 50 traditional rainwater harvesting systems”, Architecture and Sustainability Master’s, ETSAV, UPC.
2000	“Projectes de reforma a Itàlia i Catalunya 1960–1980”, School of Architecture, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.
1997	“U+T+Z+O+N = UTZON” and “The Great Raval Circus”, lectures by the former practice F451 arquitectura, Barcelona.
1997	“Obra i idea de J.A. Coderch”, School of Architecture, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.

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