This issue of the COAC magazine, published in autumn 2022 and co-edited by guest editors J. Ferrando and M. Poch, reflects on the role of the architect, through their design processes, in shaping our habitat and architectural thinking.

Using a scientific perspective, the publication is structured around five methods (Empirical, Systematic, Historical, Measurement and Phenomenological), which allow the analysis of the processes of the selected studios. In total, 25 studios from a specific period, the crisis and post-crisis, present their creative map and their particular way of approaching architecture in today’s context.

The highlighted studios are: 300,000 km/s, Aixopluc, Arquitectura–G, Arquitecturia, Barozzi Veiga, Anna & Eugeni Bach, Bosch Capdeferro, Carles Enrich Studio, DATAAE, Albert Faus, Flexo, Goig, Grau Casais, HARQUITECTES, López Rivera, MAIO, Mendoza López Rivera, Lluís N., Un Parell d’Arquitectes, Jorge Vidal, Ferran Vizoso (Simbiotiqa) and Vora¹.

¹ dapted from the presentation text of Quaderns 273 on the COAC website: El Quaderns 273. L’OFICI DE PENSAR reflexiona sobre el paper de l’arquitecte i el paper arquitectònic – Centre Obert d’Arquitectura – COAC