era portfolio

we create spaces

HOUSING

PRIVATE HOUSE design & construction

‘MaxiKaty’, Barcelona

Collaborators: Toni Casas, Albert Bonaventura, Maria Laura del Trento and Eliseo Belluci

2009

FACADE design & construction

‘Boxes’ & ‘Slides’, Manresa, Barcelona

Partners: Josep Mª Guitó, Rubén Garcia.

2006

Partners: Esther Rovira, Josep Mª Guitó, Rubén Garcia.

SELF SUFFICIENT HOUSING

‘Service Tower’, IAAC International CompetitionFINALIST 2006

INTERIOR design

private REFURBISHMENT

‘Draky’s House’, Barcelona 2013

private REFURBISHMENT

‘Welcome Hall’, Barcelona 2012

private REFURBISHMENT

‘Porex House’, Barcelona 2010

BASICS 1.0, Barcelona September 2009SPACE-FOURNITURE

‘Folding Office’, Barcelona 2009

Material: 4 metal plates + 1 policarbonate plate + electrical and data installations

2009

concept, design & construction

‘PINK HOUSE’, Tourist Apartment Barcelona, 20082008

concept, design & construction

‘GREEN HOUSE’, Tourist Apartment Barcelona, 20072007FINALIST Valenciacrea 2007

INSTALLATIONS

DONATION to Families with kids with Cancer

‘Xucli’s lounge’, service donation, Barcelona, 20112011

EPDM cascade

‘Pleat Cascade’, Barcelona, 2011

Material: 1 EPDM roll + 1 recicled plastic black plate + 2 vertical girders + 7 horizontal special anchorages

2011

STAND

‘’Grotto’, installation at CCCB museum, Barcelona, 2009

Students: Martin Bering, Christian Raun, Montse Rossell, Esther Rovira Raurell, Miquel Salvà, Marina Serer, Marta Sont i Eva Valdecantos

2009

STENCIL

‘Stencil bARTbacue’, private garden Barcelona, 20102009

LIGHTENING design & construction

‘MOL.LA lamp’, Santa&Cole+Living Deco+La Vanguardia Competition, Barcelona, 2007FINALIST 2007

Santa&Cole

La Vanguardia

URBAN strategies

TERRITORIAL STRATEGY DESIGN

‘Living Surfaces’, 16 Portes Barcelona City Hall, 2012

Partners: Esther Rovira (architect), Greg richards (geographer), Montse Pareja (economist) , app designer (DPR) and sustainable innovation enterpeneur. (Oriol Pascual)

FIRST MENTION PRIZE 2012

TELEWORKING BUILDING

‘TeleVall’, Ribes de Freser Competition, north-east of Spain

Partners: Esther Rovira, Josep Mª Guitó, Rubén Garcia.

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URBAN DESIGN research

‘Ciudaya’, from city to beach competition. Conil, South of Spain, 2005

2005

RESEARCH

NETWORK RESEARCH

‘Barcelona Design Network dynamics’, Netherlands-Barcelona

KM0 WORKSHOP

‘Wastenity’, design & construction research workshop, 2012

Partners: Esther Rovira , Mariona Alcaraz, Marc Binefa, Betahaus Barcelona, ELISAVA & Servicio Estación.

2012See VIDEO-presentation

here

NETWORK RESEARCH

‘Barcelona Design Network dynamics’, Netherlands-Barcelona

NETWORK RESEARCH

‘Barcelona Design Network Dynamics’, sociological research about efficiency of creative networks, 2011

2011See full presentation

here

NETWORK RESEARCH

‘Barcelona Design Network dynamics’, Netherlands-Barcelona

Barcelona Urban Habitat Strategy

‘Think forward, Solve&Experiment NOW’, debate with Barcelona’s architect chief, 2011

Presentation at Metroom

2011See VIDEO

here

NETWORK RESEARCH

‘Barcelona Design Network dynamics’, Netherlands-Barcelona

Social Urban Studies Essay

‘Where to Be?’, spontaneous research of the collapse of the Network Society, 2010

2011Read the full text here

You&WeWe create spaces, products and strategies together with different teams of enthusiastic and young professionals.

Listening to you is our first priority and base data to work with. We get to understand your reality to go together onwards using creativity.

In case you are in need of a regular CV:Esther has worked as an architect for 10 years (MVRDV, Vicente Guallart, Jose Maria Torres Nadal, AART, F-O-A) while initiating diverse entrepreneurial projects which still go on today (www.golocalbcn.com; www.koolin.cat) before she embarked on the master of behavioral science in the Netherlands focused on Leisure, Tourism and Urban development within the Network Society. Her thesis has been presented at the business school of economics in Birmingham and the DAMM fabric in Barcelona.Next to this, Esther has been invited lecturer and teacher at architecture and design schools of IED Institutto Europeo di Design, ELISAVA (Architecture and Environment Master), ESARQ (Architectural Design 1) and the business schools of IESE and ESADE (creative entrepreneurial strategies).

In case you don’t need a regular CV:I am a freelancer enrolled in different adventures with passionate people. Let’s meet.

www.estherrovira.comhola@estherrovira.com