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DESCRIPTION
Portfolio of our design thinking services from problem diagnose to strategy analysis, to design and finally executing the best solution with creativity, innovation and openess.TRANSCRIPT
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.
20122006
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.