Carvajal + Casariego | Arquitectos

Work Experience

Gádor studied architecture at the Madrid School of Architecture ETSAM and founded Carvajal+Casariego architects in 1999 with Juan Casariego, with whom she has developed a sound professional career. During this time they have carried out more than 50 projects together. Their large Acute Care hospitals are notable for their complexity and magnitude, amongst which the most significant were those built for the Public Administration in Spain and the award-winning Public competitions. Throughout her work Gádor and the rest of the Carvajal+Casariego team have acquired significant experience in the management of multidisciplinary teams and in collaboration with other professionals. These include Genaro Alas and Pedro Casariego who have significantly influenced the development of the office.
The professionalism of Gádor and her office has been demonstrated by the responsible development and enthusiasm for the commissions they have received, the majority of which were obtained through competitions. They have been driven by the aim of integrating constructive reality and construction technology with the ideals pursued in the creation of a habitat that is comfortable, functional and beautiful for every project.
The concerns that they investigate repeatedly throughout their work are influenced by the continuity between architecture and context, and the integration of nature with architecture. She has received more than 20 public competition awards and her experience covers a wide range of fields from large complex hospitals, such as the hospitals in Murcia, Logroño, Santander, Cuenca or Cádiz; social housing, the housing in San Cristóbal de los Ángeles recognised by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid for its outstanding bioclimatic conditions, and smaller scale works like the Garcia Andrade housing, or the wastewater treatment plant ERAR sur, Ayuntamiento de Madrid prize winner. Her works have been published in a range of multimedia, including magazines A & V, Pasajes of architecture, Diseño interior, Arquitectura, Promateriales, and books such as Hospital Complexes by LinksBooks or 12 Projects, 12 Textures by EMVySM.
Since 2010 it has developed part of its activity in Latin America, collaborating with José Riesco through his company Carvajal Casariego Riesco Rivera arquitectos Limitada, having developed various projects, among which the Master Plan of the Ruins of Huanchaca (Chile), the Master Plan of the Hospital del Trabajador (Chile), the Regional Hospital Dr. Leonardo Guzmán in Antofagasta (Chile), the new Hospital in Curicó (Chile), the new Hospital Santa Isabel de Lebu (Chile) and the Complejo Asistencial Dr. Sótero del Río (Chile) ).

Work Experience

Juan studied architecture at the Madrid School of Architecture, ETSAM, and the University of Chile. He began his career as a partner of Alas Casariego architects, an office in which the perception of the structural design of their projects and their detail to construction resulted in elegant and functional buildings, representing some of the best Spanish architecture from the 20th century. It is here where he acquired a solid background in the development and co-ordination of complex projects such as the Torre Picasso in the Castellana de Madrid, in collaboration with Yamasaki, or the Complete Regeneration of the Tetuán District in Madrid.

A specialist in design and structures, he founded Carvajal+Casariego architects in 1999 with Gádor Carvajal, with whom he has developed a sound professional career, and during which time they have carried out more than 50 projects. Their large Acute Care hospitals are notable for their complexity and magnitude, amongst which the most significant were those built for the Public Administration in Spain and the award-winning Public competitions.

He has received numerous awards in Public competitions and his experience encompasses a wide range of fields from large complex hospitals, such as Murcia, Logroño, Santander, Cuenca and Cadiz, social housing such as the Vereda Road dwellings in Vallecas, Ayuntamiento de Madrid prize winner, and infrastructures and ancillary buildings such as the Trés Cantos railway station, or the Torrelavega Courthouse. His works have been published in a range of multimedia, such as the magazines A & V, Controspazio, Edilicia Populare, Architecti, Arquitectur, a + t, BAU, Arquitectos, Pasajes de arquitectura, Interior, Promateriales, and books such as Hospital Complexes by LinksBooks and 12 Projects, 12 Textures by EMVySM.

Since 2010 it has developed part of its activity in Latin America, collaborating with José Riesco through his company Carvajal Casariego Riesco Rivera arquitectos Limitada, having developed various projects, among which the Master Plan of the Ruins of Huanchaca (Chile), the Master Plan of the Hospital del Trabajador (Chile), the Regional Hospital Dr. Leonardo Guzmán in Antofagasta (Chile), the new Hospital in Curicó (Chile), the new Hospital Santa Isabel de Lebu (Chile) and the Complejo Asistencial Dr. Sótero del Río (Chile).

He represented the University of Pennsylvania (USA) as Associate Professor at the Madrid School of Architecture’s summer courses in Madrid. He was Professor at the Instituto Europeo di Design in Madrid (Interior Design course, thesis project), and is currently Professor of the Master in Hospital Architecture MAH at the CEU. He is also a presenter and speaker at several national and international conferences on hospital architecture and building, and curator of architectural and painting exhibitions. With a grant from the Dirección General de Arquitectura, he has developed research projects and published a book called “Madrid. Arquitecturas perdidas 1927-1986”, (Lost Architecture in Madrid), Madrid, Editorial Pronaos.