Langarita-Navarro Architects. Madrid (Spain)
María Langarita (1979) is architect graduate from Universidad de Navarra, awarded with the Premio Nacional Fin de Carrera. She has been associate lecturer at the Architectural Projects Departament, at the Universidad de Navarra and at the ETSA Madrid, and as lecturer at the ETSAZ, Zaragoza, Spain. Víctor Navarro (1979) is architect graduate from the ETSA Madrid, he actually works as lecturer in Architectural Projects at the Universidad Europea de Madrid. They are both now developing their doctorate thesis. At the same time, Víctor Navarro together with Roberto González are co-founders of Urgente, defined as an aperiodic publication for the dissemination of documents that may be of current interest.
They work together since 2005. They have been prize winners in several competitions, among which the following could be highlighted: the renovation of the Nave 15 at Matadero Madrid to become the Red Bull Music Academy 2011, second prize at the international competition for the ARCO Actual Art Center in Madrid, first prize at the Intermediae/Prado international competition in Madrid, in an advanced stage of construction nowadays, and their work has been selected to be exhibited in different places and events like the XI BEAU Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Bienale (Comillas, Madrid, 2011), YAP Space Maxxi Roma (2011), XI Bienale Venezia (2008), FreshForward in Madrid (2007), 44 International Young Architects (travelling exhibition, Barcelona, 2007), and at the RojoMáquina Gallery, Madrid (2007). They also have been invited to a number of conferences and workshops, and they also have been jury in the Santo Domingo Bienale.
PROJECTS
Red Bull Music Academy, RBMA headquarters at Matadero Madrid Nave 15, Madrid, 2011
Depósito de las especies, new access for Matadero Madrid, 2011
Alejandro. Exhibition design and construction at the Canal Isabel II water tower, Madrid Dec-Mar 2010
Intermediae/Prado, contemporary Art Center, under construction. Madrid
Lolita, infrastructure for events and meals. Zaragoza, 2010
Led Action Façade, urban installation. Madrid, 2009
Celebration Park, ludic park, under construction. La Almunia de doña Godina, Zaragoza
Baladrar house, single Housing, under construction. Alicante, 2009
N-121. Gas Station, on development, Zaragoza-Romania, 2009
Double House, single Housing. Almonacid de la Sierra, Zaragoza, 2009
House in Campo del Toro, single Housing. Épila, Zaragoza, 2008
FXA House, single Housing. Salillas de Jalón, Zaragoza, 2007
Flúor, Verde, Plata. Renewal. Madrid, 2008
Temporary space for Medialab. Renewal. Madrid, 2008
PUBLICATIONS
- El País, Red Bull Music Academy, La arquitectura del ni, by Anatxu Zabalescoa, nov 2011
- El País, Red Bull Music Academy, Un vivero musical para la ciudad, by Patricia Ortega, oct 2011
- Quaderns #262, restaurante Lolita + artículo Furnishing the world, by Langarita-Navarro, sep 2011
- Arquitectura Viva, Double House, jul 2011
- CONTRACT, Lolita, mar 2011
- DETAIL, Led Action Façade, nov 2010
- Conceito AV, Brasil, Double House, nov 2010
- Panorama architecture newspaper, nº 6 Construtec special issue, oct 2010
- Pasajes Diseño, #22, pp. 15, octubre 2010
- Tatlin News #4, Double House, septiembre 2010
- Plan Magazine (Ireland), Double House, jun 2010
- D LUX magazine, #7, apr 2010
- C3, Korea, #306, pp. 143-147., feb 2010
- Details Korea, #20, mar 2010
- Pasajes de arquitectura y crítica, #112, feb 2010
- Panorama architecture newspaper, #2, jul 2009
- a+t, Civilities II, #30, 2008
- Out there, Bienale Venezia catalogue, 2008
- De lo construido a la Arquitectura sin papel, Spanish Pavilion, Bienal de Venecia, 2008.
- Orígenes y desacuerdos, Arquia/Próxima, 2008
- Citizen K Magazine, autumn 2008
- "La cosa vs. Serrería. Construyendo Intermediae-Prado", Alta Costura. Arquitectos, #1/2008, Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España, Madrid, 2008. p. 83.
- Pasajes de arquitectura y crítica, #97, mayo 2008, pp. 26-28.
- a+t, Revista independiente de Arquitectura + Tecnología, #30, otoño, 2007, pp. 136-138.
- a+t, Arquitectura Plus, Young Architects series, #1, oct 2007, pp. 66-67.
- Vía Construcción, #47, aug 2007
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
- Efimeral projects by Langarita-Navarro at the Efímeras exhibition, Madrid, 2011
- Atlas Monniati, Collective Dream Workshop at the Arts University, Geneve, Switzerland, 2011
- Species deposit, Matadero Madrid, 2011
- Estudio Langarita-Navarro , Under40, Via Arquitectura, Nov 2010
- Led Action Façade, Próxima Congress, ETSAM, Oct 2010
- Estudio Langarita-Navarro , at the 1st Ultzama Campus, curated by Félix Arránz, Jun 2010
- Estudio Langarita-Navarro at the USJ, Zaragoza, 2010.
- Estudio Langarita-Navarro at the Universidad de Sevilla, 2010.
- Tres herramientas y un por defecto para pensar el presente Lecture for the congress “Pensar el Presente”, Casa Encendida, Curated by Estrella de Diego, Madrid, mar 2009.
- Lo elástico, Lo doble y Lo parecido son formas de Re-habitar during the cycle Madrid Abierto at the Casa Encendida, feb 2009.
- Curation for the workshop Arquitecturas de la Cultura de Mañana-Mañana with Uriel Fogué, Roberto González, Iván López Munuera and Andrés Jaque at Medialab-Prado, Madrid, 2008.
- Estudio Langarita-Navarro at the XI Bienal de Arquitectura de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, 2008.
- Estudio Langarita-Navarro en la Universidad Iberoamericana UNIBE, Santo Domingo, 2008.
- La Cosa Vs. Serrería Belga en Medialab-Prado, Madrid 2008
- Estudio Langarita-Navarro dentro del ciclo Arkitekt , en el hotel Ritz, Madrid 2007
- Alienígenas de Serie B en el ciclo MataderoLAB, Matadero-Madrid, 2007
EXHIBITIONS
- XI BEAU, Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Bienale, Comillas and Madrid, 2011
- YAP Maxxi Roma, ''Langarita-Navarro, the movie'' selected for Architecture Visions, The architect´s micronarratives, 2011
- Maxxi Roma, exhibition of the project selected for the maXXI YAP / moma PS1 Programm, 2011
- IX Beyond Media. Selected at the IX international video exhibition "Visions. Beyond Media" with "Langarita-Navarro, the movie". Florence, 2009
- XI Biennale di Architettura di Venezia. Collective exhibition at the Spanish Pavilion. VeneZia, 2008.
- Foro arquia/próxima 2008. Orígenes y desacuerdos, Fundación Caja de Arquitectos, curated by Félix Arranz, Valencia, 2008.
- Playtime, collective exhibition, Galería Rojo Máquina, Madrid, 15 dec 2007-26 jan, 2008
- FreshForward, travelling collective exhibition curated by Ariadna Cantís, Fundación del Colegio de Arquitectos de Madrid, apr-may 2007.
- 44 International Young Architects, travelling collective exhibition, curated by Félix Arranz and Carlos Cámara, Barcelona-Santiago de Compostela, 2007.
PRIZES
- ''Amplifier Rocker Swing'' MAXXI MOMA YAP Programm, selected and finalist at the YAP MAXXI / moma PS1 competition to project a summer space at the maXXI entrance, Roma, Feb 2011
- ‘’Alejandro’’. First Prize, Competition for the exhibition design for the temporary exhibition Alejandro Magno, at eh Canal de Isabel II water deposit, Madrid, Nov 2010
- "Madrid es una casa". First Prize, Competition for the exhibition design for the Madrid Pavilion at the Shanghai EXPO 2010, with Arquitectos Calientes, Burgos y Garrido + EMPTY. Shanghai, Aug 2009
- “Street fighter”. First Prize, Ideas Competition for the renovation of the Serrerías Belgas building for the Intermediae/Prado headquarters, Madrid, feb 2007.
- “¡Pasos de Baile!”. Second Prize, Ideas Competition for the renovation fo the 14 and 15 warehouses at Matadero Madrid for the Actual Art Center ARCO Foundation, Madrid, jun 2006.
- “Ojo y Pacto”. Shortlisted, International competition of
'mirador del palmeral de elche', feb 2009.
- “Responder a todos”. Shortlisted, Competition of 'Edificio de Servicios en el Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid', Madrid, feb 2007.
