SINCE 2007
ARCHITECTURE
2018 EXTENSION OF THE NATIONAL STAGE COSTUME CENTER IN MOULINS / MOULINS / FRANCE / 2018 CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IN PALAISEAU / PARIS / FRANCE / 2018 REHABILITATION OF A HEATING PLANT / IVRY-SUR-SEINE / FRANCE / 2018 MUÑOZ ORTIGOSA HOUSES IN ZAFARRAYA / GRANADA / SPAIN / 2018 OFFICES IN PUTEAUX / PARIS / FRANCE / 2017 CINEMA IN CAHORS / FRANCE /2017 50 HOUSING UNITS IN IVRY-SUR–SEINE / FRANCE / 2016 CINEMA IN RIOM/ RIOM / FRANCE / 2015 SOLAR CAPTORS FOR SOLTEC / CALIFORNIA / USA /2014 43 HOUSING UNITS IN AULNAY -SOUS-BOIS / ILOT P /AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS / FRANCE / 2014 / 72 HOUSING UNITS IN AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS / ILOT I / AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS / FRANCE / 2014 CITY OF MUSIC / BUDAPEST / HUNGARY / 2014 RUBIO-LUQUE HOUSE IN ALMERÍA / SPAIN / 2014 LOUISVILLE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM / KENTUCKY / USA / 2014 MOONS / EPHEMERAL INSTALLATIONS / PARIS / FRANCE / 2013 MUSEUM AND LIBRARY OF FINE ARTS OF TAICHUNG / TAIWAN / 2008-2012 NON PROGRAM PAVILION / TROPICAL COAST / SPAIN / 2012 CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION / CORDOBA / SPAIN / 2012 SPANISH EXILED CHAPEL / GRANADA / SPAIN
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
2015 CITY CENTER OF FRIBOURG/ FRIBOURG / SWITZERLAND / 2015 ACCESS TO TRAIN STATION / FRIBOURG / SWITZERLAND / 2015 REHABILITATION OF EDF BUILDING / IVRY SUR SEINE / FRANCE / 2013 GARDEN OF THE RECOLLETS CONVENT/ PARIS / FRANCE / 2007-2012 LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / ALMERÍA / SPAIN / 2011-2013 FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA SQUARE / SALOBREÑA / SPAIN / 2011-2013 NEW ACCESS TO THE CEMETERY OF SALOBREÑA / SALOBREÑA / SPAIN
URBAN PLANNING
2017 ZAC ODYSSEUM MONTPELLIER / BRUNO FORTIER ASSOCIATE ARCHITECTS / MONTPELLIER / FRANCE / 2010-2016 REHABILITATION OF THE GRAN VÍA / MADRID / SPAIN / 2016 EXOTIC GARDEN QUARTER / BRUNO FORTIER ASSOCIATE ARCHITECTS / MONACO / 2013 ALMERÍA WATERFRONT / ALMERÍA / SPAIN / 2013 URBAN PARK IN CÁJAR / GRANADA / SPAIN / 2012 PORT OF HUELVA / HUELVA / SPAIN / 2007 PUERTO REAL CITY CENTER / CADIZ / SPAIN
TORRESGARCÍA
THE STUDIO WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2007. OUR PRACTICE STARTED ON LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT IN ALMERIA, AT THE CABO DE GATA NATURAL PARK, A PLACE RECOGNIZED IN SERGIO LEONE’S CINEMA AND WESTERN FILMS. WITH THE STUDIO’S OUTSET, OUR WORK HAS BEEN MAINLY CONCERNED WITH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. LATER ON, OUR WORK HAS SHIFTED ITS FOCUS INTO ARCHITECTURE, PRINCIPALLY FOCUSING ON THE CONCEPTION OF CULTURAL PROGRAMS.
THE LOCATIONS OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE VARIED GREATLY EVER SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF TORRES GARCIA IN PARIS IN 2011. FROM THAT YEAR ONWARDS, WE HAVE WORKED ON VARIOUS CONDITIONS, PROGRAMS AND CONTEXTS SUCH AS SPAIN, FRANCE, TAIWAN, SWITZERLAND, UNITED STATES AND MONACO. AT THE SAME TIME, WE RECOGNIZE A NEW TERRITORY, EUROPE, AS A BLEND OF DIFFERENT CULTURES, ALL PART OF THE SAME HISTORY. THIS NEW POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL REALITY OF THE LATE EIGHTIES, IS RECOGNIZED BY OUR PRACTICE AND MATERIAL PRODUCTION AND NEEDS TO BE REPRESENTED THROUGH ARCHITECTURE.
THE CONTEXT AS A LARGE BACKGROUND DRIVES OUR URGE IN REGARDS TO THE CONCEPTION OF A PROJECT. ANOTHER FACTOR OF PROMINENCE IN OUR WORK IS SENSORY PERCEPTION, THE WORLD OF TOUCH, SMELL, SIGHT, AND HEARING. AFTER ALL, THE SPACE IS NOT AN ABSTRACT VOID, BUT ALL THE CONTRARY. CONSEQUENTLY, OUR ARCHITECTURE IS APPROACHED FROM THE IDEA OF THE SENSIBLE SKIN, INTEGRATING ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH TO TECHNICAL AND FORMAL TOPICS, USING THE APPROPRIATE SOFTWARE AND COLLABORATING WITH THE BEST ENGINEERS IN EUROPE.
FROM THE BEGINNING, THE STUDIO HAS WELCOMED COLLABORATIONS FROM A VARIETY OF CULTURES AND LANGUAGES. OUR TEAM INCLUDED MEMBERS FROM ITALY, FRANCE, TURKEY, MOROCCO, TUNISIA, LEBANON, UNITED STATES, BELGIUM, ROMANIA, CHINA, RUSSIA AND SPAIN; AND WHOSE CULTURES HAVE COMPOSED THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE BEAUTY OF OUR WORKSHOP.
PARTNERS
ENGINEERING
EDEIS / SCN-LAVALIN / EGIS / BETOM / ARTELIA / INEX / ON ECLAIRAGE / JEAN-PAUL LAMOUREUX ACOUSTICS / FABRICE BOUGON QUANTITY SURVEYORS / C&E INGENIERIE STRUCTURES / KANJU SCENOGRAPHY OF CULTURAL USES
GRAPHIC DESIGN & RENDERING
MR-T / ABM STUDIO / ARTEFACTORYLAB / TORRES GARCIA
ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS
JOAO LUIS CARRIHLO DA GRAÇA / AGENCE BRUNO FORTIER / ATELIER D’ARCHITECTURE PHILIPPE PROST
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
2018 JESÚS TORRES GARCÍA / CORRALA DE SANTIAGO / UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA / GRANADA / SPAIN / 2015 / PARIS, SAN FRANCISCO, HONG KONG: THE CITY AS A VIBRATION / RECOLLETS CONVENT / PARIS COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTS / PARIS / FRANCE/ 2011 / SPANISH EMBASSY OF MOSCOW / THE CONTEMPORARY SPANISH LANDSCAPE / MOSCOW / RUSSIA / 2011 NBORDER EXHIBITION / CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE / PAU / FRANCE / 2010 PALACIO DE CIBELES / GRAN VÍA REHABILITATION / MADRID / SPAIN / 2010 /PRESENTS PERFECTO / MEMORIA CULTURAL CENTER OF ANDALUCÍA / GRANADA / SPAIN / 2010 / CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION / CORDOBA / SPAIN / 06/2010 /URBANA _ 08 / SANDUNGA GALLERY / GRANADA / SPAIN / 2009 SPANISH ARCHITECTS CONGRESS/ VALENCIA / SPAIN
BIENNIALS
2012 / XI INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE / FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA SQUARE / BARCELONA / SPAIN / 2010 / X INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / BARCELONA / SPAIN / 2010 SPANISH BIENNIAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING MADRID / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / MADRID / SPAIN
TRIENNIALS
2015 TRIENNALE OF DISEGNO AND ARCHITTETURA DI MILANO / MILAN / ITALY / FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA SQUARE
PROJECTS &
REALIZATIONS
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PRESS
MAGAZINES
2014 A + A ARCHITECTURE / SPANISH EXILED CHAPEL / BEIJING / CHINA / 2014 IL MODULO / NON PROGRAM PAVILION / ROME / ITALY / 2014 IL MODULO / SPANISH EXILED CHAPEL / ROME / ITALY / 2014 PAISEA LANDSCAPE MAGAZINE, 28 / GARDEN OF THE RECOLLETS CONVENT / VALENCIA / SPAIN / 2013 PAISEA LANDSCAPE MAGAZINE, 26 / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / VALENCIA / SPAIN / 2013 ARCHITEKTUR FACHMAGAZIN / NON PROGRAM PAVILION / BERLIN / GERMANY / 2013 AD RUSSIA / NON PROGRAM PAVILION / MOSCOW / RUSSIA / 2013 ELLE INTERNATIONAL / NON PROGRAM PAVILION / BERLIN / GERMANY / 2013 PAISAJES LÍQUIDOS / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / X INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE / BARCELONA / SPAIN / 2013 / INTERIOR DESIGNER / NON PROGRAM PAVILION / SHANGHAI / CHINA / 2013 / GLOCAL DESIGN MAGAZINE / NON PROGRAM PAVILION / MEXICO DF / MEXICO / 2013 / DETAILS / NON PROGRAM PAVILION / NEW YORK / USA / 2013 HOLZBAU AUSTRIA / NON PROGRAM PAVILION / VIENNA / AUSTRIA / 2013 / EDITION 29 / NON PROGRAM PAVILION / SANTA MONICA CA. / USA / 2011 / ARCHITECTURA DEL PAESAGGIO / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / VENICE / ITALY / 2011 / C3 LANDSCAPE / LORCA SQUARE / BEIJING / CHINA / 2011/ ARCHITTECTI / LORCA SQUARE / MILAN / ITALY / 2011 / IL GIORNALE DELL’ARCHITETTURA / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT/ MILAN / ITALY / 2011 / LSTPH / LORCA SQUARE / BEIJING / CHINA / SAN FRANCISCO / USA / 2011 / LSTPH / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / BEIJING / CHINA / SAN FRANCISCO / USA / 2011 LANDSCAPE WORLD / LORCA SQUARE / BEIJING / CHINA / SAN FRANCISCO / USA / 2011 LANDSCAPE WORLD / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / BEIJING / CHINA / SAN FRANCISCO / USA /2011/ UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY / LORCA SQUARE / HUAZHONG / CHINA / 2010 / IX INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE / BARCELONA / SPAIN / 2010 / HINGE / VOL.176 / RISING SONS (AND DAUGTHERS) / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / SEOUL / KOREA / 2010 / CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION / CORDOBA / SPAIN / 2010 META LOCUS / 025 / OTOÑO-INVIERNO 2009 / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / MADRID / SPAIN / 2010 VIA CONSTRUCCIÓN / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / BARCELONA / SPAIN / 2010 / PAISAJISMO 26 / LAS NEGRAS WATERFRONT / BARCELONA / SPAIN
JESÚSTORRESGARCÍA
JESÚS TORRES GARCÍA IS BORN IN GRANADA, SPAIN, IN 1977. HIS VIEW ON ARCHITECTURE IS STRONGLY LINKED TO MUSIC AND POETRY. HIS APPROACH TOWARDS ARCHITECTURE IS BEST SEEN AS UNDERSTANDING THE SPACE AS A NARRATIVE. HIS PRACTICE EMPHASIZES SCENOGRAPHIC AND SCULPTURAL VALUES, USING SHAPE AS A FIELD OF SYMBOLS, PERCEPTIONS, LANDSCAPES AND HARMONIES. IT IS WELL NOTED THAT HIS STRONG BACKGROUND AS A MUSICIAN HAS BEEN AN ASSET TO UNDERSTAND ALL THESE CONCEPTS LEADING TO THE CREATION OF ATMOSPHERES; THE ATMOSPHERE BEING A FIGURE OF THE SPACE EXISTING IN NATURE.
THIS KIND OF PRACTICE IS BASED ON FREE-WRITING AND DANCE TAKING FORM BY TIME AND LINES AS THE MAIN ELEMENTS. HE HAS NO PREFERENCES OF AN ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE. YET, THE ANTROPHOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, LANDSCAPE AND SENSORY EVIDENCE LEADS TO WHAT HE CALLS AN ARCHITECTURAL ECSTASY.
HE STARTED PLAYING THE GUITAR THE AGE OF EIGHT WHICH ACCOMPANIED HIS EDUCATION AT NATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. IN THE NINETIES, HE STARTED GETTING INVOLVED IN THE NIGHTLIFE OF GRANADA, WHERE HE DISCOVERED COUNTERCULTURE, ROCK, INDIE AND FLAMENCO. HE PLAYED AND RECORDED WITH DIFFERENT SPANISH BANDS AND ARTISTS AS JOSÉ IGNACIO LAPIDO, NIÑOS MUTANTES AND CHRISTIANIA, WITH FERNANDO DÍAZ DE LA GUARDIA AND POPI GONZÁLEZ.
HIS LIFE AS MUSICIAN IGNITED HIS INTERESTS IN SUBJECTS OF SENSORY ORDER, WHICH HAS CONSEQUENTLY LEAD TO HIS WORK ON RECORDING SOUNDSCAPES. THE CITIES OF PARIS, SAN FRANCISCO AND HONG KONG HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ELABORATE RESEARCH ABOUT THE VALUES OF SOUNDSCAPES IN RELATION TO BLINDNESS AND ACOUSTIC PERCEPTION. THE RECORDINGS WERE LATER TRANSLATED TO MUSIC AND THE MATHEMATICAL FREQUENCIES WERE ANALYZED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OF CULTURAL SIGIFICANCE AND THE MUSICAL SENSE OF PLACE, CONSTRUCTING THE BASE OF A DISSERTATION THAT REPRESENTS HIS INTEREST IN THE METROPOLITAN SCALE.
HIS INTEREST IN MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, CONTEMPORARY ART AND PAINTING GOES BACK TO HIS GRAPHIC DESIGN DAYS DURING HIS ARCHITECTURE STUDIES AT THE ETSA GRANADA. THESE INTERESTS WERE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED ON THE VARIOUS ALBUM COVERS DESIGNED FOR ENRIQUE MORENTE, AUSTRALIAN BLONDE OR LOS DEL TONOS AND LABELS AS WARNER AND FNAC MUSIC. HOWEVER, HIS FOCUS ON ARCHITECTURE, AS THE MEDIUM TO EMPLOY ALL HIS BACKGROUND, BEGINS DURING HIS YEARS IN PARIS AT THE ENSA VAL-DE-SEINE.
HE HAS BEEN RESIDENT OF THE SPANISH COLLEGE OF PARIS AND THE RECOLLETS COVENT WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE FRENCH ORDER OF ARCHITECTS AND HOUSE OF ARCHITECTURE IN PARIS, FRANCE.
SINCE 2007, HE HAS TAUGHT AT THE ETSA GRANADA, ENSA PARIS-MALAQUAIS, AND HAS BEEN A VISITING SCHOLAR AT THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE IN HONG KONG. CURRENTLY, HE LECTURES AT THE ENSA PARIS-BELLEVILLE.
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