Xavier Vilalta Explained

Xavier Vilalta
Birth Date:1980 5, mf=yes
Birth Place:Mollerussa, Lleida, Spain
Occupation:Architect
Nationality:Spanish

Xavier Vilalta (born May 8, 1980) is a Spanish architect and professor. He studied architecture in Barcelona, London, and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

Vilalta combines practice with teaching and lecturing in cultural institutions and venues. He has taught as a professor at Barcelona Tech ETSAB and the University of Lleida.

In 2006 he founded the design firm Vilalta Studio in Barcelona, Spain. With his team, Vilalta developed his early work in Spain followed by international projects in emerging countries in Africa and the Middle East.

His projects have been recognized by international awards such as the Young Architect of the year at the Leaf Awards 2008, and two consecutive awards, 2009 and 2010, the SAIE Selection of the energy exhibition of Bologna in Italy for the sustainability of his projects. In 2011, he became a Fellow of TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design).

Design vision

Xavier Vilalta's work focuses on nature and people as well as how to reconnect the two thinking about our contemporary urban life as part of the environment where Architecture grows from the local natural conditions and traditions.

He is interested in vernacular architecture related to sustainability. He defines sustainability as the relationship between Architecture and the program it contains and its social values, the way it is designed and built and how it will perform in the future.

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Notes and References

  1. [LEAF Award]
  2. Web site: Architecture contest, urban design - Saie selection 2010 . October 21, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722024907/http://www.saie.bolognafiere.it/en/iniziative/saie_selection/subpage/vincitori_selection/ . July 22, 2011 .
  3. TED Fellows 2011
  4. Web site: xvstudio: alpha project . Designboom.com . 2012-10-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021140011/http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10517/xvstudio-alpha-project.html . October 21, 2012 .
  5. Web site: Angola Central Highlands University / XV Studio . ArchDaily . 2012-10-22.
  6. Web site: Lideta Mercato / XV Studio . ArchDaily . 2012-10-22.