ARNAU AIXALÀ
curriculum vitae
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academic projects
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Budapest’s new heart The courtyard city Glass library Barcelona
complementary work
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Panjiayuan market Urban frames CRACK
work experience Bvlgari store Barcelona Valentino store Abu Dhabi
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arnau_aixala@hotmail.com arnau_aixala@hotmail.com +34 645948217 +34 645 94 82 17 27thof ofMay, May,1994 1994 27th
Languages
languages Catalan — Mothertongue Spanish — Mothertongue English Advanced level Catalan—— Mothertongue French — Basic level
Spanish — Mothertongue English — Advanced level French — Basic level
Academic formation
academic formation 2018 — —2019 2019 2018 2012 — —2018 2018 2012 2016 — —2017 2017 2016 2010— —2012 2012 2010 2011 2011 1999 1999——2010 2010
MArch- -Master Master Architecture MArch in in Architecture
ETSAB. Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura Barcelona ETSAB. Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura Barcelona
GArch Degree Architecture GArch - -Degree in in Architecture
ETSAB. Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura Barcelona ETSAB. Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura Barcelona
International exchange program, 5thprogram year International exchange program, Master
BME. Budapest University of Technology and Economics BME. Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Baccalaureate Technology Baccalaureate in in Technology
Màrius Torres Lleida Màrius Torres Lleida
International exchange program International exchange program
San Francisco, California, United StatesStates of America San Francisco, California, United
Primary High school Primaryand and High school
Mater Salvatoris Lleida Mater Salvatoris Lleida
Workshops workshops 2017
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Urban Frames
UrbanBudapest Frames University of Technology and Economics BME. BME. Budapest University of Technology and Economics
2016 2016 2015 2015 2014 2015
EnergyConscious Conscious Urban Renewal Energy Urban Renewal
BME. Budapest University of Technology and Economics BME. Budapest University of Technology and Economics
MarketofofIntangibles Intangibles Market
ETSAB. Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura Barcelona ETSAB. Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura Barcelona
Panjiayuanmarket market Panjiayuan
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
courses 2021 2020 2017
Housing and Cities
Online · EPFLx. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Circular Economy for a Sustainable Built Enviroment
Online · DelftX. Technische Universiteit Delft
Introduction to BIM. Revit Architecture.
Forma School Barcelona. Autodesk Authorized Training Center
professional experience 2017 — 2021
Retail architect Architecture department: graphic documents & retail project supervision G4 Group Architecture, Barcelona
2019 — 2020
Freelance Architect Terrace renewal in Madrid Carlos Peraita, Madrid
2013 — 2016
Interior design & Retail intern Base plan, layout design, 3D modeling & rendering Victòria Nadal, Lleida
collaborations Brands Graphic material & works execution
Gucci, Bvlgari, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Valentino, Christian Dior
Contest CRACK by Fireisland Network Caixaforum — MACBA, Barcelona
Exhibitions Classical art in the 21st Century photo exposition Weiner Leo utca, Budapest
PIS(O) PILOT(O) Model’s exhibitions CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
skills
AutoCAD. SketchUp. Vray. Rhino. Revit. Adobe Photoshop. InDesign. Illustrator. Microsoft Office. Model making.
Budapest’s new heart
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Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura Barcelona ETSAB. FINAL PROJECT MArch 2019 Architecture and diversity Budapest’s new heart Cultural center & mediatheque Budapest is the capital of Hungary, a Central European country surrounded by many others. We have to understand Budapest as two different cities; Buda to the left, Pest to the right. The two cities had an independent development until 1880 when they decided to merge both cities in one, building the historical Chain Bridge to make it possible. Both of them are completely different, Buda has a lot of topography while Pest is completely plain, but they have something in common, both of them focus on the river; the Danube, the spine of the city. The most representative buildings of the city are on the riverside which generates a lot of movements around the river both local and tourist. When we take a look into the Pest side, we realize that the riverside is not accessible, therefore we find a series of urban & social conflicts that need to be solved. The city center is outdated, the car has much more preference in front of the pedestrian. There is a constant stoppage of the everyday foot routes and we find a constant infrastructure crossing which gives very little value to the center even though it is the most important place in the city. Also, it has so much residual space that generates a bad use of it, and that overcomes to little local implication. The goal of this project is to reconnect the city with the river and for that so we have to find the generator of this conflict. When we check out the riverside we can find the conflict zone and we realize that the problem is that it does not work as a swivel between the city and the river if not the opposite it works as a knot disconnect. We need a piece that responds at the language that has the city a piece to articulate, a renewal of the center of Budapest where we can find a representative space that gives the value to the existent, a space that will be possible due to the morphological characteristics of the city. A space without barriers with accessibility for everybody.
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The courtyard city
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Budapest University of Technology & Economics BME. MULTIPLE FIELDS DESIGN 2017 The transparency community The courtyard city Public square & student housing The lack of private dormitories and the huge amount of incoming exchange students makes looking for a dorm in Budapest extremely difficult and risky due to Internet fraud. There is a very strict politic in Hungary in order to help their local students to find a cheap and decent place to live when they move to Budapest, due to that almost all the student residences in the city are public all of them managed by the local administration and also they are not available for all the exchange students. A topic was given to us to begin this project; <<transparency>>. When we first think about transparency, the first thing that comes to mind is the visual concept of the word but it can be many more ways to treat it, not just visually but with the sound, the light or even generating a connection between different atmospheres, and we think the best way to achieve all of this is creating a community. For the location of this project a privileged spot was given to us, in the middle of the Jewish quarter of Budapest, four ancient buildings are where all our work had to be done. These buildings are located between two squares, one square is at the end of a pedestrian street and the other one is in front of a school and a church, so our idea was simple, we wanted to restore the ancient buildings keeping the main envelopes of it -the ones that were facing the streets- and also we wanted to keep the structure of it renewing the interiors and connecting the four buildings into one turning it into a student housing for incoming students. On the ground floor, we wanted to join both squares making a big public space (to meet, to cross, to walk) so we freed it and we started building above. Finally, for the courtyard envelope, we wanted to bring fresh modern architecture to this old part of the city but we did not want it to be very flashy so we thought the best way to work with that was in the interior of the courtyard so we demolished the old buildings and build a new building along with the new square.
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Glass library
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Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura Barcelona ETSAB. ADVANCED STUDIO 2016 Public architectures Glass library
New use for a stadium
Barcelona was known to the world as the city it is nowadays due to the Olympic games of 1992, during this period a lot of changes were made in the city and a lot of new architecture was brought to it, but long before that, almost 70 years before in Barcelona took place the international exposition of 1929 and here was where the city began to change its morphology. A lot of emblematical buildings were made, such as the Barcelona Pavilion made by Mies van der Rohe and many-many others. One of these new buildings that were made to show to the world the greatness of the city was the “Palau d’Esports” (the sports palace), which was right at the bottom of the mountain where the exposition took place. This building kept on working all along the years but as time went by its use was lost. The absence of public money, the hugeness, and the abandonment of the place made it impossible to maintain. So in this proposal, we find a rehabilitation project for the old “Palau d’Esports” of Barcelona. The “Palau” is transformed into a public library for the city and the hood. We wanted to keep the most iconic parts of the buildings such as the structural ribs of the roof, or the concrete stands that surround the center of the stadium and to achieve that we did not want to make a lot of changes nor demolish most parts of the buildings so we decided to make a floating glass box in the middle of the stadium, a box that goes outside the borders of the building running into the street to call pedestrians inside and to tell to the city that a new use was made for this building. By keeping most of the building and just adjusting this new floating box to it we focus the renewal of the program to this box and we can use the stadium for other uses that were also programmed within the library. As it is floating we provide a void that makes it easy for the natural ventilation of the building which helps to create new atmospheres inside and on the other hand, inside the box we create a balcony with views of the “ruins” of the stadium while we are studying.
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Panjiayuan market
Tsinghua University in collab. with ETSAB & Texas Architecture — 2015 Taking inspiration from the traditional forms of the Chinese market and infusing it with European architecture the Panjiayuan Market was refurbished with a new organizaton trying to transform it into a new modern market with mediterranian waves and chinese forms.
Crossroads — rethinking the market as a place of convergence within two ancient cultures
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Urban frames BME Budapest — 2017
A series of scaffolding structures are organized all along the Danube to create temporary pavilions to generate a new spaces for street artists, the resulting of this forms attempts to display a modern space due to the evolution of the street art in the city and the lack of space for the artists in it.
Ephemeral — temporary spaces using scaffolding to create an exhibition-representation space
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CRACK
Competition entry for La Caixa-MACBA with Fireisland Network — 2020 2020 has been marked by the Covid-19 pandemic. This virus has extended all around the world inducing a global economic crisis. Our proposal reviews the collections of La Caixa & MACBA jumping from one global economic crack to the next one: | 1929 - Crash of 29 | 1987- Black Monday | 2008 - Subprime | 2020 - Covid-19 | We study the art production around the catalyst of each of these crises establishing connections and conclusions. Outdoor — Indoor versions
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SELECTED PROJECTS GUCCI store Rotterdam dBK GUCCI store Brussels GUCCI store Bicester London GUCCI store La Vallée Paris GUCCI store Barcelona PdG GUCCI store Madrid Serrano GUCCI store Lisbon GUCCI store Puerto Banús GUCCI store Harvey Nichols Dubai Mall GUCCI store Dubai Galafa Louis Vuitton store Lisbon Louis Vuitton store Barcelona PdG BVLGARI store Barcelona PdG SUAREZ store Barcelona PdG SUAREZ store Barcelona Diagonal SUAREZ store Madrid Serrano Fendi store Kuwait Dior store Place Vendôme Qatar VALENTINO ECI Barcelona Diagonal VALENTINO store Abu Dhabi BALENCIAGA store La Vallée Paris BALENCIAGA store Kuwait Montblanc store Barcelona PdG Loro Piana store Barcelona PdG UNIQLO store Barcelona PdG Chaumet store Mendrisio Cartier store Beijing
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BVLGARI store Barcelona, Spain
— G4 group architecture — http://www.groupg4.com/ @g4group_architecture_barcelona
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VALENTINO store Abu Dhabi, UAE
— G4 group architecture — http://www.groupg4.com/ @g4group_architecture_barcelona
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