Biographies Jury Members
Jesús Aparicio
Jesús Donaire
Award President
Award Secretary
Doctor of Architecture and Full Professor of Architectural Projects at the Madrid Architecture School (E.T.S.A.M.)
Architect and Associate Professor of Architectural Projects at the Madrid Architecture School (E.T.S.A.M.)
A graduate of the Architecture School (ETSAM) of the Polytechnic University in Madrid, with a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Columbia University, New York, and a Ph.D. in Architecture. He has a threefold approach to architecture through research, teaching and professional practice. As a researcher, he has received a Scholarship at the Academy of Spain in Rome, a Fulbright/MEC Scholarship and also a Bankia Scholarship. He is a Full Professor in Building Design at the E.T.S.A.M. and a guest lecturer and invited speaker at numerous architecture schools and institutions in Europe and America. The buildings designed by Professor Aparicio have received a variety of nominations for such prestigious prizes as the ar+d Award, the Architecture and Urbanism Prize from the Madrid City Council, the HYSPALIT Architecture with Bricks Prize and the Saloni Award. In 2000, he represented Spain at the Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2005, he was chosen to take part in the Spanish Architecture Biennial. In 2008, he was nominated for the Klippan Award, as well as for the Swiss Architectural Award and finally, in 2012, he became the winner of the 39th edition of the IIDA prize. He is the curator of the “Young Architects from Spain” (2006) and “Domusae, Spaces for Culture” (2010) exhibitions and publisher of the collection on Ceramic Essays. Both his theoretical research and his architectural projects have been published and recognized internationally.
170 BIGMAT International architecture award
A graduate of the Architecture School (ETSAM) of the Polytechnic University in Madrid, winner of the prize for excellence in design by the Master’s Degree in Advanced Architectural Design at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, New York. As a researcher, he received a Fulbright Scholarship in 2007 and 2008, the William Kinne prize in 2009 and the UPM Social Council’s award in 2011. He was an Assistant Professor at the ETSAM and at the Barnard-Columbia College of Architecture; since 2009 he is an Associate Professor at the ETSAM. Deputy Curator for the exhibition on “Young Architects from Spain” (2006) and Curator for the exhibition on “Domusae, Spaces for Culture”. His work has been rewarded with prizes such as the Architizer A+ Awards in New York, the International Interior Design Association (IIDA ) in Chicago, the Madrid College of Architects, ENOR Awards and Arquia Awards. His work, research articles and interviews have been published internationally.
