Ángela García de Paredes

Ángela García de Paredes Falla (born 1958) is a Spanish architect. She founded the Paredes Pedrosa studio together with Ignacio García Pedrosa.

Ángela García de Paredes
Born
Ángela García de Paredes Falla

1958 (age 62–63)
Madrid, Spain
Alma materTechnical University of Madrid
OccupationArchitect
Notable work
Teatro Valle-Inclán
Parents
  • José María García de Paredes (father)
  • María Isabel de Falla (mother)
Awards

Biography
Teatro Valle-Inclán, Madrid
Pradolongo II, Madrid

Ángela García de Paredes was born in Madrid in 1958. She is the daughter of architect José María García de Paredes and María Isabel de Falla (the daughter of architect Germán de Falla and sister of composer Manuel de Falla).[1]

She earned a licentiate as an architect from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) in 1983,[2] and an Architecture PhD from the Technical University of Madrid in 2015 with the thesis La arquitectura de José M. García de Paredes, ideario de una obra (The Architecture of José M. García de Paredes, the Ideology of a Work).[3]

She took control of her father's architecture studio upon his death in 1990.[1]

Together with architect Ignacio García Pedrosa, she founded the Paredes Pedrosa studio in 1990. They combine the free practice of the profession with teaching work at the universities of Granada, Barcelona, and Navarra. They are professors of ETSAM's Department of Architectural Projects.[4] They have also held critical sessions at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, ETH Zurich, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. They have been guest lecturers at the universities of São Paulo, Oslo, Monterrey, Puerto Rico, and Münster, as well as the City University of New York, FADU Buenos Aires, the Dallas Architecture Forum, the Polytechnic University of Milan, the Technical University of Munich, the Graz University of Technology, and the Times Center of New York.[2][5]

Since 2011, García de Paredes has served as a member of the jury for the Ascensores Enor Architecture Awards.[6]

Selected projects
  • Palace of Assembly of Peñíscola, Castellón, 2000–2003, with Ignacio García Pedrosa
  • María Moliner Library, Velilla de San Antonio, Madrid, 2000–2003, with Ignacio García Pedrosa
  • Museum of Almería, Almería, 1998–2004, with Ignacio García Pedrosa[7]
  • Lecture room at the UAM School of Psychology, University City of Cantoblanco, Madrid, 2002–2004, with Ignacio García Pedrosa
  • Teatro Olimpia, Madrid, 1996–2005, with Ignacio García Pedrosa
  • 146 VPO EMV, Madrid, 2002–2006, with Ignacio García Pedrosa
  • Área Arqueológica de la Olmeda, Pedrosa de la Vega, Palencia, 2004–2006, with Ignacio García Pedrosa
  • Conservatory of Coimbra, Portugal, 2004 competition, with Ignacio García Pedrosa[8]

Awards and recognitions

In 2007, Ángela García de Paredes and Ignacio García Pedrosa received the Spanish Architecture Award for the Teatro Valle-Inclán in the Lavapiés district of Madrid. In the words of the jury, it was given

For the integration of the project in the regeneration process of the neighborhood and the interactive capacity of the architecture to articulate its external dimensions with the surroundings. Abundant in it is recognition of the coherence that establishes the project with the alignments of the site and the dignity that it returns to the urban landscape, as well as the versatile interior organization of the spaces and the halls, forming a singular piece worth occupying a place of reference in the Spanish architecture of public cultural facilities.[9]

In 2013, they received the Eduardo Torroja Award for Engineering and Architecture from the Eduardo Torroja Foundation and the Ministry of Development for the Villa Romana de la Olmeda in Pedrosa de la Vega. The jury cited "the way in which their audacious structural conception, typical of civil engineering, enhances the clear and resounding expression of their architecture."[10]

In 2014 they received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts from the Ministry of Education and the Council of Ministers,[5] as well as the Luis Moreno Mansilla Award ex aequo from the Official Association of Architects of Madrid for their work on the Public Library of Ceuta.[11]

References
  1. García-Abril, Antón (3 April 2008). "Paredes Pedrosa". El Cultural (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. "Angela García de Paredes". El Poder de la Palabra (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  3. García de Paredes Falla, Ángela (2015). La arquitectura de José M. García de Paredes ideario de una obra [The Architecture of José M. García de Paredes, the Ideology of a Work] (Thesis) (in Spanish). Technical University of Madrid. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. Quixal, Joaquim (19 October 2015). "Ángela García de Paredes 1958". Un dia / una arquitecta (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  5. "Concesión de las Medallas de Oro al Mérito a las Bellas Artes 2014" [Presentation of the 2014 Gold Medals of Merit in the Fine Arts] (in Spanish). Council of Ministers. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  6. "Ángela García de Paredes" (in Spanish). Ascensores Enor S.A. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  7. "El edificio y sus colecciones" [The Building and its Collections] (PDF) (in Spanish). Museum of Almería. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  8. "TC 68- Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos". TC Cuadernos (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  9. "Premio de Arquitectura Española" [Spanish Architecture Award]. Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España. 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  10. "Entrega de premios Eduardo Torroja de Ingeniería y Arquitectura 2013 Y 2003" [2013 and 2003 Eduardo Torroja Engineering and Architecture Awards Ceremony] (in Spanish). Ministry of Development. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  11. "El COAM entrega los Premios COAM y el Premio Luis Moreno Mansilla 2014" [COAM Presents the COAM Awards and the 2014 Luis Moreno Mansilla Award] (in Spanish). Official Association of Architects of Madrid. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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