Sarquella Torres Architects is an architecture studio founded in 2019 in Banyoles by Pau Sarquella and Carmen Torres. The practice has received awards, including a jury mention and the audience choice award at the 2019 ARQUIN-FAD International Prize for the Bang Nong Saeng Kindergarten project (Thailand, 2018). Other accolades include the Bauwelt International Prize: First Works 2015 (Germany), Arquia Próxima (2014, 2018, 2022), AJAC Awards (9th, 11th, 12th), and Europan17. Pau was also nominated for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts International Initiative in 2016. He co-founded Persiana Barcelona in 2014, a company that redesigned the traditional blind, which won the Delta de Plata (ADI FAD) and the Arquia Próxima award in 2016. Pau and Carmen have curated and designed exhibitions such as the Premis d’Arquitectura de les Comarques de Girona, INDA Parade (2018 Thailand), El Millor Disseny de l’Any (2019-2021), Arquitectura i Ciutat a Banyoles, and A través de les Pesqueres – L’exposició que no es va dur a terme (2023).
Pau Sarquella is an architect who graduated from ETSAB-UPC in 2011. He has been an Associate Professor of Architectural Design at the EPS ARQ of the University of Girona since 2020, and also at ETSALS-URL since 2020. In 2015, he moved to Bangkok, Thailand, as a professor of architectural design at INDA Chulalongkorn University (2015-2018).
Carmen Torres is an architect who graduated from ETSAB-UPC in 2011. She has been an Associate Professor of Architectural Design at ETSAV-UPC since 2019, where her research study was recognized as a finalist for best teaching practices at the 13th Ibero-American Architecture Biennial (BIAU). After three years working in various architectural practices in Paris, Carmen moved to Bangkok, Thailand, as a professor of architectural design at INDA Chulalongkorn University (2015-2018).
