Tomás Balparda, Fernando Brunel Balparda Brunel Oficina de Arquitectura (BBOA)

Balparda Brunel Architecture Office (BBOA) is a studio established in Rosario, Argentina in 2012 by Tomás Balparda and Fernando Brunel. Their practice focuses primarily on architectural projects related to housing and its various scales.

Their scope of work extends to teaching and experimentation, and they have received several international awards, including the ADUS Saint-Gobain + FPAA International Architecture Grand Prize (Paris, 2021), a nomination for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (Chicago, 2022), and selection as one of the Argentine studios participating in the BAL - Latin American Architecture Biennial (Pamplona, ​​2021). His work has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale (Venice, 2021-2023), the Chicago Architecture Biennial (Chicago, 2025), and the MATADERO Contemporary Creation Center (Madrid, 2022), among others. Some of his work has been published by national and international media outlets and publishers such as TC Cuadernos (Spain), Summa+ (Argentina), A+T (Spain), Bisman Ediciones (Argentina), and Clarín ARQ (Argentina).

The studio has given numerous lectures at the National University of Rosario, the National University of Córdoba, and the University of Buenos Aires; as well as at the Melbourne School of Design, Kingston University London, the European University of Valencia, and the Center for Higher Studies in Design of Monterrey (CEDIM).

Tomás Balparda. Architect, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Design (UNR). I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture and Technology at Torcuato Di Tella University. I am a Chevening Scholar for the Master's in Sustainable Building Design and Performance and graduated with honors from Kingston University in London. In the field of education, I have taught at the National University of Rosario (Argentina), the Inter-American Open University (Argentina), and the Center for Higher Studies in Design in Monterrey (Mexico).

Fernando Brunel is an architect from the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Design (National University of Rosario), graduating with third-highest honors. I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Architecture (MArch) at the European University of Valencia. In the field of education, I have taught at the National University of Rosario (Argentina), the Inter-American Open University (Argentina), and the Center for Higher Studies in Design in Monterrey (Mexico).