Hombre de Piedra, an architecture studio founded by Laura Domínguez and Juan Manuel Rojas in 2002, they integrate sustainability and industrialization into their projects based on their own academic research. Thanks to these technologies and design strategies, they manage to measurably increase the comfort, sustainability and energy efficiency of buildings.
Their projects focus on the user experience, taking care of both the design and the technological and environmental aspects. They are professionals committed to rationalizing the production processes of architecture through the application of the most efficient contemporary techniques and the use of industrialized architectures.
Laura Domínguez has a Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Seville. She has participated in conferences at the Canada's Design Museum in Toronto, McGill University in Montreal (Canada) or the Casablanca School of Architecture (Morocco), among others.
Juan Manuel Rojas holds an International Doctorate and a Master's Degree in Innovation in Architecture, Technology and Design from the University of Seville, and is a professor in the Department of History, Theory and Architectural Composition at the School of Architecture of the University of Seville.
Both have quantitatively studied the effectiveness of traditional bioclimatic strategies such as the Mediterranean patio, developing computer tools for their evaluation within the framework of Juan Manuel's thesis and his research group (TEP206: Sath, Sustainability in Architecture, Technology and Heritage: Materiality and Construction Systems). They have participated in four competitive funded projects, 2 of Research Excellence from the Junta de Andalucía and 2 of the National Plan, in addition to teaching courses at the College of Architects of Seville.
