Med.arquitectos is a young Almeria-based studio founded in 2018 by architects Javier Peña and Jose Moreno. The Casas Costacabana project was the first commission that both architects undertook together and was, in turn, the seed and the nexus of union for the birth of the studio.
Javier Peña has been an architect from the University of Granada since 2002, a court-appointed architect since 2007 and currently a member of the board of directors of the group of experts belonging to the CSCAE. Between 2004 and 2011 he was a member of the governing board of the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Almería. During the 2009-2010 academic year, he completed his studies corresponding to the research sufficiency of the doctoral programme of the Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de Granada (Granada School of Architecture). Javier has developed almost all his professional life from his studio in Almeria, which has been active for three generations.
Jose Moreno graduated as an architect from the Escuela Politécnica Superior de la Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio de Madrid in 2015. The following year, he completed his BIM Master's studies at the 24Studio Lab school in Madrid. After finishing, he returned to Alme-ria to take on his first assignment, the complete refurbishment of offices for a refurbishment company. And after a brief stint in the private sector, he went on to take on his first new construction commission (Casas Costacabana) and therefore co-founded his own studio in 2018 together with Javier Peña. Since then, he works designing, drawing and re-drafting architectural projects of different scales.
They currently combine their professional activity with writing articles on architectural theory, film and literature for their weekly column La Cuarta Pared in the newspaper Diario de Almería.
Javier Peña has been an architect from the University of Granada since 2002, a court-appointed architect since 2007 and currently a member of the board of directors of the group of experts belonging to the CSCAE. Between 2004 and 2011 he was a member of the governing board of the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Almería. During the 2009-2010 academic year, he completed his studies corresponding to the research sufficiency of the doctoral programme of the Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de Granada (Granada School of Architecture). Javier has developed almost all his professional life from his studio in Almeria, which has been active for three generations.
Jose Moreno graduated as an architect from the Escuela Politécnica Superior de la Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio de Madrid in 2015. The following year, he completed his BIM Master's studies at the 24Studio Lab school in Madrid. After finishing, he returned to Alme-ria to take on his first assignment, the complete refurbishment of offices for a refurbishment company. And after a brief stint in the private sector, he went on to take on his first new construction commission (Casas Costacabana) and therefore co-founded his own studio in 2018 together with Javier Peña. Since then, he works designing, drawing and re-drafting architectural projects of different scales.
They currently combine their professional activity with writing articles on architectural theory, film and literature for their weekly column La Cuarta Pared in the newspaper Diario de Almería.
