Fran Sánchez Salazar, Miguel Ángel Antonio García. SANTZO arquitectos

SANTZO Arquitectos is an architecture and landscape design studio founded in 2021 by Miguel Á. Antonio and Fran Sánchez, both graduates of the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Seville and holders of a Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Seville.

Based in Baeza (Jaén) and Seville, SANTZO Arquitectos develops projects that balance reality and abstraction, actively collaborating with traditional craftsmanship in their respective spaces. Their primary focus is conceptualizing projects in relation to their territory, landscape, and unique historical heritage, seamlessly integrating rural and urban environments, and highlighting the authenticity of cultural heritage through contemporary inhabitation. Their projects have been finalists in the New European Bauhaus competition and have received the Richard H. Driehaus International Architecture Award.

Fran Sánchez Salazar graduated as an architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Seville in 2021, achieving the highest academic standing in his graduating class and receiving both the Extraordinary End-of-Studies Award and the Royal Cavalry Armory Award. Fran completed his fourth year at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and received First Prize for his Final Degree Project. In 2019, he was awarded an Arquia Grant for an architecture internship at Kéré Architecture in Berlin, as well as First Prize in the 2020 Pladur competition.

Miguel Ángel Antonio García graduated as an architect from the Seville School of Architecture in 2021, ranking second in his class. He received First Prize for his Final Degree Project and an Honorable Mention for his Final Year Project. In 2020, Miguel Ángel received a research and study grant at the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded an Arquia Grant that same year for an internship at the Ministry of Housing (MITMA). In 2018 and 2022, he won First Prize for ARPA projects on Cultural Heritage.