Arquia Foundation announces the winners of the 10th edition of arquia/proxima “TERRITORY”

Their practice encompasses residential architecture, cultural facilities, rehabilitation, and public space projects, combining professional practice with research and teaching. Their projects include the redevelopment of Herriko Plaza in Mallabia, the Nahinuena House in Gorliz, the Zubitegi Sports Park, and the Basque Folk Music Museum in Artea.

In 2019, Ane Arce and Iñigo Berasategui received the Peña Ganchegui Award for Young Basque Architecture. Their track record also includes the 2020 Egurtek Award, several COAVN awards in 2025, and the 2026 arquia/próxima award.

KRI is an interdisciplinary platform that explores architecture through history and human behaviour. Its work has been recognised with the 2026 FAD Award for Ephemeral Interventions, the 2026 La Casa de la Arquitectura Award in the Ephemeral category, the 2025 FAD International Award, and an award at the 17th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism. The studio has also received several distinctions in national and international competitions, including Europan 16 and 17, first prize for the remodelling of Plaza del 2 de Mayo, and third prizes for proposals for the Real Academia de España in Rome and Matadero de Aranjuez.

In parallel, KRI develops curatorial work focused on the links between territory, culture, and architecture. Its work has been exhibited at the Sala de Arte Joven of the Community of Madrid and Sala Amadís (INJUVE), and the studio has collaborated with several academic institutions, including ETSAM, the Basque Country Architecture Institute, and IE School of Architecture and Design.

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In 2020, he established his independent architectural practice in Madrid, developing architectural projects, temporary installations, and interventions in public space, alongside architectural research.

In 2022, he was awarded the 8th Arquia–Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando Research Fellowship for his project El tiempo cero en la escuela de Nueva York, which examines the relationship between architectural education and practice in New York during the 1970s.

His distinctions include first runner-up in the competition for the curatorship of the Spanish Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, a special mention at Europan 17 (2023) for Terra Fluxus, a proposal developed with Óscar Cruz García, and second prize in the ONSITE MUGAK 2024 competition in Bilbao.

In 2024, together with Óscar Cruz García, he won first prize at the TAC! Urban Architecture Festival for ¡Qué faena(r)!, a temporary pavilion built in Vigo. In 2025, in collaboration with Eletres Studio, he completed Pabellón 100 metros lineales, a temporary installation in the agricultural landscape surrounding Valencia, developed as part of Miradors de l'Horta.

In 2019, he founded cruz.atelier, a Madrid-based architectural practice combining architectural projects, research, and dissemination. Its work encompasses interventions in public space, temporary installations, and projects related to territory, landscape, and construction systems.

Since 2019, he has worked at Jesús Aparicio's architectural practice, where he has been part of the team responsible for the renovation and extension of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome. He previously collaborated with the Madrid-based practices of Héctor Fernández Elorza and Federico Soriano. He has also participated in teaching activities at ETSAM's Department of Architectural Design.

Alongside his architectural practice, he has been involved in curatorial activities and architectural dissemination. He has curated the Menos 35 programme at the Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM) and coordinated several editions of the BigMat International Architecture Awards.

His distinctions include first prize at the 18th ASCER Tile of Spain Awards (2019), a mention at the 2019 COAM Awards, second prize at the 2020 COAM Awards, a special mention at Europan 16, and first runner-up in the competition for the curatorship of the Spanish Pavilion at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale (2023). He was also a finalist in the curatorial competition for the 16th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism.

In 2024, together with Pablo Paradinas Sastre, he won first prize at the TAC! Urban Architecture Festival for ¡Qué faena(r)!, a temporary pavilion built in Porta do Sol, Vigo. The project subsequently received a mention at the 2025 COAM Awards and was a finalist at the 2025 Casa de la Arquitectura Awards.

In 2026, together with Paula Moraga, he won first prize in the competition to create the exhibition space for the Higher Council of Architects' Associations of Spain (CSCAE) at the UIA World Congress of Architects in Barcelona.

Manuel Bouzas (Pontevedra, 1993) is an architect and researcher established in Galicia and Boston and graduated with honours in 2018 from the ETSA of Madrid (UPM), and a Master of Design Studies at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

His work explores the intersection between Architecture and Ecology through multiple scales and formats, ranging from the design of temporary installations to academic research. His projects have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2023 and 2018, as well as at the XV Spanish Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021.

He has been selected as curator of the Spanish Pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, where he will present the Internalities research laboratory.

In addition, he has received the Premio Princesa de Girona Arte 2025, the Renzo Piano World Tour Award 2022, the La Caixa Postgraduate Scholarship 2021, and the COAM Emerging Award 2020 from the Official College of Architects of Madrid, among others. Multiple international media have recognized and disseminated his work, such as METALOCUS, El Mundo, Domus, Divisare, and Archdaily. Manuel combines professional and academic activity, having collaborated as a J-Term instructor at Harvard GSD, assistant in the Department of Architectural Projects at ETSAM (UPM), and visiting researcher at the Tsukamoto Lab (Atelier Bow-Wow) at Tokyo Institute of Technology.

In 2024, we have been shortlisted for the MCHAP Emerging Practices award (USA) and for the ARQUIA/Próxima Festival for Emerging Practices (Spain).

In 2025, salazarsequeromedina was awarded the Architectural League NY Prize for Young Architects and Designers.

Laura Salazar-Altobelli (Lima, 1990) is a Peruvian-American architect and holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University, 2017. She has extensive professional experience, most recently as project architect at Barkow Leibinger, in Berlin.

Salazar has published in Pidgin Magazine, Sustainable Cities and Society, Lunch Journal, and PLAT Journal. Her work has been exhibited at the Jewett Gallery when she was a fellow with the Alice C Cole Fund for Sculpture. In addition to practice and academia, Salazar has cofounded and coordinates Let’s Talk, a platform for architectural discourse.

She is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Pratt Institute and has previously taught at Syracuse University School of Architecture and Montana State University.

Pablo Sequero Barrera (Madrid, 1989) is a registered architect and designer, graduated with a Master of Architecture from the ETSAM, Technical University of Madrid in 2015.

Sequero has been a collaborator at Rafael Moneo's studio in Madrid and, most recently, with Barkow Leibinger in Berlin. He received a Banco Santander grant for his collaboration with the office FRPO architecture landscape, where he was part of the team on the IX BIAU exhibition design, in Rosario, Argentina.

He is currently a Visiting Critic at Syracuse University School of Architecture, and has taught previously at Cornell AAP and Montana State University.

Juan Medina Revilla (Madrid, 1989) is a registered architect and a PhD candidate at the Technical University of Madrid, ETSAM. He studied Architecture at the ETSAM and the ENSA Paris-Belleville, obtaining his Master of Architecture in 2015.

He was awarded the ARQUIA grant, which led him to collaborate with Álvaro Siza's practice in Porto. He also practiced in Madrid and Berlin for renowned offices such as Nieto & Sobejano, Sauerbruch & Hutton and Schmitt von Holst.

He is currently a Professor of Practice at Tulane University and has taught previously at the ETSAM.