Ramiro Losada is an architect and director of a " Platform of architectural operations" based on three sections: architecture, audio-visual (related to culture and architecture) and education.
He has been working for other offices in London and Rotterdam, but then he decided to start his own activity. When he started in 2006, his study was working in collaboration with a Dutch office. He started with some small competitions, reforms and education, and we introduced the audiovisual production as something important for the office.
In Madrid, we based our office in Studio Banana. It is a multidisciplinary platform with different professionals. Together with other people with many interests in common, we decided to start architectural and audiovisual projects. Two years later, in 2008, we founded "Studio Banana Television" with 5 partners. We produce audiovisual documents for cultural events. The 5 partners have different backgrounds: architects, informatics, video-makers, and depending on the project, the team can be bigger or smaller.
Studio Banana was founded in 2006 by Ali Ganjavian and Key Kawamura and is a multidisciplinary studio in which people with different educational backgrounds work together. We always try to get the best of every discipline and apply it to your field of work. Sometimes it is architecture, other is audiovisual or education. Always around architecture, but not always intended as building construction. One of the best things about Studio Banana is the possibility of starting new projects. Every one of us is a professional that work independently or in a group, depending on the commission.
A while ago, together with other people, we decided to found "Studio Banana Cultural". It is a platform that provides a space to show your work, organise debates, improving the cultural diary of Madrid. We decided to document those activities, and this was the beginning of "Studio Banana Television". It started as a small activity, and we are now a company. The most interesting thing is that you can meet different people who help to start new ideas.
