New images Temporary pavilion ¡Qué faena(r)! by Óscar Cruz and Pablo Paradinas

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.