ABOUT.

RUBÉN GARCÍA RUBIO

Architect, Founding-Partner

Rubén García Rubio, holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Valladolid (awarded the Extraordinary Doctoral Prize) and a PhD in Architecture from the Universitá degli Studi Roma Tre. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tulane University (New Orleans, USA) and has previously taught at various schools of architecture and international institutions in Europe and the Middle East, where he has been able to work on university projects that combine academic objectives with research interests and professional practice. Rubén is co-founder of studioVRA and his work has been recognised with numerous architecture awards, both for design proposals and completed projects, and has been published in specialist international architecture journals. He is also the main editor of the architecture blog CajondeArquitecto.com

SONSOLES VELA NAVARRO

Architect, Founding-Partner

Sonsoles Vela Navarro holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Valladolid, a Master’s in Energy Efficiency from the University of Extremadura, a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Kühnel Business School, and a qualification in Advanced Design, Computer Graphics and Ideation from the University of San Jorge. Sonsoles is a practising architect with over 15 years’ experience working in the private sector on residential, commercial and healthcare architecture projects. She is a co-founder of studioVRA and her work has been recognised with numerous architecture awards, both for proposals and completed projects, and has been published in specialist international architecture journals. She is currently also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture at Tulane University (New Orleans, USA).

WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAMMES

We take the client’s or user’s needs as our starting point for proposing new architectural experiences that help us to structure and consolidate the project from the outset.

WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE PLACES

We examine the context, at various scales, in search of elements that will help to ground the project in its local area, its history and its time.

WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE MATERIALS

We view the restoration of the building as an essential part of the creative process, so that it is this very material that gives the project its unique character.