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Pablo Oriol
Pablo Oriol holds a Masters in Advanced Architectural Design (MPAA) from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He studied Architecture at the ETSAM Madrid and the IIT Chicago between 1995 and 2005. He teaches at the Architectural Design Department of UPM ETSAM, both in Undergraduate and Graduate Programs. He has also taught and has been a guest critic at other international institutions, such as the Falcoltà di Architettura del Politecnico di Milano, the IE School of Architecture and Design, the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, and the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio.
Fernando Rodriguez
Fernando Rodriguez holds a PhD in Architecture from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He studied Architecture at the ETSAM in Madrid and the TU Berlin between 1995 and 2003. He teaches at the Architectural Design Department of UPM ETSAM, both in Undergraduate and Graduate Programs. He has also taught and has been a guest critic at other international institutions, such as FAU PUCP Lima, Technische Universität Berlin, IE School of Architecture and Design, and Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. In 2015 his PhD dissertation “An infrastructural understanding of architectural design” (PhD Prize 2016) showcases his interest in the infrastructural condition of contemporary architecture and the different scales in which it performs.
Practice Ideology
FRPO has been developing its professional work in the fields of architecture, urban planning and design since 2005. The extensive training and experience accumulated by Pablo Oriol and Fernando Rodríguez have laid the foundations to establish a high-level professional office, where research and the commitment to the contemporary practice of architecture presents results that are widely recognized nationally and internationally.
Standing out for its uniqueness are the San José Station in Toluca (Mexico), the Biomass Thermal Power Plant for DH Ecoenergías in Palencia, the Concordia and Elcano residential complexes in Madrid, the IX BIAU Exhibition in Rosario (Argentina) and the Magnifica Fabbrica del Teatro alla Scala in Milan (Italy).
FRPO has been recognized for its excellent professional career with the Architectural Review Emerging Architects (London, 2019), Architectural Record Design Vanguard (New York, 2012), Europe 40 under 40 (Chicago, 2009) and Bauwelt Preis (Berlin, 2007) awards. among others, their work has been a finalist and selected in the XVI Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (2023), in the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (2022), FAD Awards (2021 and 2019), the Spanish Pavilion in the Venice Biennale 2016 (Golden Lion), the Enor Awards 2011, the Mies van der Rohe Awards 2015, IX, XII and Urbanism (2006 and 2014); and the Madrid City Council Public Works Awards (2007), the Archizinc Award (2007) or the Camuñas Foundation Awards for Young Architects (2007).
