García-Germán Vázquez, Jacobo

Bio

Titles:

MA Architect and PhD Architect

Education:

Architect (ETSAM 2000), Master in Architecture (Architectural Association 2003) and PhD architect (ETSAM 2010, Cum Laude- European mention)

ANECA Certification for Full Professor since 2015

Teaching posts:

Teacher at ETSAM 2005-15. Units: Herreros, Frechilla, Sancho

Assistant-doctor teacher at ETSAM since 2015. Unit: Herreros

Teacher and Visiting Critic at various Spanish and international institutions (ETH Zurich, AA, Columbia, Cornell, Feng-Chia, La Plata, Roma Tre, Ljubljana, Javeriana Bogotá, Católica Lima, Pamplona, IE, UEM, UPC-LaSalle,…)

Research activity:

Director of ARQUITECTURA, official magazine of COAM, Madrid’s Board of Architects (2017-)

Scientific Committee Member for the Spanish Pavilion of the XV Venice Architecture Biennale (Golden Lion Award)

Critical texts published in books and specialized magazines (Arquitectura Viva, AArchitecture, Oris, Verb-Actar, Circo, Arquitectos CSCAE, Becoming, Unfinished,…)

Author and/or Editor of books:

– Documents (To Come) (ISBN 978-84-09-03558-8)

– Fernando Higueras. Canarias y Las Salinas (ISBN 978-84-944300-2-2)

– Atlas Entropía #Madrid (ISBN 978-84-944743-5-4)

– Estrategias operativas en arquitectura. Técnicas de proyecto de Price a Koolhaas (ISBN 978-987-584)

– Le Corbusier, estrías y organizaciones laminares: figuraciones sobre Olivetti (ISSN 2174-1603)

– From representation to diagram. Efficiency, performance and effects in the architecture of the late sixties (ISBN 978-3-639-31399-4)

– Guía de Arquitectura de Madrid 1975-2007 (ISBN 84-934362-9-1)

Professional Activity:

Founder of GARCIAGERMAN ARQUITECTOS in 2003 after working for Rafael Moneo. Professional work extensively published, having received numerous awards such as XIV BEAU Spanish Biennale Prize (2018), Spain Cemex Prize (2017), FAD Prize (2013), FAD Prize Finalist (2018), Finalist and Selection for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture-Mies van der Rohe Award (2018 and 2009), First Prize Europan 9 (2009) and First Prize EMVS (2003).