Cersaie 2025 | Ángela García de Paredes, figura destacada en el foro de arquitectura de la feria / Architecture as interpretation of time and space: Ángela García de Paredes at Cersaie 2025
- Ángela García de Paredes.
BOLONIA (ITALIA). La reconocida arquitecta española Ángela García de Paredes participará como invitada especial en el programa cultural Costruire, Abitare, Pensare (Construir, Habitar y Pensar) durante Cersaie 2025, el Salón Internacional de la Cerámica para la Arquitectura y el Equipamiento de Baño que se celebrará en Bolonia entre el 22 al 26 de septiembre. La intervención de la arquitecta tendrá lugar el jueves 25 de septiembre a las 14:30 horas en The Square, dentro del recinto ferial del evento.
Fundadora del estudio Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos, junto a Ignacio Pedrosa, García de Paredes es una de las voces más respetadas de la arquitectura contemporánea española. Su trabajo, centrado en una lectura sensible del entorno y del paso del tiempo, ha sido premiado y expuesto internacionalmente. Su filosofía se basa en la interpretación del lugar como elemento clave del proceso creativo, dando como resultado obras que combinan sobriedad, luz natural y precisión formal.
Entre los proyectos más emblemáticos del estudio se encuentran el Museo Arqueológico de Almería, el Teatro Valle-Inclán en Madrid, el Palacio de Congresos de Peñíscola (Castellón), el Auditorio de Lugo y las bibliotecas públicas de Ceuta y Córdoba. También han desarrollado obras de rehabilitación como el Banco de España y proyectos internacionales como el Centro Educativo Español en Rabat o la Embajada de España en Roma.
Reconocimientos
Numerosos galardones reconocen la trayectoria de García de Paredes, entre ellos la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes (2014), el Premio Nacional de Arquitectura (2024), el Premio de Arquitectura Española (2007) y el Premio Europeo de Intervención en el Patrimonio Arquitectónico (2015). En 2023, se le nombró académica de número en la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, presentando su discurso «La arquitectura como interpretación».
Además de su labor profesional, destaca por su actividad docente en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM) y como profesora invitada en diversas universidades internacionales, incluyendo el IUAV de Venecia.
Con su participación en Cersaie 2025, Ángela García de Paredes reafirmará el papel de la arquitectura como una disciplina capaz de transformar los espacios y el tiempo a través de una mirada profunda, comprometida y poética.
Madrid-born architect Ángela García de Paredes will be among the guest speakers at Cersaie’s Building, Dwelling, Thinking cultural programme. Held each year as part of the International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings, the programme will once again serve as a key platform for architects, designers and industry professionals from around the world. García de Paredes’ talk will take place on Thursday 25 September at 2.30 p.m. at The Square in the Bologna Exhibition Centre.
Ángela García de Paredes co-founded the architectural practice Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos together with Ignacio Pedrosa. Their approach reflects a deep commitment to ongoing architectural research, reflected in a shared design vision that informs both their teaching and practice. Each project combines meticulous attention to detail with continuous experimentation in which time is envisioned as an element of transformation and growth within the architectural process. Starting from an abstract idea, their architecture evolves into a concrete form through a language of clean lines, natural light, and material minimalism that gives space its expressive power. In June 2023, García de Paredes was inducted into the architecture section of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Spain’s most prestigious cultural institution, delivering a speech entitled La arquitectura como interpretación (“Architecture as interpretation”). It is this interpretive act that lies at the heart of Paredes Pedrosa’s design philosophy: every architectural project emerges from a profound dialogue with its location and landscape, blending harmoniously into its surroundings without imposing itself while delicately balancing past and present.
The practice Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos has completed more than 30 projects, many of which have won awards at Spanish and Latin American architecture biennials. Notable examples include the Archaeological Museum in Almería, the Valle-Inclán Theatre in Madrid, the Peñíscola Conference Centre, the Lugo Auditorium, the public libraries of Ceuta and Córdoba, and the Roman Villa La Olmeda (Palencia). Other significant works include the Valdemaqueda Town Hall, Espacio Torner in Cuenca, the Popular Children’s University in Gandía, and the Bibliometro library in a Madrid metro station. The practice has also undertaken renovation projects for the Bank of Spain and designed internationally acclaimed buildings such as the Spanish Educational Centre in Rabat (Morocco) and the Spanish Embassy in Piazza Navona, Rome. García de Paredes and Pedrosa also curated the Spanish Pavilion at the 6th International Architecture Biennale in Venice (1996) and the Latin American Architecture and Urbanism Biennials in Cádiz (2012) and São Paulo (2016).
Their long list of accolades includes Europan 02 and 04 (1991, 1996), the Spanish Architecture Award (2007), the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts (2014), the Eduardo Torroja Award (2014), the European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention (2015), and most recently, the National Architecture Award of Spain (2024). Their work has been showcased in solo exhibitions and at architecture biennials in Spain, Venice and Latin America.
Born in 1958, Ángela García de Paredes studied at the Higher Technical School of Architecture in Madrid (ETSAM), later earning her PhD from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) with a dissertation on the work of her father, architect José María García de Paredes. After completing her studies, she began her career at her father’s practice, which she later co-directed with her husband, Ignacio Pedrosa, following her father’s death in 1990. Alongside her professional work, Ángela García de Paredes has taught and conducted research at ETSAM’s Department of Architectural Projects since 1995 and has lectured at international universities, including as a visiting professor at the IUAV in Venice.
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