Juan Carlos Castro Domínguez - Nathalie Gidrón Sánchez - Carme Castro Domínguez Barbarela Studio STUDIO

BARBARELA studio is a company of architects, landscape architects and engineers founded in 2004. The main office is located in the center of Alicante.

Juan Carlos Castro Domínguez (born in Barcelona. 1972). Architect by ETSAVallès in 2001, in 2003 get a scholarship from the Mies van der Rohe Fundation and in 2005 obtained the Specialist Course at the UA Complex Architectures. Founding partner of Barbarela Studio, coordinates architecture projects and supervises office diffusion at social networks / Social Barbarela 2.0 /. The interest in architecture and new technologies have led him to carry out research and teaching at the University of Alicante, UA, where he currently teaches and coordinates the Laboratory of Architecture and Computation {LAC}. He is developing his PhD thesis on public space control, researching on mapping, data visualization and new technologies.

Nathalie Gidrón Sánchez (born in Madrid. 1972). Architect by ETSAM 1999, 2005 ETSAB Landscape graduate, Master of Landscape ETSAB 2010, develops landscape projects since 2003. Barbarela studio´s partner since early 2009. Besides the development and coordination of landscape section at Barbarela studio, is doing the doctor's degree at Interuniversity Institute of Geography / UA-UPV /. She is the editor of the publication P's what is landscape? Between 2000 and 2001 worked at Foster and Partners in London, in the development of two skyscrapers in New York and Chicago. Between 2005 and 2007 she was the coordinator of the Culture Department of the Architects Institute of Alicante /CTAA/ and 2008-2010 created and coordinated the OCOA, Architecture Competitions Office of the Valencia Community. Since 2011 teaches landscape at the European Institute of Design /IED Madrid.

Carme Castro Domínguez (Barcelona. 1964). Degree in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1993, obtained Masters in Business & Technology for La Salle in 1999. Also holds Postgraduate and Masters in Coaching and Personal Leadership (2006) from the UB, University of Barcelona (Department of Psychology). Barbarela studio´s partner since 2010, is an expert in organization, processes and human relations in business organizations with over 25 years of experience as a consultant, project manager, business manager and currently coach, her great vocation: she is professor in Barcelona University /UB/ in master coaching training and skills.