J2J is an international architecture firm based in Barcelona that works across the fields of architecture, urbanism, landscape design, and research. The firm was founded by Jose Javier Fernández Ponce (1977), an innovator and creative thinker of strategies & designs which explore the relation between people, space, nature and technology. He is passionate on how to use space proactively to improve society.
Registered architect in Barcelona (COAC), MAA-Master in Advanced Architecture, IaaC, Barcelona (full scholarship). Architecture Degree Tecnológico de Monterrey,México. Before founding his own studio, he gained experience at well known architecture studios like Norman Foster and Partners (London), Foreign Office architects-Alejandro Zaera-Polo office, and as intern at Shigeru Ban Architects in Tokyo.
Javier has been the recipient of some prestigious awards including the AJAC awards for architects under40 in Catalonia, the Grand Prix of Yaroslavl International Architecture Biennale and some of the work has been presented and exhibited in places like DHUB Barcelona or MoMa NY.
Registered architect in Barcelona (COAC), MAA-Master in Advanced Architecture, IaaC, Barcelona (full scholarship). Architecture Degree Tecnológico de Monterrey,México. Before founding his own studio, he gained experience at well known architecture studios like Norman Foster and Partners (London), Foreign Office architects-Alejandro Zaera-Polo office, and as intern at Shigeru Ban Architects in Tokyo.
Javier has been the recipient of some prestigious awards including the AJAC awards for architects under40 in Catalonia, the Grand Prix of Yaroslavl International Architecture Biennale and some of the work has been presented and exhibited in places like DHUB Barcelona or MoMa NY.
