Joan Roig Duran (Barcelona, 20 September 1954) has been an architect since 1981 from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB). In 1981 he founded Batlleiroig together with Enric Batlle Durany.
Since then until now he has developed multiple projects in the fields of construction, urban planning and landscape. He is committed to environmental sustainability and actively seeks solutions to address the climate emergency facing our planet.
His work at Batlleiroig has earned him the highest recognition in Spain for an architectural studio: the CSCAE Medal 2017 awarded by the Higher Council of Architects of Spain. The jury mentioned Batlleiroig as "an architectural studio that stands out for its quality, professional rigour and well-structured and solvent business management. Its collaborative and global philosophy focuses on process control and uses cutting-edge technologies, always respecting the fundamental values of our discipline."
Joan Roig has been a professor of Architectural Projects at the ETSAB since 1984, has taught at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Agricultura in Barcelona and has been a visiting professor at the following schools, among others: Academie van Boukunst (Rotterdam, Netherlands); Delft University of Technology (Netherlands); ILAUD-International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design (Urbino, Italy); IUAV-Istituto Universitario di Architettura (Venice, Italy); Faculty of Architecture (Genoa, Italy); ITU, Faculty of Architecture of Istanbul (Turkey); Washington University (St. Louis, USA); University of Illinois (Chicago, USA); École Supérieure du Paysage de Versailles (France); Technische Universität (Munich, Germany); Universität Stuttgart (Germany), and Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Navarra (Pamplona).
His most notable contributions include his participation as a jury member in national and international competitions such as Europan, the Spanish Architecture Biennial and the European Landscape Biennial. He has also provided advice as a Cultural Delegate of the Barcelona Section of the Official College of Architects of Catalonia, consultant for the Mixed Collection of the Gustavo Gili Publishing House and Cultural Representative of the Barcelona Demarcation of the Official College of Architects of Catalonia.
His publications include the book «Nuevos puentes» by GG. and numerous opinion articles published in specialist magazines, including METALOCUS, El Croquis, Topos, Quaderns and Domus. His work has won several awards and has been the subject of several publications.
