JORDI BADIA

Jordi Badia (Barcelona, 1961) graduated in architecture from the ETSAB (Barcelona School of Architecture) in 1989. Between 1989 and 1993 he practiced a professional partnership with Tonet Sunyer. In 1994, he founded the BAAS architecture study, Jordi Badia combined his professional task as an architect with that of a professor at the Department of Architectural Projects at ETSAB since 2001 and at ESARQ-UIC since 2009. He also collaborated with the newspaper ARA since 2010 and has been editor of the Hic Architecture since 2009. He curated the Catalan and Balearic Pavilion, along with Felix Arranz,  at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale 2012.

The practice is currently working on various projects, including the town hall in Montroig del Camp, the headquarters of the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and the new premises of the MUHBA (Museum of History of Barcelona) in Poblenou district, Barcelona. The office is also working on the citizens building in Palamós, the extensive rehabilitation of the Alta Diagonal office building in Barcelona and the Radio and TV University in Katowice, Poland.