José María Sáez is a Spanish-Ecuadorian, born in Avila, Spain, is an architect at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Specialist in Environment and Bioclimatic Architecture and Specialist in Conditioning and Installations in Rehabilitation, in 1994 he moved to Ecuador where he is recognized as one of the most influential architects in the country.
After graduating as an architect, he designed and built architectural projects in Spain until 1994 when he moved to live in Quito where he began his teaching career as part of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Pontificia Universidad Católica. At PUCE he has been director of several postgraduate courses and director of the Architecture Department. Invited by several Ecuadorian universities as a teacher and as a trainer of architecture teachers. He has acted as a facilitator in several events with topics related to conflict resolution in Ecuador and Panama.
He has also been invited to lecture and teach at universities in Ecuador, Cuba, Argentina, Paraguay, the United States, Bolivia, and El Salvador.
His articles have been published in books, newspapers, and magazines such as Trama and Perspectiva, from Ecuador and Escala from Colombia, and his works in magazines in Ecuador, Chile, United States, Argentina, Bulgaria, Colombia, Paraguay, Portugal, Turkey, South Korea, Peru, Spain, Romania and Italy, his most published works have been Casa Pentimento, Casa San Juan and Casa Sáez-Moreira.
His awards include.
Third Prize in the National Contest of Furniture Design in Fibraplack Boards, professional category, with the Gata Chair. Organized by Edimca Ecuador. Quito, 1997.
First Prize in the Utopías para Quito Competition, in collaboration with Handel Guayasamín and the Taller Experimental, with the theme Una entrada para Quito. Organized by Trama magazine, the Metropolitan District of Quito, and the Architects Association of Ecuador - Pichincha Provincial. Quito, 2001.
Special Mention of Honor in the Utopías para Quito Contest, in collaboration with Handel Guayasamín and the Taller Experimental, with the theme Fuente (Fountain). Organized by Trama magazine, the Metropolitan District of Quito, and the Architects Association of Ecuador - Pichincha Provincial. Quito, 2001.
First Prize in the contest Premio Patrimonio a la Restauración Arquitectónica en el Centro Histórico de Quito, for the intervention in the Casa Sáez-Moreira. Organized by the Cultural Heritage Salvage Fund. Quito, 2005.
First National Prize for Architectural Design in the Pan-American Competition of the XV Biennial of Architecture of Quito, with the Pentimento House. Quito, 2006.
First Prize for the Best Young Work at the Iberoamerican Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism of Lisbon, with the Pentimento House. Lisbon, 2008.
National Award, Category A, Architectural Design of the XVII Biennial of Architecture of Quito, with the Casa de Los Algarrobos, Quito 2012.
After graduating as an architect, he designed and built architectural projects in Spain until 1994 when he moved to live in Quito where he began his teaching career as part of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Pontificia Universidad Católica. At PUCE he has been director of several postgraduate courses and director of the Architecture Department. Invited by several Ecuadorian universities as a teacher and as a trainer of architecture teachers. He has acted as a facilitator in several events with topics related to conflict resolution in Ecuador and Panama.
He has also been invited to lecture and teach at universities in Ecuador, Cuba, Argentina, Paraguay, the United States, Bolivia, and El Salvador.
His articles have been published in books, newspapers, and magazines such as Trama and Perspectiva, from Ecuador and Escala from Colombia, and his works in magazines in Ecuador, Chile, United States, Argentina, Bulgaria, Colombia, Paraguay, Portugal, Turkey, South Korea, Peru, Spain, Romania and Italy, his most published works have been Casa Pentimento, Casa San Juan and Casa Sáez-Moreira.
His awards include.
Third Prize in the National Contest of Furniture Design in Fibraplack Boards, professional category, with the Gata Chair. Organized by Edimca Ecuador. Quito, 1997.
First Prize in the Utopías para Quito Competition, in collaboration with Handel Guayasamín and the Taller Experimental, with the theme Una entrada para Quito. Organized by Trama magazine, the Metropolitan District of Quito, and the Architects Association of Ecuador - Pichincha Provincial. Quito, 2001.
Special Mention of Honor in the Utopías para Quito Contest, in collaboration with Handel Guayasamín and the Taller Experimental, with the theme Fuente (Fountain). Organized by Trama magazine, the Metropolitan District of Quito, and the Architects Association of Ecuador - Pichincha Provincial. Quito, 2001.
First Prize in the contest Premio Patrimonio a la Restauración Arquitectónica en el Centro Histórico de Quito, for the intervention in the Casa Sáez-Moreira. Organized by the Cultural Heritage Salvage Fund. Quito, 2005.
First National Prize for Architectural Design in the Pan-American Competition of the XV Biennial of Architecture of Quito, with the Pentimento House. Quito, 2006.
First Prize for the Best Young Work at the Iberoamerican Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism of Lisbon, with the Pentimento House. Lisbon, 2008.
National Award, Category A, Architectural Design of the XVII Biennial of Architecture of Quito, with the Casa de Los Algarrobos, Quito 2012.
