Roman Bauer architectural studio founded by José Bauer and Augusto Román, architects graduated from the Ricardo Palma University, with a master's degree from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. They worked on projects in Spain, France, Belgium and Morocco before returning to Peru and joining forces in 2012. Since then, their professional practice has been developed between private commissions and public facilities, working within limited budgets to achieve maximum efficiency and flexibility in the use of space, with a marked environmental awareness, which has earned them several awards and competitions.
They have developed demountable public facilities projects such as the Itinerary Museum, the Bicentennial Fair and the Canchita Cultural Center, awarded in 2013 by the Municipality of Lima. In 2014 they held the Climate Fair for COP20 Lima, after winning the competition called by the United Nations Development Program. Other awards include first place in the public competition to convert the Ovalo Paz Soldán in San Isidro into a pedestrian plaza in 2018, as well as first place in the competition for the new offices of the M&A law firm in Lima and second place in the competition for Interventions in the Machu Picchu Archaeological Park convened by the Ministry of Culture of Peru.
In 2019 they obtained first place for the remodeling and expansion of the headquarters of the French Institute of Andean Studies in Barranco, in partnership with ES arquitectura and with the same project in 2021 they won First Place in the Architectural Quality Competition of the Lima International Architecture Biennial in the Cultural and Institutional Equipment category.
In 2022 they won the Hexagon of Steel, National Architect Miguel Rodrigo Mazuré Award, at the XIX Peruvian Architecture Biennial in Cusco with the project of the French Institute of Andean Studies.
