Art-ade

Katerina Borodina (1991), a Russian architect who founded Miyao Design Studio in 2018 together with Sergei Piterskii .

Miyao is a multidisciplinary design studio from Moscow specializing in interior design, development of visual concepts, art direction and branding.

«In our studio, each project starts with the construction of a concept: it is a kind of a vehicle which helps to move around a coordinate system that includes the need to solve different tasks and the context in which they are set. The presence of the concept as such in the foundation of the project allows us to think not only and not so much about achieving visual compliance with any references, but about the possibility of achieving a certain emotional response and experience.

Gonca Pasolar, M.Arch
Born in Switzerland, Gonca Pasolar commenced her college studies at the Middle East
Technical University in Ankara-Turkey, receiving also her graduate degree in the field of
Architecture. In 2004, along with Emre Arolat they formed their own practice in Istanbul
as EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture. Ever since, her contribution to EAA’s presence has been
shown in exhibitions and lectures worldwide in addition to her jury duties in various
national and international competitions.
Pasolar won many prestigious awards throughout her career and went on to be the
Managing Partner of EAA, the position that she currently holds for the practice’s New
York, London and Istanbul offices. Upon receiving European Center for Architecture’s 40
under 40 award in 2010 which is given to outstanding performance in Architecture and
Design she also became known as one of the five nominees for AJ’s Women Architects of
the Year Award in 2015.
She is well known for some of the recent installations of the practice as ‘ist-on situations’
exhibition at RIBA in London (2015), arch I strata I antioch for the 15 th International
Architecture Biennale in Venice (2016), ‘Contrasts’ for the Complements and
Dichotomies exhibition of YAI in Miami (2017).

SELECTED: 2018 - BHMM House, Recent Architecture (2016-2017), Alicante
HONORABLE MENTION: 2016 - Multicultural Building Poble Nou de Benitatxell. Alicante
SELECTED: 2014 - Workshop and Galley, Altea "Fourth Iberoamerican design biennial", Madrid
SELECTED: 2014 - children´s furniture "me" & "egao", "Producto Fresco, Matadero", Madrid
SELECTED: 2014 - children´s furniture "me" & "egao", "XL/XS architects designs exhibition", Valencia
FIRST PRIZE: 2013 - Furniture award RED for plug by estudio ji
THIRD PRIZE: 2012 - Services Building, Local Police and Civil Protection. La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia
FIRST PRIZE: 2010 - Remodeling Fairgrounds. Albacete
SECOND PRIZE: 2010 - Centro deportivo de alto rendimiento tenis y padel, Griñón. Madrid
ACCÉSIT: 2010 - Remodeling Vergel and San Clemente squares. Soria
SECOND PRIZE: 2010 - Remodeling Rincón de Bécquer square. Soria
FINALIST: 2009 - Hostelry. Villafranca de los Barros. Badajoz
THIRD PRIZE: 2009 - Hostelry. Castuera. Badajoz
SECOND PRIZE: 2008 - Baptist Church. Alameda de Osuna, Madrid
SELECTED: 2008 - Remodeling pine trees park. Tetuan, Madrid
HONORABLE MENTION: 2008 - Prize Ignacio Ávila: the best graphic quality of Degree University Project. Jorge Frías
HONORABLE MENTION: 2008 - Prize Ignacio Ávila: the best graphic quality of Degree University Project. Irene Zurdo
THIRD PRIZE: 2007 - 13 Protected housing for young people. Soria
FIRST PRIZE: 2006 - Evangelic Church “Buenas Noticias”, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid
FINALIST: 2006 - Hotel AC 4 stars. Villaverde. Madrid
RECOGNITION: 2006 - VII edition of VETECO-ASEFAVE awards 2006

PhD. Arch. BORJA FERRATER (Barcelona, 1978)

Licensed architect from the International University of Catalonia (UIC), 2005. Master’s degree in Biodigital Architecture in 2010. Doctorate: “Use of complex Geometric Systems in Architectural Practice” 2017. Author of the book “Synchronizing Geometry”, Actar, 2006.

Vice-Dean at the school of Architecture in UIC between 2008-2011. Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute, New York, 2011. “Richard W. Trott Distinguished Visiting Professor” at Ohio State University, 2017.

Founding Partner Architect of OAB (Office of Architecture in Barcelona) in 2006. FAD (Spain’s national award) prize winner in the category of “ephemeral architecture” for the exhibition: “M.C. Escher, El arte de lo impossible”. Winner of Wallpaper* Design Awards 2010 for the building: Roca Barcelona Gallery, which was also finalist of the Lamp awards 2010, received a special citation at 2010 IALD International Lighting Design Awards, 2010, and in 2011 won the “Good Design is Good Business” award by Architectural Record. International ENR magazine 2017 Best Global Project, for the project Kaplankaya Six Senses Resort, Turkey. His design for a 2*Michelin restaurant in Barcelona was FAD 2019 finalist in Interior Design category.

He has given lectures, participated in round tables and jury of prizes in Sweden, Norway, Germany, USA, Mexico, UAE, Israel, UK, Sri Lanka, Japan, China, Malaysia, Australia, Turkey, Lebanon, Italy, Luxembourg, Andorra, Romania, and Spain.

A Russian architect who founded Miyao Design Studio in 2018 together with Sergei Piterskii.

Miyao is a multidisciplinary design studio from Moscow specializing in interior design, development of visual concepts, art direction, and branding.

«In our studio, each project starts with the construction of a concept: it is a kind of a vehicle which helps to move around a coordinate system that includes the need to solve different tasks and the context in which they are set. The presence of the concept as such in the foundation of the project allows us to think not only and not so much about achieving visual compliance with any references, but about the possibility of achieving a certain emotional response and experience.