The Oasis Cultural Center

Ignacio Peydro is an architect registered in Spain and United Kingdom. He is a chartered member of RIBA. He studied Architecture at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM) and at the Bartlett in London, obtained a post professional advanced master degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Fulbright scholar and an international PhD in the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM) with his thesis ‘Contingency in Post-Situationist Architecture’. He is a passionate teacher and scholar that has lectured at prestigious universities such as the Architectural Association in London, MIT, ETSAM, and IE University among others. He is the cofounder of DOSIS, an office that has been conceived as a laboratory of creative processes that is committed to pushing the boundaries of the built environment with innovative architectural solutions. In each of their projects, the design strategies and solutions are a reflection of design research, using practice as an experimentation platform in which architecture navigates a wide scope of design interests that transcend basic pragmatic requirements to achieve extraordinary results. Each project is undertaken as an opportunity to explore creative design methodologies, strategies and solutions, always driving their attention towards the feasibility of building technology, structural systems and sustainable environmental strategies.

Graduated in 2009 from the National School of Architecture of Rabat in Morocco, Mohamed Bennani created the Mohamed Bennani Architects workshop in 2012, aspiring to position himself as an actor on the regional and national architectural scene. Believing in a desire for openness and a group philosophy, he participates in several national and international competitions, dealing with town planning, architecture and design, among multidisciplinary teams, for the benefit of dialogue and confrontation, transforming the addition of individual knowledge into a multiplied creative potential.

Isabel Collado is an architect registered in Spain and United Kingdom. She is a chartered member of RIBA. She studied Architecture at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM). She obtained the Diploma in Advanced Studies (DEA) in 2010 and she is currently finalizing her PhD dissertation ‘Towards Weightless Architecture’. She is a passionate teacher and scholar that has lectured at prestigious universities such as the Architectural Association in London, ETSAM, and IE University among others. She is the cofounder of DOSIS, an office that has been conceived as a laboratory of creative processes that is committed to pushing the boundaries of the built environment with innovative architectural solutions. In each of their projects, the design strategies and solutions are a reflection of design research, using practice as an experimentation platform in which architecture navigates a wide scope of design interests that transcend basic pragmatic requirements to achieve extraordinary results. Each project is undertaken as an opportunity to explore creative design methodologies, strategies and solutions, always driving their attention towards the feasibility of building technology, structural systems and sustainable environmental strategies.

Tarik Oualalou is a design principal and founding partner of OUALALOU + CHOI. Tarik has taught architectural studios at M.I.T. School of Architecture, Rice University, Rhode Island School of Design, Ecole d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais, and IUAV in Venice. He received his degree in architecture (DPLG) from the Ecole d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais. In addition, he holds a degree in Art History from the Ecole du Louvre, and a degree in civil engineering from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris.

Meritxell Inaraja, born in Vic (Barcelona) February 26, 1968, is a Catalan architect. Inaraja graduated in Architecture from the Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), in 1994. A year later she earned a postgraduate degree in Museology and Design at UPC. Inaraja is a disciple of the architect Jordi Garcés. For a long time, she worked on projects with Garcés as well as her own architecture practice, located in Vic’s main square, which she founded in 1995. Noteworthy restoration projects include: the old coin factory “La Seca” which was transformed into a cultural complex; the walls of Vic; the Besora Castle; the Tossa de Montbuí Tower; Recently, Inaraja won a competition for the rehabilitation of the Gavà Cooperators Union building, originally designed in 1936 by catalan architects Josep Lluís Sert and Josep Torres Clavé. Some of her more significant new construction projects are: the Garraf Regional Historical Archive; the Montsià Regional Historical Archive, the Ribera del Ebro Regional Historical Archive, the Palafolls School of Music and Dance. She’s a member of the Cultural Comission of the Heritage of the Generalitat de Catalunya.