Alejandro García Pedrón

Born in Los Pedrones - Requena, a small wine town in eastern Spain. In 2014 he graduated as an architect at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain). He gets a special mention for his thesis: Biodynamic Agricultural Center. He combines his profession as an architect with the management of the family vineyard estate. He is currently part of the governing board of the local cooperative winery. In 2014 he founded CRUX ARQUITECTOS studio, together with Raquel Sola Rubio. The studio works on a contemporary approach to rural and vernacular architecture. Trying to keep respect for the stories of places and of their inhabitants. They have carried out projects for private promoters and the administration, through public competitions, among which are: Cultural Civic Center in Cabanyal - Valencia, with a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional “barracas” and the town hall of Montserrat (Valencia), located in an old farmhouse. Recently the study has received the prize of the College of Architects of the Region of Valencia for the rehabilitation of the Dussart-Pedrón winery in Los Pedrones - Requena. The work developed by CRUX architects has allowed him to talk at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and at the College of Architects of Valencia among other places.