Jordi Truco is a graduated architect by Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona ETSAB. At 2003 received MAarch Distinction in “Emergent Technologies and Design” at The Architectural Association of London AA. UK. He is also the recipient of the first price of the Royal Academy of the Arts of London in Architecture, student’s category, 2003.
TEACHING
From 2004 to 2007 He has been teaching at Masters of Biodigital Architecture at ESARQ, Universitat internacional de Catalunya.
During 2006 He has been visiting professor of the Advanced Design Studio at PRATT School of Architecture in New York.
At 2007 has directed the Simposium Internacional d’Arquitectura Emergent SIMAE.
From 2008 to 2018 he has been the director of ADDA, Masters in Advanced Design and Digital Architecture at ELISAVA Escola Superior de Disseny i Ingenieria de Barcelona.
From 2009 to 2011 he has been lecturing and giving workshops at Hyperbody Research Group, TU Delft.
At 2011 he held the Esherick Visiting Professor Chare at College for Environmental Design at University of Berkeley. California.
From 2011 he has been contributing regularly at Architectural Association Emergent Technologies and Design March, by lecturing, assisting to Thesis Final Reviews and giving desk critics.
He has been invited to international symposiums like Far East International Digital Architecture FEIDAD at Taipei 2004, Computer Architectural Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing Processes in Architecture at ETH ZURICH 2005, Subtle Technologies: Responsive Architectures at University of Toronto 2006, Simposium Internacional d’ Arquitectura Emergent at Esarq Universitat Internacional de Catalunya 2007. Also has lectured in several national and international universities like: Royal Institute of Technology of Stockholm KTH, Technische Universiteit of Delft (Hyperbody research group), EAA Estonian academy of the arts EAA, Research Melbourne Institute of technology RMIT.
From 2022 he is associated professor of first course of design at EINA Escola d’Art I Disseny de Barcelona.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITI / RESEARCH
At 2003 he founded HYBRIDa, with Sylvia Felipe. An Architecture design studio involved in the development of an integrated design strategy that intersects computation, parametric design, biomimetic engineering and digital fabrication, in order to create and design objects, spaces or architectural systems that respond and adapt to their environment.
At 2004 he won a grant from the British Council (Arts and Humanities Research Council AHRB) to research on new materials at the Department of Biommimetics, University Of Reading. UK.
In 2009 he has directed a research project focusing on mechatronics applied to architecture funded by the Catalonian government (GENESIS-CIDEM)
During 2010 has directed the project PARA-Site at the ADDA, ELISAVA BioDesign Reserch Lab, an interactive adaptable structure, on the field of the responsive architecture.
At 2012 he is project leader of the Seventh European Research Program, CAPACITIES HYPERMEMBRANE. HYPERMEMBRANE is to be an adaptable system to produce an immense variety of complex structural morphologies for architectonical proposals through a modular standardized driven by a software system.
During 2015 / 2017 He was also the project leader and coordinator of the FP7 European Research program DEMOPREOJECT HYPERMEMBRANE.
At 2018 he has received founding from Spanish government CDTI, within NEOTEC program, to continue developing Dynamic Envelopes for the HYPERMEMBRANE.
He has been combining Research, Academics with his Professional work at HYBRIDa, where over the last eighteen years has developed projects of various scales, and topics, from a single-family houses, mixed use buildings, Research Projects to their last won competition (with Azcon Architects) a 23,000 m2 hotel Tembo Suites and Apartments, at Port Forum Barcelona, already under construction.
AWARDS
2003 Royal Academy of the Arts, First price in architecture student’s category. The British Institution Awards.
2003 Best project of the year, Architectural Association.
2003 Second prize, advanced architecture competition FEIDAD. Far East International Digital Architecture. Taipei.
2004 Triennial Architecture of l'Ebre
24 Houses in Amposta. Best housing project built in the 2003 Coac, Demarcacio de l Ebre. Spain.
2004 Grant from the British Council (Arts and Humanities Research Council AHRB) to investigate architectural adaptive systems.
2009 Research funds for the mechatronics for adaptable architecture, project financed by the Generalitat de Catalunya (GENESIS-CIDEM)
2013 Grant for research funds from the European research program FP7 CAPACITIES HYPERMEMBRANE.
2017 Grant for research funds from the European research program FP7 DEMOPREOJECT HYPERMEMBRANE.
2018 First prize (with aZCON Architects) the restricted competition organized by Stahler Real State, for the TEMBO SUITES hotel in the Port Fórum Barcelona. Currently under construction.
HYBRIDA Syilvia Felipe/Jordi Truco
Sylvia Felipe is a graduated architect by Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona ETSAB. At 2003 received MAarch Distinction in “Emergent Technologies and Design” at The Architectural Association of London AA. UK. Before founding HYBRIDa architecture studio at 2003, she had a work experience at Martinez Lapeña & Torres Arquitectes, among some other Architecture firms.
Her interests in architecture focuses on the development of an integral design strategy that intersects evolutionary computation, Parametric design, Biomimetic engineering and digital fabrication for an adaptive and more efficient and performative built environment.
At 2004 she won a grant from the British Council (Arts and Humanities Research Council AHRB) at the Department of Biommimetics, University Of Reading. UK.
From 2009 she is teaching an Undergrad Design Studio (Hybrid Spaces) at ELISAVA Escola Superior de Disseny I Ingenieria de Barcelona.
She has lectured in international symposiums like Computer Architectural Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing Processes in Architecture at ETH ZURICH 2005, Subtle Technologies: Responsive Architectures at University of Toronto 2006, Symposium Internacional d’ Arquitectura Emergent at Esarq Universitat Internacional de Catalunya 2007.
And in several national and international universities like Architectural Association of London, LA SALLE Barcelona, ESARQ-UIC Barcelona, Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, University of Architecture of Taipei, Technische Universiteit of Delft (Hyperbody research group).
At 2012, she has been working witht CIMNE, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering to coordinate (with Jordi Truco, Partner at HYBRIDa) the FP7 European program Capacities HYPERMEMBRANE.
During 2015 / 2017, she was also the coordinator of the FP7 European Research program Demoproject HYPERMEMBRANE.
At 2018 she has received foundings from Spanish government CDTI, within NEOTEC programme, to continue developing HYPERMEMBRANE.
She has been combining Research and Teaching with his Professional work at HYBRIDa, where over the last fifteen years has developed projects of various scales, from a single-family home, European Research Projects to our last won competition, a computationally designed 23,000 m2 hotel (Tembo Suites and Apartments).
At 2017 the team HYBRIDa /aZCON won the Tembo suites and Apartments competition whose construction began in Barcelona in 2020 and it is to be finished by February 2023. Whose construction began in Barcelona in 2020 and it is to be finished by February 2023.
AWARDS
2003 Royal Academy of the Arts, First price in architecture student’s category. The British Institution Awards.
2003 Best project of the year, Architectural Association.
2003 Second prize, advanced architecture competition FEIDAD. Far East International Digital Architecture. Taipei.
2004 Triennial Architecture of l'Ebre
24 Houses in Amposta. Best housing project built in the 2003 Coac, Demarcacio de l Ebre. Spain.
2004 Grant from the British Council (Arts and Humanities Research Council AHRB) to investigate architectural adaptive systems.
2009 Research funds for the mechatronics for adaptable architecture, project financed by the Generalitat de Catalunya (GENESIS-CIDEM)
2013 Grant for research funds from the European research program FP7 CAPACITIES HYPERMEMBRANE.
2017 Grant for research funds from the European research program FP7 DEMOPREOJECT HYPERMEMBRANE.
2018 First prize (with aZCON Architects) the restricted competition organized by Stahler Real State, for the TEMBO SUITES hotel in the Port Fórum Barcelona. Currently under construction.
HYBRIDA Syilvia Felipe/Jordi Truco