Arriola & Fiol

ANDREU ARRIOLA-MADORELL is an architect, urban designer, and landscape architect, and founder of the practice ARRIOLA&FIOL. Andreu studied at ETSAB, he received a Fulbright Grant and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University.

He was visiting professor at the Academie van Bouwkunst van de HR&O in Rotterdam, at La Sapienza in Rome and at UCLA University in Los Angeles. He has been a Professor in Practice in the Department of Architecture ETSAB since 1994.

Member of Catedra J&G at UPC, he is directing his research towards sustainability and technology innovation in social housing.

Andreu Arriola and Carme Fiol have worked together since 1982. Their association was quickly acknowledged by joint first prize in the competition for the Parc de la Villette in the same year. Since then, their practice has developed projects ranging from architecture and urban design to interior and industrial design.

Initially, the two partners combined their praxis with work for Barcelona City Council. First, they worked in the Urban Projects Service (responsible for the urban transformation of the city of Barcelona in the 1981-1987 period and awarded the 1990 Prince of Wales Prize in Urban Design for ‘its exemplary demonstration of leadership in the formation and renovation of a city'. Then they moved to the Municipal Institute for the Promotion of Urban Planning, which produced the plans for the integration of the Olympic installations into the urban fabric.

ARRIOLA & FIOL arquitectes was set up in 1987 with the aim of exploring the interrelation between architecture and urbanism, shortening the traditional distance between the two disciplines, using urban planning design based on specific projects and the planning of architecture in public space.

The practice sees projects as opportunities to come up with creative solutions that fully address both the needs and the aspirations of users. It devotes continual care to all facets of the project, from a precise understanding of the client's objectives to ensuring efficient realization on site. Their international recognition is reflected in the various works, competitions, participation in exhibitions, congresses, lectures and publications in which they have been involved.

CARME FIOL-COSTA is an architect, urban designer and landscape architect, and co-founder of the practice ARRIOLA&FIOL. A prominent academic and architectural theorist, she directed the research for her influential book Barcelona Periferia Cubista and she earned Doctor Europaeus from UPC in 2007 with the new book Grids and Diagonals.

Carmen studied at ETSAB and at Columbia University, and received William Kinne Fellowship. Always involved in education in parallel to running her own practice, she has taught at Harvard, Leuven, IUAV and UNICA, as well as at ETSAB.Always involved in education in parallel to running her own practice, she has taught at Harvard, Leuven, IUAV and UNICA, as well as at ETSAB.

Andreu Arriola and Carme Fiol have worked together since 1982. Their association was quickly acknowledged by joint first prize in the competition for the Parc de la Villette in the same year. Since then, their practice has developed projects ranging from architecture and urban design to interior and industrial design.

Initially, the two partners combined their praxis with work for Barcelona City Council. First, they worked in the Urban Projects Service (responsible for the urban transformation of the city of Barcelona in the 1981-1987 period and awarded the 1990 Prince of Wales Prize in Urban Design for ‘its exemplary demonstration of leadership in the formation and renovation of a city'. Then they moved to the Municipal Institute for the Promotion of Urban Planning, which produced the plans for the integration of the Olympic installations into the urban fabric.

ARRIOLA & FIOL arquitectes was set up in 1987 with the aim of exploring the interrelation between architecture and urbanism, shortening the traditional distance between the two disciplines, using urban planning design based on specific projects and the planning of architecture in public space.

The practice sees projects as opportunities to come up with creative solutions that fully address both the needs and the aspirations of users. It devotes continual care to all facets of the project, from a precise understanding of the client's objectives to ensuring efficient realization on site. Their international recognition is reflected in the various works, competitions, participation in exhibitions, congresses, lectures and publications in which they have been involved.