About us

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Unité Arquitectura is a studio founded in 2024 in the province of Alicante, born from the wish to see architecture as a useful tool for improving the way we inhabit the world. Our work sits at the intersection of design, construction and research, and we approach every commission as a chance to think about how spaces are built and how they affect the people who live in them.

The office was set up at a time when architecture is once again asking itself how to build better and how to relate to what already exists. We aim to work from use, material and place, letting each project find its own logic.

We are interested in precise, honest and lasting architecture, where form is not imposed but emerges naturally from the construction decisions, the brief and the place.

We pursue a kind, approachable architecture: shaping form through use and building spaces where beauty works. 

Recognition, awards and collaborations

– 1st Local and National Prize for Construction Solutions – Pladur Competition 2021

– Academic Excellence Award 2021-2022

– 1st Local Prize, Pladur Competition 2020

– Emporia Selection 2021 mention – Ecological Stand category, for the project Arquitecturas Efímeras 2020, commerce and the Sustainable Development Goals.

– 2nd Prize, Ephemeral Architecture Competition 2020, Torrevieja.

– Research collaboration with the Alicante Territorial Association of Architects (CTAA) on industrialisation, sustainability and digitalisation of the construction sector in the province of Alicante.

Publications

Influence of Balcony Glazing on Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort of Dwellings in a Dry Mediterranean Climate within a Warm Semi-Arid Climate. Buildings (MDPI)

Influence of Spanish Energy-Saving Standard on Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency Owing to the War in Ukraine: Case Study of an Office Building in a Dry Mediterranean Climate. Buildings (MDPI)

Use of “Glass Curtain” Systems to Improve the Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort of Dwellings in a Warm Semi-Arid Mediterranean Climate
Applied Sciences (MDPI)

Conferences

ICAT 2024 – The 10th International Congress on Architectural Technology