ON-A present at Mobile World Congress 2023 at the stand of Bioo, a revolutionary company focused on developing the world’s first biotech buildings and cities with unique patented technologies. Among multiple awards and recognitions, Bioo stands out for having been awarded by the European Parliament as the most innovative company in Europe and by Google as the most disruptive company in the (...)

Lecture “Reality and Fiction” at the ARTS LAB Conference organised by Escola d’Art d’Olot | Feb – 2023. Activities enjoyed by Graphic Design and Interior Design students. Jordi Fernández, Architect – Founding Partner of ON-A, talked about how the studio is committed to an architecture without limits achieved by self-research and technology, and about how the construction of innovative (...)

We kicked off 2023 by presenting the strategic plan to ON-A’s team. A strategic plan is essential for the success of ON-A, as it serves as a roadmap to help the studio reach its mission and vision. By outlining the steps necessary to achieve the desired goals, a strategic plan provides a clear path to success and helps ensure that the studio remains on track. Understanding ON-A’s context (...)

News What did we do in 2022? A summary of the year January 3, 2023 In 2022, ON-A accumulated experience and gained efficiency, and we bet on innovation, sustainability, and industrialization. During the year 2022, ON-A reached 200,000 m² of developed residential buildings and we exceeded 1,500 designed homes. With almost 10 years of experience in BIM methodology, we achieved a high level (...)

Events ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona – 2022 October 23, 2022 On Sunday, October 23, 2022, ON-A participated in the 48H Open House Barcelona for its third consecutive year with great success. The architecture festival is held every year in Barcelona and offers ​​a special occasion to visit public and private buildings that are usually not accessible. Once again, we (...)

As we return from summer holidays, we are celebrating 5 years of ON-A talks. These Friday sessions have been attended by more than 50 professionals from the worlds of architecture, construction, and art. Synergies, inspiration, and creativity flow continuously.

Every Friday, we host a private ON-A talk, during which a guest shares their vision of a topic of interest. We have invited not (...)

 

During the celebration of  MODEL. Festival de Arquitecturas de Barcelona, Eduardo Gutiérrez and Jordi Fernández (ON-A’s founders) talked at the “Tour with the Press” to explain the concept of the Parc Blau project which proposes to re-naturalize the port area of Barcelona and turn it into a large park that would connect the sea and the city.

The Parc Blau project portraits an opportunity (...)

The book “ON-A InnovatiON-Architecture” was presented on Thursday, March 31, at 6:30 p.m. at the Col-legi d’Architects de Catalunya – COAC, an event organized by the Centre Obert d’Arquitectura, Cooperativa Jordi Capell.

The authors, Eduardo Gutiérrez and Jordi Fernández (ON-A’s founders), and the editor Ricardo Devesa (Actar Publisher) exposed that the main objective of the book was to (...)

Saúl Ajuria, project leader of ON-A, has participated as a speaker at the webinar “Digitalization in construction” organized by Grupo Via.

The talk has revolved around BIM and the position of ON-A regarding this methodology. The aim was to provide an internal vision of the work carried out within the office. For this reason, the talk has shown the different processes and workflows from the (...)

Events ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona – 2021 October 24, 2021 Last Sunday, October 24, 2021, ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona. The festival is held every year in Barcelona and is a special occasion to visit private and public buildings that are normally not accessible. According to the motto of the Open House BCN 2021 this year, the focus was on (...)

Last September, ON-A had the opportunity to be present at REBUILD’21, the National Congress of Advanced Architecture and Construction 4.0, which took place in MADRID at the IFEMA. We there collaborated with WES, WOOD ENGINEERING SYSTEMS, a leading builder in the sector of efficient and sustainable construction.

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ON-A wishes you a happy and peaceful 2021!
Big projects and more are coming up this year. Thank you to our collaborators and partners during 2020.

“We materialize into architecture everything we are able to imagine.”

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Video that reveals our history, our philosophy in architecture from the initial phase to our global growth in representative projects. Our architecture studio founded in 2005 by Eduardo Gutiérrez and Jordi Fernández, formed by a creative and multidisciplinary team capable of approaching each project in a unique and personalized way.

We have been developing works and projects efficiently for (...)

Events ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona – 2020 October 24, 2020 Last Saturday, October 24, 2020, ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona. The festival is held every year in Barcelona and is a special occasion to visit private and public buildings that are normally not accessible. Open House BCN 2020 aims to reaffirm the concept of the 15-minute city, (...)

La semana pasada visitaron nuestro jardín inteligente los alumnos del curso de jardines verticales organizado por Verdtical.

El curso está dirijido a profesionales de la jardinería, arquitectos, ingenieros, paisajistas e interioristas.

Nos ha hecho ilusión ver el resultado final del anuncio rodado en ON-A el año pasado. Para los que habéis estado ya veréis que el estudio está muy reconocible. No se han dejado ni una maqueta por mostrar!

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Inside the research and application of new tools and technologies, ON-A has established the BREEAM certification platform. This method of evaluation and certification of sustainability of the building is listed as the most technically advanced and has maintained leadership worldwide with extensive experience, consolidating its presence in Spain. In this way, are unified in the office the (...)

El resultado del nuevo pabellón “St John’s Park Pavilion” ubicado en el distrito de Manhattan, responde a la exploración en el diseño paramétrico para crear una estructura codificada en una malla tridimensional. Con esta tecnología se obtienen esquemas de parámetros controlados que nos permiten dominar la geometría que queremos transmitir con la máxima precisión.

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The acquisition of our 3D printer allowed us to develop during these months many prototypes and models of recent projects also improved models of ancient ON-A projects. We invite you to discover in our showroom in Barcelona (C/ Doctor Rizal, 8). A place always open to customers, partners and anyone interested in design and architecture.

VERDTICAL, a company specialized in vertical ecosystems and bioclimatic architecture, install a vertical garden at our headquarters in Barcelona.

This piece, located in the central patio of our office and visible from all areas of work, becomes the new green heart of it.

A place to relax, be inspired, and enjoy.

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During the months of April and May took place at ON-A’s office, the BIM training sessions chaired by Kubbs and BIMETRIC, ON-A’s collaborating companies. The lectures were offered to people involved on construction phase of the last ON-A´s project, the new residential and office building located in Mataro-Spain.

ON-A participated in the conference “Institutions and Building Information Modeling” as collaborator of the Tarragona City Hall´s Project Office. The conference was chaired by Eduardo Gutiérrez, who explained his experience applying BIM methodology on institutional projects.

On March 27th was the official opening of ON-A's office in Cairo. The event organized by our local partner +HUB was attended by Eduardo Gutierrez, founding partner of ON-A.

Eduardo Gutierrez, ON-A partner was invited to participate in a discussion about architecture (ARCHITECTURE EVOLUTION) It was celebrated in Taipei City.

Eduardo Gutierrez, ON-A partner, gave a conference in Sofia Architecture Week 2013. He showed the path of ON-A through their architectural works.

Eduardo Gutiérrez participated as a speaker in “Urban Underground space and Tunnelling Congress” celebrated in Hong Kong from 20 November to 22 November. In this conference was explained the experience of ON-A in the Barcelona metropolitan network with Sant Andreu and Drassanes Metro Station Reform.

From 22 November to 1 December was celebrated Sofia Architecture Week. One week of discussions, conferences and exhibitions about the architecture with the slogan “Future City”. In the exhibition about architectural works were shown three projects from ON-A: Drassanes Metro Station Reform, 5 senses lounge bar and Cricursa Construmat Stand.

The first weekend in December occurred in ON-A a Grasshopper class conducted by Arian Hakimi.

Eduardo Gutiérrez and Jordi Fernandez are invited to participate as jury at the Master in Advanced Design and Digital Architecture from the Elisava school.

In ON-A offices had the pleasure of welcoming approximately twenty students with Master’s Degree in Architecture and Design from the Salamanca University. Thanks so much for your visit! See you!!

Eduardo Gutierrez, ON-A partner is invited to participate in the jury of the international architectural competition organized by the City of Sofia (Bulgaria) for the project of a metro station in the city.

On March 29th, ON-A participated in the UNDER 40 Forum organized by Grupo Via. “This architecture forum brings together the most outstanding young studios of Catalonian architecture to analyze their successful experiences, the contests they have won, challenges they’ve faced, as well as their new working spaces and sustainable social commitments”.

Eduardo Gutiérrez —founding partner of ON-A— will participate as a guest architect in the final presentations of the IAAC’S “Multiple Results” under the direction of Jordi Pagès and Lluis Viu.

ON-A and Cloud 9 participated in the forum Inèdit, a discussion for architecture students that reflects on new trends and insights within the profession. The theme for this year, chosen by the director, Nacho Vicens, was “New materials and new technologies”.

Next December 17 from 19.00h ON-A opens its new office. You are all invited to visit this new work and research space. We are waiting for you! (Doctor Rizal street, 8, local 1 BCN).

TMB uses the image of the newly opened station Drassanes designed by ON-A, for the christmas campaign posters.

On October was held in the 5 senses lounge bar a mapping on the structure of the project with an audiovisual installation where the projection of lights and images resulted in a truly fascinating spectacle accompanied by the best music.

A video by ON-A will kick off the first of the DUELS that are part of the EME3 COLLAPSE Architecture Festival next Friday, March 20. Entitled "Urban Space/Public Space: Whose Street Is It?" the debate will feature Santiago Cirujeda and Josep Acebillo as confronted speakers and Juan Herreros as agitator.

ON-A has been selected to be part of the catalogue ARQUIA/PROXIMA 2008, presented during the architecture forum celebrated in Valencia from 29th to 31th of October. The program ARQUIA/PROXIMA is an initiative of Bank of Architects that aims to disclose the work of the “very young architects”, with fewer than ten years of qualification.