ArchiLectures | Carmen Martinez Arroyo

First work/last work – arroyo + pemjean architects

This lecture explains the first building and the last building we built.
The first work was the Town Hall in a small village in the Community of Madrid.  We were two young architects, just 28 years old. The first work marks the way to follow.
The last work is the headquarters of the College of Architects in Salamanca. A recent building, built 14 years later. The last work is always the summary of all accumulated knowledge.
Both buildings express the interest in doing our best work and the pursuit of the coherence between that what one teaches and what one projects.

Brief Bio:
– Scholarship at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura Venezia (IUAV) 1991-1992
– Architect Escuela Técnica Superior Arquitectura Madrid (ETSAM), Universidad Politécnica in 1993
– Associate Professor Projects Department E.T.S. Arquitectura Madrid (ETSAM) 1998-2006
– PhD (Doctor Architect) E.T.S. Arquitectura Madrid (ETSAM) in 2004
– Extraordinary Prize Doctoral Thesis ETSAM 2003-2004
– Coordinator PhD Projects Department ETSAM 2005-2009
– Interim Professor Projects Department E.T.S. Arquitectura Madrid (ETSAM) 2006-2008
– National Qualification as Professor with Permanent Tenure of Architectural Projects 2007
– Deputy Director Projects Department ETSAM 2008-2012
– Director Projects Department ETSAM from September to December 2012
– Professor with Permanent Tenure Projects Department E.T.S. Arquitectura Madrid from 2008 to the present
– Professionally associated with Rodrigo Pemjean since 1993
– 1994. First Prize Competition “City Hall and Meeting Center in Madarcos, Madrid”.
– 1994. Second Prize Competition “Cultural Centre in Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid”
– 1995. First Prize Competition “80 Housing for Young People in El Escorial, Madrid”
– 1995-1999. Rehabilitation of the City Hall of Somosierra, Madrid. Built
– 1996. Third Prize Competition “Rodriguez de la Fuente Park, Burgos City Council”
– 1996. Third Prize Competition “VPO in San Fermin, Madrid”. COAM and Madrid City Council
– 1997. IV Spanish Architecture Biennial. Award with the City Hall of Madarcos.
– 1997. First Prize Competition “200 Housing for students in Jaen. E. P. S. A.”
-1999. Exhibition Works and Projects MARTÍNEZ ARROYO + PEMJEAN. Nuevos Ministerios. Madrid
– 1999. Community of Madrid Awards. Madarcos City Hall. First Prize for Aesthetics and Crafts Mention in the municipalities of less than 25,000 inhabitants
– 2002. First Prize Planning Awards COAM (Architects Association of Madrid) 2001 “Remodeling of San Roque Square in Chinchon”
– 2004. First Prize Competition “Headquarters of the Architects Association and the Cultural Foundation COAL in Salamanca”
– 2005. First Prize Competition “Museum Ventura Rodriguez in Ciempozuelos
– 2005. Special mentions of the jury (Lot 1 and Lot 6) “Design Competition to build 826 houses in Parla”
– 2005. Third Prize Competition  “Headquarters of the Architects Association of Madrid, Documentation Centre of Architecture and Municipal Sport Center
– 2008. Young Spanish Architects Exhibition (JAE) Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid with   “Headquarters of the Architects Association and the Cultural Foundation COAL in Salamanca” Ministry of Housing
– 2009. Exhibition “7 Labyrinths from Madrid”. AEDES Gallery, Berlin.
– 2009-2010. Construction of “Headquarters of the Architects Association and the Cultural Foundation COAL in Salamanca”.
– 2010. Office reform in the Neighborhood of Peñagrande, Madrid. Built
– 2016. XIII Spanish Architecture Biennial. Award with the book “Vivienda colectiva en España. Siglo XX (1929-1992).
– 2017. Apartament reform in the Neighborhood of Chamberí, Madrid. Built
Lectures in Spain, Portugal, Mexico and Italy.

carmen.mtzarroyo@gmail.com
www.arroyopemjean.com

University:
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura