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I create visual worlds at the intersection of architecture, movement, and imagery. My work blends intuition and precision, exploring how images, space, and light shape our emotional perception. Through my projects, I craft experiences where body and environment interact to tell human stories.

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Education

Polytechnic University of Catalonia - ETSAB
2015 - 2023

Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia
2018

François Arago Institute
2013 - 2015

Employment

Art Director
1Day1Architect
Paris
2025

Architect
Atelier Foissier
Perpignan
2025

Event producer ｜ Web editor
Arquine
Mexico City
2024

Architect
Agencia Social del Paisaje
Valle de Bravo
2024

Workshop Leader
Joan Miró Foundation
Barcelona
2023

Head Chef
Rizomes Festival
2023

French teacher
Grup Atelier
2022

Internships

Atelier 77
Rio de Janeiro
2022

SAU Taller d’arquitectura
Barcelona
2020

LoCa Studio
Barcelona
2018

Languages

French
native

Spanish ｜ Catalan
bilingual

Portuguese ｜ English
professional skills

Publications

BAGDAD Miradas arquitectónicas
Arquine
2025

Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024
Arquine
2024

El quincho argentino
Arquine
2024

Volunteering

48H Open House Barcelona
2017

Atelier Chorégraphique Perpignan
2016

Design Tools

Microsoft Office Suite
Wordpress
Figma
Cargo
Autocad
Enscape
Sketchup
Rhinoceros
Archicad
Adobre Premiere
Illustrator
Indesign
Photoshop
Lightroom

Last Updated 24.10.31

SELECTED WORK

0. Visual Identity

Saisons, with Atelier Chorégraphique
2026
Dance performance

Created for the 2026 dance performance Saisons, this visual identity explores movement through geometry, rhythm, and transformation. Inspired by the symbolism of the number four, it weaves together layered textures, celestial references, and graphic forms to evoke the cycles of seasons, bodies and stars in constant motion.

1. Visual Narrative

Remembra
2026
Video documentation and editing

This research-creation project combines visual, sound, and choreographic practices. The video work supports the construction of an immersive memorial narrative, articulating archival objects, performances, and site-specific installations. Through capture and montage, it contributes to the visual continuity of the project over time.

2. Furniture

La console
2025
Aluminium, glass blocks and lashing strap

This project is a private commission for a furniture piece that embodies contrast: opacity and transparency, fineness and thickness, tension and compression. Every detail is designed to highlight the interplay of material and form, creating a subtle dialogue between strength and delicacy.

3. Visual Identity

Baker/Bowie, with Atelier Chorégraphique
2025
Dance performance

This project involved the creative direction and visual identity celebrating two iconic figures: Bowie and Baker. The visuals highlight their larger-than-life presence and charisma, infusing the show’s posters, tickets, and social media with a bold, playful pop energy.

4. Visual Series

Mar
2025
Photography

This visual study was born in the emptiness of my former room in Mexico, where the harsh light from a single window carved the space each day. In it, a friend moves with freedom and tension, her body folding into the light, echoing the walls I was about to leave behind, a quiet dance between memory and disappearance.

5. Residential

Çasa Tula
2025
Renovation

This project is a renovation of a single-family house in Hidalgo, Mexico, focused on reimagining the façade and reshaping the inner patio. Using local materials and responding to the climate, the design creates a subtle dialogue between street and interior, letting light and space define a new rhythm within the building.

6. Visual Identity

La amistad, with La Revue
2025
Launch party

This project is the visual design for the flyer presenting issue no. 3 of the magazine La Revue in Buenos Aires. The design balances editorial rigor with a festive French spirit, celebrating the joy of gathering over a glass of wine.

7. Landscape Architecture

Fourquerolle
2023
Final Master’s Architecture Project

This final degree project seeks to explore the romantic idea of refuge through protective architecture, both for users and the environment. Le refuge is a space for exchange and connection, where the aim is to enjoy unique and sustainable experiences. Click here to see.

8. Residential

Hidra
2021
Renovation

This project is a 2021 renovation of a 45 m² single-family apartment located in Sants, Barcelona. With a modest budget of 18 000€, the design focuses on restoration and adaptation within an urban context, rethinking domestic space through subtle material interventions and a respect for the existing structure.

9. Residential

Racine
2023
Renovation

This project is the renovation of a 75 m² apartment in Perpignan, focused on highlighting the existing features while rethinking circulation. A continuous storage unit separates the day and night areas, creating a subtle flow and rhythm throughout the space.

10. Visual Series

Promenade
2018
Photography

This research explores how architecture can be narrated through images. Focusing on the German Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe in Barcelona, the project unfolds the space through a documentary gaze, capturing fragments, rhythms, and transitions. The eye constructs a visual narrative of movement, materiality, and atmosphere.

10. Visual Series