Speaker
Carla Ferrando
Some notes on Reuse
PARABASE’s work seeks alternative perspectives on reuse and other circular strategies, questioning our modes of construction and consumption by considering the economy of means, materials, and energy. As such, it understands that buildings are the material evidence of a social and economic history and cannot be understood as autonomous forms. PARABASE is currently building the largest housing complex in Europe reusing prefabricated concrete components coming from an unused Car Parking building as load bearing structure of the new ensamble.
CV
Carla Ferrando founded the architecture office PARABASE in 2023 together with Pablo Garrido Arnaiz, after gaining experience in offices such as Diener & Diener and Herzog & de Meuron. PARABASE combines the development and construction of architectural projects with research and teaching, previously at the Universities of Architecture in Bern and Mendrisio in Switzerland, and currently as Professors at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. PARABASE has been invited to participate in juries and lecturers at various institutions, among others: ETH Zurich, AAM Mendrisio, FHNW Basel, HEAD Genève, Porto Academy, Harvard GSD, SCI-Arc, Cornell AAP, TU Wien, KIT Karlsruhe, Aarhus School of Architecture, Royal Academy Copenhagen, Polimi Milano and ETSAM Madrid. PARABASE's work has received diverse international awards and his work has been selected for the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Lisbon Triennale. PARABASE is currently working on projects of different scales in Spain, Mexico and Switzerland.
