FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS

STUDIO

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Fran Silvestre Arquitectos is an architecture and design studio in search of the Efficient Beauty. It was founded in 2005 by Fran Silvestre and is formed by a multidisciplinary group of professionals who carry out residential, cultural, corporate and public projects on an international level.

We work as a team from the start of each assignment, delving into the initial concepts and ideas, which to us are the soul of the project, including the structure and interior design. For each project, we prepare at least 3 different design proposals, all addressing the wish list from the clients, the plot, and all the regulations. For us, it is a conceptual challenge that drives us to improve and pushes us to always go a little further to step out of our comfort zone. For our clients, knowing that their choices will become a part of the design process, establishing a foundation of trust.

Regarding the projects scale, we work from masterplans, groups of buildings or residences, down to small-scale projects, attending to the smallest detail. In development projects, we take charge of brand branding, corporate design, graphic design, web, promotional images and/or videos, plans, and construction, trying to cover everything with the same perspective to thus generate a comprehensive project. Every project is as important as the others and we value each one as if it were the first, the last, and the only one.

Fran Silvestre is a Doctor of Architecture, graduated with honors from the UPV, and received the same distinction in his urban planning degree from TU/e in the Netherlands. He holds a Magna Cum Laude doctorate in design from UPV. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Projects at UPV and the European University, and leads the MArch Postgraduate School in Architecture and Design. In 2011, he was the vice-director of the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Valencia, and in 2018, he obtained the Victor L. Regnier Chair at KSU in the United States. Throughout his career, he trained with the Portuguese Pritzker Prize winner Álvaro Siza. His studio, Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, was founded in 2005. Based in Valencia, it operates in the former workshop of sculptor Andreu Alfaro, a 7000 m2 space where a multidisciplinary team of over 50 professionals works on residential, cultural, corporate, and public projects worldwide.

He has received awards such as the 2001 Caja de Arquitectos Foundation Prize, the 2010 COACV Architects’ Association Prize. In 2012, he was chosen by the Ministry of Culture and Sport as the ambassador of Spanish Architecture in the United States with the Spain Arts and Culture program. He won the Red Dot Design Award in 2013, the same year he received the Best Architect of the Valencian Community award at IVAM Modern Art Institute. In 2015, he won the Build Architectural Award in the United Kingdom. The Superior Council of Architects of Spain awarded him the first prize of the XIII Biennial of 2016 in the design category. That same year, he won the NYCxDESIGN award in New York. He has been awarded four times by the German Ministry of Economy and Technology in 2016, 2020, 2021, and 2024 with the German Design Award. In 2018, he was selected for the FAD awards, and in 2021, he won the IF Design Award. In 2022, the International Federation of Architects and Designers awarded him the First Prize with the gold medal in the Architecture category. In 2024 he won the Bronze Delta Award at the ADI Awards.

Additionally, he has been invited to present his work at numerous seminars and conferences at international universities and institutions, such as KSU, AIA New York, or Virginia Tech. He has also exhibited in various museums, like the Museu Serralves in Porto within the inovdesign framework, or MoMA through the On-Site exhibition. His work has been published in magazines like Architectural Record, GA houses, On-diseño, or Interni. It has also been featured in publishers like Phaidon, Taschen, Thames & Hudson, or GG. Various monographs have been published about the studio’s work, such as those by TC cuadernos, A.Mag, or Arianuova. Recently, the New York publisher Rizzoli, with the prestigious critic Philip Jodidio, released a monograph about the studio’s work.

The studio’s projects are scattered worldwide, in places such as China, the United States, Brazil, Thailand, Egypt, Croatia, Italy, Australia, and Spain. Throughout its trajectory, the studio has worked on projects of various scales. Noteworthy projects include the Cliff House (Alicante, Spain), the Balint House (Valencia, Spain), the House in Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles, USA), the Zibo master plan (Zibo, China), the Boutique Hotel (Vis, Croatia), and the Eolic Tower (Valencia, Spain).

The studio’s architecture is heavily influenced by the works of Álvaro Siza and Andreu Alfaro. As critic David Cohn says, “Fran Silvestre is not an essentialist seeking a lost and rooted authenticity, nor is he tuned to the divine harmonies of perfect geometric form under the light. His art, despite its abstraction, deals more with the matter at hand, and how to create an environment for everyday life that elevates us out of the ordinary, into a more complete and awakened sensual engagement with our surroundings.”

STUDIO

VALUES

Architecture can be small in the grand or grand in the small, if each commission is understood as an opportunity to materialize a good project.

The focus of the project arises from a dual commitment: the will to give a technical answer to a specific context (program needs, budgets, policy, environment…) and the desire to seek beauty trough the built work. This process seeks satisfaction, understood in its fullest sense, of all those actively involved in its development: customers and users in particular, but also collaborators, builders and designers.

During our career can be found very different types of building. There are new-builds, rehabilitations, alterations, housing blocks, public buildings… Works made with high budgets and small budgets, but in all cases great attention has been paid to the economy, without waste. The architecture may be a grand gesture or a great detail, if each brief is seen as an opportunity to realize a good project.

Another feature of the process is continuity. Continuity with an environment that must be respected, spatial continuity, the use of few materials, integration of facilities, of lighting… Are all common aspects in the exhibits. Also, continuity in time is also searched, evaluating the architecture that is able to endure without becoming obsolete.

It emphasizes the use of innovation trough new materials, new technologies which improve people’s lives. Innovation based both on experience and the improvement on tradition.

Accuracy is a key concept in the working method. It requires a focused and attentive activity throughout the whole process, ranging from the initial idea, trough the drafting of the project until its realization: the construction, the furniture, its maintenance…

Dialogue is always present, since the work becomes part of the identity of those who inhabit it. The house and, where appropriate, the work space are an accurate reflection of those who live or work there, an unmistakable expression of their personality or their corporate culture. This dialogue seeks comfort and also utility, examines the conflicts and joys of daily acts of human life, which defines architecture against the other arts.

The answer given to these concepts, developed with extremely subjective parameters, characterizes the projects, each of them different from the rest.

And finally, let us consider the team. Excellence is design is based on the integration of a network of professionals that enjoy the pleasure for their work. A team of specialists in the calculation of structures, acoustics, building services, graphic design, interior design, architecture… that produces a shared creative environment capable of generating contagious motivation, taking care of what is in progress and excited about what is to come next.

STUDIO

TEAM

GRADUATE SCHOOL

MArch

Fran Silvestre is director of the MArch Valencia Graduate School, an institution associated with the European University that offers different master’s and postgraduate programs in architecture and design.

Teaching takes place at the Espai Alfaro where the Fran Silvestre Arquitectos studio is also located. This 7,000 square meter space is the former studio and workshop of Andreu Alfaro, one of the most relevant sculptors of the 20th century in Spain, and is made up of several buildings structured around a large patio, populated by large sculptures, which turn the place into a a great oasis of creativity.

The School emerges as a cultural meeting point between professionals, students and companies with the same values, with the aim of pooling and sharing the different experiences that appear during the creative processes.

Teaching is based on practical activities developed by professionals from various fields and presentations given by influential figures in architecture and design, as well as trips and visits that complement the training. This approach leads students to develop the different parts of a project, putting at their disposal the tools to disseminate it.

These programs are aimed at graduates or professionals of any technical or creative discipline, offering their participants the possibility of finding various paths and avenues of work after completing their studies, with an employability of 97.3%. More information in www.marchvalencia.com

STUDIO

AWARDS

ADI Awards 2024

NIU Houses
Bronce Delta
Barcelona, 2024



German Design Awards 2024

Casa Sabater
Winner
Fráncfort, 2023



Summum Dedign Award 2023

Architecture design
Winner
Madrid, 2023



IFI Design Distinction Awards 2022

Casa del Silencio
GOLD AWARD
New York, 2022



IF Design Awards 2021

inHAUS Colection
Winner
Berlin, 2021



German Design Awards 2021

Pati Blau
Winner
Fráncfort, 2021



BULTHAUP Award 2020

BULTHAUP Interior design
Winner
España, 2020



German Design Award 2020

Hofmann House
Winner
Frankfurt, 2020



Archdaily, Building of the Year 2019

Hofmann House
Finalists
New York, 2019



XIV Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo 2018

Pioneros del Diseño
Selected in the Publications Category
Madrid, 2018



Archdaily, Building of the Year 2018

Petra | The Stone Atelier
Finalists
New York, 2018



Global Excellence Awards 2018 AI Magazine

Outstanding for Residential Architecture and Design 2018
UK, 2018



Restricted Contest Mondraker

First Prize
Elche, Alicante, 2017



WAN Awards 2015

Balint House
Selected
United Kingdom, 2015



NYCxDESIGN Awards 2016

Blau Collection
First Prize in the Outdoor Category
New York, 2016



German Design Award 2016

Balint House
Special Mention
Frankfurt, 2016



ECOLA Award 2015

House on mountainside overlooker by castle
Nominated
London, 2015



BUILD Architecture Awards Best Residential Architect

First Prize
United Kingdom, 2015



Archdaily, Building of the Year 2015

Balint House
Finalist
New York, 2015



ENOR Architecture Award 2014

House on the cliff
Selected
Vigo, 2014



Premios Tendencias Diseño CV Best Architecture Studio 2013

First Prize
Valencia, 2013



Red Dot Award: Product Design 2013

House on the cliff
First Prize
Essen, 2013



Endesa Awards 2013. Sustainable Housing

House on the cliff
Selected
Madrid, 2013



XII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism 2013

House on the cliff
Selected
Madrid, 2013



Archdaily, Building of the Year 2012

House on the cliff
Finalist
New York, 2012



Nagrade Hiše Awards 2011 Hiše Magazine

Selected
Slovenia, 2011



Archdaily, Building of the Year 2010

House on mountainside overlooker by castle
Finalist
New York, 2011



MHK Group Competition

Atrium House Kitchen Design
First Prize
Berlin, 2010



Restricted Competition Single-Family House in Madrid

First Prize
Madrid, 2011



International Competition Foundation for Contemporary Architecture Headquarters

Third Prize
Cordoba, 2010



COACV Awards 2007 - 2009

Atrium House Mention in the Architecture Category
Valencia, 2010



Restricted Competition Multipurpose Space in Tinglado nº 2 in Valencia

First Prize
Valencia, 2009



On Site: Architecture in Spain MoMA

Selected
New York, 2009



National Competition Art Center and Auditorium

First Prize
Alfafar, Valencia, 2005



Restricted Competition Public Garden, Shopping Center, and Residential Building

First Prize
Bétera, Valencia, 2004



Iberian Pladur Competition Access Pavilion and Custody of Gaudí's Crypt in Colonia Güell

First Prize
Barcelona, 2002



National Ideas Competition Constitution Park in Barañáin

Honorable Mention
Barañáin, Navarre, 2001



STUDIO

PUBLICATIONS

Detail

Taiwan | Detail'20, '19, '18



GA Houses

Japan | Numbers 169, 161, 151, 148, 146, 141, 136, 130, 127, 125, 121, 120, 86



IW Magazine

Taiwan | Numbers 132, 130, 128, 126, 125, 123, 122, 119, 11



id+c

China | Number 06



Monografía Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

Portugal | AMAG, 2019



Inmag

Spain | Numbers 02



Abitar Hogares

Spain | Octubre 2019



La Belleza Eficaz

Italy | Libria, 2019



Diseño Interior

Spain | Numbers 313, 284, 268, 252, 245



Robb Report

USA | March 2019



Esquire

Spain | Number 127



On Diseño

Spain | Numbers 384, 382, 341, 340



Roof magazine

Porto



Architecture and Art'18 International Congress

Portugal | AAICO



The Swimming Pool in photography

Belgium | Hannibal



Minimalissimo

UK | Number 3



Villas & Golfe

Portugal | 16 - 2018



Архитектура и урбанизам

Serbia | Number 46



Arquitectura y Diseño

Spain | Number January 2018



University of Nis, 2018

Taiwan | 2nd International Exhibition of Contemporary Housing



Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Escenarios para la vida, 2005-2017

Spain | TC Cuadernos. 2017



DXI Pocket

Spain | Number 9



Room

Spain | Numbers 15, Record Interiors 2014



Interiors

Rusia



100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings

Taschen. 2016



Spend in

Spain | La esencia de lo esencial



Alternativas. Alternatives

Spain | XIII Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo



Construyendo nuevos mundos 1914 - 1945

Spain | Las vanguardias históricas en la colección del IVAM



TAIDD

Germany | Número 59



STUDIO

EXHIBITIONS

Open house Valencia

Vinoteca Vegamar Selección
Valencia, 2019



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2019

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2019



Histórias construídas

Exposición colectiva
Garagem Sul, CCB
Lisboa, 2018



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2018

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2018



ALFAROSIZA. Ideas encontradas

Exposición
Espai Alfaro
Valencia, 2018



Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Escenarios para la vida, 2005 – 2017

Exposición individual
Petra The Stone Atelier
Valencia, 2017



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2017

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2017



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2016

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2016



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2015

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2015



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2014

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2014



Skyscraper. La ciudad en altura

Exposición colectiva
Espai Alfaro
Godella, 2014



XL/XS. Diseño de arquitectos

Exposición colectiva
Espai Rambleta
Valencia, 2014



Made by architects. Diseño de mobiliario hecho por arquitectos

Exposición colectiva
Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Alicante
Alicante, 2013



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2013

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2013



Aimer, aimer, aimer: bâtir

Exposición colectiva
Villa Noailles
Hyères, 2013



Eólica. Aerogenerador urbano

Exposición individual
Espai Alfaro
Godella, 2012



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2012

Exposición colectiva GA Gallery Tokio, 2012



Neuf architects, neuf propositions pour habiter

Exposición colectiva
Villa Noailles
Hyères, 2012



Selección Internacional GA Houses 2011

Exposición colectiva
GA Gallery
Tokio, 2011



Modus vivendi. Interiorismo en Valencia

Exposición colectiva
Ayuntamiento de Valencia
valencia, 2010



Silvestre Hofmann. Arquitectura de la casa

Exposición individual
Espai Alfaro
Godella, 2010



Obras y proyectos

Exposición individual
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Valencia
Valencia, 2009



Centro de Arte y Auditorio de Alfafar y otros proyectos

Exposición individual
Galería Edgar Neville
Alfafar, 2008



On-site. New architecture in Spain

Exposición colectiva
MoMA
Nueva York, 2006



Inéditos 2005. Proyectos expositivos de creación artística actual

Exposición colectiva
La Casa Encendida
Madrid, 2005



Inéditos 2005. Proyectos expositivos de creación artística actual

Exposición colectiva
Fundación Caja Madrid
Barcelona, 2005



Exposición Concurso de Ideas

Exposición colectiva
Casa Batlló
Barcelona, 2002



La mecanización de la vivienda

Exposición colectiva
Alfaro Hofmann Colección
Godella, 2001



Concurso Fundación Caja de Arquitectos

Exposiciones colectivas
Exposición itinerante por Escuelas de Arquitectura de España
España, 2002



Concurso Fundación Caja de Arquitectos

Exposición colectiva
Palacio de Congresos y de la Música de Bilbao
Bilbao, 2001



STUDIO

CONFERENCES

Podcast. El proceso creativo

Arquiphilia



La belleza eficaz

Universidad de Buenos Aires



La belleza eficaz

Colegio Mayor Albalat Valencia, 202
Lisboa, 2018



La belleza eficaz

Living Forum
Praga Tokio, 2018



Presentación monografía Aires Mateus 2003-2020

Coloquio
TC Cuadernos Valencia, 2018



Utopía tangible

Universidad de ISTMO
Guatemala Valencia, 2017



La belleza eficaz

CONARQ 2020
Argentina



Visualización arquitectónica

Escuela 3D School-ing
Madrid, 202



La belleza eficaz

Arkitera
Estambul, 2019



La belleza eficaz

FISTA 2020
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa



Diálogos en corrección. Amparo Tormo

Conversación
Galería Punto



Presentación monografía A.MAG

Presentación
Espai Alfaro 2019



24 tonos de verde y 13 nombres para la nieve

Conferencia
Festival Dimensión
Ecuador, 2020



Conferencia. Casa Hofmann

Conferencia
Archmarathon Stone Awards
Verona, 2019



24 tonos de verde y 13 nombres para la nieve

Conferencia Feria Hábitat Valencia 2019



Conferencia. Torre Eólica

Conferencia
Valencia Capital Mundial del Diseño 2022



La belleza eficaz

Conferencia
Escuela Técnica superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla
Sevilla, 2019



24 tonos de verde y 13 nombres para la nieve

Conferencia
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada
Granada, 2019



La belleza eficaz

Presentación monografía
Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Valencia
Valencia, 2018



24 tonos de verde y 13 nombres para la nieve

Conferencia
Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Granada
Granada, 2019



Inovdesign 2018

Conferencia
Fundación Serralves
Oporto, 2018



Trienal Bang

Conferencia
Altice Froum Braga
Braga, 2018



VIBRArch Valencia

Conferencia
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, 2018



Architecture and Art'18 International Congress

Conferencia
Casa da Arquitectura
Matosinhos, 2018



Pensado a mano y fabricado en serie

Conferencia
Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Castellón
Castellón, 2018



Porto Academy 2018

Conferencia
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto
Oporto, 2018



VII Semana del diseño

Conferencia y workshop
Escuela de arte de Almería
Almería, 2018



La casa que no se podía

Conferencia
Universidad Europea de Valencia
Valencia, 2018



XIII Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo

Conferencia
Sede El Croquis
El Escorial, Madrid, 2018



Arquitectura y arte

Conferencia
ArqFest 2017, Teatro Diana
Guadalajara, México, 2017



ADDRESS

ESPAI ALFARO
AV. ESCULTOR ANDREU
ALFARO 13
46110 GODELLA, VALENCIA
SPAIN

SAN VICENTE
MÁRTIR 160, 1
46007 VALENCIA,
SPAIN

CONTACT

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