Landscape & Urban Design Issue 29 2018 | Page 26

The team led by Ginés Garrido was comprised of four architecture offices and a dozen specialist engineers and consultants. It was contracted to construct the Madrid Río project and to be solely responsible for managing all the architecture and landscape architecture designs and all the technical work required to complete the project. About the Architects: Burgos & Garrido. Architecture office founded by Francisco Burgos and Ginés Garrido in Madrid. Both are Professors at the ETS Arquitectura UPM. The office focuses their work on collective housing projects, public space and urban planning. They have completed projects of diverse scale in Russia, Switzerland, Australia and some Latin-American countries. Currently, they are developing the project for the Extension of the Art Museum of Lima [MALI] in Peru, resulting from the international competition held in 2016. Porras La Casta. Architecture Office founded by Arantxa La Casta and Fernando de Porras- Isla, the latter, professor at the Toledo School of Architecture and the European University of Madrid. They have developed international cooperation projects in Central America since 1997 and are currently working on the construction of seven bridges in Lingang City, on the outskirts of Shanghai. In 2017, they won the international competition for the restoration of the Plaza de España in Madrid. Rubio & A-Sala. Architecture Office founded by