estudio__entresitio
María Hurtado de Mendoza Wahrolén
César Jiménez de Tejada Benavides
José María Hurtado de Mendoza Wahrolén
Álvar Ruiz Villanueva
estudio__entresitio is a Madrid-NY base practice that is invested in the material actualization of the architectural concept. The practice has extensive building experience with an emphasis on public work that utilizes novel solutions to the functional and necessary without sacrificing the creative or exploratory.
International award wining firm, was selected in 2007 as Design Vanguard by Architectural Record helping its work to be published and seen in many countries. Entresitio’s constructed work has received more than 30 awards and honourable mentions. The firm participated in the 10th and 11th Spanish Biennial, the 7th BIAU (Iberoamerican Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism), twice in the Venice Bienale (2000 and 2006), the Barbara Cappochin Biennale 2011 and more, and received the ArchDaily “Building of the Year 2012” in the health care category, for its healthcare centers trilogy of San Blas+Usera+Villaverde, Madrid.
Maria and César work together since 1993, Jose Maria joined them in 2003 after 4 years of working for Rafael Moneo and Alvar enter the studio in 2007.
Both Maria and César teach architectural design on regular basis, César at Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM) and Maria in the US, currently at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) after a couple of semesters at Cornell University.
Maria and Jose Maria were both granted with the Rome Prize by the Spanish Academy and César was a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University.