The firm works as a team of highly-qualified international architects seeking imaginative, responsible solutions to the needs of a changing society as they emerge. Its experts encompass significant technical know-how, but the practice never loses sight of the interaction between human, social and cultural aspects of architecture. Its philosophy recognises that design cannot exist in a vacuum. Any sustainable response towards humankind’s needs and environment must be based on a genuine understanding of the latest technology and techniques in architecture as well as in environmental engineering and landscaping. This is the only way that architectural design can help society to become more energy-efficient and economically sustainable.
The expertise in projects of the firm ranges in scale from the design of interiors to the design of large residential and industrial complexes and represents almost the complete spectrum of building types: waste treatment plants, residential housing, corporate headquarters, shopping centres, laboratories, sports complexes, educational institutions, administrative and institutional offices, industrial buildings, cultural centres, etc. We also offer consultancy services in waste management and energy optimisation as well as technical research projects.
WASTE LAB CAN
Israel Alba heads a multi-disciplinary firm of architecture, design and landscape, headquartered in Madrid, based on a collaborative, multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary approach to architecture, design and landscape. It deals with the contemporary city as a complex, variable phenomenon and embraces its continuous transformation as a positive, optimistic process. Through its operating platform WASTE CAN LAB, its architecture focuses on the issue of waste and possible solutions. It is involved in theoretical and academic research and debate, whilst also working on real practical issues in the construction of large-scale projects.