Next Arquitectura is an architecture studio founded in 2013 by architects Núria Vílchez Sánchez and Gerard Ribot Mumbrú. Based in Sabadell (Barcelona) and Madrid, the practice focuses on collective housing, public facilities and urban-scale projects. Since its beginnings, the studio has developed a rigorous and committed approach to architecture, attentive both to technical and regulatory conditions and to the real experience of those who inhabit the spaces.

The work of Next Arquitectura is built upon a deep understanding of the project as a process: analysing, organising and making precise decisions within complex contexts. Their proposals avoid unnecessary gestures and favour clear solutions, where structure, materiality and spatial organisation respond to a logic that is both functional and sensitive.

Educated in architecture at La Salle University in Barcelona, Núria Vílchez and Gerard Ribot share a professional trajectory shaped by continuous practice, project management and team leadership, combining strategic vision with careful attention to detail. Both have developed their careers in constant dialogue with construction reality, resulting in projects that are technically robust and conceptually solid.

In Núria Vílchez’s case, this approach has been further enriched in recent years by an increasingly conscious reflection on the impact of architecture on people. Her recent training in neuroarchitecture represents a natural evolution of a design practice that has always been attentive to wellbeing, perception and user experience. This line of research provides a scientific foundation for intuitions already present in her work, reinforcing an architectural approach that places the relationship between space, body and emotion at its core, without losing technical rigour or design clarity.

Gerard Ribot, meanwhile, brings solid experience in the direction and management of complex projects, as well as a strategic vision of architectural development. His profile combines analytical thinking with a strong ability to structure processes, coordinate teams and translate ideas into coherent and efficient built solutions. This complementarity between the two partners defines the character of the studio and its way of approaching each commission.

Taken together, Next Arquitectura develops a practice that avoids grandiloquent discourse and is grounded instead in consistent work, reflection and professional responsibility. An architecture that does not seek to impose a form, but to understand how we inhabit spaces and how those spaces can tangibly improve everyday life.