For over a decade, Anna Torndelacreu has cultivated a way of understanding interior design that transcends aesthetics to become an intimate and humanist experience. Trained at Elisava and with more than ten years of experience working alongside Sandra Tarruella and Ricard Trenchs, in 2018 she founded her own practice, Torndelacreu, with the vision of creating authentic, empathetic spaces deeply connected to those who inhabit them.
Her studio has developed projects in the residential, restaurant, and hospitality sectors, always guided by a clear premise: to listen to people, to understand their lifestyles, passions, and values, and to translate them into environments that resonate with their identity. For Anna, every project is a unique story, and design’s role is to narrate it through materiality, light, and detail.
Her teaching experience at Elisava and Labasad has allowed her to share this perspective with new generations, reinforcing her commitment to a design philosophy that places people at its center.
Craft, sustainability, and emotion
Torndelacreu’s projects are built upon three pillars: craftsmanship, sustainability, and emotion. The studio collaborates with artisans to integrate unique pieces that enrich spaces and connect with tradition. Sustainability is addressed not only through the choice of materials or energy efficiency, but also through the creation of environments that endure over time, that respect natural rhythms, and that foster emotional well-being.
As Anna notes, “sustainability also means designing spaces that accompany people and evolve with them, without the need for drastic transformations. A design that endures is, in itself, a form of sustainability.”
Looking to the future, Torndelacreu champions personalization as the key to design. Technology, integrated with sensitivity, will serve to make spaces more functional and sustainable—always in service of the human experience. In every project, the studio achieves that delicate balance between simplicity and sophistication, between the everyday and the extraordinary.