Founded in 2002 in Formentera by Marià Castelló (Ibiza, 1976), the studio operates as a small-scale workshop dedicated to architecture and landscape, with a measured production and a strong bond to the territory. Since 2017, Formentera-born architect Lorena Ruzafa Tur has joined the practice, strengthening an approach that works with Mediterranean light, the rhythms of place, and a sincere materiality that dialogues with the island’s tradition.
Castelló graduated as an architect from ETSAB (UPC) in 2002 with honors. From the outset, his work has been published internationally and was presented at the Venice Biennale (Catalan Pavilion, 2012). Early milestones include the “Emerging Architect” award at the 6th Ibiza and Formentera Architecture Awards (2012), marking a trajectory deeply attentive to the heritage and cultural landscape of Formentera.
The studio’s architecture explores the balance between the telluric and the tectonic, the heavy and the light, the artisanal and the technological. These principles become manifest in residential projects such as Bosc d’en Pep Ferrer—where carved rock coexists with three prefabricated CLT volumes—and Es Pou, a modestly scaled dwelling that is precisely inserted into the historic grid of dry-stone walls on the island. Both projects have been widely published and awarded.
Beyond housing and landscape, the studio has developed public facilities such as the Centre d’Esports Nàutics de Formentera, directed by Marià Castelló and Lorena Ruzafa, which reaffirms an approach to design that is closely attuned to the physical and social context of the archipelago.
Since 2019, Castelló and Ruzafa have been developing Fragments d’Arquitectura, a singular project that reveals another dimension of their creative thinking: pieces that are neither buildings nor models, but rather evocations, memories, geometric poems that bring us closer to the very heart of architecture. An invitation to look with innocence, to pause before the essential beauty of form, matter, and light. The series was presented in an exhibition in 2025 and crystallized in an extensive book of the same name. The project received an Honorable Mention at the Architecture MasterPrize (Conceptual category).
The work of Marià Castelló and Lorena Ruzafa regards the island as a living archive: each project is a precise reading of the terrain, the light, the wind, and local crafts. The economy of resources, the sober tectonics, and the continuity with built memory define an architecture deeply committed to sustainability and to the essential beauty of place.