{"id":36916,"date":"2025-06-15T16:15:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T16:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/?p=36916"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:53:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:53:43","slug":"adria-goula-the-architect-who-became-a-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/adria-goula-the-architect-who-became-a-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Adri\u00e0 Goula: the architect who became a photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Born in Barcelona in 1973, Adri\u00e0 Goula Sard\u00e0<\/a> graduated in architecture from the Escola T\u00e8cnica Superior d\u2019Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) in 2000. Early in his career, he worked at prominent studios such as EMBT (Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue), Coll-Leclerc, and later in Paris at the office of Yves Lion. It was precisely in this international context that his longstanding interest in photography, already present during his university years, began to take shape as a professional path.<\/p>\n\n

A turning point came in 2004, when he was unexpectedly sent to Beirut to photograph the French embassy. The success of this report, published in various international magazines, marked the beginning of his career as a photographer specialising in architecture.<\/p>\n\n

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H Arquitectes designs a house in Barcelona that reconnects with traditional Mediterranean models. 7 July 2024. See project<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Since then, Adri\u00e0 Goula has completed more than a thousand assignments in Spain and abroad, collaborating with architectural practices, public institutions and private clients. His images have graced the covers of renowned publications such as Domus<\/em>, Abitare<\/em>, Casabella<\/em>, Tect\u00f3nica<\/em>, AMC<\/em>, Arquitectura Viva<\/em>, Detail<\/em>, C3<\/em>, OnDise\u00f1o<\/em> and Quaderns<\/em>, among many others.<\/p>\n\n\n

His photographic language is defined by a refined command of natural light, an acute sensitivity to geometry and texture, and an approach that transcends mere documentation. Through his compositions, Goula seeks to convey spatial experience, suggest atmosphere, and reveal architecture as a living, evolving presence.<\/p>\n\n

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Selva and Sonora, two gastronomic spaces designed in Amsterdam by El Equipo Creativo. 22 October. 2024. See project<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Between 2010 and 2015 he taught at the Escola Sert of the COAC (Catalan Architects\u2019 Association), and he currently teaches at Elisava, where he continues to train new generations of photographers and designers. He has been a speaker at numerous congresses, workshops and conferences held at institutions such as ETSAB, ETSAV, EINA, IED, the University of Alcal\u00e1, the University of Navarra and Ume\u00e5 School of Architecture in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n

Beyond commissioned work, Goula has developed a personal oeuvre centred on themes such as memory, form, the passage of time and abstraction. Architecture, landscape and still life converge in these projects as expressive elements of his visual language.<\/p>\n\n

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Bundle House, architecture interwoven with the Menorcan landscape that opens to the sea. A house designed by Nomo Studio. 14 May 2025. See project<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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His personal work has been exhibited in Paris (Galerie Salon de Thorigny), Bordeaux (Atelier Dartois) and Barcelona (COAC, The Architecture Gallery, Kowasa Gallery). In 2011, he published De-Construcci\u00f3n<\/em> (Fundaci\u00f3n Esteyco), a book that draws visual parallels between construction and demolition processes. His Re-Edificatoria<\/em> series, focused on buildings in the process of restoration, was featured in the Spanish Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, which was awarded the Golden Lion.<\/p>\n\n\n

In recent years, Adri\u00e0 Goula has expanded his practice to include moving images. Through short films, he explores new ways of representing architecture using time, sound and visual rhythm, crafting a sensory narrative that complements his still photography.<\/p>\n\n

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Guillem Carrera develops in Casa ON an architecture to blend in with the environment. 28 May 2025. See project<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Adri\u00e0 Goula<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

St. Pau 3
Caldes de Montbui
08140 Barcelona
adria@adriagoula.com
+ 34 687 807 525
www.adriagoula.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Through his compositions, Goula seeks to convey spatial experience, suggest atmosphere, and reveal architecture as a living, evolving presence. Here are some of Adri\u00e0 Goula’s photos published in Ex\u00e1gono to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[1799],"tags":[1807,1805,1808],"ppma_author":[249],"class_list":["post-36916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","tag-adria-goula-en","tag-fotografia-de-arquitectura-en","tag-photoexagono-en"],"authors":[{"term_id":249,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"amoratinos","display_name":"Ex\u00e1gono","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/95418ef5af1f1a520d5386cfe82ba253c88665f94a4343ec69a36d8df034ab4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36916"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exagono.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=36916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}