Evelyn Alonso Rohner
- Site : https://www.alonso-sosa.com/
- Adresse : C/ Sor Ana, 1 Santa Brígida, 35310 35310 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Architect from the University of Westminster in London, PhD cum laude with international mention from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Her research was awarded the 2017 Arquia Thesis Award, given every two years to the best architecture thesis in Spain and Portugal.
She opened her first studio in 2001 immediately after finishing her degree. Since then, she has won numerous international competitions, including the Gold Medal at the Miami Beach Biennale and the Bering Strait International Competition. As part of the team Alonso+Sosa Arquitectos with José Antonio Sosa, she was a finalist for the 2021 ArquinFAD Award, among many other recognitions.
She teaches at ULPGC and has been invited as a guest critic at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), the European University, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. She has also lectured at various universities, including the University of Genoa, the University of Miami, and the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Additionally, she has served as a jury member for various competitions and awards, such as the Manuel de Oraá Architecture Award.
Her work and articles have been published in numerous outlets, including Future Arquitecturas, Arquitectura Viva, Palimpsesto, Rita, ESTOA, and in books by publishers such as Silvana Editoriale and Tirant Humanidades.
Her work has been exhibited from Seoul to Canada, and she recently presented a piece at Transferencias Iberoamericanas for the XI Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BIAU) in Asunción, Paraguay.
In 2022, she received the Miguel Martín-Fernández de la Torre Architecture Award, which recognises the quality of architectural works and projects in Gran Canaria. She was awarded in the categories of best residential work, rehabilitation, landscaping, and best work of the year. More recently, she won first prizes in the S. Arch and Women in Construction awards.
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Conversion into a Multipurpose Building: La Loza
An industrial building from 1961 was recycled by preserving its concrete structure. The renovation involved dismantling, cleaning, and stripping the old render, resulting in an open, non-occlusive space. The cleaned eight-by-five grid became a blank canvas for organising the program, emphasising openness and visual elongation. Translucent polycarbonate curtains create “weightless” spatial divisions. Fundamentals, such as handrails and glass façades, were reduced to the bare minimum for lightness and sustainability. Large glass façades and triangular prism skylights introduce natural light, while biplanar windows provide efficient natural cross-ventilation, avoiding the use of air conditioning.
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