About the architect Oscar Gonzalez Moix:
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he trained as an architect at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism. In 1998 he founded his architecture studio in Buenos Aires and, in 2002, decided to establish his main office in Lima, where he has developed a wide variety of programs and scales.
His interest in material experimentation, linked to the contemporary reinterpretation of local architecture, has resulted in new models. His deep knowledge of construction defines an architecture that combines modern tradition and contemporary innovation: simple, striking, sensitive to its surroundings, and welcoming to its inhabitants. He is involved in academia as a tenured professor of workshops VI and X at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC) in Lima, completing the circle of his passion and interest in architecture.
His work has been featured in various national and international media, and he has taken part in architecture conferences and biennials in Latin America. Highlights include the thirteen awards granted by the College of Architects of Peru and his presentation at the 2015 Buenos Aires International Biennial, where he received the Argentine Young Generation Abroad Award.
In 2012 he participated in the Venice Biennale, representing Peru as part of a collective of 20 firms in the “Yucun”, inhabiting the desert exhibition.
In October 2017 he received the Best Exhibition Award at the Buenos Aires International Architecture Biennial for his exhibition Arquitectura esCultura. The Plaza Cultural project received first prize at the 2018 International Biennial of Argentina in the Landscape and City category. More recently, it was a finalist and nominee for the 2018 Oscar Niemeyer Award for Latin American Architecture.
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