Studio

Salas Architecture + Design is an interdisciplinary studio founded in Zaragoza (Spain) in 2013. It is developing an integrated concept of architecture and design based on the use of pure shapes, made of raw materials to sculpt and filter light, creating expressive and suggestive spaces for human perception. The team offers optimal and cutting-edge solutions through constant interdisciplinary dialogue. Programmatic innovation is a substantial piece of this philosophy. Above all, this exposed sincerity is complemented by versatile planning the adapts to the changing necessities of users.

Juan Carlos Salas graduates in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and is a member of the Official College of Architects of Aragón. Before founding Salas Architecture + Design, he collaborated with architecture firms in four countries: Spain (Zaragoza), USA (New York), Germany (Berlin), and Poland (Warsaw). In academia, Juan Carlos Salas has been a professor at the School of Engineering and Architecture at the University of Zaragoza, and currently teaches Product Design at the Graduate School of Design of Aragón. As a researcher, he is a member of the Urban Landscapes and Contemporary Project research group at the University of Zaragoza and has published articles in specialized architecture journals.

AWARDS

25th Edition CSCAE Architecture Awards (2025)
Selected Work – CEMUBE
Building Category
Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España

Building of the Year 2022 Awards
Selected Work – Nursery School
Educational Architecture Category
Archdaily – Plataforma Arquitectura

16th Edition of the 3 de Abril Awards (2020)
Finalist – Brewpub La Malteadora
Urban Planning and Architecture Category
Zaragoza City Council

31st Edition of the García Mercadal Awards (2016)
1st Prize – Tanatorium
Best Building of the Year 2016 in Aragón (Spain)
Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Aragón

31st Edition of the García Mercadal Awards (2016)
Honorable Mention – Silence Hanging Lamp
Design Category
Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Aragón

Building of the Year 2016 Awards
Selected Work – Tanatorium
Religious Architecture Category
Archdaily – Plataforma Arquitectura

CONSULTANTS

Building Engineer
Javier Muñoz
Jesús Martínez

Interior Designer
Lara Trullen

Creative Designers
Bogart y Bacall
Grito Comunicación

Structural Engineer
Fernando Calvés

Mechanical Engineers
Ingesgon
Singemed

Acoustical Engineers
Nivel 4