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José Antonio Sosa
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| Born | José Antonio Sosa Diaz-Saavedra 8 May 1957 Las Palmas, Spain |
| Occupation | Architect, university professor |
| Nationality | Spanish |
José Antonio Sosa Diaz-Saavedra (born May 8, 1957, in Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish architect, university professor, and researcher. He is known for his work in architecture and for teaching at universities. He is also a member of the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts.
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Early Life and Learning
José Antonio Sosa grew up in a family that loved art and history, especially about the Canary Islands. This encouraged him to study architecture. He finished his architecture degree in Madrid in 1981. Later, in 1994, he earned a special advanced degree (a Ph.D.) in architecture from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Teaching and Sharing Knowledge
After finishing his advanced studies, José Antonio Sosa became a professor of Architectural Projects. He has been teaching at the School of Architecture in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria since 1983.
In 2000, he was a special guest teacher at Harvard University in the United States. He has also helped judge student projects at other universities, like the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
Since 2015, he has also been part of the University Institute of Intelligent Systems and Numerical Applications in Engineering at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Amazing Buildings and Designs
José Antonio Sosa has played a big part in shaping modern architecture in the Canary Islands and Spain since the early 2000s. He has helped show how important these buildings are to history and culture. Because of his work, he became a member of the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1996, Professor Sosa joined his design studio with another architect, Magüi González. They formed a group called Nred Arquitectos. Together, they worked on important projects like the City of Justice (a new courthouse building) and fixing up the Town Hall buildings in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Since 2011, he has had a new studio for architecture and urban planning with Evelyn Alonso Rohner.
In 2015, José Antonio Sosa also became the main editor for Arquiatesis. This is a special publishing line for sharing new research and ideas in architecture.
Exhibitions: Showing His Work
José Antonio Sosa has shown his architectural work in many exhibitions around the world. Here are some of them:
- 1997 "Hard & Soft" at Eight Floor Gallery, New York, USA
- 2003 "One is always Two", Professional Architects Association, Tenerife, Spain
- 2003 "Spaces for intimacy" at Hall los Aljibes, Lanzarote, Spain
- 2004 "DakÁrt Biennial", Dakar, Senegal
- 2005 "Sao Paulo Architecture Biennial", Brazil
- 2005 "Architecture for Justice" COAC, Madrid, Spain
- 2007 "Individual exhibition": Nred Architects, Literary Cabinet, Las Palmas, Spain
- 2007 "Regeneration Strategy", National Library, Beijing, China
- 2007 "Refabricating City "Shenzhen & Hong Kong, Biennial of Urban Planning and Architecture, Hong Kong, China
- 2007 "Xisi Bei street", Beijing, China
- 2008 "Gallery AEDES", Berlin, Germany
- 2008 "Sustainable Building", Melbourne, Australia
- 2007–2009 "Biennial of Art, Architecture and landscape of Canarias", Las Palmas, Spain
- 2009 "Object Art" Manuel Ojeda Gallery, Las Palmas, Spain
- 2010–2011 "A city called Spain", Athens-Moscow, Greece-Russia
- 2015–2016 Exhibition at the MAXXI Museum in Rome, Italy
- 2017 "In process". Exhibition of architectural models by Alonso-Sosa in the Saro León Gallery, Las Palmas, Spain.
Awards and Special Recognition
Academy Member
- In 2014, José Antonio Sosa Díaz-Saavedra became a member of the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts of San Miguel Arcangel.
Awards for His Designs
Professor Sosa has won many awards in design competitions:
- 2006 First prize for The Venegas Public Square and Underground Car Park
- 2005 First prize for Puerto del Rosario Waterfront
- 2005 First prize for La Regenta Art Center
- 2004 First prize for the City of Justice (New Law Courts Headquarter) in Las Palmas
- 2002 First prize for fixing up the Town Hall of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
- 1997 First prize for fixing up the Literary Cabinet "Design and Ideas"
- 2008 Third prize for The Madrid Slaughterhouse
- 2008 First prize for fixing up the Consistorial Houses of the Palmas de Gran Canaria (Melbourne Sustainable Building)
- 2008 First Accésit (a special mention) for fixing up the Old Tabakalera in Donostia-San Sebastián
- 2012 First prize for the Railway Station of Playa del Inglés
- 2013 Second prize for Station-20, Sophia, Bulgaria
- 2016 First prize for A House in a Garden, Gran Canaria
Buildings He Designed
Here are some of the buildings José Antonio Sosa has designed or helped design:
- 2003 Loyola`s Foundation Administrative building, Spain
- 2003 The Elongated House, Gran Canaria, Spain (with Miguel Santiago)
- 2004 The Hidden House, Gran Canaria, Spain
- 2008 Town Hall of Las Palmas, Spain (with Magüi González)
- 2010 Black Pavilion, Las Palmas, Spain
- 2010 Art Center, La Regenta, Las Palmas, Spain
- 2011 The Z House, Gran Canaria, Spain
- 2011 Station-20, Sophia, Bulgaria
- 2012 Railway Station of Playa del Inglés, Las Palmas, Spain
- 2012 The City of Justice, "New Law Courts Headquarter", Las Palmas, Spain (with Magüi González and Miguel Santiago)
- 2012 Central Library of Helsinki, Finland (with Evelyn Alonso Rohner)
- 2014 Philologicum of Munich, Germany (with Evelyn Alonso Rohner)
- 2014 The Loft Apartment, Las Palmas, Spain (with Evelyn Alonso Rohner)
- 2014 Total building rehabilitation Buganvilla Apartments, Gran Canaria, Spain (with Evelyn Alonso Rohner)
- 2015–16 Industrial building renewal, Group Volkswagen franchisee “Majuelos” La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (with Evelyn Alonso Rohner)
- 2016–17 Rehabilitation of the Industrial and Commercial Building “La Loza”, Las Palmas, Spain (with Evelyn Alonso Rohner)
See also
In Spanish: José Antonio Sosa para niños
