BALSA CROSETTO PIAZZI is an architectural practice based in Córdoba, Argentina, and
Boston, USA. Established in 2015, it is led by Juan Manuel Balsa, Rocío Crosetto Brizzio and
Leandro Piazzi.
The studio’s inquiry centers on architecture’s material realm and its capacity to reshape reality
through building. Each commission is treated as a platform that orchestrates the cycles of
materials, people, knowledge, and resources involved in construction. For Balsa
Crosetto Piazzi, projects are opportunities to redesign and deconstruct entrenched conditions,
fostering alternative construction methods and production logics.
Notable recognition includes the Design Vanguard 2026 award by Architectural Record (US), the ArchDaily Next Practices 2026 award, the Architectural League of New York Prize 2025, short-listing for the Lisbon Triennale Debut Award 2025, and selection as Argentina’s representative at the Latin American Architecture Biennial (BAL 2025). The office has also received first prizes for the restoration of Banco Nación’s headquarters in Buenos Aires, Plaza Manuel Belgrano in Córdoba, and the IX BIAU Pavilion in Rosario, as well as the First Prize for Built Work in the Small-Scale Housing category awarded by the Colegio de Arquitectos de Córdoba. Its work has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, the Ibero-American Architecture Biennial (BIAU 2014), the Chicago Architecture Biennial 2025, the XX Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires 2026, Princeton School of Architecture’s “The House Transformed”, and Madrid’s Colegio de Arquitectos (COAM), among others.
BCP has been featured in publications such as Architectural Record, The Architect’s Newspaper, Revista PLOT, Bloomberg, PIN–UP, Metropolis, TECTONICA, as well as platforms such as Divisare, ArchDaily, Dezeen, Domus, and e-flux Architecture, among others.
BCP has previously taught studios and seminars at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Columbia GSAPP, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), RPI, Syracuse University, IUAV Venice, Universidad Andrés Bello, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, and Universidad Nacional Córdoba. Currently, Juan Manuel Balsa teaches at Cornell University (AAP), Rocío Crosetto at the Cornell University (AAP), and Leandro Piazzi at Virginia Tech.
