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Balsa.Crosetto.Piazzi (BCP) is an architecture office based in Córdoba and New York whose main ambition is the production of projects that regardless of their scale are capable of incorporating new discussions in the context in which they are implemented. We teach at the School of Architecture Urbanism and Design of the National University of Córdoba (Córdoba) and eventually at the Torcuato di Tella University (Buenos Aires). We have also been invited as critics reviewers and academic jurys at other institutions such as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York), Andrés Bello School of Architecture (Viña del Mar), UDELAR (Montevideo), TEC (León) among others.
Our work policy is focused on taking private commissions public competitions and academic productions as platforms to push the limits of design towards a critical position committed to the economic, social, political, cultural and environmental demands that involve the present and compromise the future. This website indexes part of that work: houses, buildings, minor infrastructures, articles, papers, videos, parks, urbanizations, museums, restorations, offices, courthouses, academic courses, conferences, curatorships and furniture.
Premios
Awards
Awards
2023
"Rural Restrooms", selected as part of the exhibition of the Argentine Pavilion Venice Architecture Biennale "The Laboratory of the Future", Venice, Italy.
2022
3rd Prize - “Curator Project Proposal for the Argentine Pavilion International Architecture Biennale of Venice 2023, Laboratory of the Future”, National Competition, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2021
1st Prize - “Gral. Manuel Belgrano Square”, Landscape Restoration, National Competition, Villa Allende, Argentina.
1st Prize - “Argentinian National Bank Headquarters”, Heritage Conservation and Refunctionalization, National Competition, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2020
“Rural Restrooms”, Built work selected, VII BASC Santa Cruz Architecture Biennial, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
2nd Prize - “San Patricio del Chañar Urban Park”, Landscape and Urbanism, National Competition, Neuquén, Argentina.
Honorable Mention - “Sustainable Collective Housing”, National Competition, Mendoza, Argentina.
Honorable Mention - “Córdoba School of Architecture and Urbanism Building”, Conservation and Restoration, National Competition, Córdoba, Argentina.
2nd Prize - “San Patricio del Chañar Urban Park”, Landscape and Urbanism, National Competition, Neuquén, Argentina.
Honorable Mention - “Sustainable Collective Housing”, National Competition, Mendoza, Argentina.
Honorable Mention - “Córdoba School of Architecture and Urbanism Building”, Conservation and Restoration, National Competition, Córdoba, Argentina.
2019
2nd Prize - “Expo 2023 Park, Boulevard and Bridge”, Landscape and Urbanism, International Competition, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Honorable Mention - “Sustainable Housing of Social Interest”, National Competition, Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina.
2018
“House in San Francisco”, Built work selected, BIA-AR 2018, Category: Politics of practice, Traditions and Innovations, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Honorable Mention - “Master Plan of the Córdoba City Railway Lands”, Landscape and Urbanism, National Competition, Córdoba, Argentina.
3rd Prize - “Façade of the Argentinian National Internal Revenue Building”, National Competition, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Honorable Mention - “Master Plan of the Córdoba City Railway Lands”, Landscape and Urbanism, National Competition, Córdoba, Argentina.
3rd Prize - “Façade of the Argentinian National Internal Revenue Building”, National Competition, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2017
Honorable Mention - “New Building for Mendoza Food Market”, National Competition, Mendoza, Argentina.
Honorable Mention - “San Carlos de Bariloche Judicial Buildings Complex”, National Competition, Rio Negro, Argentina.
2016
“Temporary Pavilion IX BIAU”, Built work selected, BIA-AR 2016. Category: Politics of practice, Traditions and Innovations. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2015
1st Prize - “Architectural Association of Rio Cuarto building”, Expansion and Refunctionalization, Regional Competition, Córdoba, Argentina.
4th Prize - “Conservation and Restoration of Piazza Della Scala”, Urban Heritage, International Competition, Milan, Italy
Selected Building - “Temporary Pavilion IX Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism”, ODA Awards 2015, Building of the Year, Cultural Section, organized by ArchDaily.
2014
2nd Prize - “Cipolleti Judicial Buildings Complex” National Competition, Rio Negro, Argentina.
1st Prize - “Temporary Pavilion IX Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism” International Architecture, Rosario, Argentina.
Publicaciones
Publications
Publications
Articles, Essays, and Interviews
2019
“Pabellón de Madera 1:0.89” [Wood Pavilion 1:0.89], in Catálogo de Bienal de Arquitectura Latinoamericana 2019, T6 Ediciones, Pamplona, España / ISBN: 978-84-92409-90-7
“MADERA. Las Instalaciones de la Tercera Edición de HelloWood” [WOOD; The Installations of HelloWood Third Edition], in ARQ Clarin Magazine # 865, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018
“Casa en San Francisco” [House in San Francisco], in Situaciones BIA-AR 2018 Catálogo, Bisman Ediciones y Scalae, Buenos Aires, Argentina / ISBN: 978-987-3779-30-5
“Loft del Faro” in CO-CASAS, 30-60 Cuaderno Latinoamericano de Arquitectura, I+P Ed., Córdoba, Argentina / ISBN-978-987-1385-66-9
2016
Pabellón Temporal IX BIAU [Temporary Pavilion IX BIAU] in Procesos BIA-AR 2016 Catálogo, Bisman Ediciones y Scalae, Buenos Aires, Argentina / ISBN 978-987-3779-14-5
“Datos Nubosos” [‘Cloudy Data’] in Revista MAPEOS, Taller Danza Ed., Universidad de la República (UDELAR), Montevideo, Uruguay
“Datos Nubosos” [‘Cloudy Data’] in Revista MAPEOS, Taller Danza Ed., Universidad de la República (UDELAR), Montevideo, Uruguay
2015
Pabellón Temporal IX BIAU [Temporary Pavilion IX BIAU], in SUMMA+ 141 Magazine, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2014
“BIAU Rosario la otra arquitectura” [BIAU Rosario; The Other Architecture], in ARQ Clarin Magazine # 28.10.14, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Book Chapters, and Book Contributions
2021
“Recent Works”, in CURRICULUM; La nueva arquitectura Americana, Bisman Ediciones, QUT Ediciones Barcelona, Pamplona, Spain / ISBN: 978- 84-313-3563-2
2017
“La vida duplicada. Sobre la condición orgánico-virtual del ser-en la arquitectura” [The duplicated life; On the organic-virtual condition of being-in architecture] , in Utopías Fácticas; Latinoamérica explora futuros, FAUD UNC Ed., Córdoba, Argentina / ISBN-978-987-1494-99-6
2016
“La cerámica como diafragma en la Casa Ladrillo del estudio Ventura-Virzi” [Ceramics as a diaphragm in the Ventura-Virzi Brick House], Libro de Actas del IV Congreso Internacional sobre Arquitectura y Cerámica, Ed. ETSAM UPM., Madrid, Spain / ISSN: 2659-5303 / ISBN 14:978-84946306-5-1
Exhibiciones
Exhibitions
2022
Study Work, as part of the exhibition “Curriculum; Learning and Experience in Spain of a New Latin American Architecture”, at The Miami Center for Architecture and Design (AIA Miami), Miami, United States.
2020
“Rural Restrooms” selected to be shown at the VII BASC Santa Cruz Architecture Biennial, in the exposition “Architecture from Córdoba”, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
2019
“Wood Bridge Pavilion” in Latin American Architecture Biennial (BAL 2019), traveling exhibition, Baluarte Auditory Center and Madrid School of Architecture, Pamplona and Madrid, Spain.
2018
Curators.“Minor Infrastructures in the Central Valley of Chile", photo series by Juan Paulo Alarcón Carreño, Paseo del Buen Pastor, Córdoba, Argentina.
“ARCO’s & Flechas” in “BECOMING” Spanish Pavilion, of the XVI Edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale.
“ARCO’s & Flechas” in “BECOMING” Spanish Pavilion, of the XVI Edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale.
2015
Curatorial team member. “ARCO’s & Flechas”, exhibition at the ARCOmadrid International Contemporary Art Fair. IFEMA, Madrid, Spain.
“Linking Manaus” (undergraduate final thesis) in ARCHIPRIX 2013-14 World’s Best Degree. Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM), Projects, Madrid, Spain.
“Linking Manaus” (undergraduate final thesis) in ARCHIPRIX 2013-14 World’s Best Degree. Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM), Projects, Madrid, Spain.