Alberto Martinez is an architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM), he holds a Master of Architecture II post-professional degree from The Cooper Union, and currently lives and works in New York City. His experience working and studying in countries such as the United Kindom, Netherlands, Spain, China, and the US has given him a holistic approach to architecture and its different ramifications in both the professional and the academic world. His interests lie from domestic spaces and housing typologies to furniture and product design; and furthermore, the influence of ecology in architecture.
Alberto is highly interested in ‘shrink’ as an architectural aesthetic. Thus, he understands construction techniques and technologies as well as their impact in contemporary architecture and a number of conceptual frameworks.
Additionally, Alberto has a great interest in architectural history and its evolution, because of this, he co-founded Hidden Architecture, an editorial project currently based in New York and Zurich; this project recovers projects and theories left out of most historical surveys.
scalar Architecture, New York, Project Architect
https://scalararchitecture.com/
Projects:
- A.J. Muste Memorial Institute
- Ivan Navarro & Courtney Smith Studio
- Penthouse Renovation in Chelsea
Hidden Architecture, New York, Founder and main editor
http://hiddenarchitecture.net
Hidden Architecture was created in February of 2015 between Madrid and Liverpool by Alberto Martínez García y Héctor Rivera Bajo.
ATLAS
Our project aims to create an atlas of architecture, parallel to the pro-official in order to propose an alternative built up by themselves to the discourse and the well-accepted understanding of historiography of architecture. Hidden Architecture is resistance, an attempt to make visible the difference in architectural practice and provide a deserved value to certain projects and concepts subtracted from the academic narrative.
JOURNAL
Hidden Architecture is also a Journal that publishes two projects per week that feed this atlas. This journal includes our own series where we write about different topics we think relevant for current architecture as well as series by collaborators where they expand the geographical and historical boundaries of the atlas.
NAVA Partners, New York, NY, US, Architect
http://www.nava.nyc
Projects:
- 80 East 10th Street - Architect.
- 14th White Street - Architect.
- Penthouse Renovation in Park Avenue - Project Manager.
Myo Interiors, Liverpool, GB, Interior Designer
I worked in the Interior Design of several high-ending residential projects from the first concept design to the construction documentation, carrying on several projects under the direct supervision of the director and owner of the company. My task included 2D and 3D Design, technical detail solutions, FFE and material selection, preparation of Mood boards and presentations and meeting consultant and technicians.
UNStudio, Amsterdam, NL, Junior Architectural Designer
Main Projects:
• Wilmar International HQ, Shanghai (CN) – schematic design
• Hanwha Headquarter, Building remodeling, Seoul (ROK) – schematic design
• Qatar Integrated Railway Project (QA) – design development
• Raffles City, Hangzhou (CN) – design development interior
• Marina Clubhouse (CN) – concept design
EACSN Arquitectos, Madrid, Architectural Assistant
I collaborated with the office EACSN to participate in the competition for a new hospital in Ciudad de David (Panamá). My main tasks were the integration of the building into the landscape, including the public and private circulations; the 3D Model of the hospital for the exterior Renderings (made by an external office); the Interior Renderings, the bioclimatic study of the facade and the technical drawings of the rooms and the facade.
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM), Polytéchnic University of Madrid, Madrid, MArch, Architecture
Faculdade de arquitectura da Universidade do Porto - FAUP, Porto, Exchange Program
IaaC - The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona, Workshop
Workshop about New Technologies applied to Architecture
XIII SPANISH BIENNALE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM, 2016, 1st Place
Awarded by the Blog Hidden Architecture within the category of divultgation (Research)
