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Gemma Ramon Centelles

Gemma Ramon Centelles

Chicago, IL, US

 
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About 

Gemma Ramon Centelles is an architect and a Master of Science student at the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture (2022) and a Master of Architecture (2023) from the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Vallès at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. In 2019, Gemma joined the Rural Studio at Auburn University in Alabama, where she gained valuable practical experience. Her work has been recognized with the Europan 17 runner-up award for her project "Sa Muralla" and the Fulbright Scholarship, which supports her ongoing research in Chicago on integrating environmental considerations into design-to-construction processes—a core focus of her career.

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Employment 

Fulbright Program, Chicago, IL, US, Scholar

Aug 2024 - current
 

Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, ES, 3D Modeler and Workshop Fabrication Instructor

Jan 2024 - current
 

Ajuntament de Barcelona, Barcelona, ES, Architect

Mar 2023 - Aug 2024
 

OMIC Arquitectos & Ingenieros, Barcelona, ES, Architect

Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
 

rga arquitectes, Barcelona, ES, Intern Architect

Mar 2020 - Feb 2022
 

Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Vallès (ETSAV), Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES, Teaching Assistant

Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
 

Education 

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, IL, US, Masters, Master of Science in Architecture

Aug 2024 - current
 

Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès-Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES, MArch, Master in Architecture

Feb 2022 - Feb 2023
 

Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès-Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES, BArch, Bachelor of Architecture

Sep 2016 - Feb 2022
 

Awards 

Fulbright Scholarship, Scholarship

Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study a MS in Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology.

2024
 

Europan 17 Competition, 2nd Place

Sa Muralla reads the rural landscape and built heritage of Eivissa, the largest of the Pitiüses Islands, and takes the contemporary climate and inhabiting patterns with the purpose to shape a housing development project of 170 units.

2023
 

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