unparelld'arquitectes' Urban Interventions in Olot

The Catalan architecture studio unparelld'arquitectes, founded by Eduard Callís (1977) and Guillem Moliner (1979), has been transforming public spaces in Olot, Spain, with low-cost, socially engaging designs. Their work, featured in Domus's 2020 top 10 list alongside projects by Álvaro Siza and Steven Holl, includes 'open-air rooms' like loggias, terraces, and courtyards that blur boundaries between private and public realms. In 2018, their plaza recovery plan for Olot began with Can Sau, a former demolition void turned into a vaulted sequence with niches mimicking lost domestic life, shortlisted for the Dezeen Awards and earning them a nomination for the AR Emerging Architecture Award. Other projects include the El Morrot sports complex, featuring a porticoed agora for community interaction, and the Sant Miquel neighborhood, where painted geometric patterns restored a deteriorated square. Their work has been shortlisted twice for the Simon Architecture Prize. The studio continues with further plaza renovations, a cooperative headquarters, and a light festival installation, aiming for cities where facades are not barriers and interiors extend into parks and streets.