Andreu leads the main Barcelona office with Carmen Fiol. He is involved in client liaison and all stages of project development. He is jointly responsible for the design direction of the practice. He graduated from the superior technical School of architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB) in 1981. Rewarded by the William Fullbright grant in 1985, he attended the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at Columbia University, New York, receiving a Master in Architecture and Building Design (1986).

He was responsible in the Urban Design Department for the urban transformation developed throughout the city of Barcelona between  1981-87 and awarded the Harvard University Prince of Wales Prize in Urban Design in 1990 for its ‘exemplary demonstration of leadership in the physical conformation and renewal of a city. He was Associate Director of the Institute of Urban Development and Olympic Games. In this capacity, Andreu designed and coordinated Olympic projects in preparation for Barcelona’s hosting of the 1992 Olympic Games. The development of these games was recognized internationally as creating a meaningful legacy in the urban design landscape of Barcelona.

He has taught at a number of schools of architecture, including the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura (ETSAB) in Barcelona, was Visiting Professor at the Politecnico de Milano to Piacenza, the UCLA University in Los Angeles, the International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design in Venezia, the Academie van Bouwkunst van de HR&O in Rotterdam and the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Since 1994, he has been an Associate Professor of Architectural Design at the School of Architecture of Barcelona.

He is particularly interested in urban questions and the changing conditions of the contemporary European city. Specifically, he has addressed through teaching and practice the complexity of each site that requires the sensitive interpretation of place and space as a critical synthesis of historic layers, existing natural and man-made systems, cultural forces, and the potential for future meaning. The success of the designs resided not only in their ability to address these often conflicting sites and program characteristics but in their creation of a whole larger than the sum of the parts. in this changing context.

She leads the Barcelona office with Andreu Arriola and focuses on design and communication, liaising with clients and the creative direction of the practice. She is closely involved in the development of all projects from inception to completion.

Carmen graduated from the superior technical School of architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB) in 1981. She attended the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at Columbia University, New York, receiving a Master’s in Architecture and Building Design in 1986.

From 1981-1988, she was one of the leading architects in the Urban Design Department of the City of Barcelona. Carmen’s expertise includes leftover spaces at the periphery of the city, requiring the design of public space as a catalyst for the recovery of identity and urban presence in fragmented and dislocated territories.

She has taught at a number of schools of architecture, including the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura (ETSAB) in Barcelona as Associate Professor of Urbanism. She was Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney NSW, the Barcelona Institute of Architecture, the Architecture School, University of Bath, the École nationale supérieure de paysage in Versailles and the Università degli Studi di Cagliari. In 2007 she got the title of Doctor Europeus in Urbanism at the UPC in Barcelona. In 2014 she is Droga Architect in Resident by the foundation of Australian Institute of Architects.

Carmen’s professional profile focus on the importance of public realm: Urban Civic Projects. Through the development of numerous projects, she has explored the practical and theoretical aspects of urban regeneration founded on the principles of design excellence, social well-being and environmental responsibility and written extensively on the various issues connected with the relationship between the different scales.

She regularly lectures, attends reviews and international workshops in schools of architecture and competition juries.