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︎︎︎Manuel Bouzas
Architecture & Ecologies


MB—AE is a design practice based in Galicia, Spain. It explores the intersection of architecture and ecology through urban installations and design research. Its work examines the relationship between the materials we build with and the landscapes from which they emerge, with a special focus on timber and forests. Its projects have received support from private and public institutions, including the MITMA Ministry of the Government of Spain, Harvard GSD, Villa Medici—The French Academy in Rome, CHANEL, and the Arquia Foundation.

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E:     info@mb-ae.es
IG:    @manuelbouzas_
W:    www.mb-ae.es

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Manuel Bouzas is a Spanish architect, researcher, and educator currently based in Galicia, Spain, and Ithaca, New York, where he teaches in the Architecture Department of Cornell AAP. In 2018, he graduated with distinction from ETSAM, and in 2024, he completed a Master's in Design Studies from Harvard GSD, where he also served as a Teaching Fellow in the Undergraduate Architecture Studies program. His work explores the intersection of architecture and ecology through urban installations and design research. Some of his recent works include the Cabane 7L at Villa Medici—The French Academy in Rome (2024) and the Mediterranean Pavilion at the TAC! Festival in Valencia (2023). Manuel participated in the Spanish Pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2023 and 2018 and in the Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial in 2021. He has been recognized with the Renzo Piano World Tour Award in 2022, the La Caixa Fellowship in 2021, and the COAM Emerging Award in 2020.

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