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Meritxell Inaraja Genís Birth date	February 26, 1968

Birth place: Vic, Osona, Barcelona.

Education	Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB).

Professional information Profession	Architect Area	Architecture Studio	MERITXELL INARAJA ARQUITECTA SLP Movement Notable works	Garraf Regional Historical Archive

Montsià Regional Historical Archive

Ribera del Ebro Regional Historical Archive

Restoration of the Walls of Vic

Rehabilitation of the old coin factory “La Seca

Member of	Member of the Architecture Commission of the Barcelona City Council (since 2018)

Member of the Heritage Commission of the Central Regions of Catalonia (since 1992) •	•

Web page	https://www.meritxellinaraja.com/

Meritxell Inaraja, born February 26, 1968, is a Catalan architect. Born in Vic (Osona, Barcelona), Inaraja studied at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB). Her style is characterized by compelling exteriors and functional interiors. Inaraja has garnered important commissions for the restoration of historical and industrial complexes and for the design of newly-constructed public facilities and residential buildings. BIOGRAPHY Inaraja graduated in Architecture from the Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), in 1994. A year later she earned a postgraduate degree in Museology and Design at UPC. Inaraja is a disciple of the architect Jordi Garcés. For a long time, she worked on projects with Garcés as well as her own architecture practice, located in Vic’s main square, which she founded in 1995. She collaborated with Garcés on the expansion of the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, the Egyptian Museum, the Francisco Godia Foundation (the modernist Casa Garriga Nogués, current headquarters in Barcelona of the Mapfre Foundation) and an unconventional housing project in the 22@ neighborhood of Barcelona. This professional relationship continued through 2011, when Inaraja and Garcés collaborated on a new residential construction project in Piera, Barcelona. Inaraja's style is defined by a commitment to functionality, a deep respect for the environment and the constant presence of light. Although her new construction buildings and restoration projects differ from one another, they share a common denominator: the search for and use of materials, drawn from historical context and/or the physical environment, that complement and improve the built spaces. In her renovation projects, she always strives for interiors that respect the building’s history but enhances them with contemporary elements to provide maximum usefulness and comfort. Noteworthy restoration projects include: the old coin factory “La Seca” which was transformed into a cultural complex; the walls of Vic; the Besora Castle; the Tossa de Montbuí Tower; the roof of the Sant Pere de Camprodón Monastery; an historic house in the medieval village of Montdragon (France). Recently, Inaraja won a competition for the rehabilitation of the Gavà Cooperators Union building, originally designed in 1936 by Josep Lluís Sert and Josep Torres Clavé. Some of her more significant new construction projects are: the Garraf Regional Historical Archive; the Montsià Regional Historical Archive, the Ribera del Ebro Regional Historical Archive, the Palafolls School of Music and Dance She also collaborated on the construction of the Lluís Llach Foundation’s Nelson Mandela Library in Palmarin, Senegal. Perhaps because she has worked on both public commissions as well as residential projects, often at the same time, the interiors of the public facilities she designs evoke the warmth and comfort of a home, while her newly-constructed residential buildings display the precision and excellence that characterize prestigious public works. Currently, her architecture studio is working on a number of residential building projects in Vic and Sitges, in the province of Barcelona.