KNITKNOT. NEW YORK

newyork@knitknotarchitecture.com

DIANA CRISTOBAL OLAVE

Diana is an architect and scholar. As a Fulbright Fellow she graduated with honors from the MSAAD at Columbia GSAPP, and received an Advance Architectural Research Certificate by the same school. She has practiced as an architectural designer at international studios such as OMA, and taught in a number of schools of architecture. She has been Visiting Professor in Columbia GSAPP, Pratt Institute, and New York Institute of Technology, and currently combines her role as partner at knitknot architecture with her position as PhD Candidate in Architecture at Princeton University.

KNITKNOT. NEW YORK

newyork@knitknotarchitecture.com

GONZALO LOPEZ GARRIDO

Gonzalo got his Masters in Architecture from the School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB), and is currently a PhD Candidate in Urban Planning and Design from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM), where he is developing his research thesis: “The participatory city. Collaborative working methods applied to urban planning”.

After years practicing in the international offices of Mecanoo, KPF and OMA, Gonzalo is currently Vissiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute, and partner at knitknot architecture.

KNITKNOT. NEW YORK

newyork@knitknotarchitecture.com

ALFONSO SIMELIO JURADO

Alfonso holds an Architecture and Urban planning degree from the University of Sao Paulo (FAUUSP) and a Master in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia GSAPP, where he graduated from in 2013.

Before starting knitknot architecture, he collaborated with emergent architecture studio Metro Arquitetos Associados in Brazil and Steven Holl Architects in New York City

KNITKNOT. LONDON

london@knitknotarchitecture.com

TANIA ORAMAS DORTA

Master in Architecture from the School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB), Tania is a practitioner architect and researcher. As an architect, she has worked in renowned architectural practices in Barcelona (Ravetllat-Ribas Architects) and London (Ian Ritchie Architects).

In 2013 she graduated with Distinction in the MSc Spatial Design: Architecture and Cities at the Bartlett School of Architecture, and obtained the Turner Prize in recognition of the best course dissertation. She has been a guest lecturer and critic at the course, and has participated in a number of conferences and publications, which she combines as her role as partner in knitknot architecture.

KNITKNOT . LOS ANGELES

losangeles@knitknotarchitecture.com

MARIA ESNAOLA CANO

After working for Francisco Mangado in Spain, Maria completed the Advanced Architectural Design (AAD) and the Applied Research Practices in Architecture (ARPA) programs with honors as Fulbright Scholar at Columbia GSAPP, graduating in 2013. She was recognized with the William Ware Prize, the Lucille Smyser Lowernfish Memorial Prize and the William Kinne Fellows Travelling Prize.

Maria has taught as Vissiting Professor at Columbia and AAU in San Francisco. Currently, besides being partner at knitknot architecture, Maria holds a position as Lecturer at USC Los Angeles where she is developing her current research project.

_{Current and former members:
Diana Cristobal
Maria Esnaola
Alicia Hernanz
Gonzalo J. Lopez
Tania Oramas
Alfonso Simelio
Alexandre Malagelada
Teresa Santas
Federica Russo
Nicolo Lewanski
Remo deAngelis}

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