Gerardo García Ventosa

Gerardo García-Ventosa (Barcelona, 1951) graduated as an Architect (1977) and Doctor of Architecture (1993) from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB) of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), with the thesis "Capitals in the work of Domènech i Montaner", with Oriol Bohigas as tutor, and Graduate in Legal and Forensic Architecture from the Pompeu Fabra University (2004). Since 1977, he has developed his professional activity through the study García-Ventosa Arquitectos Asociados. Also, since 1984, he has worked as a forensic expert for the Administrative Contentious Courtroom of the Upper Court of Justice of Catalonia.

He was a teacher at the ETSAB (1974-1990) and member on the Final Course Project Panel (1980-1990). He also taught interior design at the Escola Massana (1983-1984).

He has been a Culture voting member of the Architects School of Catalonia (COAC) and in charge of the library, historic archive, exhibitions, conferences and publications (1981-1985, 1986-1988 and 1994-2000). He was also a member of the Rector Committee (1983-2005), voting member (1983-2001) and vice-president (2001-2005) of the Caja de Arquitectos Savings Bank.

He was a board member of the ARQ-INFAD (1992-1996) of the Forensic Technical Experts Group (1993-2000) and of the Cultural Heritage of Barcelona Territorial Commission (1994-2000). He is a patron of the Lluís Domènech i Montaner Foundation (2006).

He was managing director of the 1st Design Applied to Architecture Exhibition (MIDA), held from 1st to 6th July 1996, within the framework of the XIX International Union of Architects Congress (UIA).

He is author of the video series Catalan Architecture since the 80s (1987), made by the COAC, the ETSAB and Caja de Barcelona, entitled: "I: Restoration Works", "II: Public Spaces", "III: New building", which were selected by Videoarco '88 and in the International Architecture and Town-planning Film Festival of Lausanne (FIFAL) in 1991. He is also author of the book Torre Valentina, a landscape project by the architect José A. Coderch de Setmenat (Ministry of Housing, Ed. Rueda) and co-author of the book and exhibition Architectures absent from the 20th century (Ministry of Housing, Ed. Tanais).