Studio leader Grandeza-Bajeza
Based in Sydney since 2015, Grandeza-Bajeza (Amaia Sanchez-Velasco, Jorge Valiente Oriol, Gonzalo Valiente and Miguel Rodriguez-Casellas) is a collective of architects, educators and researchers founded in Madrid in 2011.
In 2019, the team was commissioned to conceptualise and design the Australian pavilion for the XXII Triennale di Milano. Their work, "Teatro Della Terra Alienata", received the Golden Bee Award for the best international contribution and was acquired in 2020 by the National Gallery of Victoria for the museum's permanent collection of Architecture and Design.
Their work has been exhibited and published in Germany (Bauhaus Dessau in 2014); USA (1st Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2015); Chile (XX Chilean Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism in 2017); Spain (XIV Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism in 2018); Italy (XXII Triennale di Milano in 2019); the Netherlands (Bureau Europa in 2019); and Australia (Mildura Arts Centre in 2016, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery in 2017, Bank Art Museum Moree in 2018, Tin Sheds Gallery in 2018, Australian Design Centre in 2018, and MADA Gallery in 2020).