Santa Arquitectura is a design and architecture practice founded by Noelia de la Red in 2025.
She is a PhD candidate and lecturer at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB), where she also earned her degree in Architecture in 2015. She holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Architectural Projects from the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM) (2023). Previously, she taught architectural design at ETSAM, and led courses on the online platform Domestika and at the Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM).
From 2015 to 2025, she was a founding partner of Allaround Lab. In her current practice, she develops projects that conceive architecture as a tool for social transformation, grounded in critical thinking and strategies sensitive to the memory of the places they engage with.
Her work has been recognized in multiple editions of the FAD Awards (2016, 2018), Arquia Próxima (2024), and the Catalan Architecture Exhibition (2019, 2023). She received first prize in the 21st edition of the ASCER Ceramic Architecture and Interior Design Awards (2022).
Her projects have been featured in international publications such as Arquitectura Viva, AD, Divisare, and Dwell, among others.
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AWARDS
(2024)
Selected, IX Arquia Próxima Awards, Margarit.
Selected, IX Arquia Próxima Awards, Ávila.
(2023)
Selected, IV Mostra d’Arquitectura Catalana, Margarit.
(2022)
Winner, Ceramic Architecture and Interior Design Award, Ávila.
(2019)
First Prize in Interior Design, III Mostra d’Arquitectura Catalana, Buenaventura Muñoz.
(2018)
Selected, FAD Awards, Interior Design, Buenaventura Muñoz.
(2016)
Finalist, FAD Awards, Ephemeral Installations, Neu Morta.
People’s Choice Award, FAD Awards, Ephemeral Installations, Neu Morta.
COMPETITIONS
(2025)
Finalist, Curatorial Competition, XVII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU).
(2022)
First Prize, Competition for the Construction of a Day Centre Specialised in Dementia Care, Tàrrega.
EXHIBITIONS
(2024)
4th Mostra d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, May 16 – June 20, COAC. Margarit.
Ecosistemas.zip – Nuevos Procesos, Nuevas Arquitecturas, December 18, 2023 – March 10, 2024, Casa de la Arquitectura, Madrid.
(2022)
Ecosistemas.zip – Nuevos Procesos, Nuevas Arquitecturas, May 27 – July 1, Sala Amadís, Madrid.
3rd Mostra d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, COAC. Buenaventura Muñoz.
(2018)
FAD Awards Exhibition, Museu del Disseny de Barcelona. Buenaventura Muñoz.
(2016)
FAD Awards Exhibition, Museu del Disseny de Barcelona. Neu Morta.
TALKS & LECTURES
(2025)
Moderator of the book presentation "La arquitectura del Neoliberalismo" by Douglas Spencer, together with the translators, Marina Povedano and Chris Rodríguez. La Capell COAC, Barcelona.
(2024)
“Arquitectura más allá de los márgenes,” Proyectos VI de mañanas, February 21, ETSAB-UPC, Barcelona.
(2023)
“La flexibilidad de lo neutro,” UD. Burgos – Proyectos 3-4-5, March 21, ETSAM-UPM, Madrid.
(2022)
“Related Strategies,” Postgraduate in Interior Design – Private Perimeters, July 4, ELISAVA, Barcelona.
(2021)
“3 casas | 3 estrategias,” UD. Burgos – Proyectos 3-4-5, October 27, ETSAM-UPM, Madrid.
“Afinidades operativas,” Interior & Product Design Program, July 14, Parsons School of Design, Chavón School of Design.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(2025)
Revista Diseño Interior, No. 382, May 2025, Ávila, pp. 88–93.
(2024)
Revista Diseño Interior, No. 377 Nov 2024, Nàpols, pp. 166-169.
Interior Design Magazine (USA), September 2024, Nàpols, p. 72.
Catálogo Arquia Próxima IX Edición – Deseo, Ávila, pp. 100-111.
Catálogo Arquia Próxima IX Edición – Deseo, Margarit p. 226-227.
Neo2 No. 193, Fernando Poo, pp. 224-229.
Revista Arquitectura y Diseño, September issue, p. 62.
Neo2, No. 192, BCN35-Ávila, pp. 68-69.
Catálogo 4ª edición Mostra d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, Margarit, p. 75
(2023)
Arquitectura y Diseño Magazine, September issue, p. 76.
Interni & Decor (Korea), April 2023, Ávila, pp. 178-181.
C Magazine, architecture & everything else 2022, Ávila, pp. 102-105.
Revista Aitim, No. 337, Best Timber Architecture Projects of the Year, Margarit, pp. 14–17.
Divisare Journal, Ávila. "Best home interiors of 2022", January 3, 2023.
(2022)
Punts de Vista TVE, Ávila, September 21, 2022.
Revista Diseño Interior, No. 355, Margarit, pp. 150–151.
Revista Arquitectura y Diseño, September issue, Ávila, p. 49.
Catálogo Mostra d’Arquitectura de Barcelona 2016–2018, Buenaventura Muñoz, pp. 34–35.
IW Magazine (China), No. 146, Ávila, pp. 24–27.
Arquitectura Viva No. 244, Ecosistemas.zip. Spain’s Next Generation: Under 35, p. 21.
Diari Ara, Ávila, May 29, 2022, pp. 14–15.
Divisare Journal, Ávila, April 26, 2022.
Diari Ara, Margarit, January 9, 2022, pp. 18–19.
(2017)
Divisare Journal, Buenaventura Muñoz, May 22 and June 22, 2017.
(2016)
Revista On Diseño, No. 361/362, Neu Morta, pp. 148–149.