Pilar Calderon and Marc Folch graduated in Architecture from the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectes de Barcelona (Universitat Politècnica Catalunya). They opened their own practice in Barcelona in 2000: Calderon-Folch Arquiteces. In 2006 they founded, with Gérald Lafond, CFplusL to develop projects in France.

........awards | recognitions
2000 Second Place: Public Housing Project in Jaén. Empresa Pública Suelo Andalucía, Spain
2000 Second Place: Cultural Center. Palamós City Hall, Girona, Spain
2002 Second Place: Bridge for the Henares River. Guadalajara City Hall, Spain
2002 Second Place: New entrance to the Caravaca de la Cruz Castle. Caravaca City Hall, Spain
2003 Finalists: Fad Awards 2003. Category: Temporary Arquitecture
2003 Honorable Mention: Public Housing Project in Cartagena. Government of Murcia, Spain
2004 Prize: Young Architects Ajac 2004. Category: Constructed Projects
2005 Selected: Fad Awards 2005. Category: Arquitecture
2005 Selected: Government Center in Porqueres. Porqueres City Hall, Girona, Spain
2005 Second Place: Alcúdia High School. Ibisec-Coaib, Spain
2006 First Place: Pedestrian bridge of St Ignasi Road. City Hall of Manresa, Spain
2006 First Place: 21-unit Housing Project in St Llorenç Savall. Incasol, Spain
2006 First Place: New Police Station of the Mossos d’Esquadra in Sitges. GISA, Spain
2006 First Place: 1.503 unit Housing Project in Navalcarnero. Ministry of Housing, Spain
2007 First Place: 36 unit Housing Project in Begues. Impsol, Spain
2007 First Place: Reception Hall in Chauffailles, Town Hall of Chauffailles, France

........conferences | round tables
2003 Own work. ‘Upcoming Architects’. Etsab-Upc (Universitat Politècnica de Cataunya)
2004 Houses for a poet. Inaugural Conference. ‘Friends’. Coac (College of Architects of Catalonia)
2004 Own work. Series: ‘Catalán Architecture Vol. 2’. Coac
2004 Prize Young Architects Ajac 2004. ‘Upcoming Architects’. Coac
2005 Emerging Work. Series: Emerging Iberian-American Panorama. Elisava
2005 Round Table: ‘The Future of the La Gardunya Plaza’. Foment de Ciutat Vella. Barcelona
2005 Neruda-Rodríguez Arias. Coaib Mallorca
2005 Round Table: ‘Rodríguez Arias in Exile’. Coaib. Eïvissa
2005 Houses for a poet. Series: Autumn Literature. Coa Tarragona
2006 Projects 2000-2006. Coac of Tenerife, La Gomera y El Hierro. Sta. Cruz Tenerife
2006 Emotional Atlas. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Barcelona
2006 Epiphanies. Master ‘Laboratory of Housing of 21th century’. Etsab, Upc. Barcelona
2007 Own work: Ephemeral Architecture. Elisava, Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
2007 Round Table: 44 Young International Architects. Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona
2007 Own Work: Planisphere. Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona

........collective exhibitions
2003 13 Architecture Competitions. Dept. of Public Works and Transportation. Andalucía, Spain
2003 <40 (Under Forty). Dept. of Culture, Education, and Publications of Coac.Barcelona, Spain
2003 Fad Awards 2003. Fad. Barcelona, Spain
2004 Ideas for an architecture. Government of Murcia. Spain
2004 Emerging Panorama. Fourth Iberian-American Architecture Biennial. Lima, Perú
2004 Catalan Culture. International Fair 2004. Guadalajara, Mexico
2005 Prize Young Architects Ajac 2004’. Coac. Spain
2005 Fad Awards 2005. Fad. Barcelona, Spain
2006 Set Designs by Architects. Pavillon de l’Arsenal. Paris, France
2007 Exhibition of models of Viva competition, 5688 Vpo. Sala Arquerías, Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid
2007 44 Young International Architects. Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona

.........teaching, education, instruction
2004/7 Studio co-ordinators. Program: Masters in Design and Exhibition Project Management / Post-Graduate course in the Direction and Management of Artistic Projects. Elisava School of Design (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) and Cccb (Center for Contemporary Culture, Barcelona)
2007 Invited studio teachers for Internacional Workshop ETSAV-MEXICO, Barcelona
2007 Invited studio teachers for the Internacional workshop ETSAB-AUSTRÀLIA, Barcelona
2007 Invited studio teachers the Workshop of Projects of 3rd Course at l'ETSAB, UPc. Barcelona
07a08 Studio teachers of Projects and Course II Coordinadors. ESARQ-UNIV. INTERNACIONAL CATALUNYA. Barcelona
07a08Teachers of Projects. Master in Design and Directors of Explanatory Projects, ELISAVA. Barcelona

........published books
2002 Editors of ‘Diari Número 9’: Contemporary Space in Chile. Publisher: Vcdb-Coac
2004 Authors and editors of the book ‘Neruda - Rodríguez Arias. Houses for a Poet’. Publisher: Coac. Sponsors: Ministry of Housing, Spain. Distributors: Actar

........published articles
2002 Conditions of distance. VCdB diari núm.9. Contemporary Space in Chile’. Coac, Spain
2004 First Words. Visions 2. Title: ‘Special Chile’.Etsab, Spain
2004 The Voyage of Germán Rodríguez Arias’. Arquitectària-El Periódico. Spain
2004 Confusion. Emerging Panorama. 4th Iberian-American Architecture Biennial, Peru
2005 Words and Cooperation’. Architects Without Borders. Spain

........published projects
2002 Conditions of distance. Inde, Coac. Spain
2002 Conditions of distance. Ab#84, Coac . Spain
2003 Carcassa, Caldereria petita. Young architecture demands to be let through’. Inde, Coac. Spain
2003 Conditions of distance. Fad Awards 2003. Arq-Infad. Spain
2003 Conditions of distance. On Diseño 243. Spain
2003 Caldereria petita.Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme #238. Coac. Spain
2004 Circle. Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme Q1.0. Coac. Spain
2004 Palafits, Conditions of distance. Time+Architecture. Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2004 Houses for a poet. Inde, Coac. Spain
2004 Carcassa, Caldereria petita, Conditions of distance. 4th Iberian-American Architecture Biennial. Peru
2004 Caldereria petita. Village. Title: Youngs Architects Awards. Grupo 6 Ediciones S.A. Spain
2005 Los Victorias House. Modernized country homes; Open to the patio. La Vanguardia. Spain
2005 Los Victorias, Houses for a poet, Conditions of distance, Palafits. Arquitectura Viva #100. Spain
2005 Conditions of distance. Pasajes Construcción #9. América Ibérica. Spain
2005 33 Bucs. Be Guided #24. title: Vanguardia Española. Spain
2005 Caldereria petita. Ajac Awards for Young Architects. Coac. Spain
2005 Las Victorias House. Anuary of Iberian Architecture. Fad Awards 2005. Edita: ArqInfad. Spain
2005 Caldereria petita. Nexus #234. Weekly cultural magazine. Fundació Caixa Catalunya. Spain
2006 Palafits. Dn Bostad. Óppet hus i garaget. Dagens Nyheter, Sweden
2006 Palafits: Thought of from above. Magazine La Vanguardia. Spain
2007 Los Victorias House. El País. Spain
2007 Mestral Building. Magazine Vía Construcción. Spain
2007 191 Vpo in Navalcarnero. Magazine Infodomus, #8 . Spain
2007 Various Works. 44 Young International Architects. Arquitectura Plus.

.........curated exhibitions
2002 ‘Contemporary Space in Chile’. Coac
2004 ‘Neruda-Rodríguez Arias. Houses for a Poet’. Coac

........other
2006 Member of the Jury for bid-designs competition for Renovation and Concept of Stores. Comertia and Coac
2007 Book: Contemporary Architecture of Catalunya. Author: J.M Montaner. Ed: Edicions 62. Pg: 180-181
2007 Article: The World as a Hypermarket. Author: C. Cachón. Published in the 7th edition of Premis Ajac.

........associated architects
Gérald Lafond (ferme), Jordi Bernuz and Manel Fernández (salt alat), Ignasi Arbeloa (2x1 [021VPO] and Policia)