José Antonio Sosa Diaz-Saavedra (born 8 May 1957, Las Palmas) is a Spanish architect, university professor and researcher. He is a member of the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts of St. Michael Archángel.
Early life and education
José Antonio Sosa Díaz-Saavedra was brought up in a family with an interest in art and history, especially in relation to the Canary Islands. As a result, he was encouraged to study architecture, graduating from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 1981. In 1994, he earned a Ph.D. at the School of Architecture, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Teaching
After completing his doctoral studies, he obtained the chair of Architectural Projects in the Department of Graphic Expression and Architectural Projects of the EALPGC, School of Architecture of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where he has been since 1983.
In the year 2000 he was visiting scholar and taught in the Department of Architecture, belonging to the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, he has also participated as a jury in several universities among which is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH (Studio Basel).
In 2015 he joined the University Institute of Intelligent Systems and Numerical Applications in Engineering of the ULPGC, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Main architecture contributions
José Antonio Sosa has been the main proponent of modern architectural development in the early twentieth century in the Canary Islands and Spain, promoting its place in the history of urban and cultural heritage. As a result, he was appointed a member of the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts of St. Michael Archángel.
In 1996 Professor Sosa joined his studio with that of , creating the Nred Arquitectos Group, which has since worked on such projects as the City of Justice (New Law Courts Headquarters) and the rehabilitation of the Town Halls (Town Hall Houses) of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Since 2011, he has founded a new studio for architecture and urban planning together with Evelyn Alonso Rohner.
In 2015 José Antonio Sosa is the managing editor of the Arquiatesis editorial line for the publication and publication of theses and research works in architecture.
Individual and Collective exhibitions
Sosa, has participated in the following exhibitions:
1997 "Hard & Soft" Eight Floor Gallery, (New York), USA
2003 "One is always Two", Professional Architects Association (Tenerife), Spain
2003 "Spaces for intimacy" Hall los Aljibes (Lanzarote), Spain
2004 "DakÁrt Biennial" (Dakar), Senegal
2005 "Sao Paulo Architecture Biennial", Brazil. 2005 "Architecture for Justice" COAC. (Madrid), Spain 2007 "Individual exhibition": Nred Architects, Literary Cabinet. (Las Palmas), Spain 2007 "Regeneration Strategy", Nacional Library. (Pekín), China 2007 "Refabricating City "Shenzhen & Hong Kong, Biennial of Urban Planning and Architecture. (Hong Kong), China 2007 "Xisi Bei street". (Beijing), China 2008 "Gallery AEDES". (Berlin), Germany 2008" Sustainable Building. (Melbourne), Australia 2007–2009 "Biennial of Art, Architecture and landscape of Canarias". (Las Palmas), Spain 2009 "Object Art" Manuel Ojeda Gallery. (Las Palmas), Spain 2010–2011 "A city called Spain". (Athens-Moscow), Greece-Russia 2015–2016 Exhibition at the MAXXI (Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo in Rome), Italy. 2017 "In process". Exhibition of architectural models by Alonso-Sosa in the Saro León Gallery. (Las Palmas), Spain.
Acknowledgments
Academy Member
Admission of José Antonio Sosa Díaz-Saavedra into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Canarias of San Miguel Arcangel (Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts of St. Michael Archángel.), 2014.
Awards
Professor Sosa has been awarded in the following competitions: