Ines J. Pedras is a licensed architect and artist. She led new technologies with an emphasis on expressive geometries, computational and integrative design across scales and disciplines.
She is specialist in Building Information Modeling (BIM) and passionate crossover about workflows strategies between different softwares, addressing the experience based on parametric modelling.
Ines J. Pedras, her architectural practice Gemstones, takes the name from her surname - in Galician native language - wich means "stones", is based on addresing her philosophical and aesthetic vision of pleated "like craved stones" surfaces through an aesthetic geometrical complexity that embody humanistic values.
Born in Coruña, Galicia, Spain. Ines Pedras is a registred architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM). Moreover, she has studied at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona. .During her architectural education, she focused in computational design, Grasshopper, Dynamo, visual programming and she took part in several international courses like Advanced Architecture at ETH Zürich.
Her work has been shown throughout Europe and Asia. Ines has gained international architectural experience in Tokyo (Japan), Madrid (Spain) and London (United Kingdom). She worked for Kengo Kuma, highlighting her collaboration for the architectural expansion of ANA Lounge, Haneda Terminal 3 of Tokyo International Airport, for the Tokyo Olympics Games in 2020.
Pedras have a parallel career in the art world, she was painting since she was 5 years old. Ines won her first prize at the age of 10 years old for her Galicia Community, in Spain, the 3rd Award in Plastic Arts.
-3rd Prize, XVII Certame Galego de Artes Plásticas organized by Xunta de Galicia / Galician Award of Plastic Arts. Spain, 2003.
-1st Prize Painting Award by Galicia Comunity, Spain (in 2004, 2005 and 2006).1st Prize, Premios del VIII Concurso de Carteis das Letras Galegas, organizado por El Corte Ingles.
Among other architectural recognitions, she has the award for Emerging Creativity. Ines Pedras has also exhibited her architectonic and architectural and atistic work in various international exhibitions. She was selected in 2014 to be part of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale for the Spanish Pavilion.
2019: Airport Remodellation for Tokyo Olimpic Games
2022 : European Emergent Architecture Startup in Europe selected by Real State Innovation and BestStartup.eu,
Expo Dubai 2020
Engineering & Architecture & ArtistNew technologies ·
Research · Design Thinking. Wireframing. Visual Design.
Prototyping. Model making. Interaction Design.
BOOKS: J. Pedras, I. (2016)- Habitat looking at nature
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