Barclay & Crousse Architecture

Barclay & Crousse Our studio manages a wide range of programs and focuses both on the relationship to place and human wellbeing, through pertinence in usage and taking care of time, space and light as central in our approach to architecture. We consider our projects as being part of a design laboratory that explores the bonds between landscape, climate and architecture, in order to challenge those notions of technology, usage, and quality of life that, from the specific conditions of developing countries, can inform and be pertinent in a global context. Founded in 1994 in Paris, since 2006 the studio is based in Lima, pursuing its activity in France with the Parisian studio Atelier Nord-Sud. Our transatlantic experience has been recognized by the first Oscar Niemeyer Prize, and by several international Biennales. Our work has been acknowledged by the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) with the 2013 Latin America Prize and the Place of Remembrance has earned the Peruvian Architecture National Prize, Hexágono de Oro, in 2014. Our projects have been exhibited and published worldwide. The Italian editor Lettera Ventidue published in 2012 a monographic book about our houses in the Peruvian desert coastline, presented at the 13th Venice Biennale. Sandra Barclay 1967 born in Lima (Peru). 1990 Graduated as Architect at URP (Lima). 1993 Graduated as Architect at the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville (France). 1993 Robert Camelot Prize for best Architectural Thesis in France. 2000 Fulbrignt Foundation and American Institute of Architects Fellowship. 2005-2006 Teacher at the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris La Villette (Paris, France). 2006 Teacher at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. 2012 Participant for Peru at the 13th Venice Biennale. 2013 Master in Territory and Landscape, Universidad Diego Portales (Chile). 2016 Curator of the Peruvian Pavilion at the 15th Venice Biennale. 2018 Architect of the Year Prize, Women in Architecture, by the Architectural Review, London. Jean Pierre Crousse 1963 Born in Lima (Peru). 1987 Architecture degree at URP (Lima). 1989 graduated at the Politécnico di Milano (Italy). 1999-2006 Teacher at the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris Belleville (France). 2006 Teacher at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. 2012 Member of the South America Project, GSD – Harvard University. 2012 Participant for Peru at the 13th Venice Biennale. 2013 Master in Territory and Landscape, Universidad Diego Portales (Chile). 2015 Design Critic at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. 2016 Member of the International Jury of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, Chicago. 2016 Curator of the Peruvian Pavilion at the 15th Venice Biennale.