{"id":7014,"date":"2016-09-29T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/arquitectura\/?p=7014\/"},"modified":"2021-04-29T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T07:22:14","slug":"juan-granell-designing-unique-exciting-and-efficient-houses-across-the-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/arquitectura\/en\/juan-granell-designing-unique-exciting-and-efficient-houses-across-the-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Granell. Designing unique, exciting and efficient houses…across the pond!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Juan Granell Codina<\/strong>\u00a0studied Architecture at CEU\u00a0in Valencia<\/a>. He graduated when the construction industry was suffering the harshest period of the recent recession. But this son and grandson of builders knew from an early age what he wanted to do and he has striven to find a niche for himself in the Architecture<\/a> industry. He wanted to design \u201cunique, exciting and efficient villas\u201d<\/strong>. And he has done so in the Dominican Republic<\/strong>. And now the challenge for this young entrepreneur is to do the same thing here in Spain.<\/p>\n

When did you first dream of becoming an architect?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My links to architecture<\/a> go back to my childhood. My father and my grandfather were builders, so it\u2019s something that runs in the family.<\/p>\n

When you graduated, the outlook for the construction industry in Spain was not looking too healthy\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, it really wasn\u2019t. I remember the first development I worked on, up on the mountain outside Cullera, and that was very challenging, a really tough experience which we were able to bring to a successful conclusion. But it also helped me to see that I had to find a place where I could develop my own ideas, like so many other young Spanish people at that time, and where I could design \u201cunique and exciting\u201d houses. And then I went to the Dominican Republic\u2026<\/p>\n