José Francisco García-Sánchez. (Almería, 1983). Architect by E.T.S. de Arquitectura de Granada and MPAA (Master in Advanced Architectural Design) by E.T.S de Arquitectura of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. PhD candidate in the Department of Architectural Projects. Assistant supply teacher of Architectural Projects at the E.T.S. de Arquitectura e Ingeniería de la Edificación of Universidad Politécnia de Cartagena (2010-2015). He is member of the IEA (Research Institute from Almeria), CECEL, CSIC in the Department of Geography and Planning. Speaker at several International Conferences and author of many research paper in specialized publications and books. Contest coordinator Iberian Pladur and secretary of the Jury at local phase, and member of the jury in its Iberian phase. Principal investigator at Research Projects financed. Research Grants: pre-PhD (2010-2014), Fundación Arquitectura y Sociedad (2010), Foundación Eduarda Justo (2014), Menéndez Pelayo International University (2014), collboration grant Universidad de Granada (2003). His works and projects have been exhibited: Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos of Madrid, Almeria and Granada, International Fair Cevisama (Valencia), Alfredo Kraus Cultural Centre (Madrid), Rectorado of the Hospital Real (Granada), E.T.S. de Arquitectura (Madrid), IFEMA (Madrid), Exhibition Centre (Bilbao) and Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires (Argentina) .
He has been Alonso Cano Architecture Prize (2007) and Honorable Mention in the Iberian Pladur Award (2007) and First Prize in its edition of the University of Granada. Second prize in the Polanco Enri Awards Foundation (2007). Finalist in the Competition for the construction of an ephemeral Pavilion in San Sebastián / Donostia (2015). Selected in the VI National Contest of Young Architects (2006). And his work, the Gallarda House, was selected in VI Enor Architecture Awards (2014) and at the XV International Biennial of Architecture in Buenos Aires (2015).
