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Subject: History of Architecture 3
Chair: Boyd-Gorostidi-Molina
Alumnos:Lupiano, MaríaLaura
López, Matías Hernán
Helper: Roxana
Año:2007
 Introduction and Working Hypothesis.

Development of the topic.

Representative works of Miguel Angel Roca.

Conclusion of the topic.

Chronology. Works and Awards.

Bibliography.

INDEX
 Introduction

... Few times does the same line of action and thought achieve
to print a brand in a city. Even less common is that
a single person can exert some decisive influence over
she. However, that is the case of Córdoba and Miguel Angel Roca.
Obsessed with saving the city, both as a space and as an institution,
Miguel Angel Roca makes his works something more than mere commissions.
It is a complex process in which the theoretical overlaps with the
disseminator, the manager, the urban planner, and the architect. The position of
the employee appears more as a necessary means, and perhaps even
uncomfortable, for someone who has been a prominent protagonist of the task of
the critical review of the city of functionalism as well as of
movement to revalue the historical city, making a
a vast task of teaching and dissemination. Finally, it has been established in
the manager and the promoter of a public and urban policy that
finds in architecture a decisive course of action. Roca fights
with the 'no place', with the pure built continuity of the periphery without
center or edge. An unequal struggle if it weren't for the obsession of
inventing and reinventing public institutions, and by the enormous force
expressive of its architecture, a visual force that comes from the
same form, of archetypal notions that Roca resurrects from our
common unconscious.

Theintentionofthisworkistodemonstrateandalsoreclaimthe
the work of MiguelAngel Roca as one of the few architects,
belongingtothe"Postmodern"stageinArgentina,whichbrings
forward the standard of an architecture that respects its
cultureanditshistoryinwhichitseeksinspirationandnotacrude
timeless copy, being the reason for its evolution 'the self'
history,tounderstandthepresentandprojectthefuture.

(1) "Miguel Ángel Roca (1999/2000)" –SUMMA + Magazine - Authors: Rykwert-Ciriani-

Glusberg.
 Development of the Topic

... Architecture is related to institutions, but not

with the officials, of course, but with all those who
articulate society and give it life: the family, the school, the
neighborhood,thechurch,thelaw,[Link]
building–evenasingle-familydwelling–mustbepolitical
whenaspiringtotheconditionofarchitecture,itmustsaysomethingin
the public land; even the most private house needs
introduceyourselftothevisitor.
Few recent architects have understood this clearly.
asMiguelÁngelRocahasdone.

Miguel Ángel Roca was born in Córdoba, in the bosom of a family

distinguished socially and intellectually.
His father was a renowned architect - Jaime Roca - and his mother, a
renowned visual artist. Since childhood, he was surrounded by
creativity: art and architecture coexisted with it.
He completed his university studies at the National University of
Córdoba (UNC), from where he graduated as an architect in 1965.
The following year he traveled to the United States to take a course on
master's degree (Master in Architecture) at the University of Pennsylvania
dictated by Louis Kahn. In 1967 he would start working with him
in his study in Philadelphia until 1968. Undoubtedly, the experience
from this Master would mark Roca and would be clearly reflected in
his first works. He also learned from him to conceptualize the
essence of institutions and posing the great questions
about existence, his teaching was more philosophical understanding
at the same time that there were no architectural formulas but reflection
profound before every architectural problem.
The "questions" about existence led him to read
Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Bachelard, and Ortega. It was philosophy.
from existentialism and Kahn's thinking the triggers of the
humanist stance that colors his works as well as his principles
philosophical, their project methodology and their vision of history: "the
past as a friend.
After his years in the United States, Roca returns to Argentina,
precisely to Córdoba, to "confront his destiny" accepting
the Cordoban circumstance as its motivation without renouncing the idea
to think about your city for each project you carry out. To understand
Córdoba to then "launch into the world".

(1)“ Miguel Ángel Roca (1999/2000)” –Revista SUMMA + - Autores: Rykwert-Ciriani-

Glusberg.
In 1969, he begins to be a Design Professor -FAUD- in the
National University of Córdoba, of which he/she is still a member
to date.
Córdoba has a strong identity. Unlike other cities, it
characterized by the succession of hills, mountains, valleys, rivers,
gorges and variety of landscapes. It is for all this that each area
of its territory has a unique personality and a mark of the remnants
of the indigenous peoples that merged with the settlements of
the colonizers.
Roca, through his personal experience, was discovering his environment and
the multiple varieties of forms and spaces of colonial heritage
that would mark their everyday life.
In the late 1960s, during the military dictatorship, the antagonisms
locales – the struggle of the population against the repressive system that then
it would explode in the 'Cordobazo' of 1969 - forcing the current government to
take progressive initiatives in the urban context. Roca takes on the
Secretariat of Public Works (1979-1981) for a brief term and
it starts an urban intervention that would cover twenty blocks of the
historic center of Córdoba.
In its restructuring for the city of Córdoba, it pedestrianizes the area.
historic, providing the city with a series of metal pergolas with
vines that define the space.
The urban furniture and the integration between the street and architecture,
draw on the floors the 'projection' of the building, they demonstrate through
a contemporary vocabulary that loss of the colonial realm.
Each era of Roca would be marked by distinct and particular.
circumstances; each era comes and goes towards something. Man is
changing, and the two dimensions that integrate his life are the past and
the future. Roca has directed his works towards the future, but always
looking to the past: Question history to seek new
ways of looking at things. It does not imitate history but rather rescues things
the same to insert them into contemporary life renewing their
meanings.
I would use the idea of the agora in their buildings (particularly public ones) -
square - street -; up to the very stairs as meeting places
for society beyond the specific function that each one of the
spaces represent, recalling the idea of the traditional city.
One of the main objectives in his works is to facilitate the encounter.
of social life in the squares; rescue the tree-lined street for the pedestrian
revive the collective memory through historical monuments.
It would be the urban interventions that would allow him to investigate the
history and identity of the Latin American city.
The first ones began in the 80s with the reorganization of
Center of your city where, in turn, of the restructuring
specifically, old buildings are refurbished
markets like San Vicente and General Paz, structures from the century
XIX of wrought iron and glass; they would be repurposed to create
new Centers
Cultural. A new emergency hospital and the cleaning of the river
Suquía, which runs through the city, to create parks on its land.
adjacent would help complete the new Cordoba image
oriented "to the world".
During this same period, Roca is hired to carry out another type of
buildings: Headquarters for the Bank of the Province of Córdoba, of the
which has already designed more than fourteen branches, and many others
more for different clients. It was from their first banks that it has
demonstrated his mastery in oblique geometry in sections, its use
of service elements as a formal resource and the stairs
as elements of connection and social encounter.
However, their works would begin to surprise even more, and in
In 1987, the mayor of a city different from Córdoba would invite him to
to participate in an urban reconstruction project in La Paz, the capital
from Bolivia. Among its main characteristics, it is noted that the
the majority of its population is indigenous, of recent immigration to the
capital and lives grouped in self-built neighborhoods, which is why the
the need for housing is of vital importance to them. The mayor
then hire Roca to build urban centers, similar to
the ones that the architect had carried out in Córdoba, but starting
out of nowhere. They were supposed to be useful for the social life of the newcomers
immigrants as well as for the municipal administration since
the mayor aimed to decentralize the government. The units
intended for such purpose would be of a simple geometry and its
easy maintenance materials (cement, ceramics like
coating steel
La Paz and Córdoba, although different from each other, would "identify" by the
importance that the architect would give to his cities with his
new building and urban proposals, especially for their parks,
as integral parts of their urban planning.
The work done by Miguel Ángel in Córdoba is surely the
the most important part of its realization, although they must be highlighted
also their work carried out in South Africa (an urban center in
Soweto), in Morocco, in Hong Kong and in Singapore, which
they concretize their international projection.
Around this time, Roca would begin to be part of the group of
Latin American architects who would achieve worldwide resonance
like: Luis Barragán, Lucio Costa, Amancio Williams, Carlos
Villanueva, Oscar Niemeyer, César Pelli, and Rafael Viñoly, among others. The
The "development" of these architects occurred, in part, from the
World War II when European centrality dissolved and
alternative countries such as the United States, Russia, were consolidating
China and Japan. Parallel to these, new ones began to emerge.
"peripheral" centralities, identified by the expression of their
cultural manifestations.
Later, in 1991, he would return to hold a public office (until 1993), the
from the Secretary of Urban Development of the city of Córdoba.
With a policy similar to that observed in La Paz, Roca marks a
decentralization strategy of the city government and creates
newer, smaller municipalities, scattered in the suburbs: The
Community Participation Centers (CPC) which would house
administrative offices, the office of a superintendent, a hall of the
council, a theater or auditorium, a public library, etc.
Each CPC would have its own identity for easy and quick
visual identification, which would be given by its color and geometry.

More than nine CPCs have been built, making it one of the most centers.
impactful the so-called Monsignor Pablo Cabrera.
The Architect aims with these new units to generate vitality.
urban absent in most modern cities so that the
society has a meeting place that is not improvised in a
determined moment or in an incompatible environment. Her idea aspires to
articulate the city from within itself.
In 1992, he would be elected Dean of the University of Córdoba (1992-
2004).
Among one of the many qualities that can be found in Miguel
Ángel Roca is his humanity in the planning process, perhaps this
be one of the factors that distinguishes him from his contemporaries
like the subtlety of his approach to the postindustrial city.
He has dedicated himself to creating a new type of urban intervention in
the quality of the buildings must be directly related
with a well-formulated social intention.
We could then say that Roca is an architect with deep roots.
social that has insisted and carried out projects for society in its
set, always having as one of its main objectives that each
space is worthy of appreciation and enjoyment by every person through the
using a vocabulary easy to understand for everyone.
“El derecho a la ciudad” de todos los ciudadanos ha sido sostenido por
Rock without abandonment. Its architecture is frank and democratic,
understanding that an organized and participatory community is the best
way to consolidate a true identity.
... Miguel Ángel
Roca es un Arquitecto con memoria. Sus proyectos poseen y
they represent the sedimentation of their passions, loves, or influences.
He is fortunate, and he expresses it, to have had teachers; he makes it so
its architecture thanks the existence of them.
Regarding your work, you have always maintained a rigorous
coherence based on the compositional studies of nuclei
functional, the adaptation of the work to its site-context, use and
custom of users and the insertion of the same into their
corresponding urban tissue.
Their first homes from the 1970s are characterized by the
organization and spatial and luminous differentiation of its interiors
identifying the different functions through volumes and shapes
geometric shapes articulated with each other.
For Roca, form is an appropriate means of identity.
Then, his taste for functional, morphological, and technological innovation.
it began to increase in its production, as the new 'climate'
proposed by Postmodernism freed him from modern ties and
he was given "permission" to be: himself.
He never lost his personal language that he built from the
combination of pure forms with a technological expressionism and
an uninhibited use of color that increased over time.
Parks
Introduction to the topic:
Both La Florida Park in La Paz and the Park of Life in Córdoba are
part of urban interventions.
They are public parks in which one of the main premises is based on the
approach to the common citizen.
The architecture reflected in both parks is introduced into nature to
to shape the framework of the park.
The covered arcade will be present in both works: Wavy arcade in the
La Florida Park (accompanied by colorful walls); and a cloister of irregular geometry
with tree-like labyrinths as pure volumes, in the Park of Life.
The language of each object incorporated into the park will have precise codes for the
common citizen.
Work: La Florida Park
Sitio:La Paz - (Bolivia)
Año de realización:1990-1991

La Florida Park is an intervention that connects the residential area with the green spaces.
They border the La Paz river. This place is a link between city and nature.
The park is completely covered with trees and is defined by a succession of walls.
drains that run in an east-west direction, articulated by a covered passage, which defines spaces in
U-shaped with views both towards the city and the landscape. These spaces have places for
meeting, recreation, and food venues.
The colors of the walls enhance the architecture of the park and, in turn, make it
intertwine with the existing vegetation.
Obra:Parque de La Vida
Location: Barrio Parque Capital. Córdoba - (Argentina)
Año de realización:1991-1999

For the creation of the Park of Life, some existing carob trees and the riverbed were used.
native to La Cañada and a series of old eucalyptus trees.
A extensive covered recova provides protection and has an irregular geometry.
mediator between the urban geometric layout, the natural watercourse of La Cañada and the streams
also natural, which are formed during rainy seasons.
The park has sports equipment, barbecues, coffee shops, kiosks, parking lots,
children's games, and stay.
The Australian mills and tanks that provide irrigation to the park function as gates to
large public space.
URBAN STRATEGIES
Introduction to the topic:
For Miguel Ángel Roca, the contemporary city is transforming more and more
more in an urban phenomenon, in a city exploded surrounded by peripheries which
they present with deficient living spaces intermingled with factories and large
urban voids.
Their search lies in the idea of providing these needy areas with services
infrastructure necessary to ensure the quality of life of its inhabitants, create large
urban parks that work in connection with spaces for interaction and participation.
Your goal is, in turn, to urbanize the periphery as a new model fabric, emphasizing
the change fundamentally in two aspects:
Rooting the inhabitants in a dignified manner and, through the incorporation of:
social, cultural, political, health, educational, etc. equipment, to achieve the
integration of the population and citizen participation.
Obra:Centros de Participación Comunal-Parques-Peatonales-
Cultural Centers-Emergency Hospital-Squares
Sitio:Ciudad de Córdoba. (Argentina)
Year of completion: 1980-1990/1999

One of the fundamental objectives of intervention for Córdoba is to achieve a city

decentralized generating different administrative, social, and cultural places.
A series of neighborhood municipalities or community centers that promote participation and
turn into places of identity for citizenship.
The available land for the location of the political-administrative centers must be
corresponding with the incorporation of other private commercial equipment.
Nine Community Participation Centers are incorporated, located in strategic places of the
city: meeting points of access roads to the city of Cordoba and an inner ring, except for two areas
urban. They will be accompanied by cultural centers that will house theaters, auditoriums,
exhibition and multipurpose rooms, neighborhood libraries, and educational centers: schools and facilities
barriales.
It is proposed to generate activism throughout the urban fabric, social and cultural activism.
Work: 3 municipal district centers - 10 centers of
Health-Recovery of the historic center.
Site: City of La Paz. (Bolivia)
Año de realización:1990-1991

The strategy for La Paz consists of political-administrative and resource decentralization.

through the creation of alternative poles in the three most popular slopes of the city.
The central area is recovered and popular recreational areas emerge, organized parks as systems.
linear and new health policies to meet the needs of an underserved community.
To realize the new urban proposal, three buildings will be constructed that will be identified as
belonging to the same institution but distributed in the north, east, and west of the city: The center
northern municipal district located in the block of the Uruguay Market (courtyard building); the district center
eastern municipal, located in Villa San Antonio (Plaza building) and the western district center, located in
Cotahuma, in front of the market (building on the street).
Health centers will be of minimal complexity, with a community meeting room, a
consultation room and pharmacy.
The green parks system aims to integrate recreational and leisure areas.
Sidewalks of the city of Córdoba.
Sitio:Córdoba. (Argentina)
Año de realización:1969-1982

In the center of the city of Córdoba, in the Plaza de Armas, the pedestrian system begins.
specifically in the Cathedral and the Chapter House where the facades of both buildings are rebutted generating the
the idea that 'the city reads itself'.
The evidence of the facades on the cobblestone flooring is presented in those institutions.
relevant as in the Cathedral, the Cabildo, and the Jesuit University, among others.
The 'shadow' of the buildings materializes in white marble.
San Martín pedestrian street and 9 de Julio have a similar urban treatment to the historic center,
Metallic pergola covered by santarritas, bougainvilleas, etc., provides unity to the ensemble and connects a network.
of galleries that strengthen the central area. It extends as a meeting place, commerce,
recreation and referential core of the city.
The rest of the less important streets in the shopping area are covered by trees.
(jacaranda and poplar trees) which, like the pergola of the other streets, helps to reduce the high temperatures of
summer.
Work: CPC Monsignor Pablo Cabrera.
Site: Córdoba. (Argentina)
Year of realization: 1992-2000

This project is one of the nine Community Participation Centers that Architect Roca would consider.
in its urban restructuring for the city of Córdoba.
This Community Center is mainly formed by a rectangular prism, structured by a
central street that serves at the same time as a hall -on four levels-, where the stairs are located and in which
laterals, on the ground floor, the municipal offices are identified with an exhibition hall; entrance to the auditorium,
bar and wedding hall on the first level; workshops and library on the second floor.
The slabs are staggered over the interiors and are illuminated from above through the roof with a shape of
sawtooth, which corresponds to the urban landscape in which it is located.
The rectangular prism is surrounded by a circular concrete wall that encloses the volumes of the
neighborhood council meeting room, mayor's delegate room, auditorium, and library. The curved wall has
time, a series of reinforced concrete beams that detach from it, and serve as protection for the premises
interiors. From it, practically perpendicular, another wall emerges that contains a walkway and crosses the
Avenue, becoming an urban gateway to the city.
Between the enclosing circle and the main volumes contained by it, an interior courtyard arises with
water, stones, and vegetation surrounding the auditorium-theater
The main material used is concrete, both for the structure and for the enclosure.
Exposed concrete is present both indoors and outdoors of the volumes.
This CPC is one of the most representative in the work of Miguel Ángel Roca.
Obra:Escuela de Ciencia Médicas - U.N.C -
Site: Córdoba. (Argentina)
Year of completion: 2000-2004

The faculty is situated facing north, with an axis parallel to the square, with access to
north-south building.
On the ground floor, facing the inner square, are the management offices, the library, and the room.
of reading.
On the upper level, there are three common classrooms that overlook the central space that is defined.
through a set of various umbrellas oriented towards the north.
They materialize in concrete.
The lighting of the public square - community hall - is achieved through the incorporation of the 'Wall
of light" of parasols that are observed like the leaves of a book. But the light also presents itself from above,
it passes through horizontal skylights of variable width.
The oval volume that contains the reading room is undoubtedly the protagonist of the building. One of the
curved walls are made of exposed concrete -the exterior- and the other mostly of glass -the interior- with sections
covered in wood for acoustic reasons.
The material mainly used in this work is exposed concrete, both for the exterior and for
HOUSES
Miguel Ángel Roca evokes housing as refuge, like the 'Primitive Cabin'. Among
its first individual homes adopts extensive configurations and in which it can
easily distinguish the functional cores from the remaining spatial areas, by
explicit geometry figures. Its architecture evolved continuously without forgetting themes
important as the insertion of housing into the urban fabric and its environment
the top.
The materials he uses for each of his works are chosen carefully.
taking into account different factors: social, cultural, and economic. A good example
to verify the observation, it is the recent Gernika Building, located in Córdoba. Its
extreme experimental search is limited to the use of three materials: glass, aluminum and
stone. Its formal - technological innovation is continuous.
Work: House in Calamuchita.
Site: Córdoba. (Argentina)
Año de realización:1997-2004

The house is located in the Calamuchita Valley.

The vacation home of Architect Roca has a wide view of the mountains with a large amount of
trees.
The housing symbolizes a bridge materialized by its living area, which is supported
with four blocks that contain the service areas (kitchen, laundry, bathroom, and storage) and free up the
plant in its entirety so that it works as a 'loft'.
An exempt volume in the shape of a tower, rotated at 45 degrees, houses a bedroom on the ground floor, a
suite on the first level, a study on the second, and a lookout terrace on the third level.
The materials used are native stone and wood, and exposed concrete.
The four volumes that house the services are made of gray stone, the detached volume is covered in
wood and the glass pavilion, for climatic reasons has a second skin of wooden shutters
foldable and sliding.
The home has wide views of the forest and the valley, creating a strong interior-exterior relationship.
materialized through a wooden pergola and tensioned cables.
Work: Gernika Building.
Sitio:Córdoba. (Argentina)
Año de realización:2004-2006

The lot where the Gernika building is located is characteristic both for its location and for its
dimensions. It is located within the colonial grid layout of the city of Córdoba, in front of the
University City of Córdoba (U.N.C), on a unique triangular terrain: An exempt volume defines the work,
surrounded by streets.
It is a residential building made up of one and two bedroom units that make up two
interleaved types of plants. All premises have ventilation and wide views, being the
exterior envelope of glass and aluminum in the form of a 'curtain wall'. This curtain wall consists of panels
which acoustically and thermally isolate the environments.
It also has a system of tempered and laminated glass sunshades that create a 'double'
"skin" that serves as protection from summer sun exposure.
The west face is closed off with rough gray stone walls, due to its exposed orientation. The stone,
identify the Cordoban sierras in contrast with the glazed envelope.
The volume becomes present with striking geometry, slenderness, and materiality.
 Conclusion

According to the hypothesis presented at the beginning of this work

of investigation, it is concluded that Miguel Angel Roca is a loyal
representative of this era, which has come to be referred to
Postmodernism
If we go back to his beginning as an architect, we could say
that not even he would imagine how far he would go and how important that would be.
it would be for his teachings and the works carried out not only for Córdoba
but for the rest of humanity. One of his first teachers was
Louis I. Kahn, from whom he learned his concepts and was faithful to his
teachings throughout his life; one of the first that he reinterpreted
fue su visión crítica de la ciudad del “Funcionalismo”, a la cual le
incorporated the precepts of Kevin Lynch's idea of the city, Aldo
Rossi and other architects, urban planners, and contemporary philosophers. Their
new city idea would apply in your urban interventions to
the city of Córdoba and La Paz.
His 'vision' of the past, his reinterpretation of the city, its history and its
culture would be critical, not a mere copy, but a reading of the past
to modify the present and project the future.
Their new formal searches and synthesis in their architecture
would be reflected in their works, accompanied by a delicate
use of color and materials in correspondence with the
adopted technology.
His learning of one of the sciences like the philosophy of
Existentialism would make them confront the great questions about
the “existence”: Reflect on each architectural problem
understanding that each situation is unique, and therefore not
There are established formulas as was thought in the past.
Every man is unique, with different needs, cultures, and pasts,
that cannot be thought of and solved equally.
Given the above, we claim to
Miguel Angel Roca and we define him within the "Postmodern" stage.
not only for its contemporaneity, but also for its ideas and
concepts applied by him, in a moment of change where he was
possible to free oneself from the ties of the Modern Movement.
... Miguel Ángel Roca is a
Architect with memory. His projects possess and represent the
sedimentation of their passions, loves or influences.
 Chronology. Works and Awards

1965
Carranza House. Córdoba, Argentina (constructed).
Dr. Amparo Losa House. Córdoba, Argentina (built).
Villa General Belgrano Church, Calamuchita, Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Sastre Social Club. Santa Fe, Argentina (project)
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina (awarded in
competition).

1968
Osaka Building. Córdoba, Argentina.
Hacendados Sastre Offices, Santa Fe, Argentina (built).

1969
Malagueño Community Center, Córdoba, Argentina (constructed)
Plaza España, Córdoba, Argentina (built) (1969-78)
Oreste Berta Workshops, Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina (built).

1970
Slow House, Córdoba, Argentina (project)
House Dr. José Ferreyra, Córdoba, Argentina (built). 1970-72.
Humberto Primero and Jujuy Building, Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Cerro San Bernardo Housing Complex, Salta, Argentina (built) 1971-75.

1971
Southern Consortium. Housing for university professors. Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Consorcio Universitas. Housing for university professors. Córdoba, Argentina (built). 1972-
74.
* Habitat Consortium. Housing for university professors. Córdoba, Argentina (built). 1972-74.
* Santo Domingo housing complex, Córdoba, Argentina (built). Summa Award. 1971-74.
1000 housing units in the Camino a Los Boulevares neighborhood. Córdoba, Argentina (project)
San Martín Hospital. Paraná, Argentina (awarded in competition)
Hospital Formosa, Formosa, Argentina (competition)
Misiones Hospital, Misiones, Argentina (competition)

1972
Casa Balbis. Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Bank of the Province of Córdoba, Río III. Córdoba, Argentina (project) 1972-75.
Bank of the Province of Córdoba. Pucará Branch, Córdoba, Argentina 1972-75.
Bank of the Province of Córdoba. San Martín Branch, Córdoba, Argentina (built) 1972-75.
Bank of the Province of Córdoba. Branch Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (built) 1972-
78.
Bank of the Province of Córdoba. Monte Maíz Branch, Córdoba, Argentina (project)
Bank of the Province of Córdoba. Branch Inriville, Córdoba, Argentina (built)

1973
* Berreta Building, Córdoba, Argentina (built) 1972-75.
Workers' Union of Health, Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Bank of the Province of Córdoba. Las Varillas Branch, Córdoba, Argentina (project)
Bank of the Province of Córdoba. Mina Clavero Branch, Córdoba, Argentina (project)
Banco de la Provincia de Córdoba. Las Juntas Branch, Córdoba, Argentina (project)
Bank of the Province of Córdoba. Camilo Aldao Branch, Córdoba, Argentina (project)
Bank of the Province of Córdoba. Plaza Rivadavia Branch, Córdoba, Argentina (project)
Oil Workers Union, Argentina (project)
Set of 1,300 housing units. Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina (awarded)

1974
San Pedrito Housing Complex - 1,200 homes and facilities. Jujuy, Argentina (project)
Pucará Housing Complex, housing, shopping center, and school. Jujuy, Argentina (project)
1975
Vesinm Building. Córdoba, Argentina (built)
54 houses for workers and employees of Cervecería Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the National University of Córdoba, Argentina (first prize)
in competition, preliminary project).
Cultural Center Oruro, Oruro, Bolivia (project)
Córdoba pedestrianization project, coastal park, recycling cultural centers. (constructed).
1980-81.

1976
Community Equipment Center (educational, social, commercial), a set of 700 housing units. Jujuy,
Argentina.
* Dicor S.A. offices, Channel 8 TV. Córdoba, Argentina (constructed).

1977
Chilecito Complex. La Rioja, Argentina.
Italy I Building. Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina (constructed)
Building Italia II. Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Consorcio Derqui. Córdoba, Argentina.
Multifunctional Center. Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Church of the Sacred Heart. Carlos Paz, Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Pacific Building. Main offices of INCONAS Professional Engineering Services S.R.L.
Córdoba, Argentina (built).

1978
Housing Complex 350 homes, San Salvador, Jujuy, Argentina.
Housing Complex 456 homes, San Salvador, Jujuy, Argentina.
Buildings Bell Ville I and II. Social Headquarters of the Jockey Club. Córdoba, Argentina (project)
Commercial and industrial center, Villa Mercedes, San Luis, Argentina.
Villa Dolores Building and Gallery of Lights, Villa Dolores, Córdoba, Argentina
Villa Mercedes Credit Union, San Luis, Argentina (first prize in National competition.)
Paseo Azul Shopping Gallery. Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Municipality of Jujuy and housing complex. Jujuy, Argentina.
Hotel Santa Catalina, Córdoba, Argentina
Technical School 'Justo Daract'. Villa Mercedes, San Luis, Argentina
302 housing units, urban development and infrastructure, San Pedro, Jujuy, Argentina.
240 housing units, San Pedro, Jujuy, Argentina (first prize in national contest, built)
250 housing units, Senillosa, Neuquén, Argentina (first prize in national competition, built).

1979
Torre Jujuy and Bv. Mitre, Córdoba, Argentina (built). 1980-2000.
820 housing units, El Arenal, Jujuy, Argentina (first prize in competition, built)
790 homes. Alto Castañeda, Jujuy, Argentina (project)
185 homes. Alto Bertres, Jujuy, Argentina (project)
567 housing units. Paraná, Argentina (project)
319 housing units. Paraná, Argentina (project)
394 homes. Ciudad Perico, Argentina.

1980
Intervention strategy at city scale. Córdoba, Argentina. Global plan (completed)
First Prize "Environment" for the best urban development of the last decade in Argentina, about
preliminary project 1975: 'Intervention Strategy Central Area. Córdoba, Argentina'. (completed).
Neighborhood intervention strategy. Córdoba, Argentina (executed) 1980-82.
Santa Catalina Passage. Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Cultural Center Paseo de las Artes. Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Pedestrian area Obispo Trejo/Rivera Indarte, 9 de Julio/25 de Mayo. Córdoba, Argentina (built).
First prize International Biennial of Buenos Aires 1987.
2020 homes. Chaco, Argentina (project by competition)
Eastern Regional Clinic. Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina (project)
New city for 6,000 families. Urbanization, infrastructure, equipment, and housing. Protea,
South Africa. 1980-85.
Small Administrative Center. Johannesburg, South Africa.
Administrative Center and Municipality Jabulani. Soweto, South Africa (built) 1980-83.
Chacabuco Building, Córdoba, Argentina
Commercial Gallery Paseo de la Merced, Córdoba, Argentina
Shopping Gallery Route 20. Córdoba, Argentina
San Jerónimo Building. Córdoba, Argentina
Provincial Theater of Salta, Salta, Argentina (competition)
Emergency Hospital. Córdoba, Argentina (built) 1980-84.
Refunctionalization of the San Vicente Market. Córdoba, Argentina (built) 1980-84.
Refunctionalization of the High Córdoba Market. Córdoba, Argentina (constructed) 1980-84.
Refunctionalization of the Mercado de General Paz. Córdoba, Argentina (constructed) 1980-84.
Civic Plaza. Córdoba, Argentina.
* Plaza Italia, Córdoba, Argentina (built) 1980-82. First Prize International Biennial Bs. As. 1987.
Ambrosio Funes Square. Córdoba, Argentina (built)
* Recovery of the Río Primero, Central Park. Córdoba, Argentina (constructed) 1980-1986
Entry to Córdoba, Airport Route, Córdoba, Argentina.

1981
Premier Milling Corporation Headquarters, Johannesburg, South Africa (built) 1981-84.
Departments in Killarmy, Anglo American, South Africa (built) 1981-84.
Krügersdorf Civic Center, South Africa (built) 1981-95.
Recreational Community in Tai Long Wang. Lantau Island, Hong Kong, hotel and residences (built).
Gallery Av. Vélez Sársfield, Pergola Walk, Córdoba, Argentina.

1982
Santiago de Chile. Urban planning proposal for Santiago Poniente and North Edge of the Central Area
(executed)
Santiago Market. Santiago de Chile.
Pratt Plaza (project and design of two bridges with commercial and recreational activities), Santiago,
Chile.
Plaza Brasil. Santiago, Chile.
Mapocho train station. Santiago, Chile.
Peak Competition, Hong Kong.
Competition Parque de la Villette. Paris, France.

1983
Neuquén (first prize contest) tourist systematization of the area of the mountain lakes.
Neuquén, Argentina (executed)
Casa Vespasiani. Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Intervention strategy in San Martín de Los Andes, cultural center, hotel, shopping center, dock
ships. Argentina.
Dean Funes and Vélez Sársfield Gallery. Córdoba, Argentina (built).

1984
Rivadavia and Colón Gallery. Garden Gallery. Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Apartment building in Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Smata Housing Complex. Córdoba, Argentina.
Housing complex, La Rioja, Argentina.
Urban intervention strategy in Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina (executed).

1985
Center of Art, Library, and Museum. Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Sports Center, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
Linear pedestrian plaza, central. Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Rafaela Park, Santa Fe, Argentina (executed)
LV2 Radio Difusora Mediterránea. Córdoba, Argentina (built 1986-87).
Bank branch in San Martín, Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Bank branch Pucará, Córdoba, Argentina (built).

1986
Jardines del Centro Gallery. Gallery and hotel. Córdoba, Argentina (built 1987-88)
Colón apartment building. Córdoba, Argentina.
Duarte Quirós and General Paz Apartment Building, Córdoba, Argentina.
Mercedarias Gallery. Córdoba, Argentina.

1987
Bank of the Nation Argentina. Caseros Branch, Buenos Aires, Argentina (built, 1989-93)
Banco Nación Argentina. Cerro de las Rosas Branch. Córdoba, Argentina (built 1989-1992)
Colón Office Building corner Cañada, Córdoba, Argentina (built) 1987-1993
Shopping Center El Castillo. Córdoba, Argentina (built)
Housing contests in Villa María and Jesús María. Córdoba, Argentina.
Award for Best Argentine Work: Pedestrian, Plaza Italia, Plaza España, Costanera Río Suquía. Biennial
International of Bs. As. 1987.

1988
District Center Barrio San Antonio, La Paz, Bolivia (built and awarded)
District Center Barrio Cotahuma. La Paz, Bolivia (constructed and awarded)
District Residential Center North (Uruguay Market), La Paz, Bolivia (built) First Prize Biennial
International Bs. As. 1991.
Serrana House, Córdoba Sierras, Argentina.

1989
Clarke Quay, shopping, hotel and cultural center. Singapore (award-winning work)
Municipality of the city of La Paz, Bolivia.
Killi-Killi Park, La Paz, Bolivia
Mallasa Park, La Paz, Bolivia (executed and awarded)
La Florida Park, La Paz, Bolivia (executed) First Prize International Biennial Bs. As. 1991.
Central South Park, La Paz, Bolivia.
Health Centers Tambladerani and Tacagua. La Paz, Bolivia (built and awarded)
Pedestrianization of Comercio and Preservation streets. Historic Center of the city of La Paz, Bolivia
* CIS (11 comprehensive health centers), La Paz, Bolivia (constructed).

1990
Hotel and convention center, Lyon, France (awarded)
Copacabana Market, La Paz, Bolivia.
Sofacachi Market, La Paz, Bolivia
Flower Market, La Paz, Bolivia
Historic Center, restoration, city of La Paz, Bolivia (executed).

1991
Coconor Football 5. Buenos Aires (built)
IPV housing contest, Córdoba
Intervention strategy for the city of Córdoba (in progress)
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the National University of Córdoba (1991-1993)
Timeshare Set. Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Mar del Plata, Hotel Initiative, Bustillo Casino, shopping center.
Restorations in La Paz, historic center (built)
500 apartments for Córdoba, Argentina.

1992
10 urban participation centers (district and cultural), Córdoba, Argentina (under construction)
3 parks for the city of Córdoba, Argentina (in progress)
Córdoba Municipal Sports and Cultural Center. Convention center, shows, hall of
exhibitions and theater. 30,000 m2. Execution 1995-1997.
Deliberative Council of Córdoba and cultural center. 15,000 m2. Execution 1995-1997.
Community Participation Center Colón at 4,500. Córdoba. Execution 1995.
Community Participation Center Route 20, Córdoba. Execution 1996.

1993
30 hectares of urban development (400,000 m2), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
5 tower buildings in downtown Córdoba, Argentina.
350 homes in Córdoba, Argentina.

1994
City of Arts in the Province of Córdoba. Educational complex with all art schools,
["theater","ballet","music conservatory","cultural center","Caraffa Museum 3","El Redondo theater","library"]
Borges. 30,000 m2. Execution 1995.
Arts Park. Botanical garden, educational garden, and recreational park. 30 Ha. Execution 1995.
Cultural Center former club El Panal, former Cadastre, central gallery, recycling of two 19th-century buildings,
for Museo Caraffa 2, Museum of Argentine Architecture, House of Theater, House of Music, House of
Craftsmanship, House of Painting, etc. Sup. 6,000 m2. Execution 1995.
Altos del Suquía Set, 12 blocks on Av. Duarte Quirós and Don Bosco, Córdoba. Execution
1994-1995.
Preliminary project of 3 hospitals of 12,000 m2 each in 3 departmental capitals of the Province of
Córdoba. Project 1995. Execution 1995-1997.

1995
Recycling and restoration of the Master's Library, in the 'Pablo Pizzurno' Palace, Buenos Aires.
Park of the Nations.
First International Biennial Prize of Bs. As. 1995 for: C.P.C. Arguello, Central America, Pueyrredón,
Liberator, Colón, Park of Life.

1996
TELECOM Argentina S.A. Headquarters Córdoba.
Community Participation Center (CPC) Córdoba Monsignor Pablo Cabrera. 1996-99.
Community Participation Center (CPC) Córdoba, Route 20. 1996-98.

1997
Community Participation Center (CPC) Bo. Jardín (San Carlos road, Córdoba).
House Miguel Angel Roca. Calamuchita. Province of Córdoba. 1997-2000.

1998/99
1000 homes La Rioja.
* House in La Rioja. 1999-2000.
Avenida Corrientes between Callao and Alem. Buenos Aires. First Prize Municipal Contest Bs. As. - FADU.
UBA.
Civic Center in Bolivia and Peru, Buenos Aires.
* University City Park, 120 Ha. National University of Córdoba. (preliminary project). 1999-2000.
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences. New extension, 5,000 m2, second stage. University
National of Córdoba. 1999-2001.
* Hampton Court Hotel, Córdoba. 120 rooms. (Bahía Blanca and Zárate)
Oeste Park - Sunset. (2nd Prize).
International Biennial Prize of Sao Paulo. 1999 For: works, Faculty of Law, C.P.C. Airport,
Route 20.

2000/2002
* Claustrums. National University of Córdoba. 1997-2000.
University City Park of Córdoba 1999-2000.
Faculty of Psychology. National University of Córdoba 2000-01.
School of Arts, National University of Córdoba, 2001-2002.
School of Social Work, National University of Córdoba, 2001-2002.
School of Information Sciences, National University of Córdoba, 2001-2002.
Jesuit Museum and Library, 2001-2002.
School of Medicine, National University of Córdoba, 2001-2002.
Postgraduate in Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, 2001-2002.
Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Córdoba, 2001-2002.

2003
Own House in Calamuchita (2nd Stage), 2003-2004.
House in Chilecito, La Rioja, 2003-2004.
Ambrosio Olmos Building, Córdoba, 2003-2004.
Development area of U. De Witswaterand, Municipality of Johannesburg, Planning and Design of
Public Space, 30 Blocks, 2003-2004.

2004
House in Calamuchita - Second Stage.

2007
Gernika Building.
HONORARY TITLES

* Honorary Fellow American Institute of Architects, 1985; * Honorary Member of the Society of
Architects of Bolivia, 1988; * Distinguished Guest of the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 1988; * Guest
Illustration from the city of La Paz, Bolivia, 1988; * Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera Distinction, Municipality of
Córdoba, 1999.

EDUCATION

Primary - Public School 'General Ortiz de Ocampo'. Córdoba. Flag bearer.

Secondary - National College of Monserrat. Flag bearer. Duarte Quirós Gold Medal for the best.
average (9.87) in six years.
University - Architect, Urban Planner. Graduated from the National University of Córdoba. 1965. Better
average of the promotion.
Postgraduate - Master in Architecture. Louis Kahn Class, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1966-
1967; * Philadelphia, working with Louis Kahn, 1967-1968; * Postgraduate Course in Planning
Urbano Regional, PIAPUR, 1969.

TEACHING ACTIVITY

* Guest Professor. U.B.A. / La Villete, 2004.-

* Guest Professor. Workshop Seminar National University of Arequipa, 2001.-
* Guest Professor. Workshop and Seminar, National University of Asunción, Paraguay, 2002.-
Visiting Professor. Paris La Villette School of Architecture. February-July 1987.
* Emens Distinguished Professor. Second quarter 1986-1987. Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana,
United States
Visiting Professor University of Rice, Houston, USA, 1986.
* Visiting Critic. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, 1983-1985.
Visiting Professor Witswatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1981-1982.
* Full Professor Architecture Chair V, since 1974. Tenured Professor by Competition, 1983-1995,
National University of Córdoba, Argentina. Renovated 1990-95 / 1995-2002 by the Dean's Office.
* Full Professor of Architecture I to V since 1984 at the National University of Buenos Aires.
Full Professor by competition, 1985-98. Re-competition 1998-2005.
* Full Professor Consultant U.B.A., F.A.D.U., 2001-2008.-
Associate Professor Architecture IV, National University of Mendoza, 1968-1970.
Assistant Professor of Architecture II, National University of the Northeast, Resistencia, Argentina, 1965.
Adjunct Professor of Architecture III and Thesis Chair, National University of Córdoba, 1968-1970.

PUBLICATIONS

The Ark No. 186, 2003 Schools of Medicine and Postgraduate Economics.
Architectural Review, School of Arts September 2002.
The Ark No. 153 2000, Clastrorum U.N.C.
* Summa + No. 40. Jan. 2000. Community Participation Centers. 16 p.
L'Arca No. 143, 1999, Community Participation Centers Route 20 and Airport.
· Architectural Review. July 1999. Community Participation Centers. 6 p.
International Year Book, Images Publishing, Australia 1999, Page 156.
The Ark. Dec. 1999 - 16 pages. Community Participation Centers.
* Design, etc. Year X. 1999. 10 p.
Project, Brazil. 1999.
Twenty works from the 90s. MNBA, Buenos Aires, January 1999.
* AAA. Antillean architecture and that of Santo Domingo, 1998, 10 p.
* Architects, 180-181, Lisbon, 1998.
* Lotus, The centers of Cordoba. A strategic Plan, no. 96, mayo 1998, 30 p. Milano.
* Arquis, no. 14. 1998. Monograph Miguel Angel Roca.
* Arkinka Peru, 1998, 10 p.
* Summa+, nos. 23 and 27, 1997.
The Ark, The Contemporary City. Córdoba, Euralille, Los Angeles, no. 101, 1996.
Korean Architects. Monograph, 1996, Miguel Angel Roca.
* Contemporary Architecture, Encyclopedia of Latin American Art Scribner, New York, 1995.
Magazine 3, no. 6, Monographic Miguel Angel Roca, 1995.
The Ark, Latin American Architecture, 1995, no. 93. Article on Latin American architecture from 1970-
1995. Year editor of no. 3. Works.
* Summa+, no. 16, 1995. From the idea of the city to the city of the idea.
Latin American, Contemporary Architecture, Editor Miguel Angel Roca, Academy Editions, London, 1995.
Introductory article.
Latin American architecture, in Architecture and Housing, no. 48, 1994.
Architecture-City/Culture-Society, August 1994, Eudeba, Buenos Aires.
Argüello Community Participation Center, Córdoba in Summa, November 1994.
Architectural Monographs No. 36, Academy Architecture Design, London, 1994.
University and decentralization, in Techniques and Architecture, January 1994.
*The Ark, Works of Peace, no. 81, 1994. Strategies 10 works.
Argüello Community Participation Center, Córdoba in Architectural Review, 1994.
* Summa+, no. 9, 1994. * Revista 3, Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires 1993.
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Architecture and Housing, A & V, September 1994.
Urban intervention strategy in Córdoba, in Spazio e Società no. 67, July-September 1994.
Living Architecture, 1992.
* A &V, 1992, 1995, Madrid.
* Shopping centers, Monitor, 1992, Patrick Mauger.
Design, Chile, November 1992.
* Libro Miguel Angel Roca, por Brian BraceTaylor. Mimar Publications Concep Media, London, 1992.
* Architectural Review, August 1992, United Kingdom. Peace Strategy. District centers and parks.
* Libro Miguel Angel Roca. La Paz, Cora Adizioni, Italia, 1991. Artículo
* Roca, article Waisman, Gaggiano.
* C.A. Magazine of the College of Architects of Chile, January 1990.
Contemporary Architecture no. 10, 1988-89, no. 11, 1989-1990, Switzerland.
* Domus, no. 525, 627, 1982, Italy, January 1989.
* ARCHITECT 28, 1988 and 29, 1988, Singapore.
* PROA no. 369, Colombia, 1988.
* Summa no. 30, 36, 55, 71, 94, 128, 134, 136, 151, 173, 178, 186, 189 and 210 (1985), Thematic Summary,
no. 26, 1988, no. 267, 1989, Argentina.
*Techniques and Architecture, no. 334, 1981, no. 366, 1986, no. 383, 1988, no. 403, 1992, no. 400, 1992
France.
Parameter, October 1987, Italy.
CREE, September 1987, June 1992, France.
Architecture AIA, 1982, 1984, 1987, first, second, and sixth editions of Current World Architecture,
United States
Daidalos, 1986, Berlin, West Germany.
* Space and Society, no. 31, 1985, no. 33, 1986, Italy.
* Progressive Architecture, septiembre 1985, abril 1993, [Link].
Werk Bauen Wohnen no. 5 and 6, 1983, no. 7 and 8, 1985, Switzerland.
* Architecture Today, no. 183, 206, 207, 213, 214, France.
Architectural Record, 1984, USA.
Architectural Design, Urbanity (1980-1981), Current Work, January-February 1984, Urbanism, November-
December 1984.
UIA Exhibition in Cairo, November-December 1984, England and Cairo.
* A + U, no. 12, December 1984, Japan.
* Project, 1984, 1992, Brazil.
Space Design, 1983, Japan
Baumeinster, 1983, Germany
* Lotus International, 1983, Italy.
Environment, no. 22, 24 and 43, Argentina.
* Summa+, No. 72/128, etc. 1972-1990.

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES, COLLOQUIA AS A PANELIST AND

GUEST SPEAKER

International Biennial of Buenos Aires. 2001, Speaker and Exhibitor.

IV International Biennial of Sao Paulo. Nov. 1999. Speaker and exhibitor (1st EX AEQUO Prize).
* XX Bienal de Quito. Conferencista magistral y panelista. Octubre 1998.
Regeneration and future of the Metropolitan Centers, Madrid, October 24-26, 1996.
Roros Seminar, Norway, April 1996.
* XX Latin American Congress of Architecture, Brasília, June 1996.
Biennial of Architecture, Buenos Aires, 1995, Speaker and Exhibitor.
* XX Colombian Congress of Architects, San Andrés, 1995.
Cities and Global Economy, Melbourne, 1994.
International Colloquium of the College of Andalusia, Jaén, Spain, March 1994.
International Colloquium Athos Bulcao, Brasilia, Brazil, September 1994.
Santo Domingo Biennial, Dominican Republic, October 1994.
The stone in Architecture, Salvador, Bahia, June 1994.
Americas Meeting. 35 Latin American and American Deans, Miami, USA.
November 1994.
Recife Biennial 1992, Brazil.
International Forum of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1992
Biennial of Architecture, Buenos Aires, 1992.
* Bienal de Buenos Aires, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997
Quito Biennial, 1990
International Congress of Architects, Kolkata, India, 1990.
Congress of Creativity, University of Buenos Aires, 1989.
89th Biennale of Architecture in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 1989.
XX Congress of Colombian Societies of Architects, Medellín, April 1988. San Andrés, 1995.
International Forum The Urban Memory at the University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, April 1988.
5th International Meeting of Architects of the International Union of Architects (UIA), Brighton,
England, 1987.
VI Architecture Biennale, Santiago, Chile, 1987.
The Latin environment. The architectural heritage of New Orleans, USA, 1985.
1st Urban Design Seminar, Brasília, Brazil, 1984.
First Latin American Congress of Ecology, Morón, Buenos Aires, 1982.
CIANA, Congress of Spanish and Latin American Architects' Societies, Madrid, 1981.
II International Meeting, Mexico, 1981.
Third Architecture Biennale, Chile, 1981.
First Argentine Congress on the Environment, University of Belgrano, Buenos Aires, 1981.
OICCI, Congress of Ibero-American Municipalities, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1980.
CONFERENCES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS IN UNIVERSITIES AND CENTERS
CULTURAL
* University “La Sapienza”, Villa Giulia; March 4, 2004.-
La Villette University, Paris, June 2003.
European University, Madrid, June 2003.
Morón University (Foundation Anniversary 2003).
Malba, August 2003.
* University “La Sapienza”, Villa Giulia; 2003.-
* University of Reggio Calabria, Polytechnic; 2003.-
National University of Asunción, Paraguay; Conference and Workshop Cycle 2002.
International Conference Guayaquil, 2002.
University of Tucumán, June 2002.
Witswatersrand University Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002.
University of Rome II; 2001.
International Biennial of Buenos Aires, Nov. 2001.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Oct. 2001.
University of La Plata, 2001.
University of Buenos Aires.
National University of Arequipa 2001, Conference and Workshop Cycle.
University of CopeTown, South Africa; 2000.
* California Polytechnic, S.U. Los Angeles, Seminar and conference. 2000.
Portuguese Design Center. 1999.
School of Architecture of Paris. Bellville. 1999.
ESTBA SanCugat. 1998-1999. Barcelona.
ESTBA - 1998-1999. Barcelona.
University of Barcelona. 1996-98-99.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Politecnico di Bovisa, Milan. 1994-99.
Andrés Bello University. 1998.
* Columbia University, New York, USA 1987.-
Washington University, Saint Louis, USA 1987.
Schools of Fine Arts UP6, Paris, France. 1985/97/2004.
Lisbon and Porto, Portugal 1985/96.
Madrid, Spain
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Witawaterrand, South Africa
Montevideo, Uruguay
University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bahia University, Recife, Brazil
University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria
IBA 84, Berlin, Germany
Architectural Association London, 1984, 1990, England
Yale University, USA
UCLA, USA
Rice, Houston, USA.
Brighton Polytechnic, England
University of Venice, Italy
Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
* Paris School of Architecture, Belleville, France 2000.-
* University of Lund, Suecia 1996.-
Toronto University, Canada
Princeton University, USA.
Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
University of Illinois, Chicago Center, USA.
Miami, USA
Ohio, USA
Ball State University, USA
ILAUD, Siena, Italy
University of Southwestern, Louisiana, USA.
University of Asunción, Paraguay 1992.
Pilot University and National University of Bogotá, Colombia. 1986.
University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia 1986.
Major University of San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia 1990.-
University of Puerto Rico 1991.-
Polytechnic University, Barcelona, Spain 1992.
School of Architecture, Spain
HERE, Santa Cruz, Bolivia 1987.-
M.I.T. University, Boston, USA 1986.
Polytechnic of the East, London, England 1986.
Polytechnic of the South, London, England 1990.-
* Darmstadt University, Germany 1986.-
* INARCH, Rome, Italy 1991.
University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy 1992.
University of Oslo, Norway. 1990.
University of Copenhagen, Royal Academy of Architecture, Denmark 1990/96.
University of La Paz, University of Cochabamba, University of Oruro, Bolivia 1990.-
National University of Engineering of Lima, Peru 1990.
National University of Caracas, Venezuela 1992.
University of Calcutta, India 1991.
Aarnhus University, Denmark. 1996.
University of Trondheim, Norway. 1996.
Polytechnic University of Athens. 1996.
* Erasmus Program. Polytechnic Reggio Calabria 1994.-
University of Palermo 2000.
Emv. City Council Madrid 1996.
International Forum 'The Future of the Center'.
Portuguese Institute of Athens. Lisbon.
Atos Bulcao Foundation, Brasilia 1994.
Peking Central University, China 1995.
* JiaTong, Beijing, Northern University, China 1995.
Kyushu Institute of Design, Fukuoka, Japan 1995.
CNC Santa Fe, 1998
CNC Mar del Plata, 1997
CNC La Plata, 1994
National University of Mar del Plata
National University of La Plata
CONFERENCES IN ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETIES

["Buenos Aires","La Plata","La Matanza","Mar del Plata","Paraná","Mendoza","San Juan","Jujuy","La Rioja"]

Córdoba, Formosa, Avellaneda, San Nicolás, Bahía Blanca, Central Society of Architects (Argentina);
Ibero-American Council of National Associations of Architects, Madrid; Palma de Mallorca, Spain;
Santiago (Chile); Río de Janeiro (Brasil); La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba, Oruro (Bolivia);
Roma (Italia); Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Pereira (Colombia); AIA, Chicago ([Link].); Instituto Arquitectos
(Panamá); Roros Seminar (Noruega); Instituto Portugués (Lisboa); El Salvador, Brasilia, Sao Pablo (Brasil)

COURSES TAUGHT

Los Angeles River. California State Polytechnical University. 2000.

* Urban Design - Small Communities. Andrés Bello University. 1998. CONCON. Chile.
The house, the institutions, the city, University of Asunción, Paraguay. Faculty of Architecture, 1991.
Housing, building, thinking. II International Architecture Seminar, Institute of Cooperation
Ibero-American, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, September 1988
School of Architecture of Paris, La Villette, 1987.
Theory and History; Typology, technology, ideology, Ball State University, Indiana, USA, December 1986-
February 1987.
Architectural Theory, Rice University, Houston, USA, January-March 1986.
International Laboratory of Architecture and Urbanism (ILAUD), Siena, Italy, 1985.
Theory in Urban Design, Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
October-December 1983, January-March 1985.
Architectural and urban planning thought, University of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Weekly cycles of
year from 1981 to 1987.
Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, 1981.

PUBLIC ACTIVITY

Secretary in Planning U.N.C.; 1998-2000 (in charge of the Office); 2000-2001: Secretary.
Advisor to the Mayor of Córdoba, 1995-1999.
Urban Development Advisor. Autonomous Municipality. Buenos Aires, 1996-1999.
Special Projects Advisor. Municipality of Córdoba. 1995.
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism, and Design at the National University of Córdoba,
1992-1994, 1994-1996, 1996-1999, 1999-2002.
Secretary of Urban Development. Municipality of the city of Córdoba, Argentina, 1991-1993.
Urban Planner Architect of the Municipality of La Paz, Bolivia, 1989-1991.
Advisor to the Mayor's Office of the city of La Paz, Bolivia, 1990.
Elected representative of the Full Professors before the Faculty's Governing Council
Architecture, Design, and Urbanism of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1986-1990.
Director of the Graduate School of the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of the
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1986-1989. Courses in Design, Restoration, Recycling, Theory and
History, Technology.
Director of the Graduate Design Course, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of the
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1986-1990.
Secretary of Public Works of the Municipality of Córdoba, Argentina, July 1979-April 1981.
Head of Studies and Projects of the Bank of the Province of Córdoba, Argentina, 1972-1973.

AWARDS

* Dedalo-Minosse Award, Jury Special Award for School of Arts 2004.-

Vitruvius Award 2002 for Best Argentine Work of the Last 5 Years for the School Buildings of
Information Sciences, School of Social Work, Postgraduate in Economic Sciences, School of
Arts, Faculty of Psychology, Faculty of Dentistry, Clastrorum, S. High Council, Faculty of
Right II Stage (on Buenos Aires street), Jesuit Museum and Staircase, Buildings of the City
University and Center of Córdoba.
Third Prize International Contest Casa de Gobierno de Córdoba with Architect Clorindo Testa and Architect R.
Frangella 2004.
National Arts Fund Career Award 2000.
* First Prize. EX AEQUO. IV Biennial of Sao Paulo. Dec. 1999. By Faculty of Law and C.P.C
Airport and Route 20.
* FV Award for the best achievements of the 90s. VII International Biennial of Buenos Aires,
1998.
First Prize Recovery Av. Corrientes. Buenos Aires, 1997, UBA / Autonomous City, Buenos
Air.
Argentine Grand Prix. VI International Biennial in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995. For works: Office
Center, C.P.C. Arguello, Central America, Pueyrredón, Colón, Park of Life. Jury: Botta, Krier,
Grimshaw, Gwathmey, Bohigas.
Grand Prize of Architecture. CPAU, 1995.
Platinum Konex Award for the best Argentine architect in the period 1987-1992.
* Gran Premio Argentino. Bienal Internacional en Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1991. Por obras: La Paz, C.D.
Uruguay, Cotahuma, San Antonio, CSAIUD Cotahuma/Parque La Florida. Jury: Zaha Hadid, Candela.
Correa, Rykwert, Kikutake, Glusberg, Pelli.
Chosen for the Casablanca project for urban and architectural development (280 thousand m2). First
among 48 companies. 1991-1993.
Pericles Award for the career and works of the city of La Paz, Bolivia, CICA-UIA, 1990.
Second Prize Convention Center and Hotel, Lyon, France, 1990.
Second Prize Recycling and restoration area Clarke Quay, Singapore, 1989.
Klaukol Award for the Best Work of Argentine Architecture, Pedestrian Streets of Córdoba, Plazas España
Italy, Ambrosio Funes. Jury: Bohigas, Van Eyck, Pelli, Glusberg. II International Biennial, Buenos Aires,
1987.
Gold Medal, First Prize International Biennial of Sofia, Bulgaria, 1985.
First Prize Neuquén, tourist systematization of the lake area in the Province of Neuquén,
In addition to the design of a cultural center, a shopping center, and hotels, CFI, Argentina, 1982.
First Prize from Ambiente magazine for the best urban development of the decade 1970-1980, Argentina
First Prize Housing Complex 250 homes. Urbanization, infrastructure, and equipment in
Senillosa, Neuquén, Argentina, 1979. IPV Neuquén.
First Prize Residential Complex Santo Domingo, Córdoba, Argentina, SUMMA, Central Society
of Architects, 1972.
* First Prize 240 homes and facilities. San Pedro, Jujuy. IPV of Jujuy, 1978.
First Prize Cooperative Project 'Villa Mercedes', San Luis, Argentina, 1978.
First Prize Contest building for the Faculty of Architecture of the National University of Córdoba,
Argentina, 1975.
Other ten national and international awards.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

* X Biennial Architecture of Quito, 1998. Seventy panels in the exhibition 'Latin American Masters'.
* MNBA. April 1998. Buenos Aires. Eighty panels from the last five years. Arquis Catalog 14,
Palermo University.
* INARC, National Institute of Architecture, Rome, Italy, October 1990.
International Congress, Calcutta, India, November 1990.
* Exhibition of works in La Paz, Bolivia, 1989-1990, College of Notaries of Córdoba, 1990.
* Roca Mundus, Municipal Cultural Center of Buenos Aires, La Recoleta, Argentina. One hundred drawings, video and
slides, August 1988.
School of Architecture, La Villette, Paris, France, May 1987.
School of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, 1983.
Architectural Design, London, England, 1981.
CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1979

ARTICLES OF YOUR AUTHORSHIP

Regeneration and future of metropolitan centers, Madrid, 1996.

From the idea of the city to the city of the idea, magazines Summa+ 1996 and Notes from the South, 1995.
Architecture-City / Culture-Society, Eudeba, Buenos Aires, 1994.
The center as cathedral. The city neighborhoods within the city, Architectural Monograph, no. 36.
1994.
* Notes from the South, towards an alternative architecture, in Techniques et Architecture, France, 1988.
* Notes from the South, towards an alternative architecture, in Proa, Colombia, 1983.
The city as a text where the city reads itself, tenth annual publication of ILAUD, Siena, Italy, 1985.
Also in the Space Society, Spazio e Società, Milan, Italy, 1985.
Think the city, celebrate the place, recognize the own, in Summa no. 210, Argentina, 1985.
* Poetry and Architecture in Architectural Design no. 12, England, 1980, edition on Urbanism, AD,
England, 1980.
Books by his authorship

From the contemporary city to the architecture of the territory, UBA-FADU, Ed. Eudecor, 1998/Edition
extended and updated 2003.
* Architecture-City / Culture-Society, Buenos Aires, Eudeba, 1994. Previa Editions.
Miguel Angel Roca, La Paz, Cora Edizioni, Arzignano, Italy, 1990.
Sketches, drawings and processes. Exhibition catalog Inarch and Calcuta, C.P.67, Argentina, 1990.
* Inhabit, build, think. Typology, technology, ideology, corrected version, C.P.67, 1989.
* Works and texts, CP 67, Buenos Aires, April 1988.
* Habitate, build, think. Typology, technology, ideology, Eudeba University Press, Buenos Aires,
1987.
* Arquetipos y Modernidad, Louis Kahn, Ed. Summa, Argentina, 1985.
* Urban Places and Strategies, National University of Córdoba, Argentina, 1984. Gold Medal
Sofia Biennale, 1985.
Miguel Angel Roca, writings in the monograph about his professional work, 1965-1981, Academy Editions,
London, 1981, 2nd updated edition 1985, London, New York.
Building city, National University of Córdoba, Argentina, 1983.
 The discreet secret of the
Talleres 3 - Another 0 walls". M.A.R

Books:

MAKE CITY. Miguel Angel Roca. Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism. University
National of Córdoba. Argentina. 1983.

MIGUEL ANGEL ROCA. Writings in the Monograph on my professional work, 1965-1981,

Academy Editions, London, 1981.

MIGUEL ANGEL ROCA, ARCHITECT. Jorge Glusberg. Edition International Union

Architects, 1983.

"INHABIT, BUILD, THINK-TYPLOGY, TECHNOLOGY, IDEOLOGY". Editorial of the

University of Buenos Aires. Argentina. 1987

Magazines:

"MIGUEL ANGEL ROCA". 1990-2000. Rykwert - Ciriani - Segre - Glusberg. Summa + Magazine.
Argentina. 2000.

MIGUEL ANGEL ROCA. Sketches, Drawings, Processes. CP 67. Argentina. 1990.

Fascicles:

"MIGUEL ANGEL ROCA." Ten Argentine Studies. Clarín, Architecture Newspaper. Clarín.
Argentina. 2007.

“ MIGUEL ANGEL ROCA” .Cuadernos de Arquitectura. U.I.A. Unión Carbide. Argentina. 1987.

Internet:

Official Website of Miguel Angel Roca: [Link]

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