Former
ESARQ student Pepe Gascón
has received the 2012 Europe 40 Under 40 Award, which is organized by the
European Centre for Architecture, Art Design and Urban Studies and is presented
annually to 40 European architects under the age of 40. The objective of the
award is to identify and promote the next generation of European talent in the
areas of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and industrial
design.

Gascón completed his Architecture degree at
the ESARQ School of Architecture in 2002. A year later, he founded Pepe Gascón Architecture, a
multidisciplinary architectural consultancy with a young, innovative team who
carry out architecture, urban planning and interior design projects. His works
have been published and shown in various specialist journals and exhibitions,
and have received both national and international awards and recognition.

In
2012, he received international recognition for his project to design the San
Miguel Special Education School in Sant Feliu de Llobregat; he was presented with the
International Architecture Award organized by the European Centre for
Architecture, Art Design and Urban Studies and the Chicago Athenaeum (Museum of
Architecture and Design); he was shortlisted for the 2012 Emirates Glass LEAF
Awards in the refurbishment of the year category and for the third edition of
the Arquia/Próxima
Awards (2010-2011), which is organized by the Caja de Arquitectos Foundation; and he won a silver medal
in the renovation category at the 2011 International Design Awards (IDA) in Los
Angeles, California.