Estel Ortega Vázquez (Barcelona) is an architect from ETSAB (UPC).
She has taught architecture since 2008, both at ETSAB and the School of Architecture, and has participated in workshops and studios with RCR, Tony Fretton, and Andrea Deplazes.​
She co-founded Cubus Taller d’Arquitectura in 2003 and 15515 Arquitectura in 2017.
She has also curated exhibitions, including RCR. Dream and Nature at the 17º Venice Biennale.​
Her work has won several awards, such as the Ajac X Prize for A’Bodega and the Emporia Prize for the Chillida exhibition.​
Since 2009, she has worked with Roca as a content advisor and has collaborated with figures like Ferran Adrià and the Chillida Foundation. From 2017 to 2023, she worked with RCR Arquitectes, leading the Sants Station project.
Since 2023, she is Head of Design at EliA - OAB, focusing on international projects.
Awards & Recognitions
2019 – Exhibition “RCR. Dream and Nature”, 16th Venice Architecture Biennale. Non-itinerant exhibition category. Emporia National Awards for Ephemeral Architecture – Gold Emporia (1st Prize).
2017 – Exhibition “Parallel Stories. Roca in Gavà and Viladecans”. Emporia National Awards for Ephemeral Architecture – Silver Emporia (2nd Prize).
2017 – Exhibition “A Shared Story. 100 Years of Roca and Communication”. Emporia National Awards for Ephemeral Architecture – Selected project.
2017 – Installation “WOW!”. Emporia National Awards for Ephemeral Architecture – Selected project.
2016 – A'Bodega. 1st Prize, AJAC X Awards. Category: New build and renovation. Jury: Sergison Bates, Alberto Veiga, Xavier Ros (HArquitectes).
2016 – Exhibition “Chillida, Between the Forms”. Non-itinerant exhibition category. Emporia National Awards for Ephemeral Architecture – Gold Emporia (1st Prize).
2016 – A'Bodega, Finalist at Archmarathon-Marmomacc Casting Awards 2016.
2016 – A'Bodega, selected by ArchDaily and Plataforma Arquitectura as a candidate for Building of the Year 2017.
2014 – Vertical Workshop 2014: WASHITECTURE. “Water and emergency architecture for schools in Morocco.” A UNICEF–WAW Foundation project, ESARQ–UIC. 1st Prize for direction proposal.
2010 – Vertical Workshop 2010: Emergency Architecture. ESARQ–UIC. 1st Prize.
2009 – Vertical Workshop 2008: A Game in a Place. Directed by Carme Pinós, Carlos Ferrater, and Mathias Klotz. ESARQ–UIC. 3rd Prize.
2008 – Funding granted for the project “The Memory of the City” within the program "Funds for Artistic Creation and Contemporary Thought." EADC – Government of Catalonia. File no. 7069/2008.
2006 – Residential building on Santiago el Verde Street, Madrid. 3rd Prize. EMVS – Madrid.
2001–2005 – Architectural Projects Research Grant V–VI. UPC. Directed by Dr. Pere Joan Ravetllat. ETSAB–UPC.
2001 – Valenciana de Cementos Exhibition Stand. 1st Prize. Construmat Fair 2001.