ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Folding table
OBJECT – BOOKHOLDER – TABLE In 1989, in my last year at university, we had to design a piece of furniture. My fascination for transforming objects led me, with the ...
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Home
A FLAT CONVERSION IN FALSET, Priorat 2017 In 2017, we moved from our house up in the hills to a top flat in Falset, with splendid views on three sides. ...
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Quarter Pavilion
A COMMUNITY CENTRE IN BERLIN, 1996(in collaboration with Multhaup & Niebuhr architects, responsible for the project design and execution) Restoration of a community centre in the heart of East Berlin. ...
GUIDED TOURS / Priorat
A MONASTERY, FINE WINES & OLIVE OIL In the last 20 years Priorat wines have found their way to the top ratings of the world’s leading wine journals, and this ...
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Spruch
A HOUSING SCHEME IN BERLIN, 1995(in collaboration with Engel & Zillich, architects; part of the design team) 525 dwellings in 84 blocks with several layout combinations creating different geometric forms ...
CURRICULUM VITAE
Mobile: (+34) 633 720 700Email: joanna.o.thomas@gmail.comNationalities: British and SwedishDate of birth: 11.06.63Language skills: English (mother tongue), Spanish (fluent),German (advanced), Catalan (advanced), French (intermediate) Education 1974 – 1981 Runnymede College, an ...
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Saló Digital
AN EXHIBITION OF DIGITAL ART IN CCCB, BARCELONA 1999 (in colaboration with Julia Shultz-Dornburg, architect; part of the design team) SALÓ DIGITAL  (digital showroom) was a touring exhibition showing 130 ...
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN/ Mallorca
1997- 2002 HOUSES IN MALLORCA(in collaboration with Norberto Viñas, architect; responsable for design) In 1997 I moved from Berlin to Barcelona and started to work for a Mallorcan architect. I ...
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Pigsty
A PIGSTY CONVERSION IN MARÇA, PRIORAT 2020 A former pigsty restored with traditional materials and transformed into a musician’s studio and retreat.
AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
Diploma project: a university library design CLAWSA Award (issued by Central London & Westminster Society of Architects), July 1988 Published in Building Design nº 936, July 1988 Diploma dissertation:“El Govern ...
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Bauhaus
A MODULAR DOLLS’ HOUSE to create and build while playing, 2002 Many years ago I wanted to build a doll’s house for my goddaughter. I was thinking about what size ...
GUIDED TOURS / Tarragona
A THREE HOUR STROLL THROUGH WORLD HERITAGE Tarraco was founded by the Romans 217 BC as a temporary military camp during the 2nd Punic War. But news spread about the ...
GUIDED TOURS / Gòtic
A 2 HOUR STROLL THROUGH MEDIEVAL BARCELONA Barcelona is the Gothic city par excellence in Europe. Most of the splendid monuments were built between the 11th and 14th Century, when ...
WALKS
In 2010, to hibernate from the economical crisis, we moved up to the Prades Mountains where I started to walk. This was a great opportunity to pursue one of my ...
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Dimitroffstrasse
A SCHOOL EXTENSION COMPETITION, Berlin 1994 1st prize. (in collaboration with Multhaup & Niebuhr architects; team leader & responsible for the project design) The brief called for an extension with ...
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Paulshorterstrasse
A HOUSING SCHEME, Brandenburg 1995(in collaboration with Multhaup & Niebuhr architects; part of the design team) The dwellings are distributed into five houses which together form a block with gardens ...
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Karow
SOCIAL HOUSING SCHEME, Berlin 1993(in collaboration with Engel & Zillich, architects; responsible for the design) Inspired by the typical Bradenburg village layout, this social housing is arranged along two rows ...
GUIDED TOURS / Picasso
A 2 ½ HR STROLL AND A VERMOUTH IN PICASSO’S BARCELONA It has been claimed that art is an expression of society. This has sometimes been the case, but Picasso’s ...
GUIDED TOURS / Technical Visits
TAILOR MADE ITINERARIES IN CATALONIA From Barcelona’s heritage to the latest urban transformations and constructions; these tours are always tailor made according to the client’s wishes and may also include ...