MexicoCity-based architect Rozana Montiel is founder and director of Rozana Montiel Architecture Studio (REA), a studio known for its socially conscious and community-oriented approach. Montiel is recognized for her sustainable development and inventive solutions for enhancing the public realm. REA specializes in architectural design, artistic re-conceptualizations of space, and the public domain. It works on a wide variety of projects in different scales ranging from the city to the book, the artifact, and other micro-objects. Areas of research include living spaces, urban uses of public space, and the resignification of building materials with an emphasis on place-making, livability, and temporary use. The team believes that beauty is a social right, and therefore seeks to generate quality spaces with multiple temporal narratives.
Montiel has taught architecture in several universities and is a member of the EditorialBoard of the Architectural Magazine Arquine. She is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Emerging Voices Award from The ArchitecturalLeague of New York in 2016, the Moira Gemmill Award by The Architecture Review in London in 2017, the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture from the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine in 2019, and the ARVHA International Prize for Women Architects in 2022, among others.
