the team

BAX studio was founded and is managed by Boris Bežan and Mónica Juvera.
Boris Bežan
Graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana with a master’s degree in architecture and contemporary culture at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He established Bax studio in 2017 as part of the continuation of MX_SI architectural studio, which he co-founded in 2005 after winning his first important international competition “Federico Garcia Lorca Center” in Granada. In cooperation with partners, he has won several international important architectural open competitions such as Gösta Pavilion Serlachius Museum in Finland, Papalote museum in Mexico, Rog Cultural center in Slovenia, and Kunstsilo museum in Norway. His works were published and recognized worldwide and he received several important prizes that confirm the quality of his realizations like the Plečnik award in 2014 and the Spanish international architecture prize award in 2013. In addition to his architectural practice, he is involved in architectural education teaching at the Faculty of Architecture in Maribor. In 2018 he was a visiting professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Texas at Austin.
Mónica Juvera
Graduated in architecture at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Querétaro campus, with a master’s degree in landscape architecture at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. In 2007 she was awarded the Young Creator grant in México. In 2005 co-founded the architectural studio MX-SI after winning her first important international competition, the “Federico Garcia Lorca Centre” in Granada, remaining there until 2011. Between then and the establishment of BAX studio in 2017, she combined the practice of architecture with the development of entrepreneurial projects around design and education in creative and critical thinking through art. Her architectural works were recognized with several international publications and prizes as the nominations for the Mies van der Rohe and Plecnik awards in 2016. In the field of design, she signed two utility patents. In 2018 she was a visiting professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Texas at Austin.
Since 2017, the following collaborators have worked with the studio under Bežan and Juvera’s guidance:
- Carlos Parra
- Ana Irisarri
- Pere Molas
- Bianca Teti
- Carmen Castaña
- Raúl Escuín
- David Rodríguez
- Ignacio Campos
- Juan Mier
- Álvaro Vilanova
- Albert Rabinad
- Natalia Ros
- Vasja Potokar
- Blanca Miró
- Cristian Ramírez
- Jorge Benassar
- Yaniv Drabkin
- Volker Zimmerman
- Carlos Parra
- Ana Irisarri
- Pere Molas
- Bianca Teti
- Carmen Castaña
- Raúl Escuín
- David Rodríguez
- Ignacio Campos
- Juan Mier
- Álvaro Vilanova
- Albert Rabinad
- Natalia Ros
- Vasja Potokar
- Blanca Miró
- Cristian Ramírez
- Jorge Benassar
- Yaniv Drabkin
- Volker Zimmerman
