ALBERT MASSANA MIRALLES
Architect, Designer & Construction Manager based in Barcelona

I’m Albert Massana, an architect and construction manager passionate about heritage, restoration, and Mediterranean design. After completing my Master’s in Architecture at UPC, I’ve continued to grow through projects that merge design sensitivity with construction precision.

One of the milestones in my career was working on the restoration of the rear façade of Casa Batlló, Gaudí’s World Heritage masterpiece in Barcelona. As part of the design and site team, I contributed to the recovery of this hidden gem, officially inaugurated in June 2025 — a project that balanced innovation, tradition, and deep respect for the original work.

Currently, I lead construction processes as Construction Manager at Betlinski, where I coordinate the development of a five-star 10,000sqm hotel in Portinatx, Ibiza, overseeing every phase from concept to execution.

My proficiency in tools like AutoCAD, Rhino, and Grasshopper allows me to translate complex ideas into buildable solutions — always seeking the perfect balance between beauty and function.




EXPERIENCE

01.2024 - present        Casa Batlló

07.2023 - 12.2023        Intern at Barceló Balanzó Arquitectes 
09.2022 - 06.2023        Collaboration scholarship helping Assoc.
10.2021 - 01.2023        Intern at Espai Qbic Arquitectura


EDUCATION

09.2023 -  present       Architecture Master Degree | UPC

01.2023 - 06.2023        Postgraduate: Garden Art and Design | EINA
09.2017 - 06.2023        Bachelor of Architecture | UPC 
     2004 -      2016        Musical Studies, piano. Conservatory


COURSES

summer 2022             Urban Network Analysis in Rhinoceros 3D by Andres Sevstuk, MIT
     2004 - present       Furniture Restoration and polychromy | ECORE
      2019 - present       Volunter Guide at 28h Open House Barcelona
     2019 - 2020           Cultural Mediator at Palau Güell



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 00 CASA BATLLO

Casa Batlló, World Heritage, is one of the most emblematic buildings of Barcelona, not only for its exceptional location on one of the main tourist and business areas, but also because it was designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí.

The House requires several new interventions ensuring the safe of users and highlighting the beauty of the house.

My mission is to help the development of these interventions in the quality of planimetry and 3D modeling, using rhino+grasshopper, and to coordinate with the different design offices that intervene in the house.

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Work related

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01 LA CASA ALMACENAJE  

This work consists of adapting the essence of the case study, The Storage House by Shigeru Ban, to the conditions of the place, whose location inhabits the Fontana metro station, in Gran de Gràcia Street, Barcelona. The incorporation of a program facilitates the design, a total of 2000m2 and 72 users (according to temporality) with common and collective spaces. 

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Academic related

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02 TOTS A TAULA 

Food should be considered a basic and fundamental right for several reasons that encompass aspects of health, equality and human dignity. The ability to acces adequate food is essential to guarantee a healthy and full life, apart from being one of the most important challanges towards a sustainable future. In the current era, in addition to the concern of obtaining food, we must deal with its choice, complex and confusing issue, dominated by the published and the all the media surrounding us.   

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03 SCENIC AND CULTURAL SPACE  

In proximity to the Can Bagaria Factory, an industrial heritage building in Cornellá de Llobregat, a proposed addition aims to complement the complex with a symmetrical design, creating a public meeting space for the future. Using prefabricated scaffolding covered with cloth, it forms a closed prismatic volume with a gabled roof and exposed structure.

Read more735—21/22
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04 ÉS BRUTALISTA? ENTRE ARQUITECTURA I CONSTRUCCIÓ

The meaning of brutalism has been a subject widely discussed by sociologists, architectural theorists and urban planners and its definition has evolved over the years. However, it is detected that there is not a single agreed-upon definition of brutalism but different origins and starting points which will be crucial to understand their motivations when categorizing a brutalist work.

https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/392258

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05 CAPAS, CAPAS Y MÁS CAPAS 

The program proposes the transformation of the aquarama, thus preserving its time and fauna, into a new space where to live, where to work, in short... where to exist. The aquarium itself and the treatment of the environment is a fundamental issue, because it has marked different guidelines in the project: A light and prefabricated structure (as far as possible) with the purpose of reducing noise towards animals and causing minimal earth movement. This will be in relation to that of the aquarium, because we preserve the rhythm of the structural pillars every 15º, and their accesses will be at the height established where they are planted. 

Read more 764— 2019
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