Enric Ruiz Geli

Enric Ruiz Geli
Figueres, 1968

Biography

Enric Ruiz Geli, born in Figueres, is architect by Barcelona's School ETSAB-UPC and Founder and Principal Architect of Cloud 9, a studio based in Barcelona since 1997

Enric Ruiz Geli / Cloud 9 studio interdisciplinary approach to Architecture include multiple collaborations with theater director Robert Wilson, theorist and philosopher Paul Virilio, visual artist Frederic Amat, artist and scientist Zush / Evru, ceramist Toni Cumella, designer and educator Simon Taylor, artist Inma Femenía, performer Pep Bou, sculptural designer Pere Gifre, soundscape's musicians Josep Manuel Berenguer and Rioji Ikeda, architect Frei Otto, landscape architect Margie Ruddick, physicist Josep Perelló and Neil Gershenfeld, fashion design Bless, photographers Daniel Riera and Iwan Baan, economist Jeremy Rifkin, and most recently with El Bulli chef Ferran Adrià.

Enric Ruiz Geli teaching experience comprises the roles of Director of the Self-Sufficient Buildings Studio at IAAC; MasterTutor of Diploma Unit 18 at the Architectural Association; and most recently Professor of Practice in Collaborative Discovery and Design at the Honors College of Virginia Tech, and visiting faculty at Sci ARC in LA. Currently Enric Ruiz Geli is developing his PHD dissertation "It's All About Particles" with RMIT.

CaixaForum Valencia by Enric Ruiz Geli / Cloud 9 has deserved LEED PLATINUM.
The New York Times calls Cloud 9 work "seismic mental shift, as Machines for Living"
The Wall Street Journal selects Cloud 9 as one of four firms leading sustainable architecture in Europe, "making waves, shaping new landmarks ". WIRED magazine calls Cloud 9 work, "most spectacular Spanish Projects".
TIME magazine selects CaixaForum Valencia as one of the "50 most extraordinary destinations in the World".
Media ICT wins best building of the World by WAF.

Cloud 9 works belong to the collection of MoMA in New York, CCA in Montreal, FRAC Centre Collection in Orleans, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Empordà Museum in Figueres and Design Hub in Barcelona.

In Spring 2023 the Landscape Project in Changwon, South Korea, breaks ground with a construction cost of 250M$.
In the Summer of 2023, Cloud 9 has started the design and build, of a Case study home in Malibu, for the family of Edina Somlai and Rob Markus, focused on the scenario of Global Warning and Wild Fires in California.

  • Architect for the ETSA of Barcelona
  • Visiting Visual Artist at the ZKM in Karlsruhe, with a scholarship from Krtu, Generalitat de Catalunya
  • Visiting Visual Artist by HANGAR in Barcelona
  • Stage Designer associated with Bob Wilson: 'Danton's Tod', Salzburger Festspiele and 'Time Rocker', Thalia Theater, Hamburg, 1995-2000
  • Founder and Director of Cloud 9 studio in Barcelona since 1997
  • Co-Director of Metapolis, 2000-2003
  • Art Media Consultant for el Mercat de les Flors, 2002
  • Curator of the Spanish Pavilion of the V Biennale of Architecture in Sao Paulo, 2003
  • President of the Jury of Prix Luxembourgeois d'Architecture, Fondation de l'Architecture et de l'IngnierieLuxembourg, 2007
  • Participation at program TOYP (The Outstanding Young Persons), organized by Junior Chamber International, Osaka, 2007
  • Founder of Energy Attack with Jon Idiakez, 2007
  • Co-Chairman of the 3rd Industrial Revolution Architects Roundtable committee with Jeremy Rifkin, since 2009
  • Working with Jeremy Rifkin on GGG, Global Green Growth
  • Tutor Master in Architectural Design Unit at Bartlett School of Architecture, London, since 2010
  • Teaching and researching about architecture with Pilot Projects in Global Warming Scenarios at Unit Master of Diploma Unit 18 at Architectural Association School, London, since 2010
  • Co-Chairman of the Figueres Creative City, 2010
  • Science Advisory Committee of Tecnalia member since 2011
  • HP Experts Committee member since 2012
  • Architect of the Villa Nurbs in Empuriabrava, an organically formed, ecological and futuristic house; the Millennium Project in Valladolid, an urban retrofitting; elBulliFoundation for the chief Ferran Adrià as a living laboratory in Cap de Creus
  • Recently Enric Ruiz Geli work Media-TIC - a Net Zero Building with a very competitive cost of construction - is recognized as Best Building of the World by WAF 2011
  • Enric Ruiz Geli / Cloud 9 works belong to the collections of MoMa (New York), FRAC Centre Collection (Orleans) and Centre Pompidou (Paris)
Enric Ruiz Geli

Enric Ruiz Geli at Cloud 9 office in Barcelona with a signed portrait of Buckminster Fuller in the background. The Portrait refers to the Non-Symmetrical Tension - Integrity Structures. United States Patent Office Nº 3.866.366, filed August 7, 1973, Serial nº 386.302, granted February 18, 1975. Inventor: Buckminster Fuller. Photo: Albert Bertran