The daughter and sister of architects, from Alicante Nerea Rogel She has grown up amidst architectural plans, studio visits, and nights spent watching * work*. After earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture (ARQ’ programs of study ) and her Double Master's Degree in Architecture and Real Estate (2026) from the University of Navarra, and receiving the award for Best transcript during the Degree, she has been recognized with the scholarship from the Arquia Foundation in the category of Academic transcript .

After completing her training in Pamplona and Madrid, her next stop will be Mallorca, where she will do an internship at the TEd'A arquitectes studio. Nerea was looking for a small studio where she could learn firsthand and get fully involved, and when she discovered the studio’s approach to architecture—“rooted in honesty and respect for the nature of materials, combined with a meticulous development of design ”—she didn’t hesitate to consider it a goal.

“A Tale of Two Citadels”: The Lives of a City

 
For its part, María Glyzina (ARQ’24) was already sketching out her first plans for what she imagined her future home would look like at age 13. Drawn to the possibility of working from very different perspectives, she chose to study architecture, a field degree program that she says “transforms.”

His “ project ” (“History of Two Citadels”) has been recognized in the Arquia Foundation’s competition. In it, he seeks to recover and connect the historical significance of two sites linked to the defense of Pamplona: the Citadel, in the city center, and the Fort of San Cristóbal, on Mount Ezkaba.

“My intention was to create a connection between the two places, showing how, despite having lost their military function, they continue to play a very important role in the city and in the daily lives of its residents,” he explains.

The “ project ” is based on the idea that a city can accumulate different lives in the same place. “I was interested precisely in that transformation: how a place can lose its original function without losing its meaning.” History remains in the stones, in the paths people take, and in the “ report ” of those who inhabit the city.

Thanks to the scholarship, Maria Glyzina will begin her internship in February at the Portuguese studio Fala Atelier (Porto). This will be her first professional experience outside of Spain, and she says she is excited to discover “new professional environments and a different way of working.”