About////

Diego Ceresuela-Wiesmann is a swiss-spanish Architect and Urban Designer with a masters degree from the Polytechnic School of Architecture in Madrid (ETSAM) where he graduated with honors. He has studied and worked in Madrid, Berlin, Barcelona, New York and Zurich and, and has been a founder member of the internationally awarded Architects Collective LEON11 since 2006. He has lectured at various schools including Columbia University (GSAPP), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), the Polytechnic School of Engineers (ETSII) and Architecture (ETSAM) in Madrid.

Currently working as the Urban Transformation Program Director in Colombia / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and Invited Professor at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellín (UPB)

Contact: diego@leon11.com

Awards///

HONORABLE MENTION. Emerging New York Architects (ENYA/AIA). South Street Seaport Rehab.2008. Exhibited at Center for Architecture/American Institute of Architects.

HONORABLE MENTION. Pasajes-IGuzzini Biannual International Awards. South Street Seaport Rehab.2009. Published at AV Proyectos Magazine

FINALIST. IDOM-ACXT Biannual International Awards. South Street Seaport Rehab.2009

FIRST PRIZE. PARKING AVILES AIRPORT.With our Collective Leon11.com. 2008

FIRST PRIZE. PARADOR HOTEL IN SPAIN. MOLINA DE ARAGON. Project Architect at Andrés Perea Architects.2010

INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARD 2016. Fábrica de Cultura, Barranquilla/Colombia. Project Manager at Urban Think-Tank (ETH Zurich). 2016.Exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 and at the Contemporary Space Athens.

SECOND PRIZE.Biomedical Laboratories/Barcelona. With Andrés Perea Architects, Pich-Aguilera and Argola.2010

SECOND PRIZE. Vitoria Jazz Festival Auditorium. As Project Manager at Andrés Perea Architects. 2008

SECOND PRIZE. Majadahonda Auditorium, Madrid/Spain.As Project Manager at Andrés Perea Architects. 2008

FOURTH PRIZE. Center for Arts and Technology/Segovia, Spain.As Project Manager, With Andrés Perea Architects

HONORABLE MENTION. Carlsberg City District Copenhagen/DK. As Project Manager at Andrés Perea Architects. 2007

FINALIST. Reykjavik. "Our City of the Future". As Project Manager at Andrés Perea Architects. 2007

FINALIST. Cultural Center Wolfsburg. As Design Coordinator at Tom Winter Architects, Brooklyn/NY. 2014

As Design Advisor:

FIRST PRIZE. Sant Paul Hospital Extension/Barcelona. For Pich-Aguilera Archiects

FIRST PRIZE. EXPO 2014 Landmark Tower. For Pich-Aguilera Archiects

FOURTH PRIZE. Shipping Cente Mixed Use Qingdao/China.For Pich-Aguilera Archiects