Óscar Cruz García is an architect from the ETSAM (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid) since 2019 and a technical architect from the EUATM (Escuela Universitaria de Arquitectura Técnica de Madrid) since 2013. He holds a Master’s in Advanced Architectural Projects (2025).
He founded cruz.atelier, a small architectural collective dedicated to the simultaneous development of practice, dissemination, and trans-scalar architectural research, with a focus on territory and the artifacts that shape it. His work seeks to rethink the relationship between the built environment, memory, and new ways of inhabiting, through projects that address the tensions between landscape, infrastructure, and power.
As co-curator of the COAM <35 series, he has also served as coordinator of the last three editions of the BigMat International Architecture Awards, gaining substantial experience in the organization, mediation, and communication of exhibition and cultural projects. He has participated in architecture festivals and events that promote reflection on the occupation and transformation of the territory.
Notable among his curatorial projects is Vasto Territorio, a finalist proposal at the 16th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU), as well as ¡Qué Faena(r)!, a pavilion presented at the TAC! Urban Architecture Festival, where he explored the potential of ephemeral architecture through recycled materials, circular economy principles, and collaboration with local craftspeople and trades involved in territorial regeneration—such as redeiras (net makers), stonemasons, and carpenters—highlighting traditional knowledge and community networks.
His work also extends to curatorial and research projects that approach the landscape as an archive of memories, traces, and conflicts, articulating a critical view of extractive infrastructures and processes of territorial technification.
Óscar Cruz García has participated in both national and international platforms such as Europan, BEAU, the Venice Biennale, Mugak/, and TAC!, establishing a trajectory committed to innovation and the dissemination of architectural thought within the contemporary urban and territorial context.