PEÑA architecture performs in the areas of housing, redevelopment and transformation, public buildings and city planning.
PEÑA is a Rotterdam based dynamic architectural firm, founded by Gabriel Peña. We perform with great expertise in the area of housing, redevelopment, transformation and public buildings based on careful analysis of the constantly evolving contemporary life. With a critical eye on the social debate concerning space and sustainability, we attempt to bridge the gap between the need for an attractive living environment and its relation with its surroundings. Over the last years, PEÑA’s work has been widely published and awarded.

Housing.
We design custom-built houses while emphasizing details in order to realize the home of your dreams. Our projects vary from new self-standing houses to renovations and apartment complexes. Our projects are functional with a high aesthetic standard which radiates warmth and modernity. We realize the customer’s wishes by seamlessly connecting all details of the project: from lay-out, to choice of materials, to facades.

Redevelopment and transformation.
Transformation of existing buildings requires an open and flexible approach. In order to create a sustainable environment, we need to improve the landscape, intertwine the site with adjacent areas and involve citizens in planning and thinking about its cultural functions. With thorough knowledge of the market and the technology, PEÑA tackles the problem of fitting in the building to the scale of city and landscape. We don’t just provide good architecture and design, but we also play a vital role in coordinating the interests of various parties. PEÑA acts as a mediator in the relations among the future users, the surrounding residents, investors and the government.

Public buildings and city planning.
For PEÑA public buildings are places where people meet and where cultural expressions are celebrated. They are junctions in the urban life which play a role in the public space, such as theatres, shopping malls, museums and buildings with an educational purpose. Applying the appropriate architecture can not only attract more people to public buildings, it can also put a neighbourhood or even a city on the map and cause a lasting transformation. A vital function of public buildings is receiving people, the flux of people. Designing public buildings has a substantial, influential architectural impact on city life.