"Travelling helped me to see that architecture can be done better”
Three days a week, Anna Perramon Domínguez gets up early to train, practise yoga or surf a little before going into work at Zaher Architects. She devotes the entirety of the remaining four days to surfing and working on her own projects. “Australian culture puts enjoying nature, free time and family above work”, she explains.
This former UIC Barcelona School of Architecture student has lived in Byron Bay for two years now, a small coastal town located in New South Wales (Australia), following four years of working at a string of unstable jobs in Barcelona. She has always been passionate about sustainable architecture and criticises the greenwashing trend that prevails in the profession, advocating instead a model that is truly committed to energy efficiency, sustainable materials and respect for the environment.