Barclay & Crousse
Our studio manages a wide range of programs and focuses both on the relationship to place and human wellbeing, through pertinence in usage and taking care of time, space, and light as central in our approach to architecture.
We consider our projects as being part of a design laboratory that explores the bonds between landscape, climate, and architecture in order to challenge those notions of technology, usage, and quality of life that, from the specific conditions of developing countries, can inform and be pertinent in a global context.
Founded in 1994 in Paris, the studio has been based in Lima since 2006. It continues to work in France with the Parisian studio Nord-Sud Architecture.
Our transatlantic experience has been recognized by the 2018 Mies Crown Hall of the Americas Award and the first Oscar Niemeyer Prize, among other international awards. The International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) has acknowledged our work with the 2013 Latin America Prize. In Peru, they have obtained the Peruvian Architecture National Prize in 2014 and 2018.
Our projects have been exhibited and published worldwide. Four monographic books have been published: “Atmospheric Landscapes”, by AV Monografías (2023) “Landscapes of Intimacy”, by Arquine and IIT (2020), “Learning Landscapes” (2018) and “Segnali di Vita tra due Deserti” (2011) both by Italian editor Lettera Ventidue. Barclay & Crousse participated in the main exhibition at the 16th Venice Biennale,2018.
Sandra Barclay | formed as an architect in Lima and Paris, Master in Landscape Architecture at the UDP, Chile. Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Piura. Her academic experience includes a 16-year tenure as an Associate Professor at the PUCP (2006-present), as a visiting professor at the University of Virginia UVA (2020), and at Harvard GSD (2022). She is currently a Charles Gwathmey Visiting Professor in Practice (2023-28) at Yale University. Sandra has received the 2018 Woman in Architecture Award from the London-based Architects’ Journal and Architectural Review. Has been a member of the jury for the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, 2021, and for the 6th International Lafarge Holcim Awards, 2020. She was Jury Chair of the Cycle 4 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP 2022). She is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a foreign member of the French Académie d’Architecture.
Jean Pierre Crousse | formed as an architect in Lima and Milan, Master in Landscape Architecture at the UDP, Chile. Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Tacna , and a foreign member of the French Académie d’Architecture. He is currently the Director of the Master Program in Architecture at the PUCP, Lima, and his academic experience includes teaching at the Paris-Belleville School of Architecture (1999-2006), a 17-year tenure as Associate Professor at the PUCP (2006-present), and visiting professor as Design Critic at Harvard GSD (2015 and 2022), at Yale School of Architecture (2019 and 2021) and at University of Virginia UVA (2020). He is currently a Charles Gwathmey Visiting Professor in Practice (2023-28) at Yale University. Has been appointed as a member of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize International Advisory Council, jury chair for the Excellence prize organized by the French Canadian Institute of Architects, Quebec, 2020, and jury member for the Holcim Awards, 2023.