N.: Have you always had confidence in your style or is it something one learns over time?
M.S.: It is true that there is something of myself that can be recognised in all the projects, from the first Casa M in Ciutadella, eight years ago now. But I also believe in the importance of evolution as an exercise in personal and professional growth. So I suppose it’s a combination of both things: I’d like myself to be recognisable in my future projects and at the same time for the development in the trajectory to be readable. I’d like to continue exploring new paths, both at an aesthetic and technological level, and advance, for instance, towards increasingly environmentally friendly, efficient and sustainable architecture.
N.: Can you share more about your background and your education? What has made the greatest impression on you, contributing to creating the woman you are today?
M.S.: I studied architecture and then graphic design. I always wanted to study architecture but when I finished my degree I found myself in a moment when I needed to dig deeper into my creative side. So I wanted to delve into and learn more about geometry, proportion and composition, aspects I would later apply back to architecture. Both disciplines are closely related because in the end it’s about establishing relationships in a space that is either lived in or is read, developing concepts to then apply them, whether in a space or a book or a digital environment. However, although my career since my degree has made me grow exponentially each year both at a professional and a personal level, it would be very limiting to say that the woman I am today is a consequence of that period alone. The basis of who I am is thanks to my mother and my grandmother: two impressive women, way ahead of the times they lived in, who taught me how to relate to the world with equality and freedom. Today I am a woman in a world of men, which is still hard, but if I am equipped to move naturally in this context and to always continue to grow, it’s thanks to them.