1785m is the result of the substitution of an infrastructure like an airport, for another infrastructure also with global influence like a cross-border space of competition. A benchmark on the Bidasoa river estuary which suggests tourism as a catalyst for economic, social and environmental change in the region. A project capable of managing and mobilizing a “glocal” network, that allows to implement a sustainable format of tourism acting as a new experience gatherer and offering that hybrid and complex leisure offer that works as a point of attraction for both local and global tourism.

Ruben Tapias is a Young architect and designer who has worked and learnt from other firms in the past but is currently developing its own design practice. He understands design as a catalyst for economic, social and environmental change. Despite his brief professional career, he has achieved several awards in the field of architecture and sustainable urban development, currently having several small-scale projects underway. Each of these projects is addressed as a new possibility to innovate and improve the environment through design.

Ruben Tapias Cañas Arquitectos is a young architecture firm who has worked and learnt from other firms in the past but is currently developing its own design practice. It understands design as a catalyst for economic, social and environmental change. Despite its brief professional career, it has achieved several awards in the field of architecture and sustainable urban development, currently having several small-scale projects underway. Each of these projects is addressed as a new possibility to innovate and improve the environment through design.