Who we are

Jelena Porovic, Architect, MBA

Jelena is an architect by vocation and curious by nature. She has built her professional career between Europe and North America, working in architectural practices as a designer and within Canadian universities, both as an architect and an educator.

Throughout her career, she has taken on a range of roles as an architect, project manager, planner and, most recently, Director of Building Maintenance and Facilities. She has also taught architecture at the University of Waterloo, served on design and architecture review panels at several Canadian schools of architecture and design, and completed a Master’s in Business Administration at Carleton University.

Her approach to architecture is rooted in a particular appreciation for residential spaces, adaptive reuse and the use of honest materials and sustainable solutions. She is especially drawn to projects with personality — spaces that do not feel taken from a catalogue, but instead find their character through the relationship between space, materials and the people who inhabit them.

Together with Carlos, she continues her professional journey from Málaga, developing an approach to architecture based on doing more with less, making the most of what already exists and transforming it where possible, and seeking solutions that are simple, thoughtful and built to last. For Jelena, architecture is also about knowing how to look at what is already there and discovering new possibilities within it — creating spaces that have meaning for the people who inhabit them.

Carlos Carrillo Duran, Architect

Carlos is an architect with more than 15 years of experience across architecture, strategic planning, and project management.

He has developed his professional career between Spain and Canada, working on projects of varying scales and complexity, including residential architecture, experimental design, urban planning, and public and institutional facilities. This experience has given him a broad, international perspective on planning, design, and project management, with a strong focus on detail, strategy, and coordination, while approaching each project as a whole.

Based in Málaga, and working alongside Jelena, he continues this trajectory through a practice that brings together architecture, management, and construction, with a close connection to the local context. His approach is not only about designing a space, but also about understanding needs, defining a strategy, planning its development, and coordinating its execution.

His work focuses particularly on residential projects, the transformation and rehabilitation of existing spaces, and solutions that seek to balance design, functionality, and common sense. For Carlos, a project does not begin with design alone, but much earlier: by understanding needs, exploring possibilities, making the right decisions, and finding the smartest way to turn an idea into a space that works, endures, and makes sense for the people who inhabit it.