Jaime Romano (*Ibiza, lives and works in Ibiza and Barcelona) is an architect who opened an architecture studio in 1991, before graduating.
Based on the idea that interior design isn’t really useful in nightclubs, since their main users—party-goers— cannot really appreciate it when crowded, Romano and his team developed their design thinking about the “flow” of the space; in other words how to give shape to a space, how to encourage the circulation of people, while thinking equally about the normative and accidental use of it, and always having in mind the well-being of the club-goers, while fostering a deeply sensorial experience.
Besides realising a series of iconic Ibizan houses, Jaime Romano and his team signed projects such as the SPACE club in Ibiza, La Fonda Restaurant in Barcelona, as well as residential complexes in Barbados, and projects in Switzerland, Russia, Tunisia and Turkey.
His studio was notably involved in the construction and renovation of a few nightclubs in Barcelona, including Pacha, located in the upper section of Diagonal Avenue, the Fellini, a club located inside Estación de Francia train station, the CDLC, the Razzmatazz, in the Almogavares neighbourhood, as well as the mythical La Paloma in the old town.
Jaime Romano studied at ETSAB – Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona and UPC – Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña. He is the founder of Romano Arquitectos, with offices in Barcelona and Ibiza.