Kawamura-Ganjavian is an architectural and design studio that was set up in the year 2000 by Key Portilla-Kawamura and Ali Ganjavian. After meeting in London, where they both studied, they have worked in different countries: India, the US, Japan, Great Britain and Switzerland in the fields of town planning, architecture, set design and industrial design, in both a professional and an academic capacity. In 2006 they opened their headquarters in Madrid and in 2011 they opened a branch in Lausanne. They are founding members of the multidisciplinary creation platform Studio Banana. The studio comprises a wide variety of levels; work is done in the fields of product and building design, ephemeral architecture, environmental and interior design, construction projects and territorial studies.