Group X 2014-2018

Group X | Department of Architecture | School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Aalto University

Development projects
Innovation Agent at Aalto ARTS representing the Department of Architecture (2017-2018)
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture

Research projects
Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale (2014-2018)
Location: EU
Description: Questioning the urban scales and the co-creation of the city, Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale is a project gathering 12 European partners, led by Cité du design Saint-Étienne, within the framework of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
Project leader: Cité du design, Saint-Étienne [FR]
Partners: Culture Lab, Brussels [BE]; Bilbao Ekintza, Bilbao [ES]; Association of Estonian Designers, Tallinn [EST]; FH Joanneum, Graz [AT]; Association Design Week Belgrade (BDW), Belgrade [RS]; The Castle Cieszyn Design Centre, Cieszyn [PL]; Clear Village, London [UK]; Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS), Ljubljana [SI]; Aalto University, Helsinki [FI]; Pro Materia, Brussels [BE]; Politecnico di Milano, Milan [IT]
Funding: Project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union

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School as a Service (SaaS)
Project leaders: Aalto University and City of Espoo, Finland

WikiHouseLab EU. Digital infrastructure for an open source, distributed housing industry (proposal)
Project leader: University of the Arts London, United Kingdom

VINCENT. The XXI Century Grand Tour (proposal)
Project leader: Politecnico di Torino, Italy


PhD

Normalizing Utopia. A Project of Systematization of Regulations on Social Housing
PhD in Advanced Architectural Design, Department of Architectural Design (DPA)
School of Architecture in Madrid (ETSAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
PhD supervisor: Prof. Juan Herreros, Chair Professor at ETSAM and Permanent Professor at Columbia University in New York

Research stay at ETH Zurich, ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE (Centre for Research on Architecture, Society & the Built Environment). Supervisor: Prof. Dietmar Eberle
Pre-defence of doctoral dissertation on May 8th, 2014. Committee: Federico Soriano, Jesús Ulargui, Francisco Arqués (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid).
International pre-examiners: Josep Lluís Mateo (ETH Zurich), Francisco González de Canales (AA London)
Defence of doctoral dissertation on September 24th, 2014. Committee: Xavier Monteys (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), Federico Soriano (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), José Morales (Universidad de Sevilla), Mª Auxiliadora Gálvez (Universidad CEU San Pablo Madrid), Lluís Ortega (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Qualification: Excellent Cum Laude, PhD with International Mention

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Other PhDs

Thesis advisor of doctoral dissertation (2019-2024)
Title: Finnish Architects in China: Discourses and Practices
Author: Yizhou Zhao
First supervisor: Pirjo Sanaksenaho
Department of Architecture. School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Aalto University

International pre-examiner of doctoral dissertation (2021)
Title: La compacidad como sistema espacial relacional. Una genealogía del Raumplan
Author: Marta Toral Guinea
Supervisor: Arturo Blanco
Department of Architectural Design (DPA). School of Architecture in Madrid (ETSAM). Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)

International pre-examiner of doctoral dissertation (2017)
Title: The Life In-Between. Neighbourhood Unit of El Taray. Segovia, 1962-1964
Author: Esperanza M. Campaña Barquero
Supervisor: Carmen Espegel
DPA. ETSAM. UPM

International pre-examiner of doctoral dissertation (2017)
Title: The Fold in Architecture. History, Concept and Morphology of Folding Patterns in Architecture
Author: Pablo Miguel de Souza Sánchez
Supervisors: Rafael García, Juan Bordes
Department of Architectural Composition. ETSAM. UPM

International pre-examiner of doctoral dissertation (2016)
Title: Preferring to Do (Almost) Nothing in Architecture: Postproduction through Four Actively Lazy Declinations
Author: José Manuel López Ujaque
Supervisor: Federico Soriano
DPA. ETSAM. UPM

International pre-examiner of doctoral dissertation (2016)
Title: The Housing Project as a Laboratory of Strategies for Sejima and Nishizawa from 1987 to 2010
Author: Pedro García Martínez
Supervisors: Javier Maroto, Pedro Feduchi
DPA. ETSAM. UPM

International pre-examiner of doctoral dissertation (2015)
Title: Intellectual Management of Communication Practices in Architecture. S,M,L,XL: the Big Event
Author: Verónica Meléndez Valoria
Supervisor: Federico Soriano
DPA. ETSAM. UPM


Monographs and editions

Hipo 10 “Planned Productions” (2022, co-editor with A. Carrasco, F. G. Triviño, Á.E. Molina and K. Psegiannaki)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues. HipoTesis Platform ∣ ISSN 2340-5147

Casas en Finlandia / Houses in Finland (2022, guest editor)
Nobuko/Diseño Editorial ∣ ISBN 978-1-64360-645-3 ∣ ISSN 0328-2406

Traits of Nordic Architecture II (2022, co-editor with I. Lahdelma, R. Rubio and M.-S. Miettinen)
Tampere University School of Architecture ∣ ISBN 978-952-03-2490-2 ∣ eISBN 978-952-03-2491-9

Hipo 9 “Drawing Habits, Inhabiting Drawings” (2021, co-editor with F. G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and R. Rubio)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues. HipoTesis Platform ∣ ISSN 2340-5147

Habitar la norma. Proyecto de vivienda y sistemas normativos (2021, author)
Nobuko/Diseño Editorial ∣ ISBN 978-1-64360-510-4

Loneliness and the Built Environment (2021, co-editor with R. Rubio)
Datutop Occasional Papers 40. Tampere University School of Architecture ∣ ISBN 978-952-03-1938-0

Traits of Nordic Architecture (2020, co-editor with I. Lahdelma, R. Rubio and M.-S. Miettinen)
Tampere University School of Architecture ∣ ISBN 978-952-03-1831-4 ∣ eISBN 978-952-03-1832-1

Hipo 8 “Intimacy and/in/or Community” (2020, co-editor with F. G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and R. Rubio)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues. HipoTesis Platform ∣ ISSN 2340-5147

Hipo 7 “The Opportunity of the Outside” (2019, co-editor with F. G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki, M.Á. Díaz Camacho and R. Rubio)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues. HipoTesis Platform ∣ ISSN 2340-5147

Hipo 6 “The Function of Function” (2018, co-editor with F. G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and F. Quesada)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues. HipoTesis Platform ∣ ISSN 2340-5147

Exit School of Architecture exhibition catalogue (2018, co-editor with N. Vladykina, S. Rossi and A. Ahlava)
Aalto ARTS Books. Collection ART + DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE ∣ ISBN 978-952-60-7830-4 ∣ eISBN 978-952-60-7831-1 ∣ ISSN 1799-4853 ∣ eISSN 1799-4861

Hipo 5 “Futurable Presents, Presentable Futures” (2017, co-editor with F. G. Triviño and K. Psegiannaki)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues. HipoTesis Platform ∣ ISSN 2340-5147

Hipo 4 “Exceptional Exceptions” (2016, co-editor with F. G. Triviño and K. Psegiannaki)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues. HipoTesis Platform ∣ ISSN 2340-5147

Hipo 3 “Chronotopic Practices” (2015, co-editor with F. G. Triviño and K. Psegiannaki)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues. HipoTesis Platform ∣ ISSN 2340-5147

Hipo 2 “Disobedient Pedagogy” (2014, co-editor with F. G. Triviño and K. Psegiannaki)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues. HipoTesis Platform ∣ ISSN 2340-5147

Normalizing Utopia. A Project of Systematization of Regulations on Social Housing (2014, author)
Department of Architectural Design (DPA). School of Architecture in Madrid (ETSAM). Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)

Hipo 1 “About Hands” (2013, co-editor with F. G. Triviño and K. Psegiannaki)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues. HipoTesis Platform ∣ ISSN 2340-5147


Articles, book chapters and conference papers or posters

Architecture for Intergenerational Community Bonds (2023, with R. Rubio)
TAU-AGE Symposium on ageing research
Tampere University

Everyday Life Conventions (2022)
Arkkitehti Finnish Architectural Review 4/2022 – Home
Finnish Association of Architects SAFA
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When the snow melts (2022)
Casas en Finlandia / Houses in Finland
Nobuko/Diseño Editorial
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Funkkis Mökkis: Paper Huts at the 1932 Enso-Gutzeit Competition in Finland (2021, with R. Rubio and M.-S. Miettinen)
ZARCH. Journal of interdisciplinary studies in Architecture and Urbanism, no. 17
University of Zaragoza, School of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Architecture
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Architecture, Community and Individuality: A Research Line at the Tampere University School of Architecture (2021, with R. Rubio)
First International Feminist Congress on Architecture and Caring
Madrid School of Architecture, Technical University of Madrid
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Alone in the Welfare State: Four Finnish Scenes (2021, with K. Psegiannaki, R. Rubio and F. G. Triviño)
Second International Congress on Architectural Communication: Alone and Caring
Madrid School of Architecture, Technical University of Madrid
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Et in Arcadia Ego: The Ruin Metaphor in Alvar Aalto’s Work as a Driver for Cultural Sustainability (2021, with R. Rubio and C. Toribio)
Ever(Green) Alvar Aalto: 4th Alvar Aalto Researchers’ Network Seminar
Alvar Aalto Foundation

Mies’ Brick Houses: Laboratory Material for the Weissenhofsiedlung Project (2021, with J.M. Martínez)
Constelaciones journal, no. 9
Universidad CEU San Pablo. Escuela Politécnica Superior
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Normalizar la utopía: Un proyecto de sistematización de la normativa en vivienda social (2021)
Tesis Recientes II
Fundación Arquitectura COAM (Professional Association of Architects of Madrid)

On Hares, Ferrymen and Empathy in Architectural Education (2020, with R. Rubio)
Arkkitehti Finnish Architectural Review 4/2020 – Empathy
Finnish Association of Architects SAFA
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Sharing Spaces for Social Learning (2018, contributor with Group X)
Challenging the City Scale: Journeys in People-Centred Design
Cité du design Saint-Étienne. Clear Village London. Birkhäuser Verlag Basel

Happy together vs. melancholy of loneliness. Disruptive practices on community and privacy (2018, with A. Ahlava, M. Hertsberg, J. Suominen and P. Tynkkynen)
Human Cities Challenging the City Scale 2014-2018 / Investigation
Cité du design Saint-Étienne
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Architecture in Suspension. Disruptive practices within the state of exception (2017, with F. G. Triviño)
Architectural Research in Finland, Vol.1, No.1
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture; Tampere University of Technology, School of Architecture; Oulu School of Architecture, Oulu University; Finnish Association of Architects / Suomen arkkitehtiliitto SAFA
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X-ing Disciplines from Architecture. The Case of Aalto ARTS (2016, with A. Ahlava)
Colección JIDA. Textos de Arquitectura, Docencia e Innovación 3 JIDA Conference
School of Architecture of Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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CAD Blocks for the Present of Drawing (2016, with F. G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and J.M. López Ujaque)
Drawing Futures. Speculations in Contemporary Drawing for Art and Architecture
The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UCL Press
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X-ing Disciplines from Architecture. The Case of Aalto ARTS (2015, with A. Ahlava)
International Conference on Teaching Innovation JIDA’15 JIDA Conference
School of Architecture of Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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Round Trip from Cell to City. A Methodological Approach to Collective Housing Project (2014)
I International Conference on Architectural Design & Criticism critic|all
Department of Architectural Design, School of Architecture of Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Huts and Shelters. From Domestic Low-Tech to the Making of the Contemporary Fellow (2013)
International Conference on Construction Research. Housing: past, present and future
Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science, Madrid

The System as a Place. Three Collectivization Strategies of the Contemporary Domestic Space (2013)
“proyecto, progreso, arquitectura” journal, no. 9 “Habitat and Habitation”
Department of Architectural Design, School of Architecture of Sevilla, Secretariat of Publications, Universidad de Sevilla
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HipoTesis in Track 4 “Ser viajero, no viajante” (2012, with F. G. Triviño and K. Psegiannaki)
Music for Chameleons. The Black Album of the Cultural Sustainability
Trànsit Projectes, Barcelona-Madrid

HipoTesis in “Spanish Collectives” (2012, with F. G. Triviño and K. Psegiannaki)
Arquitectura Viva, no. 145, Madrid

Spices in Spaces (2010)
HipoTesis Alphabetical Issues, Hipo A
HipoTesis Platform, Madrid

42 Social Housing in Barajas Expansion, Madrid (2009, with M. Barrera and A. Diez)
Conference “Hybridization and Cross-culturality in the Contemporary Habitation. The Andalusian Territory as a Receptive Matrix”
Universidad de Granada

Domestic Space and Regulations. Towards a New Methodolgy on Social Housing Project (2009)
Conference “Hybridization and Cross-culturality in the Contemporary Habitation. The Andalusian Territory as a Receptive Matrix”
Universidad de Granada

“Plata y Castañar” Area (2007, with L. Giménez and W. Riveros)
Collective Housing: A Manual
Actar Publishers, Barcelona

Dwellings in Barrio de Salamanca (2007)
Collective Housing: A Manual
Actar Publishers, Barcelona

Architectural Scape Devices, ASCAD (2007, with J. Charro, S. Cruz, W. Riveros, B. Martín, Ó. Bustamante and F. Delgado)
Collective Housing: A Manual
Actar Publishers, Barcelona

248 Small Dwellings (2007, with J. Charro and F. Delgado)
Collective Housing: A Manual
Actar Publishers, Barcelona

Dense Architecture (2007, with M. Barrera and A. Diez)
Collective Housing: A Manual
Actar Publishers, Barcelona

Modular Hybrid-Niture (2007)
Collective Housing: A Manual
Actar Publishers, Barcelona


Lectures, lessons and presentations

A Few Rules and a Paradigm Shift (2024)
Pecha Kucha vol. 04
Tampere University, Faculty of Built Environment

Architecture as a Form of Knowledge (2023)
Inaugural lecture of new professorship in Architectural Design
Tampere University

Practices of Space (2023)
Inaugural lecture of new professorship in Architectural Design
Faculty of Built Environment, Tampere University

New Normalitytivity (2020)
Presentation at Cycle 02. Ingredients for a Domestic Feast
Ciudad Contexto (Study City)

Five Rules That Prove Exceptions (2018)
Lecture within 2nd lecture series on doctoral dissertations organised by Fundación Arquitectura COAM
Professional Association of Architects in Madrid (COAM)

Architectural Design as Reflective Practice (2018)
Teaching sample for the tenure track position in Public Building Design
School of Architecture, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere (Finland)

An introduction to Aalto Campus Development (2017)
Presentation at East Meet West. Sino-Finnish Design Dialogue: Design Driven Social Innovation
Design Museum, Helsinki (Finland)

School as a Service in Aalto City (2017)
Presentation at Mid-Autumn Festival 2017
Hanaholmen Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Espoo (Finland)

School as a Service (2017)
Presentation at NET Forum Finland 2017
Wanha Satama, Helsinki (Finland)

Incipient Practice (2017)
Lecture at The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Architecture
Knowles Building (HKU), Hong Kong

Mitä jos… Academic Perspective for Otaniemi’s Campus Development (2016)
Presentation in unconference “Toimitilapäivät”, ACRE Aalto University Campus & Real Estate
Minerva-tori, University of Helsinki (Finland)

Buildings as Service Platforms (2016)
Lecture in Kiinko Real Estate Education, PGP Post Graduate Programme
Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre, Helsinki (Finland)

School as a Service. Learning as Service Innovation (2016)
Presentation in Laine experimental school
Otaniemi, Espoo (Finland)

Inhabiting the Future. Architectural Principles for Managing Complexity (2016)
Teaching sample for the position of Lecturer in Architectural Principles
Department of Architecture, Aalto University, Otaniemi, Espoo (Finland)

Labs for Learners (2015)
Presentation and Final Review at JOT-Flexible Learning Places seminar
Urban Mill, Aalto University, Otaniemi, Espoo (Finland)

How to Do a PhD and Not Die Trying (2015)
Talk at Landscape Architecture and Research course, Prof. Juanjo Galán
Department of Architecture, Aalto University, Otaniemi, Espoo (Finland)

Architecture in Suspension. Disruptive Practices within the State of Exception (2015)
Presentation of paper at 7th Annual Symposium of Architectural Research in Finland ATUT 2015
Department of Architecture, Aalto University, Otaniemi, Espoo (Finland)

X-ing Disciplines from Architecture. The Case of Aalto ARTS (2015)
Presentation of paper and debate at International Conference on Teaching Innovation JIDA’15
School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Spain is Different. On Spanish Contemporary Architecture (2015)
Lecture at Department of Architecture, Basics and Theory of Architecture, Prof. Mikko Heikkinen
Aalto University, Otaniemi, Espoo (Finland)

Research in Switzerland. Myths and Realities (2014)
Lecture and round table at XI International Madrid Architecture Week
Professional Association of Architects of Madrid (COAM)

Systems of Collectivization: Tesis vs. HipoTesis (2014)
Lecture at Brown Bag Lunch presentations, ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich)

Huts and Shelters. From Domestic Low-Tech to the Making of the Contemporary Fellow (2013)
Presentation of paper at International Conference on Construction Research. Housing: past, present and future
Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science, Madrid

Rethinking Boundaries: 42 Social Housing in Barajas Expansion, Madrid (2013, with M. Barrera and A. Diez)
Lecture and guest critic at Architectural Design II and IV
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid

Rethinking Boundaries: 42 Social Housing in Barajas Expansion, Madrid (2013, with M. Barrera and A. Diez)
Lecture at VIII Master of Architecture in Collective Housing MCH
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

HipoTesis Platform (2012, with F. G. Triviño)
Lecture at Professional Meetings in Cultural Management “Pública 12”, 10×10 PÚBLICA
Fundación Contemporánea and Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid

HipoTesis. Doubt in Question (2011)
“Crea Futuros 03” meetings, Track 4 “Ser viajeros, no viajantes”
Trànsit Projectes, CAMON Space, Madrid

HipoTesis Platform (2011, with F. G. Triviño and K. Psegiannaki)
Lecture in course “Interactions between Sculpture and Architecture”
Faculty of Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense de Madrid


Professional publications

Public Library and Socio-Cultural Center Aduanas in Jávea, Alicante (2022, with J. Moragues and R. Paternina)
Libraries Architecture
LOFT Publications, Barcelona

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (2019, with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
Catalogue 50 Anniversary of the School of Architecture in Valladolid ETSAVA. TIME and ARCHITECTURE: Built and Awarded Works by ETSAVA’s Alumni
University of Valladolid (UVa)

Aalto Festival 2015 – Final Works (2016)
Arquia/Próxima 2016: FUTURO IMPERFECTO, V Edition (2014-15)
Fundación Arquia, Arquia/Próxima program for young architects, Barcelona

HipoTesis Block∣Buster (Ed.) (2016, with F. G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and J.M. López Ujaque)
Arquia/Próxima 2016: FUTURO IMPERFECTO, V Edition (2014-15)
Fundación Arquia, Arquia/Próxima program for young architects, Barcelona

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (2011, with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
V Architectural Awards Enor Elevators
Enor Elevators Group, Vigo

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (2011, with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
VIII Architectural Awards in Castilla y León
Council of Architects of León (COAL) and Council of Architects of Castilla y León Este (COACyLE), Valladolid

42 Social Housing in Barajas Expansion, Madrid (2010, with M. Barrera and A. Diez)
Panorama Architecture no. 5
Future Arquitecturas, Madrid

Commerce and Cultural Centre in León (2009)
ViA arquitectura
Council of Architects of Comunidad Valenciana, Papeles de Arquitectura, Alicante

Commerce and Cultural Centre in León (2008)
Possible Architectures
Universidad de Valladolid



Exhibitions

Collective Ways of Living: Social Housing in Madrid (2023, with M. Barrera and A. Diez)
Exhibition “La Arquitectura de los Arquitectos II”
Professional Association of Architects of Madrid (COAM)

Ways of Inhabiting and Degrees of Simplicity: Renovation of an Apartment in Madrid (2022)
Exhibition “La Arquitectura de los Arquitectos”
Professional Association of Architects of Madrid (COAM)

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (2019, with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
50 Anniversary of the School of Architecture in Valladolid ETSAVA. TIME and ARCHITECTURE: Built and Awarded Works by ETSAVA’s Alumni
Professional Association of Architects of Burgos (COACyLE)

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (2019, with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
50 Anniversary of the School of Architecture in Valladolid ETSAVA. TIME and ARCHITECTURE: Built and Awarded Works by ETSAVA’s Alumni
Professional Association of Architects of Cantabria (COACAN)

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (2019, with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
50 Anniversary of the School of Architecture in Valladolid ETSAVA. TIME and ARCHITECTURE: Built and Awarded Works by ETSAVA’s Alumni
Museum of Universidad de Valladolid (MUVa)

Aalto Stoa (2018)
Designer and producer of online exhibition of student works
Aalto University Department of Architecture, Otaniemi, Finland

Exit School of Architecture/Tallinn (2018, with N. Vladykina, S. Rossi and A. Ahlava)
Artistic and concept direction in collective exhibition within “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale” project at 13th Tallinn Design Festival
Baltic Station Departure Pavilion, Tallinn, Estonia

Human Cities/Tallinn (2018, with Group X)
Content producer in collective exhibition “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale” at 13th Tallinn Design Festival
Baltic Station Departure Pavilion, Tallinn, Estonia

Human Cities/Graz: Shaping Human Cities (2018, with Group X)
Content producer in collective exhibition “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale”
Grazmuseum, Graz, Austria

HipoTesis Numbered Issues and HipoTesis Block∣Buster (Ed.) (2018, with F.G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and J.M. López Ujaque)
Exhibition “Alternativas/Alternatives”, 13th Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (BEAU)
Arquería de Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid

Human Cities/Cieszyn: Design & Conflict (2018, with Group X)
Content producer in collective exhibition “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale”
Zamek Cieszyn, Poland

Human Cities/Bilbao (2017, with Group X)
Content producer in collective exhibition “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale”
Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, Spain

Superimposed Verticality (2017, with F. Hsu and Group X)
Designer and producer of students’ works exhibition within “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale” project
Department of Architecture, Otaniemi campus, Espoo, Finland

Exit School of Architecture/Helsinki (2017, with N. Vladykina, S. Rossi and A. Ahlava)
Artistic and concept direction in collective exhibition within “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale” project
Dipoli building, Otaniemi campus, Espoo, Finland

Human Cities/Helsinki (2017, with Group X)
Content producer in collective exhibition “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale”
Dipoli building, Otaniemi campus, Espoo, Finland

HipoTesis Numbered Issues and HipoTesis Block∣Buster (Ed.) (2017, with F.G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and J.M. López Ujaque)
Exhibition “Alternativas/Alternatives”, 13th Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (BEAU)
Niemeyer Center, Avilés

Human Cities/Ljubljana: Public Spaces for Local Life (2017, with Group X)
Content producer in collective exhibition “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale”
Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS), Ljubljana, Slovenia

HipoTesis Numbered Issues and HipoTesis Block∣Buster (Ed.) (2017, with F.G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and J.M. López Ujaque)
Exhibition “Alternativas/Alternatives”, 13th Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (BEAU)
Barcelona Building Construmat, Barcelona

Future Media Center to Aalto Campus (2017, with Building Design studio team)
Designer and producer of students’ works exhibition, Aalto Festival 2017
Aalto University, Undergraduate Centre, Beta Space, Otakaari 1X, Otaniemi campus, Espoo, Finland

Human Cities/Saint-Étienne: Experience (2017, with Group X)
Content producer in collective exhibition “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale”
10e Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne, France

Human Cities/Kragujevac: Sharing Cloud (2017, with Group X)
Content producer in collective exhibition “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale”
Belgrade Design Week, Kragujevac, Serbia

HipoTesis Numbered Issues and HipoTesis Block∣Buster (Ed.) (2016, with F.G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and J.M. López Ujaque)
Exhibition “Alternativas/Alternatives”, 13th Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (BEAU)
Palacio de Carlos V, Alhambra, Granada

HipoTesis Block∣Buster (Ed.) (2016, with F.G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and J.M. López Ujaque)
Exhibition FAD Awards of Architecture and Interior Design (Fomento de las Artes Decorativas)
Museu del Disenny, Barcelona

Dance House Helsinki (2016, with Building Design studio team)
Designer and producer of students’ works exhibition
Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland

Human Cities/Milano: Labs for Learners & New Learning Environments (2016, with Group X)
Content producer in collective exhibition “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale”
BASE Milano, Milan Design Week, Italy

Final Works – Architecture Exhibition (2015)
Exhibition designer and producer of Master’s Theses exhibition, Aalto Festival 2015
Aalto University, Otakaari 1, Otaniemi campus, Espoo, Finland

42 Social Housing in Barajas Expansion, Madrid (2014, with M. Barrera and A. Diez)
Exhibition “Parenthesis. Our First Work”
COAM Architecture Foundation, Madrid

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (2011, with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
Exhibition “From Architects. Competitions”
Museum of Spanish Contemporary Art Patio Herreriano, Valladolid

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (2011, with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
V Architectural Awards Enor Elevators
Caixanova Cultural Centre, Vigo

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (2011, with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
VIII Architectural Awards in Castilla y León
Exhibition Room in “Rector Tejerina” Building, Museum of Universidad de Valladolid (MUVa)

42 Social Housing in Barajas Expansion, Madrid (2010, with M. Barrera and A. Diez)
Exhibition “Loading Madrid 2010”
III International Conference in Architecture CONSTRUTEC COAM, Madrid

Commerce and Cultural Centre in León (2009)
Exhibition “Possible Architectures”
Cathedral of Palencia

Commerce and Cultural Centre in León (2009)
Exhibition “Possible Architectures”
Council of Architects of León (COAL)

Commerce and Cultural Centre in León (2009)
Exhibition “Possible Architectures”
Centre for Exhibitions and Conferences “Lienzo Norte” in Ávila

Commerce and Cultural Centre in León (2009)
Exhibition “Possible Architectures”
Palacio Episcopal in Salamanca

Commerce and Cultural Centre in León (2009)
Exhibition “Possible Architectures”
Exhibitions Room of Palacio de la Alhóndiga in Zamora

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (2009, with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
Exhibition “My Favourite Work”
Conference of Architects in Spain 2009, Valencia

Commerce and Cultural Centre in León (2009)
Exhibition “Possible Architectures”
Museum of Universidad de Valladolid (MUVa), Palacio de Santa Cruz

Master of Architecture in Collective Housing MCH (2007)
Exhibition of works
School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)

Commerce and Cultural Centre in León (2007)
Exhibition “PFC Final Thesis”
Cultural Foundation of Council of Architects in León (FUNCOAL)


Awards and scholarships

Shortlisted in XVI BEAU in “Research and dissemination” category (2023)
Habitar la norma. Proyecto de vivienda y sistemas normativos
16th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XVI BEAU)

Shortlisted in XVI BEAU in “Research and dissemination” category (2023)
Loneliness and the Built Environment (with R. Rubio)
16th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XVI BEAU)

COAM Mention in COAM Awards 2022 – 50 Anniversary in “Dissemination” category (2022)
Loneliness and the Built Environment (with R. Rubio)
Professional Association of Architects in Madrid (COAM)

Finalist in Human City Design Award (2019)
School as a Service project (with Group X)
Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Design Foundation

Award in XIV BEAU in “Research Papers” category (2018)
Research paper “Architecture in Suspension. Disruptive practices within the state of exception” in Architectural Research in Finland, Vol.1, No.1 (with F. G. Triviño)
14th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XIV BEAU)

Finalist in 11th Biennial Competition for Doctoral Dissertations in Architecture arquia/tesis (2017)
Doctoral dissertation
Fundación Arquia, Barcelona

FAD Award Thought and Critique [ex aequo] (2016)
HipoTesis Block∣Buster (Ed., with F. G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and J.M. López Ujaque)
FAD Awards of Architecture and Interior Design (Fomento de las Artes y del Diseño)

Award in XIII BEAU in “Research, Dissemination, Digital publications/Blogs” (2016)
HipoTesis Numbered Issues (Ed., with F. G. Triviño and K. Psegiannaki)
13th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XIII BEAU)

Award in XIII BEAU in “Research, Dissemination, Books/Magazines” (2016)
HipoTesis Block∣Buster (Ed., with F. G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and J.M. López Ujaque)
13th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XIII BEAU)

Work catalogued in Arquia/Próxima program for young architects (2016)
Aalto Festival 2015 – Final Works
Arquia/Próxima 2016: FUTURO IMPERFECTO, V Edition (2014-15), Fundación Arquia

Project catalogued in Arquia/Próxima program for young architects (2016)
HipoTesis Block∣Buster (Ed., with F. G. Triviño, K. Psegiannaki and J.M. López Ujaque)
Arquia/Próxima 2016: FUTURO IMPERFECTO, V Edition (2014-15), Fundación Arquia

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Foreign Scholars and Artists (2013)
Visiting Researcher at EHT Wohnforum – ETH CASE (Centre for Research on Architecture, Society & the Built Environment), ETH Zurich
Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS), Swiss Confederation

Shortlisted in VIII BIAU in “Other Supports” (2012)
HipoTesis Platform (with F. G. Triviño and K. Psegiannaki)
8th Latin American Biennial of Architecture and Urban Planning (VIII BIAU), Cádiz

Nominee in competition for built works (2012)
Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
6th NAN Awards of Architecture and Construction, Madrid

Nominee in competition for built works (2012)
42 Social Housing in Barajas Expansion, Madrid (with M. Barrera and A. Diez)
6th NAN Awards of Architecture and Construction, Madrid

Nominee in competition for built works (2011)
Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
5th NAN Awards of Architecture and Construction, Madrid

Nominee in competition for built works (2011)
42 Social Housing in Barajas Expansion, Madrid (with M. Barrera and A. Diez)
5th NAN Awards of Architecture and Construction, Madrid

Second prize in competition for built works (2011)
Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
8th Architectural Awards in Castilla y León, Valladolid

Runner-up in competition for built works (2011)
Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
5th Architectural Awards Enor Elevators, Vigo

First prize in restricted architectural competition (2010)
Public Library and Socio-Cultural Centre “Aduanas del Mar” in Jávea, Alicante (with J. Moragues and R. Paternina)
City Council of Jávea and Region of Valencia (Consellería de Cultura y Deporte, Generalitat Valenciana)

Shortlisted in competition for built works (2009)
Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
“Experience/Future” competition, Higher Council of Associations of Architects in Spain (CSCAE)

Runner-up in competition for architectural ideas (2006)
Project in Rute, Córdoba
j5 Competition for Young Architects in Andalusia, Junta de Andalucía

First prize in competition for architectural ideas (2005)
Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, Valladolid (with J.M. Martínez and I. Escudero)
City Council of Boecillo

Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies (2005)
Master of Architecture in Collective Housing, DPA, ETSAM, UPM
“la Caixa” Foundation, Barcelona

Special Mention in PFC-04 competition for Final Thesis (2005)
Commerce and Cultural Centre in León
ViA arquitectura magazine, Alicante

COIE Scholarship for Internships (2003)
Universidad de Valladolid

Erasmus Scholarship for Students Mobility in Europe (2001)
National Technical University of Athens (Greece)
Universidad de Valladolid

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