parenthesis “Our First Work” | exhibition in Madrid

The work 42 Social Housing in Barajas Expansion (Madrid), done with Marta Barrera and Alfredo Diez, has been shortlisted to take part in the exhibition parenthesis “Our First Work”, the first exhibition of a series on Madrid architectural practices which will run until spring time in LASEDE COAM in…

Aalto University | School of Arts, Design and Architecture

Aalto University is born in January 2010 as the result of the merger of three historical universities located in Helsinki (Finland): the Helsinki University of Technology (Teknillinen korkeakoulu, 1849), the University of Art and Design Helsinki (Taideteollinen korkeakoulu, 1871), and the Helsinki School of Economics (Kauppakorkeakoulu, 1911). Aalto University…

Defence of doctoral thesis at ETSAM (revisited)

Last September 24th the final defence of my doctoral thesis was held at the School of Architecture of Madrid at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSAM, UPM). The title of the doctoral thesis is Normalizing Utopia. A Project of Systematization of Regulations on Social Housing, it is part of the…

XI International Madrid Architecture Week

Next Tuesday October 7th I will participate in the International Workshop within the XI International Madrid Architecture Week, invited by the International Department of the Professional Association of Architects of Madrid (COAM) to talk about my research experience in Switzerland. My turn will be on the table on professional…

Hipo 3 Chronotopic Practices Call for papers

HipoTesis Numbered Issues is searching for collaborations for Hipo 3 in the form of texts between 3500 and 5000 words defining sceneries for actions involving a trajectory of spatial-temporary places, architectural sequence shots describing spatial tactics developed from one or various scales and certain rhythms. Michel de Certeau has…

Defence of doctoral thesis at ETSAM

Next Wednesday September 24th at 11.30h, the final defence of my doctoral thesis will be held at the School of Architecture of Madrid at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSAM, UPM). The title of the doctoral thesis is Normalizing Utopia. A Project of Systematization of Regulations on Social Housing, it…

42 social housing in Barajas online

Three years after the completion of the work of the 42 Social Housing in Barajas Expansion (Madrid), we collect the most important platforms about architecture, specialized blogs or think tank websites that have reviewed it online (click on the image or text to go to the website): IMAGENSUBLIMINAL ARCHITECTURAL…

critic|all International Conference at ETSAM

Next June 12th, 13th and 14th the I International Conference on Architectural Design & Criticism critic|all will be held at the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM), in which I will take part with the publication in the conference proceedings of an article titled “Round Trip from Cell to…

Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo on Nex Valladolid

The digital magazine of contemporary culture Nex Valladolid reviews this week the Municipal Civic Centre in Boecillo, through its collaborator Pedro Iván Ramos, architect, photographer and blogger, at the time photographer of the building. A global perspective on a local territory. Nex Valladolid is a digital magazine of contemporary…

Pre-defence of doctoral thesis at ETSAM

The third draft of my doctoral thesis is ready for pre-defence. Next Thursday May 8th, the pre-defence of my doctoral thesis will be held at the Department of Architectural Design in the School of Architecture of Madrid at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSAM, UPM). The pre-defence will consist of…