Teaching staff
Antequera Vacachavez, aNGEL
Civil Engineer licensed at the Gabriel Rene Moreno Autonomous University. Architecture graduate of the Private University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Master in Parametric Design in Architecture by the UPC. 11 years as engineering manager of ANSA Consultores S.R.L., 14 years of professional experience in works involving simulation by finite elements, metal structures, reinforced concrete and wood within the civil and industrial field.
DE SOLà MORALES, PAU
He holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from ETSAB (1993) and a PhD in Design from Harvard University (2000). He specializes in "architecture, information and complexity", and in the use and application of information technologies in architecture and design, areas in which he has written numerous articles. Since 2001, he has been a visiting professor at the Harvard Design School, and is a professor and head of the computer science department of the Accademia d'Architettura at the University of Italian Switzerland. He is currently the director of the architecture school from Reus (URV), where he teaches architecture theory and representation techniques.
MOLINOS, ROBERTO
Roberto co-founded Modelical in late 2011. Prior to that he worked for SENER and IDOM as architect and parametric design specialist. He regularly lectures on Geometry Modeling, BIM and Technology Management at IE School of Architecture and Design, IE University Madrid. Roberto earned a Bachelor in Architecture from Barcelona Tech and holds a Master in Structural Design from Madrid Tech.
Boixader Ibañez, Dionis
Mathematician. PhD in Mathematics at the UPC. Associate Professor at UPC- ETSAV. Head of technology department. Dionis specializes in fuzzy logic and geometry.
GODOY, ALFONSO
Master in Sustainability from Barcelona Tech. PhD student in the UPC's Sustainability Programme. Co-founder of the architectural cooperative arqbag. He has also developed his professional and research activity at the Institut de Recerca de l'Energia de Catalunya (IREC). He works on topics such as comfort, energy efficiency and thermal simulation of buildings. Member of the Board of Directors of IBPSA Spain. He shares his activity in Arqbag with teaching at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, the Universitat de Barcelona-IL3 and Barcelona Tech.
Nebot, Jordi
Architect, is principal of Arquitectura Agronomia, a landscape architecture firm based in Barcelona. In the last 20 years he has been involved in some of the most important contemporary landscape architecture projects in Europe. Nebot was lecturer at the Department of Architecture at UVA from 2012-2014 and previously was professor at the Master of Landscape Architecture at UPC Barcelona, and taught Architectural Analysis (Project I) at School of Architecture de la Salle of Barcelona. Nebot earned a Master in Architecture at the School of Architecture of Valles UPC.
BRANDT-OLSEN, CECILIE
Structural engineer specialized in computational design. The relationship between geometry and structural performance has been one of my main focus areas during my studies.
She is passionate about non-standard projects with a need to improve existing workflows and develop innovative solutions using cutting edge technology. I have a keen interest in using parametric design approaches to make structural engineering an integral part of the early stage design and thereby enable more informed decisions to be made and structurally elegant solutions to evolve.
Leon, David Andres
David is an architect with focus in computational design and robotic fabrication. He holds an ICD Master of Science Degree and an Elisava Master's Degree in Advanced Design and Digital Architecture. He has been involved in several research undertakings of which stand out his participation in German research platform FAT-LAB and his collaboration as a research assistant in CITA for the EU-Horizon 2020 Future and Emerging Technologies Proactive Action project Flora Robotica. David is also the co-author of publications of architectural research and robotics.
Quintero Avila, Juan Pablo
Venezuelan architect and designer based in Barcelona, pioneer in the use of emerging processes of digital manufacture applied to design and architecture. He is the founder of Medio Design, a studio-workshop dedicated to the development of non-standard projects through mixed processes that include both traditional manufacturing techniques and new manufacturing tools.
Calatayud Souweine, Daniel
Architect. Research Professor. Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning (UPC). Author of eleven articles in scientific journals, nine book chapters and twelve papers in national and international conferences on issues of sustainable urban design, sustainable building, urban metabolism and climate change. Faculty member's participation in the Solar Decathlon ETSAV 2010.
MARTIN, ALIson GRACE
Independent researcher studying natural structures and complex patterns in nature and applying the findings to design and construction concepts. She runs courses in UK and European universities on experimental methods in form-finding, and especially in weaving techniques, topology and materials geometry. She studied at Exeter College of Art and St. Martin's College of Art and Design, graduating in Graphic Design in 1979.
RYNNE, ALAN
Building Engineer with a broad skill set ranging from Architectural Design & Construction Management to Web & Software Development. Alan specialises in rationalizing freeform surfaces in Architecture; optimizing structural behavior and construction processes; and developing new tools with C# to help in those tasks.
TORRES, BELEN
Belen is an architect with focus in data-driven design and digital fabrication. She holds a UPC Master Degree in Architecture, an Elisava Master’s Degree in Advanced Design and Digital Architecture and a ICD/ITKE Master of Science Degree. Belen has worked as research assistant at the ILEK and ICD. She has been actively involved in several applied research projects, among them her collaboration with FAT-LAB, a research platform based in Stuttgart, Germany.
