Early career
I graduated at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) in 2010, after attending schools such as the University of Hong Kong, the Vastu-Silpa Foundation in Ahmedabad, the Institute of European Studies of Macau and the University of São Paulo. In 2008, I received the Spanish-Chinese Cooperation Program Scholarship by David Del Val Foundation, followed by the EMECW Grant by the European Commission in 2010. During that time I part-timed at renown offices such as Gazapo&Lapayese in Madrid, Menis Arquitectos in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and ATeliers ARchiTecture in Macau. These gave me the chance to take a small part in many singular projects: Pradoviejo Public Housing in Logroño and the Park of Gavia in Madrid, by Pritzker prize Toyo Ito; the Museum of Sacred Art and Plaza de España in Tenerife island by Fernando Menis and the design of the exhibition for the 25th Anniversary of the Madrid Housing Authority in Plaza de Colón, Madrid, by Gazapo & Lapayese, among many others projects.
Life in Thailand
Between 2014 and 2022 I lectured at the universities of Chulalongkorn, Thammasat and Stamford in Bangkok. In 2018 I was awarded a Seed Grant by Design Trust Hong Kong Foundation in order to write my doctoral dissertation about informal architecture in Southeast Asia. Finally, I got my doctorate at UPM in 2023 with the invaluable support of prof. Concha Lapayese and prof. Le Thi Thu Huong from the Vietnamese-German University in Ho Chi Minh City, with the generous support of the National Research Council of Thailand and prof. Kittichok Nithisathian.
Academic Research
- 2024. Chuồng Cọp (Vietnam). In A. Ledeneva (Ed.), The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality (Vol. 3, pp. 458–462). University College London Press.
- 2023. Bangkok: 1999-2542. Evaluando el legado de la Sexta Edición de “Cities on the Move.” Cuaderno de Proyectos Arquitectónicos, 1(13), 30–43.
- 2023. El Antropoceno y el ocaso del sueño paramétrico. Revista de Arquitectura, 28(44), 118–133.
- 2023. The Birdcage. Comparative Analysis of Informal Facade Modification Practices in Asian Cities. Doctoral Thesis. Polytechnic University of Madrid.
- 2023. The Liquid Mandala. Art Brut and Mystical Landscapes in the Marginal Spaces of Bangkok. RITA. Revista Indexada de Textos Académicos, 03(19), 52–69.
- 2023. The Thai ‘Shophouse’: a Hybrid, Urban, and Contemporary Typology. Architecture, City and Environment, 18(52), 1–20.
- 2022. Domestic Space Appropriations In Socialist Housing: A Look At The Soviet Union And Vietnam. En Blanco. Revista de Arquitectura, 32, 130–142.
- 2022. Stone Carving for the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Replicas of the Salamancan University Façade and New Cathedral Nativity Portal. Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, 3, 325–337.
- 2022. White Palaces over Rice Crops. New Formalism in Thai Corporate Architecture. Cuaderno de Notas, 23, 72–87.
- 2022. Wood architecture in the border towns of Thailand and Myanmar. A study of vernacular construction practices in Umphang district. Buildings and Borders in Asia, 17th to 20th Centuries – 2022 Graduate Symposium.
- 2022. Arte, informalidad y ciudad en el Hanói contemporáneo. Revista Europea de Investigación En Arquitectura, 20, 159–176.
- 2020. The Death and Life of Hong Kong Illegal Facades. Arena Journal of Architecture Research, 5(1).
- 2019. Beautiful Jailing: Tales of Extreme Urban Design In Hong Kong and Macau. Project 189 Bangkok.
- 2017. Wired Skins: Architectural Negotiations and Informal Transformations in Urban Thailand. SEAP 19th Annual Graduate Student Conference.
- 2016. Rule and Form of the Illegal Façades of Southeast Asian Streets. In H. C. Kiang & Z. Ye (Eds.), Crossroads: Asian Streets in the Streets in the Dynamics of Change. GASS2016 Great Asian Streets Symposium (pp. 157–162).
- García Moro, F. (2014). Bucentauro y Otros Relatos Fantásticos. Tabooestudio.
- García Moro, F. (2011). Santa Ifigênia: Territorio, Norma e Identidad. Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo. Universidade de São Paulo
- García Moro, F. (2010). Weng Fook Yuan. Community Center in the Yard of Eternal Happiness.
- Casas, I. de las, & Garcia Moro, F. (2004). Lugares de Soria, Vinuesa, Salduero y Molinos de Duero. In Lugares de Soria, Vinuesa, Salduero y Molinos de Duero. Colegio de Arquitectos de Soria.
- Paz Marcos, M., & García Moro, F. (2002). Cálculo Proposicional. In M. P. Marcos (Ed.), Cálculo Proposicional (2nd ed.). Editorial Plaza.
- García Moro, F. (1996). La Aventura de Luciano en el Casiopea. In II Certamen de Cuentos para Jóvenes. Junta de Castilla y León.