I have lived in Thailand since 2014.
Currently, I am full-time lecturer at the Monfort del Rosario Architecture School in Assumption University, Bangkok.
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, which gave me the opportunity to be a small part in exceptional 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 others.
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.
Some of my non-architecture / legacy projects:
Mimorada
Online is a GIS-based valuator aimed to the Spanish housing market. It was developed jointly with Jorge Villamor Cantera in 2014.
Garrido City of Wonders
No-frills photography project about the neighborhood where I grew in Spain.
Siam 2 Spain
Siam 2 Spain is a Spanish language program specifically tailored for Thai students.
Helmantika
Helmantika is named after the old Roman name of my hometown.