Faculty

Practitioners and researchers leading the intersection of spatial AI and architectural practice. Every instructor has shipped something real — a tool used in practice, a system deployed on a real project.

Program Direction

Sergio del Castillo Tello

Design Specialist · Founder MIAUTICS · Architect & Computational Designer

Module coordinatorComputational DesignAI WorkflowsDocumentation AutomationKnowledge Management

José María de Lapuerta Montoya

Program Director · Catedrático ETSAM · Founder MCH Master UPM/ETH Zürich

Architectural TheoryDesign PedagogyCollective HousingCity Sciences

Academic Coordination

Camilo Meneses

MCH

MCH Team · Manager of the Master in Collective Housing UPM/ETH

Collective HousingStructural AnalysisSeismic Emergency ResearchConstruction Techniques

Ainhoa Church Vidal

Architect · MArch UPM · Bjarke Ingels Group Alumni

Architectural DesignGISRhinoReal-time Rendering

Milena Rakočević

Academic Coordination · Architect ETSAM UPM · Building Metabolism

Academic CoordinationBuilding MetabolismTerritorial DataDigital Simulation

Carlos M. Catá Gómez

Academic Coordination · Architecture Student ETSAM UPM · Construction & Real Estate

Academic CoordinationConstruction CoordinationReal Estate StrategyArchitectural Design

Academic Secretariat & Moderation

Celia Ramón

MCH

MCH Team · Academic Secretariat

Academic SecretariatProgramme Administration

Faculty

Antía Fernández

Senior Digital Transformation Consultant · Arup · Digital Twins

Module coordinatorDigital TwinsUrban AIGeoAITerritorial Resilience

Lucía Martín de Aguilera

Architect · AI-Augmented Design Practitioner · MIAWS Faculty

Architectural DesignAI ToolsGenerative DesignDesign Workflows

Leticia Izquierdo García

PhD Candidate · MIT Media Lab · City Science Group

Module coordinatorUrban AICity ScienceHuman BehaviourAgent-Based Modelling

Federico del Blanco García

Architect · AI Design Researcher · MIAWS Faculty

Module coordinatorArchitectural DesignAI ResearchGenerative SystemsDesign Practice

Carlos Chacón

Architect · Computational Design · MIAWS Faculty

Module coordinatorComputational DesignArchitectureAI-Augmented PracticeAEC

Álvaro Sánchez Garda

Computational & Generative Design · Estudio Sanga · Europan Winner

Computational DesignGenerative ArchitectureSustainable UrbanismParametric Systems

Manuel Montoro Esteban

BIM Developer · Computational Designer · Arup Madrid

Computational DesignBIM AutomationGrasshopperParametric Systems

José Ignacio Kempff Seleme

BIM & Digital · Computational Design Specialist · Bartlett UCL

Module coordinatorBIMComputational DesignArchitectural ComputationParametric Tools

Alejandro Fuentes Arias

Building Simulation Specialist · AI-Augmented Performance Design

Building Performance SimulationEnergy AnalysisDaylight ModellingStructural AI

Manuel Monteserín

Territory · Communication · AI Design Practice

Module coordinatorAI Site AnalysisArchitectural CommunicationAI VisualisationTerritorial Intelligence

Paula Reboleiro Regalado

Architecture · AI Design Research

Architectural DesignAI ResearchSpatial DesignDesign Practice

Antonio Canero Santiesteban

Platform Architect · PRYZM · Browser-Native BIM & AI Systems

Module coordinatorBIM SystemsBrowser-Native BIMIFCWebGL

Iago Romero Ogando

Co-founder BRISA AI · AI Entrepreneur · Former Head of AI MIAUTICS

Module coordinatorAI EntrepreneurshipTime Series Foundational ModelsUrban DataProduct Strategy

John Porral

Architect · Script Studio · Senior Architect at HBA Madrid

Module coordinatorDesign AutomationGenerative Space PlanningResidential and Prefabricated ConstructionComputational Design

Javier Guerrero García

Architecture · Machine Learning · Adjunct Professor Universitat de Barcelona

Machine LearningComfyUIStable DiffusionGenerative AI

Melanie Waidler

Architect & Urban Planner · ETSAM UPM & TU Delft · Geospatial Analysis

Urban PlanningGeospatial AnalysisData-Driven DesignMasterplanning