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Alberto T. Estévez
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain
Alberto T. Estévez (Barcelona,
1960), Architect (UPC, 1983),
Architecture Ph.D. of Sciences (UPC,
1990), Art Historian (UB, 1994), Art
History Ph.D. of Arts (UB, 2008).
With a professional office of
architecture and design (Barcelona,
1983-today). Chairman-Professor
(Catedrático) in Architecture,
teaching in different universities,
in the knowledge’s areas of
architectural design, architectural
theory and art history (UPC, TU
Wien, UB, UPF Elisava, HSAK Vienna,
UDEM, UdG, USTA Bucaramanga).
Founding as first Director the ESARQ
School of Architecture (UIC
Barcelona, 1996), as an avant-garde
international school in its first 10
years: it was then the first school
in the world with an architecture
curriculum including –among other
things– mandatory subjects of
sustainability and international
cooperation, as well as laboratories
for biological architecture
(genetics) and digital architecture
(manufacturing). He also founded two
research lines there, with two
officially accredited research
groups, two masters’ degrees and
Ph.D. programs: “History,
Architecture and Design” (UIC
Barcelona, 1998- today) and “Genetic
Architectures / Biodigital
Architecture” (UIC Barcelona,
2000-today). As well as the Master
of International Cooperation with
Alex Levi and Amanda Schachter (UIC
Barcelona, 2004-today). He was also
the Founder and 1st Director of the
UIC Barcelona PhD Program of
Architecture. Director of 31 PhD
Thesis. He has written more than
three hundred publications, and has
participated in a large number of
exhibitions, congresses and
committees. Invited to give more
than one hundred lectures around the
world, presenting his ideas,
research, projects and works of
architecture and design (in the last
two decades on biodigital
architecture & genetics). He was
also Vice-Chancellor /
General-Manager of UIC Barcelona
(Universitat Internacional de
Catalunya), where he is currently
the Director of iBAG-UIC Barcelona
(Institute for Biodigital
Architecture & Genetics) after
founding it.
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