Nationality Spain | Occupation Architect | |
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Born 27 March 1960 (age 56) ( 1960-03-27 ) Palencia, Spain Awards COAM Award 2013
Milka Bliznakov Prize 2005
ATEG Award 2004 Practice espegel-fisac arquitectos Projects Reallocated Housing, Embajadores 52, Madrid
Civil Guard Barracks, Oropesa del Mar
Community Park, Palencia | ||
Entrevista a carmen espegel espegel fisac
Carmen Espegel Alonso, (Palencia, 1960) is a Doctor of Architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (Spain), where she teaches Architectural Project classes representing the Espegel Teaching Unit. She has been working at her own studio since 1985 and in 2003 she founded the firm espegel-fisac arquitectos. Her reference work, "Heroínas del Espacio. Mujeres arquitectos en el Movimiento Moderno" (Heroines of Space. Women Architects in the Modern Movement), is a theoretical and historical synthesis of the role of women in Architecture.
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Biography
Carmen Espegel was born in Palencia and at the age of 16 she moved to Madrid to take el Curso de Orientación Universitaria and start working on her Architecture degree at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, which she completed in 1985 with honors.
In 1989 she moved to Belgium, where she lived for three years. During that time, she was working on obtaining a Master of Conservation of Historic Towns and Buildings at KU Leuven University, which she completed in 1995 Magna cum Laude, while also working as a Spanish Technical Leader at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF of Grenoble, France.
Upon her return to Spain, she began her Doctorate in Architecture at the ETSAM which successfully ended with her doctoral thesis: "Proyecto E-1027 de Eileen Gray-Jean Badovici: Drama de la Villa Moderna en el Mediterráneo", which won the Award for Outstanding Doctorate 1996-1997.
She has written various books and many articles demonstrating her architectural critical thinking. She has been invited to serve on panels for both national and international architecture contests.
In 1985 she started her architecture career working independently and in 2003 founded the architecture firm espegel-fisac arquitectos alongside Architect Concha Fisac de Ron. She participates in many idea competitions where she wins many awards. Her work has been presented in many different congresses, expositions, and conferences; some of the highlights include her exhibitions at the Pabellón de España (Shanghái), The Royal Institute of British Architects of London (RIBA), and Architekturforum Aedes am Pfefferberg in Berlin. Her work has been included in many books and specialized journals such as El Croquis, Arquitectura Viva, ON, Arquitectura, Pasajes, Arquitectos, Future, and Oris.
Her career is linked together by three very interwoven roles: teacher, researcher, and practicing architect.
Teaching
She is currently working as a Professor of Architectural Projects at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid, Spain. She has been a guest lecturer for the doctorate program at Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade (Oporto, Portugal), for the Master of Housing Program at la Universidad de Roma III (Rome, Italy), and for the Master of Ephemeral Architecture Program at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (Madrid, Spain), among others.
She was a professor of the Master of Advanced Architecture (MPPA) teaching Criticism of Contemporary European Social Housing. She was a professor and on the organizational board for the Master of Collective Housing Program at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Madrid, Spain). She taught the online European doctorate Criticism of Contemporary Social Housing in Europe in English from 2008 to 2011. From 2000 to 2003, she coordinated and taught "PER. Proyectos en Red" in collaboration with Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina).
She has given lectures in the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Italy that detail: "Social Housing in Spain," at the American Institute of Architects, New York, USA; "Taxonomia del Espacio Publico" (Taxonomy of Public Space) at the Urban Regeneration Forum BIA, Bilbao, Spain; "A la carta de Atenas-1933" (In the charter of Athens-1933) at the National Theater D. Maria II, Lisbon, Portugal; "Vivienda social en Madrid en el centro histórico siglo XXI" (Social Housing in Madrid's Historical Downtown in the 21st Century), at the University of São Paulo, Brasil; "El sueño de vivir" (The Dream of Living), as part of the City of the Future Lecture Set at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico; "Project E-1027" by Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici and "The Drama of a Modern Villa in the Mediterranean" at TU Delft Faculty of Architecture, Delft, Holland.
From 2005 to 2008 she was the assistant director of external relations at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (Madrid, Spain). She was a member of the governance committee and school board from 2004 to 2009. She has been a certified university professor since 2013.
Research
Over the last twenty years her research has focused on three Fundamental branches: Collective housing, Architectural Criticism, and Women and Architecture. She is the head researcher of the Collective Housing Research Group,GIVCO gives doctorate courses at ETSAM (the School of Architecture at the Polytechnic University in Madrid), and leads several doctoral theses.
Some of her many subsidized research projects include: