Marcela Aragüez

Marcela Aragüez is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in Architecture. She received her Ph.D. in Architectural History & Theory at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, where she also received a Master of Science in Spatial Design (ULC Turner Prize for best dissertation). Marcela’s main research examines the cultural, social and theoretical foundations in the production of adaptable architecture during the second half of the 20th Century, with a specific focus on the interactions occurring between Japan and the West. She has been coordinator of the joint research project ‘The Culture of Water’ in collaboration with the Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. Marcela is a licensed architect with professional experience in Spain and Switzerland, and is currently part of the Editorial Board of Architectural Histories, the journal of the European Architectural History Network. Her work has been acknowledged by grants and awards from institutions such as the Japan Foundation, Sasakawa Foundation, Canon Foundation, and the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, and she has recently published in international journals such as Architecture Research Quarterly and Roadsides. In 2022 she co-edited the book Amphibious Habitats: Architectural Environments Between Land and Sea, published by Recolectores Urbanos.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in Architecture – IE University, 2020 – Present

• Adjunct Professor – Design Studio – IE University, 2019 – 2020

• Research & Teaching Fellow – Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 2018 – 2020

•  Postgraduate Teaching Assistant – The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, 2016 – 2017

•  Postgraduate Teaching Assistant – Department of History of Art, UCL, 2015 – 2017

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• PhD in Architectural History & Theory. The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, 2014 – 2018

• Visiting Fellow. ETH Zürich, 2018

•Visiting Researcher. Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2017

•  MSc Spatial Design: Architecture & Cities. The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL London, 2013 – 2014

•  MArch and BArch. University of Granada, 2004 – 2010

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

•  Editor – LOBBY, London UK, 2015 – 2018

• Project Architect – Iwan Bühler Architekturbüro, Lucerne (Switzerland), 2011 – 2013

• Project Architect – espegel-fisac arquitectos, Madrid, 2009 – 2011

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Aragüez, M. (2023). “The Palace and the Plaza: A Post-War Convergence”. Theatres of Architectural Imagination. London: Routledge.

• Aragüez, M., Astengo, G. (2022). “Amphibious Habitats. Architectural Environments between Land and Sea”. Malaga: Recolectores Urbanos.

• Aragüez, M. (2021).  “Building Calculated Uncertainty: Cedric Price’s Interaction Centre.” Architectural Research Quarterly, 25(2), 108-124