JOSÉ MARÍA DE LAPUERTA

JOSÉ MARÍA DE LAPUERTA

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He has been a projects professor at the ETSAM (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid de la UPM) since 2007, Ad honorem professor at the University of Montevideo since 2006, and has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Harvard, Nantes, Campinas, FAO USP and Escola da Cidade de São Paulo, Universidad Católica de Lima, Perú (2018), ETH Zurich, Universidad de los Andes (2013) and University of Split.

He directs the Master Program in City Sciences at UPM and the Master in Collective Housing MCH at UPM-ETH. He is president of the doctoral thesis tribunal and has directed 12 doctoral theses. He was director of the City Sciences Congress in Shanghai, China and Santiago de Chile in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

He was part of the Cultural Council of the Community of Madrid in 2005 and has been a jury member in several architectural competitions and awards. In 2015, he was appointed an expert and team leader in the European Union for the Study on EU Cooperation for Sustainable Urbanization in India.

He is the author of several books, including several on collective housing in Spain and city sciences. He is also a founding partner of the DL+A Arquitectos studio with more than 60 awards for built works such as the project of 20 houses in Alcala 141, the new Brains school in Madrid and the headquarters of Coca-Cola España.