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Patricia Martin del Guayo is an architect and urban designer with a PhD in Sustainable Design by the Architectural Association's School in London. She graduated from Harvard University with a Master’s of Architecture in Urban Design. Previously, Patricia obtained a degree in Architecture from the ETSA San Sebastian, Spain, having studied one year at TU Vienna as an erasmus exchange student. She has worked as an architect in Spain, Germany, and in the UK. She is now an architect at the London based firm Shepheard, Epstein and Hunter.

Education

2010-2014 Architectural Association’s School, London (UK)

PhD in Environmental Design. Awarded Gobierno Vasco scholarship for

professional and academic merit.

Title: Environmental Perception: Climate in Urban Public Spaces. Supervisor Simos Yannas.

Additionally, six months of the Master in Sustainable Environmental Design completed.

2008-2010 Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge (USA)

Master of Architecture in Urban Design, May 2010. Awarded Gobierno Vasco scholarship

and Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard Prize for professional and academic merit.

1999-2006 University of Basque Country, San Sebastian (SPAIN)

Master of Architecture degree.

2003-2004 Vienna University of Technology, Vienna (AUSTRIA)

Exchange student of Erasmus program with a scholarship of the European Union.

Experience

2015-Present Shepheard, Epstein and Hunter, London (UK)

Associate Architect and Urban Designer

2006-2014 Patricia Martín del Guayo Architect

• Cabo House in Alicante, Spain.

• Urban design and environmental assessment for an office complex in Luanda, Angola.

• Urban planning around the house Los Cuetos classified as "Bien de Interés Cultural",

Sobremazas, Cantabria.

2006-2008 Office of Architecture and Urban Planning GOP, Madrid (SPAIN) web

Architect and person in charge of the following projects:

• Bioclimatic and energetically efficient office building for headquarters in Madrid, with a

geothermic energy system, solar panels and a cogeneration turbine with savings of 24% of

annual energy consumption.

• Railway station in the Airport of Malaga.

• Enlargement of the Aeronautic engineering school of the UPM, Madrid.

2005 Adler und Olesch,Landscape architecture, Nürnberg (GERMANY) web

Architectural Intern. Participation in the development of documents for the design phases of

the following projects:

• Urban Planning of the area Menzelplatz (Bayreuth, Germany).

• Public Park Rosengarten (Stadt Hersbruck, Germany).

2003-2006 Office of Architecture Pablo García Astrain, San Sebastian (SPAIN) web

Architectural Intern. Development of documents for the design and construction phases of

the following projects:

• Civic Centre of Portu in Barakaldo (Bizkaia)

• Public Building in Barakaldo (Bizkaia)

• Social housing in Idiazabal (Guipúzcoa).

2001-2002 Office of Architecture Samaniego+Zuzunaga, San Sebastian (SPAIN) web

Architectural Intern. Participation in the development of documents for the design phases of

the following projects:

• Guests building for a Winery in Alava.

• Rehabilitation of the headquarters of the Red Cross in Guipúzcoa.

Teaching and research

2011 Collaborator for the blog of architecture Ecosistema Urbano, top blog on architecture for Spanish speakers.

2010 Research on Sustainable Architectures at Harvard University Graduate School of Design supervised by Iñaki Ábalos for the book A Cartography of Sustainability (pending publication).

2009 Research on gridded cities with Joan Busquets at Harvard University Graduate School of Design for the exhibition at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB): Cerdà y la Barcelona del futuro. Realidad vs. Proyecto.

Publications

Martín del Guayo, Patricia. “Improving Outdoor Urban Environments: Three Case Studies in Spain.” Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA). Ahmedabad (India): PLEA, 2014.

—. “Weather Perception in Spanish Urban Spaces.” Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA). Munich (Germany): PLEA, 2013.

—. “Clima Urbano: estrategias de adaptación en espacios públicos.” Equiciudad 2012. La equidad como garante de la ciudad sostenible. San Sebastián: Recolectores Urbanos, 2012. 240-245.

—. “An infrastructure of drinkable water.” In Imagining a City-World Beyond Cosmopolis, by Hashim Sarkis, 14. Cambridge (USA): Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2011.

—. “Intermodal Stiching.” In A View on Harvard GSD Vol. 2, by Harvard Graduate School of Design, 260. Cambridge (USA): TANK, 2010.

—. “Geomanders of the Contemporary Metropolis.” In A view on Harvard GSD Vol.1, by Harvard Graduate School of Design, 185. Cambridge (USA): TANK, 2009.

Conferences

Improving Outdoor Urban Environments: Three Case Studies in Spain. Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference (PLEA 2014). Ahmedabad (India), 2014.

Weather Perception in Spanish Urban Spaces. Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference (PLEA 2013), Munich (Germany), 2013.

Design (with) the Climate. TEDxUNIR conference, organized by the International University la Rioja, in Logroño (Spain), 2013.

Clima Urbano: Estrategias de Adaptación en Espacios Públicos. Congress Equiciudad 2012: La equidad como garante de la ciudad sostenible, in San Sebastián (Spain), 2012

Scholarships and awards

Awarded with the Basque Government Scholarship for professional and academic merit for the PhD studies at the Architectural Association’s School of Architecture in London during the academic years 2010-2014.

Awarded with Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard Prize for professional and academic merit during the academic years 2008-2010.

Awarded with the Basque Government Scholarship for professional and academic merit for the Master of Architecture in Urban Design at Harvard University during the academic years 2008-2010.

Mention in the project for the urban regeneration of the right bank of the Danube in Vienna and public exhibition of the project in UNO City (Vienna).

Seneca-Erasmus interchanges program scholarship of the European Union for the academic year 2003-2004 in the Technische Universität Wien (Austria).

Caja de Ahorros de Guipúzcoa y San Sebastián Kutxa scholarship for the accomplishment of university studies abroad (academic year 2003-2004).

Community architectural/urban design experience

2007 Collaboration with the Bolivian Missionary Association to build the University Jorge Manrique in Palos Blancos (the Bolivian Jungle). One month onsite supervising the evolution of the project. Bolivia.

2006-2008 Cooperation project for the Development with Architects without Borders – Madrid: “Clean Water from the source” for the construction of 24 drinkable water wells in the region Les Savanes, Togo.

Additional languages:

Spanish (native), English (fluent), German (medium)