Architect · Sustainability Specialist · Madrid

Alicia
Ruiz

Architect with expertise in sustainability projects and collaborative processes leadership. Experience as European projects coordinator, visual communication strategist and ephemeral architecture designer. Interested in the relationship between landscape, culture, collective learning and social impact.

Currently working as a freelancer on projects related to sustainable urbanism, architecture and cultural landscapes focused on learning and collaborating with community-based networks.

Narrativa Levitar, Matadero Madrid
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Collaboration

Coordination and design of participatory processes in collaboration between Green Building Council España and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda of Spain — spanning stakeholder mapping, working group facilitation and reporting on national renovation strategy results.

Working group session

Ministry of Housing & Urban Agenda

GBC España · 2020–2025

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Working group plenary

Ministry of Housing & Urban Agenda

GBC España · 2020–2025

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Built Environment

Ephemeral architecture, exhibition design and participatory construction. Projects that explore the boundaries between space, community and material culture.

Narrativa Levitar

Narrativa Levitar

Ni Arte ni Educación · Matadero · 2015–16

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Narrativa Levitar public

Narrativa Levitar — Public View

Matadero Madrid

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Ranchito

Ranchito

Matadero Madrid · 2015

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Bellastock Enredados

Bellastock 'Enredados'

Los Molinos, Madrid · 2014

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Rest Area workshop Alcalá

Rest Area Workshop

Escuela Arquitectura Alcalá · 2014

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Visual Experimentation

Research through drawing, rendering, mapping and parametric tools. Projects that push the boundaries between architecture, landscape and representation.

Night render

Architecture Visualization

Commission · V-Ray

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Render public building

Architecture Visualization

Commission · V-Ray

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Render courtyard

Architecture Visualization

Commission · V-Ray

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Render interior corridor

Architecture Visualization

Commission · V-Ray

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Productive and Third Landscape

Productive and Third Landscape

ETSAM, UPM · 2019

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Urban collage Madrid

Urban Collage, Madrid

Parametric experiment

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Nezacupuncture board

Nezacupuncture

Big Urban Crunch · Rethinking · 2015

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Radiant Geometries thesis

Radiant Geometries by Folklore Archaeology

Final Thesis · ETSAM · 2018–19

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Experience

2026 — present
Freelance Architect
2020 — 2025
Architect · EU Project Coordinator
Green Building Council España
2020 — present
Project Mentor & Visualization Specialist
MIAUCADEMICS
2021
Teacher, Technical Drawing
ESNE Escuela Universitaria
2015–16
Exhibition Design · Narrativa Levitar
Matadero Madrid · Madstock
2014
Co-organiser, Bellastock Madrid
Pop-Up Architecture & Urban City
2016
Speaker, Forum of the Cities
IFEMA · Madstock urban projects

Education

2022–23
MSc in BIM Management
European University of Madrid
2018–19
Master in Architecture II
ETSAM, UPM · Madrid
2012–18
Bachelor + Master in Architecture
ETSAM, UPM · Madrid
2018
Erasmus+ Exchange
TU/e Eindhoven, Netherlands

Awards

2017–18
British Council Aptis Erasmus+ Scholarship
2017
2nd Position · Gastro Festival
Conde Duque Cultural Center
2015
"Death Zone" selected · THINK SPACE
100×10 Ibiza Competition

Skills

RhinocerosV-RayGrasshopperRevit · BIMPhotoshopIllustratorInDesignAutoCADArcGISCYPETHERMAfter EffectsRobot

Publications

2020
"PRE_IMAGINARIOS"
ISBN 978-84-122691-0-9
2016
"Ni Arte Ni Educación" · Madstock
ISBN 9788490972588
2015
Atlas "Los Madriles"
FRAVM · Intermediae Matadero