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Doctor in Architecture from the International University of Catalonia; Doctorate in Cultural Biology from the Higher School of Historical and Anthropological Sciences; Master in Genetic Architectures from the International University of Catalonia; Master in Advanced Architectures by the Institute of Advanced Architectures of Catalonia; Master's degree in Cultural Anthropology at the Higher School of Historical and Anthropological Sciences; FabAcademy Diploma “How to make (almost) anything” by the Center for Bits and Atoms of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Architect by the National Autonomous University of Mexico; Degree in Philosophy from the Autonomous University of Chihuahua; Technician in Architectural Design by CETIS 33; and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Astronomy at UCG.
He has received recognition such as the "Best 100 Visionaries in Education" award, by the Global Forum for Education and Learning, USA 2021; “National Award for Good Municipal Government”, Special Recognition in the Theme of Sustainable Cities, Eco-Apertus project, Mexico, 2020; the “1st place Xianmihu Competition: for the city model, China”, 2018; “1st place Xignux Award: Alternative energy and sustainable construction”, Monterrey, 2015; “1st place in the Latin American Biennial of Landscape Architecture”, 2014, category built work, urban scale-Wawa Pukllay; “1st prize – The pushing the boundaries Award”, Solar Decathlon Europe, Spain, 2010, among others. Jury in several international competitions such as the Innovators under 35 of the MIT Technology Review.
Founder of the Radical School (2019), founder of nodolab (2005) and working in the world of architecture since 1997. In his professional career he has participated in projects in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Guatemala, Holland, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Venezuela, Panama, Peru, Poland, Qatar, USA and Taiwan. Developing interventions based on the generation of geometric, morphological and artificial intelligence algorithms, anthropology, philosophies applied to the world of radical architectures, from design with the programming of bacteria, objects, buildings, to city design. In 2021 he publishes a theory on the development of cities for Latin America "Eco-Apertus: a city model from the ancient towns".
