Virginia de Jorge Huertas

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(Madrid, 1991)

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Currently Postdoctoral Researcher and Registered Architect.
Architect with Honours in 2015 and Ph.D. in Architecture with Summa Cum Laude and “international mention” at School of Architecture of the University of Alcalá, (ETSA-UAH, Madrid, 2019). Awarded with a four-year competitive research contract called “FPU (Formación de Profesorado Universitario”) in 2016, financed by the Minister of Education Culture and Sport (MECD) of the Spanish Government, obtained for professional and academic merits.

Funded with two travelling research-grants of the ‘programa FPU’, Visiting Researcher at the Architectural Association in London and at the Università Iuav di Venezia during 2017-2018. “First prize - Number 1” (2009 - 2015) of master-degree in Architecture with honors in Final Career Project ( PFC ) and awarded for the most outstanding graduate 2016. Recipient of three research fellowships from the Spanish Ministry of Education for academic record merits (2013- 2015). Teaching Assistant in Design Architecture Studios at ETSA-UAH from 2016 to 2019, due to passion for experimental didactics and teaching architecture.

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Università Iuav di Venezia (2019-2020), currently part of the work-team of the R&D Project MUWO. Winner of the 3 rd prize Schindler in 2013 and of several prizes for “PFC” in 2015, and in the same year winner of ARQUIA (“Beca Arquia” Caja de Arquitectos Foundation) award for academic record. Two years later, winner of the First Prize for Europan14 in “La Bazana” project and shortlisted in Europan 15, among prizes in the intersection of architecture and research. Invited speaker at research national/international meetings. Research and professional work published in several conferences, books and refereed journals.

My research goals focus on collective housing from a gender-based perspective, on the drawing tool as a bridge between actors in the  history of architecture and visual arts, and on the reciprocal interaction of the multiplicity of architecture scenarios with its specific ecological and social landscape participation.

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This website has been done in collaboration with: Rebeca de Jorge Huertas;  Designer and Motion Grapher. rebeca.djh@gmail.com.