Architect. Carries out subversive art project in different areas of the urban environment. He is currently working on self-construction projects in various Spanish cities, in which groups of citizens decide to create their own urban public spaces.
EDUCATION
- Architecture degree from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla (Higher Technical College of Architecture, Seville).
SITUATIONAL PROJECTS. URBAN PROSTHESES
2007
- Creation and installation of alegal furniture. Vigo-Madrid
- Reusing and tuning up 45 housing containers for social collectives
- Restoration of shantytown settlement of As Rañas. La Coruña
- Ci-Arte Co-operative. Sevilla
- Roadblock. Project in the territory. El Cotillo, Fuerteventura
- Alegal housing contracted on roofs of co-proprietor housing communities
2006
- Studios for rent on roof of Escuela Arte 4.Vivero de Empresas. Madrid
- Housing estate of 5000 m2 on non-trafficable roof. Mixart-Myrys. Toulouse, France.
- Casa del Tilo. Lacorzana, Álava
- 35 rental apartments for young people. Social management project. Basauri, Vizcaya
- Memorial victims of the Civil War Málaga 1937 together with Rogelio López Cuenca
2006–2005
- Disassembly and Assembly. Aula Abierta. Granada
2005
- Self-constructed lecture room building trench. Faculty of Fine Arts, Málaga
- Stiff sheets. Camouflaged housing
- Demountable building. One-person housing. Occupation of a land site in Barcelona.
- Institutional Prosthesis. Extension of the Contemporary Art Centre of Castellón, ESPAI
2004
- Opening of land sites with public equipment. Sevilla
2003
- Centre of visual arts project. Automaton architecture. Sevilla
2002
- Occupation of land sites with movable architecture. Sevilla-Madrid
2001
- Refuge for excursionists under the Osborne Bulls project
- Occupation of trees. Insect-house, the strategy of the tick.
2000
- Poster-house with tunnels. Plaza de la Mina, Cádiz
- Illegal house in the historical centre (witnesses protection system)
- Five-storey house inserted in seven-storey building. Degenerated horizontal proposal.
1999
- Projector-house. Urban bus station. El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz
- Cápsula 1.S.C. Finland Pavilion. Expo'92. Sevilla
1998-2001
- Tiendas 13. (habitable cells). Sevilla; Cádiz; Granada; Córdoba
1997
- Calle San Luis (Installation of container S.C.). Sevilla
- Plaza de San Marcos (Occupation of scaffolding).Sevilla
- Calle Divina Pastora (Room on scaffolding).Sevilla
1996
- Barrio de San Bernardo (Projecting with lights. Neighbourhood energy transfer). Sevilla
EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
2007
- Sueño de Casa Propia.Geneva, Switzerland
- Rotterdam Architecture Biennale, the Netherlands
- Illegal house project. Fundación Borgovico 33, Como, Italy
- Urban Reanimations and the minimal intervention. Swiss Arch Museum, Basel, Switzerland
- Civil Disobedience: the work of Santiago Cirugeda. NYIT, New York, USA.
2006
- Sector Sur. Instituto Aberroes, Córdoba
- Galería AD-Hoc, Vigo
- SPAM city. Contemporary Art Museum, Santiago de Chile
- 5th Leandro Cristòfol Art Biennale, Lleida
- Confusión Project. Project 133. London
- Memorial Málaga 1937. ARCO'06, Madrid
2005
- Galería ADN, Barcelona
- 1st Contemporary Art Biennale Moscow, Russia
2004
- Intrusiones. Andalusian Contemporary Art Centre, Sevilla
2003
- MAD.03. Experimental Art Meetings, Madrid
- Crossroads of n°11 creation, Design and habitats. George Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
- Urban Drift. Transformers. Berlin, Germany
- UTOPIA STATION. 50ª Mostra di Arte. Venice Biennale, Italy
- The TENT. Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2002
- Legal-Space-Public. Établissement d´en face. Brussels, Belgium
- CAPITAL CONFORT. Alcorcón, Madrid
- MANIFIESTA 4. Research Room. Frankfurt, Germany
- Colectivos y Asociados. Casa de América, INJUVE, Madrid
- Generación 2002. Caja Madrid, Madrid; Barcelona; Sevilla
- Cambio Climático. 1.1. Ministry of Development. D.G.V.A.U. Madrid
- Living in Motion. Vitra Design Museum. Berlin, Germany; Milan, Italy; Lisbon
- Portugal ; London, England
2001
- ESPAÑA 1:1. Order of Lisbon Architects, Portugal
- METAPOLIS Nº3, Barcelona, October
- Second Architectural Market EME-3. Centre of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona
- IDENSITAT. Calaf art public. Centre of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona
- UTOPIA NOW. California College of the Arts, San Francisco and Sonoma County Museum. Los Angeles. USA.
- ARCHILAB .3. Orleáns, France
- Exhibition 'MRGNC'. Caja de San Fernando, Sevilla; Badajoz; Cádiz
2000
- METAPOLIS 2.0. Barcelona, June
- Expo 'Industrial Design Andalucía'.D.G.A.V. Regional Government of Andalusia. Sevilla
- 1st Invitation; Vínculos al tiempo. Ministry of Development, D.G.V.A.U. Madrid
- 1999. First Architectural Market. EME-3. Barcelona
- Acción nº4 La Casita. Cycle of Initiatives. Ministry of Development. D.G.V.A.U. Madrid
- Equilibrios, Casitas. Exhibition. Galería Antoni Pinyol, Reus, Tarragona
1999-1995
- Instalación habitable .Finland Pavilion. FIDAS \ COAAO. Sevilla
1998
- Video-work for Arts on the edge. Academy of performing Arts, Perth, Australia
- The City, Space + Globalization Exhibition. University of Michigan. College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Slusser Gallery. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
1998-1997
- Museo S.C. Puente del Alamillo, Sevilla (rejected)
1997
- Urban-Planning Conferences in the District of San Bernardo. Provincial Government of Sevilla
1996
- Instancias. Civic Centre, Casa de las Columnas, Sevilla
1995
- Das Letzte Haus. The last house. Haus der Architektur. Graz, Austria
1993
- Contaminación. Family house. Sevilla
ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
- 'Superuse', Recyclicity Foundation. Rotterdam, February, 2007
- Virus. Lisbon
- Mark Magazine, Amsterdam, January, 2007
- 'Situaciones Urbanas', Edit. Tenor, January, 2007
- 'Arquitectura del Siglo XXI, más allá de Kioto', Madrid, January, 2007
- 'APTM.30m2', Actar, Barcelona, 2006
- SPAM arqu, nº 2. Santiago de Chile. October 2006
- IMPASE, Lleida, nº 6, March, 2006
- Architecture in Spain, Taschen, November, 2006
- Progettare, Milan, September, 2005
- A10, Amsterdam, Nº5, July, 2005
- Magazine Archis, Amsterdam, Nº2, July, 2005
- Rooftop Architecture, NAI publishers
- Pasajes de Arquitectura y Crítica, Nº 86, April 2005
- CASABASIC, Valencia, June, 2005
- EXIT, April, 2005
- 'Arquitectura Portátil', Structure, 2005
- 'TREE HOUSES', Pageone, 2005
- 'VIA Construcción', Barcelona, July, 2004
- 'MOVE HOUSE', Prestel, London, 2004
- OVIZINE. 3, Bilbao, 2004
- ZEHAR, Arteleku, San Sebastián, Nº52, January, 2004
- Pasajes de Arquitectura y Crítica, Nº 53 and Nº 54, January/February, 2004
- Blank, Madrid, October, 2003
- PAPERS D´ART, Gerona, Nº 85, 2003
- Clone, Sevilla, Nº 05, November, 2003
- EIS, Madrid, October, 2003
- SUBLIME, Gijón, Nº 10, October, 2003
- LAPIZ, Madrid, Nº 184, June, 2002
- LAPIZ, Madrid, Nº 194, September, 2003
- NEUTRA. 09-10 .COAS, Sevilla, September, 2003
- SCALAE, Barcelona, Nº 2, September, 2003
- IDENSITAT 2, Calaf-Barcelona, CCCB, Barcelona, 2003
- Generación 2002, Caja Madrid, Madrid, January, 2003
- B-guided, Barcelona, December, 2002
- Living in Motion, Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, 2002
- Pasajes de Arquitectura y crítica, Madrid, Nº 53, Nº54 and Nº 66
- ABITARE, Italy, December, 2002
- El interior de la arquitectura, Chile, 2002
- ¿Qué hago yo aquí?, Madrid, Nº 2, 2002
- PISO. Architecture Magazine, Mexico, 2002
- Colectivos y Asociados, INJUVE, Madrid, 2002
- TRANSVERSAL, Barcelona, September, 2002
- Diseño interior, Madrid, September, 2002
- AGGLUTINATIONS, New York, Nº 1, June, 2002
- 'Cambio Climático. 1.1'. Ministry of Development, D.G.V.A.U., Madrid, 2002
- ARCH +, Berlin
- NADAES, Art magazine, Cádiz, November, 2001
- VERB,. Actar, Barcelona, Nº 1, November, 2001
- ROJO, Barcelona, Nº 2, October, 2001
- 'International Ateliers of Alsace and Lorraine', ACTE, Phalbourg, November 2001
- 'UTOPIA NOW', CCAC: California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, 2001
- ARCHITECTUR AKTUELL, Austria, Nº7, Nº8, July/August, 2001
- Diccionario de Arquitectura Avanzada, Actar, September, 2001
- WERK, BAU+WOHNEN, Switzerland, May, 2001
- ARCHILAB 3, Orleans, France, May, 2001
- NEO2, Nº 17, May, 2001
- MRGNC. Caja de San Fernando, Sevilla, March, 2001
- Pasajes de crítica y arquitectura, Nº 26, Nº 30
- INSITU, Oporto, Nº 1, March, 2001
- CONSTRUCTIVA, Barcelona, Nº 4, Nº 6, December, 2000
- FIDAS del COAAOC, Sevilla, February/September/October, 2000
- 'CONVOCATORIA', Ministry of Development, D.G.V.A.U., Madrid, November, 2000
- METÁPOLIS 2.0, Actar, Barcelona, July, 2000
- Piezas de Autor. 1920-1999, Industrial Design of Andalucía, Government of Andalucía, May, 2000
- Fisuras de la cultura contemporánea, February, N° 8, 2000
- QUADERNS, N° 244, February, 2000
- SUBURBAN, Sevilla, Nº2, 1999
- Acciones, Ministry of Development, N° 4, May, 1999
- FIDAS del COAAOc, January, 1999
- Pasajes de crítica y arquitectura, Nº 2, Nº 3, Nº 4, Nº 6, Nº 12, Nº 26, Nº 30, December 1998, January/February/April/December 1999, April/October 2001
- Mi-5, Nº 1, December, 1997
- 'La última casa', Austria, Steirisher Herbst, 1995
CONFERENCES (SELECTION)
- 'On Contemporary Culture', Summer workshop, Almería, July 2007
- 'Other ways of creating the city: alternatives to globalisation', UIMP, Santander, July 2007
- Encuentro de Arte Contemporáneo MED07, Medellín, May 2007
- 'Intramuros' Lecture series and Workshop, PBSA-FH, Dusseldorf, November 2006
- 'Affordable housing' Seminar, CCCB Barcelona, November 2006
- '21st Century Housing', UPM summer competitions, La Granja de San Ildefonso, July 2006
- 'Youth and Housing'. FORO CIVITAS NOVA 2006, Guadalajara, March 2006
- '21st Century Housing, beyond Kyoto', 2nd Seminar on Sustainability, Madrid, February 2006
- HOUSING IS BACK. Symposium, Munich, January 2006
- 'Cities in (re)construction' Course, Local Government of Barcelona, December 2005
- 'Dance and Architecture'. UPC, Barcelona, May 2005
- COAM, Madrid, April 2005
- ARCHITAXI, Granada, February 2005
- Association of Architects of Castellón, March 2005
- Fundacione Querini Stampalia, Venice, September 2004
- 'Public Art in Spain', Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome, 2004
- 'Citizen Participation', C.O.A., Ciudad Real, 2004
- Conferences on heritage, C.O.A., Toledo, 2004
- PERIFERIAK, Bilbao, 2004
- Architecture in Migration, Cologne, 2004
- 'LABITACIONES', Arteleku, San Sebastián, 2003
- 'Urban Drift', Transformers, Berlin, 2003
- Estudios Superiores Foundation, Olot, Gerona, 2003
- 'The Tent', Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2003
- Architecture College of Oporto, Portugal, 2003
- Barraca Barcelona, FAD, Barcelona, 2002
- College of Architecture, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, 2002
- Higher College of Architecture of Sevilla, 2002
- Elisava Design College, Barcelona, 2002
- 'Legal-Space-Public', Établissement d´en face, Brussels, 2002
- Alicante College of Architecture May 2002
- ESDI. Sabadell, November 2001
- Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon, 2001
- 'A space for art', Andanza, Sevilla, 2001
- ARCHILAB .3, Orleans, France, 2001
- Master 'Habitat: contemporary housing and environment', ESARQ, Barcelona, 2001
- ETSA Granada, University of Granada, 2000
- Master 'Metrópolis 8', Barcelona Centre of Contemporary Culture, UPC, 2000
- Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon, 2000
- First Architectural Market, Eme -3, Barcelona, 1999
- Forum 'No Homologado' ESARQ, Barcelona, 1999
- ETSAV, University of San Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona, 1999
- New teaching tendencies, Fidas.COAAOc, Sevilla, 1998
- Seminar 'Intervene The City' The Theatre Institute, Sevilla, 1998
- Arts on the edge Conference', Academy of performing Arts, Perth, Australia, 1997
TEACHING
- Workshop Arpafil, FIL de Guadalajara, Mexico, November 2006
- Architecture Week. Habitares; Chapultepec. Mexico City, October 2006
- EUTOPÍA. Meeting of young creators, Córdoba, September 2006
- Art and Architecture workshop. International Spanish Co-operation, Panama, August 2006
- International workshop Intersekzi, Bilbaoarte, Bilbao, July 2006
- Workshop 'Aerial Sevilla, fleeing from speculation', CACC, June 2006
- Dance and Architecture workshop. 'Catedrales', ENDANZA, Sevilla, March 2006
- Research workshop, Foro BARRIADAS, Sevilla, 2006
- International workshop 'Cartagena de Indias', University of the Andes, Colombia, July 2005
- Director of workshop AULA ABIERTA, Faculty of Fine Arts, Granada, March 2005
- Master 'Architecture and Ephemeral Spaces', UPC, Barcelona, 2004-2005
- Workshop 'The subversión of public space', CAAC, Sevilla 2004
- Workshop 'Urban situations', Spanish Cultural Centre, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2003
- Seminar 'The contemporary metropolis', Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, 2003
- Treating Historical Centres, C.O.A., Castilla la Mancha, Toledo, 2003
- 'Labitaciones', Arteleku workshop, San Sebastián, 2003
- Workshop 'Dripping shit. Urban Strategies', PERIFERIADOS, Gijón, 2003
- 'BARRACA BCN', Workshop Barcelona, 2003
- Director of workshop 'Constructing on the Constructed 2', Escuela LAI, Barcelona, 2003
- Director of workshop, 'Mastery of urban planning', Bogotá, 2002
- Director of workshop 'Constructing on the Constructed', ESARQ. UIC., Barcelona, 2002
- Master 'Design and Public Space', ELISAVA, Barcelona, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006
- Co-director of course 'Vertical Dancing-Architecture Dancing' with Geneviéve Mazin, ENDANZA, Sevilla 1999
- FIDAS, COAAOc, Andalusian Theatre Institute, College of Set Design, Sevilla, 1999
- Director of course 'Urban Interventions. A place from the institution'
- Director of course 'Dripping shit. Public Art', Andalusian Theatre Institute, Sevilla, 1998
- College of Set Design, Sevilla, 1997
- Director of course 'Urban situations. Public Art', Andalusian Theatre Institute
