Design High School

Curriculum Vitae Luis Alfonso de la Fuente Suárez

Birth date and place: August, 27, 1982, Monclova, Coahuila, México.

Adress: 3, Privada Hidalgo, Zona Centro, 25700, Monclova, México.

Telephone: 01-52-866*-**-** 16.

E-mail: abw9th@r.postjobfree.com

Education and training

Ph.D. in Visual Communication in Architecture and design (Cum Laude), by the

Architecture Technical School of Barcelona, Polytechnic University of Catalunya

BarcelonaTECH, from September 2007 to March 2012.

Scholarship of the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico for the

realization of the Ph.D.

Complementary courses of the PHD imparted in the Architecture School Library on

February and March 2011:

-Information resources in architecture, urbanism and construction.

-Research publication and evaluation.

-Guidelines for structuring and writing an academic final work.

-Refworks: Reference management software.

Representative of the Students of the PHD on Visual communication on Architecture and

design. Architecture Technical School of Barcelona, from September 2007 to November

2011.

Architecture degree by the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico (2000-2005).

Master degree courses (2005) in the Faculty of Architecture of the Autonomous

University of Coahuila: Urbanism, Research methodology, 20th century Mexican

architecture, Architecture Theory, Probability and statistics.

Scholarship for the realization of the architecture degree thesis (2004-2005), provided by

the Statal Council of Science and Technology of Coahuila, Mexico.

Realization of the scientific research: "Fabrication of composites made of volant ash and

polymers for the construction industry". Science summer in Coahuila (Statal Council of

Science and Technology), September 2005.

“Antonio de la Fuente” academic merit medal of the generation 2000-2005. Autonomous

University of Coahuila, November 2005.

“Nazario Ortiz Garza” academic merit prize of the Public Education Ministery of Coahuila,

May 2005.

Photography and digital art course imparted by Claudio Roncoli, Argentinian artist.

Saltillo, México, 2005.

English Intensive Course in the Birmingham Institute, Coahuila, Mexico. From August

2005 to December 2006.

High School degree in Eagle Pass, Texas, USA, 1999.

Publications and congress participations

Impartation of the Workshop: Architecture-Experiment: Creative Design and Cognitive

Sciences, during the 4th International Congress of the Arts “Guanajuato 2013”, organized

by the Doctorate in the Arts of the University of Guanajuato, Mexico. April 24 and 26, 2013.

Duration :10 hours.

This workshop took place also in the 5th Iberoamerican Colloquium of Design and

Technology in the Architecture School of the Autonomous University of Puebla, 6th and 7th

of March, Puebla, Mexico. Duration: 15 hours. During this Colloquium it was presented the

PhD. Thesis titled: Architecture: the Design of an Experience, March 6, 2013.

Publication of the renderings of the 1st prize winner project of the competition for the

National Museum of Afghanistan (AV62 Architects), in Concept Magazine Vol. 165

(Southern Korea, December 2012), and AV Proyectos 054 (Spain, December, 2012).

Article: Experience and Illusion: Architecture as a Perceptual Catalyser, presented in the

2nd International Conference on Fine and Performing Arts, ATINER Athens Institute for

Education and Research, Athens, June 6 - 9, 2011. Co-author: Ph.D. Antonio Millán

Gómez, director of my Ph.D. thesis. Published as a chapter of the book: Construction:

Essays on Architectural History, Theory & Technology, edited by Nicholas Patricios and

Stavros Alifragkis (2012); ISBN: 978-***-****-89-9.

Paper: Architecture: The Design of an Experience, presented in the conference:

Vizualumas Interaction between creativity and images, in Vilnius, Lithuania, on April 8 and

9, 2011. To be published in the next number of the LIMES: Cultural Regionalistics

magazine, Taylor & Francis, London, Co-published with the Vilnius Gediminas Technical

University, Lithuania.

Paper: Architectural Complexity: Hiding the Underlying Order. Indexed web publication:

ISBN 978-88-96610-06-0. Presented in the Generative Art Conference of the Polytechnic

Institute of Milan, Italy, December14-17, 2010. Available in the web page:

http://www.generativeart.com.

Poster presentation: Interactions between Human Beings and Architecture. Architecture,

Research and Profession International Workshop, College of Architects of Catalonia,

Barcelona, May 6 and 7, 2011.

Participant of the Arquitectonics Network International Seminar: Architecture and

Research, Barcelona, June, 2010.

Participant of the Fourth International Symposium of Sensorial and Perceptual Sciences,

Percepnet PS2008, Barcelona, July 10 and 11, 2008.

Participant of the conferences marathon Environmental Perceptions in the Architecture

School of Barcelona, November 2007 and March 2008, organized with the Architecture

University of Hanoi and the Polytechnic Institute of Milan

Participant of the National Meeting of Architecture Students (ENEA), Saltillo, Mexico,

March, 2004.

Organizer of the 70th National Assembly of the Colleges of Architects of Mexico

“Sustainable Architecture”, Saltillo, Mexico, May, 2002.

Participant of the Meeting of Architects of the State of Coahuila, Saltillo, Mexico, 2002.

Work experience

Responsible of the Architectural Visualization works of the studio AV62 Architects,

Barcelona (from 2011 to the date).

Architecture renderings for the Barcelona studios: Tcherassi-Vilató Architects (2010),

Cisneros-Terho Architects (2011), Anoche Architectural Lighting (2012), Ferrés

Architects (2012), Gimbernat Architects (2012).

Architecture projects of shopping centres, mansions, and house remodeling s in

Monclova, Mexico. Mercurio Industrial Company of Monclova, from January 2006 to

April 2007.

Architecture projects and 3D computer graphics. Constructora TRASDOS, Saltillo,

México, from September 2004 to September 2005.

Minimal houses projects and a hotel remodeling in Ramos Arizpe, México. Constructora

ZERCAB. 2003-2004.

Design of an exposition space of Technovent s doors and windows. Collaboration with

the architect Ramiro Dávila, Saltillo, Mexico, 2004.

Multiple façade remodeling projects in Saltillo, Mexico, 2003.

Languages

Spanish, mother tongue

English; advanced level in reading, oral comprehension, writing skills and translation

English-Spanish.

Catalan, intermediate level. Italian and French, basic level.

Computational skills

Microsoft Windows and Office.

ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, SketchUp.

Vray, ArtLantis, Bryce, Lumion.

PhotoShop, Illustrator, After Effects.

Monclova, Mexico, May 2013.

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