Architect, researcher, and professor. PhD in Aesthetics and Theory of the Arts. Researcher at ELISAVA Research, within De Ci De (Design–City–Democracy), and adjunct professor in the Degree in Design and Innovation, the Master’s in Ephemeral Architecture and Temporary Spaces (MEATS), the Interdisciplinary Master’s in Design and Communication Studies (MUEDIC), and the Master of Emergent Futures (MDEF, ELISAVA and IAAC) at ELISAVA, UVic-UCC.

Her work investigates the critical intersections of politics, space, and affect, with particular attention to the transformative potential of direct action. She develops architectural and artistic projects that range from temporary interventions in contested terrains to collaborative socio-spatial practices, mapping processes, and experimental more-than-human entanglements. She has taught internationally as a visiting professor and guest lecturer, and has published widely on counterdisciplinary strategies, embodied research, performative criticality, and radical cartographies.


She has developed her own artistic and exhibition projects in contexts such as the Festival Model d’Arquitectures de Barcelona, ASIMETRIES | Espai E (IDENSITAT, 2019), Art i Ciutat 2024 x Sant Cugat, Melbourne Design Week 2024, Barcelona Design Week 2024, We Will Design Darkness Milan 2026, Barcelona World Capital of Architecture 2026 among others. 

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