David López López

Biography

David López López received his Master Degree in Architecture in 2010 from the School of Architecture of Madrid (UPM), where he was also an assistant at the Structures Department for two years. He received an Advanced Masters Degree in Building Technology, specializing in structural design, from the School of Architecture of Barcelona (UPC) and an Advanced Erasmus Mundus Masters Degree in Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions from the Civil Engineering Schools at the UPC and the University of Minho. After gaining professional experience in different architecture offices, he co-founded the international collective MAP13, which has been used as a platform to test and implement the results of academic research. One of his most recent and striking works within this collective is the free-form thin-tile vault “Brick-topia”, a multifunctional pavilion in Barcelona designed with the help of RhinoVault. He is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH. David's doctoral research within the Block Research Group focuses on the structural behavior and assessment methods of thin-tile vaults. David has experience in this field as a mason, designer, project manager and structural consultant. He has led many thin-tile vault construction workshops in Spain and abroad and he has built, analyzed and tested vaults for his master thesis. David received one of the Architecture & Technology PhD Fellowships in 2013.

Research Interest

David López López research interest include: Architecture.