Montse Solano is an architect who graduated from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Granada -ETSAG- and holds a Master in Architecture | History | Project from the Faculty of Architecture Roma Tre. She holds a PhD in Architecture, with an international mention, from the University of Granada and from the University of Roma Tre. Her thesis, ‘Inhabited Contexts’, was graded with Summa Cum Laude and was awared as finalist in the III Prize IUACC to best doctoral dissertations about architecture and city. Currently she is a lecturer in architectural design at ETSAG, University of Granada. Previously, she also taught at ETSAE, Technical University of Cartagena, and at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera italiana. She is supervisor of final degree projects and has been tutor at different international workshops. She is member of the research groups ‘Urban Recycling, Efficient Housing’ UGR – ‘Strategies of Architectural Design and Cultural Systems’ UPCT, and her works has been published in diverse specialized journals. She has been visiting researcher at several foreign schools of architecture and centers, including: ENSA Toulouse, Archives of 20th-Century Architecture Paris, Institute for Architecture TU Berlin, or IPRAUS ENSA Paris-Belleville. She has also worked at Elisa Valero Arquitectura and BREG Studio, among others, with various award-winning projects. She is founder of Montse Solano Studio, developing mainly architectural projects and competitions, but also other works related with conceptual processes and design.
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Montse Solano es arquitecta por la Escuela de Arquitectura de Granada y cuenta con un Máster en Arquitectura | Historia | Proyecto por la Facultad de Arquitectura de Roma Tre. Es doctora en Arquitectura, con mención internacional, por la Universidad de Granada y por la Universidad Roma Tre. Su tesis, «Contextos habitados», fue calificada con *Summa Cum Laude* y fue premiada como finalista en el III Premio IUACC a las mejores tesis doctorales sobre arquitectura y ciudad. Actualmente es profesora asociada de proyectos arquitectónicos en la ETSAE de la Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena y en la Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, de la Università della Svizzera italiana —donde imparte docencia en el Atelier Valero—. Es supervisora de proyectos fin de grado y ha sido tutora en distintos talleres internacionales. Es miembro de los grupos de investigación «Urban Recycling, Efficient Housing» (UGR) y «Strategies of Architectural Design and Cultural Systems» (UPCT), y su trabajo ha sido publicado en diversas revistas especializadas. Ha sido investigadora visitante en varias escuelas y centros internacionales de arquitectura, entre ellos: ENSA Toulouse, Archives of 20th-Century Architecture Paris, Institute for Architecture TU Berlin e IPRAUS ENSA Paris-Belleville. También ha trabajado en Elisa Valero Arquitectura y BREG Studio, entre otros, participando en diversos proyectos premiados. Es fundadora de Montse Solano Studio, donde desarrolla principalmente proyectos y concursos de arquitectura, así como otros trabajos relacionados con procesos conceptuales y diseño.
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