Building Rural Futures:

 Learning from the Vernacular to Address Contemporary Challenges

Héctor Navarro

Héctor Navarro is an architect and PhD graduate from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). His doctoral thesis, Symbiosis and Boundaries between Architecture and Contemporary Urban Spaces: Analyzing Intermediate Spaces in Tropical and Temperate Climates, was awarded cum laude and received UPM’s Extraordinary Doctoral Award. As a member of the Architecture, Design, Fashion, and Society research group, he combines his academic role as a lecturer and researcher at UPM’s School of Architecture (ETSAM) with his professional practice in his own architecture studio. Both his academic and professional work share a focus on addressing contemporary challenges through innovative architectural responses, exploring the relationship between design, context, and technology. His projects range from curatorial and exhibition design to residential and urban-scale architecture.