Alberto Campo Baeza

Alberto Campo Baeza was born in Valladolid, but lived in Cadiz from the age of two, where he experienced the light that became the essence of his work. He is a professor at the Faculty of Architecture in Madrid (ETSAM), where he held the position of full professor for more than 35 years. He has also taught at ETH Zurich, EPFL in Lausanne, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Kansas State University, the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and, in 2016, at the School of Architecture in Tournai, Belgium.

His work is widely recognized and appreciated. Notable projects include the Turégano and de Blas houses in Madrid, Casa Gaspar, Casa Asencio and Casa Guerrero in Cadiz, Casa Rufo in Toledo, Casa Moliner in Zaragoza, as well as the Olnick Spanu House in Garrison, New York, the Infinity House in Cadiz and the Raumplan House in Madrid.

He is the author of numerous books, including "La Idea Construida" (The Constructed Idea), "Pensar con las manos" (Thinking with your hands) and "Principia Architectonica," which have appeared in more than 30 editions and in many languages.

Campo Baeza believes that architecture is a "built idea," and its main components are gravity, which creates space, and light, which builds time. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including the Crown Hall designed by Mies van der Rohe at the IIT in Chicago, the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, the Urban Center in New York, the Church of St. Irene in Istanbul and the Tempietto San Pietro in Montorio in Rome.