Prof. Dr. Oriol Pons Valladares

Oriol Pons has been an architect since 2004, professor of Architectural Technology at ETSAB, UPC since 2008 and doctor since 2009. His professional experience as an architect, for example, in the construction of Barcelona’s Basilica Sagrada Familia (2013-17) and in the Precast company Planas (2004-8 and 2011-12), is strongly related to his research projects: sustainability and new technologies in architecture. He is an expert in educational, off-site and post-disaster architecture as well as in construction using concrete and recycled materials. He has led and participated in competitive projects on these areas of expertise at the UPC since 2009 and at the iMat Research Center (2008-11), being the author of several patents and presenting the results in numerous conferences, publications and patents.