Alicia Regodón

Alicia Regodón is an architect and urban designer with eight years of experience in architecture, urban design, and sustainable construction. Regodón has developed her career between the private and public sector, and her background in sustainable and participatory projects is both international and cross-disciplinary.

She currently works as a Sustainable Housing Expert with UN-Habitat’s Global Solutions Division of Land, Housing, and Shelter, where she assesses sustainable and future-proof buildings and construction projects within the environmental, cultural, and financial paradigm of the organization’s 2030 agenda. She is also a part of the international association Co-Liv, where she pursues innovative solutions to residential building issues. Previously, Regodón has worked with BICG, JBA, Kengo Kuma, and CADREG.

Her experiences studying, living, and working in São Paulo, Sydney, and Beijing have oriented Regodón’s views towards human-centered design. Her global professional endeavors have provided opportunities to collaborate with international NGOs like Habitat for Humanity and Techo. She speaks fluent Spanish, English, and Portuguese, and has an intermediate level of Chinese and French.

Regodón graduated with honors in Architecture and Urban Planning from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. She earned her MA in Sustainable Development at the University of Sydney, where she focused on sustainable analysis, housing rights, capacity building, participatory planning, program management, and reporting. Regodón is currently finishing her PhD thesis “Analytics to Improve Future Spaces, Design, Experience, and Well-Being” at the Building and Technology Department of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Housing Sustainability Expert, UN-Habitat, Global Solutions Division United Nations, 2020 – Present

• Architect PMO and Spatial Strategist, Coliving collaborator Urban Campus, 2020 – Present

• Manager and Architect, BICG, Spain and International, 2015 – 2016 and 2017 – 2020

• Architect and urban design consultant, JBA, Sydney, 2017

• Kengo Kuma and CADREG Architect collaborator, Beijing, 2013 – 2014

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Construction Interior Design, UTS, Sydney, 2016 – 2017

• Tutor for Building Construction and Technology Department, ETSAM, Madrid, 2014 – 2015

• Tutor of Mathematics and Algebra computational design, ETSAM, Madrid, 2008 – 2009

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. in Architecture, Building and Technology Department, ETSAM Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 20017 – 2021 (Ongoing)

• Master in Development Studies, University of Sydney, Australia, 2016 – 2017, (La Caixa Post-graduation Scholarship)

• Bachelor and Master in Architecture and Urbanism, ETSAM Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2008 – 2014

• One year exchange University of Sao Paulo USP, 2011 – 2012 (Santander CRUE Scholarship)

• Master final Thesis Tsinghua University – Technical University of Madrid Program (Santander Formula Scholarship)