Rodrigo Rubio Cuadrado

Rodrigo Rubio is an architect, designer and researcher working at the intersection between fabrication, ecology and computation. He holds an MArch with Honors from the UPM/ETSAM and a post-profesional Master in Advanced Architecture from the UPC/IAAC.

In 2016 he co-founded the Madrid-based design collaborative practice 50(Super(Real)), before Margen-lab. His professional work has been recognized and awarded in national and international competitions such as the First Self-sufficient International Contest, the Arizona Challenge, the Torre Antena Santiago de Chile and the Portes de Collserola.

Since 2008 he has served more than ten years researching on digital fabrication, self sufficiency and domesticity, teaching and lecturing at institutions such as IAAC and Elisava in Barcelona; UPM, Madid; UPV, Valencia; LNEC, Lisbon; KU, Kuwait; TSA, New Orleans; Zigurat and Structuralia; and he has been directing/codirecting research projects at IAAC such the Hyperehabitat (Venice Bienalle 2008), the Fab Lab House (Solar Decathlon Europe, Madrid, 2010), the Fab Condenser (Fab 10 Digital Fabrication Concress, Barcelona, 2014) and the BCN Circular Economy (Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2016). In 2019 he was awarded with a Design Teaching & Research Fellowship at the Tulane University in New Orleans. His research and academic work have been widely published in national and international platforms such as Wired and Mark.

Rodrigo is currently adjunct professor of Fabrication Technologies at IE and PhD candidate at the Design Department of the UPM.

Corporate Experience

• Co-founder 50(Super(Real)). Madrid, 2016

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor. IE School of Architecture and Design

• Lecturer and professor in different universities: IAAC, Elisava in Barcelona; UPM, Madrid; UPV, Valencia; LNEC, Lisbon; KU, Kuwait; TSA, New Orleans; Zigurat and Structuralia.