Carmen Espegel

She was a professor of the Master of Advanced Architecture (MPPA) teaching Criticism of Contemporary European Social Housing. She was a professor and on the organizational board for the Master of Collective Housing Program at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Madrid, Spain). She taught the online European doctorate Criticism of Contemporary Social Housing in Europe in English from 2008 to 2011. From 2000 to 2003, she coordinated and taught "PER. Proyectos en Red" in collaboration with Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina).

From 2005 to 2008 she was the assistant director of external relations at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (Madrid, Spain). She was a member of the governance committee and school board from 2004 to 2009. She has been a certified university professor since 2013.

In 1989 she moved to Belgium, where she lived for three years. During that time, she was working on obtaining a Master of Conservation of Historic Towns and Buildings at KU Leuven University, which she completed in 1995 Magna cum laude, while also working as a Spanish Technical Leader at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF of Grenoble, France.

Carmen Espegel was born in Palencia and at the age of 16 she moved to Madrid to take el Curso de Orientación Universitaria and start working on her Architecture degree at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, which she completed in 1985 with honors.

In 1985 she started her architecture career working independently and in 2003 founded the architecture firm espegel-fisac arquitectos alongside Architect Concha Fisac de Ron. She participates in many idea competitions where she wins many awards. Her work has been presented in many different congresses, expositions, and conferences; some of the highlights include her exhibitions at the Pabellón de España (Shanghái), The Royal Institute of British Architects of London (RIBA), and Architekturforum Aedes am Pfefferberg in Berlin. Her work has been included in many books and specialized journals such as El Croquis, Arquitectura Viva, ON, Arquitectura, Pasajes, Arquitectos, Future, and Oris.

Carmen Espegel Alonso, (Palencia, 1960) is a Doctor of Architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (Spain), where she teaches Architectural Project classes representing the Espegel Teaching Unit. She has been working at her own studio since 1985 and in 2003 she founded the firm espegel-fisac arquitectos. Her reference work, "Heroínas del Espacio. Mujeres arquitectos en el Movimiento Moderno" (Heroines of Space. Women Architects in the Modern Movement), is a theoretical and historical synthesis of the role of women in Architecture.