LUIS CASILLAS GAMBOA

Architect, Engineer and Town planner

Professor PhD

Founding Principal_LOC arquitectos

Founder and main partner of the architecture office LOC arquitectos
Profesor PhD of Architectural Design and Final Diploma Project _ Escuela Politécnica Superior _ Universidad San Pablo CEU. Madrid

Researcher  of the Rebirth Inhabit Research Group  “reactivating architectures” _ Escuela Politécnica Superior _ Universidad San Pablo CEU. Madrid
2017 _ Guest Professor at the École d´Architecture de l´Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada _  Atelier Triptyque. 2015 _  Guest Professor at the École d´Architecture de l´Université Laval de Quebec, Canada _  Ateliers de Conception Architecturale _ 2015  Ángel Herrera Price 2015 for the research in the model patented VEM consisting in a new emergency housing

Professor accredited by the NABB _ National Architectural Accrediting Board USA _ in 2012
PhD in Architectural Design by the Escuela Politécnica Superior of the Universidad CEU San Pablo de Madrid. 2017 Doctoral Degree by the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid _ Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. 2000
Master of Business Administration in 1990 _MBA_ by the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid _ Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Architect _ Bachelor Degree and Master Degree _ by the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain. 1989
First Price of the Best Final Master Project Graduation _ Premio extraordinario Proyecto Fin de carrera _ PFC _ First Class Honours _ Matrícula de Honor PFC_ Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid _ Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. 1989
Architect _ Colegiado COAM. Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid. España

Unesco Codes : 6201 _ 3305 _ 3308 _ 3312

Lines of research and specialization _ Keywords
Vernacular Architecture / Experimental Architecture _ African Architecture / Primitive Architecture _ Industrialization and Sustainable Technology / Construction with Recycled Materials Emergency Humanitarian Architecture / Development Cooperation “BIO” architecture in harmony with its ecosystem and landscape. Lightweight building materials / Smart collapsible / wraparound