Maider Llaguno-Munitxa is an architect and assistant professor at UCLouvain. Maider obtained her PhD from the ETH Zurich - Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) in 2016. Her research topic focused on the study of architectural and urban design strategies to modulate the urban environment, it's microclimate and air quality. Prior to her PhD studies, in 2010 Maider graduated with -excellence in design- (honours) in Advanced Architectural Design from the Graduate School of Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University in New York City. Maider obtained her diploma in architecture from the ETSA San Sebastian -Seneca program at the ETSA Barcelona- with honours in 2006.
Prior to joining UCLouvain, from January 2017 until August 2020 was an Associate Research Scholar and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. From August 2020 until January 2021 Maider was an Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture CAMD at Northeastern University in Boston.
Maider’s work has been published in various international architectural periodicals and newsletters as well as in scientific journals. Maider’s work has recently been awarded with the 2019 | Land Der Ideen_Beyond Bauhaus Prototyping the Future Award, and the Columbia University GSAPP Incubator Prize award 2020-2021 amongst others. Maider has been teaching extensively both in the US and Europe. Prior to joining UCLouvain Maider taught at GSAPP Columbia University, at the ETH Zurich, and has been the co-director of the Architectural Association Bilbao/San Sebastian VS program amongst others.
