Feliz Ricoy, Sálvora

Sálvora Feliz (Ourense, 1986) holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of São Paulo and the Polytechnic University of Madrid, awarded in 2022. She previously graduated in Architecture from the latter institution in 2012 and completed a Master’s Degree in Advanced Architectural Design, specialising in Technological Innovation Processes, the following year. Her doctoral dissertation, entitled “XL Residential Infrastructures: The Evolution of Mass Housing Production at Large Scale,” examines the development of large-scale housing production. Her research interests focus on housing, gender, and pneumatic architecture.

As a researcher, she has published in indexed academic journals, authored more than 30 peer-reviewed papers in the proceedings of international conferences, and contributed to over 40 books and book chapters. She has participated as both a speaker and organiser in academic conferences and seminars, as well as in research projects.

Her architectural practice includes award-winning works recognised by the Emporia Awards, COAM Awards, CTAV Awards, IDA Design Awards, CETEM Design Awards, and the Fundación Arquia Biennial, among others. Her work has also been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennales in 2021, 2018, and 2016; the 12th and 16th Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennials (BEAU); the 13th Ibero-American Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (BIAU); La Casa Encendida; INJUVE; and Medialab Prado.

She joined the academic staff in 2018 and is currently a permanent faculty member in the Department of Architectural Design at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM), where she teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including the Master’s Degree in Advanced Architectural Design (UPM) and the Master’s Degree in Architectural Communication (UPM-UCM). She has also taught on the Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Communication for Public Service at the National University of Distance Education (UNED), Studio 11 of the Master’s Programme at Umeå School of Architecture, and the second-year Studio at UC Berkeley. She has served on various coordination and academic management teams across different programmes and currently holds the position of Academic Secretary of the Department of Architectural Design.