Casino, David

David Casino holds a PhD in Architecture and a Master in Advanced Architecture from ETSAM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Architectural Design Department at ETSAM and member of the Research Group Cultura del Habitat. He has also taught in other institutions such as Universidad Europea de Madrid (2011-2019) and IE School of Architecture (2011-2013).

He has carried out international research stays at TU Delft (2015-2016) and has written articles in the indexed journals RITA, REIA, and Cuaderno de Notas, among others. His PhD thesis Ground-Notations. Grounding Strategies in the work of Alison and Peter Smithson (International PhD cum laude) reflects his interest in the manipulation of the ground as a tactic of mediation between architecture and context.

He has been co-editor of REIA (2014-2021) and curator of the DPA’s lecture series argument#3 Making Matters (2019) on architectural production processes centred around matter.

In 2005 he founded ZZA zigzag arquitectura with Bernardo Angelini. The work developed in the studio has received numerous awards, including the Architecture Prize at the 11th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, as well as other important recognitions, such as those obtained at the AR+D Awards for Emerging Architecture, Ugo Rivolta European Architecture Awards, V Enor Architecture Awards and III Arquia Próxima Award. His work has been published in national and international publications such as AV, Arquitectura Viva, a+t, C3, The Architectural Review, Lotus, Area Magazine, or Summa+, and shown in different collective exhibitions.