Daniel Ibanez

Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings Co-director Daniel Ibañez is a practicing architect and urbanist. He is Doctor of Design candidate and instructor at Harvard University.

His research, Metabolic Urbanism, critically seeks to frame the design disciplines in relation to broader socio-ecological interdependencies through cross disciplinary research on the field of urban metabolism.

Daniel is a IAAC Alumni and one of the winners of the first Advanced Architecture Contest with the theme of Self-sufficient Housing.

He is also the coordinator of the Fab Lab House project, done in collaboration with IAAC, and co-director of the Fab Condenser project, designed by Margen-Lab, produced by IAAC and collaborative designed, build, and customized by the FabLab Network.

Education

• Fab Academy Program MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology through FAB LAB BCN (2008 — 2009)
• Master in Advanced Architecture Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (2006 — 2007)
• Master of Architecture (MArch) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (1999 — 2007)

Companies

• Senior Urban Development Specialist / STC Consultant The World Bank (2020)
• Director at Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (2017)
• Editor urbanNext (2015)
• Partner and Principal Architect MARGEN-LAB (2003)
• Assistant Professor Rhode Island School of Design (2019 — 2020)
• Critic Rhode Island School of Design (2018 — 2019)
• Lecturer Northeastern University (2018 — 2019)
• Teaching Fellow HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN (2013 — 2017)
• Research Manager Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2013 — 2017)