NACHO
FUENTES-CANTILLANA
MONEREO
Architect | Computational Designer | Specialist in Robotic Fabrication & Biomaterials
📍 Barcelona, Spain
🌐 nachomonereo.com
📧 nachomonereo@gmail.com
// INTRODUCTION
I am an architect and computational designer with a strong focus on robotics, geometry, and material systems. Driven by curiosity and experimentation, I have built my path working between architecture, fabrication, and design research.
Over the last decade, I have collaborated with artists, architects, and craftsmen across Taiwan, Mexico, and Spain, developing projects that blend computational processes with material exploration. My work emphasizes robotic fabrication, non-standard toolpaths, and adaptive construction systems, always seeking the balance between creative thinking and technical precision.
// EDUCATION
- Master’s in Robotics and Advanced Construction (MRAC1) – IAAC, Barcelona (2024–2025)
- Master’s Degree in Architecture with Honors – ETSAM, Polytechnic University of Madrid (2021)
- Degree in Architecture – ETSAM, Polytechnic University of Madrid (2012–2020)
- Study Abroad – National Taiwan University NTU & NTUST (2016–2017)
// DIGITAL TOOLKIT
- Parametric Design & Geometry: Rhino, Grasshopper, Autocad, Blender (Geometry Nodes), Meshmixer
- Programming & Scripting: Python, C#, Processing, Arduino, G-code scripting
- Robotic Fabrication: KUKA|prc, ROS, CNC machining, robotic arms (ABB, KUKA), non-planar 3D printing
- Visualization: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Unreal Engine
- Other Tools: QGIS, TouchDesigner (basic), GitHub (workflow management)
- Languages: Spanish (Native), English (Fluent)
// PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024–Present
- GFRC facade panel design for a hospitality project in Cancún (collaboration with Modeco).
- Krion facade panels for National Geographic Headquarters in Washington (with Javier Fuentes).
- Interior parametric design consulting for Enrique Barrera.
- Research and fabrication at IAAC for Venice Biennale 2025 and Mobile World Congress.
- Support in robotic fabrication workshops: 3D printing and chainsaw sculpting.
2022–2024 – ROTH Architecture
- Led the Computational Design Department, overseeing international hospitality projects.
- Implemented workflows using 6-axis robots, CNC machining, WT, and 3D printing.
- Advised over 40 architects on parametric and computational design methods.
- Collaborated with ceramists, weavers, and digital artisans at Azulik Tulum.
2022
- Parametric furniture design and CNC supervision for Omeraki Restaurant.
- Sustainable 5G antenna design for Vantage, integrating R&D textiles and digital fabrication.
- Professor – Basic Grasshopper Course at ETSAM UPM.
- Professor – Integrated Computational Design at IED Madrid (Interior and Product Design Degree).
- Urban furniture design with biomaterials at the Vierzon Biennale (with Maria Mallo).
2021
- Full Professor – Computational Design for an acoustic installation at IED Madrid.
- Construction of "Cyclic" installation with Maria Mallo – digital fabrication and design execution.
2020
- Assistant Professor – Master of Ephemeral Architecture, ETSAM UPM (with Maria Mallo).
- Professor – Basic Grasshopper Course at ETSAM UPM (March–June).
- Parametric pergola design using active bending strategies (with Maria Mallo).
2019
- 3D Modeler at SMTP – architectural visualizations and renders (V-Ray).
- Professor – Basic Grasshopper Course at ETSAM UPM (July).
- Playground construction in Daroca – Fast Wood Fest (architecture contest winner).
- Junior Architect – Estrella Galicia Branch Office with Arturo Franco – Computational Design & Space Syntax.
- Professor – Grasshopper at ETSAM and IED Fashion Futures Program (coding & fabrication support).
- Medialab Prado – Digital Fabrication and Ways of Life: biomaterials incubator for Fungy-House project.
2018
- Beti Jai Competition – 3D design assistant for Paula Montoya; Rural Housing Design.
- Installation Design with Maria Mallo – Rabat Biennale 2019: biofabrication research with mycelium (Published in AV).
2017
- Intern – Waths Design Studio (Alfred Wang), Taiwan.
- Urban illustration for "Magic Carpet" with Ming Jay (Taipei & Hong Kong studies).
- Illustrator for "Urban Settlements" (Ming Jay, Taiwan).
- Exhibition of field sketches – Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
2016
- Winner – Minimal Housing Construction Competition (New Taipei, Taiwan).
- Research Team – Event spaces at ARCO (ETSAM UPM).
2014
- IFAC Festival – Self-Building Tutor; supported winners and built a hydroponic greenhouse.