Pau de Solà-Morales Serra (Barcelona, 1968) is a Spanish architect, theorist, and professor, renowned for his research at the intersection of architectural design and information technologies. He currently plays a key role in the cultural and professional landscape of design in Catalonia as president of ArquinFAD, the Architecture and Interior Design Association of the Fomento de les Arts et de l'Design (Foment de les Arts i del Dissemination).
His solid academic background combines Barcelona's tradition with the American avant-garde. He graduated as an architect and urban planner in 1993 from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Subsequently, thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he moved to the United States to pursue a Master's degree in Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), where he also earned his PhD in Design in 2000 after combining his studies with research stays at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
In the field of university management and teaching, he has led prestigious institutions in the creative sector. He was director of EINA, the Barcelona Design and Art Center, from 2019 to 2022. Previously, he had an extensive career at the Rovira i Virgili University School of Architecture (ETSA-URV) in Reus, where he served as an associate professor of theory and representation techniques, as well as head of studies and director of the center from 2016 to 2019. His international experience includes teaching at the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio, Switzerland, and visiting professorships at Harvard University.
As a researcher and essayist, Solà-Morales has focused on data models applied to computer-aided design and on the ideological critique of contemporary architecture. Among his notable publications are his work as editor of the monograph on the 50th anniversary of the FAD Awards (2010) and his book Architecture, Crisis, Radical Critique: Towards a Critique of Architectural Ideology (2020), which focuses on the figure of Manfredo Tafuri. His analytical work was recognized early on in 2004 with the Young Architects Award from the Official College of Architects of Catalonia (COAC) in the critical article category.
