mayorga + fontana arquitectura is an architecture studio founded in Barcelona by Maria Pia Fontana and Miguel Mayorga, in 1998.
Miguel Mayorga. Architect, graduated from the National University of Colombia (1993) and the Rovira i Virgili University. Studied Biology at the National Pedagogical University (1988). Master's degree in Urban Planning and PhD in Territorial Management from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2013). Professor in the Department of Urban Planning, Territory and Landscape (DUTP-ETSAB-UPC) and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (ETSECCPB-UPC) and EPSEB-UPC, teaching courses on Urban Planning and Territorial Development; Urban and Infrastructure Projects; Urban and Territorial Metabolism; Smart Cities, Smart Territories & Smart Land; History and Art of Public Works; among others. He has also been a Professor in the Doctoral Program in Sustainability, Technology, and Humanism (IS.UPC). He teaches Smart Territories in the Urban Planning degree program at Universidad de la Salle (Bogotá) and is a collaborating professor in the Master's program in City and Urban Planning (UOC). He has been a visiting professor at several universities in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Latin America. A member of the Barcelona Urban Planning Laboratory (LUB-ETSAB-UPC), he has been affiliated with the EXIT and FORM+ research groups (UPC) and the interdisciplinary group IntraScapeLab (UPC). He has carried out consulting work and developed urban plans, programs, and projects in Spain, Colombia, Italy, Greece, Brazil, and Honduras; and in Barcelona, he has served as an urban planning advisor for the Department of Ecology, Urban Planning, and Mobility of the Barcelona City Council.
Maria Pia Fontana. An architect by training, having graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Naples Federico II, she completed her studies at the Naples school and the Graz University of Technology (1997). She holds a PhD in Architectural Projects from the ETSAB-UPC (2012). She has also completed postgraduate studies in Urban Planning (2000) and Graphic and Editorial Design (2001) in Barcelona. Currently, she is a professor in the Department of Architectural Projects at the ETSAB-UPC. She has previously taught in the Department of Projects at the Higher Polytechnic School of the University of Girona (EPS-UdG) and was a researcher with the REARQ group. She teaches in the Master's Program in City Management and Urban Planning at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and in the Smart Territories course within the Urban Planning degree program at La Salle University (Bogotá). She completed a postdoctoral teaching and research stay at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of the National University of Colombia (Manizales campus) (2014). She has been a visiting professor at several universities in Italy, Spain, Portugal, the USA, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, and Colombia. She is affiliated with the FORM+ research group (UPC) and the Architecture and Territory group (UdG).
She is a member of the evaluation committee for the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona (SCEWC) and collaborates as a professor with the Sert School of the College of Architects of Catalonia (COAC). She works, researches, and publishes on topics related to urban planning, sustainability, mobility, public space, and new technologies applied to urban projects.
