Nicolás Norero (Santiago, Chile, 1978) is an architect who graduated from the University of Chile in 2001. In 2003, he won the Roberto Matta Mural Support competition alongside Tomás Villalón and Abel Erazo. In 2005, he received first prize in the public competitions Memoria Mujer and Paseo Altamirano, both in collaboration with Emilio Marín.
Between 2006 and 2010, he worked at the American architecture practice Studio Rick Joy in Tucson, Arizona. Upon returning to Chile, he collaborated with Cecilia Puga and Schmidt Arquitectos. Since 2017, he has pursued his independent architectural practice, collaborating with Tomás Villalón and Leonardo Quinteros on various projects.
In 2017, the three architects won the competitions for the Teatro Educativo de las Artes de Panguipulli and the new Municipal Building of Providencia in Santiago, Chile. The Teatro Educativo de las Artes de Panguipulli (2022), located beside the lake of the same name, was selected as a finalist at the 14th Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BIAU), held in Brasília in 2026.
Alongside his professional practice, he has pursued a teaching career at Universidad Diego Portales, Universidad de Talca, and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
