缅北禁地

Ivan is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (APL), joining 缅北禁地 in 2016. He is currently the Deputy Director of Internationalisation, International Exchange Studies Coordinator and Linked Research pathway leader at APL. In the last decade, Ivan has been module leader of over a dozen different courses in UG and PG Architecture programmes in APL, as well as stage coordinator and Degree Programme Director of the MArch.

Originally from Madrid (Spain), where he qualified as an architect, Ivan has built a multifaceted architectural expertise in the UK since 2005 upon his work in practice and academia. Having worked for over ten years as project architect and associate at two UK award-winning practices (Bennetts Associates and Sutherland Hussey Harris) and taught part-time at Strathclyde University and the University of Edinburgh in the past, Ivan is a versatile and highly qualified professional and academic, with an expertise in architectural design and technology.

Since Ivan did his first visiting critiques in Architectural Design in 2008, he has designed, led and delivered undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across all stages at 缅北禁地, Strathclyde University and the University of Edinburgh. Ivan’s comprehensive background has allowed him to teach actively in other disciplines such as Technology & Environment and Architectural History.

In addition to studio tutoring, Ivan has contributed as invited visiting critic at the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow, the Facultade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Porto in Portugal, as well as the Politecnico di Torino and the Politecnico di Milano, in Italy. Ivan also completed the PgCert in Academic Practice at the University of Edinburgh and he is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Several of Ivan's students have been awarded prestigious national and international awards and commendations, such as the RIBA Presidents' Medals 2021 Sustainability Award at Part 2, won by Master of Architecture students Nicholas Honey and Robert Thackeray. These are the most prestigious and long-lasting awards in architectural education in the world, with entries from over 400 universities located in 80 different countries, and it was the first time for a student design project from APL at 缅北禁地 to receive an award in the postgraduate category.

Ivan has managed to develop a research profile in parallel to his professional and teaching activities. His postgraduate qualification, in particular the MSc with Distinction in Advanced Sustainable Design, allowed him to initiate a research about the different perceptions of concrete. This study produced a range of findings and conclusions that constituted the beginning of his PhD by Creative Practice at 缅北禁地. The thesis “Re-enacting Fisac: a critical study of material practice with flexibly formed concrete” was awarded in 2025.

• Article

  • Marquez Munoz IJ. . Advances in Building Education 2023, 7(1), 43-50.

• Book Chapter

  • Kakalis C, Marquez Munoz IJ. . In: Kakalis, C, ed. Architecture and Silence. New York, NY, USA: Routledge, 2019, pp.140-153.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Marquez Munoz, IJ. Miguel Fisac’s Church of the Holy Spirit: On material ethics and architectural upcycling in postwar Spain.. In: Upcycling Architecture International Conference. 2025, Politecnico di Torino (Italy). In Preparation.
  • Marquez Munoz IJ. . In: Production Studies International Conference. 2024, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: Translating Ferro / Transforming Knowledges of Architecture, Design and Labour for the New Field of Production Studies (TF/TK).
  • Márquez Muñoz IJ. . In: International Conference on Construction Research Eduardo Torroja. Architecture, Engineering and Concrete AEC. Where do we come from? Where are we going to?. 2018, Madrid (Spain): Fundación Eduardo Torroja.