Palomares-Avena, Luis Felipe

Luis Palomares graduated as an architect from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) in 2003. Since 2003, Luis collaborated with the Austrian architectural firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU in their Los Angeles office as part of the design and development team of Central High School #9, as well as in several international competitions, exhibitions, and local installations. In 2008, he received a master's degree in architectural design and applied technology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), participating in a variety of seminars and research projects focusing primarily on digital fabrication, scripting, digital media, and interactive environments. He obtained a second master's degree and specialization in computational design, advanced BIM, and artificial intelligence in architectural processes from the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC). Luis has worked independently on projects related to digital manufacturing, automation, and other emerging technologies applied to architecture in Los Angeles from 2009 to 2016, and currently in Guadalajara. In 2016, he joined Tecnologico de Monterrey as an architecture professor, participating in courses, workshops, seminars, design studios, and research projects focused on prospective and technology-based design methodologies, as well as the use of artificial intelligence, mixed realities, computational design, and digital fabrication within architecture.