Elisa Valero

Elisa Valero Ramos [1] is a Spanish architect and professor at the High Technical Architecture School of the University of Granada (UGR).

[3] In 1996 she moved to Mexico to teach at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); here she completed her first assignment, the rehabilitation of the Los Manantiales restaurant in Xochimilco by architect Félix Candela.

[8] In the same university, she leads the research group RNM909 "Efficient Housing and Urban Recycling";[9] she has carried out several projects related to architectural recycling and sustainability, researching new low-cost and low-energy construction systems.

[15] She has supervised several PhD theses and research projects and is the author of nearly 200 works, including conference proceedings, book chapters and articles in scientific journals.

[17] Among the awards received, there are the Honorable Mention of the arcVision Prize 2016,[38] the Swiss Architectural Award 2017-2018[1] - first woman to win it[39] - and the International Mention of the Prix des femmes architectes 2019.