Mathilde Marengo

Barcelona

Mathilde Marengo is an Australian – French – Italian PhD Architect. She is specialised in Research and Academia, focusing on enabling spatial justice in cities by leveraging advanced technologies to bridge data gaps and support practitioners to make more informed decisions. She works on the development of computer-aided methodologies for the practical implementation of ecological justice and mobility justice in urban design, integrating the needs of more than humans and environmental systems, as well as investigating drivers of urban vulnerability from an intersectional perspective through dynamic and evidence-based design processes. Based in Barcelona, she is Head of Studio Operations at External Reference, an award-winning multidisciplinary design and architecture studio in Barcelona and Dubai. The firm creates immersive and experiential spaces by blending architecture, visual arts, and digital tools, using a combination of traditional artisanship and advanced digital technologies like 3D printing to achieve unique and custom designs. She was previously at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia for over a decade as Head of Studies & Director of the Urban Sciences Lab. Today she continues to teach at IAAC, and other renowned institutions, as well as supervising Ph.D. Candidates. She has more than 15 years’ experience in researching, designing and experimenting with innovative educational formats and research projects towards holistic, multi-disciplinary and multi-scalar design approaches, redefining the paradigm of design and education within the context of the climate crisis, rapid technological development and planetary urbanisation. Her investigation is actuated through her role in several National and EU funded research projects, as well as being published and exhibited internationally.