Luca Brunelli
Senior Lecturer / Stage leader
Architecture Staff
Research Interests
architectural design, architectural design pedagogy, urban design, housing policies and design, urban design and well-being
Research Profile
Luca has been teaching architectural and urban design at ESALA, UoE (2016), at UCH-CEU School of Architecture in Valencia (Spain) 2004-2013, and at University of Panama’, 2007, both studio based and lecture based courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
As a founding partner of Spanish firm bblab, he has more than 15 years of professional experience in architectural, landscape and urban design. Recently completed projects include a private residence in Mallorca, and the design of the multifunctional commercial space in the Illustration Museum in Madrid. The practice has won several awards, most notably the ELEMENTAL Chile competition, which led to the design of incremental housing for a community living in an informal settlement in Valdivia, Chile. .
He has recently completed a Pmore...
Luca has been teaching architectural and urban design at ESALA, UoE (2016), at UCH-CEU School of Architecture in Valencia (Spain) 2004-2013, and at University of Panama’, 2007, both studio based and lecture based courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
As a founding partner of Spanish firm bblab, he has more than 15 years of professional experience in architectural, landscape and urban design. Recently completed projects include a private residence in Mallorca, and the design of the multifunctional commercial space in the Illustration Museum in Madrid. The practice has won several awards, most notably the ELEMENTAL Chile competition, which led to the design of incremental housing for a community living in an informal settlement in Valdivia, Chile. .
He has recently completed a PhD in Urban Studies at the Urban Institute, Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. His research has adopted a mixed methods, multiple case study research design to explore how everyday life and individual and collective well-being of older people can be supported by local high streets. The research straddles across disciplines combining urban design theory and policies, with a social psychology approach to health and well-being.
His research interests include informal settlements, incremental housing and housing design and policies; housing industrialisation and prefabrication; sense of place and the meaning of public space; architectural design pedagogy, and the involvement of users in the design, production, and transformation of the built environment.
Researchgate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luca-Brunelli
Qualifications
Luca Brunelli holds a PhD in Urban Studies (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh), a MArch from Turin Polytechnic (Italy), a MSc in Housing and Development from DPU, University College London, and a MRes in City Planning from School of Architecture in Madrid.
He is a ARB registered architect in UK and chartered architect in Spain.
