Izaskun Chinchilla holds a degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. 2001. PhD in Architecture. 2015. International Honorary Fellow. Royal Institute of British Architects. 2018. Professor of Architectural Practice. Bartlett School of Architecture, University College of London 2019. Visiting Professor. University of Hong Kong. 2020.

With 22 years of experience, she specialises in project design and on-site construction supervision for various types and scales of architecture. Her work has been widely awarded internationally. Her thesis, ‘The structure of ecological crisis in architecture’, is a remarkable text in the field of design innovation to increase sustainability in the building sector.

Chinchilla’s studio has a group of architects, and brings together for each project a specific interdisciplinary team with frequent collaborators in areas such as: sociology and citizen participation, energy assessment and certification, landscaping, product design, marketing and institutional communication, graphic design, circular economy, art curatorship, or placemaking among others.

A studio committed to improving the environmental performance of architecture, public space, installations, art and the cultural products they work on, through innovation. They believe that the way artists and designers do things matters and influences the penetration of ecological principles in society.

With a public commitment and social participation their professional approach the studio seeks to connect society by offering people to work together in their construction, to make communal decisions with their movement, use or location and to share experiences and knowledge around them.

Reflection on public space and the collective construction of the city has been crucial in Izaskun Chinchilla’s work. In 2020 she published ‘The City of Care’, a reference book on the design of public spaces and facilities that prioritise the well-being of users.

Chinchilla believes that women have played a distinctive cultural role in the production of crafts, art and design throughout history. In her projects she tries to investigate and promote women’s cultural products, made both individually and collectively, showing how they can bring new innovative uses for the future.