Elena Agudo-Sierra

Elena Agudo Sierra holds a master’s in architecture from the University Polytechnic of Madrid with a final project entitled “Ashram of the 5 senses. Rehabilitation project of the Deaf-mute school”, which got the high distinction in April 2017. Elena’s work has been awarded by the Madrid College of Architects 2017, exhibited at the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2020, and selected by the Future Architecture European Platform 2018 for young creatives. During this period, she was invited as a jury guest at RBRC Studio of Planning at CEPT University (India) and Studio Year-1 of ALICE Group at EPFL (Switzerland).

Currently, Elena is an Assistant Researcher at Louvain research institute for Landscape, Architecture, and the Built environment (UCLouvain), focusing on her research line "CITY AFTER HOURS” investigating theoretical concepts and relevant practical cases concerning the management, design, and experience of cities at night using geographic and digital tools. Projects include: “CITY AFTER HOURS: An investigation of the city and the night by mapping lighting infrastructure in public spaces in BCR” granted with the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts-COAM Architecture Foundation Scholarship 2021 (Spain), and “CITY AFTER HOURS -ULI4SUM: Urban Lighting Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Mobility in BCR” granted in 2023 by Innoviris (Belgium). She also had collaborated on projects as “Brussels Street Greenery and Citizen Comfort Evaluation” (Louvain4Cities) and “3D CIT-IS” (Innoviris), exploring urban infrastructures through digital tools from a citizen-centric perspective. Simultaneously, she assists on academic courses at the Department of Architecture, Architectural Engineering, and Urban Planning (UCLouvain).

Elena combines academia and practice, developing sustainable urban projects and plans such as “PCI. Eco-industrial park” in collaboration with urban stakeholders and awarded with CONAMA Sustainable National Prize 2019 (Spain).