175th Edition – Zak World of Façades Spain

This will be the 175^th edition globally and the 2^nd edition in Madrid which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

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Speakers & Panelists

Manuel Alcantarilla

Prescription Coordinator, Saint-Gobain Spain

Manuel Alcantarilla, Civil Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. With over 20 years of experience in multinational construction companies, he has worked in marketing, commercial, and business development departments, handling tasks in sectors such as civil works, industrial construction,...

Mourad El Garci

International Sales Director, Alucoil

Mourad El Garci is an architect with extensive international experience, having worked on projects in France, Brazil, Portugal, Morocco, Turkey, and Spain. With over 12 years at Alucoil, he has led major international projects, seamlessly blending technical expertise with a...

Alejandro de la Muela

Senior Manager EMEA - High Performance Products, Kuraray

Alejandro de la Muela has a degree in chemical science and he is specialized in polymeric materials, started his career working on 2003 as a Chemist in Trosifol R&D Laboratory Center at Troisdorf (Germany). There he developed technics and improved...

José Luis Teixidó

Technical Manager, Reynaers Aluminium

José Luis Teixidó is the technical director of Reynaers Aluminium Spain, where he is responsible for managing and supervising all areas of the technical department. With more than 15 years of experience in various disciplines related to the building envelopes,...

Borja Llorens

Head of Steel & Glass, Lanik

Borja holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and brings extensive experience in the management, design, and analysis of building envelopes, with a special focus on Steel and Glass envelopes. As Manager of the Steel and Glass Envelope Area at Lanik,...

Juan Grau Iglesias

Technical Director, Grupo Aluman

Juan Grau Iglesias is an architect graduated from the ETSAV with over 30 years of experience in the façade sector. As technical director at the now-defunct FOLCRA and, for the past five years, as technical director at Grupo ALUMAN, he...

Miquel Rodriguez

Founder, xmade

Architect (ETSABarcelona, 1995), specialized in envelope technologies and materiality. Currently teaching at the Sustainability Unit, ETSALS Barcelona and at the module “Resilient Envelopes” in the Master of Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities, IAAC since 2019, he was professor at Design...

Sofía Galán Rivera

Associate | Leader Façade Spain, Arup

Sofia is a specialist in the design of façades and roofs as well as in the as well as in the analysis of existing façade and cladding pathologies. With eighteen years of work experience, includingsixteen years in the façade industry...

Mark John Fenwick

Founding Partner, Fenwick Iribarren Architects

Mark John Fenwick is founding partner of Fenwick Iribarren Architects, a Madrid-based architectural firm with over 35 years of experience. Over the years, the office has grown to become one of the largest architectural practices in Spain, delivering highly distinctive...

Juan Velasco

Senior Associate, GCA Architects

Isabel Gil

Country Manager España and Associate Director, Luis Vidal + Architects

Isabel Gil graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Madrid Technical School of Architecture (ETSAM) in 2003 and has been part of the luis vidal + architects team since it was founded in 2004. Three years later, she...

Eric Claeys

Founding Partner, Fassada Steel

Eric Claeys holds a degree as Civil Engineer in Construction from KU Leuven, Belgium, a degree in Industrial Engineering in Public Works from KU Leuven, Belgium, and graduated with a Master in Business Administration from the Vlerick Business School, Belgium....

Miguel Ángel Núñez Díaz

Technical Director, ENAR

Miguel A. Núñez got a Master degree in architecture in 2001 and later an Official Master Program in Finite Element Method (FEM / FEA) at the UNED. In 2016 he got the Ph.D. in Structural Prestressed Glass Beams at UPM....

Xavier Ferrés Padró

Managing Partner, Ferrés Arquitectos y Consultores

Xavier Ferrés Padró PhD Architect by the ‘Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya’ UPC in 2017. Currently, University professor in the ‘Escuela de Arquitectura de Universidad de Navarra (ETSAUN-UNAV) in ‘Diseño avanzado de fachadas’ subject and in the ‘Escuela Técnica Superior de...

Merce Berengueras

Specification Manager EMEA, Axalta Coating Systems

Mercè Berengueras joined Axalta in 1998 and with wide experience in technical, productive and commercial areas around the powder business. Since 2015 she is leading the European & middle east specifications team and has a very close link to Architects...

Miguel de Leon Ortiz

Director, Ortiz León Arquitectos

Miguel de León is a registered architect in Spain (COAM) and the UK (ARB) and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He holds a Master of Architecture from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and a Master in Real Estate Development from Instituto...

Astrid Piber

Partner, UNStudio

Astrid Piber is a Partner at UNStudio, in charge of several large-scale design projects globally. In projects such as the Arnhem master plan in the Netherlands and the Raffles City mixed-use development in Hangzhou, China, the interdependency of functional, economic,...

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