Juan Rey
Founder & CEO
PhD MsC Civil Engineering
Civil Engineer from the University of A Coruña (2001)
PhD from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (2013)
Project Manager for the International Management Association (IPMA/AEIPRO) since 2002
Associate Professor of Structures at the E.T.S. of Architecture of Madrid (UPM) since 2012
Professor of Structures at the UPSAM school of Architecture and Engineering (2010-2015)
Guest lecturer at ESDEMGA (School of Fine Arts of Pontevedra) (course 2009/2010)
He has given more than 15 lectures and presentations at national and international congresses and has published more than 10 scientific articles in various national and international publications. His main research area is focused on the boundaries of the relation between architecture and structural engineering.
Director of Mecanismo Engineering (www.mecanismo.es) since 2003. Since then he has developed more than 700 projects in the field of building structures, some of which have received awards, such as the AR+D Award for emerging architecture 2012, FAD Awards 2012 (first prize), XII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism 2013 (finalist), Arquia-Proxima 2012 (selected), COAM 2012, COAM 2013, etc.
Said work has been published in numerous prestigious publications in the field of Architecture such as: Arquitectura Viva, A&V monografías de arquitectura, Pasajes de arquitectura y crítica, Zeppelin, International magazine architecture & design, Plataforma arquitectura, Vía construcción, Infodomus, etc.
He has an extensive international experience, having developed projects in: Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Uganda, D.R. Congo, French Guiana, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Chile, Sweden, England, Ireland, France, Belgium, etc.
Collegiate member no. 17.941 of the Civil Engineers Association and member of several scientific associations such as ACHE and IABSE.
Member of the working group GT5/8: Building forgings, within the ACHE Commission 5.
Jacinto Ruiz
Technical Director
PhD MsC Civil Engineering
Civil Engineer from the E.T.S.I.C.C.P. of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (2000)
Doctor of Civil Engineering from the E.T.S.I.C.C.P. of the University of Castilla-La Mancha
Ph.D. on Civil Engineering. Doctoral thesis title: “Study of cracking processes in RC elements”. 2006 Cum laude Rating unanimously and European doctoral quality honourable mention
Pre-doctoral and post-doctoral stays at the Polytechnic of Turin (Italy), Dept. Structural Engineering and Geotechnics
Award: Best work exhibited by a non-Doctor, Congress of the Spanish Fracture Group (2005)
Executive Master in Business Administration (ExMBA). IE Bussiness School (2011)
Project Management Professional, PMP Number 1686689 (Project Management Institute, PMI). (2014)
Member of the Expert Committee of the AENOR AEN/CTN 140/SC 02 Concrete Structures group
11 articles in indexed journals (SCI)
More than 50 publications related to material engineering and structural analysis topics
Accredited by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) as a University Professor
Secretary of the Drafting Committee of the Revista Hormigón y Acero
Reviewer/evaluator of the magazine “DYNA”. Association of industrial engineers (Scopus, JCR, …)
Reviewer/evaluator of the Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A – Applied Physics & Engineering
Member of the committee of experts of MINECO (Ministry of Economy) for the evaluation of research projects. Construction area
Member of the GT5/7 working group (ACHE) on reinforcing reinforced concrete pillars
Member of the GT5/2 Working Group (ACHE) on Shear Resistance
Member of the GT1/5 working group (ACHE) on fiber concrete
Member of ACHE (Scientific-Technical Association of Structural Concrete, Spain)
Member of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS)
Member of the Spanish Fracture Group (GEF)
Member of the Madrid branch of the Project Manager Institute, PMI ID Number: 2885472
Collegiate member no. 17.456 of the Civil Engineers Association
1 Doctoral thesis directed
Member of the Doctoral Thesis Board of Examiners at the Castilla-La Mancha University
Member of the Master´s Thesis Board of Examiners (Castilla-La Mancha University)
More than 10 years of teaching experience in the area of structural engineering at the ETS of Road Engineers of the Castilla-La Mancha University
Pablo Vegas
Chief Operating Officer
Architect. Master in Building Structures
Master’s in Building Structures Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid, Spain (2009)
Architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (2006)
Given the lecture entitled: “Free form surfaces construction with precast pieces and minimum formwork”, at ICSA 2016. 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, Guimarées, Portugal
Published the following articles in the Proceedings of the V and VI Congress ACHE:
– Auditorium and Congress Palace “Vegas Altas” in Villanueva de la Serena. Proceedings of the VI ACHE Congress (2014)
– New football field in Pasarón, Pontevedra. Proceedings of the Fifth Congress ACHE (2011)
– Multipurpose building in The Domingo Gascón Square in Teruel. Proceedings of the Fifth Congress ACHE (2011)
– Rehabilitation of the former Belgian Serrería in Madrid. Proceedings of the Fifth Congress ACHE (2011)
He joined the Mecanismo team in 2006
Virginia Domingo
Team Leader
Architect
Architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (2006)
Collegiate member no. 17.232 of the Official Architects Association of Madrid
Heritage Restoration and Conservation Program by the E.T.S.A.M. (2005)
She joined the Mecanismo team in 2007
Antonio Bueno
Team Leader
Architect. Master in Building Structures
Master’s in Building Structures from the E.T.S. of Architecture in Madrid, Spain (2015)
Architect from the Higher Polytechnic School of the University of Alicante, Spain (2013)
He gave a talk at the International Congress of Structures “Transformables2013”, with the title “Retroalmazara”
Member of the Scientific-Technical Association of Structural Concrete (ACHE)
He joined the Mecanismo team in 2015
Ángel Trillo
Team Leader
Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
Máster en Dirección y Gestión de proyectos – Project Management, IMF Business School y Universidad Camilo José Cela. (2018)
Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos por la Universidad de Alicante, España. (2015)
BME Universidad de Tecnología y Economía de Budapest, Hungría. Curso de estudios Erasmus. (2013)
Ingeniero Técnico de Obras Públicas – Especialidad: Hidráulica e Hidrología por la Universidad de Alicante, España (2012)
Miembro colaborador en la elaboración del nuevo plan de estudios de la asignatura «Hidráulica e Hidrología» en Ingeniería Civil, Universidad de Alicante.
Profesor asociado Ingeniería Civil en Academia «UP» – Alicante, España. 2014/2015
Se incorpora al equipo de Mecanismo en 2015.
Flavia Proverbio
Team Leader
MsC Civil Engineering. Master in Building Structures
Master in Building Structures from the E.T.S.A. of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain (2016)
Professional Qualification from the “Ingeniere Civile – Ambientale Sezione A Sessione II – Anno 2014”
Examination sat at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy (2015)
Civil Engineer by the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy (2014)
She joined the Mecanismo team in 2015
Antonio Alfageme
Team Leader
Architect. Master in Building Structures
Master’s Degree in Building Structures from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (2019)
Architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the University of A Coruña (2016)
He joined the Mecanismo team in 2020
Aitor González
Team Leader
Architect. Master in Building Structures
Master’s in Building Structures from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (2020)
Architect, Master’s in Architecture from ETSASS (2021)
Architect, Bachelor’s in Architectural Foundations from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of San Sebastián ETSASS (2019)
Design and calculation of steel and composite structures in collaboration with Alfredo Lafuente Laguna. Madrid, from February to May 2020
Design and calculation of sawed wood, traditional wood, and mixed steel-concrete structures in single-family homes at the IGKARRATU architecture studio, from June 2020 to the present
Joined the Mecanismo team in 2022
Javier González
Team Leader
Architect. Master in Building Structures
Master’s in Building Structures from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (2019)
MBA in BIM 3D Design and Sustainable Architecture from the CICE Training Center in Madrid (2015)
Master’s in Pathology and Rehabilitation Technology, Architecture and Building Technology from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (2014)
Architect from the School of Architecture of the University of Valladolid (2012)
Joined the Mecanismo team in 2022
Diana Hernández
Business Development Director
Architect
Architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid-Madrid Polytechnic University (2012)
Instituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia IUAV, Italy. (2004-2005)
Research Fellowship of the Ministry of Education and DPA ETSAM in 2008 for the project “Architectural Pedagogies”
She has given the lectures:
“Arquitaxi’09. Urban re-activation”. III International Architecture Congress. Grenade. (2010)
“Emerging Latin American Architecture. PKMN”. Faculty of Architecture of Guimaraes (Portugal) and Cervantes Institute of Madrid. (2009)
“PKMN: Creators Archive”. Matadero – Madrid. (2009)
She has made different exhibitions and publications:
“Fresh Latino (2010). Emerging Latin American architecture”. Cervantes Institute. Frankfurt, Hamburg, Buenos Aires, Guimaraes, Madrid, Bucharest ,Dublin, Lisbon, Lyon, Shanghai, Sydney, London, Manila, Recife, Sao Paulo, Prague, Alburquerque, New York
“PostPostPost. New Ibero-American architecture”. (2010-2011) Buenos Aires, Medellín, Quito, Boston
“Madrid Futuro Festival. III Construtec-COAM Architecture Congress. New models of public management”. Matadero- Madrid (2010)
“EME3 2009. Collapse. New Scenarios”. CCCB. Barcelona (2009)
She joined the Mecanismo team in 2014.
Carmen Juárez
Project Manager
Architect. Master in Building Structures
Master’s in Building Structures from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (2021 – 2023)
Architect, with Master’s in Architecture (Accredited) from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (2021)
RWTH University Aachen, Germany. Erasmus Study Program (2018 – 2019)
Research Scholarship at the Polytechnic University of Madrid in the Department of Structures at ETSAM (2020)
Joined the Mecanismo team in 2021
Aleida Casal
Project Manager
Architect. Master in Building Structures
Master’s Degree in Building Structures from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (2020)
Architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the University of A Coruña (2018)
He joined the Mecanismo team in 2021
Sergio Santana
Project Engineer
Architect. Master in Building Structures
Master’s in Building Structures from the Higher Technical School of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (2018)
Architect from the School of Architecture at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2017)
Joined the Mecanismo team in 2022
Juan de Campo
Project Engineer
Civil Engineer (Roads, Canals, and Ports)
Engineer with over 6 years of experience in structural design.
Master’s in Civil Engineering (ICCP) from the Higher Technical School of Civil Engineers, Roads, Canals, and Ports of Santander, University of Cantabria (2016).
Joined the Mecanismo team in 2023.
André Pérez
Project Engineer
Civil Engineer (Roads, Canals, and Ports)
Civil Engineer (Roads, Canals, and Ports) from the University of A Coruña (2018)
Technical Engineer in Public Works – Specialization: Transport and Urban Services from the University of Santiago de Compostela (2011)
He joined the Mecanismo team in 2024.
Luis Marcos
BIM Manager
Architect
Architect from the Madrid Higher Technical School of Architecture – Polytechnic University of Madrid (2011)
He is currently studying a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History at UNED
He has given lectures at the:
– ‘Made in Taiwan’ Conference. ETSAM (2015)
– Conference “Architectural Graphs” at ETSA, University of A Coruña (2012)
He has made different publications:
– ICO Madrid Museum Exhibition. «EXPORT: SPANISH ARCHITECTURE IN THE FOREIGN» (2015)
– Article “Reference of Architecture in the World” ABC.es Culture (2013)
– Design Process. Ed. DAMDI (2013)
– Arquitectura Viva: Spanish collectives. New ways of working, no145 (2012)
– Magazine Be One. Volume 4. Issue 42. March 2011 (2011)
– Article ‘Architects 3.0’. Time no1492 (2011)
– Article “Architecture against the crisis” Time nº1454 (2010)
– Panel Layout for Competition Design. Ed. DAMDI (2010)
He joined the Mecanismo team in 2016.
Ana Baca
BIM Manager
Architect
Master’s Degree in BIM by the CICE (2017)
Architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (2012)
Energy efficiency certification of existing buildings, Methods CE3 CE3X, Official College of Architects of Madrid (2013)
Exhibition of urban planning works of the professional studio Carmen Andrés + Llanos Masiá in the Spanish pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennial. (2006)
She joined the Mecanismo team in 2018
Claudia Álvarez
BIM Manager
Bachelor’s in Architecture Studies from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of A Coruña (2016)
Master’s in Architecture (Accredited) from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of A Coruña (2017)
Master’s in Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Heritage from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (2018)
Joined the Mecanismo team in 2022
