Luis Felipe Palomares

Bio

Luis Felipe Palomares received a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 2003. Through his thesis, he began exploring technology-mediated environments by developing a series of interactive spaces throughout Downtown Los Angeles. From 2003 to 2008, he collaborated with Austrian architectural studio COOP HIMMELB(L)AU LA as part of the development team for Central High School #9, a public school focused on performing arts, and on international competitions and local projects within the Los Angeles area that ranged from exhibition spaces to large public buildings. In 2008, he received a Master’s in Architecture in advanced design and applied technology from the University of California, Los Angeles participating in a series of seminars and research projects centered primarily on digital fabrication, digital media, and interactive environments.

Since then, Luis Felipe has worked independently on projects that deal with digital fabrication, automation, y technology applied to architecture in Los Angeles from 2009 to 2016, and currently in Guadalajara through materia.digital, a design and prototyping shop focused on digital-to-physical processes. He is currently a full-time architecture professor at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.