Ángela Ruiz es arquitecta, profesora e investigadora. Como arquitecta combina la actividad profesional de manera independiente con la docencia.
Como docente, desde 2006, Ángela es profesora en la IE University, School of Architecture, en la Universidad Antonio de Nebrija y en la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid y, como Profesora Asociada en el Departamento de Ideación Gráfica Arquitectónica. También ha sido profesora invitada en conferencias, jurados, workshops y cursos internacionales sobre arte, arquitectura e ingeniería en varios países, como Laghouat (Argelia), París, Chania y Tessaloniki (Grecia), Ekaterinburg (Rusia), Kaunas (Lituania) , Lodz (Polonia), Nis (Serbia), y ha participado en talleres y cursos en España, Suecia, Rumania y Macedonia. Desde el año 2009 es profesora en los talleres de Design Thinking de la IE Business School, en el International Master of Business Administration.
Como investigadora, actualmente está desarrollando su Tesis Doctoral sobre Desarrollo Sostenible en la Arquitectura del Desierto, y participando en diferentes grupos de investigación con proyectos educativos de innovación docente. Ha participado en numerosos congresos y recibido premios de investigación.
En el ámbito profesional cofundó Arysai Arquitectura en el 2001, ha colaborado con estudios internacionales como Abalos&Herreros, Lacaton&Vassal y R&Sie, en Paris, y actualmente codirige Atipical Arquitectura (wwww.atipical.com), con intención de desarrollar una arquitectura más comprometida y ecológica, relacionada con la bioconstrucción y el diseño, desarrollando rehabilitaciones energéticas y construyendo viviendas pasivas autosuficientes. Ha impulsado varias starts-up en el ámbito de la arquitectura, blogs e iniciativas, realizado exposiciones de dibujo y fotografía, concursos y obras como una Guardería, una Escuela de Circo, una Iglesia, un centro Espacial y numerosas viviendas colectivas e individuales.
Ángela Ruiz is architect, professor and researcher. As architect, she combines freelance professional practise and teaching.As lecturer, since 2006, Ángela is professor at the IE University, School of Architecture of the Antonio de Nebrija University and at the School of Architecture of the Technical University of Madrid as associate professor in the Architecture Graphic Ideation Department. She has been as well visiting professor in conferences, juries, workshops and international courses about art, architecture and engineering in several countries, such as Algeria (Laghouat), France (Paris), Greece (Chania and Thessaloniki), Russia (Ekaterinburg), Lithuania (Kaunas), Poland (Lodz), Serbia (Nis) and she has participated in workshops and courses in Spain, Sweden, Romania and Macedonia. Since 2009 she is professor at the Dessing Thinkin workshops of the IE Business School, within the International Master of Business Administration.
As researcher, currently she is developing her phD on Sustainable Development in Desert Architecture, and participating in different research groups with educational projects on teaching innovation. She has participated in many congress and has been awarded with different research recognitions.
In the professional practise, she co-founded Arysal i Arquitectura in 2001, she has collaborated with international offices such as Ábalos&Herreos, Lacaton&Vassal and R&Sie in Paris, and currently she co-manages Atipical Arquitectura (www.atipical.com), with the aim of developing a more committed and ecological architecture, linked to bioconstruction and design, working in energetic-oriented refurbishments and building passive self-sufficient houses. She has fostered several start-ups in the field of architecture, blogs and initiatives; she has carried out photography and drawing exhibitions, competitions and works as a kindergarten, a school of circus, a church, a Spatial center and many collective and individual housing.