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College / Department

College of Architecture, Art and Design
Department of Architecture

Teaching areas

Interior Design, Foundations

Research areas

Architecture, Interior Design, Graphic Design

Education

Pre-diploma, Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), London, 1999
MArch, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, 2002
Master degree in Academic Teaching Expertise, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Spain, 2013

Professional experience

Marrero & Roldán Arquitectos, 2002-2013
Madrid Think Tank, Madrid's Architects Association, Madrid, Spain, 2012-2013
MADIN (Master of Interior Design), Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, 2011-2013
Escuela Politécnica Superior CEU, Madrid, Spain, 2006-2013

Memberships

Licensed architect (15162). Madrid's Architects Association, Madrid, Spain May, 2003 - present American Institute of Architects. International Associate member Nov, 2013 - present APID. Association of Professional Interior Designers Dec, 2016 - present APID. Association of Professional Interior Designers Dec, 2016 - present

Contact

jroldan@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2821

Juan Roldan

Assistant Professor
Master of Architecture, Polytechnic School of Madrid, Spain

Juan Roldán's practice has been focused on architecture, interior design and editorial design. He taught for eight years at EPS CEU University in the Architecture Department. He has been in charge of the Madrid Think Tank as Director of Communication and Coordinator of the recently launched Master of Urban Interior Design (MoUID), a collaboration between EPS CEU and the Politecnico di Milano. His short film Deployable Deck for Las Ventas Arena: An Unbuilt Project by Carlos Hurtado, 1999 recently won an award from the Madrid Architects Association.

Publications

Roldán, Juan, Hermida, Belén. "Chinese (Visual) Whispers." In Sempering. Design After Design, edited by Luisa Collina, Cino Zucchi, 14. Milano, Italy: Triennale di Milano, 2016.
Roldán, Juan. "Grasping the Intangible. A Spatial Design Approach through Drawing." Paper presented at the Interior Design Educators Council Annual Conference 2017, Chicago, Illinois, US, March 8-12, 2017.
Roldán, Juan. "Second Life Furniture. Fabrication and Contingency." In Proceedings of the Interior Design Educators Council Annual Conference, Chicago, Mar 8-12, 2017.
Roldán, Juan. "Useless Shelves", Metalocus magazine nº09. p. 62-68
Roldán, Juan. "Madrid Río: Sobre parques, parques-isla, paquebotes e islas", Ilustración de Madrid magazine nº20. p. 89-92
Roldán, Juan. "LASEDE, a new building for the Madrid’s Architects Association", Ilustración de Madrid magazine nº22. p.120-128
Roldán, Juan. "The Magic Mirror", Constelaciones magazine 01. p.159-160

Conference Presentations

Reviewer Undergraduate Awards 2016. Dublin, Ireland Jun, 2016 - Sep, 2016
Organizing Committee Member American Institute of Architects. Middle East Chapter's 2015 Annual Conference in Abu Dhabi. Nov, 2015 - Nov, 2015
Invited Speaker Lecture: Domesticity and Public Space in the Middle East. Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science, Madrid Aug, 2015 - Aug, 2015
"Learnig Outcomes in Architectural Education",Architecture Department, Chung Yuang University, Taiwan, 2013
"New Methods in Architectural Education", Architecture Department, TamkangUniversity, Taiwan, 2013
"Architectural Drawing triggers. First year Drawing Courses", Laboratorio del Disegno,Corso di Laurea di Design degli Interni, Course Director: Prof. Giuseppe Amoruso Facoltà del Design. Politécnico di Milano, Italy, 2012
"Madrid Think Tank, New e-tail institutional models", Laboratorio del Disegno,Corso di Laurea di Design degli Interni Facoltà del Design. Facoltà del Design. Politécnico di Milano, Italy, 2012
"Madrid Rio, a way of changing a city", San Isidro Museum, Madrid, 2012
"An approach to Drawing: Architectonical Form Analysis" Laboratorio del Disegno – Corso di Laurea di Design degli Interni Facoltà del Design (Politécnico da Milano), 2010

Awards and Honors

First Prize. Graphic Identity for the Architectural Festival FETSAC, ETSAC, Technical School of Architecture of La Coruña, Spain. Mar. 5, 2014
Seed Grant, American University of Sharjah. Dec. 10, 2013
First Prize for the curatorship of the Architecture series PERDIDOS. Cultural Foundation of the Madrid’s Architects Association, 2007
Runner Up, Anuaria International Graphic Design Awards in two categories: Best Catalogue Design and Best Catalogue Cover Design for the Spanish Pavilion Catalogue SPAINLAB. Venice Bienale 2012
COAM (Madrid's Architects Association) Award 2013,...

Other creative/research

Reviewer ASCAAD Conference 2016. Parametric materials ans ISAM. Evolution of Digital Technologies for Development Jun, 2016 - Aug, 2016
Roldán, Juan, Beatriz Itzel Cruz Megchun. "Nomadic Shadow". 1971 Design Space, Flag Island, Sharjah. UAE. Curated. Curated by Mobiles Studio. 2017.
Roldán, Juan. "Second Life Furniture". Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival 2017, Ras Al Khaimah Art Museum. Juried. 2017.
Roldán, Juan, Paco Casas, Beatriz Villanueva, Carlos Lahoz, Izaskun Chinchilla. "Letters to the Mayor, Madrid". Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York and Madrid. Curated. Curated by Eva Franch i Gilbert and Jose Maria Ezquiaga. 2016.
Roldán, Juan. "Self-Portrait". Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE. Curated. Curated by Hoor Al-Qasimi. 2016.
Roldán, Juan. "Physac Chair prototype". Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE. Non-Juried. 2015.
Roldán, Juan. "Self-Portrait". Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE. Curated. Curated by Hoor Al-Qasimi. 2016.
Roldán, Juan. "Sleeping Beauties and The Big Orange Thing". Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE. Curated. Curated by Hoor Al-Qasimi. 2015. [

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