Personal profile
Academic background
Íñigo Cornago is an architect and lecturer. He graduated from ETSAM-UPM, Madrid in 2013. Thanks to an Erasmus grant, he spent one year as an exchange student at KTH, Stockholm. Currently, Íñigo is a PhD candidate at TU Delft in the Chair of Architecture & Dwelling. With the support of La Caixa Fellowship, he develops his PhD in the ’Architecture and Democracy’ programme, a collaboration between the Department of Architecture, TU Delft, the Jaap Bakema Study Centre, and Het Nieuwe Instituut.
Íñigo has developed a professional practice between architecture and urbanism working independently, collaboratively and in the partnership Cornago&Sanchez. He has put forward projects that range in scope and scale: From building housing projects and developing time-based urban master plans, to art interventions and collaborative design.
In 2016, he was awarded a Teaching Fellowship at CEPT University where he co-edited the publication “Ahmedabad Cross Section”. He has co-directed the Archiprix International Workshop in the 2015 and 2017 editions. In 2012, together with Claudia Sánchez, he directed a workshop for Interactivos-Hack the city at Science Gallery, Dublin and Medialab Prado, Madrid. Next year, they were Artist in Residency at El Ranchito, Matadero, Madrid.
Education/Academic qualification
Architect, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
External positions
Senior Lecturer, Stage 2 Leader BA Architecture, Central Saint Martins - University Arts London
1 Oct 2021 → …
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Open Building and User Agency: Early and Contemporary Experiments in the Netherlands
Cornago Bonal, I. & van den Heuvel, D., 2022, Housing and the City. Borsi, K., Ekici, D., Hale, J. & Haynes, N. (eds.). 1st Edition ed. London: Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, p. 130-144 15 p. (Critiques: Critical Studies in Architectural Humanities).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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How to Build with Time? Learning from Bimanagar
Cornago Bonal, I. & Christoph, L., Jun 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition › Professional
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Ahmedabad Cross Section
Cornago Bonal, I. (Editor) & Desai, J. (Editor), 2020, Ahmedabad, India: CEPT University Press. 60 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book editing › Professional
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La vivienda que queremos después de la pandemia
Cornago Bonal, Í., 2020Translated title of the contribution :The housing we want after the pandemic Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Popular
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Open Building and Users’ Agency: Early and contemporary experiments in the Netherlands
Cornago Bonal, I. & van den Heuvel, D., 2020, p. 59-59. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Scientific
Prizes
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2021 RIBA Research Fund
Cornago Bonal, I. (Recipient) & Christoph, L. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
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Grant to Individuals (Publications), Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Cornago Bonal, I. (Recipient), Christoph, L. (Recipient) & Kashikar, V. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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La Caixa Foundation fellowship for doctoral studies
Cornago Bonal, I. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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Critic|all VI : International Conference on Architectural Design & Criticism (Event)
Cornago Bonal, I. (Chair)
10 Feb 2025 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Architecture and Democracy: Institutions - International PhD Colloquium
Cornago Bonal, I. (Member of programme committee)
14 Sept 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Critic|all V : International Conference on Architectural Design & Criticism
Cornago Bonal, I. (Member of programme committee)
2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Architecture for Democracy? Dwellers’ Agency in the Architecture of Open Building
Cornago Bonal, I. (Speaker)
14 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Oral Histories of Bimanagar
Cornago Bonal, I. (Speaker)
5 Oct 2022 → 30 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Press/Media
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Talking Housing with Íñigo Cornago Bonal
7/05/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement