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Víctor Muñoz Sanz is an assistant professor of urban design at TU Delft, where he conceptualizes, leads and develops critical research on the architecture and urbanism of the past, present and future of work. His research looks at the interplay of the design of productive landscapes with technology and management, and aims to question the role of urban design in enabling new urban economies and inclusive forms of work. He is the author of the book Una Rápida Compañera (2024), and co-editor of Habitat: Ecology Thinking in Architecture (2020), Roadside Picnics: Encounters with the Uncanny (2022), and Automated Landscapes (2023). Víctor qualified as an architect at the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM, 2006), and holds a master’s of architecture in urban design, with distinction, from Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2011), and a PhD cum laude in architecture from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2016).
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor in Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Award Date: 8 Feb 2016
Master of Architecture in Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Award Date: 11 May 2011
Master of Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Award Date: 18 May 2006
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Green spaces as places for inclusion: Inclusive governance in six urban green spaces in the Netherlands and Spain
Romero-Muñoz, S., Muñoz Sanz, V. & Sánchez-Chaparro, T., 2026, In: Cities. 173, 13 p., 106956.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Between Promise and Performance: Technology, Land, Energy, and Labor in the Agro-Industrial Greenhouse Cluster of Westland, The Netherlands
Abou Jaoude, G. & Muñoz Sanz, V., 2025, In: Journal of Urban Technology. 32, 5, p. 5-33 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Reconnecting Cities, People, and Nature
Muñoz Sanz, V. & van der Veen, R. J., 2025, Basel: Birkhäuser. 128 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific
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The Open Society in the Twenty-First Century: Comparative Critical Cartographies for Assessing and Designing in ‘t Hool, the Netherlands and Montbau, Spain
Sanz Oliver, J., Bracken, G. & Muñoz Sanz, V., 2025, In: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes. 7, 1, p. 78-97 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Cities of Making pattern language _ final card set
Hausleitner, B. (Creator), Muñoz Sanz, V. (Creator), Hill, A. (Creator), Meyer, H. (Creator), Croxford, B. (Creator), Domenech Aparisi, T. (Creator), Warden, J. (Creator), Vanin, F. (Creator), Orban, A. (Creator), Nakhlé, L. (Creator) & Rebreanu, L. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 12 Mar 2020
DOI: 10.4121/UUID:0771F98F-3181-426B-8E49-C24E03B5AE26
Dataset/Software: Dataset
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Cities of Making pattern language cards testing set
Hausleitner, B. (Creator), Muñoz Sanz, V. (Creator), Hill, A. (Creator), Meyer, H. (Creator), Croxford, B. (Creator), Domenech Aparisi, T. (Creator), Warden, J. (Creator), Vanin, F. (Creator), Orban, A. (Creator), Aramburu, O. (Creator), Nakhlé, L. (Creator) & Rebreanu, L. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 3 Jun 2019
DOI: 10.4121/UUID:8BCD1748-3C04-4C2F-96CD-E763FE3B5B63
Dataset/Software: Dataset
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Circular Strategies for Public Space Design: A Multi-Level Framework and Implementation Cardset
Reijtenbagh, Q. A. M. (Creator), Yu, H. C. (Creator), Dahlan, J. S. (Creator) & Muñoz Sanz, V. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 16 Apr 2026
DOI: 10.4121/41dab409-4cb2-4272-b0c9-bc4c2e8f0d06
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Prizes
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Awarded at XVII Spanish Architecture Biennial
Muñoz Sanz, V. (Recipient), Dec 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellowship for postgraduate studies from Fundación La Caixa
Muñoz Sanz, V. (Recipient), 30 Apr 2013
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Honorable Mention, Call for Fellows of Het Nieuwe Instituut
Muñoz Sanz, V. (Recipient), 22 Apr 2016
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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The true type
Muñoz Sanz, V. (Speaker)
30 Jan 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Building Empire Otherwise: Towards an Urban Design History of Company Towns and Corporate Colonization in the Twentieth Century
De Almeida Milani, A. K. (Speaker) & Muñoz Sanz, V. (Speaker)
19 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Convivium: Food Systems at the Limit
Muñoz Sanz, V. (Organiser)
16 Jul 2025 → 18 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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A Conversation on Urban Design with Rahul Mehrotra and Sameep Padora
Broekmans, T. N. (Participant), Varma, R. (Participant) & Muñoz Sanz, V. (Organiser)
27 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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How this tiny country feeds the world. Cowborgs, climate-as-a-service, and other stories of the Dutch countryside
Muñoz Sanz, V. (Keynote speaker)
19 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop, seminar, course or other meeting
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CORPUS – Phygital Models of Cooperation in the Retrofitting of Public Space
Muñoz Sanz, V. (Principal Investigator (PI)) & Yu, C. (Participant)
29/01/24 → 31/07/26
Project: Research
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Cowborgs in the polder: how the design of farm buildings, animal bodies and technologies transformed Dutch dairy landscapes
Muñoz Sanz, V. (Participant)
1/10/23 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Reconnecting Cities, People, and Nature - A Book Review
27/11/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Ports, granges i hivernacles automatitzats: així es dissenyen els espais de treball del futur
9/07/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement
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Ports, granges i hivernacles automatitzats: així es dissenyen els espais de treball del futur
8/07/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement