Lys Villalba is an architect, educator and independent researcher, and cofounder of Zoohaus collective. She is an Associate Professor at ETSA Madrid and PhD Candidate at EPSAlicante. Her work explores the intersection of architecture and the social, technological, and political realms, and has been recognized with several prizes including the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative Nomination, the Spanish Royal Academy of Fine Arts/Arquia Fellowship at GSAPP Columbia University and the EUMies Award Nomination. Her design and research projects have been exhibited at the 16th Venice Biennale, MoMA New York and MAK Vienna, and have been published in MoMA Ed., Arquitectura Viva, Architectural Design, Architektur Fachmagazin, El País, among other specialized media.
