Guillermo Sánchez Sotés is a Madrid-based chartered architect and Lecturer at the Manchester School of Architecture. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool (based at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China), in which Guillermo investigates the merits of cross-disciplinary appropriations of natural scientific theory in architecture. He has obtained multiple scholarships and granted funds that enabled him to enrol in both research and teaching at different universities while also collaborating with various international architectural firms such as Izaskun Chinchilla Architects. Guillermo is also the co-founding partner of Chubby Lab design studio, practising at the intersection of culture, technology and research across multiple disciplines.
Research
Journal Articles
Quiroga Fernandez, S., Sánchez, G., 2022. 'William Heath Robinson and K.R.G. Browne: literature contraptions as inspiration for facing spatial issues', idea journal, 19 (1), pp. 182-199.
Conference Papers
Quiroga Fernandez, S., Sanchez Sotes, G., 2024. 'Kowloon Walled City, a Social Urban Analysis through Pictures and Drawings', 28/6/2023 - 30/6/2023, in AMPS International Proceedings Series, 35 (2), 10.
Sanchez Sotes, G., Herr, C., Fischer, T., 2023. 'What to Make of the Appropriation of Autopoiesis in Architecture?', RSD11, Brighton, UK, 3/10/2022 - 16/10/2023, in Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD11 (193).