November Talks Madrid
Let’s Talk Architecture
Since 2006, the November Talks have taken place at leading European universities, offering practical insight into current trends and critical conversations within the discipline. The lectures address forward-looking topics including sustainability, design methodology, construction processes, and social responsibility, exploring both concrete challenges and visionary architectural responses.
- 4 · 12 · 18 · 26 Nov
- 12:00 – 1:30 pm
- ETSAM, Madrid.
What is November Talks?
Live Lectures and Open Dialogue
November Talks, Madrid Edition is a public lecture series that brings together leading and emerging voices in contemporary architecture for live talks and open discussions on the future of the built environment. Hosted by the MCH Master in Collective Housing at ETSAM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and supported by the STO Foundation, the event connects students, architects, researchers, and urban professionals with current debates in international building culture and architectural theory.
Since 2006, November Talks has been held at leading European universities, offering participants direct insight into the latest trends, challenges, and visionary approaches within the discipline. The Madrid edition focuses on topics central to contemporary practice, including sustainability, design methodology, construction processes, social responsibility, collective housing, and urban transformation.
Each session combines a lecture with an interactive dialogue, allowing attendees to ask questions, exchange ideas, and engage directly with the speakers. By linking architectural theory with professional practice, November Talks, Madrid Edition creates a space for critical reflection and new perspectives on architecture, cities, and collective living.
Speakers 2026 - Madrid Edition
Nov 4th
Christophe Hutin
Christophe Hutin Architecture - France
Christophe Hutin is a French architect, tenured teacher-researcher at the Bordeaux National School of Architecture, documentary filmmaker, scenographer and curator.
His commitment to housing began in Soweto, South Africa, in 1994; in 2003 he founded Christophe Hutin Architecture in Bordeaux. In 2008 he established the EUNIC Studio in Johannesburg.
With Lacaton & Vassal and Frédéric Druot, he transformed buildings G, H and I of Bordeaux’s Grand Parc (530 homes); the project won the 2019 EU Mies van der Rohe Award. He curated the French Pavilion, “Communities at Work”, at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Duncan Lewis is a British-born architect based in Bordeaux. He began his career in Japan, working with Team Zoo and Shiro Kuramata, and moved to France in 1990, collaborating with Jacques Hondelatte, Lacaton & Vassal and Édouard François.
In 2000 he founded Duncan Lewis Scape Architecture in Bordeaux, a practice centred on integrating architecture and vegetation.
Key works include the Ekko housing at Bastide Niel (Bordeaux), the Jean Moulin High School in Revin, nominated for the 2017 Mies van der Rohe Award, the Cité Manifeste housing in Mulhouse and Lascaux IV, with Snøhetta.
Nov 18th
Juan Herreros
Estudio Herreros - Spain
Juan Herreros is a PhD architect, Chair Professor of Architectural Design at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM) and Full Professor at Columbia University GSAPP in New York.
He has also taught at Princeton, the Architectural Association, EPFL and IIT Chicago. He co-founded Ábalos&Herreros in 1984, established Herreros Arquitectos in 2006 and refounded the office as estudio Herreros in 2014, with Jens Richter as partner.
His international work includes the Munch Museum in Oslo, the International Conference Centre in Bogotá and the Panama Bank Tower.
He is an International Fellow of the RIBA.
Momoyo Kaijima is a Japanese architect, born in Tokyo in 1969. With Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, she co-founded Atelier Bow-Wow in Tokyo in 1992.
She studied at Japan Women’s University and Tokyo Institute of Technology, and was a guest student at ETH Zurich. She taught at the University of Tsukuba and has been Professor of Architectural Behaviology at ETH Zurich since 2017.
She has taught as visiting faculty at Harvard GSD, Columbia, Rice, TU Delft and the Royal Danish Academy. In 2018 she curated the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
She is a RIBA International Fellow.
When & Where
Salon de Actos · 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura – ETSAM.
Avenida Juan Herrera 4, 28015, Madrid, Spain.
4 NOV
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Christophe Hutin
Christophe Hutin Architecture
France
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12 NOV
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Duncan Lewis
Scape Architecture
France
@duncan_lewis_architecture
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18 NOV
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Juan Herreros
Estudio Herreros
Spain
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26 NOV
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Momoyo Kaijima
Atelier Bow-Wow
Japan
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This is a series of events organised in partnership with the Sto Foundation.
About MCH + STO
The MCH is an international Master in Collective Housing, with students from all over the world. Offered jointly by UPM and ETH Zürich, and based in Madrid, Spain, we are currently ranked as one of the most important programs in Europe and worldwide.
Since 2025, our master’s program has been in charge of the November Talks in Madrid, an event sponsored by the STO Foundation.
The STO Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports young architects in their technical and academic education.
STO Foundation carry out various activities related to architecture and construction, offering scholarships, hosting competitions, and organizing seminars—among them, the “November Talks,” held at different European universities to discuss key current issues in the discipline.
Who Should Attend?
Attendance is free, but registration is required.
Reserve your place and take part in the conversation at November Talks Madrid 2026.
- Architecture and urbanism students seeking direct contact with leading international practitioners.
- Architects, designers, and researchers interested in contemporary building culture and architectural theory.
- Professionals working in housing, urban regeneration, sustainability, and construction.
- Anyone interested in how architecture can respond to today’s social, environmental, and urban challenges.