Alejandro Carrasco Hidalgo

Alejandro Carrasco Hidalgo is an architect, researcher, and educator. He is Director of the BA in Interior Design at UDIT, University of Design, Innovation and Technology, where he oversees academic leadership, teaching, and the coordination of initiatives related to design, architecture, and contemporary culture.
He holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Alcalá (UAH) and a Master’s degree in Architectural History from The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL). His research explores the relationships between architecture, territory, technology, and power, with a particular focus on processes of modernization, resource extraction, and territorial construction throughout the twentieth century.
He has undertaken research stays at The Bartlett and the University of Basel, and has presented his work at conferences, academic gatherings, and universities in Spain and internationally. He has participated as a speaker and invited critic at institutions including Cornell University’s AAP, Syracuse University, the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM), and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), among others. His research and projects have been published in edited volumes and specialist journals covering architecture, history, and representation, including Drawing Matter, Metalocus, Architectural Record, and Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica (EGA).
In professional practice, he is a co-founder of Estudio Latente, a practice dedicated to architecture, design, and spatial research. His work was recently recognised with first prize at TAC! 2025, a festival organised by Spain’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda and Fundación Arquia, for De Roca Madre, a project built in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
He combines professional practice and research with teaching, academic leadership, and the development of projects that connect the university with cultural institutions, industry, and international networks.