MCH + TC Cuadernos presents “Wooden Life,” a contemporary tribute to timber architecture

The volume will be officially presented at two events:

Madrid
November 17, 2025, at 10:30 a.m.
Sala de Conferencias of the School of Architecture of UPM (ETSAM).

Barcelona
November 18, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.
La Capell Bookstore
where a conversation will also take place with Josep Bunyesc and Vivas Arquitectos, renowned figures in the field of sustainable construction.

Wooden Life invites readers to reflect on the role of timber in contemporary architecture, blending tradition, technique, and environmental sensitivity.

About the authors

Justo Díaz holds a B.A. and M.A. in Architecture from ETSAM (Madrid, 2019), and is currently completing the MIPPA Master’s program (ETSAM, 2025). During his academic training, he was awarded scholarships for international exchange programs at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2015) and Tongji University in Shanghai (2016).

He has worked professionally at renowned architecture offices such as selgascano and NuñezRibot Arquitectos, and as a researcher at Penn State University and MCH/ETH, contributing to research focused on new ways of inhabiting space and design strategies for architectural flexibility.

Guillermo Pozo Arribas (Tres Cantos, 1993) is an architect graduated from the Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM, UPM) in 2019, with an academic exchange program at Seoul National University (2015-2016), South Korea. He is currently completing the MIPPA 2025 program (Master’s in Industrialization, Prototyping, and Architectural Design) at the Department of Architectural Projects at ETSAM, UPM, which provides access to PhD studies.

Since graduating in 2019, he has worked as an architect at Nomos Arquitectos and MármolBravo Arquitectos, contributing to a range of housing projects in Spain and Switzerland. He has also worked as a researcher at MCH/ETH, where he helped develop HOUSETAG, a publication focused on classifying the various paradigms adopted by European housing in the early 21st century.

In 2024, they co-founded padd estudio. Their work explores contemporary ways of living, concieving architecture as a means of engaging with the landscape and territory, with particular attention to cultural and material contexts and the responsible management of natural resources.

Their projects have received several national and international awards, including 1st Prize in Europan 17 Nalón, Spain, 1st Prize in Europan 17 Vaasa, Finland, 3rd Prize in the TAC! 2024 Pavilion competition, and 3rd Prize for the Social Center in Muimenta, Ourense. In 2024, they were awarded the inaugural MCH/TC research scholarship for their project «Wooden Life», which explores the use of timber in collective housing in Spain.

About the TC+MCH Scholarship

The scholarship is part of an annual initiative managed by the Master in Collective Housing (MCH), in collaboration with TC Cuadernos, a renowned architecture magazine. This grant, aimed at supporting architecture theses or research projects, offers up to €6,000 to help turn the work into a published book.

For more information about the initiative, please refer to the specific call for applications.

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Author: Camilo Meneses. MCH Manager