Mónica Alberola is an architect by the Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (1992) and completed her doctorate in Architectural Projects in 2022. She has also been a professor of architectural design since 1997 at the ETSAM (National Institute of Architecture and Design) and has taught at both national and international universities.
Her teaching work has always been compatible with her professional and research activities. Her work has been exhibited and published in various media and has received several awards, including those for social housing projects resulting from public competitions: 9th BEAU VPO Award for 22 social housing units in El Rastro (Rastro), Madrid; 2011. Project carried out with Chinina Martorell and Luis Diaz Mauriño; 19th Prize for Urban Planning, Architecture, and Public Works from the Madrid City Council; 2005 for the 122-unit VPO Building in Carabanchel. Project carried out with Chinina Martorell.
Mónica Alberola is the author of the book "Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Exercises in Style," published by Ediciones Asimétricos, in which she explores the work of this important yet unknown Italian architect.
Her professional work currently focuses on heritage-related topics, such as the restoration of the Vista Alegre Estate in Madrid.
