Architect and PhD by the University of Navarra, he is full professor of City Planning and Urban Design in the School of Architecture of the University of Valladolid (Spain), former director of its department of urbanism and of the Instituto Universitario de Urbanística(https://iuu.uva.es), today is chair of the IUU_Lab. Visiting professor in the Politecnico di Milano, the University of Texas at Austin, the Iberoamericana University of Puebla –México- and other universities, he is an experienced practitioner and author of a large number of specialized writings, including “Supercities”, with Alfonso Vegara (2016, English version 2020). Some of his works obtained international recognition: in 2002, the 4th European Urban and Regional Planning Award, European Council of Town Planners –ECTP- (his Guidelines for the Valladolid metropolitan area); mention in the Gubbio International Prize, 2003 and the Special Mention in the 9th European Urban and Regional Planning Awards, ECTP 2011-2012.