Arquia Mention

The doctoral dissertation by SPREAD's Postdoctoral Research Fellow Rosana Rubio-Hernández wins the 1st Mention of Honour in the 'arquia/tesis 2019' competition for doctoral dissertations in Architecture

Rosana’s doctoral dissertation ‘Glass and its Masks. The Dream of Glass Architecture’ (‘El vidrio y sus máscaras. El sueño de la arquitectura de cristal’) has been awarded with the 1st Mention of Honour in the 12th Biennial Competition of Doctoral Dissertations in Architecture ‘arquia/tesis 2019’.

The competition’s jury says about Rosana’s dissertation: “The topic is exciting and of great interest. The jury considers its publication relevant. It is a scholarly, scientific and poetic thesis, as well as ambitious both in the subject and in the method with which it is approached“.

Organised by Fundación Arquia, arquia/tesis is a prestigious competition for doctoral dissertations with the aim of placing value on the academic work done at doctoral level at the Schools of Architecture in Spain and Portugal.