Staff Profile

Ivan is a RIAS ARB chartered architect and was appointed Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (APL) at Newcastle University in 2016.

He is currently the Master of Architecture Degree Programme Director, International Exchange Studies Coordinator, Open Days Ambassador and Linked Research pathway leader at APL.

Originally from Madrid (Spain), where he qualified as an architect, Ivan has built a multifaceted architectural expertise in the UK since 2005 upon his work in practice and academia. Having worked for over ten years as project architect and associate at two UK award-winning practices (Bennetts Associates and Sutherland Hussey Harris) and taught part-time at Strathclyde University and the University of Edinburgh in the past, Ivan is a versatile and highly qualified professional and academic, with an expertise in architectural design and technology.

Since Ivan did his first visiting critiques in Architectural Design in 2008, he has designed, led and delivered undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across all stages at Newcastle University, Strathclyde University and the University of Edinburgh. Ivan’s comprehensive background has allowed him to teach actively in other disciplines such as Technology & Environment and Architectural History.

In addition to studio tutoring, Ivan has contributed as invited visiting critic at the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow, the Facultade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Porto in Portugal, as well as the Politecnico di Torino and the Politecnico di Milano, in Italy. Ivan also completed the PgCert in Academic Practice at the University of Edinburgh and he is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Several of Ivan's students have been awarded prestigious national and international awards and commendations, such as the RIBA Presidents' Medals 2021 Sustainability Award at Part 2, won by Master of Architecture students Nicholas Honey and Robert Thackeray. These are the most prestigious and long-lasting awards in architectural education in the world, with entries from over 400 universities located in 80 different countries, and it was the first time for a student design project from APL at Newcastle University to receive an award in the postgraduate category.

Ivan has managed to develop a research profile in parallel to his professional and teaching activities. His postgraduate qualification, in particular the MSc with Distinction in Advanced Sustainable Design, allowed him to initiate a research about the different perceptions of concrete. This study produced a range of findings and conclusions that constituted the beginning of his PhD, which he started at the University of Edinburgh in 2016 and is currently developing at Newcastle University as a PhD candidate.

• Kakalis C, Marquez Munoz IJ. Interruptions III: Silence, emptiness and architectural design. In: Kakalis, C, ed. Architecture and Silence. New York, NY, USA: Routledge, 2019, pp.140-153.
• Márquez Muñoz IJ. The Rise and Fall of Concrete Tower Blocks in Britain: a Love-Hate Relationship with the Material. In: International Conference on Construction Research Eduardo Torroja. Architecture, Engineering and Concrete AEC. Where do we come from? Where are we going to?. 2018, Madrid (Spain): Fundación Eduardo Torroja.