Dr Izis Salvador Pinto

Dr Izis Salvador Pinto


Dr. Izis Salvador Pinto is an Architect, Urban Planner, Engineer and Lecturer. She has a degree in Architecture, a degree in Urban Planning, and a Master in Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. In 2015 she was awarded a PhD by the University of Westminster for a thesis on the study of movable and deployable structures using ETFE cushions. Izis has been involved in a wide range of projects worldwide working at prestigious international offices such as Zaha Hadid Architects, Buro Happold, Santiago Calatrava, and SOM.


I welcome PhD applicants in the following areas:

- Architectural Design.

- Architectural Engineering.

- Urban Planning.

- Architectural and Urban History and Theory.

- Architectural Practice.

- Artificial Intelligence.

- Digital Design and Fabrication.



Sustainable Development Goals
In brief

Research areas

Shell structures, Lightweight structures, ETFE Kinetic cladding, Sustainable architecture and urban planning, Artificial intelligence, Architectural design, Façades, Movable structures, Biomimetics, Architectural and Urban History and Theory, Architectural Pactice and Digital design and fabrication

Skills / expertise

Architectural design, Urban design and planning, Lightweight structures, RIBA Part 3 Lecturing and examining, Façades, Biomimetics, Architectural and Urban History and Theory, Digital design and fabrication and Architectural Pactice

Supervision interests

Architectural design, Urban planning, Structures, Artificial intelligence, Design, Façades, Movable structures, Architectural and Urban History and Theory, Biomimetics, Architectural Pactice and Digital design and fabrication