Mr. Jose Antonio Ferrandiz Gea
AURAK, Spain
Arch. Jose Ferrandiz is an Assistant Professor of the Architecture Department at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK). He has a Bachelor in Architecture (2007), Bachelor in Architectural Technology (2010) and Master in Sustainable Architecture and urban planning. He began his career as a faculty in Barcelona 2007 and moved to United Arab Emirates University in 2013 where he began his research about seismic construction, design, and Building Information modeling. In 2015, he joined the Academic for Interoperability Coalition Research Group, with members from 48 universities all over the world. In 2008, he created FerMak architecture design studio. As remarkable achievements, he is very proud of the award received in 2009 in Miami Playa for “Boulevard 340” proposal at the Architectural & urban competition, the high impact journal “Evaluating the benefits of introducing ‘‘BIM’’ based on Revit in construction courses, without changing the course schedule” and finally creating a Design course about architecture and urbanism for disaster situations.