Dr Fernando Jerez

Fernando Jerez is an international award-winning architect, designer and educator at UWA’s School of Design. He is interested in a design framework that erases the predefined limits of the traditional building structures for the benefit of the inclusion of technology and society. Dr Jerez finds inspiration working at UWA’s School of Design and describes it as having an inquisitive research culture, thanks to its future-focus, innovation and collaboration between creative disciplines, fostering a mutual learning environment for staff and students.

Dr Jerez is the founding partner of the award-winning Smar Architecture Studio, which has won more than 20 international awards. Dr Jerez and his team have been appointed to design Lithuania’s new National Science and Innovation Centre, known as Science Island, after winning an international competition comprising 144 teams from 44 countries.

Science Island is an emblematic project for Kaunas, Lithuania, that will showcase recent achievements in science and global technologies, with the aim of inspiring visitors to expand their knowledge and support innovation in these fields. The project will be the flagship building of the city and is expected to open in 2021, ahead of Kaunas’ term as European Capital of Culture in 2022.

Qualifications:

• BA (Hons), MArch(Hons), Bartlett School of Architecture (University College London)
• PhD (Hons), ETSAM, Technical University of Madrid (UPM)