Ana Morcillo Pallarés is a Spanish architect, researcher and designer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Cieza, Spain. Her research and creative practice critically engage today’s increasing need for more shared space as an ongoing process of continuous agreements among very diverse actors who are part of the city. Her work has been featured in the Journal of Architectural Education, VLC arquitectura, MONU, and the Plan Journal, among others. Ana is an assistant professor at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where she initiated her academic career as the 2015 Walter B. Sander Research Fellow. She received her Ph.D. from the Polytechnic School of Madrid and her professional degree in architecture from the Polytechnic School of Valencia.
In 2008, Morcillo Pallarés founded MPR, Morcillo Pallarés + Rule Arquitectos, an architectural studio whose research practice explores the architectural project at a variety of types and scales. The studio’s work includes a number of acclaimed projects, most notably an art installation on the bridge of Amposta and an archeological museum in Molina de Segura (Spain). The office expands the agency of design through adaptive reuse, research materiality, digital interphase, and global experience with respect to local context.