Isidro Navarro

PhD Architect, professor in innovation of degrees and masters in the application of AR and VR at various university centers (ETSAB-UPC, ENTI-UB, EUSES-UdG, LA SALLE-URL, ELISAVA-UPF, UNIR, ESADE and EAE). Accredited researcher (AQU) in application of new technologies into architecture, video games, physiotherapy, design, multimedia, etc.

Research member of the ADR & M research group, UPC. with publication of +40 scientific articles in national, European and international indexed journals and conferences. Participation in review committees of scientific congresses, also in projects coordinated with FEDER grants, national R & D projects of the programs, MINECO, RETOS, AGAUR and other competitive European R & D & I project. Experience in coordination and management of university master’s degrees, director of thesis and technological dissemination as founder of AWE Nite Barcelona

Entrepreneur in the technology sector with a company for the development of AR and VR projects (CEO at Labs4Reality) and BIM-AEC consultant with his own architecture studio (CEO at Inarquitectura).

Publications:

Navarro, I., de Reina, O., Fonseca, D., Gómez, M., & Ferrer, Á. (2020). Virtual Reality Using Smart-Devices in Educational Frameworks: Case Study‑Museum Casa Batlló. In Mobile Devices in Education: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 629-641). IGI Global.

Navarro, I., Sánchez, A., Redondo, E., Giménez, L., Zapata, H., & Fonseca, D. (2019, April). New Lighting Representation Methodologies for Enhanced Learning in Architecture Degree. In World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (pp. 329-335). Springer, Cham.

Navarro Delgado, I., & Fonseca Escudero, D. (2017). NEW VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE REPRESENTATION OF ARCHITECTURE IN EDUCATION. ACE-ARCHITECTURE CITY AND ENVIRONMENT, 12(34), 219-+.

Redondo, E., Zapata, H., Navarro, I., Fonseca, D., Gimenez, L., Pérez, M. Á., & Sánchez-Sepúlveda, M. (2020, July). GAME4CITY. Gamification for citizens through the use of virtual reality made available to the masses. Viability study in two public events. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 315-332). Springer, Cham.

Redondo, E., Fonseca, D., Sánchez-Sepúlveda, M., Zapata, H., Navarro, I., Gimenez, L., & Pérez, M. A. (2020, July). EDUGAME4CITY. A Gamification for Architecture Students. Viability Study Applied to Urban Design. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 296-314). Springer, Cham.

Besné, A., Fonseca, D., & Navarro, I. (2020, June). Why Building Information Modelling and why now: Literacy study of BIM implementation in architecture. In 2020 15th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Redondo, E., Giménez, L., Navarro, I., & Fonseca, D. (2020, June). “Gamification” for Teaching Collaborative Urban Design and Citizen Participation. In Congreso Internacional de Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica (pp. 431-441). Springer, Cham.

Research project: ‘Integrative Multidisciplinary People-centered Architectural Qualification & Training’, R+D+I Competitive project with European Commission fundings. 2020