Marcos Cruz is an Architect and Professor of Innovative Environments at the Bartlett School of Architecture, as well as Visiting Professor at IAAC.

He is co-founder of Studio Biocene and co-director of the Bio-ID lab, a cross-disciplinary research platform created with Dr Brenda Parker that they run between architecture and biochemical engineering at UCL.

In addition to his professional practice and academic leadership, which includes his Directorship of the Bartlett between 2010-14, Cruz’s research and teaching has been focused on new forms of bio-integrated and sustainable design for the built environment. Main thematic foci include bio receptive materials, poikilohydric design and neoplasmatic architecture (RIBA President’s award for research in 2008).

Cruz has published numerous books and articles, lectured and exhibited widely, and regularly serves on juries and advisory boards.