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landscape, green infrastructure, Madrid, peri-urban landscape, graphic representation
Spain

Biography

PhD. Lecturer, Department of Architecture and Design, Institute of Technology, San Pablo-CEU University .

Academic International Coordinator of the Architecture Dpt.

Research interests: Urban Green Infrastructure, Landscape Perception and Graphic Representation.

Architect by the University San Pablo-CEU, Madrid (2016), and PhD (Architecture) by the same University (2021). She has completed her doctoral thesis, with a pre-doctoral contract FPI (Research Staff Training) from the University San Pablo-CEU, where she is also a member of the consolidated research group Patrimonio, Arquitectura & Paisaje since 2016. She has participated so far in four research Projects, two of them funded by state programs. She collaborates with the University of Newcastle in a project on the management of green infrastructure (where she has also done a research stay) and has collaborated with Duke University in Madrid, the University of Makeni and the Applied Somatics Laboratory of the Polytechnic School of the University San Pablo-CEU. Her thesis studies the urban green infrastructure through the study of perception in Madrid, with a high methodological load, developing a series of graphic tools.

She is currently a lecturer in Form Analysis at San Pablo CEU University and the Academic International Coordinator of the Architecture Dpt. She has published scientific articles in specialized journals, communications to international conferences with the publication of proceedings, as well as participated in outreach activities. She has also taught drawing courses for other universities, such as Duke University. In addition, she has collaborated with several architectural firms, such as URBANMATTERS Studio or Estudio GÁLVEZ-WIECZOREK.

Activities

Employment (2)

Universidad CEU San Pablo Escuela Politécnica Superior: Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, ES

2021-02 to present | Lecturer in Architectural Form Analysis (Architecture and Design)
Employment
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Universidad CEU San Pablo Escuela Politécnica Superior: Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, ES

2016-10-15 to 2020-10-15 | Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow (Architecture and Design)
Employment
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Education and qualifications (5)

CEU San Pablo University: Madrid, ES

2016-10-15 to 2021-02-08 | Phd in Composition, History and Technique in Architecture and Urbanism (CEINDO - International PhD School)
Education
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Newcastle University: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, GB

2019-02-25 to 2019-05-25 | Occasional Student - Postgraduate (School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape)
Education
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Universidad CEU San Pablo Escuela Politécnica Superior: Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, ES

2009-09-05 to 2016-05-04 | Architect (Architecture and Design)
Education
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Syracuse University: Syracuse, NY, US

2014-01-08 to 2014-05-08 | NYC Program - Undergraduate (bilateral agreement) (School of Architecture)
Education
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Syracuse University: Syracuse, NY, US

2013-09-05 to 2013-12-20 | Florence Program - Undergraduate (bilateral agreement) (School of Architecture )
Education
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Professional activities (1)

Patrimonio Arquitectura & Paisaje. Research Group: Madrid, ES

2016-10-15 to present (Arquitectura y Diseño)
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Funding (5)

El paisaje periurbano de Madrid: Visiones desde la memoria hacia la nueva ciudad

2020-06 to 2023-05 | Grant
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Madrid, ES)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

PID2019-110693RB-I00

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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Mobility - Newcastle University - School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape

2019-02 to 2019-05 | Grant
Banco Santander (Madrid, ES)
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Predoctoral Fellowship - FPI (Formación de Personal Investigador)

2016-10 to 2020-10 | Grant
Universidad San Pablo CEU (Madrid, ES)
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Paisajes de aproximación a la ciudad de Madrid: del siglo XIX a la actualidad

2015-01 to 2018-07 | Grant
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Madrid, ES)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

HAR2014-57843-R

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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Undergraduate Grant for Teaching and Research Assistantship

2014-09 to 2015-05 | Grant
Universidad CEU San Pablo (Madrid, ES)
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Works (19)

Lecturas dibujadas. Desencadenantes no visuales para la ensoñación en la formación gráfica del arquitecto

EGA Revista de Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica
2023-11-30 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2254-6103
Part of ISSN: 1133-6137
Contributors: FATIMA SARASOLA RUBIO; Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro; GUADALUPE CANTARERO GARCIA; Daniel Horcajada Díaz
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Stewardship and green infrastructure in England. Planning perspectives informed through an investigation of urban green infrastructure

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
2023-04-17 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0964-0568
Part of ISSN: 1360-0559
Contributors: Clive Davies; Rocío Santo-Tomás Muro
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Methodological Design and Application of NVIVO for a Perceptual Analysis of Green Infrastructure in the Periphery of Madrid

Computer Supported Qualitative Research
2022 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783031046797
Part of ISBN: 9783031046803
Part of ISSN: 2367-3370
Part of ISSN: 2367-3389
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Visiones periféricas: paisajes planeados, paseados, vividos

ConArquitectura
2022 | Book
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

La infraestructura verde urbana en Madrid: técnicas de análisis perceptivo del paisaje en el contorno de la ciudad.

2021 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Análisis perceptivo de la infraestructura verde urbana en Madrid a partir del Software NVIVO

Investigação Qualitativa em Ciências Sociais: Avanços e Desafios // Investigación Cualitativa en Ciencias Sociales: Avances y Desafíos
2021-07-10 | Book chapter
Part of ISSN: 2184-7770
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Espacios umbral en Madrid. Visiones desde la memoria hacia la ciudad futura

IX Jornadas internacionales Arte y Ciudad
2020 | Conference paper
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Visión periférica. Secuenciación fotográfica por el paisaje periurbano de Madrid.

IX Jornadas internacionaes Arte y Ciudad
2020 | Conference paper
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

City Thresholds. The role of urban green infrastructures in Madrid

ZARCH
2020-11-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2387-0346
Part of ISSN: 2341-0531
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Exploring landscape preference through photo-based Q methodology. Madrid seen by suburban adolescents

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
2020-08-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1038-2046
Part of ISSN: 1747-7611
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Green Infrastructures in the Peri-Urban Landscape: Exploring Local Perception of Well-Being through ‘Go-Alongs’ and ‘Semi-Structured Interviews’

Sustainability
2020-08-23 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2071-1050
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro
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Rehabilitando el Patrimonio de Madrid

I CONGRESO INTERFACULTATIVO DE INNOVACIÓN DOCENTE CIFID-1
2019 | Book chapter
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Landscape Perception in Peri-Urban Areas: an Expert-Based Methodological Approach

Landscape Online
2019-10-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1865-1542
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Influence of energy paradigm shifts on city boundaries. The productive peripheries of Madrid

24TH ISUF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: CITY AND TERRITORY IN THE GLOBALIZATION AGE
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Santo-Tomas Muro, Rocio; Rodriguez Romero, Eva J.; de Tejada Granados, Carlota Saenz
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La percepción del paisaje. Miradores y carreteras.

Paisajes de aproximación a la ciudad de Madrid
2018 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-84-947768-5-4
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Lookouts as a Tool for the Valorisation of Urban Landscape. The Case Study of Madrid

Putting Tradition Into Practice: Heritage, Place and Design
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Santo-Tomas Muro, Rocio; De Tejada Granados, Carlota Saenz; Rodriguez Romero, Eva J.
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Madrid en la pintura, reflexiones compositivas sobre las miradas artísticas del siglo XX y XXI

Paisajes de aproximación a la ciudad de Madrid
2018 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-84-947768-5-4
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Rocio Santo-Tomas Muro

Perceptive approaches to the morphological characterization of the urban contour: The case of the peri-urban landscape of Madrid

24TH ISUF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: CITY AND TERRITORY IN THE GLOBALIZATION AGE
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Santo-Tomas Muro, Rocio; de Tejada Granados, Carlota Saenz; Rodriguez Romero, J.
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The role of historical green spaces in the identity and image of today's cities: The case of Madrid

24TH ISUF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: CITY AND TERRITORY IN THE GLOBALIZATION AGE
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Santo-Tomas Muro, Rocio; de Tejada Granados, Carlota Saenz; Rodriguez Romero, Eva J.
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