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Ana Olano Sans is Associate Professor in the Department of Sculpture and Artistic Education at the Complutense University of Madrid, where she has been teaching since 2007. Her artistic and research practice focuses on natural stone sculpture, sculptural processes and the relationship between material, space and the human body, combining abstract and figurative approaches.

Alongside her teaching and research activities, she has coordinated artistic projects, exhibitions and educational initiatives, while maintaining an active artistic career with participation in numerous sculpture symposia, biennials and international exhibitions. Her work explores the dialogue between traditional sculptural techniques, contemporary practice and material experimentation.

Jorge Caminero is an architect and researcher whose work focuses on the intersections between architecture, landscape, sustainability and embodied spatial experience. He holds a Master's Degree in Advanced Architectural Projects from the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM-UPM), where he is also pursuing his PhD within the Department of Architectural Design with the research project Mediated Matter – Embodied Cognition.

He has taught at ETSAM and has been a visiting lecturer in postgraduate programmes on healthy habitats, bioconstruction and sustainable architecture. Alongside his academic activity, he is founder of Biohabitat, an architecture and technology practice specialising in positive carbon balance solutions. His research and professional work explore the dialogue between architecture, ecology, new materials and innovative design methodologies.

ORCID: 0000-0003-1801-6863

Ruth Remartínez Martínez holds a degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, specialising in the Conservation and Restoration of Sculpture. She worked as an honorary collaborator in the Department of Painting and later as a lecturer at CES Felipe II (2005–2014), where she taught courses in Conservation-Restoration, Painting and Drawing. She has also taught at Rey Juan Carlos University and currently lectures in the Degree in Fundamentals of Architecture.

Her research and teaching focus on art education, craft practices, artistic memory, materiality and social responsibility through participatory and collaborative methodologies. She has collaborated on research projects such as Artefactos de Carnaval and Conversaciones con el Paisaje, and regularly contributes to seminars and training programmes exploring the intersections between art, education and social inclusion.

Mónica Martínez Bordiú holds a PhD in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid. Her artistic and research practice is situated at the intersection of sculpture, landscape and ecology, exploring the relationships between art, nature and environmental transformation through site-specific and process-based methodologies.

She directs the artistic research project La Naturaleza del Paisaje, a platform for contemporary artistic creation linked to the Cabañeros National Park. Her work investigates the concept of the expanded landscape, understanding territory as an active and material agent in artistic practice, while integrating ecological concerns and interdisciplinary approaches that connect contemporary art, environmental thought and scientific knowledge.

Sergio Montoya is a specialist in advanced technologies for the management and documentation of cultural heritage, with training in digital technologies applied to cultural heritage, digitalisation, 3D reproduction and rapid prototyping. He graduated in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid and completed further training at the Scuola del Marmo di Carrara and the Escuela del Mármol de Andalucía.

He is currently developing his doctoral research at the Complutense University of Madrid, focusing on the incorporation of new technologies into artistic and sculptural processes. His work combines traditional sculptural practice with digital fabrication, 3D technologies and the application of contemporary methodologies to heritage and artistic production.

Nuria Roncero is Associate Professor in the Department of Sculpture at the Complutense University of Madrid and a Fine Arts graduate from the same institution. She combines her teaching activity with an extensive professional career in artistic production, set design and woodworking, collaborating on projects for film, television, advertising and the performing arts.

Specialised in artistic woodworking and sculptural fabrication, her practice bridges traditional craftsmanship and contemporary artistic production. Her research and teaching interests focus on material processes, sculpture, technical knowledge and the transmission of craft-based practices within contemporary art education.