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Juan Manuel Chávez Fernández del Busto
Mexico City, MX  - Cambridge, MA SMArchS AD 
  EDUCATION
2022-2024
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SA+P)  
Cambridge, USA
Master of Science in Architecture Studies-Architecture + Design (SMArchS AD)
2014-2019
Universidad Iberoamericana  
Mexico City, Mexico
Bachelor of Architecture 
2018 (Spring semester)  Politecnico di Milano   Milan, ItayErasmus Exchange Program

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2025 (Fall)Lecturer     Universidad Iberoamericana    Mexico City, Mexico
Proyectos V     (fifth semester studio)co-Instructors: Margarita Flores, Tiberio Wallentin 
2023-2024 (Fall+Spring)Teaching Assistant
ACT
(Art, Culture, and Technology) Studio
 MIT ACT Program at the SA+P
Instructors: Renée Green, Nida Sinnokrot, Tobias Putrih

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2025Independent practice + collaborations
Design, planning, and execution for architectural projects
Artistic production: photography, filmmaking, visuals, sculptures, etc.
juancha     Design and production for lighting, and architectural objects

2024 Mercedes Azpilicueta   Studio collaborator (August-November with support from the MISTI MIT-Netherlands program)
Production assistance for ‘Las Mesas Danzantes’ at C3A Andalucía


2020-2021 Studio Fierro    New York City, USA Architect
2018La Metropolitana   Mexico City, Mexico
Junior Architect

2017Dellekamp Arquitectos   Mexico City, Mexico
Intern



EXHIBITIONS

2025 (upcoming)
Traveling Laundry Line    Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut Art Center
2023 What Lies in a Fold   Cambridge, MA
Bartos Theatre at the MIT List Visual Arts Center
Film and multi-media installation (presented on December 13th)
Collaborators: Ghida Anouti
more info

The Deep Time Project    Cambridge, MA
MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery
Group Exhibition

2024 Traveling Laundry Line   Cambridge, MA
ACT Gallery at the MIT List Visual Arts Center
screened at the MIT Museum on June 1st
Film and Multi-media Installation (on view from May 22-June 5)
Collaborators:  Guida Anouti and Hajar Alrifai
more info

The Cycles of aMaízing Things Cambridge, MA
Long Lounge at the MIT SA+P
Final thesis presentation
Film and installation
more info


HONORS + AWARDS

2022-2024 Fulbright-García Robles (COMEXUS)
Scholarship Grantee for Graduate Studies in the US
2022-2024 Department of Architecture Graduate Fellowship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SA+P)
2023 CAMIT Seed Grant (Council for the Arts at MIT)Graduate Student Arts Project Seed Grants Pilot Program (Fall 2023)

2020 Universidad Iberoamericana   Mexico City, Mexico
High-Performance Students’ Honors