Architect, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 1977; Doctor Architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona, UPC, 1981.

He has worked as an academic at the School of Architecture since 1974, currently holding the position of Full Professor. He served as Director of the School between 1987 and 1990, and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts between 1990 and 2000. In parallel, he has worked professionally as an architect, with some of his projects being exhibited and published in Chile and abroad. He has worked as in  consultant in projects related to monumental buildings and some of his interventions have taken place within significant preexisting constructions.   He was Visiting Design Critic at Harvard University in 1990 and Simón Bolívar Professor at the University of Cambridge, in the year 2000. His research has focused on topics of theory and history of architectural design, publishing books, chapters and articles in magazines such as Casabella, Arquitectura Viva, Projeto, Block, Harvard Architecture Review, CA, and ARQ.