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Alfonso Monedero
Head of BIM · Heatherwick Studio
Head of BIM at Heatherwick Studio, leading design technology, data strategy and digital practice.
- Current role
- Head of BIM
- Practice
- Heatherwick Studio
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2025
The story so far
The path behind Alfonso's work.
Alfonso Monedero is Head of BIM at Heatherwick Studio in London, where he leads the studio's design technology and digital practice. His focus is embedding BIM and data strategy into the design process without limiting creativity, so that designers face no artistic constraints because of software.
Trained as an architect at IE Universidad in Spain, Alfonso left the country during the 2008 downturn and worked in India and Chile, including as Head of Design at Turner Arquitectos in Santiago, before moving to the UK in 2015. He first worked with Heatherwick Studio as a BIM consultant, then spent time as Studio Design Technology Manager at Woods Bagot, returning to Heatherwick Studio in 2018 to lead BIM across its portfolio of complex international projects.
Episode 0231 · Architecture Social · 48:59
BIM-ing Innovation: How Alfonso Monedero Bridges Tech and Creativity at Heatherwick Studio
BIM and design technology are often treated as back-office production tools, but in the right hands they can support creativity, geometry, collaboration and better project delivery.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction and guest context
- 02
00:51 · Alfonso's career journey
- 03
01:20 · Challenges and innovation in BIM
- 04
03:07 · Technology evolution and project experience
- 05
10:58 · Community and learning in BIM
- 06
14:12 · Advice for aspiring BIM professionals
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Alfonso's conversation.
- Current role
- Head of BIM
- Practice
- Heatherwick Studio
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
Continue exploring
Meet the practice behind the work.
Heatherwick Studio stands as a beacon of innovation in the design and architecture industry, dedicated to making the physical world around us better for everyone. Founded on the principle of creating soulful and interesting places that embrace and celebrate the complexities of the real world, the studio operates…
- Greater London
- Residential
- Commercial
- Education
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
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Alfonso's career journey
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Challenges and innovation in BIM
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Technology evolution and project experience
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Community and learning in BIM
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Advice for aspiring BIM professionals
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Team dynamics and recruitment
Selected work from Heatherwick Studio
Three projects, one connected practice.
A closer look at the practice’s work
EDEN
A 20-storey apartment building that lifts private homes and generous planted balconies into Singapore's tropical canopy.
View project →Making House
Heatherwick Studio's King's Cross home transforms a 1970s office into a workshop, studio and public window onto making.
View project →Nodeul Island
A future public park on Seoul's Han River, organised as a tidal landscape, arts destination and 1.2-kilometre skywalk.
View project →