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Alfonso Monedero
BIM-ing Innovation: How Alfonso Monedero Bridges Tech and Creativity at Heatherwick Studio
Alfonso Monedero is Head of BIM at Heatherwick Studio in London, leading design technology, data strategy and digital practice across complex projects.
- Current role
- Head of BIM
- Practice
- Heatherwick Studio
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0231 · Architecture Social
BIM-ing Innovation: How Alfonso Monedero Bridges Tech and Creativity at Heatherwick Studio
Exploring the Unconventional Career in BIM with Alfonso Monedero from Heatherwick StudioIn this episode, we step inside an aesthetically pleasing office to chat with Alfonso Monedero, head of BIM at Heatherwick Studio. Alfonso shares his unique journey from a Spanish architect struggling during the 2008 architectural crisis to becoming an influential BIM expert in the UK. Alongside anecdotes from his career path, Alfonso discusses the transition and evolution of BIM roles, the integration of AI
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Selected work
Selected work.
Singapore · 2020
EDEN
A 20-storey apartment building that lifts private homes and generous planted balconies into Singapore's tropical canopy.
Explore the project ↗King's Cross, London, United Kingdom · 2024
Making House
Heatherwick Studio's King's Cross home transforms a 1970s office into a workshop, studio and public window onto making.
Explore the project ↗Seoul, South Korea
Nodeul Island
A future public park on Seoul's Han River, organised as a tidal landscape, arts destination and 1.2-kilometre skywalk.
Explore the project ↗Other public work
Savarin ↗
A future mixed-use quarter connecting Prague's heritage buildings, gardens and an 18th-century riding hall through new public routes.
About
The story so far.
The person behind the 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.
Beyond the studio, Alfonso advises AEC software teams on product strategy and contributes to industry groups working on open, granular data standards for the built environment. On episode 231 of the Architecture Social Podcast he speaks with Stephen Drew about the evolution of BIM roles, AI in architecture, the value of coding skills, team building and advice for aspiring BIM professionals.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Bridging Technology and Creativity: Alfonso Monedero's Journey in BIM at Heatherwick Studio.
The practice
Heatherwick Studio
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…
Architecture practice · Greater London
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Head of BIM
- Practice
- Heatherwick Studio
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2025
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