Aurora Monge Barrio

Biography

PhD Architect and Associate Professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Navarra. Her research interests focus on passive architectural strategies for de-carbonization of buildings, the re-naturalization of buildings and urban environments, and new concepts of thermal envelopes, particularly those climate adaptive or incorporating transparent PV. Her approach considers the impacts and effects of climate and climate change on the well-being and health of people, especially the most vulnerable, such as the elderly, children, and people living in energy poverty. She has participated in more than 11 research projects at international, national, and regional levels and 4 research contracts with the regional administration. She is the co-author of a book, 25 peer-reviewed indexed articles (18 of them Q1), and more than 25 presentations at international conferences. She has participated in Annex 75 and 86, and in Action Cost TU 1403. Her teaching is related to the construction of building envelopes, and passive strategies for nearly zero-consumption buildings, both in the Architecture degree and in the MDGAE master’s degree at the University of Navarra. Actually she is co-directing the national research project CLIMAREADY+TPV, “Towards a decarbonized and climate-ready architecture. Evaluation of the potential of transparent photovoltaic glass for use in schools and housing” (2024-27), and she is coordinating the Interreg SUDOE project COL3NATUR “Re-naturalization of buildings, playgrounds and school paths for Climate Change Adaptation” (2025-28).

Research Interests
Decarbonization, transparent PV, adaptation and resilience to climate change, vulnerable population