Iván Tamayo Ramos
Index17 works
Issuev 1.0 · May 2026
BasesMAD · CDMX

Regenerative
Architecture &
Urban Design.

A practice for buildings, infrastructure and cities — designed from concept through operation to leave each site measurably better than it was found.

Discipline Architecture, Infrastructure & Urbanism Concept · Bid · Build · Operate
Scale Single room to 95 hectare district Residential to regional masterplan
Sectors Cultural · Civic · Industrial · Housing Public, private and institutional
Affiliations ACCIONA · Norman Foster Institute Ecosystem Services World
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Practice
An independent consultancy between Madrid and Mexico City — treating ecology, heritage and finance as load-bearing inputs to the design of infrastructure.

Iván Tamayo Ramos is an architect and regenerative-design consultant working between infrastructure, ecological restoration and sustainable finance.

He currently advises ACCIONA on the integration of regenerative principles across major infrastructure tenders in Europe, the Americas and Australasia, while developing an AI-assisted tool for regenerative infrastructure across the project lifecycle. A 2024 Fellow of the Norman Foster Institute, with more than a decade of built work across Mexico, Spain and Central Europe.

ACCIONA
MAD
Regenerative Design Consultant · Corporate Sustainability
Norman Foster Institute
MAD
Fellow · Sustainable Cities Leadership · 2024
Ecosystem Services World
REM
Sustainable Finance & Grants Advisor
Tierradura
SIN
Founder · 2015 — 2021
Madrid40°25′N · 03°42′W
Ciudad de México19°25′N · 99°08′W
Culiacán24°48′N · 107°23′W
Los Cabos22°53′N · 109°54′W
Prague50°05′N · 14°25′E
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Selected works · 2014 — 2026
95ha
Largest master plan · NATURA, Culiacán
12yr
Practice across Mexico, Spain & Central Europe
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Continents of active tenders · EU · Americas · APAC
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Selected Works · Index
Seventeen projects ordered by sequence — adaptive reuse, masterplanning, infrastructure, hospitality, workforce housing, offices and chapel across Mexico, Spain, Norway and Hong Kong.
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Curriculum Vitæ
A decade between built work in northwest Mexico, infrastructure consulting in Madrid and continuing study at MIT, NFI and Urban AI Paris.

Selected Experience

Regenerative Design Consultant — Infrastructure
ACCIONA · Corporate Sustainability · Madrid
Leads regenerative design and AI-enabled spatial analysis across PPP corridors (US), urban rail (Brazil) and energy assets (Australia). Embeds ecosystem-services valuation across bid teams; advises on SBTi-aligned decarbonisation pathways.
2025 — Present
Fellow · Sustainable Cities Leadership
Norman Foster Institute · Madrid
Inaugural cohort. Co-developed a conservation and sustainable development plan for the Republic of San Marino. Applied research on heritage, urban ecology and climate-resilient city design.
2024
Urban Consultant
MAPASIN · Parques Alegres
Led the urban regeneration strategy for the historic centre of Culiacán. Coordinated collaboration between MAPASIN and the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety.
2024 — 2025
Project Manager
Costa Palmas · Los Cabos, BCS
Directed community relations across a 400-ha luxury development (Four Seasons, Aman). Founded the project's philanthropic foundation; delivered a children's park and community centre.
2021 — 2022
Founder
Tierradura · Culiacán, Sinaloa
Designed and built social housing, community facilities and private commissions across northwest Mexico. Delivered a Fair Trade–funded rammed-earth community centre with agricultural producers.
2015 — 2021

Education & Continuing Study

Urban AI Professional Programme
Paris
2025
Sustainable Cities Leadership Programme
Norman Foster Institute · Madrid
2024
Circular Economy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
Master in Architecture & Urbanism
Architectural Institute in Prague (ARCHIP)
2018 — 2020
Bachelor in Architecture & Urbanism
Architectural Institute in Prague (ARCHIP)
2011 — 2014
International Summer School · Sustainable Construction
BASE Habitat · Attersee, Austria
2014

Engagements & Languages

CityLab · Bloomberg Philanthropies & Aspen Institute
Madrid · 2026 / Mexico City · 2024 / Amsterdam · 2022
2022 — 2026
Foro Mar de Cortés
Los Cabos · 2022 · 2023 · 2024
Recurring
Languages
Spanish (Native) · English (Fluent)
ES · EN
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Contact
Open to commissions, consulting engagements and competitions in architecture, infrastructure and regenerative urbanism.

For new work, commissions and
collaboration, write to
ivantamayoramos@gmail.com

Madrid
+34 620 552 682
Ciudad de México
+52 667 303 5875
Availability
Accepting Q3 — Q4 2026 engagements.