Mauricio Cortés Sierra (Mexico City, 1975) holds a PhD in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, where he received the distinction Cum Laude for his dissertation, “The Ages of Space - Development of the Conception of Physical and Social Space-Time in Architecture.” Direction by J. Muntañola and F. Biurrún.
While in Mexico, he combined teaching with research projects at the Laboratory of Lightweight Structures and Roofs at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), most notably the roof for the historic Palace of Mining in 2000.
Since 2006, he has worked for the Sagrada Família Basilica's construction board, coordinating several projects, including the Montserrat and Dolors Cloisters, as well as the preliminary designs for the Chapel of the Assumption and the Baptistery.
For some years now he has led the team of architects and engineers in charge of the terminals of the central towers, completing the tower of Mary in 2021, the towers of the Evangelists in 2023 and in the process of completing the tower of Jesus Christ.