UDIT Madrid

Sandra Martín Simón is an architect, pharmacist, and Schmidt-MacArthur Fellow (2016) in Circular Economy, with 20+ years of broad and diverse experience in design and innovation—and a passionate focus on circularity and biodesign over the past decade. Her practice moves across scales, from biomaterials and bioproducts to interiors, installations, and circular strategies for cities, always aiming to reconnect human and ecological systems. She has also curated and designed cultural and educational experiences, including exhibitions, events, and learning programs, and has collaborated with cultural institutions like the Guggenheim Museum and biotech startups such as Biohm. She also teaches at UDIT and is the founder of Smartincircles, a research and biodesign platform with a biolab focused on co-design and self-production of biomaterials and bioproducts from local resources. Sandra’s independent research explores living materials, circular design, culture and systems thinking, with a particular focus on cultivating regenerative, inclusive, and healthy interiors.