Prof. Dr. Andrea Gonzalez Martinez
Prof. Dr. Andrea Gonzalez Martinez
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Facility Management
Work at ZHAW
Position
Head Competence Group Smart Building Management
Focus
- Smart Building Management in Building Operations
- Risk and resilience analyses of smart building technologies
- Application of Artificial Intelligence in Smart Building Management
- Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics
- Building Automation and Data Management
- Human-Centered Technologies
- Digital Transformation for Sustainability
- Data-driven Human-Building Interaction
- Smart Cities and Ecosystems
Experience
- Head Real Estate, Project Manager Real Estate
Uster AG and other Firms
11 / 2014 - 08 / 2025 - Lecturer Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate Development & Management
ETH Raum, CUREM, HWZ, HSLU, ZHAW
02 / 2022 - 07 / 2025 - Senior Researcher and Project Lead SNSF Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate Development & Management
University of Liechtenstein
06 / 2024 - 06 / 2025 - Senior Researcher, Lecturer, and Project Manager in Research & Teaching Digitalization in Real Estate and Urban Planning
ETH Zurich
02 / 2019 - 06 / 2024 - Member of the Board of Directors
Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architektenverein - International Section
08 / 2017 - 08 / 2022 - PhD Researcher and Lecturer Digitalization in Architecture and Real Estate
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid / Tokyo Institute of Technology
03 / 2010 - 02 / 2019 - Founder
Architecture Global Aid
04 / 2011 - 04 / 2018
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Postdoc / Information Systems & Computer Science
Universität Liechtenstein / Information Systems & Computer Science
06 / 2024 - 06 / 2025 - Postdoc / Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
ETH Zürich / Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
02 / 2019 - 06 / 2024 - Dr. / Architecture, Real Estate & Digitalization
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Tokyo Institute of Technology
03 / 2010 - 03 / 2016 - Master / Architecture
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
09 / 2006 - 02 / 2010 - MBA / Institute Real Estate Management MDI
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
09 / 2008 - 08 / 2009 - Bachelor / Architecture
Universidad CEU San Pablo
09 / 2003 - 08 / 2006
Continuing Education
- Certificate Core teaching and learning concepts in higher education
Foundations of Teaching and Learning
10 / 2022 - Certificate Course in Project Management for Sustainability in Real Estate Development
Sustainability in Real Estate Development
03 / 2022 - Certificate Building Value through Business Acumen
Executive Programm INSEAD
05 / 2018
Network
Membership of networks
ORCID digital identifier
Awards
- Competition School Building Breite Muttenz 3. Prize
Muttenz Basel-Landschaft
11 / 2024 - Total Service Competition Redevelopment project Badenerstrasse Zurich 1. Prize
BVK Personalvorsorge des Kantons Zürich
09 / 2021 - Extraordinary Doctoral Prize & Summa Cum Laude
UPM
11 / 2017 - Architects Under 30
Casabella
01 / 2014 - Master’s thesis awarded distinction (9/10)
UPM
01 / 2010 - Idea Competition LDE Accesit Prize
COAM
05 / 2006
Social media
Media presence
- KI in der Immobilienwirtschaft. Interview. Immobilia. November 2024
- Smart Building Management in Japan. Interview. La Nueva España. November 2011
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Gonzalez, A.; Schneider, J.; Stockhammer, D. (2025): Künstliche Intelligenz für den Wiederaufbau von Kulturgütern am Beispiel der Rekonstruktionsfrage von Schloss Vaduz (2025, Publikation vrs. in 160-2 Magazine Liechtenstein).
- Gonzalez, A.; Schneider, J.; Stockhammer, D., Adey, B. (2025): MARIA Machine-Learning for Adaptive Resilient Intelligent Architecture: Sustainable Conversion of Religious Buildings in Switzerland using Generative Artificial Intelligence and Real Options Theory
- Martani, C., Fiorot, N., González, A., Adey, B.; Van Wezemael, J. (2024) Evaluating the impact of flexible offices in coping with the uncertainty in future demand. Infrastructure Asset Management; 11 (1): 15–40 https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.23.00027
- Gonzalez, A. (2024): Prädiktive Analysen und Dynamische Gebäudesimulationen durch Künstliche Intelligenz. Ein Praxisorientierter Kurs Ed. Metropoly Libros, 2014, 1st Edition (ISBN: 978-8409695171)
- Zheng, L.; Chang, Z.; Gonzalez, A. (2023): High-speed rail, market access, and the rise of consumer cities: Evidence from China. Transportation Research Part A. Elsevier. 165 (2022) 454-470
- Gonzalez, A.; Van Wezemael, J. (2021): Assessment of the quality of the view in the Real Estate Market by means of crowdsourcing and Deep Learning
- Martani, C.; Fiorot, N.; Gonzalez, A.; Adey, B.; Van Wezemael, J. (2021): Preparing the Urban Space for the Age of Distributed Work: Evaluating future-proof conversion of the portfolio of vacant bank branches in Zurich. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research NSL Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft, Network City and Landscape. Newsletter Edition. 47 September 2020 (ISSN: 978-3-03823-291)
- Martani, C; Fiorot, N; Gonzalez, A (2020) Evaluation of the impact of flexible designs in coping with the uncertain future demand for office space. Conference Paper. Annual congress of Applied Urban Modelling Workshop
- Gonzalez, A. (2020): Cities, Urban Planning and Architecture in the Reconstruction of the 0 Zones 1st Ed., Metropoly (ISBN: 978-8-49460-9589)
- Gonzalez, A. (2018): Statistical Approach to Asset Redevelopment (Renovation, Demolition and Reconstruction) in the Residential Real Estate Market Seen from an International perspective (Kapitel im Buch): Optimierungsstrategien im Nutzungszyklus von Immobilien, 1st Ed., Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler (ISBN: 978-3658237561)
- Gonzalez, A. (2016) J.A.D.E. 1991-2011. La casa contemporánea japonesa, el refugio y el jardín, Tokio: 1991-2011. Archivo Digital. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. Thesis (Doctoral) DOI:10.20868/UPM.thesis.40747
- Gonzalez, A. (2016): Villas and Gardens of Tokyo. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Mairea Libros, 2016, 1st Edition (ISBN: 978-8494609596)
- Gonzalez, A. (2016): Chinese Urban Villages: Non-regulated growth (chapter in book): The Territory Inhabited. Resilient Cities. 1st Ed. Madrid: Editorial University Francisco de Vitoria Press (ISBN: 978-8416552030)
- Gonzalez, A. (2016): Architecture Global Aid. F. Japonica. Mairea Libros, 2016, 1st Edition (ISBN: 978-8494609589)
- Gonzalez, A. (2016): Jardin y Arquitectura Domestica del Este. Mairea Libros, 2016, 1st Edition (ISBN: 978-8494609589)
- Gonzalez, A. (2015): Architecture Global Aid (Chapter in Book): Mobile. Home Project. Seoul, Korea, pp.104 - 108 1st Ed., Movingbook. Songwon Art Centre, WB Corner Gallery (ISBN: 979-1195442805)
- Gonzalez, A.; Ono, Y. (2013): Architecture Global Aid. Archivo Digital Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. Casabella, Architecture Press (Japanese edition), Vol. 832, p. 14-15. 12/2013 (ISSN: 0008-7181)
- Gonzalez, A. (2013): Japan, Two Years After the Tsunami. Arquitectura Viva, Architecture Press, Vol. 151, p. 53-56. 04, 2013 (ISSN: 0214-1256)
- Gonzalez, A. (2013): Fukushima. Rescate Urbano. Archivo Digital Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. Summa+, Architecture Press (Argentina), Vol. 131, p. 98-101. 09/2013 (ISSN: 0327-9022)
- Gonzalez, A. (2013) Arquitectura para volver a vivir. Archivo Digital Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. Ed. El Mundo. pp. 59-60 (ISSN 1697-0179)
- Gonzalez, A. (2010): Un pabellon para un jardin en la Universidad Libre de Berlin, Campus de Dahlem. Archivo Digital Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (OAI Identifyer:https://oa.upm.es/61938/)