Gonzalo Vaíllo is a registered architect in Spain, principal founder of the Vienna-based studio MORPHtopia, and a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Experimental Architecture (Studio Schmidbaur) at the University of Innsbruck. He has also been a visiting professor at Texas A&M University and has taught at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. He holds a doctorate in architecture from the University of Innsbruck and the Polytechnic University of Madrid (international co-tutelle). His work intertwines practice, design research and theory, focusing on aesthetics, technology and philosophy for a design theory and methodology of the unknown potential of multi-agency objects as design material.