Born on July 28, 1951, in Benimamet, near Valencia, he attended the Art School in Valencia from 1968 to 1969 and graduated from the university there in 1974 with a degree in architecture. From 1975 to 1979 he studied civil engineering at the Federal Polytechnic in Zurich, where he obtained a Ph.D. in technical science in 1981 with a thesis entitled "Concerning the Foldability of Spaceframes." In the same year he opened an architectural and engineering office in Zurich; in 1989 he opened a second office in Paris. He has participated in numerous competitions in Europe and America; most of his built work is in Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, and Canada.