Nuria Castilla Cabanes is an architect, professor and researcher at the Universitat Politècnica de València, where she is also Deputy Director for Students at the School of Architecture. Her work focuses on the relationship between architecture, lighting, perception and wellbeing, investigating how the environmental characteristics of spaces can influence people’s emotions, cognition and behaviour. 

Specialising in architectural lighting, she collaborates with the UPV Neuroarchitecture Laboratory. Her research brings together neuroarchitecture, evidence-based design, energy efficiency and virtual reality to advance towards healthier, more efficient and human-centred architecture.