Susana Saiz

Director, Arup, Spain

Susana Saiz

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    Cities: Affordable Housing Workshop 2022

    Susana Saiz is Director of Arup Spain based in Madrid, Spain and was a member of the Academic Body at the Norman Foster Foundation Cities: Affordable Housing Workshop 2022 supported by the Holcim Foundation.

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    Cities: Affordable Housing Workshop 2022

    Susana Saiz emphasized how the built environment affects the physical, mental, and social well-being, during her seminar at the Norman Foster Foundation’s library.

Susana Saiz is Director of Arup Spain based in Madrid, Spain.

Last updated: April 24, 2023

Susana Saiz is an architect specialised in sustainability advisory with twenty-four years of experience. She is Director of ARUP’s Climate and Sustainability Services Portfolio within the Europe Region, as well as a Global Leader for the Human Health and Wellbeing Skills Network.

She is a member of the leadership team in the Spain Group, with responsibility for innovation and development in her group. She specialises in sustainability metrics and assessment and combines her advisory work with academia as an expert in whole life cycle environmental and carbon assessment methodology at post-graduate level. She leads teams on a wide range of advisory projects related to climate and sustainability as well as impacts on human health, bringing a systemic approach to problem solving.

She holds a PhD in Architecture, MASc in Civil Engineering.

Susan Saiz was a member of the Academic Body at the Norman Foster Foundation Cities: Affordable Housing Workshop 2022 supported by the Holcim Foundation.