Alvaro Corredor Ochoa

Álvaro Corredor Ochoa, MSc in Architecture, is a doctoral researcher and specialist in urban sustainability regulation and transit-oriented developments (TODs). After completing his studies in architecture with a focus on urban planning, he worked across multiple European architectural fields, including interior and retail design, landscape architecture, temporary structures, urban design, and construction management. He also founded his own architectural studio and participated in international architectural and urban competitions.

Following five years of professional practice, he pursued a postgraduate degree in environmental and bioclimatic architecture, which led to research positions at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE).

Álvaro is currently completing his doctoral dissertation at Tampere University, where he analyses sustainability indicators applied to TODs. His research introduces residential capacity as a novel indicator of urban sustainability and proposes a regulatory framework linking indicators to different phases of the urban life cycle. This work has positioned him as an expert in urban sustainability assessment and policy-making.

He has completed the European Climate-KIC Pioneers into Practice programme and has been a visiting researcher at Coventry City Council, the City of Vantaa’s Urban Planning Department, and the Technical University of Madrid.

Between 2020 and 2022, he had a gap in his research career, and worked for Posti Group OYj as a shop steward representing more than 1000 workers in Uusimaa Region. During this time he came back to deal with immigration issues as he did in his Master Thesis in Architecture. He has been an influencer and active person in the Industrial Union (Teollisuusliitto) and has spezialised in inmigration issues.

Álvaro is interested in different topics inside sustainable urbanism such as indicators of urban sustainability, transforming the sprawl, zero energy clusters, ecocities, ecological footprint in urbanity, increasing the complexity in the neighbourhoods, eco innovative urban transportation, ecovillages, bioclimatic urbanism, smart growth and new urbanism, social sustainability in urban developments, transit-oriented developments, indicators of urban sustainability and hybrid land urban use among others.

Sustainability and Urban Planning

Tampere University. Doctoral Researcher. March 2022 - July 2025.

SYKE The Finnish Environment Institute. Research Assistant in internship. Feb 2014 - Aug 2014.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Research Trainee in internship. Jun 2013 - Jan 2014.

1. Residential Capacity as an Indicator of Urban Sustainability for TODs: The Case Study of Tikkurila, Finland, (2025). Peer-reviewed book chapter. Author: Álvaro Corredor-Ochoa. Editor(s): André Cavalcante da Silva Batalhão and Pardeep Singh. Blending Approaches Towards Sustainability Focus. Earth and Environmental Sciences Library. Springer, Cham. Print ISBN 978-3-031-93517-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93518-3_9
2. Sustainable Urban Policy for Transit-Oriented Developments: Framework for Achieving Urban Sustainability in Different Urban Life-Cycle Phases, (2025). Peer-reviewed book chapter. Author: Álvaro Corredor-Ochoa. Editor(s): André Cavalcante da Silva Batalhão and Pardeep Singh. Blending Approaches Towards Sustainability Focus. Earth and Environmental Sciences Library. Springer, Cham. Print ISBN 978-3-031-93517-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93518-3_12
3. Challenges in assessing urban sustainability, (2020). Peer-reviewed book chapter. Authors: Álvaro Corredor-Ochoa, Carmen Antuña-Rozado, José Fariña-Tojo and Juho Rajaniemi. Editor(s): Pramit Verma, Pardeep Singh, Rishikesh Singh, A.S. Raghubanshi. Urban Ecology, Elsevier, 2020. Pages 355-374. ISBN 9780128207307. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820730-7.00019-7
4. Eco-innovative construction business models for social development, (2014). Conference paper (peer-reviewed). Authors: Aapo Huovila, Carmen Antuña-Rozado, Pekka Huovila and Álvaro Corredor-Ochoa. 24th Annual RESER Conference, 2014. Pages 72-82. ISBN: 978-951-38-7436-0 · Sep 11, 2014. Available at: https://reser.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/RESER_2014_Proceedings-1.pdf
5. Building Engineer Manual, (2011). Book. Author: Esther Valiente Ochoa. Collaborators: Alexandru Octavian Ciplinschi, Begoña Serrano Lanzarote, Álvaro Corredor Ochoa and Robert Frank Rogers. Published by Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012. ISBN: 978-84-8363-851-4
6. Manual del ingeniero de edificación: guía para la inspección edilicia, (2011). Book. Author: Esther Valiente Ochoa. Collaborators: Victor Manuel Cabrera García and Álvaro Corredor Ochoa. Published by Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011. ISBN: 978-84-8363-656-5.