GRADUATED IN ARCHITECTURE AT THE HIGH TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE OF THE POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, IN 1963, WHERE HE QUALIFIED AS “OUTSTANDING” IN THE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS IN 1ST, 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH YEARS, AS WELL AS IN THESIS “PROYECTO FIN DE CARRERA”, AND RECEIVED THE “MATRIMONIO LUQUE PRIZE” FOR HIS URBAN PROJECT. RECEIVED HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM THAT U.P.M. UNIVERSITY IN 1972. 

 

          HIS DESIGN BACKGROUND WAS ENRICHED THROUGH HIS STAY IN THE U.S.A. AS UNDER A SCHOLARSHIP OF THE JUAN MARCH FOUNDATION, HE RECEIVED A MASTERS DEGREE OF ARCHITECTURE IN URBAN DESIGN AT THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, IN 1965. HE WAS A LECTURER PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, AT THE DESIGN STUDIO FOR THREE YEARS (1965-66-67), WHERE HE ALSO TOOK SEVERAL COURSES OF HIS P.H. DOCTORATE. IN 1971 HE WAS A VISITING PROFESSOR AT THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE OF TORONTO, CANADA. DURING THESE YEARS HE COLLABORATED IN SEVERAL ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN PLANNIG OFFICES, SUCH AS SAMUEL GLASER ASOC. IN BOSTON AND VICTOR GRUEN ́S OFFICE AT NEW YORK . 

 

          IN 1968 HE IS INCORPORATE AS A TEACHER AT THE H.T. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE OF MADRID IN URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR THREE YEARS , AND, LATER ON, AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS FOR ANOTHER TWO PERIODSOF THREE YEARS.HE REORGANIZED AND DIRECTED THE ONLY GRADUATE DEGREE ON URBAN PLANNING IN SPAIN AT THE TIME, IN THE “NATIONAL SCHOOL OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION”, TEACHING THERE AND TAKING SOME ADVANCED COURSES IN URBAN ECONOMICS AND TRAFFIC AND TRASPORTATION IN THA INSTITUTE FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS, WHERE HE WAS DIRECTING THE RESEARCH AREA.IN 1974 HE WAS NAMED PROFESSOR IN CHARGE OF THE THESIS PROJECT AT THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE OF MADRID. HE CRATED, DIRECTED AND TOUGHT THE FIRST MASTER IN URBAN DESIGN IN SPAIN AT THE CENTRO SUPERIOR DE ARQUITECTURA ANTONIO CAMUÑAS (1990-91) , AND AT THE MODULE OF URBAN DESIGN OF THE MAGISTER IN URBAN PLANNING AT THE REY JUAN CARLOS UNIVERSITY IN MADRID (2000-2004). AT THE PRESENT IS TEACHING AN URBAN DESIGN WORKSHOP AND LECTURING AT DIFFERENTS SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE OF UNIVERSITIES OF CHINA: HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY OF PEKIN AND AT TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY.

 

          HE HAS DIRECTED AND LECTURED IN MANY SEMINARS, CONGRESSES AND MASTERS IN SPAIN, EUROPE, U.S.A. AND LATIN AMERICA, BECOMING A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE OF EXPERTS OF THE HERITAGE AND URBAN PLANNING COMMITEE OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS. HE HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITEE FOR HOUSING , BUILDING AND PLANNING , THE WORLD BANK AND THE A.I.D. COORDINATING INTERREGIONAL SEMINARS AND ASSESING THE PLANNING OF SEVERAL CITIES IN LATIN AMERICA. AFTER DIRECTING THE CABINET OF URBAN TUDIES AT THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND PLANNING OF SPAIN, HE WAS DIRECTOR AF THE DEPARTMANT OF ARCHITRCTURE AND URBAN STUDIES AT THE FUNDACION JUAN MARCH, (1974-77), BECOMING A CONSULTANT OF THE MINISTERIES OF HOUSING, PUBLICWORKS AND CULTURE OF SPAIN, FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

 

          IN 1973 HE ORGANIZED HIS PLURIDISCIPLINARY COMPANY, “F LONGORIA ASOCIADOS, ARQUITECTURA Y URBANISMO S.L.”, FOR PRACTICING ARCHITECTURE , URBAN DESIGN, URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING (STRUCTURAL PLAN FOR THE SURESTE PROVINCES OF ALBACETE, ALICANTE, MURCIA Y ALMERIA; SUBREGIONAL PLAN FOR THE PROVINCE OF MADRID; LOCAL AREA PLAN FOR THE NORTHWEST MUNICIPALITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF MADRID,,ETC), FULFILLING MANY URBAN MASTER PLANS (SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, CÁCERES, ETC.) , LOCAL AREA PLANS, AND URBAN STUDIES. LATELY IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS IT HAS CONCENTRATED IN LARGE SCALE PROJECTS FOR INSTITUTIONAL CLIENTS, BEING AWARDED WITH SEVERAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRIZES, SUCH AS THE “JOSE LUIS SERT PRIZE” FOR THE REHABILITATION OF SUBWAY STATIONS IN MADRID, THE FIRST PRIZE FOR THE “HIGH SPEED RAILROAD OF THE FUTURE”, FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN CITIES WITH HIGH SPEED TRAINS AND THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE REPUBLIQUE DE LA FRANCE. 

 

          SOME SIGNIFICANT COSTRUCTIONS IN THE LAST YEARS INCLUDE: SUBWAY STATIONS IN MADRID (OPERA, NUÑEZ DE BALBOA, GOYA Y SOL) AND THE REHABILITATION OF THE SUBWAY WAGONS; UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL RAILROAD CO. RENFE CERCANIAS IN MADRID (NUEVOS MINISTERIOS AND RECOLETOS); NEW BUILDINGS FOR THE FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND OF BIOLOGY, FOR THE UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE, AT HIS CAMPUS OF CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA DE MADRID; REHABILITATION OF THE HISTORIC BUILDING OF THE CASINO DE MADRID (PRIZE OF REHABILITATION); FACULTY AND CLINIC OF ODONTOLOGY , FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLA; NEW HEADQUARTERS OF THE PUBLIC RADIOTELEVISION MADRID; REHABILITATION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION AT THE PALACIO DÁVALOS, FOR THE STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF GUADALAJARA ;NEW HEADQURTERS FOR THE “CENTRO NACIONAL DE ACCESO AL DOCUMENTO” OF THE BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA AT ALCALÁ DE HENARES, MADRID; REHABILITATION AND NEW BUILDINGS FOR THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE “MUSEO DEL EJÉRCITO DE ESPAÑA” AT THE ALCÁZAR DE TOLEDO.