María Candela Suárez (D218-3668-05D0)

Curriculum Vitae

María Candela Suárez. PhD em Projetos arquitectónicos - Linha de investigação 1: A Forma Moderna - pela Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2007), Master em Design for Play pela Designskolen Kolding (2021), Arquitecta pela Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (1999). Desde 2013, é Investigador colaborador no CITCEM (Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar Cultura Espaço e Memória) da Universidade do Porto. Possui 10 capítulo(s) de livros. Publicou artigos em revistas especializadas e actas de conferências internacionais com peer review. Participou em eventos científicos em Portugal, Espanha, USA, Suiza, Polonia, Dinamarca e Itália. Orientou 17 dissertações de mestrado e coorientou 3. Participa como Investigador responsável no projeto científico "Polychromie architecturale de Le Corbusier". Atua na área de Humanidades com ênfase em Artes, Arquitetura e Design. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Arquitectura; Genetic criticism; Le Corbusier; Projecto arquitectónico; Design; Learning through play; Playful design.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: María Candela Suárez

Citation names

Suárez, María Candela

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: D218-3668-05D0
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0375-8664

Email addresses

play@arplaytecture.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone

926116407 (Personal)
(+45) 50323477 (Personal)

Websites

https://flup.academia.edu/MariaCandelaSuarez (Scholar)
https://arplaytecture.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Arts - Architectural design
Humanities - Arts - Architectural design
Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/09/01 - 2021/10/29 Concluded	Design for Play (Master) Major in Design Designskolen Kolding, Denmark "arPLAYtecture, the deck to include the user in the creative architectural process" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	12/12
2001/09/01 - 2007/03/02 Concluded	Doctorate in Architectural Projects - Research Line 1: The Modern Form (Doctor) Major in Architectural Projects Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain "Las villas Meyer y Hutheesing-Shodhan de Le Corbusier" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Sobresaliente Cum Laude
1993/03/01 - 1999/12/23 Concluded	Architecture and Urbanism (Graduado) Major in Architecture Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina "Architectonical Project and Master plan for the International Airport of Buenos Aires, Argentina " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	8,63/10

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2013 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar Cultura Espaço e Memória, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2014 - 2017	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Lusíada Porto, Portugal

2014 - 2016	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal

2008/12/02 - 2012/12/01	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020 - 2020	Design research play-based intrapreneurship	Designskolen Kolding, Denmark
	GIVSKUD ZOO ZOOTOPIA, Denmark

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2003 - 2004	La villa Hutheesing-Shodhan de Le Corbusier 4 Principal investigator Fondation Le Corbusier, France	Fondation Le Corbusier Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2016 - 2024	Polychromie architecturale de Le Corbusier. Edición crítica en español. -- Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar Cultura Espaço e Memória, Portugal	Not funded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Suárez, María Candela. "Between Indian Tradition and Corbusian Modernity: The Case of Villa Hutheesing-Shodhan". In M. Bonaiti, S. Di Resta (eds.). Modern Heritage. Between Care and Risk., edited by Maria Bonaiti; Sara Di Resta, 60-79. Venezia, Italy: Bembo Officina editoriale della Scuola di dottorato dell’Università Iuav di Venezia, 2022. Published Suárez, María Candela. "Polychromie Architecturale: some observations on the 1931 essay, its drafts and variants". In La recherche patiente. Fifty years later, edited by Jorge Torres Cueco; Clara Mejía, 290-303. Valencia, Spain: General de Ediciones de la Arquitectura, 2017. Published Suárez, María Candela. "Between Indian Tradition and Corbusian Modernity: The Case of Villa Hutheesing-Shodhan". In Le Corbusier, History and Tradition, edited by Armando Rabaça, 276-294. Coimbra, Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Arquitectura Universidade de Coimbra, 2017. Published Suárez, María Candela. "The villa Sarabhai of Le Corbusier". In e Corbusier plans. Impressions, sp-sp. Paris, France: Echelle-1, Le Corbusier Foundation, 2012. Published Suárez, María Candela. "The villa Chimanbhai of Le Corbusier". In Le Corbusier plans 1951-1953: de l’idée au projet, sp-sp. Paris, France: Echelle-1, Le Corbusier Foundation, 2011. Published Suárez, María Candela. "La villa Hutheesing-Shodhan: un jardín suspendido en Ahmedabad". In Massilia Encuentro de Granada, 284-295. Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain: Associació d'idees, centre d'investigacions estètiques, Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Granada, 2008. Suárez, María Candela. "The villa Sarabhai of Le Corbusier". In Le Corbusier plans 1950-1951: de l’idée au projet, sp-sp. Paris, France: Echelle-1, Le Corbusier Foundation, 2006. Published Suárez, María Candela. "El proyecto definitivo para la villa Hutheesing-Shodhan". In Massilia 2005, 170-209. Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain: Associació d'idees, centre d'investigacions estètiques, 2005. Suárez, María Candela. "Sobre la villa Hutheesing-Shodhan: pormenores de un encargo". In Massilia 2004, 200-225. Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain: Associació d'idees, centre d'investigacions estètiques, 2004. Suárez, María Candela. "La villa Meyer: cuatro proyectos y algunas variants". In Massilia 2003, 40-99. Barcelona: Caja de Arquitectos Foundation, 2003. Published
Conference paper	Suárez, María Candela; Karel Vandenhende. Corresponding author: Suárez, María Candela. "The [meta]project and the ‘episodic articulation’ of the space/form". Paper presented in nternational Conference on Sustainable Housing Planning, Management and Usability, Porto, 2016. Published Suárez, María Candela; Joana Carvalho. Corresponding author: Suárez, María Candela. "Partnership as a pedagogical strategy in Architectural Design III-UBI". Paper presented in CHANGE, Architecture, Education, Practices. 2012 ACSA International Conference, Barcelona, 2012. Published Suárez, María Candela. Corresponding author: Suárez, María Candela. "The role of architecture archives in research on Project". Paper presented in AURS 2012 International Congress (Architecture, University, Research, Society), Barcelona, 2012. Published Joana Carvalho; Suárez, María Candela; Jorge Jular. Corresponding author: Joana Carvalho. "Cultural and creative dynamics in small cities. A strategy for the city of Covilhã, Portugal". Paper presented in International Congress Ciudades Creativas, Madrid, 2012. Published Suárez, María Candela. Corresponding author: Suárez, María Candela. "Le Corbusier in Ahmedabad: The villa Hutheesing-Shodhan and the Tradicional Indian Architecture". Paper presented in International Conference on Contemporary Architecture - Beyond Le Corbusier, Chandigarh, 2011. Published Suárez, María Candela. Corresponding author: Suárez, María Candela. "Fragments of Nature: The Suspended Gardens of Le Corbusier". Paper presented in Symposium Le Corbusier Revisited. Southern Polytechnic State University, Atlanta, 2009. Published
Exhibition catalog	Suárez, María Candela. Scale the Change (in Exhibition Catalogue of NORDES 2021: Agency in the City of Kolding). Nordes, Designskolen Kolding, University of Southern Denmark (Eva Knutz, Kathrina Dankl, eds.), 2021.
Journal article	Suárez, María Candela. "La dimensión poética y el impacto histórico de las cartas de negocios en Le Corbusier". CEM / Cultura, espaço & memória 8 (2017): 139-154. https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/CITCEM/article/view/4666. Open access • Published Suárez, María Candela. "Crítica genética, investigación y enseñanza en Arquitectura: el caso del Seminario 1 ‘Le Corbusier y las casas Loucheur’ [Universidade Fernando Pessoa]". A Obra nasce 9 (2015): 35-58. http://arquitectura.ufp.pt/docs/2015/12/AON09.pdf. Open access • Published Suárez, María Candela. "he Corbusian Suspended Garden: A Fragment of Nature Converted Into Architecture". Sebentas d’Arquitectura 7 (2014): 57-65. http://hdl.handle.net/11067/1098. Published
Magazine article	Maria Candela Suarez. "Le Corbusier y los jardines suspendidos", 2013 Suárez, María Candela. Corresponding author: Suárez, María Candela. "Le Corbusier y los jardines suspendidos", Journal Versus Le Corbusier, 2013
Report	Suárez, María Candela. 2004. La villa Hutheesing-Shodhan de Le Corbusier, Ahmedabad, Inde, 1951-1956.
Website	Suárez, María Candela. arPLAYtecture. 2022. https://arplaytecture.com.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition

Scale the Change (Intervention in the public space) 9th NORDES Design Research Conference. Matters of Scale. Kolding, Denmark.. 2021.

Other

Other output

Las villas Meyer y Hutheesing-Shodhan de Le Corbusier (Doctoral Thesis). (Digital publication, Indexed to TDR, Tesis Doctorales en Red). 2007. Maria Candela Suarez. http://tesisenred.net/handle/10803/6806.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021	Between Indian Tradition and Corbusian Modernity: The Case of the Villa Hutheesing-Shodhan.	Giornata di studi Ahmedabad. Laboratorio di Architettura Departamento di Culture del Progetto. Università Iuav di Venezia (Venezia, Italy)
2019	From the line to the word, from the researcher to the student: Le Corbusier's creative process through the Genetic criticism's point of view	Genesis Cracow 2019: Genetic Criticism: from Theory to Practice International Conference Jagiellonian University in Cracow/Institut des Textes & Manuscrits Modernes (ITEM) (Cracow, Poland)
2017	Le Corbusier between lines: reality and fiction in the drawings for the villa Meyer”	Cycle “Author Lessons: Le Corbusier" Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2017	De la concepción a la divulgación: el error como herramienta creativa en el proceso de proyecto de Le Corbusier	6th Seminar CITCEM, Erros meus, fortuna nossa: da falha como acerto CITCEM, Faculty of Letters, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2016	La dimensión poética y el impacto histórico de las cartas de negocios en Le Corbusier	5th Seminar CITCEM As Linhas e as Letras: Epistolografia e Memória da cultura escrita CITCEM, Faculty of Letters, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2016	The [meta]project and the ‘episodic articulation’ of the space/form	Sustainable Housing 2016. International Conference on Sustainable Housing Planning, Management and Usability Universidade Lusiada Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015	Polychromie Architecturale: some observations on the 1931 manuscript and its variants	International Congress Le Corbusier 50 years after Polytechnic University of Valencia (Valencia, Spain)
2013	Le Corbusier and the suspended gardens	Versus. Master in Architecture Madrid Technical High School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2012	Partnership as a pedagogical strategy in Architectural Design III-UBI	CHANGE, Architecture, Education, Practices. 2012 ACSA International Conference ACSA (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture), CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona) (Barcelona, Spain)
2009	Fragments of Nature: The Suspended Gardens of Le Corbusier	Symposium Le Corbusier Revisited. Southern Polytechnic State University Southern Polytechnic State University – Architecture Department (Atlanta, United States)
2008	La villa Hutheesing-Shodhan: un jardín suspendido en Ahmedabad	Encuentro Estudios sobre Le Corbusier Granada Technical High School of Architecture (Granada, Spain)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2016 - 2017	“Pele cinética na arquitectura: uma possível solução para pré-existências, uma ferramenta para novas construções” Supervisor	Integrated Master's Course in Architecture (Master) Universidade Lusíada Porto, Portugal
2016 - 2017	“Promenade architecturale. Paralelismos hápticos na arquitectura e no cinema” Supervisor	Integrated Master's Course in Architecture (Master) Universidade Lusíada Porto, Portugal
2016 - 2017	“O despertar dos sentidos na arquitectura a traves da curva” Supervisor	Integrated Master's Course in Architecture (Master) Universidade Lusíada Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura e Artes, Portugal
2016 - 2017	“Experiência háptica na arquitectura” Supervisor	Integrated Master's Course in Architecture (Master) Universidade Lusíada Porto, Portugal
2014 - 2017	The Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Building Rehabilitation - Case studies in Covilhã. Co-supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2011 - 2012	“Requalificação e revitalização do património arquitectónico e etnológico das salinas em Portugal. Intervenção na Ilha da Marruceira (Figueira de Foz)” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2011 - 2012	“Cidades verticais. A reinvenção da Unité d’Habitation à Marseille de Le Corbusier como tipologia habitacional contemporânea” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2011 - 2012	“Uma questão de espaço: Protótipo de alojamento mínimo flexível” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2011 - 2012	“Arquitectura de emergência. Projectar para zonas de catástrofe” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2011 - 2012	“Flexibilidade e Mutação - Proposta de sistema modular flexível para habitação colectiva na Covilhã” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2011 - 2012	“O Solar dos Távoras: Intervir na arquitectura, Potenciar o património” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2010 - 2011	“Dinâmicas culturais como detonantes do desenvolvimento local. Proposta para a cidade da Covilhã” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2010 - 2011	“Estação de transição entre transportes de alta capacidade: Estação Intermodal de Barcelona (Espanha)” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2010 - 2011	“Centro de Artes em Nova Iorque. Uma conexão física entre Manhattan e Bronx, em torno da ponte Highbridge” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2009 - 2010	“Biomimetismo – sustentabilidade inspirada pela natureza: Remodelação do edifício atribuído aos 4º e 5º anos do curso de Arquitectura na UBI” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2009 - 2010	“Um estudo acerca de Le Corbusier: O caso das habitações rurais em série (1955-1957)” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2009 - 2010	“Torre de Santo António: Reabilitação, Revitalização e Reinvenção” Co-supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2009 - 2010	“Conhecimento sensorial. O modelo táctil na experimentação de espaços, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves” Co-supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2008 - 2009	“Arquitectura e Design, Design em Arquitectura. Divergência ou convergência?” Co-supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2008 - 2009	“A arquitectura como espaço modular: forma, dimensão, versatilidade, identidade e sustentabilidade” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2008 - 2009	“Um estudo para a recuperação do património molinológico” Supervisor	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2015 - Current	Scientific Coordinator of the Cycle “Le Corbusier, os arquitectos e os livros” (“Le Corbusier, Architects and Books”), with the participation of the researchers Juan Calatrava Escobar and Jorge Torres Cueco and architects Álvaro Siza and João Luís Carrilho da Graça. Funding entity: EDP Foundation. Auditório do Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon, Portugal. (2015) Round table (Co-organisor)	Fundação EDP, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Moderator Round Table “Learning to learn” (organisers: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, FAU-Facultad Arquitectura y Urbanismo-Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya) Round table	Second Cycle of Round Tables On Architectural Education: Formative Processes-Learning and Teaching Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
2021/08 - 2021/08	Intervention in public space “Scale the Change”, Kolding, Denmark. https://conference2021nordes.org/location/ Conference	NORDES 2021 Exhibition, 9th NORDES Design Research Conference. Matters of Scale. Designskolen Kolding, Denmark
2015 - 2016	Participation in public exhibition with students' works developed in Research Seminar About Le Corbusier and the Loucheur houses.	Le Corbusier à l’École (Le Corbusier at School) Universitat Politècnica de València Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Spain
2015 - 2015	Moderator Round Table on Le Corbusier Round table	Le Corbusier, os arquitectos e os livros Fundação EDP, Portugal

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2019 - Current	Member of the Scientific Committee, LC. Revue de recherches sur Le Corbusier. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), Fondation Le Corbusier (Paris, France). Member	Universitat Politècnica de València Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Spain Fondation Le Corbusier, France
2015 - Current	Member of the Scientific Committee for the International Congress Le Corbusier 50 years after Member	Universitat Politècnica de València Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Spain

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2015 - 2015	International Congress Le Corbusier 50 years after	Universitat Politecnica de Valencia

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021	Projetos arquitectónicos	Remote workshop The Lunchtime Experiment (Licenciatura)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Designskolen Kolding, Denmark
2014 - 2017	Coordinator, Architectural Design III (3rd year), 1st and 2nd semester, school year 2015-2016. 41 ECTS. 480 hours. Assistant. Architectural Design V (5th year), 1st and 2nd semester, school years 2014-2015 and 2016-2017. 41 ECTS. 480 hours. Coordinator. Urban Architecture History (3rd year), 2nd semester, school year 2016-2017. 2 ECTS. 30 hours.	Integrated Master's Course in Architecture (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Lusíada Porto, Portugal
2015 - 2016	Coordinator, Research Seminar I about Le Corbusier (4th year), school years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. 6 ECTS. 48 hours.	Integrated Master's Course in Architecture (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
2008/12/02 - 2012/12/01	Coordinator, Architectural Design III (3rd year), 1st and 2nd semester, school years 2008-2009 to 2012-2013. 10 ECTS/semester. 480 hours. Coordinator, Theory, History and Critics in Architecture (Doctorate in Architecture), 1st semester, school years 2009-2010 to 2011-2012. 6 ECTS. 30 hours. Assistant, Architectural Barriers. Master in Gerontology, Faculty of Medicine, 1st and 2nd semester, school years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. 16 hours. Coordinator, Architectural Design I (1st year), 2nd semester, school year 2010-2011. 9 ECTS. 192 hours.	(Mestrado integrado)	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2008/12/02 - 2012/12/01	Coordinator, Architectural Design III (3rd year), 1st and 2nd semester, school years 2008-2009 to 2012-2013. 10 ECTS/semester. 480 hours. Coordinator, Theory, History and Critics in Architecture (Doctorate in Architecture), 1st semester, school years 2009-2010 to 2011-2012. 6 ECTS. 30 hours. Assistant, Architectural Barriers. Master in Gerontology, Faculty of Medicine, 1st and 2nd semester, school years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. 16 hours. Coordinator, Architectural Design I (1st year), 2nd semester, school year 2010-2011. 9 ECTS. 192 hours.	(Mestrado integrado)	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2008 - 2012	Coordinator, Architectural Design III (3rd year), 1st and 2nd semester, school years 2008-2009 to 2012-2013. 10 ECTS/semester. 480 hours. Coordinator, Theory, History and Critics in Architecture (Doctorate in Architecture), 1st semester, school years 2009-2010 to 2011-2012. 6 ECTS. 30 hours. Assistant, Architectural Barriers. Master in Gerontology, Faculty of Medicine, 1st and 2nd semester, school years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. 16 hours. Coordinator, Architectural Design I (1st year), 2nd semester, school year 2010-2011. 9 ECTS. 192 hours.	(Mestrado integrado)	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2008 - 2009	Design Studio	Design Studio III (5th year) (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal
2008 - 2009	Design Studio	Design Studio V (5th year) (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022 - Current	Variants, the Journal of the European Society for Textual Scholarship
2019 - Current	LC. Revue de recherches sur Le Corbusier	Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), Fondation Le Corbusier (Paris, France).
2018 - 2018	Architectural Histories	European Architectural History Network (EAHN)

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2015 - Current	Avaliador externo de teses de doutoramento para aprovacão para a defesa pública.	Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Universitat Politècnica de València Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Spain

Distinctions

Other distinction

2013	Positive evaluation of teaching and researcher activity for the category: Assistant Professor (PhD) Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación, Spain