Senior Associate
MArch, ETSAM
London, UK
Pelayo Bustillo Macias
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Since joining ZHA in 2018, Pelayo has contributed to key projects, including the Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion in Spain, Navi Mumbai International Airport in India, OPPO Headquarters, and Taikang Financial Centre in China. His expertise spans a range of typologies, such as transportation, cultural, mixed-use, retail, residential, and refurbishment projects.
Prior to ZHA, Pelayo worked in Madrid, Zurich, Italy, and spent 11 years in Paris. At RFR, a façade engineering firm specialising in complex glass geometries, he became a specialist in façade and structural design. Later, as Head of Elioth’s London Studio, he led technical project management, competition coordination, and business development in the UK.
Featured Project
From a renovation and refurbishment of the first high rise building constructed in Monaco, to OPPO’s new headquarters in Shenzhen, discover highlights of Pelayo's notable projects at ZHA.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
June 2008
Pelayo completed his Master of Architecture from the ETSAM Polytechnic University Madrid in Spain and has taught Construction, Technology, and Technical Drawing at L’école Penninghen in Paris.
Pelayo’s upbringing in the north of Spain with an architect father instilled a deep sense of care and respect for architecture and the surrounding cultural landscape. Beyond work, he enjoys live drawing, often filling sketchbooks during his travels.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Pelayo has contributed to since joining ZHA.
_Photo by John Kellerman courtesy Alamy, montage by MIR
Heritage + Regeneration
Residential
ZHA was appointed together with local practice Square Architecte to renovate and extend Le Schuylkill Tower. Construction works have begun with completion planned in May 2027. With 188 apartments from small studios to four-bedroom family units, the existing tower sits on a steep site with a 22m gradient between its north and south boundaries.
Courtesy of ZHA
Offices
Conceived as four interconnected towers reaching a height of 200m (42 floors), the 185,000 sq.m design incorporates two towers of flexible, open-plan spaces linked by a 20-storey vertical lobby, and two external service towers providing vertical circulation.
Photograph by Fernando Guerra
Transport + Infrastructure
Culture
An enclosed interactive space spanning the River Ebro to form a gateway to the Zaragoza Expo 2008, a hybrid of pedestrian footbridge and exhibition pavilion. Four structural elements correspond to specific spatial enclosures, which intersect and brace each other. This fluid, dynamic design interprets the Expo’s theme: ‘Water and Sustainable Development.’
Render by Negativ
Offices
The new Taikang Financial Centre will be a centre of excellence, developing effective systems and networks that will provide a new ecosystem of support for people of all ages across China. Using the new technologies developed within the Taikang Financial Centre, the group will continue its commitment to supporting community development, healthcare, education and well-being throughout the country.
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