Xavier Monteys is a professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), where he directs the Habitar research group, and also teaches at the Escola Técnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB). He has taught and lectured in several universities and institutions. He is a contributor to the magazines Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme, Arquine, and the Quadern supplement of the Catalan edition of the newspaper El País. He is the author of several articles and books, including Casa Collage (2001, with Pere Fuertes), La habitación (2014), and La calle y la casa. Urbanismo Interior (2017), all published by Editorial GG.