MARCELA SPADARO (Argentinian) is the Founder of Classics of the Future. Before establishing CotF, she co-founded and directed Naaro, a London-based studio specialised in creating visual narratives of innovative architecture & design worldwide.

Naaro has collaborated with renowned architects such as Kengo Kuma, Steven Holl, and Zaha Hadid, as well as emerging talents like TheVeryMany, Mamou-Mani, Gilles Retsin, Philippe Block, and ecoLogicStudio. The studio’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Der Spiegel, Wallpaper, ICON, Metropolis, and Architectural Digest, among others.

Prior to Naaro, Spadaro spent over a decade as a lead architect at Zaha Hadid Architects, specialising in cutting-edge design and innovation. She has served as an invited critic at academic institutions across Europe and the Americas, including the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London Metropolitan University, Chalmers University of Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella of Buenos Aires.

Spadaro studied architecture at Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, UNL (Argentina), where she graduated top of her class. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice and Management in Architecture from The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and a Master’s in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London.