She is an associate professor of architecture at Barcelona's School of Architecture ETSAB, UPC. She has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), at Tarragona's University, at Calgary University's Barcelona Program, Solà -Morales was curator of the exhibition "Susana Solano. Proyectos" at the ICO Foundation, in Madrid, and co-editor of the book Plans and Projects printed by the Barcelona City Hall. As a researcher, Clara worked at the Center for Urban Development Studies (CUDS), of Harvard University. She was also Head of Graduate Studies at the Barcelona Institute of Architecture, BIArch. Her theoretical work explores the industrial production within housing, and its repercussions on informal housing.