He studied Architecture in Mexico City, and the MA Landscape Urbanism at the Architectural Association. Before founding Groundlab he was practising in several architectural offices and institutions in Mexico City, Madrid and London where he concentrated in architectural and urban design projects like the Olympic master plan for London 2012. At Groundlab he has won and developed several competitions, workshops, exhibitions and projects, including winning entry for Longgang City international competition master plan, the international horticultural exposition in Xian, China among other projects worldwide. Jose Alfredo has given workshops and lectured on the topic of Landscape Urbanism and the work of Groundlab in Italy, Mexico, Germany, Israel, Taiwan, Spain, China, UK, Venezuela among others.