Architect, graduated from the Universidad Iberoamericana, class of 1969. Architectural lighting designer with professional development, technical and academic research in lighting, made ​​in Mexico, Europe and USA. Professor  in Master and Post-graduate courses at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico-UNAM, Universidad Anahuac-UA, Universidad Iberoamericana, UIA, and other academic institutions. Guest speaker at courses, seminars and trade fairs in Milan, Portugal, Brazil, Germany, Finland, Greece, Russia, Argentina, France, USA and Mexico among others.


Gustavo Avilés has been a promoter and creator of the Lighting Master Plans for the cities of San Luis Potosi, recognized as City of Light by LUCI (Lighting Urban Community International de Lyon, France), obtaining the third place worldwide in Shanghai 2006. And the cities of Taxco, Puebla de los Angeles, Real del Monte, San Juan de Ulua and the city of Ouro Preto in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

He has developed national and international projects: the Mexican Pavilion at the Universal Exhibition Hannover 2000, Germany. Siebel Corporate - l'Etoile, Rond Point in Paris. Compass Harbor, Jyvaskyla, Finland. 2007 Glow Festival Eindhoven, Netherlands. Licht Festival routers, Ludenshëid Germany. National Auditorium in Mexico City. The University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC). Former Museum of the Archbishopric. Barranca Museum in Guadalajara. Cathedral of the city of Puebla and the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City. In addition, He has developed several projects in partnership with Piero Castiglioni from Milán, Dieter Bartenbach of Austria, and Jeff Miller from the United States and Louis Clair and Anne Bureau in France.

Representative of PLDA and IALD in Mexico He es planning to establish the first  Architectural Lighting Master Degree Course at UNAM with universities in Wismar, Germany, KTH, Sweden, Parsons, United States and Atkos, Greece.

Founder and director of Lighteam SC, company  that is involved in the development and research in architectural lighting, Gustavo Avilés is one of the most enthusiast professional and academic developers of lighting design in the national and international context.