Bio

Architect and an urbanologist, with degrees in Biology from the National Paedagogical University of Colombia (1988), architecture from the National University of Colombia (1993), a master’s degree in Urban Design (2011) and a PhD in Territory Management from the Polytechnical University of Catalonia (2012). He researches and works on innovating strategies, urban planning and design, active mobility and public space, from the perspective of sustainability and fostering methods with technical participation in using and viewing data and new technologies, to design and manage cities. He has developed international projects, bids and researches in architecture, urban design and landscape design which have received several awards and acknowledgements. He has worked as an urbanism adviser both internationally and for the Barcelona City Council. He has carried out several research trips and has been a guest lecturer at universities in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador and Argentina. He is an urbanism professor at the Polytechnical University of Catalonia and has cooperated with COAC’s Sert School, Open University of Catalonia, National University of Colombia (Manizales) and La Salle (Bogotá).

Project

As an architect and urbanologist, starting from research which integrates both theory and practice, I am developing approaches, methods and tools that allow for better decision-making for better cities, with more efficient answers based on projects and urban planning regarding society-based spatial division and environmental imbalances. I’m interested in going deeper into creating study and visibility methods for interacting spaces according to formal, social, financial and environmental parameters for urban innovation and transformation. I will be sharing some urban planning strategies and projects recently carried out in Barcelona in order to increase urban closeness, with a goal towards social integration, climate adaptation and physical and environmental improvement of learning facilities, with the purpose of assessing and comparing them to other ongoing projects in Palma and other cities.