BIOGRAPHIES AND LUIS E. CARRANZA MARÍA GABRIELA FLORES AFFILIATIONS Adjunct Associate Professor, Architect, Flores Kearns, Columbia University (USA) CSP (Puerto Rico) JOSEPH ALTSHULER Architect, Could Be Luis E. Carranza teaches at the María Gabriela Flores is founder of (USA) Graduate School of Architecture, Flores Kearns, CSP, an architecture Planning, and Preservation firm based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Joseph Altshuler is co-founder of Columbia University. He is She holds an undergraduate degree Could Be Architecture, a Chicago- Professor of Architecture and Art, in Italian Studies and International based design practice, and the as well as Architectural History Relations from Brown University, founding editor of SOILED, a at Roger Williams University in and a Master in Architecture from periodical of architectural story­­­­ Bristol, Rhode Island. He obtained Rice University. Flores has taught telling positioned between a literary his B.Arch. at the University of at the Polytechnic University of journal and design magazine. Southern California and his PhD Puerto Rico and the Pontificia He teaches architecture at the in Architectural History and Universidad Católica, and she School of the Art Institute of Theory from Harvard University. currently teaches at the School Chicago and the Illinois Institute His research and published of Architecture at the University of Technology. Joseph recently work focuses primarily on the of Puerto Rico. curated The Unsolicited Sideshow relationship and codependence at the Chicago Architecture of social, literary, philosophical, Biennial. Journals publishing his and theoretical ideas within IVIS GARCÍA writing include Log, MAS Context, modern art and architecture in Professor, CLOG, Pidgin, and PLAT. His Latin America (with an emphasis University of Utah (USA) winning entry to the international on Mexico). Fairy Tales competition is published Ivis Garcia (AICP) is an urban in the book Fairy Tales: When planner with a long history of Architecture Tells a Story. Altshuler BERNADETTE DEVILAT working with and for low-income holds a Master in Architecture from Visiting Staff, communities throughout the nation Rice University. University College (UK) including Albuquerque, New Mexico, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bernadette Devilat is a practicing Washington, D.C. and Chicago. LAURA BRAVO architect with a Master in García is currently Professor at the Professor, Architecture from the Catholic University of Utah in City and Universidad de Puerto Rico University of Chile (PUC). She is Metropolitan Planning as well as co-founder of London-based the Vice-Chair for the Planning Laura Bravo holds a PhD in Art practice Devilat + Lanuza Architects Commission in Salt Lake City. History from the Autonónoma and has researched and worked Her work addresses the problems University of Madrid, and she is in the re-construction of Chilean of access to opportunity, uneven Professor at the History of Art heritage areas since she co- development, as well as grassroots Program at the UPR University of founded Tarapacá Project after organizing and community Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus. the 2005 earthquake. Currently, development. She is especially She has been a researcher in she leads BScan for the support of interested in facilitating the different institutions such as the research and teaching of 3D laser integration of under-represented Tate Modern, MoMa (New York), scanning at The Bartlett School of populations into democratic and the Maison Éuropeenne de la Architecture, UCL, where she also planning processes. Photographie. Bravo is author of obtained her PhD in Architectural Ficciones certificadas: Invención Design. There she explored the y apariencia en la creación role of the latest recording fotográfica, co-author in several technologies in the context of built books on art history and visual heritage affected by earthquakes. culture, and founder of the art Bernadette´s work has been journal Visión Doble (2013). She is awarded, presented and exhibited a researcher and curator of art, and internationally. one of her most recent projects is Ida y Vuelta: Experiences of Migration in Contemporary Puerto Rican Art, recently exhibitited at the Museum of History, Anthropology, and Art at the UPR Río Piedras.

116 POLLY GOULD MAYRA JIMÉNEZ-MONTANO JUAN PENABAD Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Interim Dean, Instructor, Newcastle University (UK) Universidad de Puerto Rico Universidad de Puerto Rico

Polly Gould is an artist, writer, Mayra Jiménez-Montano obtained A pacticing architect, Juan Penabad and curator with an interest in her Bachelor’s Degree in Environ­­­­ completed his undergraduate collections, archives, exploration, mental Design and her Master in degree from the University of and ecology. Gould has shown Architecture from the University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture, work in botanic gardens and natural Puerto Rico School of Architecture. and his Master in Architecture at history museums as well as in In 2011, she graduated from the Yale University. Committed with gallery spaces internationally. Master in Visual Arts and Education teaching since 1993, Penabad has In collaboration with Anne of the University of Granada in taught at the School of Architecture Eggebert, Gould curated the Spain, and completed her Doctorate of the Polytechnic University of touring exhibition TOPOPHOBIA: from the same institution in 2016. Puerto Rico, as well as the School of Fear of Place in Contemporary Art, Since 1995, she teaches design Architecture of the University of 2012. She completed a PhD in Art fundamentals to first year Puerto Rico. He teaches courses on and Architecture at The Bartlett architecture students at the building technology, professional School of Architecture (UCL) and University of Puerto Rico, and she practice, applied theory and design is currently a Post-Doctoral is currently Interim Dean of the method, along with drawing and Research Fellow in Design-led School of Architecture of the design studios from freshman year, Architectural Research with the University of Puerto Rico. Her line on to graduate level. Architectural Research of research focuses on the Collaborative at Newcastle development of visual method­­­­ University. She has a forthcoming ologies applied to the design MRINAL S. RAMMOHAN monograph titled Antarctica process, forming part of local and Architectural Writer (UK) through Art and the Archive: international research groups. The Polar Expeditions of Edward Mrinal S. Rammohan is a writer Wilson published by I. B Tauris. with a keen interest in architectural Gould is represented by Danielle FELIPE LANUZA history and theory. He completed Arnaud London. Postdoctoral Researcher, his Master in Architectural History UCL Urban Laboratory, from The Bartlett School of University College London (UK) Architecture (UCL), and is now EMMA DE HAAN working as Written Communications Architectural Assistant, Felipe Lanuza is a practicing Manager at Foster + Partners in Baynes and Mitchell Architects (UK) architect, researcher and educator, London. His previous research and co-founder of London-based has been exhibited at prestigious Emma de Haan did her under­­­­ practice Devilat + Lanuza Architects. venues including the Royal Institute graduate degree in architecture at He was trained at the University of British Architects (RIBA) and the Royal Melbourne Institute of of Chile, obtained his MArch at the the Venice Biennale 2014. He is also Technology (RMIT), and a MArch Catholic University of Chile, and one of the founding editors of from The Bartlett School of holds a PhD in Architectural Design LOBBY magazine. A sharp storyteller, Architecture (UCL). Her final year from The Bartlett School of his current research interests project explored the intersection Architecture, UCL. Felipe has include exploring the boundaries of between private domestic taught and exhibited internationally. satire and using fiction as a tool for architecture and political, public He is Associate Fellow at the UK critical thinking. spaces. De Haan continues to write Higher Education Academy, Senior on the subject of domesticity while Associate at Urban Transcripts. working with Sterling Prize He currently teaches Architecture, nominated Baynes and Mitchell Landscape and Urbanism at Architects in London. Kingston University and is a postdoctoral researcher at the UCL Urban Laboratory.

informa 117 LILLIANA RAMOS-COLLADO MARTIN SCHWEGMANN MING TANG Professor, Architect and Researcher, Studio Associate Professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico Commissioner for Berlin (Germany) University of Cincinnati (USA)

Lilliana Ramos-Collado is a tenured Martin Schewgmann is a Berlin- Ming Tang is a registered architect Professor at the University of based architect, urban researcher and a tenured Associate Professor Puerto Rico School of Architecture, and policy advisor. He is Studio at School of Architecture and and teaches courses on archi­­­­ Commissioner for Berlin, an Interior Design, College of Design, tectural theory, architectural intermediary between politics and Architecture, Art, and Planning, history, curation, and visual culture. administration, civil society and the University of Cincinnati. He is the She is an experienced writer and private sector in order to advocate founding partner of TYA poet, former Curator of the Museo for, secure and develop affordable Design, which has won de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto space for artistic production. He is numerous design awards in China, Rico, and former Executive Director part of the civil society initiative Spain, Mexico, UK, and United of the Instituto de Cultura trying to turn the House of Statistics States. He holds a Master in Puertorriqueña. She holds a Master in the center of Berlin into an Architecture from Tsinghua in Comparative Literature and innovative place for integrated University, a Master of Arts in Translation, and a Doctorate in housing and working as well as Digital Media and Technology Spanish Literature from the cultural, artistic and social uses. from Michigan State University, University of Puerto Rico. Schwegmann is cofounder and and a Master of Fine Arts degree Ramos-Collado completed her member of the Urban Research in Interactive and Game Design postdoctoral research in cultural Group at the Georg Simmel Center from Savannah College of Art and patrimony and heritage at the for Metropolitan Studies at the Design. His multi-disciplinary Instituto de Estudios Avanzados de Humboldt University Berlin. research includes computational Universidad de Santiago de Chile. His professional focus lies on design, digital fabrication, BIM, international cooperative urban performance driven design, virtual development, urban commons, reality & augmented reality, crowd DAVID RIVERA citizens’ participation and self- simulation &way-finding, and Professor, organization. He holds a Doctorate human-computer interaction (HCI). Universidad Politécnica in from the He is the author of the book, de Madrid (Spain) Habitat Unit at the Technical Parametric Building Design with University Berlin. Autodesk Maya, published by David Rivera-Gamez is an Routledge in 2014, and Urban architectural historian. He teaches Paleontology: Evolution of Urban history of architecture and JULIA SEDLOCK Forms, published in 2008. urbanism at the Escuela Técnica Architect, Superior de Arquitectura de la Cosmo Design Factory (USA) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, MATTHEW TURNER and has Doctorate from the same Julia Sedlock is a founding member Writer and Architect, university. His research and and director of Cosmo Design Studio Augustii Architects (UK) publications are focused on the Factory, a community design restoration of modern architectural collective that provides educational Matthew Turner holds a Master in heritage and on the use of cine­­­­ and mentorship opportunities for Architecture from The Bartlett matic image as a tool in their neighbors in Philmont NY. In School of Architecture (UCL) where architectural analysis. Rivera- addition to several houses nearing he graduated with distinction in Gamez is author of God is in the completion, her design practice thesis and design, as well as Details: The Restoration of Modern leverages architectural speculation winning The Bartlett School of Movement’s Architecture, as as a tool for civic engagement and Architecture’s writing prize. He has well as of The Other Modern community development. Her written for LOBBY, The London Architecture: Expressionists, writings have been published in Magazine, Architectural Research Metaphysics and Classicists. He is PLAT, MAS Context, Soiled, Quarterly, this is tomorrow, director of the architecture and Conditions, and Log. Julia has DrawingOn, Photomonitor, cinema magazine Teatro Marittimo. taught undergraduate and graduate The Pluralist, Wallpaper, and studios at NJIT and holds a Master Elephant. Turner also teaches at in Architecture and a Master in Chelsea College of Art and the Design Criticism from the . University of Illinois at Chicago.

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