SELECTED WORKS
Every project is designed as a response to the context's complexities and priorities of the most disadvantaged. The outcomes become sustainable thanks to a meaningful participatory process. Solutions come from those who need them. My role as a professional is to adapt smart technical solutions to their needs. Politics of gender, place, class, caste, environment always arise; projects become opportunities to adress them in favour of the least advantaged and future generations.
 Innovation and entrepreneurshipReport and guide for innovation and entrepreneurship applied to architecture and urban planning in low-income urban communities. Download guide |  Post tsunami reconstructionParticipatory design and construction of 97 homes with families affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami (dec 2004) |  Water and sanitation in Ecuador52 water and sanitation construction works in rural communities, intertwinned with improvements in governance, capacity building and higiene education. http://www.mdgfund.org/es/node/522. Watch video |
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 Social housing in GuayaquilBamboo houses designed in partnership with the Unversity of Manchester and the NGO Hogar de Cristo. Image by Aida Rodríguez-Vega |  Saigon High Tech ParkUrban design for Saigon High Tech Park |  Research - informal settlementsResearch project with Ecuador's national government to localize and characterize all informal settlements of Ecuador |
 Slum regularization in GuayaquilUrban plan for regularization purposes of an informal settlement, part of a comprehensive project including social development, basic services and housing |  Parc Riu Llobregat, BarcelonaMaster plan for the natural rehabilitation of 50km of Llobregat River in the metropolitan area of Barcelona |  Permaculture in EcuadorPermaculture project in rural communities with UN-Habitat and Cuba's FANJ. Download Guide |
 WASH education campaignEducation campaign on water and sanitation, with the UN and Ecuador's national government. Dowload workbook |  Research - slum upgradingAction-research in Pune, India, in partnership with local women collectives and the NGO SPARC. Image by URBANOUVEAU.com. Dowload published article |  Research - International DevelopmentResearch project for Spain's International Development Cooperation Agency projects aimed at descentralization and strengthening of local governments. Download report |
 Gender and waterGender mainstreaming in MDG Fund water and sanitation programme in Ecuador. Case studies published by GWA, UN-Habitat and SIWI. Download report |  Interquorum: Ponta do LealArticle published in journal, in its special number about Habitat III, together with Antonio Nunes, about the right to the city. Download journal |  MSc at the University College LondonDevelopment Planning Unit. Download my dissertation on community-led urban development in Mumbai |
 AccraUCL MSc fieldtrip to Accra, Ghana, where I was leader of a team of MSc students. Research and proposal development for the Municipal Government. Download report |  Water provision - reconstructionWater provision project using solar panels to pump water, with Torino's University and Auroville's CSR |  Youth clubs in EcuadorOrganization of youth clubs for environmental conservation pruposes. Watch video |
 Flood-proof streetsDesign and construction of low-cost flood-proof streets for tsunami-hit villages in South India |  Eco-school100% sustainable school designed and built for a tsunami-hit community in South India |  Seaside eco-houseEnergy-efficient house in Mallorca, using local natural materials and mediterranean natural landscaping |
 Rural eco-houseRehabilitation of a rural house in Mallorca using environment-friendly technology |  Vietnam Airlines headquartersFirst Prize in design competition of Vietnam Airlines' new headquarters in Hanoi |  Apartments in HanoiDesign of an apartment building in an extremely narrow plot in Hanoi |
 Heritage rehabilitationRehabilitation of old carport to adapt the Café Murada, in Palma de Mallorca |