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BIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS
Jorge Perea is an associated Professor of Urban Design at the School of
Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB) and active member at the Barcelona Laboratory
of Urbanism. Together with Professor Carles Crosas, he directs the Ecosystemic
Urbanism course and has been involved in the preparation and development of
international research studios with urban metabolism as major topic. Professionally,
he is principal at JPAM, Agency of Architecture and Urban Design, has received
international awards in architecture and urban design competitions, and is currently
developing projects involving urban metabolism in the metropolitan region of
Barcelona.
Thomas Pesce is a student of architecture and urbanism at the Università IUAV
di Venezia. He has a bachelor’s degree in architecture and is currently working on
his master’s thesis. He participated in the Integrated Urban Design E-studio for
XXIth Century Sustainable Metropolitan Regions during 2017 with a research-bydesign
project Eni Park in Porto Marghera, Veneto.
Eftalia Proios has contributed to the research in strategies for urban metabolism
led by the Barcelona Laboratory of Urbanism since 2014. Approaching this
research from a design standpoint during the workshop UpCycle Barcelona: Cogenerative
Design Strategies for a Sustainable Urban Metabolism in Zona Franca, she
has continued to pursue the potential alignment of ecology and urbanism through a
broader territorial framework for the ETSAB course Ecosystemic Urbanism, as well
as interaction with other EU collaborators of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership in
the digital platform metropolitan-estudio.eu.
Miguel Rami, 26 years old, was born in Mallorca, Spain. He graduated from the
ETSA Barcelona after also studying as an exchange student at UT Sydney. During his
final project year, he participated in the ETSAB course Ecosystemic Urbanism that
was connected with the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership as well as the workshop
Integrated Urban Design for Sustainable Metropolitan Regions in Venice. He is currently
working as a freelance architect in Morera Studio.
Marco Ranzato is a researcher at the Faculty of Architecture La Cambre
Horta of the Université libre de Bruxelles and co-director of Latitude Platform. His
research focuses on an expanded understanding of ecological design and processes
of horizontal urbanization, as well as on the co-production of water, energy, and
waste services and co-design. He recently edited the book Water vs. Urban Scape:
Exploring Integrated Water-Urban Arrangements. During the Erasmus+ Strategic
Partnership Integrated Urban Design E-studio for XXIth Century Sustainable Metropolitan
Regions, Marco assisted the academic team of the three universities in the
organization and progress of design studios, workshops, and juries.
Cristina Renzoni is Assistant Professor of Urbanism at Politecnico di Milano.
She has been a post-doc fellow at Università Iuav di Venezia (2009–10 and 2012–16)
and at Università Roma Tre (2011–12). Her research activities deal with urban facilities,
social demands, and planning history. She has been part of the teaching staff
of the Erasmus Intensive Program Upcycle: Cogenerative Design Strategies for a
Sustainable Urban Metabolism and the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Integrated
Urban Design E-studio for XXI Century Sustainable Metropolitan Regions. Her books
include Bernardo Secchi (Officina 2017, with M.C. Tosi), Explorations in the Middle-