{"id":1138,"date":"2015-05-25T20:35:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T20:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/?page_id=1138"},"modified":"2026-08-23T20:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T20:48:35","slug":"community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/community\/","title":{"rendered":"Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Community<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We are building a platform to strengthen urban research connections between actors and institutions already involved in novel or precedent-setting initiatives in Mexico, and Harvard Graduate School of Design students who will propose new projects through the MCI. Drawing on our strong community of design alumni working in and around Mexican cities, students will learn from and expand their collaborative networks with an array of urban innovators now in Mexico, thus helping to generate a more vibrant, transnational community of design activists capable of bridging the worlds of theory and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The MCI is fortunate to be able to draw on the intellectual support of many former students and a widening network of affiliates in Mexico. Together we are catalyzing a broader conversation about the future of urbanism in Mexico\u2019s cities, sharing ideas and collaborating to support ongoing work. Our growing community of affiliates are engaged in research, design, and practice contributions to the fields of urbanism, particularly as applied to Mexican cities and the contemporary challenges they face across multiple scales and sites. Many members of our community have also been invited to share work in our project archive in order to help make the work more publicly accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Our current network of affiliates includes the following thinkers, researchers, designers, and activists at the GSD, in Mexico, and elsewhere:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kate Balug<br><\/strong>Master in Urban Planning, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Axel Becerra<br><\/strong>Post-Doctoral Fellow 2013-2015, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Constantine Bouras\u00a0\u00a0<br><\/strong>Master of Architecture and Urban Design, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Loreta Castro Reguera\u00a0<br><\/strong>Master of Architecture in Urban Design, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adriana Ch\u00e1vez\u00a0<br><\/strong>Master of Design Studies, Urbanism, Landscape and Ecology + Master in Architecture II, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marcela Delgado\u00a0<br><\/strong>Master in Architecture, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Robert W. de Miguel\u00a0<br><\/strong>Master of Architecture and Urban Design, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Manuel D\u00edaz\u00a0\u00a0<br><\/strong>Master in Architecture, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Frida Escobedo<br><\/strong>Master in Design Studies, Art, Design, and the Public Domain, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Carlos Garc\u00eda Velez<br><\/strong>Master in Architecture and Urban Design, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Courtney Good<br><\/strong>Master in Landscape Architecture, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Laura Janka<br><\/strong>Master of Architecture in Urban Design, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Miguel L\u00f3pez<br><\/strong>Master of Architecture in Urban Design, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Victor Rico\u00a0<br><\/strong>Master of Architecture in Urban Design, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Christopher Roach\u00a0\u00a0<br><\/strong>Master of Architecture and Urban Design, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa<br><\/strong>Master in Design Studies, Art, Design, and the Public Domain, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jaclyn Sachs<br><\/strong>Master in Urban Planning, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Victor Sanz<br><\/strong>Master of Architecture in Urban Design, GSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elena Tudela\u00a0<br><\/strong>Master of Architecture in Urban Design, GSD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community We are building a platform to strengthen urban research connections between actors and institutions already involved in novel or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1138","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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