Rafael De Balanzó Joue PhD, Visiting Professor, Pratt Institute

The main area of Rafael's professional interest is positioned within urban sustainability with a particular focus on resilience thinking and Leader of Action Without Borders [Resilient Habitat Program] at Architectes Sans Frontieres International [ASF-Int]. He is currently professor at Queens College, City University of New York and EINA School of Design and Art, Barcelona Autonomous University. He has Ph. D. On Sustainability Science and apply Resilience thinking approach as an evaluation model for Communities, Institutions and Companies. Former Director of the research Work Programme Action Without Borders , International Union of Architects, AWB/UIA, and founder at Urban Resilience Center where he does his professional practice. He has received Awards from Belgium Government, Barcelona Architects Institute (COAC) and Spanish Architects Institute (CASCAE). He was lecturer from 2002 to 2013 at ELISAVA School of Engineering and Design of Pompeu Fabra University. He has given scholarly lectures and has participate in juries & workshops at Ecole d'Architecture de Bordeaux, Montpellier and Marseille (France), City College of New York School of Architecture, Seinajoki Applied Science University (Finland); American Institute of Architects (IDEA-AIA), MICA, Faculty of Architecture at the Catholic University of Louvain and Hainaut Architects Association (Belgium), among others. He has participated as a researcher in 12 research European Projects in sustainable education, architectural culture, and Urban Heritage in the MEDA countries. He has been the editor of the review Temes de Disseny, Elisava School of Design & Engineering.