Video documenting the Experts Workshop for the Territorial Planning Framework of Gran Parque Carapé, held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on September 18, 2025. The workshop brought together 63 participants—including 53 experts from public institutions, universities, civil society organizations, local communities, and diverse professional fields—to collectively explore the ecological, productive, social, and territorial systems shaping […]
Video documenting TapiriTech in the Fall 2025, an interactive participatory design tool combining a physical model, digital projection, and real-time drawing to support collaborative spatial exploration in N’dakinna (Durham, New Hampshire). Developed in collaboration with Wentworth Institute of Technology, Perkins&Will, and the Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective. Students: Damien Josephson, Giovanny Delina, and Jamie Tam. […]
Video excerpt from a series of semi-structured interviews exploring the question “What is Community Design?” featuring Anthony Piermarini, Ignacio Cardona, and Jason McDonald. Produced for the elective Restorative Community Design (Spring 2026) at Wentworth Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the Community Design and Research Center (CDRC). Students: Logan Lombard and Colin Walsh. Research Assistant: […]
Video featuring Ignacio Cardona in Medellín, Colombia, reflecting on the experience of Comuna 13 and its transformation through community initiatives, urban interventions, and public space. The video explores the relationship between urban transformation, social inclusion, and community participation in selfproduced environments. This event was part of the Educational Programs for Urban Governance and Spatial Democracy, […]
Video featuring Ignacio Cardona discussing the relationships between urban self-production and informality at the forum “Informal Vendors: Transformative Popular Economy,” held in Bogotá, Colombia, in 2023. The presentation explores how dialogue among governments, communities, informal vendors, professional associations, and academia can become a process of collective learning to promote social inclusion, recognize the dynamics of […]
Defense of my Doctoral Dissertation at Harvard Graduate School of Design in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Design. Advisors: Anita Berrizbeitia, Chair of Landscape Architecture; Diane Davis, Professor of Regional Planning; and Rahul Mehrotra, Chair of Urban Planning.
Video documenting the use of physical models and digital projection to explore the relationships among fragile ecological systems, spatial inequality, and urban transformation in Petare, Caracas. Developed as part of Studio 07 – Urbanism, Fall 2023, at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Professor: Ignacio Cardona.
Video walkthrough of Designing for Life: Fragile Ecologies, an exhibition exploring how community-based ecological urban design can advance Spatial Democracy in historically underserved communities facing overlapping social and environmental challenges. Presented during Boston Design Week 2023 at Wentworth Institute of Technology, the exhibition brought together urban design and ecological restoration proposals for the Quebrada Tocome […]
Video-Podcast compiling the Participatory Design Workshops developed in Petare -the denser self-produced neighborhood in Latin American- for the design of the STRATEGIC URBAN PLAN by AREPA Architecture Ecology and Participation (2013). VÍDEO IN ENGLISH.
Video documenting a collaborative design process in which students work through physical models to reconcile ecological regeneration, flood management, and building densification. Developed as part of Studio 7 – Urbanism Concentration at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Fall 2021. Professors: Manuel Delgado and Ignacio Cardona.
Video-Podcast about the Urban Revitalization Plan in Mesuca (Petare), having the current Sports Park as an urban catalyzer. Based on the proposal by AREPA Architecture Ecology and PArticipation (2015). VIDEO IN SPANISH.
Although this is not a video podcast, I am excited to have this video posted here. This video, taken by Podcast de Venezuela, shows the Sports Park Mesuca, a project I led with AREPA Architecture Ecology and Participation between 2011 and 2014.
Vídeo Podcast based on the proposal for the “La Carlota Competition” (Caracas, 2012) Led by AREPA: ARCHITECTURE ECOLOGY AND PARTICIPATION in collaboration with AGUA CONSULTING GROUP, ARBÓREA, INTECH SOLUTION, PROVITA & TALLERES TFA.