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Luisa Bravo è laureata in Ingegneria edile (2001) presso l’Università di Bologna con votazione 100/100, con una tesi in ICAR21 - Composizione Architettonica e Urbana, dal titolo "Una prospettiva di rigenerazione urbana: il caso di Ascoli Piceno". Ha completato la sua formazione in Francia (1996), presso il CEPIA - Centre d’Etudes sur le patrimonie et l’Italianitè en Architecture, in un progetto sostenuto dal Conseil General de la Loire Atlantique - Direction du Development educatif, culturel et des transports, e nel Regno Unito (1997), presso la Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture, nell'ambito della Urban Design Task Force svoltasi in Libano (Beirut, Sidone).Dopo alcuni anni di attività professionale presso lo studio di architettura e ingegneria “Studio Enarco”, in cui ha coordinato come Project Manager la progettazione di importanti opere pubbliche, nel 2005 Luisa ha fondato lo studio di architettura e ingegneria "Bravo Design", con sede a Bologna, dove attualmente lavora. Dal 2003 ha collaborato a progetti di ricerca promossi dall’Istituto per i Beni Artistici, Culturali e Naturali della Regione Emilia-Romagna, dal MIBAC, sia dal Dipartimento regionale dell’Emilia-Romagna che dall’ufficio di Roma (PaBAAC ex PARC), e dal Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Università di Bologna.Nel 2008 Luisa ha conseguito il Dottorato di ricerca in Ingegneria edilizia e territoriale presso l’Università di Bologna, discutendo una tesi in ICAR21 - Urbanistica, dal titolo “Dalla città alla casa, dalla casa alla città: la mutevole ricerca di un piano per il ben-essere urbano”, pubblicata su Alm@Digital Library dell'Università di Bologna (DOI: 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/892).Dal 2008 al 2014 ha svolto attività di ricerca postdottorale come assegnista presso il Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Università di Bologna, nel 2012 presso l'IURD - Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California Berkeley (USA), in qualità di Visiting Scholar e nel 2013 presso la School of Design, Faculty of Creative Industries della Queensland University of Technology in Australia (Brisbane), in qualità di Visiting Fellow. Cultore della materia (2006-2010) e professore a contratto in Urbanistica (2011) presso l'Università di Bologna, dal 2013 è Professore a contratto in ICAR 21 - Urbanistica presso l'Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di Architettura. Nel 2014-15 è stata professore a contratto anche all'Università di Parma, nel Master internazionale in Architettura (in lingua inglese), per il corso "Architecture and Landscape". Nel 2015 (Spring e Fall semester) è stata Visiting Assistant Professor presso la Lebanese American University, School of Architecture and Design, in Libano. Dal 2016 è Adjunct Associate Professor presso la Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Creative Industries, School of Design, Australia. Nel 2018 ha vinto l'Australia Award Endeavour Executive Fellowship, interamente finanziata dal governo australiano, e ha svolto 4 mesi di ricerca in Australia per studiare come l'uso delle tecnologie possa influenza la progettazione dello spazio pubblico.Nel 2013 ha fondato l'associazione culturale City Space Architecture, con sede a Bologna, di cui è attualmente Presidente, con l'intenzione di promuovere la cultura dello spazio pubblico. Luisa è stata coordinatore scientifico di “Past Present and Future of Public Space. International Conference on Art, Architecture and Urban Design”, tenutasi a Bologna nel 2014 ed è attualmente coordinatore scientifico di “MaPS. Mastering Public Space", un network che coinvolge più di 25 città/studiosi/professionisti/istituzioni nel mondo, curatore di “Pop-up City”, un progetto fotografico di urbanità istantanea, e di “Visioni Urbane. Beyond the Ideal City”, un concorso cinematografico per cortometraggi, sezione del Festival “Visioni Italiane" della Cineteca di Bologna.Luisa è Founder, Editor in Chief e Journal Manager di The Journal of Public Space, la prima rivista accademica, interdisciplinare, open access interamente dedicata allo spazio pubblico, promossa da City Space Architecture in partnership con UN-Habitat, il programma delle Nazioni Unite per gli insediamenti umani, con sede in Kenya.
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Luisa Bravo is a global academic scholar and educator, urban designer, social entrepreneur and passionate public space activist. She has more than 15-years experience in the professional field as urban planner and designer with a specific focus on public space. Her expertise is grounded in extensive academic research and teaching in Italy and Europe, the United States, Middle East, Asia and Australia. She collaborates with the UN-Habitat's Global Public Space Programme and she is an international renowned speaker at major UN-Habitat global summits, such as Habitat III conference in Quito (Ecuador, 2016), 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia, 2018) and 2nd Saudi Urban Forum in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia, 2018). As Founder and President of City Space Architecture, a non-profit organization based in Italy and as Founder and Editor in chief of The Journal of Public Space, Luisa is fully committed to spreading awareness on the importance of public space for sustainable urban development and to work for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda adopted at the Habitat III conference in Quito (Ecuador, 2016).
Luisa Bravo holds a MSc five year degree in Architectural Engineering (2001), University of Bologna - marks 100/100 - with a thesis in Urban Planning and Design entitled "A perspective of urban regeneration: the case study of Ascoli Piceno" and a Doctoral degree in Building and Territorial Engineering (2008), University of Bologna, with a thesis in Contemporary Urbanism entitled “From city to house, from house to city: the fickle search of a plan for the urban well-being”, published on Alm@Digital Library, University of Bologna (DOI: 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/892).She received her education also in France (1996), at CEPIA - Centre d’Etudes sur le patrimonie et l’Italianitè en Architecture, supported by Conseil General de la Loire Atlantique - Direction du Development educatif, culturel et des transports, and in UK (1997), at the Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture, within the Urban Design Task Force in Lebanon (Beirut, Sidon).Since 2002 she has been enrolled in the Professional Register of Engineers in Italy. After four years (2001-2005) of professional practice at “Studio Enarco” (Bologna, Italy), as a Project Manager for new public buildings and infrastructures, in 2005 she founded her own Architectural Engineering professional studio “BravoDesign” in Bologna, where she currently works.Since 2003 she has collaborated in research programs in Italy promoted by the Institute of Artistic, Cultural and Natural Heritage of Emilia-Romagna Region, by MIBAC – Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Environmental Conservation, both for the Regional Department in Emilia-Romagna and for the Main Office in Rome (PaBAAC ex PARC), and by the Department of Architecture and Territorial Planning, University of Bologna.Research fellow in 2008 for a National Research Program funded by the Italian Ministry of University, Research and Education, in 2009 she has been appointed as a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Architecture, University of Bologna (2009-2014). Visiting Scholar at IURD - Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California Berkeley (USA) in 2012, Visiting Fellow at the School of Design, Faculty of Creative Industries of the Queensland University of Technology in Australia (Brisbane), Lecturer in Urban Design at University of Bologna (2011), Adjunct Professor in Architecture and Landscape at University of Parma (2014-15), since 2013 she is Adjunct Professor in Urban Planning and Design at University of Florence. In 2015 she has been appointed as Visiting Assistant Professor at Lebanese American University, School of Architecture and Design, in Lebanon. In 2016 she has been appointed as Adjunct Associate Professor at the Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Creative Industries, School of Design, Australia. In 2018 she was the recipient of the Australia Award Endeavour Executive Fellowship, fully funded by the Australian Government, and she spent 4 months in Australia to deepen her research on how the digital dimension is facilitating people networks, and how it can effectively promote an human-centred approach in the design of public spaces.In 2013 Luisa founded City Space Architecture, a non-profit cultural association based in Bologna, that she is currently leading as President, in order to promote public space culture. More than one hundred scholars already joined City Space Architecture, from leading Universities, together with professionals, public administrators, artists and designers, photographers and film-makers, thus establishing a real network of cultural exchange and international knowledge.Luisa was the Chair of the "Past Present and Future of Public Space. International Conference on Art, Architecture and Urban Design", held in Bologna (2014) and she is currentlycoordinating "MaPS. Mastering Public Space", a collaborative research network on cities andurbanity, "Pop-up City", a photography research project on instant urbanity and "Urban Visions. Beyond the Ideal City", a cinematography competition for for short films, a section of the Italian Festival "Visioni Italiane", promoted by Cineteca di Bologna.Luisa is Founding Editor and Journal Manager of The Journal of Public Space, the first academic, interdisciplinary, open access journal entirely dedicated to public space, a research project promoted by City Space Architecture in partnership with UN Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, based in Kenya.
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