Education:
B.Arch.
(1st Prof.) North Carolina State University 1968
With Honors, AIA School Medal
AIA Certificate of Merit
M.Arch.
(2nd Prof.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1970
Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Award
Dr.-Ing.
Technische Hochschule, RWTH 1985 With High Honor
Aachen, Germany
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Preis Outstanding Thesis Award
Teaching Experience:
MIT,
Instructor 1970-77
MIT,
Lecturer/Research Associate 1970-1994
MIT,
Principal Research Associate 1994-present
Oxford
Brookes University, England, Visiting Tutor 1992-present
External
Examiner, Oxford Brookes University, England ongoing
Visiting
Critic, Boston Architectural Center ongoing
Honors and Awards:
"United
Nations Habitat Scroll of Honour for "outstanding contributions
in the development of innovative methodologies, training and
field practice in Community Action Planning"
Honorary
Professor, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco,
Peru
AIA
Education Honors Program - Honorable mention for significant
achievement in formulation, implementation and outcome of
Architectural Instruction in Design and Housing
Professional Experience:
Housing
Consultant to international development agencies 1970-present
(World Bank, USAID, ODA, GTZ, United Nations, etc.) and governments.
Work includes design of housing projects,upgrading of settlements,
development of training programs,evaluation of projects and
programs, and policy development
Professional
Service:
Build
Boston Workshop, Organizer 1996-97
Advisory
Board, Boston Architectural Research Center 1993
Urban
Settlement Design MIT Alumni Secretary ongoing
MIT
Alumni Workshop and Banquet, Habitat II June 1997
International
Housing Conference, Istanbul, Organizing Secretary
Selected Research:
Spatial
Planning and Regulatory Environments (for World Bank Gaza-West
Bank Housing Program)
Rapid
Participatory Methodology for Upgrading Townships (for ODA
and South African Ministry of Housing)
The
Hidden Consumer in San Paulo, Brazil (for private company)
Urban
Development Strategies, Battambang, Cambodia (for ODA)
Process
Oriented Planning of Refugee Camps and Settlements (for UNHCR)
Resource
framework for upgrading urban communities (CD and website)
sponsored by the Cities Alliance (World Bank and UN Habitat)
"Wiring
the Barrio" initiative exploring potentials of information
technology and low income communities in developing countries;
sponsored by World Bank
International
video-conference series "Scaling-up urban upgrading for the
millennium" sponsored by the Cities Alliance (World Bank and
UN Habitat)
