Alfonso Vegara
| Alfonso Vegara | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alfonso Vegara Gómez 1955 Jacarilla, Province of Alicante |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Madrid Arch. School |
| Occupation | Architect |
Alfonso Vegara Gómez (1955 in Alicante-Spain) is an Urban Architect with a Ph D on City and Regional Planning at University of Navarra. Also he is graduated in Economics and Sociology.
Alfonso Vegara has been lecturing on Urban Planning at the Technical University of Madrid, the University of Navarra and CEU San Pablo University. He was also appointed visiting scholar on City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, as well he was lecturer at universities and conferences worldwide.
Vegara was the president of ISOCARP (2002-2005).[1]
Advisor of the Government of Singapore for the district One-North Project, from 2005 is the Honorary Consul of Singapore in Spain.
In 2006 Vegara won the «European City and Regional Planning Award» of European Council of Spatial Planners - ECTP-CEU in its 6th Edition with the "Basque Regional Strategy" (Basque Country (autonomous community), Spain).[2]
Vegara was in charge of carrying out a development project about Province of Alicante in 2007. He exposed his research under the name of "Alicante Innovation and Territory" programme a year after and it was constituted as a strategic plan for Alicante Province.
In 2008 he won again the «ECTP-CEU’s Award», but in a different category with "Ecocity of Sarriguren" (Navarra, Spain).[3]
Also he was member of the Jury of the «ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architect Award» [4] in Istambul 2011.
Currently Vegara remains being the President of the Foundation Metropoli,[5] a non-profit institution dedicated to the investigation of the evolution of cities and Education with an International Master’s degree program. Also, he is member of the Board of Trustees of Eisenhower Fellowships.[6]
Alfonso Vegara’s philosophy:
- 1 “Stmart Places” are designed by the community.
- 2 They are environmentally sensitive and responsible.
- 3 They are capable of creating competitive advantages.
- 4 They have a commitment with social cohesion and development.
- 5 They count with effective structures for governance.
- 6 Their relationship with the surrounding is strong.
- 7 They are committed to innovation.
- 8 They are connected to city-networks.
Main Publications
- LANDSCAPE INTELLINGENCE, VISIONS AND PROJECTS available in ISSUU (English)
- SMART PLACES (Territorios Inteligentes) available in ISSUU (Spanish)
References
- ↑ Vegara’s CV in the 44TH ISOCARP Congress in 2008
- ↑ Alfonso Vegara shares his Regional Planning Award ECTP-CEU 6th Edition
- ↑ Alfonso Vegara won the European Regional Planning Award ECT-CEU 7th Edition
- ↑ Mr. Vegara, member of the Jury
- ↑ Foundation Metropoli
- ↑ Member of Eisehower Fellowships Board of Trustees
External links
- The Global Wharton Alumni Forum of the Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania 2010
- A. Vegara SPEAKER in GLOBAL CITY 2011
- Vegara at the 5th European Summit of Regions and Cities (2012) on YouTube
- Alfonso Vegara’s speech in Moscow Urban Forum (from minute 22 until 41) December 2012 on YouTube
- What about Alfonso Vegara?
