Juan Sebastian Benitez

Channeling my efforts and capabilities towards more just and livable cities, I have designed sustainable and integrated planning strategies to address complex urban issues like poverty, informality, natural hazards, lack of social cohesion, urban and ecological degradation and lack of empowerment in different contexts of Latin America and Europe. I have academic and practical experience integrating participatory planning methods, placemaking, urban experiments, urban agriculture, different mapping and data collection techniques, as main tools for development and triggering change. My experience of working for 3 years as a civil engineer consultant provided me to build up very strong analytical and result-oriented skills.