Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez

Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez is an architect, PhD and he is the head of department of urban resilience research at the Institute of Mobility and Urban Territorial Development in Yucatan. He is a lecturer and active researcher in Marista University of Merida, leading the urban and architecture studio at the School of Architecture and Design. He is member of the curatorial team of the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2021. He has more than ten years’ experience as a registered architect and urban designer and a chartered member of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Merida (Mexico). In addition, he was a co-founder of the IMPLAN-Merida (Municipal Institute of Urban Planning in Merida City). His research and professional experience include works in Mexico, Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. He focuses on research topics related to informality in the urban landscape, as well as studies on urban resilience and architectural exaptation. Dr. Lara-Hernandez is an active member of LW Circus which is a program focused specifically on experimental modalities in searching new strategies for sustainable urban and rural development on sensitive natural areas and territories. Additionally, he collaborates at the Cluster of Sustainable Cities in the University of Portsmouth (UK) which is an interdisciplinary research hub working at the interface of sustainable architecture, urban planning, social sciences, ICT and engineering. Antonio has published several academic articles focused on the impact of the transformation of the built environment at the streetscape level towards the diversity and inclusion city centres.