Our team

Founder and Director

Gabriel holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and a Master in Urban Economics from the Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT). He is the current coordinator of the Urban Environmental Plan of the City of Buenos Aires, a consultant for the IDB and the World Bank, and Co-Chair of the T20 on climate change and environmental issues.

He has been director of CIPPEC's Cities Program and directed the Metro Lab initiative course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 2015 and 2018. He is director of the Postgraduate course on Metropolitan Urbanism at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of the UBA.

He is co-editor of the seminal publication on metropolitan matters: "Metropolitan Governance: Governing Metropolises for Sustainable Urban Development" (IDB, 2019).

He has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors as well as in civil society on issues of program design, public policies on urban and territorial development as well as environment, inclusion, collaborative economy, urban mobility and governance.

He is a lecturer and researcher for several Latin American universities and lecturer in numerous national and international conferences.

Architect and environmental specialist

Nadia holds a degree in architecture from the Geneva School of Engineering, a degree in environmental engineering from the Ingenieurschule Beider Basel, and a postgraduate degree in environmental and urban planning law (DESS) from the University of Limoges, as well as a CAS in environmental policy and ecological transition from IDHEAP, UNIL.

Currently Deputy Director of the Swiss Association of Municipal Infrastructure, she chairs technical committees in the fields of energy, climate and the environment.

She was responsible for environmental impact studies and Project Director for the production of natural hazard maps for the canton of Vaud. She has extensive experience in the public sector on issues of environmental and territorial public policy.

She occasionally lectures at several universities (UNIGE, UNINE, HEIG-VD) on the implementation of environmental law.

She contributed to Chapter 15: Environmental Assessments and Health Impact Assessments in Environment and Public Health (2023), published by Presses de l'EHESP.

Architect

Micaela holds a degree in Architecture from Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT), a Diploma in Bases and Tools for the Integrated Management of Climate Change awarded jointly by the National University of Jujuy, the National University of Quilmes and the National Ministry of Environment in Argentina and a Diploma in Cities and Public Policies by the UTDT.

he has served as Technical Assistant in the Secretariat of Urban Infrastructure of the Ministry of the Interior, Public Works and Housing of the National Government, assisting provincial and municipal governments in urban infrastructure projects. She currently serves as Project Manager at Urbanteo and works in the Municipality of San Isidro, Buenos Aires, in the area of Urban Planning.

Micaela directed her career towards urban planning and sustainable development of cities through different national (FADU, UBA) and international (HSMI, Delhi, India) courses.

Urban planner and communicator

Federico holds a master's degree in Urban Economics with a specialisation in Data Science from Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT). In his thesis, he analysed the relationship between Covid-19 and remote working practices and how this impacted different sub-centres in Buenos Aires.

He also holds a degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). As a journalist, he writes in Spanish and English for various media outlets and edits #UnaCalleMeSepara, a weekly newsletter on urban issues.

Since 2024, he has served as Cultural Attaché at the Swiss Embassy in Argentina.