Design for Vulnerable Communities

This book aims to provide bases for reasoning on what challenges urban-architectural design for vulnerable communities will face in the coming years. Several issues, such as technological development, climate change, political crisis and economic uncertainties show as traditional strategies and methodologies are not sufficient to deeply solve the problems of these complex realities. These new changes, which are studied in different fields of knowledge, highlight the fact that the development of effective solutions must be characterized by multidisciplinary approaches and must be based on strategies promoted by different disciplines. 

Chapter 1. Introduction on Design for Vulnerable Communities.- Chapter 2. How technology devices can help or harm vulnerable communities in Technocene. Issues for designers, architects, and policy makers.- Chapter 3. Poverty and Design, an Economics and Policy Perspective.- Chapter 4. The Vulnerability pandemic. Design as a pain-killer or a vaccine?.- Chapter 5. Thinking Socially: Anthropological Approaches to Contemporary Research.- Chapter 6. Thinking in systems: sustainability cognition for design communities.- Chapter 7. Towards Conscious Design and Urban Planning: Inspiration from Consciousness in Business.- Chapter 8. From storytelling to numbers: a discussion on vulnerability in the global and local context.- Chapter 9. Urban Design in the Age of Climate Change: Paradigms and Directions.- Chapter 10. Social housing in historic centers: contemporary experiences in Latin America.- Chapter 11. Designing for vulnerabilities. The definition of public spaces as a strategy for a sustainable renovation of Beijing heritage sites.- Chapter 12. Urban form and social vulnerability in Shanghai: a comparative study of Hongkou district before and after the `90s urban renewal.- Chapter 13. Climate Urbanism in the Post-pandemic World: Mapping Vulnerabilities and Exploring Community Activism in East London.- Chapter 14. Facing vulnerability: healthcare sustainable design in the Global South.- Chapter 15. Coastal vulnerability: sustainable settlements for outdoor tourism.- Chapter 16. AR/VR as design strategies to empower vulnerable communities

Emanuele Giorgi is a Professor at the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the Tecnológico de Monterrey since 2017, he develops teaching and research activities on the issues of communities and sustainable territorial development. He has a PhD in Civil Engineering and Architecture obtained at the University of Pavia (Italy). He is director of the “Design for Vulnerables” research project focused on design solutions for Mexican vulnerable communities and, since 2021, he is leader of the of the Strategic Research Group “Sustainable Territorial Development” of School of Architecture, Art and Design of Tecnológico de Monterrey. In 2020 he published with Springer the book "The Co-Housing Phenomenon. Environmental Allience in Times of Changes”. Reviewer for several journal, Giorgi presented his researches in more than 30 international conferences and published several articles in indexed journals. He is part of the Mexican National System of Researchers (level 1) and Secretary of the Association the of Italian Researchers in Mexico (ARIM).

Tiziano Cattaneo, Architect, PhD, Associate Professor in Architectural Design at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia. In China he holds a qualification as Professor in design at the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai. His research focuses on architectural design as a process to create and regenerate environments addressing contemporary conditions such as climate change, globalization, technology and urbanization. Tiziano is leading research, exhibitions, workshops and scientific meetings and is collaborating on a number of research projects with institutions and organizations in Europe, Mexico and China in the field of shared landscape, urban resilience and sustainable communities. He was visiting professor and has lectured in international universities and institutions in Europe, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Russia, USA and China, and is author of numerous scientific publications.

Mauricio Flores graduated in Architectural Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute in 2000 and has a master's degree in Construction Administration from the Technological Institute of Construction. He worked in the construction area since 2002, developing projects, multimedia products and site supervision. In 2011 he began his career as a professor at the Tec de Monterrey campus Chihuahua in the colleges of Architecture, Industrial Design and Civil Engineering. In 2012 he held the position of Academic Director and since 2015 he is a full-time professor until today.

Virginia Aceves graduated from the career from Facultad de Filosofía y Letras by the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua in 2000 and has a master degree in Humanity Studies from Universidad Virtual del Tecnológico de Monterrey. In 2000 she became professor in Tecnológico de Monterrey campus Chihuahua of language, grammar, literature and philosophy. Since 2010 was part of Escuela de Negocios y Humanidades. She held the position of Academic Director of Humanities from 2012 to 2016. Since 2017 she is a full time professor until today. She is creator and leader of social project Accionetica.