Pablo Muñoz Unceta
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Spain
- Spanish, English, Catalan
- pablo@paisajetransversal.org
Validated Expert info
Expert can perform Ad hoc expertise missions at network and programme level in relation to:
1. The design and delivery of (transnational) exchange and learning activities
2. Thematic expertise:
[Circular economy, Housing, Strategic urban planning]
3. Methods and tools for integrated and participatory approaches:
> Integrated and participatory design of strategies
> Sustaining stakeholder engagement and translating strategies into actions
Summary
Pablo Muñoz Unceta is an architect specialized in urbanism, with professional experience in Latin America and Europe. He has lived and worked in Lima, Rotterdam, and Barcelona. He holds a master’s degree in architecture from UPM University (Spain) and a MSc graduate Cum Laude in the European Post-Master of Urbanism at TU Delft (The Netherlands). He leads the Barcelona branch of Paisaje Transversal, a company supporting local governments in Sustainable Urban Development that has been URBACT Spanish national point between 2017 and 2023. He also develops research on urban studies as Strategic Advisor on Productive Cities for Fab Lab Barcelona, where he has collaborated in EU research projects such as Reflow or CENTRINNO.
Pablo works at the intersection of strategic planning, spatial analysis, collaborative governance, and urban policy, on topics such as housing, climate change adaptation, and circular economy. He has developed his professional practice in private companies and public institutions, such as the Municipality of Lima, CESAL, the World Bank, TU Delft, ecosistema urbano, delta metropool, Paisaje Transversal or the Barcelona Metropolitan Housing Observatory. During the last 7 years he has been involved in research projects and published different articles with the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, TU Delft University, and Wageningen University & Research. He currently lectures at the Master of City and Technology in the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and has also lectured and given presentations in several universities and institutions, such as the PUCP University in Lima (Peru), or the IBA Research Lab in Vienna (Austria).