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Alejandro Echeverri

Alejandro Echeverri

FEMSA Distinguished Visiting Professor in Urbanism

School of Architecture, Art and Design


Expertise

Sustainable urbanism
Social urbanism
Architecture and urban sustainable design

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Overview

Professor Alejandro Echeverri is an architect, urbanist, and Colombian academic. He is co-founder and director of URBAM, a center for urban and environmental studies at EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia, and a Harvard GSD Loeb Fellow. Since 2022, he has been a member of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize jury, founded by the College of Architecture of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, in the United States.

He has collaborated as a professor, lecturer, and jury member with various international institutions, including the LSE Cities Master program at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and as a design critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Between 2004 and 2008, he was the director of EDU, the urban development company of the city of Medellín, where he led the strategy of social urbanism, seeking to transform and improve the neighborhoods with the greatest problems of inequality and violence, turning Medellín into a future reference for other cities.

His experience combines architectural, urban, environmental, and planning projects. Since 2010, he has been working with URBAM on environmental, urban, and social issues in developing countries as an international consultant and advisor to UN-Habitat and the World Bank, especially in countries with weak political and institutional structures.

Alejandro Echeverri joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Visiting Professor in Urbanism for the School of Architecture, Art and Design. 

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Education and Training

  • Loeb Fellow Graduate, School of Design, Harvard University.
  • Master in Advanced Studies in Urbanism and Territorial Planning and Ph.D. Candidate in Urbanism and Territorial Planning. ETSAB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
  • Urbanist Architect, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB).
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Publications

  • “Medellín re-escribe sus barrios" in MANITO, Félix (ed.). Ciudades creativas (vol. 5): espacio público y cultura en acción. Barcelona: Fundación Kreanta, 2013.

Alejandro Echeverri - Faculty

Alejandro Echeverri

Alejandro Echeverri

FEMSA Profesor Visitante Distinguido en Urbanismo

Escuela de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño


Expertise

Urbanismo sostenible
Urbanismo social
Arquitectura y diseño sostenible

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Overview

Professor Alejandro Echeverri is an architect, urbanist, and Colombian academic. He is co-founder and director of URBAM, a center for urban and environmental studies at EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia, and a Harvard GSD Loeb Fellow. Since 2022, he has been a member of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize jury, founded by the College of Architecture of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, in the United States.

He has collaborated as a professor, lecturer, and jury member with various international institutions, including the LSE Cities Master program at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and as a design critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Between 2004 and 2008, he was the director of EDU, the urban development company of the city of Medellín, where he led the strategy of social urbanism, seeking to transform and improve the neighborhoods with the greatest problems of inequality and violence, turning Medellín into a future reference for other cities.

His experience combines architectural, urban, environmental, and planning projects. Since 2010, he has been working with URBAM on environmental, urban, and social issues in developing countries as an international consultant and advisor to UN-Habitat and the World Bank, especially in countries with weak political and institutional structures.

Alejandro Echeverri joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Visiting Professor in Urbanism for the School of Architecture, Art and Design. 

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Education and Training

  • Loeb Fellow Graduate, School of Design, Harvard University.
  • Master in Advanced Studies in Urbanism and Territorial Planning and Ph.D. Candidate in Urbanism and Territorial Planning. ETSAB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
  • Urbanist Architect, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB).
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Publications

  • “Medellín re-escribe sus barrios" in MANITO, Félix (ed.). Ciudades creativas (vol. 5): espacio público y cultura en acción. Barcelona: Fundación Kreanta, 2013.

Initiatives

Our core giving projects aim to improve lives; improving conditions now and for the future. We know that talent is distributed equitably, but opportunities are not. That's why we bring opportunities to the best talent, no matter where it comes from, or who it belongs to.

We promote research, innovation, and entrepreneurship through our high-impact research centers, to make a difference in Mexico and the world. We also have centers that focus on addressing challenges that as a society we have a responsibility to solve.

Finally, we strengthen student education and the learning experience by creating environments on our campuses and surrounding areas that enrich collaboration and encourage thought.

Learn more below.

Education and Social Mobility
Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Health

Education

Business

Other projects

Facilities and Community

Iniciativas

Our core giving projects aim to improve lives; improving conditions now and for the future. We know that talent is distributed equitably, but opportunities are not. That's why we bring opportunities to the best talent, no matter where it comes from, or who it belongs to.

We promote research, innovation, and entrepreneurship through our high-impact research centers, to make a difference in Mexico and the world. We also have centers that focus on addressing challenges that as a society we have a responsibility to solve.

Finally, we strengthen student education and the learning experience by creating environments on our campuses and surrounding areas that enrich collaboration and encourage thought.

Learn more below.

Talento académico extraordinario y movilidad social
Investigación, Innovación y Emprendimiento

Health

Education

Business

Other projects

Entorno y Comunidad
Campus
Chihuahua Campus
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
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Campus
Chihuahua
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
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Transparency

Generosity makes dreams come true!


We are united by the great desire to transcend, to work together for the dream we share: to transform more lives, transform Mexico, and to transform the world.

It was an extraordinary year for giving. Thanks to you, today we have:

12,023

donors

5755

EXATEC alumni donated

3403

Staff donated

Transparencia

Generosity makes dreams come true!


We are united by the great desire to transcend, to work together for the dream we share: to transform more lives, transform Mexico, and to transform the world.

It was an extraordinary year for giving. Thanks to you, today we have:

+14,000

donantes

5755

EXATEC alumni donated

3403

Staff donated

High impact manager

Objetivos

A través del nuevo modelo de aprendizaje The Learning Gate, obtendrás habilidades para desarrollar un liderazgo sólido y positivo en tu ambiente de trabajo que te permitirá gestionar con excelencia a tu equipo, crecer en la organización y lograr tus metas profesionales. 

 

Habilidades a desarrollar:

  • Diseñar estrategias de desarrollo del talento para que sea capaz de impactar en lo personal y colaborativo y transformar a la organización
  • Crear una cultura de responsabilidad y compromiso del impacto personal, colaborativo y organizacional en la realización de actividades de la organización y en la comunidad.
  • Generar entornos donde dos o más personas puedan trabajar en conjunto para alcanzar una meta en común.
  • Construir un esquema de soporte a la toma de decisiones basado en acciones planificadas que ayuden a conseguir los mejores resultados.
  • Crear un ambiente de adaptación al cambio e innovación continua para desarrollar propuestas de mejora y de aprovechamiento de oportunidades.
  • Integrar en la cultura organizacional el enfoque de la persona para generar mayores niveles de bienestar individual y colectivo.

 

Dirigido a:

  • Profesionistas que buscan mejorar sus habilidades de liderazgo y gestión de equipos, y con al menos cinco años de experiencia en el ámbito laboral.
  • Personas que cuentan con la responsabilidad de un área o departamento y personas a cargo, así como fortalecer tus competencias de comunicación asertiva y colaboración multidisciplinaria.

 

Datos generales

-          Duración: 170 horas.

-      *Beneficio EXATEC: 10% descuento por pronto pago, o beneficios en pago con tarjeta de crédito. Para acceder a ellos, consulta a nuestros asesores en executive@servicios.tec.mx 

 

Data scientist

Objetivos

A través del nuevo modelo de aprendizaje The Learning Gate, lograrás aplicar las herramientas tecnológicas y matemáticas para desarrollar modelos de ciencia de datos requeridos en la organización para tomar decisiones o para realizar innovaciones/emprendimientos que mejoren su competitividad.

 

Habilidades a desarrollar:

  • Practicar fundamentos estadísticos, álgebra lineal y análisis de redes de ciencia de datos en casos prácticos.
  • Diseñar programas que procesen y manipulen datos en Python, con las plataformas Panda y Numpy.
  • Manejar diferentes plataformas de visualización para diversos tipos de requerimientos en la presentación de datos.
  • Diseñar interfaces claras y concisas para presentación de datos que nos lleve a una mejor toma de decisiones y/o argumentación de un proyecto de datos.
  • Aplicar las plataformas de visualización y los principios estadísticos para realizar diferentes niveles de análisis de datos.
  • Crear un modelo de "machine learning" que cumpla con los requerimientos del diseño.
  • Crear una modelación de grandes volúmenes de datos basada en máquinas de aprendizaje de inteligencia artificial que cumpla con los requerimientos del diseño.

 

Dirigido a:

  • Profesionistas que desean diseñar y desarrollar "dashboards" eficientes y adecuados para la toma de decisiones.
  • Personas con conocimientos de algún lenguaje de programación de alto nivel.
  • Personas que trabajan analizando datos en Tableau o equivalente, así como realizando modelos de predicción y que no posean estudios formales sobre "data analytics".

 

Datos generales

-          Duración: 230 horas.

-      *Beneficio EXATEC: 10% descuento por pronto pago, o beneficios en pago con tarjeta de crédito. Para acceder a ellos, consulta a nuestros asesores en executive@servicios.tec.mx