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College / Department

College of Architecture, Art and Design

Department of Architecture

Teaching areas

Urban Planning Studios; Plan Making; Urban Design.

Research areas

Sustainable Urbanism; EcoCities, Urban Design, Urban Theory, History of the City.

Education

GD, Graduate Certificate In Educational Studies (higher Education)., University of Sydney, Australia, 2008

PhD, Urban Planning, University of Southern California, United States, 2005

Master, Master Of Environmental Planning (urban Design), Arizona State University, United States, 1996

BArc, Architecture (professional Degree), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia, 1983

Professional experience

Associate Professor. Coordinator, Department Of Architecture, college Of Architecture, Art & Design,master Of Urban Planning, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - Present

Associate Professor (urban Design), Department Of Urban Planning & Environmental Policy, school Of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University, Texas, United States, 2012 - 2014

Guest Lecturer., Universidad del Sin? (Colombia)., Colombia, 2013 - 2013

Daad Visiting Professor Of Urban Design., Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin)., 2009 - 2011

Guest Lecturer., Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)., Spain, 2011 - 2011

Guest Lecturer., Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)., Spain, 2011 - 2011

Guest Lecturer ., Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)., Spain, 2010 - 2010

Ecocity Urban Designer/planner., 2009 - 2009

Lecturer In Sustainable Urban Planning., Faculty Of Architecture, Design And Planning, Department Of Urban And Regional planning., The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2005 - 2009

Guest Lecturer., Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)., Spain, 2009 - 2009

Lecturer And Studio Instructor., Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Cartagena, Colombia, 2003 - 2005

Research Fellow., Observatorio del Caribe Colombiano, Colombia, 2002 - 2004

Part-time Lecturer., School Of Policy, Planning, And Development., University of Southern California., United States, 2001 - 2001

Research Associate., School Of Policy, Planning, And Development,, Center for Economic Development., 2000 - 2001

Research Associate., Gateway Cities Partnership Inc., CA,, United States, 2000 - 2000

Planning Assistant., City of Culver City Planning Department., United States, 1997 - 1999

Planner I, . City of Phoenix Planning Department., United States, 1994 - 1996

Construction Quality Control Supervisor., Arizona., 1990 - 1991

Studio Instructor, School Of Architecture, Universidad de America, Bogot?, Colombia, 1990 - 1990

Part-time Lecturer, School Of Architecture, Universidad de America, Bogot?, Colombia, 1984 - 1987

Architect Site Superintendent., Bogot?, Colombia, 1983 - 1987

Memberships

American Planning Association (ID# 101159), 1 September 2011

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2853

Dr. Rafael Pizarro O Byrne

Associate Professor

PhD, University of Southern California, United States

Rafael Pizarro has taught urban planning, urban design and architecture for 14 years at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany), at the University of Sydney (Australia) and at Texas Southern University (USA). He teaches and conducts research on physical urban planning and ecological urbanism with special emphasis on green neighborhood design. He is the author or co-author of more than 25 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and two books. He has been an urban planner for the City of Phoenix (Arizona) and a practicing architect in Bogota, Colombia.