Elisa Pozo

Architect and founding partner @ Mita atelier

Founding partner. Architect with specialization in environment from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2017) and Master in Villes Durables (Institut Français d’Urbanisme, 2014) and Environment and Bioclimatic (MAYAB UPM, 2019). Her field of work is the research and practice of healthy design and sustainable urban strategies. Since 2022 she is responsible researcher in architectural design at the Matia Foundation. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Sustainability and Urban Regeneration at the Polytechnic University of Madrid on dementia-friendly cities. In 2020 she received the third Talento Joven-CarnéJoven award from the Community of Madrid in the “Solidarity” category for her work and activities on active and healthy aging. In 2022 she has been selected among the 35 under 35 by the Madrid World Capital of Construction, Engineering and Architecture Association and Global Shappers Spain.

In her professional practice she works as an architect and urban planner collaborating with different teams in architectural, engineering and consulting firms, mainly in strategy and territorial planning projects, mobility studies, environmental and bioclimatic consulting, among others. Among her most outstanding collaborations are the Pilot Project of New Centrality for the Metropolitan Area of Bucaramanga in the Guatiguará Valley and the Urban Center of Piedecuesta (mention in the XXVII BCAU; collaboration with MoneoBrock, Ester Higueras and Rafael Moneo, and teams from USTA and the Metropolitan Area of Bucaramanga); the Mercado Habitado II project (first prize Reinventing Cities I; collaboration with Laboratorio Sur team); the Tercer Sonido project (first prize Reinventing Cities I; collaboration with Laboratorio Sur team) and the Valladolid Bicycle Master Plan (collaboration with DOYMO). She collaborates as a researcher at the Polytechnic University of Madrid in urban health projects, where she has been coordinator of European Educational Innovation projects on urban health and active aging, as well as co-author of the Guide for planning healthy cities published by the Ministry of Health and the FEMP (2022).

Since 2017 she has been a lecturer at the Istituto Europeo de Design on workflows and digital tools for project visualization, presentation and portfolio. She has also been invited as a lecturer and speaker in different Master courses, national and international congresses, and in other press media.

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