Courses Taught (in the last four semesters prior to current visit):
ARQU 6211 – History of Architecture I: Invention of the Classic
ARQU 6214 – History of Architecture in Puerto Rico
Educational Credentials:
(2008) Ph.D. in Theory and History of Architecture. Superior Technical School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
(1995) Master’s Degree in Science, Architecture. School of Architecture, Mississippi State University.
(1991) Bachelor’s Degree of Environmental Design, UPRSoA, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
Teaching Experience:
(2021-Present) School of Architecture, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.
(2020) College of Art and Architecture. University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
(2016) School of Architecture, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.
(2016) Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies University of Puerto Rio, Río Piedras.
(2016) International School of Design, Ana G. Méndez University at Gurabo.
Professional Experience:
(2020-Present) Archival Digital Consultant. Puerto Rico Architectural Heritage Archive. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
(2020) Nomination of Ten Single Properties Associated to the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration to the National Register of Historic Places Research supported by a grant from the Historic Preservation Fund.
(2019-Present) Co-Founder and Senior Researcher. CIHTAD, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
(2012-2014) Associate Dean, School of Architecture, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
(2014-2015) Interim Dean, School of Architecture, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.
Selected Publications and Recent Research:
(2021) “Contra la pedagogía de la mímesis: Problematizar el ambiente construido desde la teoría de Paulo Freire,” with Yara Colón. In Vitruvius Arquitextos 256.03, year 22 (September 2021).
(2021) “Contra la pedagogía de la mímesis: Problematizar el ambiente construido desde la teoría de Paulo Freire,”(Conference with Dr. Yara Colón), Paulo Freire Centennial (Pedagogy of the Oppressed), University of Texas at Austin, September 10.
(2020) “After the Storm: A Post-Critical Stance on Practice for Puerto Rico’s Reconstruction”, with Yara Colón. In Jonathan Bean, Susannah Dickinson, and Aletheia Ida (eds.), Critical Practices in Architecture: The Unexamined (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020) 143-172.
(2020) “Cuidar en el archivo de arquitectura: una subversión matrística Bitácora arquitectura, 45
(2020) 96-107.
(2020) “Exequias’ por la Casa Klumb”, 80 Grados, December 18, 2020.
(2020) “On Place-Making by Opposition and Addressing Crises,” (Conference with Dr. Yara Colón) Latin GSD, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, October 19.
(2020) Conferencia “Arquitectura y modernidad: Crisis y decolonización,” virtual conference delivered for the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México, July 20
(2020) “Crisis Intermingled: Post-Disaster Spaces, Puerto Rico – 1899-1956,” (Conference with Dr. Yara Colón), SAH 73rd Annual International Conference, May 1.
Recent Creative Work:
(2018-Present) PRRA Architecture on Facebook, a project of public scholarship.
(2021-Present) An Interactive Google Map of the PRRA Architecture (under construction).
Professional Memberships:
American Institute of Architects, Associate
Society of Architectural Historians
Latin American Studies Association
Puerto Rico Archives Network
Link to CV or portfolio: www.luzmarod.com