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Lorena Bello Gómez is a Design Critic in Landscape Architecture and Visiting Faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Her academic journey includes a Master of Architecture with honors from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard's Graduate School of Design, culminating in a PhD in Urbanism from Barcelona UPC. Over the years, Bello has engaged in interdisciplinary collaborations with NGOs and local foundations, focusing on design expertise that positively impacts regenerative change in the context of climatic adaptation. She has worked extensively in environmentally vulnerable communities across Colombia, India, Mexico, Armenia, Spain, Japan, China, and Portugal, applying her insights from her dissertation, “Hybrid Networks.” Her research is informed by past positions, including a lecturer in architecture and urbanism at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning. Bello's significant contributions have been showcased in exhibitions such as the 2018 Venice Biennale and she has conducted workshops addressing the resilience of disaster-prone areas through publications like Reconstruction and Disaster Resilient Housing.
Harvard Graduate School of Design • Cambridge, MA
Visiting Faculty focusing on Landscape Architecture.
MIT School of Architecture and Planning • Cambridge, MA
Lectured on architecture and urbanism.
University of Porto, FAUP • Porto, Portugal
Taught courses in architecture and urbanism.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).