Jaime Hernandez
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PhD candidate in Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Jaime is a Lecturer of the Javeriana University in Bogota, working at the Aesthetics Department of the School of Architecture and Design. Currently he is pursuing his Doctoral studies at Newcastle University in UK. His PhD research: ‘Production, Consumption and Language of Open Spaces in Popular Settlements in Bogota’ intends to contribute to the debate on popular settlements by viewing them as an opportunity to understand different ways of seeing and thinking about the city. Open spaces in popular settlements, like the housing stock, are to a large extent the product of local self help and self managed processes, however, the same level of understanding has not been achieved, partially because they are seen as spare spaces with little value. However, they play an important role in the physical and social dynamics of the barrios since the early beginning; however the improvement and consolidation of such spaces may not be achieved until several years later.
His educational background is as an Architect from Los Andes University in Bogota, and he holds a Master degree in Architecture from the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, at York University in UK. He completed his education with a Diploma with Commendation in Municipal Environmental Policies and Local Agenda 21 from the IHS, in 2001; and an IHS refresher course in Peru 2006 on Local Development and Urban Planning. His research and expertise topics are on popular (informal) settlements, low income housing, sustainable development, public space, community participation and popular aesthetics. He has worked extensively in research and consultancy in the last 15 years, and has presented and published several papers and some books. His most recent paper can be seen in FORUM E-journal Vol. 9: ‘Production, Use and Language of Open Spaces in Popular Settlements, Two Case Studies from Bogota’.
email: hernandez.j@javeriana.edu.co<
