Camilo Lopez

Background

About Camilo Lopez

Strategic City Advisor, Urban & Architectural Designer, Researcher - 3E's Collaborator (3EsC)= Economy (economic development + high ROI)+ Environment (green construction)+ Equity (quality of life)- Improving Communities I Strategic City Planning I Real Estate Development - Identifying and linking investment opportunities for private and institutional investors with meaningful projects - deal-hunter for positive community impact -"just doing some good">>"out of all the ideas and concepts something sticks" Collaborates in the art of building/ making cities. Innovation and sustainable ecosystems for enhanced people experience. Believes that architecture/ built environment has an enormous impact on society’s quality of life. Collaborates on design solutions that promotes the ability to enhance human happiness, health and productivity, while co-existing positively with environmental and economical systems. Believe in that sensitive, well informed, pragmatic and positive impact driven design solutions makes a difference. Making places that thinks about what really matters [sensuous pedestrian experience]. In the task of improving human settlements via tactical growth/ walkable cities/ new urbanism/ human centered design/ compact development/integrated mass transit systems/ sustainability/ lean code/ pedestrianization/integrated systems/ flexible spaces/ inclusive design/ liveable cities/ people centered/biomimicry/ ecological architecture/ circular economy/ self-sustaining ecosystems/ positive impact/ pedestrian engineering/innovation ++ Believe: commercial and residential real estate development requires vision, creativity, a well grounded purpose (improving the human experience), and intuition of what the market wants/ needs. To be successful in this field, you need grounding in the financial and physical aspects of developing and building a project, as well as planning and land use, environmental issues, construction methods, and so much more. Urbanist Definition: Urban studies is based on the study of the urban development of cities. This includes studying the history of city development from an architectural point of view, to the impact of urban design on community development efforts. Urban studies helps with the understanding of human values, development, and the interactions they have with their physical environment ++ Camilo Lopez, BArch, BUDes Urbanist Blog http://clopez31.wixsite.com/camilopez/blog-1 Collaborative Research Group DX - Empowering Ideas (newsletter = spreading the good news)-