UADY student wins first place at National Urban Design Congress
Rolando Campos Pacheco managed to stand out with the project “UASIS Urbano de Río Bravo”, in collaboration with four students from other universities in the country.
Rolando Campos Pacheco, a student from the Faculty of Architecture of the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY), won first place at the National Congress of the National Association of Institutions for the Teaching of Territorial Planning, Urbanism and Urban Design (Anpud), held in Ciudad Juarez, with the UASIS Urbano de Río Bravo project.
In an interview, the tenth-semester student of the Habitat Design degree explained that this exercise is to discuss and propose solutions to the challenges faced by growing cities, where students from various institutions meet to share experiences in urban planning from all over the country.
“This activity is a complement to classroom learning and allows us to develop a more comprehensive vision of cities,” he added.
She assured that participation in activities like this not only broadens her knowledge but also fosters sensitivity towards the needs of vulnerable groups.
She shared that in this edition the congress offered six thematic panels that addressed fundamental issues for inclusive urban development, from heritage and tourism to mobility and gender.
“There were interventions by specialists, including public officials, who enriched the debate by providing updated data and perspectives on the specific problems of each region,” Campos Pacheco said.
Later, they formed teams and began the design of the project, which was called UASIS Urbano de Río Bravo, where she participated with four students from institutions such as: the universities of Guadalajara, Ciudad Juárez, Puebla, and the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
The young Rolando explained that they first based themselves on the climate of Ciudad Juárez, which is quite warm and quite cold in winter, so the process they carried out from day one was to observe the site and the social dynamics that were in the area, from where they outlined the methodology based on SWOT (Strengths, Opportunities, Weaknesses, and Threats).
“Once we started with this, we exchanged experiences with all the students who participated and with the academics who attended the congress, there was a good strengthening of ties,” he said.
He explained that among the universities present were UNAM, the University of Guadalajara (UDG), the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAB), and of course, UADY, among others.
The Uady student invited those interested in the Habitat Design career to see it as a viable option, emphasizing its complexity and the relevance of its role in the construction of more inclusive and habitable cities, since it has various job opportunities in different areas, from public administration to the private sector.
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