Except Integrated Sustainability
Except Integrated sustainability.
Flourish in a changing world.
Multi-disciplinary consulting, innovation and development organization working on advanced sustainability projects around the globe.

Monica Velasco B.

Urban Design, Strategy & Food

Monica Velasco B.
Monica Velasco B.
Monica Velasco B.
Monica Velasco B.
Monica Velasco B.
Monica Velasco B.

Areas of expertise:

  • Urban and master plans - process from the design face to detail face.
  • Food in the City - Food Awareness. Environmental, social and spatial influences.
  • Architecture quality of housing - materials, interior & public/private space.
  • Design Thinking in Education

Enjoys: 

  • Literature
  • Fitness / Yoga
  • Animals / Nature
  • People

Guilty pleasure: 

  • Watching great TV series 

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Contact

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  • Phone  0643834285
  • Twitter: momveb

Monica is a thoughtful urban designer and architect who ispassionate about fair and proper living conditions worldwide. With over ten years experience in the field of urban design, planning, housing and social strategies, Monica is committed to unlock local needs and foster community involvement for city improvement.

As an architect, Monica flourishes in conceptual design processes that add spatial quality and materialization. She has experience in interior renovation and public space scale projects. 

In the last years Monica has gained experience in the field of Food in the City, a theme that encompasses consumption awareness, environmental, social and spatial impacts. She believes food can be used as a social and innovative design tool to address current urban challenges. 

Monica holds a Bachelor degree Architecture and Theory from the Catholic University of La Paz, Bolivia and a Master in Urban Design Regeneration from Delft University of Technology. She is also educated in Design Thinking and Human Centered Innovation, and contributes to the educational and training programmes at Except.

In her free time, she enjoys literature, fitness, yoga, and exploring new places and activities with friends.

Información en Español

Articles

Except Integrated Sustainability - Spanish

Sep 01, 2020, Creando las bases para una sociedad sostenible

¿Qué vías nos conducen a un futuro próspero y eficiente? ¿Cómo planificar y diseñar ciudades y comunidades resilientes? ¿Cómo estimular soluciones locales sostenibles y aplicarlas de forma responsable?

Estas son algunas de la preguntas que motivan a Except, un ejemplo de empresa que trabaja en el ámbito del desarrollo sostenible integrado.

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Projects

The Self-driving City

Apr 12, 2017, How autonomous driving benefits sustainable urban society

Self-driving vehicles will change the urban environment drastically. The Self-driving City Research uncovers insights into the major changes, and how to adopt to them. Who will use self driving vehicles, what are their effects on the urban fabric, business, and on us all, the people? We show patterns and lessons learnt as well as five local in-depth case studies. All freely available below. The project is funded by The Dutch Creative Industry Fund, supported with knowledge from local governments, universities and industries. 

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