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Felipe Correa
Assistant Professor Department of Urban Planning and Design |
Profile
Felipe Correa, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Design. A Cambridge-based architect and urbanist, his most recent work focuses on mapping the animate nature of large scale geographies within the contemporary constructed environment. These visual profiles, act as a framework that informs precise urbanistic projects within diverse urban scenarios. Correa’s most recent research, Material Geographies, explores the role of territorial infrastructural systems in relation to “fast paced” forms of urbanization within the North American context. Other recent initiatives have focused on Andean topography and its imprint on the Latin American city, and on New Orleans and its forms of exchange with a much broader riparian system. In association with Joan Busquets, Correa conducted Cities X Lines: a project-based investigation that documents and evaluates the most significant design actions currently being deployed within the built environment. The investigation has been documented in both a traveling exhibition and a comprehensive publication titled Cities X Lines: A New Lens for the Urbanistic Project.
Professionally, Correa is currently working on residential projects in Quito (Ecuador) that look at alternative sectional configurations that capitalize on potential voids between zoning laws, primarily conceived in plan, and the city's extreme topography. Most recently, in association with Leven Betts Architects, he received third prize in the Magok International Waterfront Competition, in Seoul, Korea.
Correa has lectured and exhibited at many universities and conferences, including Columbia University, Tulane University, University of Pennsylvania, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, The National Arts Club, and the Pan-American Architecture Biennale, among others. His work, research, and writings have been published in journals, including Architectural Design, Architectural Record, and Topos. Correa received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Tulane University, and his Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the GSD.