Team

Rapid Urbanism and IAUAI are based on a network of associated experts, collaborating on a project basis:

2014-05 Matt_BW_sq Matt Nohn is the Principal of Rapid Urbanism and the Founder CEO of IAUAI gGmbH. He is an urban economist and development planner with 15+ years of work experience in 30+ countries. His work addresses the housing, land, infrastructure, transportation and employment nexus, focusing on resource mobilization, incremental, labor-intensive development, and participatory governance. A Loeb Fellow at Harvard GSD, he holds a Master of Public Policy (Harvard HKS) and a Dipl.-Ing. Architecture/Urban Planning (TU Darmstadt).

Evandro Holz is the Co-Founder of IAUAI gGmbH and a Senior Urban Development Expert with Rapid Urbanism. He holds a MSc. in Urban Management (TU Berlin) and a BA (hons.) in Civil Engineering (UFRGS, Brazil), and has twelve years of experience working in projects in South America, Africa, Europe and Asia. His expertise includes urban management, resilience, housing, territorial planning, policy development, climate change, project finance and environmental management. Evandro is also the Co-founder and CEO of urban tech start-up ClUrb.

Profile Picture_SamuelSamuel Senesie serves as Regional Coordinator,Sub-Saharan Africa. A former UN Volunteer with UNHCR in Ethiopia and Head of Civil Works Department in Sierra Leone, he has over ten years of postgraduate professional experience. Samuel holds  a MSc. in Urban Management  (TU Berlin) and B.Eng. with honors in Civil Engineering from the University of Sierra Leone. At Rapid Urbanism he is involved in, inter alia, exploring opportunities for addressing rapid urbanization challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Yumi Higashi Neder is a Volunteer Architect and Urban Designer with IAUAI, supporting the mapping of urban planning processes as the basis for developing the Rapid Urbanism Explorer. She holds a Master of Science in Urban Management from TU Berlin, Germany, as well as degrees in Architecture and Urban Planning from Universidade Estadual de Campinas and in Psychology from Universidade Federal de São Carlos, both in Brazil.

Sabrina Kleinenhammans is a Volunteer Urbanist with IAUAI, supporting the organizational development and communication strategy. Sabrina holds a Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS) from MIT and a German engineering diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) in Architecture from the Peter Behrens School of Architecture in Düsseldorf.

Laura López is a Volunteer Urban Designer at IAUAI, supporting the development of a social impact urbanization project in Chad. She has five years of experience with the public and private sector, developing master plans for residential settlements and educational facilities in Colombia and Guatemala, and participatory design of public spaces in Medellin, Colombia., as well as two years in TOD projects. She holds a Bachelor in Architecture from National University Colombia and is pursuing a MSc. in Urban Management at TU Berlin.

Katherine Prieto is a Volunteer Architect at IAUAI, supporting the development of social impact urbanization projects.  As an Architect (San Buenaventura of Cali University, Colombia), she has seven years of professional experience in social housing,  mixed-use buildings, social infrastructure and urban and regional planning in Colombia and the UK. Currently, she attends the postgraduate MSc in Urban Management Programme at TU Berlin.

Alicia Beandda is a Volunteer Architect at IAUAI, supporting the development of social impact urbanization projects.  She graduated in architecture from the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. and has four years of experience working on architecture and new town developments with the private sector and one year on village development with the Ministry of Tourism in Indonesia. Currently, she attends the postgraduate MSc. in Urban Management Programme at TU Berlin.

Bewerbung-onlineAdele Vosper is Senior Urban Development Expert. She holds a MSc. in Urban Management  (TU Berlin), and a Master of Public Health (La Trobe University, Australia). Her work focuses on healthy, inclusive and sustainable urban development. She has more than seven years of professional experience gained in Australia, Africa and Europe, including five years in public health.

IMG_0815Eliana Silva is Senior Urban Development Expert. She holds a MSc. in Urban Management (TU Berlin) and a Bachelor in Economics (UCV, Venezuela). She has eight years of professional experience working on social and urban development projects in Latin America and Europe, particularly with CAF. At Rapid Urbanism, her work focuses on housing, urban economics, resilience and climate change.

Swapnil Kangankar serves as Urban Associate He holds a MSc in Urban Management (TU Berlin) and has a background in architecture (Sir J.J COA, Mumbai). He has an experience of around five years of working on numerous public as well as private sector projects in different affordable housing, urban resilience, planning and architecture. At Rapid Urbanism he is involved in founding the Institute for Advanced Urbanization and Artificial Intelligence (IAUAI).

Aloka profile picAlokananda Nath is Urban Planning Expert, focusing on inclusive and smart cities, affordable housing and slum upgrading. She has 5 years of work experience with national consultancies, municipal corporations, research organizations and international agencies. Aloka holds MSc. in Urban Management from TU Berlin, a Master in Urban and Regional Planning from CEPT Ahmedabad and a Bachelor in Architecture from Kolkata.

Patricia Guena Trottenberg is Urban Development Associate. As a MSc. in Urban Management from TU Berlin and graduate architect and urbanist from the Mackenzie University in São Paulo (Brazil), she has eight years of experience in projects for slum upgrading, green areas and open spaces, focusing in environmental issues and participatory processes.

Sofia Fernandez Rosso is Urban Development Associate. As a MSc. in Urban Management from TU Berlin, Architect (UBA, Argentina) and Landscape Architect (UTDT, Argentina) she has gained ten years of professional experience in Argentina, Europe and Asia. Her work focuses in affordable housing, inclusive public space and sustainable urban development.

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