Design As COOPeration
Dr. Miguel Lopez Melendez
Founder and CEO of D A COOP
Miguel has over 15 years of research and design experience in Mexico, Spain, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He has worked on architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and planning projects in Latin America, The Caribbean, the United States. His research and design work has been published, presented, and exhibited in Colombia, China, Romania, Spain, The Bahamas, and the United States.
Miguel holds a Doctor of Design degree and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) and a Bachelor of Architecture from Tecnológico de Monterrey, México (ITESM).
Education
Harvard University
Graduate School of Design
2015-2021
Doctor of Design
Dissertation: Urbanism and Autonomy
Main Advisor: Charles Waldheim
Harvard University
Graduate School of Design
2012-2014
Master of Architecture in Urban Design
Thesis: Morphologic: Mexico City
Advisor: Joan Busquets
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cross-registration: City Science, Media Lab
2013
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Escuela Politécnica Superior, Spain
Bachelor of Architecture (Study Abroad Program)
2006-2007
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico
Bachelor of Architecture
2003-2008