Juanita Devis Clavijo
About
Juanita Devis is a Researcher in Urban Design at imec City of Things.
She is passionate about cities and architecture, and her interest is to investigate how technology and urban data can provide insights to address their mobility, urban, environmental and societal challenges.
Her background combines her domain knowledge in urban planning and architecture with working experience in smart cities, mobility, logistics and technology (data, map-based visualizations and simulations, sensors, models, applications). In the projects she translates the needs of internal and external stakeholders into project scope, and technical requirements for the engineering teams. During project execution, she guides the technical development by providing domain-specific input and validating the output. She is currently involved in the CityFlows and the Token projects.
She was previously a CityScience Advisor for the City Science Group, at the MIT Media Lab, in the context of the "Andorra Living Lab" initiative, coordinating projects in urban simulation, cultural heritage, and education.
In 2014, she received the Master in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
While not working, you can find her travelling, sketching, or scuba diving.
Education
2012-2014 / Master of Science in Architecture
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Thesis: Progressive self-construction through prefabricated components in Bogotà
Advisor: Prof. Filippo Tartaglia Co-Advisor: Arch. Nicola Anguilano
Grade: 107/110
2009-2012 / Bachelor of Science Degree in Science of Architecture
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Thesis: From Aalto’s approach to Landscape to the Landscape Museum
1993-2007 / Maturità Linguistica
Colegio Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci, Bogota, Colombia
Press
2020 / Promover los alimentos locales con Blockchain
Blockchain Economía – July 9, 2020
2018 / How a study of school energy efficiency inspired a new generation of Electronautes
Medium – May 4, 2018
2018 / Actua impulsa la innovació amb un projecte pilot a l'escola de Canillo
AndorraDifusió – June 2, 2018
2017 / Andorra es un "laboratorio viviente" para los investigadores de la innovación urbana
CIOSpain – October 17, 2017
2017 / Més d'un miler de persones al "festival del pensament"
ARAndorra – October 28, 2017
AndorraDifusió – October 28, 2017
2016 / El MIT vol crear un espai d'innovació a Caldea per desenvolupar l'smart country
AndorraDifusió – September 22, 2016
Talks
2020 / Dynamic access to the city and last mile (food) logistics
Unblock the city webinar, B
2020 / DigitalTwin and Lovable data
Open Belgium 2020,Hasselt, B
2019 / CityFlows: mapping the city rhythm
EmerceNext 2019, Amsterdam, NL
2018 / Shaping spaces through technology and perception
TNW Conference, Amsterdam, NL
2017 / Entre calles, arquitecturas y emociones: la ciudad percibida
TEDxAndorralaVella, La Massana, AND
Exhibitions
2016 / de architectuurtekening herleeft - group exhibition
Architectuurcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven, NL
2012 / Marmomacc Stone Academy - group exhibition
Marmomacc, Verona, IT
Experience
04/2019-Present / IMEC City of Things - Researcher in Urban Design
Antwerp, Belgium
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CityFlows one view on multimodal flows in the city
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TOKEN Dynamic Access to the City and Last Mile Logistics
05/2015-12/2018 / MIT Media Lab - City Science Advisor
City Science Group
Cambridge, MA
05/2015-07/2015 / Leslie Saul & Associates - Internship
Cambridge, MA
05/2013-01/2015 / Studio Tartaglia Partnership - Architectural Designer
Milan, Italy
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Preliminary proposal for Turkmenistan Pavilion, Expo Milano 2015 Client: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan
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Research of new prefabricated modular systems in wood for social housing.
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Design of the enclosed open space for a building in Cassano D’Adda, Italy.
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Research and mapping of the path of the marble of Duomo di Milano for installation of two statues at Museo del Previati, Castano Primo, Milan, Italy.
Workshops/Hackathons
2016 / Redesign the Netherlands in 48 hours - hackathon
1st Prize: lalaLaw
TAC, Eindhoven, NL
2012-2013 / The use of Stone in public space design - workshop
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2013 / Expo Cluster international workshop
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Languages
Spanish0 %
Italian0 %
English 0 %
Dutch0 %
German0 %
Technical skills
Fluent: Autocad, Qgis, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, V-Ray, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, HTML 5, CSS, QGIS, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox GL JS, Leaflet, json, geojson, shp, imagery, tiff, csv, kml, osm xml/Overpass, svg
Intermediate: p5.js, Processing
Basic: JavaScript, Unity
Contact
juanita.devis < at > imec < dot > be
ladevis < at > gmail < dot > com