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LDR-Lab is dedicated to the planning and design of culturally, environmentally and economically sustainable Latino communities in the U.S. and abroad.

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Practitioner Profiles

James Rojas — Expanding Planning Practice

James Rojas founder of Place It!  holds an MA in City Planning and an MS in Architecture Studies from MIT. He works as a city and transportation planner, and is the founder of the Latino Urban Forum, a non-profit dedicated to increasing awareness of planning and design issues facing low-income Latinos. He has written and

Quilian Riano — Critical Activism in Design Practice

Quilian Riano is a designer, writer, and educator currently working out of Brooklyn, New York. He founded and provides the vision for DSGN AGNC (design agency), a research and design collaborative. DSGN AGNC offers critical activism as the operational platform by folding activism into the discourse of critical spatial and design practice. This opens up

Ramón Martinez Coria — Movimiento sustentable en Chiapas Mexico

Ramon Martinez Coria, es Director Ejecutivo de FORO para el Desarrollo Sustenable A.C.  FORO, es una organización de la sociedad civil que trabaja en Chiapas, en la construcción de alternativas económicas, ambientales y sociales, con el fin de mejorar las condiciones de vida de los campesinos/as indígenas, fortalecer los espacios de participación de sus organizaciones e