Dení López
Master in Design Studies (Critical Conservation)
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Deni studied Architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she graduated with a merit diploma. She holds two master’s degrees from Harvard University: the first in Design Studies, with a concentration in Risk and Resilience, and the second in Architecture in Urban Design. During her undergraduate studies, she was part of the first Mexican team to participate in the Solar Decathlon Europe, held in Versailles, France. Their project, CASA UNAM, focused on enhancing self-construction systems on informal settlements of Mexico City to strive for equity, environmental awareness, and urban integration. In Harvard, her thesis research was credited with multiple awards and focused on analyzing the planning disconnect across scales in disaster response, particularly regarding rubble management in the post-earthquake, indigenous region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, Mexico. Along with Betzabe Valdes and Nadyeli Quiroz, she founded Bicheeche Diidxa’, a research initiative for the prior disaster-stricken, marginalized, and environmentally vulnerable area.
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Work Areas:
Community partnerships,
Community-based research,
Conservation,
Disaster and recovery,
Local or traditional knowledge,
Policy and Governance,
Urban systems
