2020 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

90 2020 Yearbook: Architect Ruben García Miranda (Colombia), Professor of History and Theory of Architecture. He participated as a guest panelist in the Second Viral/Virtual Meeting on Cultural Heritage, “Roles of Heritage in the ‘New Normals,’” organized by the Antioquia Railway Foundation, with the participation of heritage conservation experts from Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Uruguay, on July 10. Arch. Graziella Blengio (Spain) Academic Secretary of the School of Architecture. She delivered the lecture “Retail and Visual Merchandising” and participated as academic co-coordinator of the Interior Design Seminar organized by the Association for Cultural Exchange (AICU), which took place at the University of Salamanca, February 3–10. Architect Andrea Castro (United States) Professor of Critical Analysis of Contemporary Architecture and Research Methodology. She led the workshop “Strategies of Tactical Urbanism and Urban Acupuncture” and the virtual lecture “Tactical Urbanism and Social Transformation through Urban Acupuncture,” organized by Wentworth Institute of Technology, October 27–29. Dr. Paula Cardellino (Georgia) Research Professor at the School of Architecture. Together with Yael Duthilleul, Technical Advisor for Education at the Council of Europe Development Bank; Dr. Pamela Woolner, researcher at the Centre for Learning and Teaching at Newcastle University; Dr. Raffaella Carro, researcher at Indire, Italy (National Institute for Documentation, Innovation, and Educational Research); and Reino Tapaninen, Chief Architect at the Finnish National Education Agency, a virtual hands-on workshop on Innovative Learning Environments for representatives of the Municipal Development Fund of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, the National Center for Educational Improvement of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports, and the country’s leading state universities, November 12. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2020