Theory of Experience in Architecture and Urban Design

Presents practical tools for architects and urban designers to improve the work processes of architectural design-from the conception to the construction, taking into consideration the personalized world of users, architects, and urban designers.

Adolfo Benito Narváez Tijerina, PhD, has been a Researcher and tenured Professor in the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Mexico, since 1989. He has also been a visiting professor at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes and La Salle Bajío University, both in Mexico; the University of Mendoza and the National University of San Juan, both in Argentina; the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Barcelona Tech (UPC), Spain; the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany, among others. He is also visiting professor in the Comparative Social Welfare Policies doctoral programs at Texas University Austin, USA; of Architecture of the Central University of Venezuela; of Architecture from the University of Zulia in Maracaibo, Venezuela; and of City Territory and Sustainability at the University of Guadalajara, where he made a postdoctoral stay. He has also taught in the Master’s program in Architecture at the University of Tucson-UANL, in Arizona, USA. He has founded the Doctorate program with orientation in Architecture and Urbanism at the UANL, the Architecture Research Institute and the Laboratory of Studies on Design.

Gabriela Carmona Ochoa, PhD, is currently attached to the Faculty of Architecture of the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico, as a Researcher and tenured Professor, where she was also coordinator of the postgraduate program and coordinator of the doctorate program in architecture and urbanism. She is also a professor at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate levels at various universities and educational centers of the public and private sector. Her main research interest is the image of the city, which has led her to investigate various modes of representation, particularly the analysis of environments in cyberspace and the virtual social networks that these facilitate for their application to the study of urban imaginaries. She is the author and co-author of scientific articles in national and international journals. She has also author and co-authored several scientific books. She has been a reviewer of research articles at national and international levels and a jury member of thesis committees for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate programs. She has also been an evaluator of the call for national scholarships of CONACYT and pre-evaluator of candidates to enter the National System of Researchers of CONACYT. She has directed and currently directs several theses at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate levels. She is a member of the National System of Researchers of CONACYT and is a professor with a desirable profile of PRODEP-SEP. Dr. Ochoa has a PhD in City, Territory and Sustainability from the University Center of Art, Architecture and Design of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Her master’s degree in Architectural Design is from the Faculty of Architecture of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León.