To Nuno Portas and Stephen Ramos, in memoriam

Author Biographies

• Carmen Díez Medina, University of Zaragoza

  Madrid, 1962. She is an architect (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, ETSAM, UPM) and holds a Ph.D. from the Fakultät für Architektur und Raumplanung (Architecture and Planning), Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien). Full Professor of Architectural History at the Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura (EINA), University of Zaragoza. Visiting Professor at Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano. Research stays within the frame of research projects at Institut für Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur (gta), ETH Zürich and at DAStU, Politecnico di Milano. Main researcher of the research group Paisajes Urbanos y Proyecto Contemporáneo (PUPC) (www.pupc.unizar.es). Recent books, Ciudad de Bloques. reflexiones retrospectivas y prospectivas sobre los polígonos de vivienda ‘modernos’ and Urban Visions. From Planning Culture to Landscape Urbanism (ed.), both with J. Monclús. Member of the editorial board of Planning Perspectives and of the executive board of the IPHS, ISUF-H and AhAU associations. Collaborating architect at Rafael Moneo in Madrid (1996-2001) and previously at Nigst, Hubmann & Vass in Viena (1989-95).

• Javier Monclús, University of Zaragoza

  Javier Monclús Fraga (1951) is a Professor of Urban Design and Emeritus Professor at the University of Zaragoza. He was the Director of the Department of Architecture (UPA) at the School of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Zaragoza (2009-2016). Previously, he was a Professor of Urban Design at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (1980-2005), Director of the Accompanying Plan for the Zaragoza Expo 2008 Consortium (2005-2009), and a consultant in urban planning and design projects. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Planning Perspectives and the Director of ZARCH. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. He has been the President of ISUF-H (Hispanic International Seminar on Urban Form) since 2021. He has participated as a guest or visiting professor in courses and seminars at several Spanish and foreign universities. He is the co-director of the reference research group "Urban Landscapes and Contemporary Project" (PUPC). He has published numerous works on the theory and history of urbanism, urban projects, and landscape urbanism. His publications include: La ciudad dispersa (editor, 1998); International Exhibitions and Urbanism: The Zaragoza Expo 2008 Project (2009); Urban Visions. From Planning Culture to Landscape Urbanism (co-editor, with C. Díez Medina, 2017); and Ciudad de Bloques. Retrospective and Prospective Reflections on Housing Estates (co-author, with C. Díez Medina, 2020), ¿Qué hay de nuevo? Conversaciones con urbanistas contemporáneos (in press, Asimétricas).