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Iñaki Arbelaiz

Profession
Associate Lecturer, MA Innovation Management
College
Central Saint Martins
Person Type
Teacher
Iñaki  Arbelaiz

Biography

I am an Associate Lecturer at MA Innovation Management and the leading partner and founder of KUDA! [Kulture+Urbanism+Design+Architecture] and innovation and management expert at ELISAVA in Barcelona.

Committed to innovation on the city and the citizens, I have worked with several countries and cultures to get the best results on new concepts for urban recovery and citizen engagement through design strategies, being Ulysse [prix de Rome NL] the best example of the integrated vision and approach to the evolving city and urbanism.

Prior to KUDA!, I worked as a project director and manager on several international architecture, planning and design firms in large European cities such as Moscow, Budapest, London and Barcelona.

I earned the Master in Planning and Architecture with honors from the Highest School of Architecture in San Sebastián and TU Delft, and Master in Product Design and User Experience in Elisava. I joined the PDD on Growth and Change from IESE Business School in 2013.