Juan Pablo Aschner

Colombian/Italian architect who holds a postgraduate master’s degree with honors in architecture and a Ph.D. in art and architecture. He codirected the award-winning film Euritmia and has authored or coauthored six books and numerous published articles and book chapters. Director of Dearq Journal of Architecture from 2013 until 2019. Presently he is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Universidad de los Andes. Experienced in architectural design and participatory social design, working on projects of different scales and varying uses such as, for example, the project won by competition to design the Museum for San Agustin’s Archaeological Park, a UNESCO world heritage site. He has also served as head consultant in the formulation of an innovative upcoming new Faculty in Art, Architecture and Design for the Universidad del Rosario in Colombia. Recipient of the 1st prize in the XXVI Colombian Architecture Biennale 2018, publications category, and of an Honorary International Mention at the XXI Panamerican Architecture Biennale 2018, for Dearq; has also obtained research grants from CESED and IDARTES, amongst others. His film Euritmia has obtained two first prices and one second prize in international film and architecture festivals in Turkey, France and Bosnia I Herzegovina.