EXPERT COMMITTEE

The Expert Committee of the BAM Ranking 2023 is formed by 15 experts from different countries who have the task of selecting the programs to be studied, developing the methodology, and validating all of the research results.

 

Each member of the Committee is highly related to the academic field. Thanks to their experience and the BAM Methodology System, we can determine the excellence of the distinct postgraduate programs in terms of the quality and internationality of their faculty, alumni, and study program.

 

The Expert Committee of the 2023 Edition of the BAM Ranking consists of the following professionals:

Ziad Jamaleddine

USA / LEBANON

Assistant Professor at the Columbia GSAPP, and co-founder of L.E.FT Architects (Brooklyn / Beirut). Bachelor of Architecture from American Lebanese University in Beirut, and Master of Architecture from the Harvard GSD. He has taught in Cornell University, PennDesign, the Yale School of Architecture, the University of Toronto and the MIT Aga Khan Program.

Columbia University. GSAPP.
New York, USA

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Nelson Mota

THE NETHERLANDS

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology. Architect and MSc from University of Coimbra and PhD in Architecture from TU Delft. Founding partner of comoco architects. Coordinator of the research group Global Housing (TU Delft) and member of the editorial committee of the journals Footprint and DASH – Delft Architectural Studies on Housing.

Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands

Mazin Al Saffar

United kingdom / Iraq

Professor and Tutor at Manchester School of Architecture. B.Sc. of Architecture from University of Baghdad in Iraq; M.Sc. from the Higher Institute of Urban & Regional Planning University of Baghdad. He obtained a PhD from the Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK in 2018. He has taught at the Department of Architectural Engineering from the University of Technology in Iraq.

Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, UK

Dean of the School of Architecture and Design, LAU (since 2012). Professor of architecture, LAU (since 1994). Chair of the Department of Architecture & Interior Design (2000-2005). PhD in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, Master of Sciences in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, University of Cincinnati. Architect from Boston Architectural College.

Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon

Ph.D. Architect by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), MA in Philosophy by the Universitat de Barcelona, and obtained his Master of Science (AAD) degree from Columbia University. Co-founder and principal at JL-Office. He has taught at IIT in Chicago, Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires, UIC Chicago, Universidad de Alicante, Harvard GDS, and  Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna.

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Barcelona, Spain

Architect and Researcher in Urban Design at KTH School of Architecture and the Built Environment. Researcher in Building Design at Chalmers University of Technology. Daniel is Programme Director for the Masters’ Programme in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design. He is also a practicing architect at Patchwork Architecture Laboratory

KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden

Full-professor at Universidad Catolica de Chile. Graduated Architect from Universidad Catolica de Chile, and Master of Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University. Director partner of Izquierdo Lehmann Arquitectos, in Chile. 

Pontificia Univeridad Católica de Chile.
Santiago, Chile

José Castillo

MEXICO / USA

Professor of urbanism at the CENTRO Mexico. Visiting professor at Harvard GSD. Master and Doctor of Design degree from Harvard GSD. Architect from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Member of the advisory board of LSE Cities in Mexico. Director of architecture firm a|911 in Mexico.

CENTRO Mexico DF, Mexico
Harvard GSD, Cambridge, USA

Daekwon Park

USA / SOUTH KOREA

Assistant professor at Syracuse University, faculty research fellow, and director of the Material Archi-Tectonic Research Lab. Architect from Yeungnam University in South Korea; M.Arch from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MDes Technology from Harvard Graduate School of Design; and Doctor of Design (DDes) from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Co-founder of  SISO.

 

Syracuse University, School of Architecture.
Syracuse, USA

Professor from Universidad Iberoamericana of Mexico, UDELAR Uruguay, and Università Iuav di Venezia. He obtained a PhD in Theory, History and Criticism in Architecture from Universidad Federal de Porto Alegre, in Brazil, and a bachelor in architecture from Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay. Founder of ELARQA, a platform of research and editorial about architecture and city issues. Founding partner of Gaeta-Springall Arquitectos, based in Mexico. He is the Founder and the Dean of FABRICA DE CIUDAD, new school of architecture and territorial sciences. 

Universidad Iberoamericana.
Mexico City, Mexico

Professor at Da-Yeh University in Taiwan (since 1995). Professor of the Department of Architecture at Feng-Chia University in Taiwan (since 2000). Visiting professor at Tunghai University. Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado, USA. Bachelor of Engineering in Aeronautics and Astronautics. National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. Director of i²Architecture in Taiwan.

Da-Yeh University.
Changhua, Taiwan

Heidi de Moya

Dominican Republic

Director of the School of Architecture and Urbanism at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (since 2016). Architect from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Master’s degree in Collective Housing from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Specialist in Green Building and Master’s degree in Project Management. Director of Grupo de Moya Simó.

Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez
Ureña. Dominican Republic

Professor at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, Uruguay (UDELAR). Visiting professor at the Architecture Schools in Argentina and Brazil. PhD in Architecture and graduated architect from UDELAR. Director of the Master’s Degree in Architecture, Design and Representation option at UDELAR. Partner of “y” arquitectura in Montevideo.

Universidad de La República
Montevideo, Uruguay

 Director of the Urban Design Program and former Chair The Spitzer School of Architecture at City College, NY. Professor at The City College of NY since 2007. Adjunct Professor in Harvard University (2001; 2003; 2004), University of Pennsylvania (2006), Cornell University (2007). Associate Professor in Syracuse University (2004-2005). Architect by Rice University. Principal of Scalar Architecture in NY.

The City College of New York.
New York, USA

 Director of the Urban Design Program and former Chair The Spitzer School of Architecture at City College, NY. Professor at The City College of NY since 2007. Adjunct Professor in Harvard University (2001; 2003; 2004), University of Pennsylvania (2006), Cornell University (2007). Associate Professor in Syracuse University (2004-2005). Architect by Rice University. Principal of Scalar Architecture in NY.

The City College of New York.
New York, USA

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Dietmar Eberle

AUSTRIA / SWITZERLAND

Professor at ETH Zurich. Dean of the ETH Zurich School of Architecture (2003-2005). Director of the Centre for Research on Architecture Society & the Built Environment, ETH Zurich. Architect of the Technical University of Vienna. Co-founder of Vorarlberger Baukünstler. Director of architecture firm Baumschlager Eberle Architekten, based in 8 countries.

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH. Zurich, Switzerland

Full-professor in Architectural and Urban Composition at Politecnico di Milano. Architect and Researcher from Politecnico di Milano; PhD in Architectural Composition from IUAV, Venice. Currently, she is Member of the Board of the multi-disciplinary PhD Course of the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering.

Politecnico di Milano.
Milan, Italy

Professor at Pontificia Universidad de Chile. Director of School of Architecture of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2004-2014). Professor at Universidad Católica Valparaíso (1972-1990). Architect from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Post-studies directed by Jean Prouvé, France. Principal of architecture firm Baixas y del Río in Chile.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Santiago de Chile, Chile

Roberto Cavallo

The Netherlands

Professor at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, Uruguay (UDELAR). Visiting professor at the Architecture Schools in Argentina and Brazil. PhD in Architecture and graduated architect from UDELAR. Director of the Master’s Degree in Architecture, Design and Representation option at UDELAR. Partner of “y” arquitectura in Montevideo.

Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands

Director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design from Washington University in St. Louis. Sam and Marilyn Fox Professor at the same school. MArch from Harvard University and BArch from Virginia Tech. Licensed architect and co-director of Axi:Ome in St. Louis with Sung Ho Kim.

Washington University in St. Louis
St Louis, USA

Enriqueta Llabres-Valls

SPAIN / united kingdom

Senior Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture of the University College of London. Design Critic at Harvard GSD (2010-2015), and Berlate TU Delft (2010, 2012). Architect from UPC Barcelona, MCs London School of Economics. Founding partner and Director of the firm Relational Urbanism, based in London.

Bartlett School of Architecture UCL,
London, UK

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Chair for Design & Technology at the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture (KRVIA) in Mumbai. Visiting Professor at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) in New Delhi. Dean of the TVB School of Habitat Studies (2007). Architecture and fine arts studies in University of Cambridge and The AA, UK. Principal of Ashok B Lall Architects in New Delhi. 

Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture. Mumbai, India.

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Li Brian Zhang

CHINA

Associate Dean, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. Chair Professor of Architecture, Tsinghua University. Board member of the Architectural Society of China. Editor-in-Chief, World Architecture Magazine Publications. Architect from the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, MArch, Tsao Fellow in the GSD, Harvard University. Founding Partner Atelier TeamMinus in Beijing, China

Tsinghua University.
Beinjing, China

Professor of architectural projects at ETSA, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (since 1972). Director of the UPV architecture school (2003-2008). Co-founder and director of the University Institute for the Heritage Restoration, UPV (2000-2005) Co-director of R&R Magazine, Restauración y Rehabilitación del Patrimonio. PhD in Architecture from UPV Valencia.

Universidad Politécnica de
Valencia. Valencia, Spain

Director of the Center for Advanced Studies of the School of Architecture, University of Palermo (since 2014). Director of the Institute of Design Research of the University of Buenos Aires (1984-1985). Professor and guest professor at universities such as Cornell University, University of Buenos Aires, Rhode Island School of Design.

Universidad de Palermo.
Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Elisa Silva

USA-VENEZUELA

Professor at Graduate School of Design of Harvard, and Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas. Visiting professor at UPC Barcelona and PUCP in Peru. MArch from Harvard GSD in 2002, and Bachelor of Architecture from Emory University in Atlanta. Founding Partner and Director of Enlace Arquitectura in Caracas Venezuela.

Harvard University,
Boston, USA

Professor at Pontificia Universidad de Chile. Director of School of Architecture of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2004-2014). Professor at Universidad Católica Valparaíso (1972-1990). Architect from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Post-studies directed by Jean Prouvé, France. Principal of architecture firm Baixas y del Río in Chile.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Santiago de Chile, Chile

Professor at the GAF Split. Guest professor in 

TUGraz , TU Wien, ETH Zurich, MIT Boston, ETSAM Madrid, University of Navarra, Facolta di Architettura Ferrara. Head of the Institute for Architectural Typologies and Housing at the TU Graz (2000-2005). The Frank Gehry Chair at the UofT Toronto (2012). Principal of Njiric+Arhitekti in Zagreb.

GAF Split, Croatia
TuGraz Austria

Founder & CEO of ArchDaily. Member of the Mies Crown Hall America Prize International Advisory Council, housed in Chicago. Endeavor Entrepreneur from the Endeavor Foundation in New York. Architecture graduate from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Santiago de Chile, Chile