Affiliated Faculty Profile

Ignacio San Martin

Professor, School of Architecture Coordinator, Graduate Program in Urban Design
MUD, Master in Urban Design, University of California, Berkeley, 1981

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Research and teaching focus:  Urban design, theories of urbanism, Southwest USA, Spain, Mexico, Chile

Area studies courses: History of cities; theories of urbanism and urban design

Selected Publications

San Martin, Ignacio (2004). “Garden Cities in the Sonoran Desert.” ARQ Chile No. 57 Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, Santiago, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile, 5-10

San Martin, Ignacio. (2003). “The Difficult Path of Sustainability: Conflicting Ideologies on the Production of Space.” CIUDADES 7 Instituto de Urbanistica. Valladolid, Universidad Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura,13-27.

San Martin, Ignacio (2001). “The Perception of Sprawl: The Battle for Sustainable Growth in Arizona.” In International Symposium Proceedings on Urban Sprawl. Institute for Ecopolicy Technical University of Prague.

San Martin, Ignacio and Juan Luis de las Rivas. 2000. Planear con la Naturaleza. Spanish translation of Ian Mc Harg, Design with Nature. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona.