Susy Torres Chicoma

Urbanist and Researcher

Architect specialized in Urban and Territorial Planning, with a research focus on urban studies, social innovation, civic urbanism, and the integration of a cross-cutting gender perspective and its contribution to care frameworks in urban planning.
Susy Torres Chicoma

About Susy Torres Chicoma

Graduated in Architecture (2021) from Universidad Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo in Peru. She specialized in the Master’s Degree in Urban and Territorial Planning (2023), within the Urban Studies track at Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), where she is currently a PhD candidate in Sustainability and Urban Regeneration.

Her experience spans urban consultancy, graphic visualization, urban design, editorial work, and research. In these areas, she has participated in urban planning projects, placemaking, public space design, as well as citizen participation processes. Her work covers research, 2D and 3D design and visualization, and co-creation with communities through digital and physical tools in workshop implementation.

Her research has been presented at international conferences, including the 1st Conference on Future Challenges in Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial and the 11th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD 2023). Her final degree project was further recognized with the Gaudí Architecture Award in Urban Design (2020) and a finalist distinction at the XI BIAU (Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism) in Paraguay (2019).

Her current research focus encompasses the caring city as a right: integrating care work into urban planning through informal and institutionalized practices in Latin America.

"There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans."

- Jane Jacobs

Current positions

  • Urbanist and Researcher at ICATALIST
  • Phd Candidate in Sustainability and Urban Regeneration at Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).

About Susy Torres Chicoma

Graduated in Architecture (2021) from Universidad Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo in Peru. She specialized in the Master’s Degree in Urban and Territorial Planning (2023), within the Urban Studies track at Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), where she is currently a PhD candidate in Sustainability and Urban Regeneration.

Her experience spans urban consultancy, graphic visualization, urban design, editorial work, and research. In these areas, she has participated in urban planning projects, placemaking, public space design, as well as citizen participation processes. Her work covers research, 2D and 3D design and visualization, and co-creation with communities through digital and physical tools in workshop implementation.

Her research has been presented at international conferences, including the 1st Conference on Future Challenges in Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial and the 11th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD 2023). Her final degree project was further recognized with the Gaudí Architecture Award in Urban Design (2020) and a finalist distinction at the XI BIAU (Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism) in Paraguay (2019).

Her current research focus encompasses the caring city as a right: integrating care work into urban planning through informal and institutionalized practices in Latin America.

"There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans."

- Jane Jacobs

Current positions

  • Urbanist and Researcher at ICATALIST
  • Phd Candidate in Sustainability and Urban Regeneration at Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).

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JUST4CARE

Transform climate adaptation practices by integrating principles of justice, equity, and resilience into urban and regional planning.

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