curricular Oscar Grauer is an architect, graduated from the first class of the Universidad Simón Bolívar in 1977, won the title of Master of Architecture in Urban Design Harvard University in 1980 and received a Ph.D. in Urban Design at the same university in 1991.
His interest in the relationship between cities and the context in which it develops, is evident in his doctoral thesis "Principles, Regulations and Urban Form: The Case of Venezuela", which shows a process of creating design regulations for new urban structures, considering principles of social organization, efficiency and justice, framed within a specific culture.
He joined the Metropolitan University in 1994 as Project Coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Design, having under his responsibility the studies and actions to create the MA, under the guise of an agreement between the Metropolitan University, Harvard University, the Ministry of Urban Development and Lagoven, SA Coordinated and supervised from the structuring of the program and curriculum development, pending approval of the curriculum. Since 1995 he is coordinator of the Master of Urban Design. It is also a professor of Urban Design Workshop and tutor of undergraduate work. He has been manager of the Visiting Professors Program, the Urban Design Institute for Mayors, procurement of inputs and institutional support and the establishment of cooperative agreements to strengthen them. Has made great efforts to publicize the achievements obtained and the promotion of postgraduate domestic and international. In 1999 he participated actively in the design and organization of the Center for Urban Design Unimet where involved in the development of urban plans and proposals.
convinced that the exchange with other cultures is an enriching process for students and teachers, has been primarily responsible for the Visiting Professors Program, aimed at sharing and exchange of opinions, concepts and approaches with renowned professionals in the field of Urban Design, to provide not only highly professional but also different cultural perspectives, economic and social.
He joined the Metropolitan University in 1994 as Project Coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Design, having under his responsibility the studies and actions to create the master, under the form of agreement between the Metropolitan University , Harvard University, the Ministry of Urban Development and Lagoven, SA Coordinated and supervised from the structuring and development program curriculum, to the approval of the curriculum. Since 1995 he is coordinator of the Master of Urban Design. It is also a professor of Urban Design Workshop and tutor of undergraduate work. He has been manager of the Visiting Professors Program, the Urban Design Institute for Mayors, procurement of inputs and institutional support and the establishment of cooperative agreements to strengthen them. Has made great efforts to publicize the achievements and the promotion of postgraduate domestic and international. In 1999 he participated actively in the design and organization of the Center for Urban Design Unimet where involved in the development of proposals and urban plans. In the same vein, took steps that allowed the visit to France of professors and students of the Masters in April 1998 and the visit to Barcelona, \u200b\u200bSpain, in April 1999 which have served to understand the processes urban management and the products obtained in these countries, in order to understand and verify the applicability of these experiences in Venezuela.
Among the activities promoted to the graduate, tells the column "Urban Environment" which is published fortnightly since March 1999 in the newspaper El Universal, in which express opinions and assumptions of national interest, including social, economic and political issues related to urban design. Postulate by the Metropolitan University, participated in the Urban and City Management Course (Urban Management and Municipal), organized by The World Bank Institute in collaboration with the Mayor of the City of Toronto and the Canadian Urban Institute, which took place in Toronto, Canada in 1999. As a result of this intervention has been invited by the World Bank, as speaker, to represent the Unimet in three successive editions of that course.
In 1997 he was awarded as a representative of the Metropolitan University, the prize "Research and Teaching" of the Real Estate Chamber of Venezuela, the creation and implementation of the Master of Urban Design at the Universidad Metropolitana. Recognition of the contribution to the training of professionals who will contribute their creativity and ability to raise the environmental quality of life in our communities. June 2000
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