Felipe Hernández Ph.D. is a Colombian-born

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

who lives and works in the United Kingdom. He is Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies in the Department of Architecture, and Fellow Architect and Director of Studies at

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...

. Professor Hernández has worked extensively on

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and other areas Global South, including Africa, South East Asia and the Caribbean. His research explores the intersection between architecture, urbanism in conditions of 'coloniality', understood as the continued existence of colonial principles in the study of architecture and the materialisation of cities. Between 2018 and 2021 he acted as the first Latin American Director of the Centre of Latin American Studies at the University of Cambridge.

Publications

Solely Authored Books Hernández, F. (2010) Bhabha for Architects. London – New York: Routledge. Hernández, F. (2009) Beyond Modernist Masters: Latin American Architecture Today. Basel – Berlin – Boston: Birkhäuser. Edited Volumes Lara, F. and F. Hernández (eds) (2021) Decolonising the Spatial History of the Americas. Austin: Center for American Architecture and Design. Lara, F. and F. Hernández (eds) (2021) Spatial Concepts for the Americas. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Hernández, F. and A. Becerra Santacruz (eds) (2017) Marginal Urbanisms: Informal and Formal Development in Cities of Latin America. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholar Publishing. Hernández, F., P. Kellett and L. Allen (eds) (2012). Rethinking the Informal City: Critical Perspectives from Latin America. Paperback edition. Oxford – New York: Berghahn Books. Hernández, F., P. Kellett and L. Allen (eds) (2009). Rethinking the Informal City: Critical Perspectives from Latin America. Hardback edition. Oxford – New York: Berghahn Books. Hernández, F., M. Millington and I. Borden (eds) (2005). Transculturation: Cities, Spaces and Architectures in Latin America. Amsterdam – Atlanta: Rodopi. Especial Journal Issues Edited Hernández, F. and F. L. Lara (Guest Editors) (2021) ‘Colombia desde fuera/Colombia from the Outside’, in Dearq Journal of Architecture, 29. Hernández, F. (ed.) (2002). ‘Transcultural Spaces: Architecture and Identity in Latin America’, in Journal of Romance Studies, 2.3.

References

Colombian architects Fellows of King's College, Cambridge 1971 births Living people {{Colombia-architect-stub