Master in Advanced Urban Planning and Data Analytics – Final Presentation
Exploring mobility, equity and urban resilience through data and design
The first year of the Master in Advanced Urban Planning and Data Analytics at IAAC culminated in a series of final presentations exploring the intersection of mobility, justice and data. Framed within the Vulnerability Studio, students developed planning strategies that place underrepresented voices and urban inequalities at the centre of design.
Over the semester, four international case studies—Quito, Melbourne, Rundu and Jakarta—served as platforms to investigate how mobility systems embed systemic exclusion, particularly for women and marginalised groups. Using participatory mapping, spatial analysis and computational tools, students identified urban blind spots, measured accessibility gaps, and reimagined infrastructure through an intersectional lens.
The final projects proposed inclusive, data-informed solutions for urban mobility that challenge conventional efficiency-driven models. From algorithmic tools to spatial interventions, each proposal revealed how data can support more equitable, responsive and human-centred cities.
This first year of the Master in Advanced Urban Planning and Data Analytics invited students to test urbanism as a tool for systemic change—one grounded in ethics, analytics and spatial justice. The final presentations showcased the evolution of each research project and pointed toward future directions in urban planning rooted in equity, data and collective agency.
Jury and Academic Contributors
The projects were reviewed by an international jury:
Sebastiano Scacchetti (Buro Happold); Eve Nnaji (ADD.apt); Andrea Gorrini (Transform Transport); Susan Jayne Thams Carruth (3XN/GXN); Marziah Zad (Ashrafi & Zad Design); Iacopo Neri (IAAC / DVS-UZH); Eduardo Rico (IAAC / AA).
Academic guidance:
Mathilde Marengo (MUPD Co-Director), Isabel Lima, and Mireia Lozano Carbassé.
Student Assistants:
Juan Camilo Giraldo, Nupur Sircar.