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Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Architecture and Interior Design.
Research areas
In the present context of the rising awareness of ecological issues and the development of emerging technologies, his current research interest focuses on the study of how formal and informal networks can be transformed through an undertone of sustainable technologies, designed to better the quality of life for individuals and communities. With the aim of moving towards a convergence between the built environment and nature, his research proposes a hybrid that grows from ethical design ideas as a process to contextualize design in culture, developing sociopolitical and site-specific ...
Education
MArch, Architectural Design And Urban Planning., Columbia University GSAP, United States, 1997
BA, Bachelor Of Arts In Architecture., Washington University,, United States, 1994
Professional experience
Principal, Architecture And Interior Design, Dharmatecture LLC, NewYork, United States, 2004 - 2020
Project Architect, Architecture And Interior Design, Steve E. Blatz Architect, New York, United States, 1999 - 2004
Junior Architectural Designer, Architecture And Interior Design, Rogers Marvel Architects, New York, United States, 1997 - 1999
Junior Architectural Designer, Architecture And Interior Design, Pompei A.D., New York, United States, 1997 - 1997
Memberships
The William Kinne Fellows Traveling Prize is granted on the merit of proposals submitted for travel abroad incorporating the study of architecture, including planning and other specialized aspects of architecture., 1 June 1997 - 1 July 1997
Contact
+971 6 515 2801
Mr. Camilo Cerro
Associate Professor
MArch, Columbia University GSAP, United States
Camilo Cerro is an architectural researcher, author and design thinker. He earned his Master of Architecture (M.Arch1) degree at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he was the recipient of the William Kinne Memorial Fellowship. With twenty years of professional practice in the fields of the Architecture, Interior, Product and Furniture design as the founder and principal of Dharmatecture LLC in Brooklyn, New York. And five years of academic experience in Design Education, of which the last four have been spent as a full time faculty, teaching across undergraduate programs of Architecture and Interior Design at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
Publications
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Dwelling: Densification in the Desert., Local Cultures-global Spaces, Amps
Camilo Cerro. Extreme Environment Studio: Adapting to a Complicated World., Teaching Beyond The Curriculum, Amps
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Dwelling: An Evolution of Desert Dwelling., Blind Spot In Architecture, Rixarch, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
Camilo Cerro. This is why we need biophilic design now more than ever in the middle east., Fast Company-middle East, 21 March 2024
Camilo Cerro. How Architect Camilo Cerro Leads a Nomadic Work Life and Designs for the Future, written by Madeleine Magill., The Creative Factor, 9 August 2023
Camilo Cerro. Designing A Greener Tomorrow., Khaleej Times, 29 May 2023
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Dwelling: The Kitchen, Representing Pasts-visioning Futures, Amps
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Dwelling: Indoor Plants and Produce, Wit Transactions On Ecology And The Environment, 2022
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Dwelling: Co-housing in the Time of Climate Change, Towards A New European Bauhaus, Eaae Annual Conference + General Assembly 2022
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Food Production: Urban Farming Towards Food Self-Sufficiency, Resilient City: Physical, Social & Economic Perspectives
Camilo Cerro And Juan Roldan. Teaching (Learning) by Making: From Interior Design to Interior Architecture, Applied Research International Conference (aricon), 2021
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Dwelling: The Advantages of Prefabrication in Alleviating the Residential Crisis, Wit Transactions On Ecology And The Environment, 2021
Camilo Cerro. Urban Acupuncture: Producing water in informal settlements, Book Name: So Long Plastic!, May 2021
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Dwelling: Producing Water in Informal Settlements, Disrupting Through Circular Design: Responsive Cities 2019, 2020
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Dwelling: Rocking the houseboat, International Journal Of Environmental Impacts: Management, Mitigation And Recovery, 2020
Camilo Cerro. Enfocado en las nuevas generaciones-DSC hace un rebranding de su marca, Modo De Vida
Camilo Cerro And Juan Roldan. Hamama, Harper’s Bazaar Interiors, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020
Camilo Cerro. The future of dwelling: Density, Wit Transactions On Ecology And The Environment; Sustainable Cities 2019, 2019
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Dwelling: Producing Water in Informal Settlements, Responsive Cities: Disrupting Through Circular Design Symposium Proceedings 2019, 2019
Camilo Cerro. The future of dwelling: Rightsizing, Responsible Urbanization 2018, Poznan University Of Technology, 2019
Camilo Cerro. Unleashing the Spirit of Design, Design Middle East: Forever Modern, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019
Camilo Cerro. The Future of Dwelling: Redefining Dwelling for the Anthropocene, The European Conference On Sustainability, Energy And The Environment 2019: Official Conference Proceedings, 28 August 2019
Camilo Cerro. Working towards designing solutions for the water and nutrition crisis of informal settlements, International Journal Of Environmental Impacts, June 2019
Camilo Cerro. Float: Designing for the rise in sea level, Acsa/eaae: Teachers Conference 2019
Camilo Cerro. The future of dwelling: Mars colonization, Acsa/eaae: Teachers Conference 2019
Camilo Cerro. Understanding the value of travel: Developing a study abroad program, Acsa/eaae: Teachers Conference 2019
Camilo Cerro. Atmospheric Water Generating and Urban Farm Tower, Acsa 106th Annual Meeting; ‘the Ethical Imperative’-project Proceedings, 2018
Camilo Cerro. Urban Acupuncture: Producing water in informal settlements, Wit Transactions On Ecology And The Environment; Water Pollution 2018, 2018
Camilo Cerro. Developing solutions for dealing with water and food scarcity: Atmospheric water generator and urban farm tower, Advances In Science And Engineering Technologies: Sustainable Environment And Urban Infrastructure International Conference (aset 2018), June 2018
Camilo Cerro. Next generation habitation typologies, Wit Transactions On Ecology And The Environment; Sustainable Developing And Planning 2017, 2017
Camilo Cerro. The importance of design in helping humanity become a multi-planetary species, Wit Transactions On Ecology And The Environment; Sustainable Cities 2017, 2017
Camilo Cerro. Tonle Sap Sustainability Education Center, Acsa Press And Distributed By The Association Of Collegiate Schools Of Architecture, 2017
Camilo Cerro. Floating architecture in the developing world’, Wit Transactions On Ecology And The Environment; Sustainable Cities 2016, 2016
Camilo Cerro. (un)taming the navigli, Micro programs to revitalize the canals., 2015
Camilo Cerro. Low-income sustainable dwelling’, Wit Transactions On Ecology And The Environment; Sustainable Cities 2015, 2015
Camilo Cerro. Zbierka Umenia-Collection of art, Atrium Magazine, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2009
Camilo Cerro. Art Collector’s Loft, 150 Best Loft Ideas By Bridget Vranckx, February 2008
Camilo Cerro. There is no place like OM, ‘lofts’ Magazine, 2007
Camilo Cerro. New York ‘ta yasam-Living in New York, Maison Francaise’, March 2007
Camilo Cerro. It’s all in the balance, Interior Design Magazine, November 2005
Camilo Cerro. Forever Modern, Interior Design Magazine, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2002
Conference Presentations
The Design Build Studio-Agency Through Learning by Making, Learning-live-work, Amps, 10 June 2024
Shaping Tomorrow: Strategies and Solutions for Integrating Generative AI in Higher Education, Artificial Intelligence Week, 25 April 2024
The Future of Dwelling: An Evolution of Desert Living., Blind Spot In Architecture, Rixarch, 13 April 2024
The Future of Dwelling: Densification in the Desert., Local Cultures-global Spaces, Amps, 5 December 2023
The Future of Social Design: Adapting to a Complicated World., Teaching Beyond The Curriculum, Amps, 5 December 2023
The Future of Dwelling: The Kitchen, Green Living Learning Community-sustainable Development Goal 11-sustainable Cities And Communities, 20 September 2023
AI in the classroom panel discussion, Artificial Intelligence In The Classroom, 14 September 2023
Enhancing Water Efficiency in the Built Environment., Future Of Water Summit, 6 September 2023
The Future of Dwelling: Sustainability, Adaptability and Survivability, Design Principles And Practices 2023, 29 March 2023
The Future of Dwelling: The Kitchen, a Short History of the Evolution of the Kitchen as we Adapt to an Uncertain Future, Cape Peninsula University, 23 February 2023
The Future of Dwelling: From Sustainability to Adaptability/ Habitat del Futuro: De Sustentabilidad a Adaptabilidad, The Department Of Sintesis Creative, 13 December 2022
The Future of Dwelling: Designing Towards of World Migration, Cmt660-sustainable Development And Construction, 5 December 2022
The Future of Dwelling: The Kitchen, Representing Pasts-visioning Futures, Amps, 1 December 2022
The Future of Dwelling: Indoor Plants, Sustainable Cities 2022, 10 October 2022
The Future of Dwelling: Co-housing in the Time of Climate Change, Towards A New European Bauhaus, Eaae Annual Conference + General Assembly 2022, 31 August 2022
The Future of Food Production: Urban Farming Towards Food Self-Sufficiency, Resilient City: Physical, Social & Economic Perspectives, Arcc-eaae 2022, 23 May 2022
The Future of Dwelling: Rethinking Interior Environments for Off-world Settlement, Interior Provocations Symposium: On Edge, 9 April 2022
Applied Ergonomics in Retail Design, American University Of Sharjah-caad Symposium, 17 March 2022
The Future of Dwelling: Sustainability, Adaptability and Survivability, Design Principles And Practices 2022, 19 January 2022
The Future of Dwelling: Designing Towards Off-world Migration, Martian Habitat, 28 November 2021
The Future of Dwelling: The Advantages of Prefabrication in Alleviating the Residential Crisis, Sustainable Cities 2021, 5 October 2021
Integrating Sustainability Principles into the Classroom, Education For Sustainable Development, 13 September 2021
Urban Farming in the Time of Climate Change-A Study Abroad Methodology, 15th International Conference On Design Principles And Practices-towards A (design) New Deal, May 2021
Teaching (Learning) by Making: From Interior Design to Interior Architecture, Applied Research International Conference (aricon), 25 February 2021
The Future of Dwelling: Rightsizing Towards a New Typology of Living, 17th International Conference On Environment, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, 25 February 2021
The Future of Dwelling: Rocking the Houseboat, Architecture And Urban Planning For Eco-sustainable Cities, 16 December 2020
The Future of Dwelling: Sustainable Design for the Anthropocene/ Diseño Sostenible para el Antropoceno, 20 November 2020
The Future of Dwelling: Mars Colonization/ Preparandonos para la Colonizacion de Marte, 23 October 2020
The Future of Dwelling: Rocking the Houseboat, Sustainable Cities 2020, 23 September 2020
The Future of Dwelling: Impermanence., Pechakucha-wabi-sabi: The Practice Of Imperfection, 10 June 2020
Producing Water in Informal Settlements, Responsive Cities 2019-disrupting Through Circular Design, 15 November 2019
Unleashing the Spirit of Design, Design Middle East: Forever Modern, October 2019
The future of dwelling: Density, Sustainable Cities 2019, 1 October 2019
Redefining Dwelling for the Anthropocene, The European Conference On Sustainability, Energy & The Environment 2019, 9 July 2019
Float: Designing for the rise in sea level, Acsa; Teachers Conference 2019, 28 June 2019
The future of dwelling: Mars colonization, Acsa; Teachers Conference 2019, 28 June 2019
Understanding the value of travel: Developing a study abroad program, Acsa; Teachers Conference 2019, 28 June 2019
The future of dwelling: Producing water in informal settlements, Social Saturdays 2019, 27 April 2019
Designing towards planetary colonization: Developing habitation solutions for the colonization of Mars, Corrective Maintenance-programming 2019,, 16 February 2019
Floating Architecture: A Sustainable Future, Preventative Maintenance-programming 2018,, 10 December 2018
Dwelling in the immediate future, Office Of Sustainability Lecture Series, 25 November 2018
The future of Dwelling: Rightsizing’, Responsible Urbanization 2018, 12 October 2018
Urban Acupuncture: Producing water in informal settlements, Water Pollution 2018, 22 May 2018
Atmospheric Water Generating and Urban Farm Tower, Acsa 106th Annual Meeting; 'the Ethical Imperative', 15 March 2018
Developing solutions for dealing with water and food scarcity: Atmospheric water generator and urban farm tower, Sustainable Environment And Urban Infrastructure International Conference (aset 2018), 6 February 2018
The importance of design in helping us become a multi-planetary species, Sustainable City 2017, 18 September 2017
Next generation habitation typologies: Live/ Work/ Farm, Sustainable Development And Planning 2017, 27 June 2017
Rural design workshop on floating architecture, Tenth International Conference On Design Principles And Practices, 25 February 2016
Low Income Sustainable Shelter., On-sustainability 2016, 21 January 2016
Innovation in sustainable low-income housing, Big 5 2015, November 2015
Low-income sustainable dwelling., Sustainable City 2015, 1 September 2015
Empowerment by Design, Index, May 2014
Grants and sponsorships
Fellowship, Energy, Water, and Sustainable Environment Research Center (EWSERC) | Theme 5: Sustainable Cities and Infrastructures, AUS - College of Engeneering, May 2024
Fellowship, Kinne Fellowship: Studying Vernacular Architecture in Senegal & Gambia., Columbia University, May 1997 - December 1997
Awards and Honors
Honor Award for Excellence in Total Design, Columbia University, Given in recognition of high quality in design during the 'three year' studio sequence., May 1997
Kinne Fellow, Columbia University, Columbia University, Winner of the postgraduate William Kinne Fellows Traveling Prize. Studying Vernacular Architecture in Senegal & Gambia., May 1997
