Founder and Honorary President at Fundacion Metropoli
Alfonso Vegara holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning and a degree in Architecture, Economics and Sociology. Former president of ISOCARP, the International Society of City and Regional Planners. Fellow and Trustee of the Eisenhower Scholarships. Since 2005, he is Honorary Consul General of Singapore in Madrid.
Alfonso Vegara has taught Urbanism at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, the Universidad de Navarra and the Universidad CEU San Pablo. He was also a visiting professor at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania and an advisor to ETH Zurich Polytechnic. His works have been awarded by the United Nations, the European Union, the European Council of Urban Planners and the prestigious King James I Award, awarded by His Majesty the King of Spain.
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