Laura Narvaez Zertuche

Dr. Laura Narvaez Zertuche is Partner in the Urban Design Group at Foster + Partners, where she leads people movement and spatial data analytics for informed decision-making in master planning projects. Joining since 2015, Laura's work incorporates research and strategies for a wide scale of designs, from new cities to complex buildings, assessing how issues such as pedestrian footfall, economic activity and social interactions will impact the viability, growth and long-term evolution of the projects. She also works as an Associate Lecturer at ETH Zurich within the Chair of Cognitive Sciences; and she is a contributor and advisor of Urban AI ' an international multi-disciplinary think-tank that investigates the ethical modes of governance and sustainable uses of artificial intelligence in cities. Laura is an architect and urban designer, graduated from Tec de Monterrey, Mexico. She gained a MSc and PhD in Architecture and the Built Environment from the Space Syntax Laboratory at The Bartlett in 2015.