Quilian Riano is a Part-Time Assistant Professor at the Parsons The New School of Design and has taught architectural and urban design studios at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, Carleton University, Syracuse University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and the City College of New York. Quilian has been an invited design critic for urban and architectural studios at Harvard University’s Graduate of School Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carleton University, Columbia University, Pratt Institute, Parsons- The New School for Design, City College of New York, New York Institute of Technology, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston Architectural College, Rhode Island School of Design.

INDEX OF COURSES TAUGHT BY QUILIAN RIANO:
–ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 4: Housing: Spring 2017
–URBAN DESIGN STUDIO 1: Grounding Housing: Fall 2016
–NYCHA in Context: Housing Heterotopias in New York City: Summer 2016
–OPENING GAZA: Permeating Edges; Creating Connections for The Gaza Strip: Spring 2016
–EMBODIED STRUCTURES: From Everyday Patterns to New Forms of Urban Spatial Production: Spring 2016
–DESIGNING NEW LIVE-WORK SPACES: Redesigning The Shrinking Neighborhood in Warren, Ohio: Spring 2016
–URBAN INTERVENTIONS LAB: Making Construction Sites Good Neighbors: Fall 2015
–THE ROBINS PROJECT: CREATING AN INTEGRAL CITY 2: Spring 2015
–VENDING NEGOTIATIONS: Winter, 2015
–URBAN EMBODIMENTS :: ROOSEVELT AVENUE: Fall 2014
–INHABITING THE EXQUISITE CORPSE: Summer 2014
–SANTA CRUZ VISIBLE 2: “La Manzana Amarilla” As Pedagogical Ecology For Medellín: Spring 2014
–ROCKAWAYS STUDIO: Design in the Context of Environmental and Socio-Economic Crises: Spring 2014
–THE ROBINS PROJECT: CREATING AN INTEGRAL CITY: Spring 2014
–THESIS: EVERY DAY URBANITIES: THE ECOLOGY OF STREET FOOD: Fall 2013
–ANALYZING NEW YORK CITY: Summer 2013
–SANTA CRUZ VISIBLE: Spring 2013
–URBAN ECOLOGY #1 SUNSET PARK: Spring 2012
–JERSEY’S CONFLICTING SHORES: Fall 2011
–FOOD FIGHTS: Spring 2011
–COMMUNITY DESIGN STUDIO WEST FENWAY: Summer 2010
–BOGOTA STUDIO: Spring 2010
–COMMUNITY DESIGN STUDIO FENWAY: Spring 2010
–HARVARD GSD || ARCHITECTURE STUDIO: Summer 2009

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 4: Lower East Side Housing
Spring 2017, Undergraduate Architecture Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano and Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong
Architectural Design BFA | School of Constructed Environments | Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Lower East Side, NYC
Blog
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO 1: Grounding Housing
Fall 2016, Undergraduate Urban Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano
Urban Design and Integrated Design BFA | School of Design Strategies | Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Ingersoll Houses, Ft Greene in Brooklyn
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NYCHA in Context: Housing Heterotopias in New York City
Summer 2016, Graduate/Undergraduate Architecture Seminar
Faculty: Quilian Riano
Bachelors/Masters of Architecture
Syracuse University, NYC Campus
Press: NYC architecture students bring public housing proposals to the people of Brownsville
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OPENING GAZA: Permeating Edges; Creating Connections for The Gaza Strip
Spring 2016, Graduate Urban Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano
Masters of Urban Design
City College of New York
Site: Gaza Strip
Partners: Parallel Masters of Architecture studio at Westminster University, taught by Nasser Golsari and Yara Sharif.
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EMBODIED STRUCTURES: Analyzing Everyday Patterns on Roosevelt Avenue (Queens) to Create New Forms of Urban Spatial Production
Spring 2016, Master of Architecture Design Studio
Architecture Program
Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism
Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)
Site: Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights and North Corona, Queens
Also see: Gaming the System: role-playing spatial and political change by Quilian Riano on some of the work from this studio
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DESIGNING NEW LIVE-WORK SPACES: Redesigning the housing of the shrinking Garden District Neighborhood in Warren, Ohio
Spring 2016, Undergraduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano and Alison Mears, Director of the Healthy Materials Lab
Urban Design and Integrated Design BFA | School of Design Strategies | Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Warren, Ohio
Partners: Milano Finance Lab (Professor: Kevin McQueen), Matt Martin and the Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership.
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URBAN INTERVENTIONS LAB: Making Construction Sites Good Neighbors
Fall 2015, Undergraduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano
Integrated Design BFA | School of Design Strategies | Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Queens West Library Construction Site, Long Island City, Queens, NYC.
Partners: The New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC)
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THE ROBINS PROJECT: CREATING AN INTEGRAL CITY 2
Spring 2015, Undergraduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano and Alison Mears, Dean of the School of Design Strategies
Urban Design BS | School of Design Strategies | Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Warren, Ohio
Partners: Milano Finance Lab (Professor: Kevin McQueen), Melissa Holmes, Matt Martin and the City of Warren.
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VENDING NEGOTIATIONS
Winter 2015, INDA DEX 1-Week Workshop
Faculty: Quilian Riano and Preechaya Sittipunt, Director of INDA.
International Program in Design and Architecture
School of Architecture
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Site: Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand

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URBAN EMBODIMENTS :: ROOSEVELT AVENUE
Fall 2014, Graduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano
Design and Urban Ecologies MS Program
School of Design Strategies
Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights and North Corona, Queens
Press Articles and Interviews of Studio: DailyNews, NextCity and CUNY TV.

Also see: Gaming the System: role-playing spatial and political change by Quilian Riano on some of the work from this studio.
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INHABITING THE EXQUISITE CORPSE
Summer 2014, Summer Intensive Interior Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano and Severino Alfonso Dunn
Summer Intensive Studies
School of Constructed Environments
Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC
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SANTA CRUZ VISIBLE 2: “La Manzana Amarilla” As Pedagogical Ecology For Medellín
Spring 2014, Graduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano
Design and Urban Ecologies MS Program
School of Design Strategies
Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Comuna Santa Cruz, Medellin, Colombia
Partners: Casa Nuestra Gente, URBAM, EAFIT University [Medellin]
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ROCKAWAYS STUDIO: Design in the Context of Environmental and Socio-Economic Crises
Spring 2014, Graduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano, Ron Shiffman, David Burney and Micaela Birmingham
Pratt Institute Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development
Site: The Rockaways, Queens, NYC
Partner: Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
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THE ROBINS PROJECT: CREATING AN INTEGRAL CITY
Spring 2014, Undergraduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano and Alison Mears, Dean of the School of Design Strategies
Urban Design BS | School of Design Strategies | Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Warren, Ohio
Partners: Milano Finance Lab, Melissa Holmes and the City of Warren.
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THESIS: EVERY DAY URBANITIES: THE ECOLOGY OF STREET FOOD
Fall, 2013 Graduate Thesis Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano and Beatriz Beckford
Design and Urban Ecologies MS
Design and Urban Ecologies MS Program
School of Design Strategies
Parsons The New School for Design
Site: New York City
Partner: Vamos Unidos
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IN THE CITY (ANALYZING NEW YORK CITY)
Summer, 2013 Intensive Design Research Course
Co-taught with Kimberly Ackert (SCE)
Summer Intensive Studies
School of Constructed Environments
Parsons The New School for Design
Site: NYC
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SANTA CRUZ VISIBLE
Spring 2013, Graduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano and Alessandro Angelini
Design and Urban Ecologies MS Program
School of Design Strategies
Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Comuna Santa Cruz, Medellin, Colombia
Partners: Casa Nuestra Gente, URBAM, EAFIT University [Medellin]
BLOG ENTRY: SANTA CRUZ VISIBLE: STUDIO REPORT

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URBAN ECOLOGY #1: SUNSET PARK
Spring 2012, Graduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano, Miguel Robles-Duran, Maarten Van Acker and Angel Lara.
Transdisciplinary MFA Program
School of Design Strategies
Parsons The New School for Design
Site: Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Partners: La Unión [Brooklyn]
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JERSEY’S CONFLICTING SHORES
Fall 2011, Undergraduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano
Urban Design BS Program
School of Design Strategies
Parsons, The Newschool of Design
Site: Harrison and Newark, NJ
Link: http://njconflictingshores.blogspot.com/

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FOOD FIGHTS: DESIGN REALITIES OF THE LOW-INCOME URBAN FOOD ECOSYSTEMS
Spring 2011, Graduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano and Miguel Robles-Duran
Transdisciplinary MFA Program
School of Design Strategies
Parsons The New School for Design
Partners: The Point [Bronx]
READ THE FULL FOOD FIGHTS REPORT

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COMMUNITY DESIGN STUDIO: WEST FENWAY
Summer 2011, Undergraduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano
School of Architecture
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Site: West Fenway, Boston, USA

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BOGOTA STUDIO: RETHINKING SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
Spring 2010, Graduate Design Studio
Faculty: Teddy Cruz and Quilian Riano
Masters of Urban Design
City College of New York
Site: Usme Neighborhood, Bogota, Colombia
Partners: Metrovivienda [Bogota]
Link: http://bogotastudio.blogspot.com/

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COMMUNITY DESIGN STUDIO: FENWAY
Spring 2010, Undergraduate Design Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano
School of Architecture
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Site: Fenway, Boston, USA

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HARVARD GSD || ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
Summer 2009, Introductory Architecture Studio
Faculty: Quilian Riano
Career Discovery Program
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Site: Boston, USA
A database of images and thoughts of the Arch 7 studio at Harvard University’s Career Discovery program

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