ABOUT

Deborah Navarra believes that with the 3C [Creativity, Curiosity, and Courage], Decisiveness, and Versatility, nothing is impossible and everyone can make a difference.

Architect by training, she is an urban and social design strategist - B.Arch., M.Arch. (Sapienza, University of Rome); MSc (DPU, The Bartlett, UCL); Ph.D. candidate - specialized in city design and human scale.

After national and international experiences in Rome, Barcelona, Dublin and New York in architecture and interior design, she decided to focus on urban development working in cities as Seoul, Bronx (NY), Beirut, Phnom Pen, London and Palermo and founding urbanita

 www.urban-ita.com - an interdisciplinary studio focused on urban regeneration and social innovation.

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCES

urbanita

   founder _ urban and social design strategist

L&C Consulting srl

   consultant _ urban and social design strategist

Sapienza University of Rome

    academic Tutor_ Teaching and Tutoring  undergraduate students

Intorno alle Mura di Roma _ Rome, Italy

   co-creator, organizer and facilitator by urbanita, Sapienza University, INARCH, Com. Mura Latine

IV Biennial of Public Space 2017 _ Rome, Italy

   organizing secretariat _ promoted and organized by INU, CNAPPC, UN-HABITAT

ArchiJam - Design thinking for architecture _ Rome, Italy

   Project co-creator, organizer and facilitator _ promoted by Open House Rome 2017

Urban Thinkers Campus 2.0 - Right to the Future _ Palermo, Italy

   Round-table/ Jam sections facilitator, technical partner _ promoted by UN-HABITAT, organized by PUSH.

COL[L]AZIONI _ Rome, Italy

   Project creator, organizer and facilitator_ powered by: urbanita, Fondazione Critica Sociale

CALL for (AR)tist - Workshop di Immaginazione Pubblica _ Palermo, Italy

   Tutor_ StreetArt and Augmented Reality workshop _ promoted and organized by PUSH. and BEPART

Conference: Diritto alla Citta' Territori Spazi Flussi _ Rome, Italy 

    Multimedia design director and promoter _ powered by Fondazione per la Critica Sociale

DPU SummerLab 2016: Palermo _ Emergent Migrant Topographies. _ Palermo, Italy

    Project creator, organizer and facilitator _ International Workshop pwered by urbanita, PUSH., UCL, UNIPA,

GovJam Roma 2016 _ Rome, Italy

    Organizer, promoter and facilitator_ powered by urbanita

TorPignaDesignLab _ Rome, Italy

    Project creator, organizer and facilitator powered by urbanita  with Sapienza, University of Rome

Winter School: Siciania, Cucina di talenti _ Menfi (AG), Italy 

   Organizer and Mentor _ powered by PUSH. and urbanita

Sant’Anna Jamming: Il workshop _ Palermo, Italy

    Organizer and Mentor _ powered by PUSH. and urbanita partners: AISA

Anlong Kngan Settlement - ACHR, CAN, CAN-CAM, CDF, UCL _ PhnomPenh, Cambodia

   Urban Developer _ Strategies and participatory design

UISP Project - Local Democracy Agency Zavidovici NGO _ Brescia, Italy

     Urban Developer _ Strategies and Re-design ‘Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti’ Headquarters visibility

Space4Architecture _ Manhattan, New York 

     Architect _ Executive Architecture, Design, Retail _ Render, 2D, 3D

Arch. Federica Rocco’s  firm _ Rome, Italy

    Assistant, Collaborator _ Architecture and Interior design, Makeover  _ Render, 2D

Thesis Prep seminar _ Sapienza University of Rome _ Rome, Italy

       Graduate Thesis Advisor _ Committee on Degrees in Architecture and urban design

Lab II Architecture _ Sapienza University of Rome _ Rome, Italy

     Assistant Professor _  Teaching and Tutoring undergraduate students

SOrT office, School of Architecture _ Sapienza University of Rome _ Rome, Italy

     Fellowship _ Tutoring students

Project “Un Ponte tra scuola e Università” _ Sapienza University of Rome _ Rome, Italy

     Fellowship _ Mentor, tutor for Freshmen, Sapienza presentation to High school

La rete infrastrutturale di Roma

Book Chapter in La Stazione Della Metropolitana Propulsore di Urbanità Diffusa by: G.Bianchi, A. Criconia

 Architetti Roma Edizioni

Spazio Pubblico. Tra Spazi della Collettività e Vuoti: Veltcheva, Guerrieri

Book Chapter in Linee di Ricerca curated by F. Ficcedenti, S. Martinelli

Right to the future

Il processo partecipato per l’implementazione della Nuova Agenda Urbana a Palermo

    Curator in Urbanistica3 iQuaderni

Service Design and Urban Policies

How new models and tools for designing are influencing the debate about the future of cities

     Article in Urbanistica3 iQuaderni

Service Design e Progettazione Architettonica e Urbana

     Article in Urbanistica Informazioni 264

“Impressioni/Riflessioni: Sou Fujimoto”

     Article in Polinice  http://www.polinice.org/2013/09/impressioniriflessioni-sou-fujimoto.html

“Scheda di Catalogazione di tipo OA della Fontanella di via della Cisterna a Roma”

      Book chapter in “Roma tra le due guerre: personaggi, luoghi e fatti”

PRIN 2015 _ CURA CITTÀ. La città come cura e la cura della città. Coordinator: Prof. Arch. A. Capuano

  researcher and designer_ Sapienza, University of Rome [www.curacitta.com]

“SURF_AS Strategie Urbane, Reti, Forme dell’Abitare Sostenibile : per un progetto di ‘condensatori urbani’ a Roma nei nodi delle stazioni intermodali.”   Coordinator: Prof. Arch. A. Criconia

  researcher _ Sapienza, University of Rome

Governare il Caos _ Matera, Italy

  RENA _ Summer School

Masterclass City at Eye Level and Placemaking – Ostiense and Laurentino 38 _ Rome, Italy

  STIPO, Vanschagen Architecten, Dutch Embassy Italy, Roma Capitale, Municipio VIII and IX, ATER Roma, INU

Funding the Cooperative City _ by Eutropian

   as urbanita _ call promotion, workshop organization (Rome’s workshop) and publication

Global Service Jam Roma _ Rome, Italy [Award ‘Most feasible service‘]

  Global Service Jam 2016

Collaborative local governance for the sharing economy _ Milan, Italy

  Sharitaly - LabGov

City as a Service Intensive School [scholarship “Women Entrepreneurs”] _ Erice, Sicily

  UN-Habitat _ World Urban Campaign’s Palermo Urban Thinkers Campus _ PUSH.

dpu SummerLab 2014: Patchwork City _ Beirut, Lebanon

   The Bartlett _ Development Planning Unit _ University College London

ARCOSS _ Architecture And Contemporary Social Services _ Rome

   DiAP “Sapienza” University of Rome and Regione Lazio

Redesigning Seosomun Memorial Park _ Seoul, South Korea  [scholarship]

  School of Architecture  “Sapienza” University of  Rome, Rome Italy

   Junggu Office, Seoul | School of Architecture, Myongji University,  Seoul, South Korea

Coming Soon! Explorations in Urban Renewal from the Physical to the Virtual_ NYC, US

   Current and future development of West Farms, Bronx by Stephanie Rothenberg

   Parson, The New School_ Sheila C. Johnson Design Center’s _ New York

Progettazione Architettonica del Villaggio Olimpico _ Rome , Italy  [scholarship]

   School of Architecture  “Sapienza” University of  Rome, Rome Italy

   School of Architecture, Myongji University,  Seoul, Republic of Korea     

SKILLS

AWARDS

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