Vitor Pessoa Colombo
vitor.pessoacolombo@epfl.ch +41 21 693 44 14
EPFL ENAC IA CEAT
BP 3228 (Bâtiment BP)
Station 16
CH-1015 Lausanne
Fields of expertise
- Cities of the Global South
- Informal processes of urbanisation
- Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS)
- Spatial Analysis
- Urban health
Biography
Vitor grew up in São Paulo (Brazil) and studied architecture in Switzerland (B.Sc. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, M.Sc. Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio). Since 2016, he has carried research on urbanization processes in cities of the global South. He has focused his research on participatory, "citizen mapping" methods that provide spatial information useful to support the improvement of vulnerable human settlements in cities marked by socio-spatial segregation. Now he carries a PhD project at EPFL's CEAT unit to investigate the potential of urban planning as a preventive tool against disease in the context of rapid/unplanned urbanization, analyzing the cases of Nairobi (Kenya) and Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire).
Education
| Master of Science in Architecture | Architecture & urbanism | Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio | 2011-2013 |
| Bachelor of Science in Architecture | Architecture & urbanism | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | 2006-2009 |
Infoscience publications
2019
Conference Papers
V. Pessoa Colombo; G. P. Torricelli; J. Chenal : Gentrification, Coprésence ou Mixité? Changements et Permanences au Centre de São Paulo. 2019-07-03. Colloque International AFEP-IIPPE: Penser l'économie de demain et le futur de l'économie politique, Lille, France, July 3-5, 2019.
Conference Proceedings
V. Pessoa Colombo; J. Bassani; G. P. Torricelli; S. Alves de Araújo : Mapeamento Participativo: Tecnologia e Cidadania. Livro de resumos do encontro internacional Técnicas de Mapeamento e Cidadania (São Paulo, 2018) / Participatory Mapping: Technology and Citizenship. Conference proceedings of the international meeting Mapping Techniques and Citizenship (São Paulo, 2018). 2019-10-10.
Talks
V. Pessoa Colombo : Mapping informal settlements: an experience in São Paulo (Brazil) ; Cartografia, cittadinanza e partecipazione – Giornata internazionale di studi, Mendrisio, Switzerland, October 11, 2019.
2018
Talks
V. Pessoa Colombo : Uso de tecnologias geo-espaciais comuns para o mapeamento de assentamentos informais ; International Meeting on Mapping Techniques and Citizenship, São Paulo, Brazil, 13 November 2018.
V. Pessoa Colombo : Citizen Mapping: Using Common Geospatial Technologies to Map Informal Settlements in São Paulo, Brazil ; International Tech4Dev Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 27-29, 2018.
2016
Journal Articles
V. Pessoa Colombo; M. Pacifici : Mapeando la informalidad una experiencia participativa en Sao Paulo, Brasil / Mapping informality: a participative experience in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Revista CIS. 2016-12-01.