Elena Vanz

Elena is Architect and Urban Designer. Currently Director of Urban Mobility at LStar Ventures (Raleigh, North Carolina), formerly Research Scientist in Urban Design and Sustainability at the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities, at Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre. Elena has been Visiting Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, at the Queensland University of Technology, at the Sydney University of Technology and at the University of Melbourne.

Elena graduated with a Doctorate in Architecture at the Università degli Studi di Venezia (Venice) and received a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design at Columbia University and a PhD in Architecture and Urban Design at the Advanced Architecture Research Program at the University of Melbourne.

Education

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (2008 — 2009)
• Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (2007 — 2008)
• laurea Università Iuav di Venezia (2000 — 2006)

Companies

• AVP of Strategic Planning at Kipling Ventures Kipling Ventures (2020)
• Founder Vanz Consulting LLC (2012 — 2020)
• Director of Urban Mobility Union Point Commercial LLC (2017 — 2018)
• Postdoctoral Fellow at CGBC Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2016 — 2017)
• Senior Researcher at Future Cities Laboratory ETH Zurich (2015 — 2015)
• Master Design Studio Instructor University of Melbourne (2012 — 2015)
• Master Design Studio Instructor University of Technology, Sydney (2012 — 2012)
• PhD Candidate, teaching tutor Queensland University of Technology (2010 — 2011)
• Design Consultant GHD (2010 — 2011)

Skills

• Rhino
• Model Making
• AutoCAD

Other

Sustainability, SketchUp, Urban Planning, Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Architecture, Design Research, Urban, Architectural Design, Urban Design