Teddy Cruz (born 1962 in

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) is an American

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urbanist Urbanism is the study of how inhabitants of urban areas, such as towns and cities, interact with the built environment The term built environment refers to human-made conditions and is often used in architecture, landscape architecture, urba ...

, Professor in Ancient Architecture and Urbanism in the Visual Arts Department at the

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. Cruz studied at Rafael Landivar University in

, but moved to the United States at the age of 20, continuing his education at

California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Un ...

, and the

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. Cruz is the founder and president o
Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman
a research-based political and architectural practice based in San Diego, in partnership with University of California, San Diego political theorist

Cruz and Forman lead a variety of urban curatorial initiatives, including The Civic Innovation Lab in the City of San Diego to rethink public space and civic engagement; th

to promote research and practice focused on regional territories of poverty; and the UCSD Community Stations, to foster corridors of knowledge exchange between the university and marginalized communities. Additionally, they collaborated with former Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus to develop the Bi-national Citizenship Culture Survey, an unprecedented protocol that surveyed cross-border civic infrastructure, public trust and social norms, to generate new shared urban policies between the municipalities of San Diego and Tijuana, as well as collaborative strategies for cross-border urban intervention. Cruz's architectural and intellectual projects have been exhibited at internationally renowned venues, including: the Tijuana Cultural Center,

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San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Approximatel ...

, Casa de America in Madrid, Spain, and Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement at the

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. Apart from his design work, Cruz's project at

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, Community Stations, champions the mutual exchange of knowledge between universities and communities, the latter of which he feels have their own valuable resources and assets that are often overlooked.

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