Paola Aguirre Serrano is founder of BORDERLESS — a Chicago-based urban design and research practice focused on cultivating collaborative design agency through interdisciplinary projects. With emphasis on exchange and communication across disciplines, Borderless explores creative civic design and engagement interventions that address the complexity of urban systems and social equity by looking at intersections between architecture, urban design, infrastructure, landscape, planning and community participatory processes. Paola is an active educator, currently teaching architecture at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
She has been acknowledged by Next City Vanguard and Impact Design Hub’s 40 Under 40, Newcity Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago, Field Foundation Civic Leader for Racial Equity, Chicago United for Equity Fellow, and recently appointed by the City of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot as Commissioner of Chicago Landmarks and member of the Cultural Advisory Council. Paola received a M. of Architecture in Urban Design from the Harvard School of Design.
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