Ana Builes

@upb.edu.co

Associate Professor, Architecture and Design School, Faculty of Clothing Design
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Product Design Engineer from Universidad EAFIT, Medellín. Master in Design, management and execution of projects. Associate professor at the Faculty of Costume Design, School of Architecture and Design, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín. She leads the study group Fashion, city and economy. Her work has focused on urban development through social innovation, sustainable development and multiple social, cultural and economic impacts of urban transformations in the city of Medellin, Colombia.

EDUCATION

Product Design Engineer
Master in Project Management

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Multidisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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Scopus Publications

Are Innovation and Creative Districts New Scenarios for Sustainable Urban Planning? Bogota, Medellin, and Barranquilla as Case Studies
Ana Elena Builes-Vélez, Lina María Escobar, and Claudia Villamil-Mejia
MDPI AG
Creative and innovation districts are focused on boosting local economies. However, they also pay attention to the global scale since this local identity of the Orange Economies gives them added value and competitiveness globally, as well as international projection and visibility of products, services, and new technologies associated with creativity and innovation. Thus, this study reviews three case studies of the cities of Barranquilla, Bogota, and Medellin in Colombia, seeking to characterize the creative and innovation districts. The methodology used is strictly qualitative, resorting to the characterization of the polygons and the analysis of public policies. This study describes the general aspects of creative and innovation districts in Colombia. Then, it identifies the forces for CD and ID development in three Colombian cities and the drivers for urban sustainable transformation. The main purpose of this study is to understand if innovation and creative districts are new scenarios for sustainable urban planning.

The significance of sustainability in higher education: a view to the curricular proposal at a Colombian University
Ana Elena Builes-Vélez, Juliana Restrepo, and Juan Diego Diego Martínez
Emerald
Purpose This paper aims to identify how the faculties of a Colombian University have understood the concept of sustainability and the way they have embedded it into their training. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative research was done using documentary and content analysis which allowed researchers to recognize features correlated to sustainability which are needed to promote and act for social equity, ecological care and economic development. Findings It was found that most faculties at the university do not conceptualize it; ergo, courses are designed neither for promoting sustainability nor sustainable education. Besides this, almost no level of integration was identified among faculties on this topic. Research limitations/implications Many people agree education for sustainability is a key action to overcome the complex challenges the planet is facing; nevertheless, the prejudice that training to solve sustainability problems is an exclusive task of certain disciplines is common. This misunderstanding reduces the possibilities of pursuing a sustainable future, considering that these issues affect all humankind and that they can only be solved through interdisciplinary and collaborative work. Practical implications The paper also outlines some actions that Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB) can take to consider sustainability issues, and they are as follows: identification of competencies to include in the curricula; recognition of the potential of integrating education for sustainable development (ESD) into the curricula by strengthening the competencies and capacities; strengthening the competencies and capacities of the academic staff through ESD training processes; articulation of research with the curricula in such a way that the results of research processes permeate the curricula. Social implications This study has some limitations. For instance, regarding the survey, the size of the sample may seem too small, a bigger sample will allow better information for the results. Regarding the case studies, a greater diversity of programs could have provided a wider range of results. Despite these limitations, for UPB, the study shows a snapshot of the literature review and the articulation of sustainable development and climate change education (CCE) in all programs the university has. The implications of this paper and research are the following. First, it reiterates the importance of having within the same institution a common language to talk about sustainability. Second, it recognizes the competencies and skills that should considered when implementing ESD and CCE in curricula. Originality/value This idea corresponds to a lack of debate about what the term signifies and means. It is believed that, as sustainability has been highly researched in the past two decades, it is a cross-cutting element in any faculty proposal; however, due to the complexity of the term, it is understood differently by each member of the same academic community, affecting their ability to design a systemic and systematic curriculum that enables to educate for sustainable goals.

Teaching Strategies for Sustainability in Creative Disciplines
Ana Elena Builes-Vélez, Juliana Restrepo Jaramillo, Natalia Pérez-Orrego, and Lina María Suárez-Vásquez
Springer Nature Switzerland

Introduction: The Colombian Pacific Coast: Life Rhythms from Juradó to Cape Manglares
Ana Elena Builes, Adriana Anacona Muñoz, and Lina Suárez Vásquez
Asociacion de Colombianistas
Introducción al número de las co-editoras

Analysis of Urban Transformation Through the Use of Expanded Research Tools
Ana Elena Builes-Vélez, Lina María Suárez Vásquez, Leonardo Correa Velásquez, and Diana Carolina Gutiérrez Aristizábal
SAGE Publications
In recent years, urban design development has been an important topic in Latin American cities such as Medellín due to the transformation of their urban spaces, along with the new methods used to evaluate the social, morphological, and, in some cases, economic impacts that have been brought about by the urban development projects. When inquiring about the development process and impact of urban studies, and the inhabitants’ relation to a transformed space, it is important to establish the context within which images, drawings, and photographs are analyzed, using graphical approaches triangulated with other research methods to define comparative criteria. In this article, we reflect on the expanded use of various research tools for the analysis of urban transformation, taking with reference the experience lived by a group of researchers in two Latin American cities. From this, it is intended to understand how they work and how they allow us to understand the urban transformation of these cities, the data obtained, and the vision of the researchers.

The Strategy of Social Responsibility at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Toward the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Ana Elena Builes Vélez and Paula Andrea Zapata Ramírez
Springer International Publishing

Creative social innovation and urbanism: The case of Medellín
S. Satoh

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

The significance of sustainability in higher education: a view to the curricular proposal at a Colombian University
AE Builes-Vlez, J Restrepo, JDD Martnez
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 25 (5), 943-961 2024

Are Innovation and Creative Districts New Scenarios for Sustainable Urban Planning? Bogota, Medellin, and Barranquilla as Case Studies
AE Builes-Vlez, LM Escobar, C Villamil-Mejia
Sustainability 16 (7), 3095 2024

Relatos de espacios utpicos y heterotpicos
AE Builes Vlez, S Carvajal Castro, JF Garca Castro, JD Martnez Marn, ...
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2024

A Procedure for Assessing the Effect of Climate Change on Organizational Cash Flows in Developing Countries
SG CA, C Lochmuller, A Builes-Vlez, AM Osorio
2023

Teaching strategies for sustainability in creative disciplines
AE Builes-Vlez, JR Jaramillo, N Prez-Orrego, LM Surez-Vsquez
Sustainability in Practice: Addressing Challenges and Creating Opportunities 2023

Un tetra-frmaco para la escuela
AE Builes - Vlez, JD Martinez, JP Meja-Holgun, F Piedrahita
Revista Textos, 59-65 2023

Narrativas del cansancio
BV Afanador Gmez, AE Builes Vlez, GM Bustamante Orrego, ...
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2023

A Procedure for Assessing the Effect of Climate Change on Organizational Cash Flows in Developing Countries
CAS Gonzlez, C Lochmuller, A Builes-Vlez, AM Osorio
2023

Territorio y economa civil. Reflexiones humanistas
GA Solrzano Hernndez, JJ Bustamante Arango, ID Toro Jaramillo, ...
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2023

Slow Cities: la reformulacin de las ciudades a partir de nuevos comportamientos urbanos
MF Guidobono, AE Builes-Vlez
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2023

El litoral Pacfico colombiano: ritmos de vida de Jurad a Cabo Manglares
AE Builes-Vlez, A Anacaona, LM Surez-Vsquez
Revista de Estudios Colombianos, 5 - 9 2023

Distopa, frontera y desplazamiento en la novela Ver lo que veo, de Roberto Burgos Cantor.
A Elena Builes-Vlez, DJ Paul Meja-Holgun
Contexto Revista Anual de Estudios Literarios 26 (28) 2022

Introduccin: El litoral Pacfico colombiano: ritmos de vida de Jurad a Cabo Manglares
AE Builes, AA Muoz, LS Vsquez
Revista de Estudios Colombianos 60 2022

Aquenarre: un espacio para la investigacin-creacin
AE Builes Vlez, JD Martnez Marn, DJP Meja Holgun, ...
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2022

Distopa, frontera y desplazamiento en la novela Ver lo que veo, de Roberto Burgos Cantor Dystopia, border, and displacement in the novel Ver lo que veoby Roberto Burgos Cantor
AE Builes-Vlez, DJP Meja-Holgun
Contexto 26 (28), 58-70 2022

The Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana and its commitment to sustainability education
AM Osorio–Florez, CE Bustamante, AE Builes–Vlez
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2022

Education for sustainability in creative disciplines at universidad pontificia bolivariana, universidad de medelln and institucin universitaria pascual bravo at Medelln–Colombia
AE Builes-Vlez, LM Surez-Vsquez, J Restrepo-Jaramillo, ...
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2022

Education for Sustainability approaching SDG 4 and target 4.7
AE Builes Vlez, N Builes Escobar, E Rossi, A Mattram, J Stocker, ...
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2022

Cygnus: memorias de una ciudad
F Gmez Patio, A Restrepo Hernndez, DJP Meja Holgun, ...
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2022

Analysis of Urban Transformation Through the Use of Expanded Research Tools
AE Builes-Vlez, L Surez, D Gutirrez, L Correa
Sage Open 11 (3), 1 -11 2021

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Cultures of sustainability and wellbeing
P Spinozzi, M Mazzanti
Taylor & Francis 2018
Citations: 17

RECONFIGURACIN DE LOS IMAGINARIOS POTICOS DEL ARCHIPILAGO DE SAN ANDRS, PROVIDENCIA Y SANTA CATALINA: LOS RELATOS DE LENITO ROBINSON-BENT Y JUAN RAMREZ DAWKINS
AE Builes, M Prez
Visitas Al Patio, 92-110 2019
Citations: 6

Analysis of Urban Transformation Through the Use of Expanded Research Tools
AE Builes-Vlez, L Surez, D Gutirrez, L Correa
Sage Open 11 (3), 1 -11 2021
Citations: 4

The strategy of social responsibility at universidad pontificia bolivariana toward the implementation of the sustainable development goals
AE Builes Vlez, PA Zapata Ramrez
Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development: Addressing 2021
Citations: 4

Changing perspectives: Formative research at the faculty of clothing design as a transforming mechanism of the textile and clothing industry in the city of Medelln
AE Builes Vlez, LM Surez Vsquez
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2021
Citations: 3

Education for Sustainability approaching SDG 4 and target 4.7
AE Builes Vlez, N Builes Escobar, E Rossi, A Mattram, J Stocker, ...
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2022
Citations: 2

Moda, ciudad y economa
AE Builes, N Uribe Lemarie, F Vlez Vlez, DC Gutierrez, ...
Editorial UPB 2019
Citations: 2

Creative social innovation and urbanism: The case of Medelln
AEB Vlez, MF Guidobono
Cultures of Sustainability and Wellbeing, 222-231 2017
Citations: 2

Nuevas maneras de habitar la ciudad como resultado de las continuas migraciones intraurbanas y las transformaciones sociales y culturales
AE Builes Vlez
Arquetipo,, 12-18 2014
Citations: 2

San Andrs y Providencia. Nostalgias, migraciones y literaturas
AE Builes-Vlez, D Meja - Holgun, M Prez-Pea, A Rengifo, ...
2021
Citations: 1

Creacin y debate
N Builes Escobar, AE Builes Vlez
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2019
Citations: 1