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Candelaria Mas Pohmajevic

Associate Director

Candelaria is an Associate Director at Resilient Cities Catalyst, where she is the program manager of the Cities Forward initiative, strengthening partner relationships with cities in the Americas to implement key resilience projects.

She is an architect and urban designer focused on the integration of communities, ecosystems, and climate-sensitive infrastructures in placemaking processes. Candelaria brings extensive experience in the built environment and sustainable development in design and planning practices and academia in the US, Latin America, and Europe. Through her work, she is committed to creating urban responses that address the climate crisis through an inclusive approach, leveraging data and systems thinking.

Prior to joining RCC, she worked as a Project Manager at Gehl in New York developing pilots, public space design, master plans, and public engagements with a focus on people behavior and health. Her work included a 3-year Healthy Neighborhood Strategy and Pilot for Bogotá in collaboration with the Health Secretariat and an Environmental Health Assessment for UNICEF. She also managed and designed walkable and bikeable mixed-use development projects guiding diverse sets of stakeholders from visioning to design. Her previous work included the design and construction of a regional mobility hub and a cultural center.

Candelaria holds a professional degree in Architecture from Argentina and a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University, where she received the Prize for Excellence in Urban Design and serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor.