Natalia Arriola is an interdisciplinary designer and researcher whose work draws from urban-environmental design and political science to investigate how architecture, culture, politics, materialities and ecologies shape perception, emotion, mobility, and belonging in urban environments.
As a research assistant working with Alice Jarry, she investigates facades as urban interfaces, with a particular focus on modernist concrete architecture, including Brutalism, in Quebec. The research examines how the material, architectural, and contextual qualities of these buildings influence their cultural memory, heritage preservation, rehabilitation, and governance.
Natalia is currently completing a Master of Design and holds a Graduate Certificate in Urban Design, as well as a B.A. in Urban Studies and Political Science, with minors in Human Geography and Art History.
As a research assistant working with Alice Jarry, she investigates facades as urban interfaces, with a particular focus on modernist concrete architecture, including Brutalism, in Quebec. The research examines how the material, architectural, and contextual qualities of these buildings influence their cultural memory, heritage preservation, rehabilitation, and governance.
Natalia is currently completing a Master of Design and holds a Graduate Certificate in Urban Design, as well as a B.A. in Urban Studies and Political Science, with minors in Human Geography and Art History.
