About Carlos:
Carlos joined Utile in 2024 as a senior urban planner and designer. For more than 12 years, Carlos has been focusing on creating walkable, vibrant, human-scaled places, championing the importance of the diverse and unexpected connections we find and build in the urban realm. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from ITESO University in his native Guadalajara, Mexico, and a Master in City Planning with a Certificate in Urban Design from MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP). Before joining Utile, he worked at several urban design, planning, and architecture firms in Mexico and Massachusetts. Most recently, he worked with the Principle Group in Boston, where he contributed to mixed-use, corridor, and neighborhood master plans as well as form-based codes. He has consulted for several public dependencies in Mexico City and Guadalajara and has done academic research in the US, Mexico, Spain, and China.
Carlos has been involved with the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) CNU for the last two years, helping highlight the equity challenges within New Urbanism and the urban design practice as a whole. In his spare time, he is an avid traveler, map lover, transit enthusiast, and frequent symphony concertgoer.