Carlos H. Blanco

Carlos H. Blanco, a Salvadorian architect, artist, and educator, is an interdisciplinary designer who explores architectural themes through his writings, paintings, and photography. He joins UT Austin with the generous support of the Graham Foundation to pursue his research and scholarly work for the project “Casas de Cartón - Rural Memories of the Dry Corridor”. He earned his M.Arch from Yale University, where he received the James Gamble Scholarship, and his Bachelor’s of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley, with a minor in city planning and urbanism in developing countries. Blanco’s research focuses on domestic architecture, geography, exhibition curation, and the cultural production of marginalized urban and rural narratives in Latin America, with an emphasis on Central America. His work reflects on his personal experiences as an immigrant navigating complex environments and seeking solace in the built world. Blanco is a professor at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and previously served as a teaching fellow at Yale School of Architecture.

EDUCATION

• M.Arch, Yale University
• B.Arts in Architecture, UC Berkeley