Iñaki Alday is currently the dean of the Tulane School of Architecture. At the University of Virginia, he was the Elwood R. Quesada Professor of Architecture from 2011 to 2018, and the chair of the Department of Architecture from 2011 to 2016. Since 2016, he has been the codirector and cofounder of the Yamuna River Project, a long-term, interdisciplinary research program whose objective is to revitalize the ecology of the Yamuna River in the Delhi area. Both in academic research and in practice, Alday promotes a new attitude towards the transformation of our environment and how architecture can contribute to the inhabitation of the most challenged areas of the planet.