Daniel Ibáñez is an architect, urbanist and scholar. He holds a Doctor of Design degree from the Harvard University GSD. He’s the director of the IAAC and cofounder and director of Urbanitree. His professional, research and academic focus is on the architectural and urban implications of renewable, carbon storing biomaterials in construction and he is the coauthor of “Wood Urbanism: From the Molecular to the Territorial” (Actar, 2019). In addition, he is Senior Urban Consultant at the World Bank, advising international governments and institutions on timber housing and timber urban development.