Mercedes Peralta
Maria de las Mercedes Peralta
Senior Lecturer M.Arch
Mercedes is an Argentinean-Italian architect, and currently a Senior Lecturer at TU Wien, building on her role as a Research Associate at Harvard’s Office for Urbanization (2018-2021). Formerly, she was a university assistant at TU Graz, at the Institute for Architecture and Landscape, working on projects related to teaching and research.
She holds an MArch degree and Certificate in Media and Modernity from Princeton School of Architecture in addition to a professional diploma in architecture from Universidad de Buenos Aires. Formerly an architectural designer in Buenos Aires, her focus included craft-oriented initiatives, from temporary installations to medium-scale public works.
Mercedes’s research/design experience tackled themes such as re-use of obsolete infrastructure, mobility-oriented design, healthy cities, new town planning, branding, cultural heritage, and the curatorship of Future of the American City. Co-authoring Harvard GSD’s “50 Species-Towns,” she delved into China’s agricultural landscapes as photography editor, researcher, and editor. Other leadership included Harvard GSD’s “Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas” conference (postponed due to Covid-19) and co-editing “NESS.docs 02: Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas.”
Previous teaching experience:
Princeton SoA, Harvard GSD, and FADU – Universidad de Buenos Aires.
