Miguel Robles-Duran was born in Mexico City, studied architecture at the ITESM in Monterrey, Sci-Arc in Los Angeles and urbanism at The Berlage Institute, Rotterdam. In 1999 he began his practice in the border region Tijuana-San Diego. He has taught urban theory and design at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Tijuana, Mexico, at "The new school of architecture" in San Diego, California, Woodbury University Los Angeles/San Diego, postgraduate urban design at K.U. Leuven, Belgium and architecture/urban design at The Berlage Institute. Presently he heads the “Civic City” postgraduate program at the ZHDK in Zurich, Switzerland along with the “Social-InHabitat” postgraduate studio at the Berlage Institute. He is also responsible for the graduate design program “Urban Asymmetries” at TU Delft, The Netherlands. His work as the co-founder of the Rotterdam based foundation/cooperative for architecture and urbanism “Cohabitation Strategies.org” has been widely published and exhibited, the international cooperative focuses on the design of interventions and strategies in uneven urban developments and areas of social urban conflict.