Prize Winners

Curriculum Vitae

Doctor of Architecture. President of the Metrópolis Foundation

Jury ruling

The jury for the Rei Jaume I Prize for Urban Planning, Landscape and Sustainability, meeting in Valencia, has unanimously decided to award the 2007 prize to Mr Alfonso Vegara Gómez.

This is in recognition of his multidisciplinary background, which has enabled him to take an innovative approach to research into territorial strategies.

He has also been extensively involved in specific projects both in Spain and internationally, with his collaboration with the United Nations standing out in particular in the quest for progress in addressing the city as a major development challenge. His achievements also include the creation of the Metropolis Foundation, which he chairs, and which sets out important lines of research into the future of cities around the world.