Daniel Otero Peña is an architect and urban designer with extensive experience in landscape research, resource-sensitive and nature-inclusive urban planning, GIS mapping, and teaching. Holds a PhD in architecture and urban planning from Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), where he recently joined the Caring Nature project to develop Nature-Based Solutions typologies for the healthcare sector. His doctoral research, within the Landscape, Architecture, and Built Environment (LAB) institute, explored the spatial dimension of urban metabolism and its applications in community infrastructure design, speculative cartography, and open space networks.

In addition to his academic activities, he has developed his independent professional practice and collaborates regularly as a consultant in urban and landscape design projects. He is an active member of DISLOCAL, a practice-based research platform focusing on public space, infrastructure design, and sustainability in the peripheral world. In Caracas, he co-founded and directed the architecture collective ADJKM, a multidisciplinary office specialized in the design of cultural facilities and urban speculations. Daniel has taught and led architectural design studios at LOCI UCLouvain and Universidad Central de Venezuela (FAU UCV) and has been invited as a lecturer and external tutor in various known institutions such as KULeuven, ULB La Cambre Horta, PUCP Lima, UNAM Mexico City, ESA Paris, Politecnico di Torino, and Universidad Simón Bolívar, among others.