Paola Aguirre Serrano

Paola Aguirre Serrano is a native from the Mexico-U.S. region (Chihuahua), urban designer and partner at Borderless Studio since 2016. Borderless is an architecture and urban design practice based in San Antonio and Chicago focused on approaches and collaboration frameworks addressing spatial justice and equitable design while cultivating collaborative design agency. Paola’s work at Borderless has been recognized by The Architecture League of New York with the Emerging Voices Award, the John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation’s Creative Placemaking Award, and The Americans for the Arts Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design, and the United States Artists Fellowship. Paola is an active civic design steward and currently serves in the Keep San Antonio Moving Council. She holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Harvard School of Design.