Ana Maria Durán is an Ecuadorian architect, researcher, educator and writer. She co-founded the design firm Estudio A0 in 2002 with her partner Jaskran (Jazz) Singh Kalirai in Quito, Ecuador, after receiving a Masters of Architecture degree from PennDesign at the University of Pennsylvania, and a liberal arts degree from Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Since its inception, Estudio A0 has developed significant projects in Ecuador, some awarded through public competitions. Durán currently teaches at the School of Architecture, Design and Arts of Universidad Católica del Ecuador and is a visiting professor at the Taubman College of the University of Michigan. She has been visiting faculty at the GSD (Harvard University, 2007-2008), the GSAPP (Columbia University, 2006-2007), USFQ (2000-2002), UTE, and UDLA. During her Loeb Fellowship she developed SAP-The South America Project–an open research network for South America­–with Felipe Correa. She conceived and directed the XV Quito Pan-American Architecture Biennale: Visible Cities (2004-2006), and she redesigned cipArq (the School for the City, Landscape and Architecture of Universidad Internacional) as its dean (2008-2009). She also co-founded the Estuardo Maldonado Foundation with the purpose of providing a platform for contemporary art in her country (2005).