Iñaki Alday, in his academic appointments of Quesada Professor of Architecture and Director of The Yamuna River Project at the University of Virginia and in the design practice of aldayjover architecture and landscape, promotes a new attitude in response to the professional and academic challenges facing the transformation of our environment. He finds the role of Architecture and Architects, interdisciplinary work and integration of scales, new nontraditional programs as hybrid infrastructures, and social and environmental ethics are some of the challenges that must be faced with a global vision.