Collaborations
LANDSCAPE DESIGN AS DRIVER FOR SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL CHANGE
> GLS Landscape | Architecture
Project: Stern Hall Courtyard, CA 2023
PLA/PM: Diego Romero-Evans
LANDSCAPE DESIGN AS TOOL FOR HOUSING EQUITY ACCESSIBILITY
> GLS Landscape | Architecture
Project: Mission Bay 6W, CA 2023
PLA/PM: Dean Williams
LANDSCAPE AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN
> GLS Landscape | Architecture
Project: 921 Howard, CA 2023
PLA/PM: Dean Williams + Diego Romero-Evans
URBAN COASTAL ADAPTATION AS SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
> Community Based Transportation Plan – CBTP Mapping Project: groundwater emergence due to sea-level rise, CA 2019
2019 > URBAN PLANNER @ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OAKLAND, CA
Management Intern in the graduate-internship program at the Strategic Planning and Project Development division, City of Oakland Transportation Department.
Prepared coastal adaptation strategies: resiliency to sea-level rise and groundwater inundation.
Analyzed data, created maps and proposed an approach for prioritizing and spending the city’s recently enacted transportation impact fee fund. Implementing shared-mobility strategies.
Reviewed environmental impact reports (EIR) to adapt to groundwater emergence driven by sea- level rise. Incorporated it in the City Chief Resilience Officer’s plan .
Prepared images, renderings, informational flyers, and presentations to communicate bike and pedestrian projects and associated improvements in Oakland.
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS ARCHITECTURE + LANDSCAPE
> Educational Building, Technological University of Chile - INACAP, Puente Alto, Chile, GRAA 2013
2008 – 2013 > ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT @ GUILLERMO ROSENDE ARQUITECTOS ASOCIADOS
Worked alongside multidisciplinary teams in projects of a diverse program complexity and multiple scale.
Participated from early project phases applying normative and urbanistic regulations in favor of the design strategies for each project proposal, getting building permits on time.
Acquired empirical project management knowledge, such as communication with clients -in both private and public sectors- prioritizing their aspirations, getting timely feedback from external consultants, and synchronizing technical specialists.
Learned to communicate and coordinate with the different actors and stakeholders involved in the design architectural processes and subsequent construction contract, construction, and implementation phases.
ARCHITECTURE AS LANDSCAPE TYPOLOGY
> Institutional Building for Caja Compensacion la Araucana, Talca, Chile, A+R 2006
2003 – 2008 > Associate DESIGNER @ ALVANO Y RIQUELME ARQUITECTOS ASOCIADOS
First interaction with real projects, clients and professional challenges still as an undergrad architecture student
Learned flexible working organization structures in a socially horizontal, multitask and design-driven team.
Developed projects of varied programmatic nature, different scales, and spatial uses; e.g., institutional architecture projects including but not limited to schools, colleges/universities, multipurpose, commercial, and single/multi-family housing.
Designed and participated from the beginning in creative processes, relationships with clients, interactions with communities, coordination with specialists, preparation of documents for construction contracts, budget preparations, and construction supervision.