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Colombian architect with ten years of experience in the architectural design, technical coordination and supervision on-site of building projects including single housing, collective housing, hotel and mixed-use.

Advocating for precision, innovation, efficiency and effectiveness within the design and construction processes at different scales (from urban plan to building detail), my goals and professional achievements prioritize the balance among the programmatic, technical and aesthetical relationships of each project.

Always working as a team-member, I consider the architectural practice as a continuous learning – negotiation process where knowledge and skills must have a social and sustainable commitments.

Architecture asks questions; architecture solves problems, architecture makes proposals. The approach seized within this practice is openly speculative and responds to the question “what should architecture do in this place?”. It is assumed that architecture belongs to a location, it co-responds to specific circumstances regarding a site. Context, territory, environment, are interpretations of the landscape, realizations of the city, its history, regulations and urban / rural shape (morphology / typology).

Instead of conceiving architecture as an isolated opera, a matter of individuals, an object to praise, a piece to copy or a pretext to make money, here it is valuated as a conjunct of relationships not only spatial but also technical, geometrical, social, political, artistical and economic.  Architecture is deeply embedded within this continuum of cultural links being a collective procedure explicitly temporal and materic.

The path used to solve the questions about architecture is based on the study of architecture itself: finding similarities between conditions and evaluating possible answers to them. There is not only one possible answer……. nor “anything” could be. A “generic” but not impartial response is the one elaborated in this projects. The references are taken from other cities, buildings and archetypes. 

Bachelor in Anthropology. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

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Bachelor in Architecture. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

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Master of Science in Architecture & Urban Design. Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

June 2012 – September 2017, Bogotá, Colombia.

Arias, Serna, Saravia S.A.S.     www.ariassernasaravia.com.co

Project Architect: architectural design, development of general plans, executive plans, construction details, technical coordination and architectural supervision on site of:

* “El Tambre” house, located in “La Reserva de Potosi”, Sopo, Colombia.

* “Cabo Tortuga” housing building in Santa Marta, Colombia.

* “Puerto Manoa” housing project in Cartagena, Colombia.

* “Salvio” mixed-use building in Bogotá, Colombia.

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February 2011 – May 2012 Bogotá, Colombia.

ESCALAR Gerencia Inmobiliaria.     www.escalar.com.co

Project Architect: architectural design, development of general plans, executive plans, construction details, technical coordination and architectural supervision on site of:

* “MT6” housing building in Bogotá, Colombia.

* “Retiro 84” housing building in Bogotá, Colombia.

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October 2007 – January 2011, Bogotá, Colombia.

Arias, Serna, Saravia S.A.S.     www.ariassernasaravia.com.co

Architect: architectural design, development of general plans, executive plans and construction details of:

* Ibis `Bogotá Museo` Hotel in Bogotá, Colombia.

* Ibis Hotel in Medellín, Colombia.

* “Summum”  housing project in Bogotá, Colombia.

* “Puerto Tambora“ housing project in Cartagena, Colombia.

* New building of the Arts Faculty of the Xaverian University`s competition in Bogotá.

* Readaptation of the house located in the 82th avenue # 7-60, Bogotá, as a showroom of the `Summum` project.

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January 2007 –June 2007, Bogotá, Colombia

Ivan Baquerizo Arquitectos.     baquerizoarquitectos.com

Architect: architectural design and development of general plans of:

* Housing project in 94th street # 21, Bogotá, Colombia.

* Housing project in “Bosques del Marques”, Bogotá, Colombia.

* Housing project in “Santa Barbara”, Bogotá, Colombia

* Housing project in the 19th avenue # 128, Bogotá, Colombia.

 

July 2006 – November 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Osmond Lange Architects & Planners.     www.osmondlange.co.za

Architect: architectural design and general plan development of:

* “King Shaka” International Airport competition in Durban, South Africa.

* “A5” housing and office building in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

September 2005 – December 2005, Bogotá, Colombia.

De la Carrera-Cavanzo Arquitectos Asociados.     delacarreracavanzo.com

Architect: architectural design and development of general plans of:

* “Postal Museum” competition in Bogotá, Colombia.

* “Bosques de Sans Souci” housing project competition in Villavicencio, Colombia.

* Renovation of  “House of the anthropologist” in Bogotá, Colombia.

* Renovation of  “House of Abanderado Espinos”` in Bogotá, Colombia.