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Carlos Hernández Santana

Carlos Hernández Santana

San Juan, PR, US

 

About 

ARTIST + DESIGNER + MAKER

Educated as an Architect in Puerto Rico.  With interest in sharing and acquiring knowledge, I focus my efforts in my studio to practice in an environment that uses design as a method of solving simple and complex problems. My efforts seek to maximize the available resources at its finest manifesting them from simple ideas to reality with actions that offer a better quality of life. Teaching in an interior design and CAD drawing university program for more than five years has given me the opportunity to exemplify my way of thinking in many ways that I can capture ideas with ease transforming them into reality as just a simple step.

Elsewhere:

Employment 

Designpeople, Inc., San Juan, PR, US, FOUNDER, DESIGNER + CONTRACTOR

I created a company aimed at building projects in different types of typologies from design to manufacture. I conducted all supervision of the construction project, the design and information management, employee management, purchasing materials and project coordination.

Oct 2004 - current
 

International School of Design and Architecture, Gurabo, PR, US, PROFESSOR

AutoCad 1, 2 y 3
Principles and Fundamentals of Design
Second-year Interior Design Workshop

Jun 2008 - May 2014
 

Special Communities Office- PR Government, San Juan, PR, US, INSPECTOR + DRAFTSMAN

I was hired to generate drawings and plans of the entire area of La Perla in the historic Old San Juan. I inspected and measured all structures in the area to document in AutoCAD drawings and photographs.

Jan 2004 - Jun 2004
 

Arq. Samuel Corchado, San Juan, PR, US, DESIGNER AND GRAPHIC ARTIST

I was hired to document information on the condition of the urban cities of Yauco and Coamo. I worked on the analysis and design development of a proposal for rehabilitation of these cities in addition that were presented to government agencies as a pilot project of the Directorship Planning of the State Government of Puerto Rico.

Jan 2004 - Apr 2004
 

Generación Europea Inc., San Juan, PR, US, PROJECT COORDINATOR, DESIGNER + SALES REPRESENTATIVE

I designed, coordinated and supervised the installation of kitchens, bathrooms, closets and others to multiple residences plus housing projects. I managed all sales, design and installation phases.

Jan 2003 - Jan 2004
 

Arq. Manuel Goicochea y Asociados, Carolina, PR, US, DESIGNER, CAD MANAGER, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS MANAGER

I designed, developed and prepared specifications on construction drawings for the Terminal A (Jet Blue) of Luis Muñoz Marín Airport and the Tourist Offices for Terminal B. I was in charge of preparing construction documents and specifications for projects in the office and to coordinating the design, delivery and organization of documents related to the construction.

Apr 2002 - Jan 2003
 

Carlos Jiménez, Con Diseño, Dorado, PR, US, DESIGNER, PROJECT MANAGER AND CONTRACTOR

I worked on the design solution to the details, management and construction of experimental projects in architectural sculpture, industrial design, and interior design in both residential and commercial projects.

Feb 2000 - Mar 2001
 

Education 

University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR, US, MArch, Architecture

Aug 2006 - Jun 2010
 

University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR, US, Bachelors, Environmental Design

Aug 1994 - May 2000
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills