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Liene Asahi Baptista

Liene Asahi Baptista

Somerville, MA, US

 
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About 

Liene Asahi Baptista is an Architect, Urban Planner, and Urban Designer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
She values a multidisciplinary approach and design’s capacity to address complex questions across scales. Designing private and public spaces sensitive to contemporary social and environmental challenges is at the core of her passions and curiosity.

As a practitioner, she collaborated with many Architecture firms in Brazil, contributing to developing projects in the public and private realms and experiencing all design phases. She holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD 2023) from Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Bachelor's in Architecture and Urban Planning (FAUUSP 2016) from the University of Sao Paulo.

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Employment 

Pessoa Arquitetos, São Paulo, BR, Freelancer Architect

• Collaborated on residential projects
• 3D modelled and rendered images for meetings with developer and clients

Mar 2020 - Aug 2020
 

Entreterra Arquitetura, São Paulo, BR, Freelancer Architect

• Collaborated on commercial projects
• Produced drawings for meetings with client

Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
 

Grupo Garoa Arquitetos, São Paulo, BR, Architect

• Collaborated on residential, educational, urban infrastructure, commercial projects
• 3D modelled projects in different typologies for meetings with clients
• Participated in site surveys, collaborated in all design phases, and co-supervised construction sites
• Communicated with MEP designers and conducted meetings with material suppliers

Jul 2016 - Jan 2020
 

Grupo Garoa Arquitetos Associados, São Paulo, BR, Intern

• Collaborated on residential, educational, urban infrastructure, commercial projects
• 3D modelled different typologies of projects and built physical models
• Participated in client meetings in all project phases

Aug 2015 - Jul 2016
 

23 Sul Arquitetura e Urbanismo, São Paulo, BR, Intern

• Collaborated on public transportation projects (subway and monorail systems)
• Reviewed drawings prior to the subway and monorail construction
• Participated in the concepual drawings for the monorail stations

Jul 2013 - Jul 2014
 

Education 

Harvard University, Masters, Master of Architecture in Urban Design

Aug 2021 - May 2023
 

University of São Paulo (USP), Bachelors, Architecture and Urban Planning

Jan 2010 - Jul 2016
 

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