Lucila Silva-Santisteban

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About

MLA | B.Arch

Landscape architect and urban designer, with an architecture background. 4.5 years of professional experience in New York, Richmond and Bogota-Colombia.

Employment

Enea Garden Design, New York, NY, US, Landscape Designer

Jun 2019 - current

3North, Richmond, VA, US, Landscape Designer I

Apr 2018 - May 2019

Balmori Associates, New York, NY, US, Landscape Architecture Designer

Aug 2017 - Apr 2018

Balmori Associates, New York, NY, US, Intern

Jun 2016 - Sep 2016

+B Arquitectos, Bogotá, CO, Junior Architect

Jan 2015 - May 2015

Navas y Bedoya Arquitectos, Bogota, Junior Architect

Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

ARQUITECTURA Y PAISAJE Diana Wiesner, Bogotá, CO, Intern

Jun 2011 - Dec 2011

Education

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, US, Masters, Landscape Architecture

Jul 2015 - Jun 2017

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, CO, BArch, Architecture

Jul 2007 - Jun 2012

Awards

Graduate Studies Grant for Design Research Project by RISD, Grant

Research Grant focused on How to bring back and revalidate permaculture methods implemented by Pre-Columbian Civilizations of the Americas to be implemented as strategies on global issues like: sea level rise, food security and self-development methods, through the Landscape Architecture lens.

2016

Areas of Specialization

Architecture, Landscape, Urban Planning, Development

Skills

Design Research, 3 years landscape design, 2D and 3D Visualization, & model making, (+ 1 year) Urban Design, archtiectural visualisation, & Adobe Creative Suite, & Revit, & Lumion, Landscape Design and Plant Knowlege