I am a dynamic, fully qualified architect with six years of experience in both professional and academic fields. After I completed my undergraduate studies at the UDD School of Architecture in Santiago of Chile, 2012 –where I taught since I graduated– I was awarded a full scholarship for postgraduate studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, from where I got my Master’s degree in Urban Design in September 2018.
The combination of my work experience within the academy as both teacher and researcher in the Innovation in Cities Centre in Chile has given me a broad range of architectural and urban design skills. On the one hand, as a professional, I have participated in all project stages, from the concept design to project management. This fact gave me the ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment and therefore, strong competences to work within a team with the capacity of taking leadership whenever the situation arises. On the other hand, as a fellow teacher, I have developed excellent verbal and graphical communication skills. In addition to this, I have taken part in several research projects such as Smart Cities and Urban Resilience, which have empowered my critical thinking and analytical skills beyond practice towards more speculative strategies. In line with the later, the 12-month studio-based programme at the Bartlett School of Architecture offered me significant challenges to dig deeply into experimental design, advanced architecture, and digital and physical prototyping.
I am aiming professionally to further expand the mentioned competences by working in a synergy between the technical implementation of architecture and the conceptual approach of design, encouraging creativity and innovation with new methods of architectural representation. For this reason, my interest in your firm is motivated by the design approach through multidisciplinary practice at different scale projects.
According to my previous work and academic experience, I consider myself an excellent candidate for this position. I will contribute to your studio with my passion and commitment to deliver the best work possible.
I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss my application for this position in more detail with an interview.
University College London (UCL), London, GB, MArch, MArch in Urban Design
The programme aimed to develop strong computational design skills as well as a graphic and verbal representation. The approach of the master to urban design topics was through the understanding of how urban processes are affecting natural systems on the peri-urban areas of the city. From there, each one of us was encouraged to build a case of how to envision the future of the urban fabric driven by ecological and geological inputs.
CONICYT Master Studies full Scholarship, Scholarship
BECAS CHILE Scholarship is a funding program which allows students to pursue postgraduate studies abroad. The eligible criteria for this scholarship have to be not only academic excellence but about how your research agenda fits with the country interests in term of further development of relevant challenges.
Best Chilean Undergraduate final Project 2012 -2013, 1st Place
Archiprix is an international organisation which aims to promote young talented architecture students around the world. They have been doing an international competition of architecture graduation projects and a workshop in different locations.
In addition to the international version, there is a national one that recognises the best projects of each country.
In the 2012 version of the national competition, I was granted the first prize, allowing me to take part in the International Workshop in Strelka Institute of Arts and Research in Moscow.
