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Marco Sosa

Marco Sosa

New York, NY, US

 

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Employment 

Jannina Cabal Arquitectos, Guayaquil, EC, Designer

Oversaw concept design and participated in design consults. Responsible for 3D models, renders, and CAD drawings of residential, commercial, urban, and landscape projects.

Oct 2012 - May 2013
 

HIDROPLAN Cia. Ltda., Guayaquil, EC, Supervisor Assistant

Supervised and control the construction and remodeling of the governmental project “Edificio Makro” in the city of Guayaquil. Competences include: quality control, monitor the compliance of the execution of the schedule, budget, management of resources, and proper implementation of contracts.

Jul 2012 - Sep 2012
 

Guerrero Construcciones, Guayaquil, EC, Designer

Drafted and red–lined architectural drawings, produced 3d models and renders for commercial projects. Managed Naturissimo’s specialty food stand design, creating a new identity for the brand. Participated in meetings with the client and site visits.

May 2012 - Jun 2012
 

Self Employed/Freelance, Guayaquil, EC, Draftsman

3D modeling and rendering, drafting of architectural drawings, graphic design.

Jan 2012 - May 2012
 

Jannina Cabal Arquitectos, Guayaquil, EC, Design Assistant

Corrections and drafting of architectural drawings, 3D modeling, rendering, concept design.

Aug 2010 - Oct 2010
 

Architect María Lourdes Aburto, Guayaquil, EC, Project Assistant

Research for Guayaquil’s Port Authority about climate, architectonic, street and pedestrian behavioral factors throughout Avenida 9 de Octubre for the realization of an architectural design code manual for constructions on this avenue.

Sep 2009 - Dec 2009
 

Architect César Berrú, Guayaquil, EC, Draftsman

Drafting of architectural drawings, 3D modeling and rendering

May 2009 - Jul 2009
 

Education 

Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Masters, Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design

http://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/urban-design

Jun 2013 - May 2014
 

Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, EC, BArch, Architecture

The architectural program at the School of Architecture and Design of Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo involves the study of architectural history, theory, context, modern and traditional technology, the environment, construction materials, functionality, esthetics and practice. Students take nine design studios throughout the ten semesters, plus a final thesis.

For more information please visit the university's website: www.uees.edu.ec

May 2006 - Feb 2012
 

Awards 

Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize, 1st Place

Best final semester studio project "Cultural Waterscape"

2014
 

Scholarship Universidades de Excelencia 2013, Scholarship

State scholarship to study a masters abroad. ($101,400)

2013
 

Premio Ernesto Arroba Salvador al Merito Investigativo, Award

Investigative merit award, for my B.Arch. Thesis : "Urban Interference"

2012
 

First Place Recognition in the category: Proposals of Intervention and Creation of Public Spaces, 1st Place

Universidad de Cuenca y la Comisión Coordinadora del Simposio Nacional de Desarrollo Urbano y Planificación Territorial. ($3,000)

2012
 

Honorable Mention. Wine Museum Santiago de Chile Cerro San Cristobal 2010, Honorable Mention

The challenge for this competition is to design a Museum that has XX Century History of Wine exhibition areas and also be a landmark for the city of Santiago. To this end, the plot where this project will take place is located at Cerro San Cristóbal, since this hill is the most natural and, at the same time, urban backdrop to lay out a natural/artificial product such as wine. This is an amazing opportunity for the winning architect to become well known in a potentially growing market such as design of wine cellars and vineyards of all South America.

2010
 

Honorable Mention. Vertical Zoo in Puerto Madero Buenos Aires 2009, Honorable Mention

Design Challenge:
This innovative zoological park will be located at the Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve behind the center of Puerto Madero and just a few blocks from the Government House (Casa Rosada). The project should take the form of an identifiable vertical element which seeks to establish itself as a landmark, imposing its presence within the context of the horizontal horizon of the reserve and observable to those who use the river, in the same way that the high residential tower blocks feature on the city’s edge but, as a consequence of the project’s function, in a natural and organic manner. This vertical element at least 100 meters high should be versatile enough to house a number of distinct functions related to education and recreation, as well as functioning as a home for the animals and the administrative services associated with the running of a zoo. However, competitors remain free to produce totally experimental projects which address extremes as diverse as the subordination of architecture to the urban and natural profile or the creation of a new model designed to serve as a way of redefining the idea of what is “monumental” in the context of the debate between the urban and the scenic.

2009
 

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