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Santiago Restrepo

Santiago Restrepo

Medellín, CO

 

About 

Employment 

Matrix SAS, Medellín, CO, Project Designer

-Overall, Management and Supervision of various Architectural Projects.

-Creating and seeking compliance with project objectives.

-Representing the client's or organization's interests.

-Organizing the various professional people working on a project, setting deadlines and communication between them.

-Making sure the quality standards are met

-Recruiting specialists and sub-contractors.

-Monitoring sub-contractors to ensure guidelines are maintained.

-Overseeing the accounting, costing and billing.

-Communication with firm`s managing and Project`s team, ensuring the success of the project and satisfaction to both ends.

Jun 2010 - current
 

David Restrepo Architects, Bogotá, CO, Junior Architect

Junior Architect

Responsibilities and Duties included:

-Overall, Design and Supervision of various Architectural Projects.

-Working with Manager in developing project plan, budget and schedule.

-Preparing design layouts and sketches according to company design standards.

-Staying abreast with latest developments in design technologies and techniques.

-Addressing design related queries and concerns in a timely manner.

-Providing assistance and conduct trainings to team members when required.

-Working with design team in prioritizing, planning and executing several projects efficiently.

-Proposing effective design solutions to meet project goals.

-Reviewing and recommending improvements to existing designs.

-Following company policies and design standards.

-Developing cost-reduction initiatives while maintaining quality and productivity.

-Close communication between engineers and external consultants (LEED, Landscape, etc) in order to create an integral design.

Jan 2009 - Nov 2010
 

RLC Architects, Boca Raton, FL, US, Draftsman

Draftsman

Responsibilities and Duties included:

-Creation of CAD drawings for architectural projects.
Obtain and assemble data to complete architectural designs, visiting job sites to compile measurements as necessary.

-Drawing rough and detailed scale plans for foundations, buildings and structures, based on preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets and other data.

-Checking dimensions of materials to be used and assign numbers to lists of materials.

-Creation of Images and any other CAD drawings to support the functions of the Junior architect in charge of the architectural project.

Projects included design and construction of Home Depot Headquarters in Boca Raton, Us Epperson/Lynn Insurance Headquarters Building and the visitor`s centre at Florida Atlantic University (FAU).

Mar 2008 - Nov 2009
 

Education 

Politecnico di Milano, Milano, IT, MArch, Master of Science in Architecture

Overview:

Politecnico di Milano became home to many well-known architects of the 20th century: Renzo Piano, Franco Albini, Ludovico Barbiano Belgiojoso, Piero Bottoni, Achille Castiglioni, Franca Helg, Tomas Maldonado, Piero Portaluppi, Paolo Portoghesi, Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Aldo Rossi, Marco Zanuso. Today a number of renowned scholars and professionals in the field of architecture and planning are contributing to the School as full time professors.

Architecture - Milano Campus

The Master of Science programme deals with a broad range of issues and disciplinary fields: history of architecture, media and tools for representation, theoretical and methodological aspects related to surveying and rendering the organization of space at different scales (buildings, cities, regions) and in different kinds of project. Students are encouraged to dynamically develop a critical attitude, new skills in order to face the complexity of current architectural practice. Beside educational activities, the environment of the School provides a number of international seminars, conferences and study visits which are organized to support and enhance academic development. Selected internships in institutional agencies and in professional offices also are offered. Qualified research staff with significant international and professional experiences are involved in the tutorship and teaching activity.

• First Year:
History and Theory of the Twentieth-Century Architecture
Architectural Theory and Practice
Building and Construction Techniques
Town Planning Design Workshop
Architectural Design Studio 1
Architectural Preservation Studio
Economic Assessment of urban Transformations and Policies
Urban Sociology
Environmental Law

• Second Year:
Building Technology Studio
Architectural Design Studio 2
Project Appraisal
Elective Courses
Internship and Master Thesis

campus webpage: www.polimi.it

Mar 2011 - Jan 2013
 

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB), Medellín, CO, BArch, ARCHITECTURE

5 Y Architecture Program, (RIBA part 1 accreditation), original title: Arquitecto

US equivalence: Barch

programme includes studies in:

-Design, Architectural History, Urbanism, Digital & Hand representation and Investigation.

Thesis: Social Housing and Integration in poor comunas in the Metropolitan Area of Medellin.

campus: www.upb.edu.co

Jan 2005 - Oct 2010
 

Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, CO, BArch, Economy

Traditional Management and economical university in Colombia, this business-oriented programme focuses on Mathematics, Economical Studies, Statistics, and Humanistic Sciences.

campus webpage: www.eafit.edu.co

Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills