ROCIO CROSETTO BRIZZIO Rocio Crosetto Brizzio graduated from the School of Architecture, Urbanism and Design at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina in 2016. She was a Dean’s Scholar recipient at GSAPP, Columbia where she pursued a MS in Advanced Architectural Design. She obtained the William Ware Prize for Excellence in Design and the Saul Kaplan Traveling Fellowship in 2022. Rocio was assistant professor at the National University of Córdoba, invited assistant at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia and the National University of Asunción, and teaching assistant at GSAPP. She has obtained multiple awards in architecture competitions over the last years. She is the co-founder of Balsa-Crosetto-Piazzi, an Argentinian-based architecture office.
HONORS & AWARDS May 2022
William Ware Prize for Excelence in Design & Saul Kaplan Travelling Fellowship. This prize is awarded to recognize the student whose work in the studios has been outstanding and is funded by a bequest from Saul Kaplan (M.Arch ‘57). The prize is for travel and study following graduation.
January 2022
Teaching Assistant position at the History and Theory Department together with tuition award. ($12,516) (status: accepted) Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. Spring 2021.
August 2021
Teaching Assistant position at the History and Theory Department together with tuition award. ($12,516) (status: accepted) Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. Fall 2021.
March 2021
Dean Scholarship Award together with admission at the MSAAD program. Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. ($42,000) (status: accepted) Princeton University Fellowship Award together with admission at the Post-Professional Graduate Program. School of Architecture at Princeton University. ($38,300 per year) (status: rejected because of accepting GSAPP admission) MIT Department of Architecture Graduate Fellowship for the admission at the SMArchS Graduate Program at MIT. ($40,088 per year) (status: rejected because of accepting GSAPP admission) Cornell Graduate Scholarship, plus “The Mary Miller Lyons Graduate Fellowship in Architecture”, plus a Graduate Teaching Research Specialist (GTRS) position together with admission at the MS AAD program at Cornell University. ($43,164) (status: rejected because of accepting GSAPP admission) Harvard Univeristy Graduate School of Design - Admitted studet to the MArch II program (status: rejected because of accepting GSAPP admission)
December 2020
Invited Lecturer at the 14th Biennial of Bolivian Architecture to give a conference about my work in architecture. La Paz, Bolivia.
November 2020
2nd Prize – National Architecture Competition for the Design of the Sports and Cultural Park of San Patricio del Chañar. Neuquén, Argentina. Author of project.
August 2020
Honorable Mention – National Architecture Competition for the Design of a Sustainable Urban Housing. Mendoza, Argentina. Author of project.
July 2020
Argentine Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a master´s degree in the United States starting Fall 2021. Funded by the Department of State of the United States and administered by the Argentinian Fulbright Commission and IIE (status: alternate candidate)
February 2020
Built architecture work “Rural Restrooms” selected to be shown at the VII BASC Santa Cruz Architecture Biennial, in the exposition “Architecture from Córdoba”.
October 2019
Built architecture work “Rural Restrooms” selected to be shown at the exposition “Women in Design” organized by the Córdoba Architecture Association and the Córdoba Ministry of Culture as part of the “Museums at Night” event.
September 2019
2nd Prize – International Architecture Competition for the Design of the EXPO 2023 Park, Boulevard and Bridge. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Participation as collaborator.
October 2018
2nd Prize – National Architecture Competition for the Design of the Salta 2141 Music School and Memorial Centre. Rosario, Argentina. Participation as collaborator.
July 2018
Honorable Mention – National Architecture Competition for the Master Plan of the Córdoba City Railway Lands. Córdoba, Argentina. Author of project.
April 2018
3rd Prize – National Architecture Competition for the Design of the Façade of the Argentinian National Internal Revenue Building. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Author of project.
December 2017
1st Prize – International Architecture Competition for the Urban Design of the Northern Wetlands of Asunción, Paraguay. Design Team Manager.
June 2017
National Architecture School Honor for achieving the second highest GPA of every architecture graduate during 2016.
November 2016
3rd Prize – National Architecture Competition for the Design of the School of Visual Arts Professor Juan Mantovani. Rosario, Argentina. Participation as collaborator.
August 2016
2nd Prize – National Architecture Competition for the Design of Housing Facilities for Orma, Riachuelo. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Participation as collaborator.
August 2014
Córdoba National University 400th Century Anniversary Study Exchange Scholarship to study one semester in Spain. Funded and administered by the Cordoba National University.
CORE EDUCATION June 2021 May 2022
Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design - MS ADD Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Columbia University in the City of New York. USA. Gradution date: 18th May 2022.
March 2017 June 2017
Rethink the City: New Approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges TU Delft University of Technology. The Netherlands. Graduation date: 3rd June 2017.
March 2010 November 2016
Architect (licensed) School of Architecture, Urbanism and Design. National University of Córdoba, Argentina. 6-year professional degree with Architectural Design Thesis. GPA: 9,03 out of 10.00. SECOND HIGHEST GPA of my class. Graduation date: 21st November 2016.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE June 2022 August 2022
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. GSAPP, Columbia University, US. Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, Studio Mentor - AAD Summer Studio
• Assisted professor Nerea Calvillo to teach her studio course Good or Bad Natures: Acclimatizing Species and how to Intervene with/in them. • Made desk-crits and gave crits to students
August 2021 May 2022
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. GSAPP, Columbia University, US. Teaching Assistant - History Theory Department
March 2018 June 2021
School of Architecture, Urbanism and Design. Córdoba National University, Argentina Assistant Professor - Architecture II studio.
June 2017 July 2017
Università IUAV di Venezia. Venice, Italy Adjunct Professor – WAVE 2017 International Architecture Summer Workshop.
March 2017 March 2018
School of Architecture, Design and Art. Asunción National University, Paraguay Adjunct Professor – Architecture VIII studio.
May 2013 November 2016
School of Architecture, Urbanism and Design. Córdoba National University, Argentina Student Advisor – Architecture History II: Modern Architecture.
• Assisted professor and historian Mary McLeod with the preparation and administration of her courses. • Assited with research tasks related to the course.
• Direct studio classes in collaboration with the Professor in charge. • Prepare and expose special classes • Give occasional lectures to students and share lectures with other professors.
• Assisted architect Solano Benitez with the dissertation of the Wave 2017 at the IUAV. • Helped with the improvement of international student’s projects.
• Assisted with guidance and close follow-up on student’s projects. • Gave occasional lectures to students and share lectures with other professors.
• Guided students along the course of Architecture History II. • Checked on the evolution of student’s projects and inquiries.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE January 2020 Present
School of Architecture, Urbanism and Design Córdoba National University, Argentina Researcher – Collective Housing Research Project: “Individual and Collective Housing in Argentina: Challenges in both Academic and Professional Practices.”
March 2017 March 2018
Collective Aqua Alta. Asunción, Paraguay Researcher - Sustainable Development Research Project: “Site-specific strategies towards Spatial Equity and Resilience for a Sustainable Development. Nanawa and Chacarita interventions.”
MORE AT GSAPP August 2021 Present
rAADio Board 2022
August 2021 Present
PATIO Magazine editor, Latin GSAPP
rAADio is an investigation by Advanced Architectural Design students in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. As a cohort from a plurality of diverse backgrounds, we aim to observe the many polycentric entanglements of architecture. We explore the questions of how we expand the traditional role and associations of architecture between assemblages, interrelationships, bodies, and technologies; beyond simple scalar translations. Patio is an independent, student-run editorial platform focused on critical issues of the Latin American community and built environment. The digital/analog platform selects a topic, which provides the thematic construction for multidisciplinary creative and analytical contributions both in written and graphic form. Patio is the domain of todos/todas/todes, a pluralistic space that welcomes all humanistic expressions of nationality, gender, race, color, or creed and advances a critical attitude on the complexities of identity. Patio is supported by the Columbia University and Institute of Latin American Studies.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE March 2018 Present
Independent Architect
March 2018 Present
Feminist Association - Women in Design School of Architecture, Urbanism and Design. Córdoba National University, Argentina
February 2017 March 2018
Javier Corvalán Architecture Office. Asunción, Paraguay Architect – Designer and Project Manager
February 2017 March 2018
Collective Aqua Alta. Asunción, Paraguay Architect - Collaborative Practice
June 2016 December 2016
Adolfo Mondejar Architecture Office. Córdoba, Argentina Junior Architect
March 2014 August 2014
Córdoba City Hall. Urban Planning Institute. Córdoba, Argentina Architecture Project Leader – Internship
• Research, design and produce architecture projects within a wide range of scales • Produce both the core idea and the technical documentation of each project, as well as direct and control the construction of it. • Combine both my academic and professional activities in a non-stoped interconnected practice.
Active member of this collective platform of female architects created at the School of Architecture, Urbanism and Design at the National University of Córdoba. Our objective is to empower the work of our colleagues in Argentina and beyond.
• Direct apprentice of renowned architect Javier Corvalán. • Produced architecture ideas and projects, working directly with Javier Corvalán. • Design complex and big-scale architecture projects – primary sketches, 3D modelling and technical documentation. • Coordinated and directed younger colleagues in the production of architecture projects.
• Designed and built collaborative architecture projects in deprived areas of Asunción, such as the Chacarita and the Nanawa neighborhood. • Led and coordinated architecture workshops.
• Produced architecture ideas and projects, working directly with Adolfo Mondejar. • Designed architecture projects – primary sketches, 3D modelling and technical documentation. • Coordinated and directed younger colleagues in the production of architecture projects.
• Proposed and designed interventions for Córdoba targeted districts. • Presented and exposed the projects in front of Governmental officers.
PUBLICATIONS November 2020
Title: “Sports and Cultural Park for San Patricio del Chañar. National Architecture Competition.”
August 2020
Title: “Sustainable Urban Housing. National Architecture Competition. Mendoza, Argentina.”
September 2019
Title: “EXPO 2023 Park, Boulevard and Bridge. Buenos Aires, Argentina.”
July 2018
Title: “Master Plan of the Córdoba City Railway Lands. Córdoba, Argentina.”
April 2018
Title: “Façade of the Argentinian National Internal Revenue Building. Buenos Aires, Argentina.”
December 2017
Title: “Urban Design of the Northern Wetlands of Asunción, Paraguay.”
August 2016
Title: “Housing Facilities for Orma, Riachuelo, Buenos Aires. National Architecture Competition.”
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