Professional Experience: Other Relevant Experiences:
Reuse Italy Summer Workshop Florence:
Gensler Costa Rica:
Architect and Designer
January 2024-Present
Void OPD:
Architect
January 2022-January 2024
Stamp Architecture Studio:
Junior Architect
February 2021-December 2021
Language:
Spanish: Native
English: C2 Proficiency level
Italian: B1
Pausa Urbana NGO:
Intern
May 2020-November 2020
Participant
July 2023
University Student Council:
President
2018-2019
Latam Architecture Student Workshop:
CLEA-ONEA NGO
Organizing Comitte - Academic Assistant
2019
National Arch. Student Organization:
University Co-Representative
2019-2021
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SANTA TERESA SJO
Sebastián Corvetti Arvide Portafolio de Arquitectura
DEFINING MOMENTS
Milestones that have shaped me as an architect
University Student Council
President 2018-2019
National Architecture Students Organization (ONEA)
University Representative
Latin American Architecture Students Workshop 2019
Organizing Member and academic assistant
Social Workshop
Ojochal, Costa Rica
Participatory design process and built structures in Rural Communities
Nominated for Honourable Mention
Graduation Project Rurban Loop
Design Experience Comittee Gensler
Gensler Board of Directors Meeting Article Publication Comitte Member
Invited to participate in the board of directors meeting publication as an emerging tallent
With: Jorge Barzuna
1/ PLAN CARIBE
Confidential Governmental Project
Location: Atlantic Region, Costa Rica
Intellectual Property of Gensler
Roles:
Architectural Designer and Masterplanning
Various governmental institusions have strategically decided to develop a master plan for the Caribbean coast, recognizing its significant potential as a national treasure. This plan aims to enhance the region’s tourism infrastructure and services while preserving and celebrating its unique cultural and natural identity.
The plan includes the formulation of coastal regulatory plans and a Repertory of Integrated Solutions (RSI). The RSI acts as a design toolkit, providing adaptable guidelines for architectural and urban components or modules that facilitate the efficient and cohesive development of projects in the region. These solutions are categorized based on ecology, activity, safety, and accessibility to address specific needs in the area. More than 147 components have been designed.
Six specific projects along the Atlantic coast aim to establish critical infrastructure that supports local development. Designed to ensure the region has the necessary resources to foster sustainable growth while protecting and promoting its natural, cultural, and social assets.
Tortuguero Airport
Limón Cultural Center Manzanillo Coastal Edge and Docks
ROUTE ANALYSIS
LANDSCAPE EXPERIENCES
MAIN INTERVENTION SPACES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST
Modules that enhance inclusion and universal access, such as ramps or inclusive signage.
Modules that ensure user protection and well-being, such as lighting systems, handrails, surveilance cameras and police posts.
Modules that contribute to environmental sustainability, such as water management systems or elements that promote conservation.
Facilitate interaction and enjoyment of the environment, such as furniture for recreational areas or elements that encourage participation in tourist activities.
Catálogo de Piezas
Puntos de wi-fi
Módulo flotante plataforma
de contemplación
Módulo flotante banca
flotante banca con sombra
Catálogo de Piezas
AC-07-F
Actividad
de conexión con módulos flotantes
Catálogo de Piezas
AC-07-F
Actividad
Plataforma sobre agua
AC-07-G
Actividad
Plataforma observatorio de aves
AC-08-A
Actividad
Baños generales y de servicio
AC-08-B
Actividad
Baños de movilidad reducida
AC-08-C
Actividad
Duchas
AC-08-D
Actividad
Duchas de movilidad reducida
AC-07-G
Actividad
Plataforma sobre agua Plataforma observatorio de aves
AC-08-A
AC-09-A
Actividad AC-09-B
Caseta de deportes acuáticos
Actividad
Caseta de alquiler de kayak
AC-09-C
AC-10-D
Actividad
Contenedores de residuos
AC-10-E
Actividad
Contenedor de residuos de mascota
AC-10-F
Baños generales y de servicio
Actividad AC-08-B
Actividad
Baños de movilidad reducida
AC-08-C
Actividad
Duchas
AC-08-D
AC-09-A
Actividad
Actividad
Duchas de movilidad reducida
Caseta de deportes acuáticos
AC-09-B
Actividad
Caseta de alquiler de kayak
AC-09-C
Actividad
Estaciones de kayak
AC-10-A
Actividad
Basureros de un compartimiento
AC-10-B
Actividad
Basureros de tres compartimientos A
AC-10-C
Actividad
Basureros de tres compartimientos B
Actividad
Estaciones de kayak
AC-10-A
Actividad
Basureros de un compartimiento
AC-10-B
Actividad
Basureros de tres compartimientos A
AC-10-C
AC-10-D
Actividad
Actividad
Basureros de tres compartimientos B
Contenedores de residuos
AC-10-E
Actividad
Contenedor de residuos de mascota
AC-10-F
Actividad
Dispensador para bolsas de mascota
AC-11 Quiosco comercial
Actividad
AC-12-A
Actividad
Módulo vial
AC-12-B
Actividad
Actividad
Reparación de bicicletas
Punto de información
Actividad AC-11
Dispensador para bolsas de mascota
Actividad
Quiosco comercial
AC-12-A
Actividad
Módulo vial
Actividad AC-13
Reparación de bicicletas
Catálogo de Piezas
Tortuguero
Airport and Canal Docks
Sector
m2
La mayoría de los visitantes que utilizan el aeródromo llegan con el propósito de explorar el Parque Nacional Tortuguero, uno de los parques más visitados de Costa Rica. Para acceder al parque, los visitantes atraviesan el poblado de Tortuguero, donde también tienen la oportunidad de participar en otras actividades turísticas y experimentar la cultura local.
Actualmente, existen cuatro medios principales para llegar a este destino: vía marítima (a través de los atracaderos de Barra del Colorado, La Pavona y Parismina) y vía aérea (a través del Aeródromo de Tortuguero).
La restricción en los accesos al sitio, combinada con el alto número de visitantes a nivel regional, subraya la relevancia de este proyecto para el desarrollo del sector.
Simbología
Aeródromo
Atracaderos
Red Nacional MOPT SNIT
Vía Primaria
Vía Secundaria
Vía Terciaria
Cantones Limón
Ruta Naútica
Zonas de conservación
Parque Nacional Tortuguero
Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre
Barra del Colorado
This is one of the six specific projects designed along the the Atlantic coast for the masterplan. It tackles transportation, connectivity, identity and security issues.
El Parque Nacional Tortuguero ocupa el 3er lugar dentro de los Parques Nacionales más visitados en Costa Rica.
Cifras turísticas ICT, 2023
Aeródromo y atracadero
Ruta Náutica hacia aeródromo y atracadero
Barra del Colorado
There is a public water transportation route between Tortuguero and Pavona; however, there is no route that connects to the Tortuguero Aerodrome.
Existe una ruta de transporte público acuático Tortuguero-Pavona, sin embargo no existe una que lleve al Aeródromo de Tortuguero.
Esquinas
Nacional Terciaria
There are four main routes to reach Tortuguero:
Para llegar a Tortuguero existen 4 rutas principales:
By water from the Barra de Colorado dock
1) Vía marítima desde atracadero Barra de Colorado
2) Vía marítima desde atracadero La Pavona
By water from the La Pavona dock
By water from the Parismina dock
3) Vía Marítima desde atracadero Parismina
4) Vía aérea desde Aeródromo Tortuguero
By air from the Tortuguero Aerodrome
Tortuguero Aerodrome receives around two flights per day (San José-Tobías Bolaños and San José-Juan Santamaría). However, it has the potential to accommodate more local flights.
El Aeródromo Tortuguero, recibe alrededor de 2 vuelos al día (San José-Tobías Bolaños y San JoseJuan Santamaría). Sin embargo, se posiciona como un sitio ideal para albergar más vuelos locales.
Road discontinuity to Tortuguero
Descontinuidad vial hacia tortuguero
Parque Nacional Tortuguero
Refugio Nacional de Vida
Silvestre Barra del Colorado
Ruta Náutica hacia Limón Tortuguero
Atracadero Tortuguero
Aeródromo y atracadero
Tortuguero
Sitio
Parismina
La Pavona
Barra del Colorado
Aeródromo Tortuguero
Tortuguero
Barra del Colorado
Atracadero La Pavona
Ceibo
Tortuguero National Park ranks as the third most visited national park in Costa Rica.
2/ BREAKING THE MALL
Intellectual Property of Gensler
Location: Santiago, Chile
Roles: Architectural Designer
Parque Chile redefines the traditional shopping mall by transforming it into an open, mixed-use urban district that prioritizes human experience and social interaction. Once a selfcontained, inward-facing structure dominated by retail, the mall is now an integrated part of the city, where commercial, residential, and office spaces coexist with vibrant public areas.
This shift reflects a broader movement in urban design; one that moves away from isolated, single-use developments toward more connected and inclusive environments.
Una nueva bienvenida
By breaking down physical barriers, the project converts vast parking lots and closed corridors into parks, plazas, and pedestrianfriendly streets. These new spaces encourage interaction, walkability, and a sense of belonging, drawing from principles of placemaking and the 15-minute city, where essential amenities and services are within easy reach. The introduction of green spaces not only enhances environmental sustainability but also fosters well-being and community engagement.
Importancia escala humana
Integración del paisaje
Bordes activos comercialmente
Presencia comercial al exterior
Old shopping mall hallways become open air green spaces
One-facade stores are replaced by commercial spaces with terraces
Commercial podiums give human scale to the new district
Old parking lot limits become active, inviting borders
Edificios enmarcan accesos y visuales desde Américo Vespucio
Active borders like parks, urban terraces and open boulevards are a priority in the new Parque Maipú’s development, replacing its closed facade to neighboring communities.
Parque Arauco
Master Plan Arauco Maipú
Chile
Febrero 2024
3/ RURBAN LOOP
A Development Model for Coastal Landscapes
Graduation Project: Nominated for Honor Thesis
In the last century, changes have been observed in the understanding of the interdependence system made up of urbanity and rurality, as well as the appearance of territorial use processes that have transformed socio-ecological relations within these regions.
<The word rurban (rural + urban) refers to a geographic territory/landscape that possesses the economic characteristics and lifestyles of an urban area while retaining its essential characteristics of a rural area.>
This has led to changes in the experience of rural land-scapes, and has evidenced the lags regarding its approach both from governmental and institutional instances and from the local scale. The coastal regions in Costa Rica show these complex sce-narios, which have appeared more slowly compared to other countries, but are equally experienced here as there.
The investigative approach, and eventually projectual, of this architectural exercise, is considered both from the pragmatic and from the utopian.
The first since it seeks to hit and respond to the needs of a certain population and the potential of a specific territory; while the second, because it questions a socio-ecological and territorial paradigm in crisis, rooted in the current political and economic model, and proposes an intervention on three scales based on the questions made.
Governmental Paradigm
Access to public and natural spaces by area
Urban mass expansion over the last 4 decades
Landscape usages and interactions
MAIN INTERVENTION AREA
Linear access park
Green stairway and event space
Local produce market
Acces to the beach and tourist services
Bridge system and overlook spaces
Train Station heritage park
Mangrove environmental station
Connection to nearby town Mata Limón
Main structure follows the Mount Carballo´s Topography
Contemplation spaces along the coastal landscape and mangroves
Disconecction between coast and mountaing is tackled by a series of bridges acting as overlooks
Better connectivity and landscape experience
Inclusive public space
Spaces that foster interaction and local production
4/ SHIFT ESPERANZA
Mixed Use Project
Location: Nosara, Costa Rica
Intellectual Property of Void OPD
Roles:
Lead Designer
Shift is rooted in vernacular architecture, drawing from the functionality of local construction methods while remaining visionary. The purpose is to create a community where the real luxury is being connected to nature, offering residences that embrace the principles of conscious living. This approach aligns with the wisdom shared by Dominga Pérez, a Chorotega leader, who emphasizes the balance and harmony between human beings and nature. The project seeks to honor this ancestral knowledge, providing a sustainable environment for future generations.
In addition to the residences, the program includes a community center that fosters collaboration and social interaction, educational facilities that nurture learning and personal growth, and sports facilities that promote well-being and an active lifestyle.
The architecture reflects these values by utilizing organic and raw materials, incorporating open views of the surrounding landscape, and seamlessly integrating nature into the living spaces. This creates a holistic environment where the community can thrive in harmony with nature, ensuring that the development is not only sustainable but also adaptable to the needs of the future. The project envisions a conscious lifestyle where human and environmental connections are at the forefront, and the space around the existing community can grow and evolve over time.
5/ STA. TERESA SJ
Intellectual Property of Gensler
Location: San José, Costa Rica
Roles: Architectural Designer
By repurposing an underutilized structure, the project tackles a pressing issue in San José, where over 40% of built spaces remain unoccupied, and quality housing is scarce within the city center. This project transforms an old commercial and office building in Barrio Amón, San José, into a dynamic residential space that contributes to the neighborhood’s ongoing revitalization. The ground floor introduces new public spaces, fostering social interaction and strengthening the district’s emerging vibrancy by integrating community-oriented areas.
The residential component addresses the growing need for urban housing, offering one- and two-bedroom apartments designed for students and young professionals. These new homes help repopulate the city center while ensuring quality living conditions.
Key architectural interventions include internal patios to enhance ventilation and a reimagined façade with a delicate veil-like structure that provides privacy and solar protection. The veil draws inspiration from local heritage buildings, honoring the past while emphasizing the building’s renewed purpose in the upper levels.
This project is part of a series of efforts in the firm to prioritize the repurposing of unused buildings in urban environments. We have submitted it as a precedent for a research grant from the Gensler Research Institute about repurposing buildings for co-living projects in Latin America.
Amón
Catedral
Otoya
12 min
3 min
La California
Escalante
Punctual Demolition
Additonal Structure
Veil-like facade
Privacy-Solar Skin
Urban terrace
Apartment 1
Apartment 2
Urban terrace
Ground Floor Commercial Spaces
Apartment 1
Apartment 2
Apartment 3
Apartment 4
Second and Third Floors
6/ REUSE THE RUIN
Reuse the Ruin Summer Workshop
Location: Sarteano, Tuscany.
With: Jose Segura, Eliana Dan, Marion Bisiaux, Anesa Mesic, Gonzalo Fuentes and Emilia Spielmann.
Reimagining the church as a theatrical space preserves its sacred atmosphere despite its new use. A suspended amphitheatrical structure keeps the ground floor open, maintaining the altar as the focal point. Inspired by San Martino’s church in Sarteano, the design highlights how light and space enhance the sense of sacredness, much like art does in religious settings.
Theater and architecture shape each other, as seen in Lina Bo Bardi’s Teatro Oficina. Here, the central nave becomes the stage, with side naves for seating, creating a flexible space that redefines performance. Emphasizing verticality and movement, the design fosters immersive interactions between actors and spectators.
The proposal was presented to the mayor of Sarteano for future consideration. Additionally, tutors and participants of this workshop include well renowned architects such as Amelia Tavella, Maurizio de Vita, Studio Wok, Fala Atelier and H Arquitectes.
