Portfolio Applicant’s name: M. Sofía Armanet Architect
M. Sofía Armanet
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Name: María Sofía Armanet
e-mail: sofiaarmanet@gmail.com I.D: 10.892.592-2
Date of Birth: March 20, 1980. Chile. Address: 34A Irving St. Apt. 41. Cambridge, MA. 02138 Phone:
Mobile: (01)-617-9554823 Languages: Spanish/English.
Undergraduate Studies: -Architecture.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago, Chile 2000/2006.
-Bachelor in “Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades”. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago, Chile 1999/2001.
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Intro
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This portfolio is a selection of works that ranges from my academic experience to my professional practice. Throughout my education and career, I have had the opportunity to work in a wide range of scales and disciplines, from architecture to landscape architecture to urban design. Although I have enjoyed my experience with these three design perspectives in my short career, I recognize my main interest in relation to landscape architecture as a means to build the city and to improve its inhabitants’ quality of life.
Index
01 PLATEAU IN THE SLOPE Renewal of Public Spaces in the Heritage City
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02 SALAMANCA SIDEWALKS Recovery of the Urban Grid Project
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03 URBAN QUARRY Urban Reconversion of Mining Deposits in the City
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04 FOUNDATION PARK Urbanization Process in Metropolitan Suburbs
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05 GEUM RIVER VALLEY CITY Urbanization Process in Traditional Agricultural Areas
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06 AGRICULTURAL ROUTE PARK Rural Landscape and Its Productive Recovery
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07 LIGHTWEIGHT GARDEN Development Strategies for a Private Garden
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08 HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT Growth and Development Process of an Hospital
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- PUBLICATIONS
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- RESUME
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- PROJECTS
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Renewal of Public Spaces in the Heritage City Project Name: Improvement Project for Public Spaces for the Cerro Toro and Cerro Santo Domingo Architecture Firm: MOBIL Architects Architect in charge: Antonio Lipthay Associate Architect: Cecilia Puga (Toro Hill), Guillermo Jullian (Santo Domingo Hill) Responsible of Citizen Participation: Justine Graham Location: Cerro Toro and Cerro Santo Domingo, Valparaíso, V Region, Chile Client: Urban Recovery Program of Valparaiso, Municipality of Valparaiso Materials: Precast concrete flooring, stone flooring reused (blocks) Projected Surface: 18,000 m2 Project Status: Under construction Design Date: 2006-2009 Budget: 4 UF / m2 Design: M. Sofía Armanet
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PLATEAU IN THE SLOPE
Cerro Toro and Cerro Santo Domingo , Valparaiso, V rg. Chile. 2006-2012
Objectives:
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(1) Think about the city from its public space. (2) Work with
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principles of precast with a minimum of parts capable of adapting to different situations of public space. (3) Understand the rugged geography in order to incorporate infrastructure for water runoff and soil containment in the design. (4) Reinforce the value of its World Valparaíso public spaces
Heritage status through the quality and materiality of its constructive elements. (5) Carry out participatory design with the locals.
Cajillas Street
Description: The project is part of the recovery of World Heritage Cities by UNESCO. It focuses on three stages: diagnosis, citizen participation and project design. The project is located in a deteriorated and social risk area in Valparaíso. The design focuses on providing solutions for residents to access the hill and their homes, storm water runoff and the collapse of the hills, and the provision of new public spaces.
Citizen participation activities
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View of Carlos Nebel Street
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Proposed plan for the renewal of public spaces in Cerro Toro and Cerro Santo Domingo
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Plan of Plaza La Campana, Cerro Toro
View from Plaza La Campana to the Valparaíso’s bay
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Plaza La Campana under construction, March 2012
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Axonometric of precast steps
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Stair plan. 17 x 29 cm modules
Section for stair of 15 x 33 cm
Concrete precast done in site
Railing elevation
Railing plan
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Railing section
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Railing plan for stairs of 15 x 33 cm
Railing section for stairs of 15 x 33 cm
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Recovery of the Urban Grid Project Name: Project to Restore the Sidewalks of Salamanca Architecture Firm: Carreño and Sartori Architects Architect in charge: Mario Carreño Location: Salamanca, IV Region, Chile Client: Municipality of Salamanca Materials: Concrete floor tiles black and white Project Status: Under construction Design Date: 2007 Team: M. Sofía Armanet, María José Varas, Pamela Jarpa
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SALAMANCA’S SIDEWALKS
Salamanca, IV rg, Chile . 2007
Description: The recovery of the Salamanca sidewalks is proposed through a design strategy based on housing access. This method is efficient in construction and is designed to give a new character to the city and to engage its people with the public space and plant species that surround them.. Objectives: (1) Provide a streetscape character for Salamanca. (2) Re-conceptualize the city as an urban design guide.
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(3) Brainstorm techniques to speeds up the process of urban constrution.
Intervention area
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Plan of the pavement, section 1b
Plan of the trees, section 1b
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Trees selection and its simbology
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Existing elevation street, section 7d north
Plan of the existing trees and pavements, section 7d north
Proposed plan, section 7d north
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Urban Reconversion of Mining Deposits in the City Project Name: South Park Architecture Firm: OCUC Observatorio de Ciudades Universidad Católica Architect in charge: Pablo Allard Location: La Pintana, Metropolitan Region, Chile Client: Ministry of Housing and Urban Development MINVU, Chile Built area: 796 ha Project Status: Masterplan Study Design Date: 2006 Team: M. Sofía Armanet, Tomás Folch, Ricardo Trufello, Tomás Recart.
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URBAN QUARRY
La Pintana, Santiago, RM, Chile . 2006
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Santiago city and the site
Description:
Objectives:
The project involves the recovery of contaminated and disused soils
(1) Recover degraded land and disused mining extractions sites and
of an area that has been surrounded by city expansion. The design
incorporate them into urban activities. (2) Convert these soils for
defines a large central park and the center of the urban infrastructure
use in urban infrastructure. (3) Improve the environmental quality
for new residential neighborhood developments. The urban spaces
of the area through urban reconversion strategies.
proposed maintain the geographic scale of the lots intervened.
Study plans of the site
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The urban quarry today
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Urbanization Process in Metropolitan Suburbs Thesis Project: Preparation of a Territory for the Extension of the City: “The Park and the Green Network as a Medium for the Suburban City in Chile in the Context of ZODUC”* Architecture Project: Final Thesis for the Architecture grade in the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Professors: Pablo Allard (Master in Urban Design and Dr. Design Studies, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University) and Orlando Mingo (SMArchS and MCP, MIT) Location: City of Lampa, Province of Chacabuco, Metropolitan Region, Chile Project Area: 487 ha Design Date: 2005-2006 Design: M. Sofía Armanet *Conditioned Urban Development Zone.
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FOUNDATION PARK
Lampa, Santiago, RM, Chile . 2005-2006
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Plan of the project site
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Photomontage of the horticultural area
Existing natural species
Description: The project focuses on preparing the land for sustainable urban growth from a project to conserve, preserve and enhance the agricultural and ecological conditions of the site (Batuco wetland area). The design process is guided by pre-existing site conditions and developed with traditional and natural elements that have had importance and continuity over time such as irrigation channels, groves, ecological corridors and wetlands.
Objectives: (1) Reflect on peripheral urban growth, taking into account the existing traditional agricultural landscape. (2) Incorporate the ecological landscape of the site into the strategies of urban design. (3) Focus on the process of the city’s green areas in concert with the suburban growth process.
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Master plan
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Section of a neighborhood street
Existing situation
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Park section
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Plan of the park in summertime
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Urbanization Process in Traditional Agricultural Areas Project Name: International Competition for a New Multi-Functional Administrative City for Korea: Nurturing a new urbanity that integrates tradition and development. Project Date: 2005 (Honorable Mention) Architecture Firm: Undurraga & Devés Architects Associate Architect: Pablo Allard Location: Province Chungeongnam - Do, Geum River Valley, South Korea Client: South Korean Government, Institute for Human Settlements Land Area: 400 ha. 500,000 inhabitants Design Team: M. Sofía Armanet, Pablo López, José L. Di Girolamo, Ignacio Zañartu, Rodrigo Araya.
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Parque Sur
Patagonia, Chile-Argentina. 2009
GEUM RIVER VALLEY CITY Province Chungeongnam - Do, Geum River Valley, South Korea, 2006
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Site plan
Description: The manipulation of the Geum River basin creates a new lake that defines the center around which the settlement will be developed. The design aims to strengthen the link between the natural and built environment through the interaction of the public spaces proposed: the lake, the mountains, parks and green roofs, and the management of those natural resources. Objectives: (1) Reflect on sustainable landscape management as a way to deploy an urban strategy for a new city. (2) Strengthen the relationship between the natural and built environment. (3) Develop a contemporary reading of traditional Korean settlements to project a city appropriate to the twenty-first century.
Section of the proposed city
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The proposed artificial lake lakesurrounded surroundedby bythe thenew newcity cityand andmountains mountains
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Rural Landscape and its Productive Recovery Course: VIII Architecture Studio, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Project Name: Agricultural Route Professor: Consuelo Bravo (Master in Landscape Architecture 2003, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University) Location: Peñaflor, Metropolitan Region, Chile Land Area: 100 ha Design Date: Spring, 2004 (Work exhibited at the XIV Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile) Design: M. Sofía Armanet
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AGRICULTURAL ROUTE PARK
Lampa, Santiago, RM, Chile . 2004
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Aereal view of the site
Description: The management of the agricultural landscape is understood as a media to give value to traditional land activities and to promote a new tourist route. These activities are strengthened by re-arranging of landscape elements, such as trees and irrigation patterns. These new relationships maintain traditional values while defining a new organization of the landscape. Objectives: (1) Investigate the processes of traditional agricultural activities and propose a design strategy based on the recovery of traditional productivity. (2) Reflect on the potential use of traditional agriculture as a structural element of the landscape.
Land preparation for the summer harvest in the site
View of the agricultural route park
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Mallarauco valley
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Development Strategies for a Private Garden Course: “Dynamic Landscape: Plant Workshop with Piet Oudolf” Professors: Piet Oudolf and Andrea Hansen Project Name: Lightweight Garden Location: Vitacura, Metropolitan Region, Chile Client: Espinosa-Armanet Family Materials: Plants Lot Area: 800 m2 Project Status: Project Design Date: Spring, 2011 Design: M. Sofía Armanet
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LIGHTWEIGHT GARDEN
Vitacura, Santiago, RM, Chile . 2011.
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Entrance of the house.
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Selection of key plants
Selection of filler plants
Description: The form comes from the requirement to unify the garden, to minimize the view of the old pool and to maximize space in the middle for children’s games. In order to do this, all plants are arranged in the edges of the garden. Its structure can be recognized during different seasons through the key plants. The selection of flowers in many shapes but only two colors exhibits the capture of sunlight in different ways, giving the garden an intricate chiaroscuro effect. On the other hand, the filler plants round off the garden with beautiful and lively movement.
june
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september
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november
december
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Planting palette
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Objectives: (1) Define a strategy to develop the garden through the different seasons (2) Design a garden in dialogue with the architecture proposed. (3) Determine the appropriate species to develop a sustainable garden in the central Chilean climate. (4) Meet clients’ requirements.
Calendar of the blooming seasons
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Growth and Development Process of an Hospital Project Name: Expansion Project Clínica Las Condes Architecture Firm: Schematic Design and Developed Design RTKL Architects Associate Architect: Construction Design MOBIL Architects Project Manager in the United States: Gregory Stäckel Project Manager in Chile: Patricio Browne Location: Las Condes, Metropolitan Region, Chile Client: Las Condes Hospital Materials: Reinforced concrete, curtain walls, woodwork, ceramics and stones Built Area: 120,000 m2 Project Status: Under construction Design Date: 2009-2012 Design: RTKL Architects Architecture Team in Chile: M. Sofía Armanet, Juan Patricio Poblete, José M. Urrechaga
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HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT
Las Condes, Santiago, RM, Chile . 2009-2010.
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Site plan Existing Hospital Hospital Expansion
Description:
Objectives:
The expansion project of the clinic involves grow over time and
(1) Define open design strategies for constructive processes
its adaptation to existing buildings. From a high complexity and
continuous in time. (2) Incorporate sustainable energy conditions in
technology are coordinated and designed 120,000 m2 for an urban
the design process. (3) Articulate the project through architecture,
hospital capable of complex performing medical procedures. In the
governance and management of various disciplines embodied in a
architectural office all specialties are coordinated and managed the
complex process.
municipal and environmental permits for its construction.
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Underground levels
Sterilization and treatment units
Hospitalization units
Parking calculation per m2.
North elevation
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PUBLICATIONS M. Sofía Armanet
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ARQ N 73.
EL BOSQUE DE ZAPALLAR:
ARQ N 64.
Cecilia Puga, Toro Hill,
Reparación de Tejido Urbano:
Un Tesoro Natural.
Ciudad Nueva. Río Geum,
Valparaíso, 2001-2008. Patricio
Cerro Toro y Cerro Santo Do-
Karl Yunis Kretschmer., Juan
Corea del Sur. Ediciones
Mardones, Cecilia Puga, Smiljan
mingo. Ediciones ARQ. Escuela
Carlos Johow, Federico Ringe-
ARQ. Escuela de Arquitectura.
Radic (textos). Editorial Gustavo
de Arquitectura. Pontificia
ling, Victoria Alonso. Neblina:
Pontificia Universidad Católica
Gili , España. 2010 (p. 102-107)
Universidad Católica de Chile.
El Alimento del Bosque. Patro-
de Chile. Santiago de Chile.
Santiago de Chile. Diciembre,
cinio: The Nature Conservancy.
Diciembre, 2006 (p.58-59)
2009 (p.28-35)
2009 (p.16-17)
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Diario EL MERCURIO.
PUBLIMETRO
THESIS
Bimonthly Journal of Pro Archi-
“Chilenos Diseñan Nueva
“Estrategia Parque Sur”.
Armanet Mena, María Sofía.
tect: Undurraga & Devés. New
Ciudad Administrativa del País
XV Bienal d Arquitectura 2006
Preparación de un Territorio
Multi-Functional Administrative
Oriental: Corea made in Chile”.
(p.9)
para la extensión de la Ciudad:
City in Korea, 2005. Yeongi &
February, 5th, 2006 (p. D13)
fundación del trazado urbano y
Chungcheongnam, Korea. South
generación de un parque en el
Corea, 2006 (p. 198-205)
contexto de la ZODUC. Thesis. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2006.
EDUCATION -Catholic University of Chile (P.U.C)
Six-year Professional Degree in Architecture -Università degli Studi Roma Tre Exchange Architecture Program
-Catholic University of Chile (P.U.C)
Bachelor in Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
Santiago, Chile 2000-2006
Rome, Italy
2003 Santiago, Chile 1999-2000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE MOBIL Architects
Founded by Antonio Lipthay, Sebastián Morandé y Patricio Browne (1) Hualañé Church
Temporal church in the context of chilean earthquake 2010. Project Area: 250 square meters.
Hualañé, Chile 2010
Responsible of: - Schematic design, design development, and construction documentation (2) Las Condes Clinic Expansion Project
Architecture: Schematic design and develop design RTKL Architects Concrete building. Built Area: 120,000 square meters.
Santiago, Chile 2009-2010
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Responsible of: - Coordination and contracting of consulting projects.
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- Building permission documents approval.
(3) Cerro Santo Domingo
Design for urban space improvement in Santo Domingo hill. Renovation and development program for Valparaíso. Department of the Interior. Chilean Government. Project Area: 10.000 square meters.
Valparaíso, Chile
2008-2009
Associated Architect: Guillermo Jullian.
Responsible of: - Schematic design, design development, and construction documentation. - Coordination and contracting of consulting projects. - Development of participative design workshop. (4) Lodge Isla Huapi
Sustainable master plan and design project of ten lodge cabins. Project Area: 8 ha. Responsible of: - Schematic design. (5) Cerro El Toro
Design for urban space improvement in El Toro hill. Renovation and development program for Valparaíso.
Corral Bay, Chile 2008
Valparaíso, Chile
2007-2009
Department of the interior. Chilean Government. Project Area: 8,000 square meters . Associated Architect: Cecilia Puga.
Responsible of: - Schematic design, design development, and construction documentation. - Coordination and contracting of consulting projects. - Development of participative design workshop. CARRENO SARTORI Architects
Founded by Mario Carreño and Piera Sartori (1) Salamanca Trails
Design for urban space improvement in Salamanca town. Chilean Government. Project Area: 8,000 square meters.
Salamanca, Chile 2007
Responsible of: - Schematic design, design development, and construction documentation. (2) Colegio Sagrados Corazones.
Landscape Design for the new building from the “Sagrados Corazones” School. Responsible of: - Construction documentation
Vi ñ a del Mar, Chile 2007
Resume
OBSERVATORIO DE CIUDADES OCUC Founded by Pablo Allard
(1) South Park Strategy
Design for the reconversion of mineral deposits within the city. Project Area: 487 ha
Santiago, Chile 2006
Architect in charge: Pablo Allard
Responsible of: - Schematic design and design development.
ALTIPLANO FOUNDATION
(1) Andinas Church
Register of Codpa and Timar’s Church.
Responsible of: - survey architectonic (elevations and sections)
Arica, Chile 2005
- photographic record
- analysis of its conservation state. UNDURRAGA & DEVES Architects
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Founded by Cristian Undurraga and Ana Deves (1) New Multi-Functional Administrative City for Korea
A new urbanity that integrates tradition, landscape and development for 500,000 people. Project Area: 400 ha Architects in charge: Cristián Undurraga & Pablo Allard.
Chungeongnam-Do,
2005
Responsible of: - project designs including conceptual, schematic and design phases.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Catholic University of Chile (P.U.C)
-Teacher Assistance. Final Core Studio.
AWARDS
-“Academic Excellency”. Granted to honor graduates. Catholic University of Chile.
-Honorable Mention between the first ten best winner projects in the “International Urban Ideas Competition for the New Multi-Functional Administrative City in the Republic of Korea”.
Santiago, Chile 2008-2009
Chile, 2006 Seoul 2005
-Project selected for the exhibition of the “XIV Biennale of Architecture” in Chile. Agricultural Route Park: Rural Land-
Chile
-“Project distinguished in the final core studio”. Agricultural Route Park: Rural Landscape and its Productive Recovery,
Chile
scape and its Productive Recovery, Metropolitan Region, Chile. Catholic University of Chile. Metropolitan Region, Chile. Catholic University of Chile.
SKILLS and ABILITIES
-Design Softwares: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, SketchUp. -Languages: Spanish (native) and English. -Sports and handicrafts
M. Sofía Armanet
Founded by Cristian Heinsen and Magdalena Pereira
2004
2003
Cambridge, USA. 2012