URBAN DESIGN

Interdisciplinary Urban Design Studio, University of Arizona, Tucson

Graduate and Undergraduate students course. LAR611_PLG611 Spring 2017 co taught with Arlie Adkins PhD and Kelly Cederberg MLA

Best Graduate Student Work 2017 APA American Planning Association, Arizona

“Livable Streets for Vibrant Communities”

A studio-based course where students will work in multi-disciplinary teams to produce professional-quality planning and urban design work. Students will be practicing planning and design skills you have developed so far in your respective programs and learning how to deliver a complex, multi-part, professional project in a collaborative team environment. Students from each discipline are expected to learn how to work collaboratively with allied disciplines. Course comprised of M. Planning + M. Landscape Architecture + B. Architecture.

Pima Association of Governments, TUCSON

Pedestrian Plan Technical Advisory Committee

Collaborated on the Regional Pedestrian Plan adopted December 2014, Tucson, Arizona. Committee Member.

Initial study voter for the bike share program in Tucson https://tugobikeshare.com/

University of Arizona, Tucson, The Drachman Institute

Research Associate. Analyzed Tucson’s Streetcar and developed possible urban interventions along its corridors. Drachman Institute team 2013.

City of Berkeley, CAlifornia. Department of Planning & Development

Assisted effort to integrate LEED - ND principles into Berkeley’s new ‘Downtown Area Plan’ and the ‘Open Space and Street Improvement Plan’.

opticos design berkeley california

improving mobility, access and safety

San Joaquin, Arvin, Lamont, Richmond, Williams and Ashland in California

University of California BERKELEY, Urban design Thesis

The future of life in the fields

Protecting farmland, creating social spaces, and envisioning the growth of a rural town for farm workers, Castroville, California.

A Protect the farmland by strengthening existing boundaries

B Embrace a diverse population through the design of collective spaces

C Accommodate future growth by intensifying existing land uses

Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning. Neighborhood Redevelopment Program, Chile

Supervisor. Managed 7 urban design projects in various districts of Santiago, including Villa Portales for a total of 5,883 units.

Coordinated Ministry projects with the community.

Designed Master Plan for a 1900 units neighborhood Villa Portales, Central Station. Emblematic project for the Government of Chile.

These projects are part of the first program for recovering neighborhoods in Chile.

UN-Habitat

Dubai International Award for Best Practices 2014.

The Neighborhood Redevelopment Program was awarded “Best Practice” by the UN-Habitat, United Nations Settlements Programme for its outstanding contribution towards improving the living environment.