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This is the public profile of Alvaro Velasquez Gerszencveig, click here to view our interview with Alvaro Velasquez GerszencveigAbout Alvaro Velasquez Gerszencveig : Alvaro Velasquez is an architect designer that strongly believe in the power of Design. With leadership and capacity to work with different groups of stakeholders and communities, He believe that every single person must have access to great design and solutions. Alvaro choose to be involve in large and intensive publics projects like Health Care and educational projects. With design skills and leadership, he is making difference in persons life creating spaces that help people to heal faster and environments that positevly support a good learning process.
STATEMENT OF ART:Great Design shouldn't be for a few, design should be a powerful resources that will change the world.
ORGANIZATION:
GDN ARCHITECTS
EDUCATION:
2000, MASTER IN ARCHITECTURE , UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, SANTIAGO/CHILE
1998 BACHELOR IN ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF CHILE SANTIAGO/CHILE
1997 URBAN DESIGN,UNIVERSITY POLYTECHNIC DE CATALUNYA, BARCELONA/SPAIN
EXPERIENCE:
1996-1998, URBE ARQUITECTOS, SANTIAGO/CHILE
2000-2001, DESIGN WORKSHOP, LAKE TAHOE, CA/USA
2002-2007, DARDEN ARCHITECTS, FRESNO, CA/USA
2008-2011, HMC ARCHITECTS, SAN DIEGO, CA/USA
2011-CURRENT, GDN ARCHITECTS, SANTIAGO/CHILE
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
2000, MUSEO CANTALAO PABLO NERUDA, FUNDACION PABLO NERUDA, ISLA NEGRA/CHILE
MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2016, CFT ARAUCO DUOC, SEMANA DE LA MADERA, SANTIAGO/CHILE
EVENTS:
1996, LATIN AMERICA SELECTION, UIA BARCELONA, Present and Futures. Architecture in Cities
AWARDS:
2007 AIA San Joaquin Chapter Awards – Award of Merit, Child Development Center, USA
2009 CASH/AIACC Leroy F. Green Design and Planning Awards - Award of Merit Specialized Facility, CHILD Development Center, USA
2009 CASH/AIACC Leroy F. Green Design and Planning Awards - Award of Honor Project in Design, Riverbank High School New Gymnasium, USA
2012, Public Safety and Education Center, College of the Sequoias, Handford, CA
2012, AIA San Joaquin Chapter Awards, Award of Merit, Public Safety and Education Center, College of the Sequoias, Handford, CA
2015, 1ST PLACE DESIGN AWARD, UNIVERSIDAD FEDERICO SANTA MARIA, SCIENCE BUILDING COMPETITION, VALPARAISO/CHILE
2015, Honorable Mention in the Acute Care category from Contract magazine´s Healthcare Enviroment Awards, Martin Luther King Center. USA
2015. Los Angeles Business Council Award of Excellence in the Healthcare Architecture, Martin Luther King Center, USA
2016, 1ST PLACE, NEW REHAB AND TRAUMA HOSPITAL ACHS, SANTIAGO CHILE
PRESS APPEARANCES:
2017, CFT ARAUCO DUOC, AMBIENTES # 114, PAGES 120-127, NOV/DEC, SANTIAGO/CHILE
2016, CFT ARAUCO DUOC, VD MAGAZINE # 1055, PAGES 19-22, SEPT SANTIAGO/CHILE
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS:
Nothing
BOOKS:
Nothing
ACCOLADES:
Nothing
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
SPANISH, NATIVE
ENGLISH, ADVANCED
HEBREW, BEGINNER
COMPUTER LITERACY:
SKETCH UP, EXPERT
ADOBE IN DESIGN, INTERMEDIATE
ADOBE ILUSTRATOR, INTERMEDIATE
COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
2010, Hospitalaria Health Care conference, BICENTENARIO, RECUPERAR O PROYECTAR, Santiago/Chile
2010, CIES, Higer Ed Design conference, Santiago/Chile
2011, CIES, Higer Ed Design conference, Santiago/Chile
2012, Hospitalaria Health Care conference, CONGRESO, EL HOSPITAL DEL FUTURO, Santiago/Chile
2013, CIES, Higer Ed Design conference, Santiago/Chile
2014, Hospitalaria Health Care conference, LO ACTUAL Y LO NUEVO EN EDIFICIOS DE SALUD, Santiago/Chile
2016, Hospitalaria Health Care conference, ARQUITECTURA VIVA, ACTIVA Y SANA, Santiago/Chile
2016, Health Care Design conference, Houston/USA
SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
2010, Sanar mediante el Diseño. First People Hospital, Shunde District. China, Hospitalaria, Santiago/Chile
2014, Design in VR, PUC, Lima/PERU
2016, Nuevo hospital del trabajor: Un diseño para sanar y rehabilitar, Hospitalaria, Santiago/Chile
2013, Diseño centrado en el Paciente, PUC, Lima/Peru
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
Nothing
COLLECTIONS:
Nothing
JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
Nothing
HOBBIES:
Classic Cars, Sports, outdoor activities
CLIENTELE:
2011, DUOC UC, SANTIAGO CENTRO HIGHER ED CAMPUS
2012, CRUZ BLANCA, HOSPITAL SCHEMATIC DESIGN
2015, UTFSM, CCTVAL, SCIENCE BUILDING
2015, MBI, LAS CONDES DESIGN CENTER
2016, ARAUCO, CFT ARAUCO DUOC COLLEGE CAMPUS
2016, ACHS, REHAB AND TRAUMA HOSPITAL
WEB SITE:
WWW.GLOBAL-DN.COM
PORTFOLIO URL:
WWW.GLOBAL-DN.COM
REGISTRATION DATE:
2016-09-13 11:30:24
COUNTRY/REGION:
Chile
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
Awards received by Alvaro Velasquez Gerszencveig
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Woodbox Learning Enviroment Learning and Education Enviroment Silver A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2016 Alvaro Velasquez and Mauricio Nachmann for Celulosa Arauco/Duocuc |
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