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Shelter and housing

In Cambodia I was involved in the design of low-cost housing settlements [5,6]. In Nepal post earthquake emergency response for shelter [7] and housing reconstruction [8].

Designing with communities

The importance of stakeholders involvement in the planning process is finally being acknowledged widely. I had the opportunity of working on projects where consultations run with the community were a key component of the design process.
In some cases the initial design brief for a community center needed to be revised to match the actual need of the users [1,4]. In other cases stakeholder involvement was essential to understand alternative planning possibilities for urban communities in fear of eviction [2].
Community involvement is something needed even in context as Tokyo [3]: Tokyo University students were involved in creating a 90m long map of research themes in the visual form of a forest.
Overall these experiences were very helpful in to better understand strength and weaknesses of this process and how to integrate stakeholders’ opinion.

Architectural design

Project for private clients ranging from industrial headquarters [9], to hospitality and private housing.

Skillset

Design:
experienced in designing several typologies of building (private residential, collective housing, office headquarter, factories, public buildings). Proficient in BIM (Archicad). 

Supervision:
able to supervise construction sites ensuring quality standards are met, able to find alternative building solutions in collaboration with contractors.

Detailing:
experienced in detailing using different construction technologies (cement, stone, wood, CSEB, bricks).

Team leadership:
able to guide and manage a design team within deadlines and clients requirements.