Universidad de Chile

Faculty Member, Instituto de la Vivienda

Other Affiliations: Monash University (Australia), Architecture

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Instituto de la Vivienda, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo

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Born in Santiago, Chile, Beatriz finished her architectural degree at RMIT, Australia in 1992. Her Master of Urban Design and more recently her PhD, were completed at the University of Melbourne.

Her PhD research focused on Architectural Education (content in design studio and its engagement with reality), arguing that without meaningful engagement with society, architects' contribution to crucial issues, such as climate change and poverty, will remain ineffective. Her wider research interests are concerned with how architects can improve their participation in urban decisions affecting cities and society. Underpinning these issues are ecology and social justice. Architecture and urban design education, social infrastructure and housing and the role of the city in assisting engagement of architectural education with the wider society are part of these research interests. Consistent with these aims and concerns, she established Architects for Peace in 2003 (http://www.architectsforpeace.org ).

She has worked with the Overseas Project Corporation of Victoria, Australian Volunteers International (AVI), the Ministry of Housing (Victoria) and the City of Darebin. Between 1994 and 1996, she worked in Nicaragua lecturing in architecture at the National University of Engineering and assisting Habitat for Humanity. In 2001, she visited Baucau, Timor Leste to support in the establishment of a planning framework. Her architectural work includes childcare centres, maternal and child health, sport pavilions, residential and urban design projects.

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