Sebastian Alvarado Grugiel. Architect. Nationality: ID Ecuador Date of birth: Address: Phone: Email:

Costa Rica / Poland Single 175725245-5 July 23, 1984 Av. Republica del Salvador n34-529 and Portugal, Quito. (593) 098 382 1633 alva.sebas@gmail.com

Architect / Master in Advanced Architecture. Facilitator working with north American volunteers building social projects with indigenous communities of Ecuador. Passionate about urban agriculture and green cities. Experience in design and project planning, urban design of parks and sports areas, and interior design. Knowledge of digital fabrication, parametric 3D design, interactive design, technical drawing, image and video editing, urban agriculture. Creative, excellent artcraft, leadership and teamwork. Self-teaching and traveler. Portfolio issuu.com/sebastianalvarado1/docs/portafolio_2015-saga/1 WORK EXPERIENCE

02.2016 - present 12.2015-02.2016 05.2015-09.2015 04.2015 03.2015 07.2014-12.2014 06.2014 06.2013-08.2013 01.2012-08,2012 07-2008-05.2009

Facilitator -social work, FREE THE CHILDREN. Quito-Chimborazo Amazonia, Ecuador. Architect -project design and presentations, GLOBAL Constructora. Quito, Ecuador. Architect -project design and planning in DNEXO. Barcelona, Spain. Architect -Interior design, in Fusina6. Barcelona, Spain. Designer and tutor -urban agriculture in the Media Lab Prado. Madrid, Spain. Architect -volunteering, IAAC + Refarm the city. Barcelona, Spain. Designer and tutor -Digital Fabrication in Fab10 event. Barcelona, Spain. Model builder in Canas Arquitectos. Costa Rica. Model builder in Archiplan. Poland. Architecture Assistant, Municipality of San José. Costa Rica.

EDUCATION

08.2013-06.2014 2002-2010

Master in Advanced Architecture and Digital Fabrication Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña. Barcelona, Spain. Degree in Architecture Faculty of Engineering, School of Architecture, Universidad de Costa Rica.

LANGUAGES Spanish English Polish French Catalan

Mother tongue. 100%. 90%. First level. First level.

PROGRAMS INFORMÁTICOS Rhinoceros Autocad Sketchup Photoshop Illustrator Lumion Premiere Indesign Grasshopper Ecotect Arduino Revit

High High High High High Good Good Good Basic Basic Basic Basic

SKILLS Creativity. Manufacturing and construction Digital Fabrication-3D Print, laser cutter, milling machine. Three dimensional modeling. Graphic Design. Good personal relationships with different cultures. Languages. Leadership and goal oriented. Self teaching. Prizes / Publications / Exhibitions 04.2015 01.2015 11.2014 07.2014

Urban agriculture Expo, Agroplaza 2015, Getafe, Spain. Publication, “Mycelium: Growing Architecture” in Materiability Research Network. http://www.materiability.com/mycelium Urban agriculture Expo, MACBA, Barcelona. RESHAPE Contest, honorable mention “Biotube” project. Barcelona, Spain. http://www.youreshape.com/biotube

OTHER EXPERIENCES

07.2015 01.2013- 07.2013 01.2012 - 07.2012 09.2011 - 12.2011 07.2011 - 12.2012 01.2011 - 07.2011 01.2010 - 07.2011 01.2007 - 01.2008 01.2002 - 07.2012

Project Urban Smart Food . Barcelona, Spain. Facebook / SUFJARDÍN. Interpreter English / Spanish at Language Lines. Costa Rica. English and Spanish teacher in Akademia Językowa. Poland. Customer Service EAT Restaurant in City of London, England. Travel and work in Europe for a year and a half. Author of articles in English for internet, Soft Group. Costa Rica. Sculptural Design Studies, Universidad de Costa Rica. Translation of Spanish / English documents for Dow AgroSciences. Costa Rica. Drawing cartoon art fairs.

OTHER COURSES 2015 2014 2014 2014 2010 2005 2005 2004

CYPE structural design workshop. Quito, Ecuador. Urban Food Laboratory, Refarm the City + IAAC, Barcelona, Spain. INFLUX cinemetrics workshop, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain. Basic Catalan. Consortium for Linguistic Normalisation, Barcelona, Spain. "Acrylic painting" School of Fine Arts, Universidad de Costa Rica. "Humanization of urban space" MAA conference Dr. Litt. Jan Gehl. "Introducing emotional intelligence", Universidad de Costa Rica. "Urban design for public space" conference MSc. Peter Bosselmann.

Recommendations -Jameson Voisin, coordinator Free the Children Ecuador/ jameson@metowe.com / tel: +593 098 053 7544 -Antonio Herrero, president DNEXO. . Barcelona, Spain/ a.herrero@dnexo.com / tel: +34 609 918 336. -Wojciech Rydzynski, president Archiplan. Poland/ wr@archiplan.com.pl / tel: +58 621 10 00. -MED. Mayela Solano Quiros, director of the Museum of Culture of the National University. Costa Rica, /mayela.solano.quiros@una.cr / tel:(00506) 2260-1619 Certificates of honorability Juan Torres./ jctp283@gmail.com / tel: +593 099523 8313. Stephanie Arellano./ yahoo.tefarellano@.com / tel: +593 098 873 1041. Andrea Rivera Villavicencio./ a-riverav@hotmail.com / tel: +593 099 690 4586.