FEDERICO ORTIZ
PERSONAL INFO
Address
10 Shacklewell Road
3 Silver House
N16 7RL
London
Contact
+44 07548 167678
SKILLS
Spanish (native)
English (fluent)
German (basic)
French (basic)
Proficiency in MS Office,
Adobe Creative Suit, HTML,
Autodesk, and Rhino
Grasshopper
Excellent communication skills
Good with planning and resources management
Experienced in data handling
and cataloguing
International Team Player
Pro-active and self-disciplined
EDUCATION
London 2015 – 2016
MA History and Critical Thinking
Architectural Association (AA)
Chevening Scholar MA Candidate
Thesis title ‘co-Operative Pedagogies’
Buenos Aires 2014
Parametric Design
University of Palermo (UP)
Postgraduate Program
La Plata 2005 – 2012
Architecture and Urbanism
National University of La Plata (UNLP)
Distinction for the Highest GPA
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
London 2015 – 2016
Chevening Scholarship
Buenos Aires 2015
Francisco Bullrich Prize
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Buenos Aires 2015
Buenos Aires Ministry of Health
Second Prize with Estudio Bares
Santa Cruz 2014
Caleta Olivia Court of Justice
First Prize with Estudio Bares
Basel 2012
IAESTE Scholarship
Student Work Experience Placements Abroad
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
London 2016
Architectural Association ReLecture
Curator
A space to revisit and discuss old lectures
from the AA Audio-visual Archive
La Plata 2015
Museum of Art Emilio Pettoruti
Curatorial and Exhibition Assistant
‘Camping’ by Javier Samaniego
La Plata 2009 – 2015
National University of La Plata (UNLP)
Teaching Assistant
Tutor in groups of 30 students for different courses on
History, Architecture and Communication
City Bell 2013 - 2015
Estudio Bares
Architect
Architecture conceptual and technical assistant in all
stages of design and presentations for private
commissions and competitions
Buenos Aires 2014
TURBA Urban Workshops BA
Researcher and Workshop Assistant
City mapping with people living in slums, production
and distribution of maps as tools for political action
www.facebook.com/talleres.urbanos
Buenos Aires 2014
Changing Places / Espacios Revelados
Exhibition Assistant and Staging
‘The Invention of the Ship is the Invention of the
Shipwreck’ by Magdalena Arau
www. espaciosrevelados.com/espacios
Basel 2012 - 2013
Burckhardt + Partner AG
Intern
Design and presentations for housing projects
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
La Plata 2012
Urban and Territorial Research Centre
Researcher (UNLP)
Research Project: ‘Interventions in special landscape
units: urban parks’
La Plata 2011
Urban and Territorial Research Centre
Researcher (UNLP)
Research Project: ‘Interventions in public spaces in heritage areas'
La Plata 2011
Urban Seminars SuBA (UNLP)
Researcher / Designer
Research and design workshop on urban environments and sustainable futures
La Plata 2010
Project Research Lab LIP (UNLP)
Researcher
Documenting and reimagining neglected spaces under elevated highways in Buenos Aires
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
La Plata 2013
Local Council for integration of people
with learning disabilities
Architecture and the city workshop
Documentation and production of a short film
La Plata 2011
Gonnet School for blind children
Project title: ‘Visible and Invisible City’
Architecture workshop with blind children
Architecture and education exhibition