I am a Chilean architect, academic, and researcher. I hold a PhD in Architecture, specialising in Landscape Heritage and Conservation, from the Melbourne School of Design at The University of Melbourne, and a Master’s degree from the Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. I currently serve as Academic Secretary of the School of Architecture at Universidad Diego Portales (UDP).
My work lies at the intersection of heritage, landscape, and urban and territorial transformation. I am particularly interested in how cities and territories change, what societies choose to preserve, and how these processes unfold across the landscape. My research has focused on cultural landscapes, urban, industrial and railway heritage, World Heritage Sites, and the relationships between heritage conservation and territorial planning.
Building on my doctoral research, I have worked as an international consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), contributing to the implementation of the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach in World Heritage Sites across Latin America. I have also contributed to national territorial policy through Chile’s National Council for Territorial Development (CNDT), representing Universidad Diego Portales in its Rural Commission and the Subcommittee on Identities, Cultures and Heritage.
I am the author of the book Rieles que unen. Patrimonio ferroviario entre Estación Central y San Bernardo, published in 2022 by the Research Division of Chile’s National Cultural Heritage Service.
My work as an architect and researcher has been recognised and exhibited at the 2019 and 2025 Chilean Architecture and Urbanism Biennials. These include La Serrana, an adaptive reuse project in Santiago, presented in 2019, and Resonancias del Carbón, an artistic and heritage-based research project in Lota, presented in 2025.
