Eugenia Macchia/Veronica Perez Lopez

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Eugenia Macchia holds a Master of Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano (2012) where she graduated with Honours with a thesis based on the research of informal sacred spaces in the province of Reggio Nell’Emilia (Italy) She is currently a 2016 Candidate for the Master of Interior Architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Eugenia has interned at B+C Architectes in Paris (2011) and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies (2013) She participated at several workshops at Archeworks in Chicago She collaborated with the office Bureau Spectacular/Jimenez Lai, MAS Studio/Iker Gil, BOX Studios – Chicago (2014) and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (2015).

 

Veronica Perez-Lopez is a Chicago-based architect She holds a five-year Bachelor in Architecture from the Universidad de los Andes (2009) where she graduated with Honors with a thesis based on urban interventions in the city of Bogota She is currently enrolled in a Master of Interior Architecture with a certificate in historic preservation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Veronica researched for an article (2005) “A More socially and environmentally sustainable city” with Bogota’s mayor Enrique Peñalosa in 1998 for the book “Urban Transformation” published in 2008 and edited by Ilkay Andreas Ruby She worked in the company Rafael Lopez Uribe y Cia in Bogota (2009-2014) where she managed the design and production of construction documents for multiple projects both commercial and residential In addition she participated at a competition in Bogota and won the design of a church located in an urban public housing development.