Courses Taught (in the last four semesters prior to current visit):
ARQU 6336 – Design VI: Advanced Design Laboratory
ARQU 6337 – Design VII: End-of-Career Project
Educational Credentials:
(2018) Master’s Degree in Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(2012) Foreign Language, Faculty of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
(2012) Bachelor’s Degree of Environmental Design, School of Architecture, University of Puerto Rico,
Río Piedras Campus.
Teaching Experience:
(2021-Present) Professor. School of Architecture, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
(2019-2020) Professor. Division of Engineering, Design and Architecture, Ana G. Méndez University, Gurabo, Puerto Rico.
(2020) Program Director of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design and
Architectural Delineation. Ana G. Méndez University, Gurabo, Puerto Rico.
Professional Experience:
(2019-Present) CMO and Lead Community Outreach. TerraFirma LL, Puerto Rico.
(2018-2019) Design Associate. Alloy Development, New York.
(2016-2017) Intern. Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, Switzerland.
(2015) Work Studio. Ito Juku with Toyo Ito, Tokyo, Japan.
Selected Publications and Recent Research:
(2016) Omishima Island, Architecture beond Modernism, Toyo Ito/Shueisha Publisher, Japan
(2015) The thinking hand (A mao Pensante), Oculum Ensalos, Achitecture & Urbanism Magazine, Brasil
Ongoing Research and Topics of Interest:
(2018) Questions of Resurgence After Collapse, Research Project, Puerto Rico Research Group
(2016) GSD Plataform 8: An Index of Design & Research, Student Project, Boston
(2015) Material Misfits and Reconstituted Assembles, Research Project, Cubain Collaboration with Luisel Zayas.
Recent Creative Work: https://terrafirmasoftware.com
Link to CV or portfolio: https://pr.linkedin.com/in/fabiola-guzm%C3%A1n-rivera-terrafirma