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Cecilia Puga and Paula Velasco, “(Some) Characters in Search of an Author”

Photograph of a central courtyard of a building, with small trees in the courtyard and many surrounding windows.

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The GSD’s Spring 2021 Public Programs are all virtual and require registration.

Scroll down to find complete registration instructions and additional information about accessing the GSD’s programs.

Audience members are eligible for 1.5 AIA Continuing Education Learning Units after attending this event. Please visit the AIA website for more information.

Speaker

CECILIA PUGA – PAULA VELASCO ARQUITECTURA connects independent professionals from various disciplines and specialties.  Its structure and expertise are adapted to the specific areas in which it operates, in order to provide innovative and high-standard professional services at different scales and fields. Through different international competitions, the studio has been in charge of the new headquarters of Chile’s Ministry of Cultures and Heritage, the infrastructure design project for Queulat National Park, and the masterplan and preliminary project for Punta Arenas’ International Passenger Terminal. Recently, together with architect Smiljan Radic, they obtained the first place for the design of the Chilean Pavilion for Expo Dubai 2020.

CECILIA PUGA

Director and founding partner of CECILIA PUGA – PAULA VELASCO ARQUITECTURA.

Architect, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 1990. Since 1995 she has developed her professional practice independently in Santiago, where she has carried out design projects at different scales and programs, from single-family homes (most notably the House in Bahia Azul), to collective housing, educational and industrial equipment, and urban design such as the renovation of public spaces in Cerro Toro. She has developed her academic activity at Universidad Católica de Santiago, at Austin’s University of Texas (2007 and 2015), GSD Harvard (2009) and at BIAarch in Barcelona (2011) and ETH Zurich’s School of Architecture (2017-2019),

PAULA VELASCO

Director and founding partner of CECILIA PUGA – PAULA VELASCO ARQUITECTURA.

Architect, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2005. Master on Science Emergent Technologies and Design, Architectural Association UK, 2010. Undergraduate and Master’s Professor at Universidad Católica de Chile’s School of Architecture.

Screenshot from a virtual event. Cecilia Puga and Paula Velasco appear in two small squares on the right. A larger rectangle contains their PowerPoint presentation, which shows a photo from protests in Chile, with a tower of people and a burning fire in the background. There is a bright green background behind Cecilia, Paula, and the PowerPoint.

Screenshot from a virtual event. Three rectangles show Cecilia Puga, Paula Velasco, and Mark Lee, and they are all surrounded by a bright green background.

How to Join

Register to attend the lecture here. Once you have registered, you will be provided with a link to join the lecture via Zoom. This link will also be emailed to you.

The event will also be live streamed to the GSD’s YouTube page. Only viewers who are attending the lecture via Zoom will be able to submit questions for the Q+A. If you would like to submit questions for the speakers in advance of the event, please click here.

Live captioning will be provided during this event. A transcript will be available roughly two weeks after the event, upon request.

Harvard University welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact the Public Programs Office at (617) 496-2414 or [email protected] in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for American Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance. Please note that the University will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability.

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