Maria Alicia Becdach
Architect, Urban Consultant, and Academic
As an architect, her main objective is to achieve harmony with the natural, urban, and social environment, placing the user at the center of her work.
As an urbanist, she believes in the compact and smart city as a way to safeguard natural resources within the context. She has worked on interventions in fragile ecosystems, the most notable being the Urban and Territorial Development Plan for the Galápagos Islands, with a focus on the preservation of environmental services.
Maria Alicia Becdach
As an academic, her research and teaching have focused on informal settlements and urban inequalities. She served for more than 10 years as a professor of Architecture and Urban Studies at Universidad de las Américas in Quito, Ecuador, and previously for 2 years at Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial. She has also collaborated as a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN).
Education
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Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urban Design, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
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Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
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Fellow, Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania (PENNIUAR)
Team
Arq. Erick Heredia
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Universidad de las Américas
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Specialist in graphic and digital representation, and georeferenced systems.
Arq. Juan Cristóbal Sánchez
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Universidad de las Américas
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Specialist in visual arts, architectural design, urban planning, and construction.
Arq. Karen Rosero
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Universidad de las Américas
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Specialist in interior design and architectural conceptualization.
Arq. Sebastián Cárdenas
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Universidad de las Américas
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Specialist in advanced digital architectural design, urban planning, and construction. Expertise in BIM methodology management and development.
Arq. Doménica Aldás
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Universidad de las Américas
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Specialist in architectural design, geodata, and urban planning.
Team in Training
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Lesly Chango
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Daniela Cano
Architecture students, Universidad de las Américas (Final Semester)
