B.Arch M.Urb.Des. PhD (The University of Melbourne)Born in Santiago, Chile, Beatriz finished her architectural degree at RMIT, Australia in 1992.Her Master of Urban Design and more recently, her PhD, were completed at the University of Melbourne.Her PhD research focuses on the topic of Architectural Education (content in design studio and its engagement with reality).Beatriz’ wider research interests are concerned with how architects in Australia can improve their participation in urban decisions affecting cities and society-underpinning these issues are ecology and social justice.Consistent with these aims and concerns, Beatriz established Architects for Peace in 2003.Beatriz has taught architecture and urban design at RMIT University (Master of Public Art) and she tutors at the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning.As an Australian volunteer she lecturer for the University of Engineering in Managua, Nicaragua, where she taught in architecture and introduced the topic of gender and ecology themes to the curriculum.She also had a major role in developing the curriculum for Architectural studies and in assisting Habitat for Humanity in their delivery of rural low-cost housing.As an architect working for the City of Darebin, Beatriz was part of an Australian team of planners and architects working in-country with local partner organisations and Baucau’s District Administrator assisting to establish a framework for a body to govern the planning of development of Baucau, in East Timor.Beatriz has 17 years of professional practice as an architect and urban designer.During this time she has worked for private practices, including her own, Archimage.

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