Mercedes (arg, ita) is an architect. She has recently been a Research Associate at the •Harvard Graduate School of Design’s •Office for Urbanization (2018-2021). She holds an MArch II degree and a Certificate in Media and Modernity from Princeton School of Architecture (2017) in addition to her professional diploma in architecture from Universidad de Buenos Aires (2012). Before Harvard, Mercedes worked in New York (2017-2018). Teaching and guest crit experience includes: Princeton SoA, Harvard GSD, Boston Architectural College, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, and Universidad de Buenos Aires. She was part of the Princeton-Columbia research and design team for Beatriz Colomina’s and Mark Wigley’s Istambul Biennial •“Are We Human?” (2016), and a presenter for the 2017 ECAADE conference at Sapienza Università di Roma. In Buenos Aires, Mercedes practiced as an architectural designer through various initiatives involving a craft and material oriented focus, from the building of temporary installations to the design of small domestic spaces, and medium scale public works, among which •Estudio cV’s Alcorta Monument stands out. Her written work appears in •Summa+ Magazine, where she has been a permanent collaborator between 2013 and 2015. Latest projects include design research and editorial work in: the re-use of obsolete infrastructure in Buenos Aires, mobility oriented design in Miami, branding and cultural heritage, identity systems, and the design/curatorship of Harvard’s •Future of the American City initiative. Other academic leadership endeavors involved the planning and convening of the Harvard GSD’s Office for Urbanization conference “Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas” to be held in March 2020 (postponed due to Covid-19). New editorial and curatorial work features a recently co-edited volume, • “NESS.docs 02: Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas” with • NESS, Florencia Rodriguez, and Jeannette Sordi. Recent endeavors include completion of Healthier Materials & Sustainable Buildings Certificate from Parsons Healthy Materials Lab. For more blurb, send a note.
Skills
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Rhino3d
- Autocad 2-D
- Critical Thinking
- Innovation Strategy
- Intercultural Communication
- Research Design
- Branding Design