HECTOR ABARCA
50 Pine St. 
Nanaimo, BC. V9R 2B2 - CANADA
Phone +514.963.6298

e-mail: hrabarca@yahoo.com - website: http://hector-abarca.com/

 

1.         EDUCATION HISTORY
1.1       ACREDITATION

The Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC)
__Intern Architect, May, 2008
2008
Canadian Architectural Certification Board
__CACB # 2008 - 15655 - April 10, 2008
2008
Association of Architects of Peru (CAP)
__Licensed Architect # 9493
2006


1.2       EDUCATION

Politechnika Lubelska (Poland)
__European Master in Diagnosis and Repair of Buildings,   
____Specialization in Urban Preservation and Renewal
2010 - 2011
University of Seville (Spain)
__European Master in Diagnosis and Repair of Buildings
2009 - 2010
Catholic University of Peru / Polytechnic University of Madrid
__Master in Management in Real Estate and Construction Companies
2000
National University of Engineering (Peru)
__School of Architecture, City Planning and Arts (5-year degree)  
____Bachelor in Architecture

____Professional Title of Architect


1999
2005


1.3       POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

Lunds Universitet (Sweden)
__Advanced Training Program: Conservation & Management of Historic Buildings
__Lund, September - October / Quito, March
2005 - 2006 
Universita di Torino / International Labor Organization (Italy)
__Post Graduate Course: Cultural Projects for Development
__Turin, September - December
2004


1.4      RELEVANT COURSES & SEMINARSR

Vancouver Island University (BC)
__Green Roofs - Concepts, Systems & Incentives
__Nanaimo, June
2009  
The Architectural Institute of British Columbia (BC)
__Professional Development Courses:
__- Management of the project,
__- Construction Administration,
__- Ethics, Act & By-laws,
__- Building Code,
__- Building Envelope Principles,
__Vancouver, Septermber - December
2008
Association for Preservation Technology International (Puerto Rico)
__Annual Conference
__San Juan, November
2007
Catholic University Sedes Sapientiae (Peru)
__I International Convention Culture for Development
2003
American Institute for the Conservation - AIC (USA)
__30th AIC Annual Meeting
__Miami - Florida, June
2002


1.5      AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (European Commission) 2009
Getty Grant Program Scholarship (USA) 2007 & 2002
Consorzio Beni Culturali Italia (Italy) 2004
Swedish International Development Agency - SIDA (Sweden) 2005   
3rd. prize in the 30th AIC Annual Meeting Poster Session (USA) 2002


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2.         PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2.1       EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE & CONSERVATION
__

Robert Boyle Architecture Inc. (Nanaimo, BC)                                     
__Design Development, Construction Documentation
2007 - 2009
Catholic University Sedes Sapientiae - UCSS (Peru)
__Project Manager for the restoration projects funded by The Getty Conservation Institute
2005 - 2006
Project's Workshop (Peru)
__Design / Build - Owner
1998 - 2006             
Weberhofer Architects (Peru)
__Design Development / Job Captain
1999 - 2003
Manuel Llanos John, Arch. (Peru)
__Design Development
1996 - 1999            


2.2       TEACHING EXPERIENCE

The Art Institute of Toronto, (ON)                                                             
__Interior Planning & Décor Program
__Lecturer: Building Code & Barrier-Free Design 
2006
National University of Engineering - UNI (Peru)
__School of Architecture;Teaching Assistant
__- History of Architecture II (late gothic & renaissance)
__- Design Workshop VI - 3rd year (complex function) 
2004 -2005,
& 1999
Peruvian University of Applied Sciences - UPC (Peru)
__School of Architecture                                                                      
__Teaching Assistant: Theory of Art & Architecture - 5th year
2004   

2.3      PUBLISHED ARTICLES & ACADEMIC PAPERS

Conference: Urban Synapses
The Lublin Connection
Tektura Centrum Kultury Lublin, March 13th 2011  
Is there Nothing Outside the Text? Exhibition Desire and Domination The Navigator, Vancouver Island University, Vol.40 No. 6 Nanaimo, November 2008 
This is Fado
On Douro's river left shore
Catholic University Architecture Magazine 22 & 23 Guayaquil, April 2008 
Gaetano Moretti
A highly artistic and logical architecture
Summa+ 91; and Buenos Aires, Dec. 2007
Arkinka 130 Lima, September 2006
Peru: Be realistic.
Ask for the impossible
Delnet Journal 4 Turin, October 2007
Republican Balcony restored El Peruano newspaper Lima, October 31st 2002 
Again to Life El Comercio newsaper Lima, October 30th 2002 
An approach to the preservation of the Cultural Heritage in Peru Abstracts presented at the 30th. AIC Annual Meeting Miami, June  2002

                                    
3.      SKILLS SUMMARY

Language Proficiency: English, Spanish, Italian (Basic)                                                                    
Computing Literacy: __AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Photoshop, MS Office, Flash, Dreamweaver -----------------------

4.      PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada - RAIC
Architectural Association of British Columbia
British Columbia Historical Federation
Nanaimo Heritage Society

 
5.     TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Stages: In Ecuador, Denmark, Italy, Sweden Poland & Romania                                                                 
Other Field Trips
: To Croatia & Spain