HECTOR ABARCA
# 207 – 280 Cypress St. 
Nanaimo, BC. V9S 1R9 - CANADA
Phone +250 753 5936
e-mail: hrabarca@yahoo.com - website: http://hector-abarca.com/

 

1.         EDUCATION HISTORY--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1       ACREDITATION

Intern Architect, The Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC)
__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

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

 

1999helor in 2005

1.3       POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

Lund University - Dep. of Housing, Development & Management (Sweden)
Advanced Training Program: Conservation & Management of Historic Buildings
Lund, September - October / Quito, March

2005-06 

Universita di Torino / International Labor Organization (Italy)
Post Graduate Course: Cultural Projects for Development
Turin, September - December

2004

1.4      RELEVANT COURSES & SEMINARS

Vancouver Island University (Canada)____________________________ Green Roofs - Concepts, Systems & Incentives __ _ ____ _ __ _ ____ _ __ _ ____ _ Nanaimo, June

2009  

The Architectural Institute of British Columbia (BC - Canada)
Continuing Education 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 - APT (Puerto Rico)
Annual Conference: Old World Technologies Adapting in the New World
San Juan, November

2007

Catholic University Sedes Sapientiae, (Peru)
I International Convention Culture for Development
Conservation, Management, Promotion & Valuation of Cultural Goods

2003

American Institute for the Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (USA)
30th AIC Annual Meeting
Miami - Florida; June

2002

1.5      AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

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

 

2.         CAREER HISTORY
2.1       EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE & CONSERVATION

Robert Boyle Architecture Inc. (Nanaimo, BC - Canada)                                     
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)
Head Architect

1998-2006             

Weberhofer Architects (Peru)
Design Development / Job Captain

2003 &
1999-2000

Manuel Llanos John, Arch. (Peru)
Design Development

1996-99            

2.2       TEACHING EXPERIENCE

The Art Institute of Toronto, (ON - Canada)                                                             
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) 

2004-05,
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

Is there Nothing Outside the Text? Regarding the photographic exhibition ...

The Navigator, Vancouver Island University’s student newspaper Volume 40 Issue 6

Nanaimo, November 2008 

This is Fado
On the left shore of the Douro river

Architecture Magazine of the Catholic University of Guayaquil 22 & 23

Guayaquil, April 2008 

Gaetano Moretti
A highly artistic and logical architecture

Summa+ 91; and

Buenos Aires, Dec. 2007

Arkinka 130

Lima, Sept. 2006

Peru: Be realistic. Ask for the impossible

Delnet Journal 4

Turin, October 2007

Republican Balcony restored

El Peruano (official newspaper)

Lima, Oct. 31th 2002 

Again to Life

El Comercio 

Lima, Oct. 30th 2002 

An approach to the preservation of the Cultural Heritage in Peru

Abstracts of papers presented at the 30th. AIC Annual Meeting

Miami, June  2002

                                    
4.      SKILLS SUMMARY

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

5.      PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

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

 
6.     STAGES, TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

In Italy, Scandinavia and Ecuador


6.1       Other Field Trips  
 

To Romania and Spain