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PhD Architect, MArch in Urbanism and MSc in Fine and Visual Arts Teaching by the University of A Coruña. Her doctoral dissertation, entitled Courtyards of Silence, was directed by Professor PhD Miguel Ángel Alonso del Val and Professor PhD Luis Suárez Mansilla, from the University of Navarra and deserved the highest grade. Lecturer of Architectural Design at the Department of Architectural Design, Urban Planning and Composition, ETSAC, University of A Coruña from 2008. Visiting Lecturer at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in Dominican Republic, the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and the Master Programme in Lanscape Design, organised by Fundación Juana de Vega, A Coruña. Member of the research group pARQc (Architecture and City) at the University of A Coruña. As a researcher, she is interested on architecture and emotions, aesthetic appraisal of architecture, people-environment studies and qualitative methodologies. Her papers have been published in indexed journals, like BaC, RITA and Zarch. As an architect, she built retail stores for Zara in 12 different countries, including, most notably, the outstanding refurbishment of the former church of San Antonio el Real in Salamanca, which was awarded a prize and was published in several books, magazines and specialized blogs. She founded Cohr Architects, a collaborative structure of architects and other professionals which aim is to address the recuperation of architectural heritage from the background of people-environment studies. They are building the refurbishment of a baroque palace in the old city of A Coruña (declared Property of Cultural Interest) and also a former school in the outskirts of the city, both to accommodate the use of single-family houses. She is also a partner of Cerletti&Cohr, an illustration and editorial design studio, whose more well-known creation is the comic strip of Ema&Emo.

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Employment (1)

Universidade da Coruña: A Coruna, Galicia, ES

2008 to present | Lecturer (Department of Architectural Design, Urban Planning and Composition)
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Education and qualifications (4)

Universidade da Coruña: A Coruna, Galicia, ES

2014-09 to 2015-06 | MEd in Visual Art Teaching (Pedagogy of Contemporary Visual Arts)
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Universidade da Coruña: A Coruna, Galicia, ES

2008 to 2013 | PhD (Department of Architectural Design, Urban Planning and Composition)
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Universidade da Coruña: A Coruna, Galicia, ES

2005-09 to 2007-06 | MArch in Urbanism (Department of Architectural Design, Urban Planning and Composition)
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Universidade da Coruña: A Coruna, Galicia, ES

1996 to 2002 | Architect (Department of Architectural Design, Urban Planning and Composition)
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Professional activities (6)

Unidad de Investigación Paisaje, Arquitectura y Ciudad. pARQc: A Coruna, Galicia, ES

2019 to present | Member (Department of Architectural Design, Urban Planning and Composition)
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Pratt Institute: Brooklyn, New York, US

2020 to 2021 | Visiting Lecturer (School of Architecture)
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Umeå University: Umeå, SE

2020-06 to 2020-06 | Jury Member (School of Architecture)
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Universidad de Flores: Buenos Aires, AR

2018-08 to 2018-11 | Jury Member
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Harbin Institute of Technology: Harbin, Heilongjiang, CN

2015 to 2015 | Visiting Lecturer
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra: Santiago de los Caballeros, DO

2009-04 to 2009-04 | Visiting Lecturer
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Works (5)

Bauhaus Revisited: The Human Body as a Tool in Architectural Education

2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Carla Collevecchio; Sonia Vázquez-Díaz Author; Zaida Garcia-Requejo
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Captured Emotions. Coderch's Gili House through its Photographic Archive,Emociones capturadas. La Casa Gili de Coderch a través de su registro fotográfico

ZARCH
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85046125931

Part of ISBN:

23870346 23410531

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Empty cases for emotion. Inner courtyards in Carvajal's House, Somosaguas, Madrid,Cajas vacías para la emoción. Los patios interiorizados de la Casa Carvajal en Somosaguas, Madrid

Rita Revista Indexada de Textos Academicos
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85046908194

Part of ISBN:

23867027 23409711

Contributors: Vázquez-Díaz, S.; Prieto López, J.I.; Varela, R.
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Caja de Resonancia. El patio de la casa MMI de Sostres

BAc Boletín Académico. Revista de investigación y arquitectura contemporánea
2015-07-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2173-6723
Part of ISSN: 0213-3474
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La estética taoísta en la casa de Fisac en Cerro del Aire

BAc. Boletín Académico. Revista de Investigación y Arquitectura Contemporánea
2014 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2173-6723
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