Hector Abarca-Torres Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, BC, CA

Vancouver, Canada Area

After 4 years we are close to finish 400 West Georgia, a 140M CAD Class A office building in Vancouver downtown for Westbank and their international stakeholders based in London, Tokio, Singapore, Toronto & Vancouver.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Design Architect and Project Manager for:- HQ by Porte: 345 residential condos w/ amenities: Six-storey wood frame, $40+ million; Surrey, BC- New St. Paul's Catholic Church for 1000 parishioners: 18,000 sf., $7 million; Richmond, BC. - 25 luxury Town homes complex in North Vancouver.

Contributing / Advising editor for the issues #33 & 35

Los Angeles

For the GCI for the Earthen Architecture Initiative / Seismic Retrofitting Project I managed the development of conservation projects in Peru, coordinating an international consultant team (UK, Spain, Italy & Switzerland) with local design architects, assisting them in the development of conservation strategies and design standards, performing regular.

http://www.lhra.ca/

At LHR I spent most of my time designing complex architectural, constructive and envelope details (in CAD or Revit) for outstanding projects like Uplands Walk Homeless shelter (LEED Gold) for BC Housing, the Nanaimo Golf Club and many others for the Greater Victoria Affordable Housing Society, Mountain West Properties, and the Vancouver Island Regional.

Nanaimo, BC

Professor of the 4th-year course Professional Presentation Skills of the Bachelor in Interior Design.

Nanaimo, BC

For RBA I worked designing and developing Independent Living and Multi-level care facilities throughout Vancouver Island, being actively involved from design development stage to site services. Other projects included Fire restoration, a Marina resort of 64 bungalows in Belize, and Condos in Nanaimo.

Toronto, Ontario

Instructor of the course Codes/ Barrier- Free Design in the Program of Interior Design and Decor.Topics covered: Ontario building and fire codes, Occupational health and safety standards, and Barrier-free / Universal design.

Lima, Peru

Adjunct professor in the 3rd-year course Design Studio 6 of the School of Architecture.Topics: design research, urban design and complex function.

Lima, Peru

Working independently I was the Project Architect for the conservation of heritage buildings (XVII to XIX c.), developed following UNESCO and ICOMOS standards for the protection of heritage sites. I have also designed a 19-unit, 7-story residential condo in Miraflores.

Lima, Peru

Adjunct professor in the 5th-year course Theory of Art & Architecture of the School of Architecture.

Lima, Peru

For the prominent modernist architect Walter Weberhofer I prepared design briefs of custom residences.I also catalogued and organized the office's extensive architectural archive that dates from 1951, making it available for researchers. On 2014 one of the drawings was featured at the MoMA's exhibition Latin American in Construction 1955-80 and now belongs.

European Master In Diagnosis And Rehabilitation Of Buildings, European Master

European Master, Diagnosis And Rehabilitation Of Buildings, Specialization In Urban Preservation And Revitalization, 8 (Notable)

Conservation And Management Of Historic Buildings

Advanced Post Graduate Course, Cultural Projects For Development

Executive Education, Nci Charrete System Program

A participative design methodology

5 Year Bachelor In Architecture (Msc. Arch. Equivalent), Architecture

Bachelor in Architecture - 2001 Professional Title of Architect - 2005

Mdi, Máster En Dirección De Empresas Constructoras E Inmobiliarias

Doctor Of Science, Urban Studies/Affairs (Got Admitted, Started The Program, But Quit)