Karina Izquierdo

Experience

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  Echegudt et Rombaud Architectes

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2008

  Stagaire
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  Kieken Kerloveou Architectes

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Intern/Stagaire
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  IMANOL ORDORIKA ARQUITECTO Y ASOCIADOS

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Assistant Architect

  Job: Architect for phase II projectResponsibilities: Producing all of the required construction plans, installations and construction details. Project: Military Airport and headquarters, Oaxaca Mexico

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  WILCOTER

  Oct 2013 - Dec 2015

  Architect

  Job: team collaboration in projects ranging from the architecture scale, urban planning and landscape. Intervention analysis and design strategies. Proposals for refurbishments or new construction.Responsibilities: Concept development, architecture design proposals and landscape schemes. Producing creative design and ideas through: analysis diagrams, research and presentations. Project development: plans; sections; elevations; hand-drawn and sketch-up models.Projects:-Sports and Cultural Centre-Library and Museum, Shenzhen.-Creative Office Spaces, Shanghai. -Nansha Pearl Bay, commercial sea hub: Macao/Hong Kong/Guangzhou-Green Rail Corridor, Singapore-Catholic Church and Sunday School. Zhangjiagang-Xin Sha River Intervention, Zhangjiagang-Railway Station, transportation hub. Zhangjiagang, China (2015)-Kangqiao Offices, Shanghai (2014,2015)-Guangzhou, Natural History Museum (2014) Show less

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  Doma.

  Jul 2014 - Oct 2014

  Architect

  Job: direct collaboration with leader ArchitectResponsibilities: Producing the architectural project and interior design phase including all of the required plans and sections. Elaborate phase II including installation plans and construction details. Project: TV set and offices for YAHOO, Mexico. The project was conceived as a factory where graphic material is produced, therefore all of the design responded to an industrial aesthetic and open spaces.

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  Independent | Kavana Architects | Algido Consultora

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2020

  Freelance Architect and Urban consultant
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  Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Young Professional, EBAI

  Part of 'Unidad Ministro' at the "Ministerio de Desarrollo Urbano y Transporte" (Ministry of Urban Development and Transportation).Main tasks: develop the optimal route for BA towards sustainable urban development. Analysis and assessment using sustainable urban indicators to produce a public policies timeline of actions and implementations for housing, urban infrastructure, energy efficiency and climate action, framed on the NUA and a SDGs approach.

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  Céntrico

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

  Planning and Sustainable Urban Mobility Collaborator
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  SDSN Youth

  Apr 2017 - Feb 2018

  Local Pathways Fellow

  As a #LocalPathways Fellow I'm to explore how #MexicoCity can achieve #SDG 10.2 to reduce inequalities and build resilient livelihoods by raising capacity for effective climate change planning into sustainable development of informal human settlements. Including a focus on women, youth and marginalized communities to significantly reduce all forms of violence, result of the vulnerabilities they face.

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  Arup

  Jan 2021 - Sept 2021

  Research Consultant

  Research project in collaboration with UCL STEaPP. Climate justice and policy for sustainable infrastrcuture_ How to embed climate justice principles into sustainable infrastructure projects?

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  Connected Places Catapult

  Jul 2021 - Oct 2021

  Net Zero Placemaking
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  UCL Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP)

  Sept 2021 - Feb 2022

  Research Assistant

  Competencies Framework for Infrastructure Policy_ What specific competencies and types of expertise are required from infrastructure policy professionals as they address complex global challenges?

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  University of London

  Apr 2022 - Mar 2024

  Research and Engagement Officer

  Day to day coordination of programmes. London Research and Public Partnerships (LRaPP) | Executive Group Member.Led by the University of London & the City Intelligence Unit of the Greater London Authority (GLA). The Partnership is evolving among movements bringing universities and local communities, cities and regions closer together - the ‘civic universities agenda’. It encourages universities to use their expertise and organisational resources to address pressing public policy challenges. Show less

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  Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

  Mar 2024 - now

  Urban Adviser Latin America and the Caribbean

  Providing support on urban issues as they interface with climate science, policy and practice.