DIEGO AGUDELO-GALLO
Architectural & Urban Designer
March II - History and Theory of Architecture / McGill University Montreal, Canada
B. Arch - Honors - Architecture Universidad Nacional Colombia
Registered Architect CPNAA - Colombia
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English, French
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Architecture 49 - Montreal - Toronto (PRESENT)
Senior Lead Architectural Designer- Design Project Manager
M and L projects
CANADA
IBI Group Architects - Toronto
Senior Lead Architectural and Urban Designer-Design Project Manager
Team coordinator business development Latin America
L and XL projects
CANADA - COLOMBIA
T.AR Taller de Arquitectura, Urban design, Sustainability
Director 2008-Present
S and M projects
COLOMBIA
WSP GLOBAL - COLOMBIA
Director Buildings – Architecture
Team coordinator business development Colombia
L and XL projects
COLOMBIA
ARCHITECTURE 49 (Former ARCOP) Montréal
Associate
Leader Urban and Architectural Designer. Senior designer
M, L and XL projects
INDIA, CHINA, PAKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN, MOZAMBIQUE, ALGERIA, LIBYA, CANADA
DAN HANGANU
Senior designer
M and L projects
ROMANIA, ALGERIA, CANADA
FSA Architects Montreal
Senior designer
M projects
MALI
Participation In joint ventures and collaborative projects with:
Provencher Roy Montreal
Cardinal Hardy Montreal
Arcop, Karachi, Delhi
Arquitectonica New York
SWA San Francisco
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
GUEST CRITIC, INVITED LECTURER/ TEACHER
McGill University, Universite de Montreal, University of Toronto, Ryerson University
Carleton University Ottawa
CANADA
Universidad Nacional, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Colombia, Universidad Santo Tomás Colombia, Universidad San Buenaventura
COLOMBIA
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Travel grant. Council of Arts and letters of Quebec. Canada
Grant. Phyllis Lambert. Canadian Centre for architecture. Canada
Scholarship. The McGill University graduate student society. Montreal, Canada
Scholarship. School of architecture, McGill University. Montreal, Canada
Grant. Ministry of education of Ontario. Toronto, Canada
Second Place. Prize in innovation research on built heritage Ministry of culture and the French embassy Colombia.
Nominated 'Excellence Award', National University. Bogota, Colombia
Honorable mention 'Corona Award'. Bogota, Colombia
PUBLICATIONS
Book Architecture, Memory and Reconciliation (Arquitectura, Memoria y Reconciliacion)
Book. Co-author 'Genesis' urban traces on downtown Medellin.
Catalogue exhibition '70 Architects'. Institute of design of the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada
Magazine Semana. Article: 'Architects Colombians abroad'. Bogota Colombia
Book Architecture, Music and Acoustics' international seminar. Toronto, Canada Ryerson University
Magazine Book #2. Article 'Audible spaces, inhabitable instruments' Medellin, Colombia
Magazine Interieurs. Special issue with projects of ARCOP architects. Montreal, Canada
Book Co-author. 'Montreal: A written city in twelve pieces' Montreal, Canada
EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Biennale International Paper Biennale Shanghai, China
Exhibit Elevator’s Music. Recordings. Piso Alto Gallery. Medellin Colombia
Exhibit Paper surgery /graphic scores. Piso Alto Gallery. Medellin Colombia
TV Panel. 'Future cities, compact cities? with Antanas Mockus, former Mayor of Bogota. UN World Urban Forum. Medellin Colombia
Exhibit. 'Provencher Roy architects. Projects in China in partnership with Arcop architects. School of architecture University McGill Montreal, Canada
Presenter 'Brown Bag Lectures' lecture series McGill University architecture school
Presenter Pecha-Kucha, .Societe des arts technologiques SAT. Montreal, Canada
Exhibit '70 Architects'. Institute of design of the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada
Presenter international 'Architecture-Music-Acoustics' seminar. School of architecture
Ryerson University Toronto, Canada
Exhibit project Geographic music and games on the labyrinth. University of Toronto, Ryerson University
Canada
Exhibit Colombian biennial of architecture. Colombian architects abroad. Bogota, Colombia
'Subtletechnologies'.
Exhibit University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada
Exhibit "Ritual Cycles, Mapping the Labyrinth". School of architecture, McGill University Montreal, Canada
RESEARCH
Research on tropical architecture: Latitude 0
Experimental Project: Geographic Music for a garden of mirrors, screen, and dark chamber. Montreal, Medellin
Experimental Project: Games on the labyrinth. Connections between architecture, music, and theater. Collaboration with Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer. Conceptual phase sponsored by Phyllis Lambert founder director of the Canadian Center for Architecture CCA. Montreal, Peterborough
Urban Research project “Genesis” Medellin
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Member IAPMA - International Association of Paper Makers and Paper Artists
Paper Artist - Diego Agudelo-Gallo Studio - https://www.instagram.com/diegoagudelo_gallo.studio
Coordinator Exhibition “Architecture in Colombia: Seven Medellin Architects” McGill University Montreal Canada.
Coordinator Exhibition Master Program McGill University Montreal Canada
Volunteer Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) Toronto Canada
Amateur Percussionist sound collector
STUDY AND WORK TRIPS
Amsterdam, Bamako, Barcelona, Bogota, Boston, Cartagena, Chandigarh, Cordoba, Delhi, Florence, Frankfurt, Granada, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Medellin, Miami, Montreal, New York, Ottawa, Panama, Paris, Pisa, Quebec, Roma, Shenzen, Siena, Toledo, Toronto, Varanasi, Zurich.