Dr. Beatriz Maturana Cossio

General Information

Occupation: Architect, Urban Designer

Birth City: Santiago

Resident City: Melbourne

Notes: Architects for Peace, vice president and founder. Born in Santiago, Chile, Beatriz finished her architectural degree at RMIT, Australia in 1992. Her Master of Urban Design and more recently her PhD, were completed at the University of Melbourne.Beatriz's architectural work includes local government buildings such as childcare centres, maternal and child health, sport pavilions and residential and urban design projects through her own practice.

Archive/Repository: https://www.researchgate.net/institution/University_of_Chile/department/Instituto_de_Historia_y_Patrimonio/publications

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Specialties

Subject: Urban development, peace, architectural education, urban sustainability

Description: Beatriz is the Director of Academic Development and International Affairs at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Chile and Adjunct Professor in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Australia. She teaches in the areas of sustainable urbanism and art in the public space. In Australia she practised as an architect, urban designer, and as an academic at RMIT, Monash and Melbourne University. Beatriz is the founder of Architects for Peace.org.

Url: http://www.architectsforpeace.org/

Notes: Adjunct Professor RMIT University · School of Global, Urban and Social Studies within the College of Design and Social Context Australia · Melbourne, Victoria May 2012 and Assistant Professor University of Chile · Instituto de Historia y Patrimonio Chile · Santiago

Jobs

Employer: Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Chile

Title: Director of Academic Development and International Affairs at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Chile and Adjunct Professor in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Australia.

City: Santiago

Start Date: April 04, 2012

Employer: Multi-Disciplinary Team

Start Date: January 01, 2001

Notes: In 2001, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, she visited Baucau, Timor Leste to support in the establishment of a planning framework. Her architectural work includes childcare centres, maternal and child health, sport pavilions, residential and urban design projects.

Employer: IntentCITY street forum

Title: Initiator

Start Date: January 01, 2004

Employer: Under-Construction Workshop

Title: Initiator

Start Date: January 01, 2005

Employer: Transported

Title: Initiator

Start Date: January 01, 2007

Employer: Words@bld50 (Monthly Seminars)

Start Date: January 01, 2007

Employer: Pro-bono Architectural Service

Start Date: January 01, 2007

Employer: Overseas Project Corporation of Victoria

Employer: Australian Volunteers International (AVI)

Employer: Ministry of Housing (Victoria)

Employer: City of Darebin

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Notable Projects

Title: Architects for Peace

Description: An urban professional organisation dealing with social justice and development

City: Melbourne

Start Date: January 01, 2003

Url: http://www.geocities.com/architectsforpeace/

Education

Institution: University of Melbourne, Australia

Department: Architectural Building and Planning

Degree: Ph.D

Institution: RMIT, Australia

Department: Architectural

Degree: B.A.

End Date: January 01, 1992

Institution: University of Melbourne, Australia

Department: Urban Design

Degree: M.A.

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Publications By

Title: Prevention, assistance and reconstruction

Publication: Planning News- Victoria

Volume: 31

Issue: 5

Page: 19

Date Published: January 01, 2005

Title: Federation Square and the public realm: is this the new heart of Melbourne?

Volume: 29

Issue: 9

Page: 8-11

Date Published: January 01, 2003

Title: Thoughts on the restoration of basic human and professional ethics

Volume: 29

Issue: 3

Date Published: April 01, 2003

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