ADAPTO student scholarships

ADAPTO student scholarships, bursaries and participation

The section below announces the results of the ADAPTO project’s scholarship program, and aims to foster collaboration between members of this group. To follow the student group’s activities, visit their Facebook page.

[+] Denisse Schmidt Gómez. Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile. Doctoral Scholarship.

Denisse Schmidt is an architect and doctoral student in Architecture and Urban Planning. Her research project, disaster risk reduction (DRR) from a multidimensional perspective in Nonguén Valley, Biobio, Chile evaluates the variables used in formal and informal public policies in DRR. The project describes administrative responses to flooding in the Nonguén valley and the contrast between different local initiatives to face natural hazards. These initiatives could be included in public policy. For more information click here.

[+] Ernesto Aragón. Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba. Doctoral Scholarship.

Ernesto Aragón is an architect and doctoral student in Technical Sciences with a specialization in Architecture at the Universidad Central in Cuba. His research seeks to identify patterns in informal adaptation practices that deal with the rising sea level on coastal settlements following an analysis of reference examples. Ernesto was a visiting scholar at the Université de Montréal, in Canada, from September 2018 to February 2019. For more information click here.

[+] Gonzalo González. Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba. Doctoral Scholarship.

Gonzalo González Camacho , is an architect and doctoral student in Technical Sciences with a specialization in Architecture at the Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de las Villas. His research is centred on developing an intervention model for the resettlement of coastal communities at high risk due to a rising sea-level caused by climate change. Gonzalo was a visiting researcher at the Universidad del Valle, Colombia, from September 2018 to February 2019. For more information click here.

[+] Diego Guzmán. Universidad Javeriana, Colombia. Master’s Scholarship.

Diego Guzmán is an engineer and Master’s student in Civil Engineering, focussed on Project and Construction Management at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. His research aims to determine the viability of implementing Public-Private-People Partnerships with a social focus pertaining to the case study of the reconstruction of Salgar, Antioquia, Colombia. For more information click here.

[+] Hector Mayorga. Universidad del Valle, Colombia. Master’s Scholarship

Héctor Mayorga, is a sanitation engineer and student of the Master's Degree in Integrated Water Resources Management of the School of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering at EIDENAR (Engineering School of Natural Ressources and the Environment). He is a research assistant on the ADAPTO project with Urban Intervention Laboratory at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. His research will evaluate a strategy for the implementation of the Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS). He is currently developing a flooding simulation model with students from the Université de Montréal to evaluate urban mitigation proposals for low-cost SUDS. Hector Fabio will undertake a research internship at the Université de Montréal in the second semester of 2018.

[+] Edwin Segura. Universidad del Valle, Colombia. Internship Scholarship

Edwin Segura is an architect with a master's degree in architecture and urban planning from the Universidad del Valle, with experience in the construction sector, project development, strategic evaluations of urban projects in the public sector, and feasibility of real estate projects in the private sector. Currently, he is a doctoral student in Environmental Sciences, in the line of environmental management of the territory at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Education of the University of Cauca. He has teaching experience in the area of urban planning, research and geographic information systems at the Universidad del Valle and the Universidad del Pacífico. The student did his internship at the Central University in Santa Clara, Cuba during the second semester of 2019. To see the complete record click here.

[+] Casandra Carrasco. Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile. Master’s scholarship

Casandra Carrasco Rubio is a student in the School of Social Work at the Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chile. She began her research project in September 2018, titled: Territorial vulnerability related to water and climate: a socio-historical analysis in the Nonguén sector of Concepcion, Chile, supervised by Juan Saavedra. The work was carried out together with students Karina Valenzuela and Victor Balboa and focused on the study of the neighbourhoods located in the Nongén Valley. The result of his research was published in the Mexican Journal "Región y Sociedad" and can be found here.

[+] Karina Valenzuela. Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile. Master’s Scholarship.

Karina Valenzuela Contreras is a student in the School of Social Work at the Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chile. Supervised by Juan Saavedra, She began her research project in September 2018, on her project: Territorial vulnerability related to water and climate: a socio-historical analysis in the Nonguén sector of Concepcion, Chile. The work was carried out together with students Victor Balboa and Casandra Carrasco and focused on the study of the neighbourhoods located in the Nongén Valley. The result of his research was published in the Mexican Journal "Región y Sociedad" and can be found here.

[+] Victor Balboa. Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile. Master’s Scholarship.

Víctor Balboa Jiménez is a student in the School of Social Work at the Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chile. Supervised by Juan Saavedra, he began his research project in September 2018, on his project: Territorial vulnerability related to water and climate: a socio-historical analysis in the Nonguén sector of Concepcion, Chile. The work was carried out together with students Karina Valenzuela and Casandra Carrasco and focused on the study of the neighbourhoods located in the Nongén Valley. The result of his research was published in the Mexican Journal "Región y Sociedad" and can be found here.

[+] Pedro Martínez. Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba. Internship Scholarship.

Pedro Tex Martínez Cuevas is an architect and doctoral student in Technical Sciences with a specialization in Architecture at the Universidad Central of Cuba. His research project will propose housing design standards for rural mountain communities that respond to the needs and expectations of the population that adapt to the context and build resilience. Pedro’s internship with the Corporacion Antioquia Presente in Medellin, Colombia, took place in August and October of 2018. For more information, click here.

[+] Roberto Castro. Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba. Internship Scholarship.

Roberto Castro Castelo is a student of the Architecture program at Universidad Central. The main objective of his undergraduate research is oriented to propose alternatives for the resilience of coastal communities to climate change (CC). The student completed an internship at Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia from January to March 2020. For more information click here.

[+] Lina Dorado. Universidad del Valle, Colombia. Internship Scholarship

Lina Marcela Dorado is a social worker doing research at the Urban Intervention Laboratory at the Universidad del Valle for the ADAPTO project. The objective of her internship is to develop synergies between the Architecture and Urbanism team and the Social Science team, made up of academics from the School of Social Work and the Centre for Public Policy at the Universidad del Bio-Bio in Concepcion, Chile. Her internship will also contribute to knowledge exchange between the Colombian and Chilean teams. Lina Marcela’s visit will take place at the Universidad del Bio-Bio in September 2018. For more information click here.

[+] Camila Soto. Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile. Internship Scholarship

Camila Soto Castro is a student in the School of Architecture at the Universidad del Bio Bio, in Chile. She received the internship scholarship from the ADAPTO project to join the Urban Intervention Laboratory at the Universidad del Valle as a research assistant and will be working through the Habitat and Sustainable Development research group. She will participate in design and collaborative construction exercises as part of urban micro-projects. These activities are part of the Laboratory’s intervention in a neighborhood park in las Americas, Yumbo, Colombia. Her internship will take place from September to December 2018. For more information click here.

[+] Bárbara Ojeda. Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile. Internship Scholarship.

Bárbara Ojeda is a student of the Social Work program at the Universidad del Bío-Bío and an intern at the Government Laboratory. She participated in the process of curricular integration of the Architecture (subject: Neighborhood Workshop) and Social Work (subject: Territory) careers. The student did her internship at Corporación Antioquia Presente, in Mocoa and in Medellín, Colombia from February to March 2020. For more information click here.

[+] Lina Caicedo. Universidad del Valle, Colombia. Internship Scholarship

Lina Caicedo is an environmental engineer and a Master’s student in Integrated Water Resource Management. Lina contributes to the ADAPTO project as a research assistant at the Urban Intervention Laboratory (Universidad del Valle). Her research objective is to develop a strategy to strengthen community-based adaptation to climate risk initiatives that have the potential to be replicated in the hillsides and scaled up to the municipal adaptation to climate change strategy for the municipality of Yumbo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Lina will hold a research internship at the University of McGill, Canada, beginning in September 2018. Her internship is part of the ELAP (Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program) funded by the Canadian government.

[+] Daniela Pando. Universidad Central de las Villas, Cuba. Travel Bursary

Daniela Pando Echemandía is a fifth-year student in the Architecture and Urban Planning program at the Universidad Central de las Villas, Cuba. She received the travel bursary to participate in ADAPTO’s international seminar and workshop “Co-existing with water” . The event focused on finding solutions for water-related challenges that affect shanty towns. Daniela is a member of the research group “Resilience and Vulnerability in the Built Environment”, where she studies the subject of her dissertation: post-disaster interventions in coastal areas menaced by the effects of climate change. For more information click here.

[+] Iliam Delgado. Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile. Travel Bursary

Iliam Delgado is a student at the School of Architecture in the Universidad del Bio-Bio. He received a bursary to participate in ADAPTO project events. Iliam participated in the seminar and workshop entitled “Co-existing with water” that took place in Cali Colombia in March 2018. His project, Vertical Community Gardens, was developed during his participation in neighborhood workshops in 2016 with Professors Hernan Ascui and Nelson Arias. During the second stage of the development of the project, he worked with Luciano Riquelme (fourth year student in 2017) and professors Claudio Araneda, Ignacio Bisbal, Roberto Burdiles, Nicolás Saez, Luis Felipe Maureira as well as Hernán and Nelson. To see the complete file click here.

[+] Karolina Ramírez Vidal. Universidad del Valle, Colombia. Travel Bursary

Karolina Ramírez Vidal is an agroecologist in training; social communicator from the Universidad del Valle and holds a master in Gender Equity Policies from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She is currently studying for a master's degree in Sustainable Development with emphasis on food sovereignty at the Universidad del Valle. The main objective of her research is to learn about experiences of transition and agro-ecological recovery in rural contexts affected by erosion and intensive use of agro-toxins. She works as a professor at the Faculty of Integrated Arts of the Universidad del Valle and is part of the work team of the Laboratorio de Intervención Urbana LIUR, where she supports the Communications and research for ADAPTO. To see the complete file click here.

[+] Bernardita Cuadra. Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile. Travel Bursary

Bernardita Cuadra Frindt is a 5th year student at the Escuela de Arquitectura at the Universidad del Bio Bio. She was selected by her faculty to participate in the seminar and workshop “Éticas de barrio” in Santa Clara, Cuba in March 2019. She was invited to this meeting due to her participation at the neighborhood workshop of the community of Nonguén, where she made an urban proposal to rescue the edge of the "Nonguén" estuary guided by professors Ignacio Bisbal and Claudio Araneda. She has outstanding skills in leadership, management capacity and creativity; last year she and a multidisciplinary group of students were awarded first place for their proposal for a challenge in innovation in emergency housing at the regional level. To see the complete file click here.

[+] Maria Isabel Vélez. Universidad del Valle, Colombia. Travel Bursary

María Isabel Vélez has just graduated as a Graphic Designer from Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. She worked on the Urbaniños research project through the “Laboratorio de intervencion urbana” with Professor Adriana López and in the last semester of her undergraduate degree, she was also linked to the ADAPTO project. She participated in the 2018 workshop in Cali, Colombia and was selected by faculty to participate in the “Éticas de barrio” Workshop in Santa Clara, Cuba. She was able to test her graphic design skills, creating the visual products for her team's propposal. For more information click here.

[+] Maria Fernanda Córdova . Université de Montréal, Canada. Travel Bursary

Fernanda Córdova is an architect and master's student in Project Management at the Faculty of Environmental Design at the Université de Montréal. The ADAPTO project funded her trip to Santa Clara, Cuba, to work on her research project. This activity took place within the framework of the Seminar and International Workshop “Éticas de barrio.” Her research explores the role of the Community Architect in the planning, design, and monitoring of housing projects in Santa Clara, Cuba. The analysis of the financial, social, environmental and political aspects of this context reveals the multidimensional nature of this key stakeholder in Cuban construction. To read the full research work, (in french) click here.

[+] Steffen Lajoie, Université de Montreal - 2018, event participant.

Steffen Lajoie is a Doctoral Student in Urban Planning at the Université de Montréal. Steffen participated in the international workshop “Co-existing with water” in March 2018 that received logistics funding as part of the ADAPTO project. Steffen’s project explores adaptation to climate change pathways and how they are influenced by access to resources in Yumbo, Colombia. Using an ethnographic approach, his work seeks to better understand how a complex social and political-ecological context interplays with power, human agency and diversity in marginalized communities to influence the opportunities and tradeoffs of climate change adaptation in the Global South.

[+] Student Group from the « Atelier Éthique et pratique(s) », Université de Montreal - 2018

A student group from the “Ethics and Practice” workshop at the Faculty of Architecture at the Université de Montréal travelled to Cali to participate in the “Co-existing with water” seminar and workshop in March 2018. They participated in the workshop alongside Master’s students in Architecture and Urbanism from the Universidad del Valle, Master’s students in Urban Planning from McGill University, and Architecture undergraduates from the Universidad del Bio-Bio and the Universidad Central de Cuba. You can see the results of the workshop here.. The posters created by the international group can be seen here.. The ADAPTO project provided the funding for the logistics of the Cali workshop.

[+] Student group "Éthique de Barrio", Université de Montreal - 2019.

The group of 13 students of the "Ethics and Practice" seminar hosted by the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Montreal traveled to Santa Clara, Cuba to participate in the International Seminar and Workshop "Éthique de Barrio" held from March 2 to 7, 2019. Twelve students from the Architecture School of the Universidad Central de Cuba, one student from the Master's Degree in Urban Planning of McGill University, one undergraduate student from the Bio-Bio University and two students from the Universidad del Valle, Colombia, also participated. The results of the workshop can be seen in full here. The final projects produced by the international groups can be consulted here. The ADAPTO project financed logistics activities of the workshop in Santa Clara.

[+] Student Group from "Ethics and Practice(s)", University of Montreal - 2020.

The group of 13 students of the "Ethics and Practice Workshop" of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Montreal planned to travel to the city of Santa Clara, Cuba to participate in the International Seminar and Workshop "Éthique de Barrio". However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic the trip was cancelled. The workshop was held virtually with the participation of Cuban and Canadian professors. The results of the workshop can be seen in full here. The final projects produced by the international groups can be consulted here. The ADAPTO project financed logistics activities of the Workshop.