Daniel Bermúdez

Daniel Bermúdez Samper
Nationality	Colombian
Alma mater	University of the Andes
Work
Practice	Daniel Bermúdez Y Cia. Ltd. Arq. http://danielbermudezarquitecto.com/
Projects	Tintal Public Library (Bogotá, 2000)

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Bermúdez and the second or maternal family name is Samper.

Daniel Bermúdez Samper is a Colombian architect, and Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the University of the Andes since 1975 and Principal of Daniel Bermúdez Arquitecto in Bogotá, Colombia^[1]

Early Life and education

He graduated from the Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, with a degree in architecture in 1973.

Professional career

Since 1975 he has been a faculty member of the Universidad de Los Andes teaching in the Department of Architecture and Design. He is currently coordinator of the Degree project course (BA), part of the faculty team in charge of thesis projects and a member of the Architecture, City and Education (ACE) research team.

Awards

He received the Bienal Colombiana de Arquitectura (1992, 1998 and 2004), the Asocreto Concrete Excelence Award (1998, 2002, 2004)), and the “XIII Premio Obras Cemex” award (2004)^[2].

Projects

Daniel Bermúdez Samper has been an independent architect since 1975. His highly-awarded projects include: master plan for the Universidad de los Andes campus including “Alberto Lleras Camargo” and “Carlos Pacheco Devia” buildings^[3]; library, auditorium, gallery, postgraduate building and square for the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano; director of the collaborative city planning project Ciudad Salitre; and two of Bogotá’s large scale public libraries.

Selected works

Campus Building at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University.   Public Library El Tintal.

Other activities

Daniel Bermúdez Samper was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for region Latin America in 2008.^[4]

Personal life

Daniel was born to Guillermo Bermúdez Umaña, also an architect, and his Graciela Samper Gnecco.^[5] He married Inés Obregón Martínez de Irujo, also an architect, on 18 June 1981.^[6]

References

1. ^ http://danielbermudezarquitecto.com/
2. ^ http://www.sociedadcolombianadearquitectos.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=181:iii-semana-del-arquitecto-sca-regional-bogota-y-cundinamarca-&catid=46:noticias-nacionales&Itemid=99
3. ^ http://danielbermudezarquitecto.com/ficha.php?idProyecto=15
4. ^ http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T1174/DanielBermudezSamper.htm
5. ^ García Vásquez, Julio Cesar. "Ernesto Samper Pizano, Familiares Y Parentela" (in Spanish). Genealogía Colombiana (Family tree). Interconexion Colombia. http://www.interconexioncolombia.com/documentos/genealogia/tomo4/1.%20GENEALOGIA%20COLOMBIANA/1-4%20%20ERNESTO%20SAMPER%20PIZANO%20FAMILIARES%20Y%20PARENTELA.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 
6. ^ Restrepo Sáenz, José María; Restrepo Posada, José; Rivas, Raimundo (2000) (in Spanish). Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá, Volume 6 (Genealogy book). Bogotá: Editorial Presencia. p. 127. OCLC 28546996. 

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