Daniel Bermúdez

Daniel Bermúdez Samper
Born 1950
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Alma mater University of the Andes, (BArch, 1973)
Occupation Architect
Practice Daniel Bermúdez Y Cía. Ltd. Arq.
www.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 (born 1950) is a Colombian architect, and Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the University of the Andes.

Daniel was born in 1950 in Bogotá.[1] His father was the well known modern architect Guillermo Bermúdez Umaña and her mother Graciela Samper Gnecco.[2] Compared to his father's Daniel Bermudez's work is less propositive and less innovative, but his involvement with pedagogy has provided him a position of certain relevance in Bogota's architectural context. He is an alumnus of the University of the Andes where he graduated in Architecture in 1973

Since 1975 he has been a faculty member of the Universidad de Los Andes teaching at 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 Excellence Award (1998, 2002, 2004)), and the “XIII Premio Obras Cemex” award (2004).[3]

Bermúdez critiqued the work of fellow Colombian architect Giancarlo Mazzanti[4]

Projects

Daniel Bermúdez Samper has been an independent architect since 1975. His highly awarded projects include:

Selected works
Campus Building at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University. 

Other activities

Daniel Bermúdez Samper was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for region Latin America in 2008.[6]

Personal life

Daniel was born to Guillermo Bermúdez Umaña, also an architect, and his wife Graciela Samper Gnecco.[7] He married Inés Obregón Martínez de Irujo, also an architect, on 18 June 1981.[8]

References

  1. Fernández de Calderón, Cándida (2006). Arquitectos iberoamericanos, siglo XXI (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Mexico City: Grupo Financiero Banamex. p. 111. ISBN 978-968-5234-58-0. OCLC 123408200. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. García Vásquez, Julio Cesar. "Ernesto Samper Pizano, Familiares Y Parentela" (PDF) (in Spanish). Interconexion Colombia. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. 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
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  5. http://danielbermudezarquitecto.com/ficha.php?idProyecto=15
  6. http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T1174/DanielBermudezSamper.htm
  7. García Vásquez, Julio Cesar. "Ernesto Samper Pizano, Familiares Y Parentela" (PDF). Genealogía Colombiana (Family tree) (in Spanish) 4. Interconexion Colombia. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  8. Restrepo Sáenz, José María; Restrepo Posada, José; Rivas, Raimundo (2000). Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá, Volume 6 (Genealogy book) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Editorial Presencia. p. 127. OCLC 28546996.


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