Profile - Hazlo con Sentido


Architect and urban planner, leading comprehensive community empowerment programs, sustainable urban planning initiatives, and architectural design projects throughout Latin America. 

A holistic thinker who attends to the details, that strive to make good urban practices happen with a focus on plan implementation strategy.

Diego Collazos
Architect | Urban Planner

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Experience

More than 15 years of experience in the management, design and implementation of architecture projects, community empowerment initiatives and urban planning; collaborating with public entities, multilateral agencies, academia, NGOs and the private sector:

  • American Planning Association
  • Architecture for Humanity
  • Colegio de Arquitectos  de Santa Cruz
  • Colegio Departamental de Arquitectos  de La Paz
  • Enel Cuore
  • Fundación Cultural del Banco Central de Bolivia
  • Fundación Endesa
  • Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Caranavi
  • Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Cobija
  • Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de La Paz
  • Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Riberalta
  • Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Rurrenabaque
  • Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Santa Cruz
  • Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Trinidad
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Happy Hearts Fund
  • Nike Gamechangers
  • SURA
  • UN-Habitat
  • Universidad Católica Boliviana
  • 103 Grupo de Diseño

EDUCATION

  • Msc. Building and Urban Design in Development   | The Bartlett – University College London  |  United Kingdom  | 2008
  • Bachelor in Architecture   | Tecnológico de Monterrey  |  Mexico  | 2003

Awards

  • 2021 – Municipality of La Paz – Professional Merit | Project Recognition | Bolivia
  • 2020 – VII Santa Cruz Architectural Biennale | Honorable Mention | Bolivia    
  • 2019 – Lincoln Institute of Land Policy | Scholarship | Bolivia
  • 2014 – IX Iberoamerican Architectural Biennale | Project Award | Spain
  • 2012 – SEED – Social Economic Environmental Design | Project Award | United States
  • 2011 – Municipal Social Housing  – Architectural Competition | Second Place | Bolivia
  • 2011 – Copa Arquitectura, Nike Gamechangers | Fourth Place | Argentina
  • 2010 – XI Bolivian Architectural Biennale Bolivian | Honorable Mention | Bolivia
  • 2010 – III Santa Cruz Architectural Biennale | Honorable Mention | Bolivia               
  • 2009 – Open Architecture Challenge | Semi Finalist Project / United States           
  • 2007 – Shell Centenary Scholarship | MSc Scholarship | United Kingdom       
  • 2006 – Santa Cruz Cultural Centre – Architectural Competition | First Place | Bolivia
Contact

Av. Kantutani 900 | La Paz | Bolivia

+591 71565879

dcollazos@hazloconsentido.com