2018 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

157 Architect Marcela Jacobo (Argentina) Full professor in the Department of Spatial Design at the School of Design and Communication, University of Palermo. She delivered the lecture “Pop-up Store: A New Way of Selling and the Challenges of Its Design” on November 22. Architect Michelle Campos Morais (Brazil) Architect Letícia de Castro (Brazil) Dr. Luciani Neves (Brazil) Architect Mateus Rosada (Brazil) Dr. Luiza Segabinazzi Pacheco (Brazil) Architect Samuel Silva de Brito (Brazil) Dr. Ricardo Souza (Brazil) Architect Renata Venturini (Brazil) Faculty members of the Architecture and Urban Planning program at the Federal University of Santa Maria—Cachoeira do Sul campus. They visited La Casa Uruguaya LATU, along with a delegation of 49 students from the Architecture and Urban Planning program at the Federal University of Santa Maria, with the aim of learning about a sustainable building and meeting some of the members of the winning team of the Solar Decathlon Latin America and Caribbean 2015, on February 28. Giovanni Di Prete, B.A. (Brazil), Dean of Architecture at the Belas Artes University Center in São Paulo. He met with the academic secretary of the School of Architecture, Architect Graziella Blengio, to discuss a partnership between the two schools, November 20. Architect Juan José Ugarte (Chile), Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC). Director of the Center for Innovation in Wood. He delivered the lecture “Wood Professionals in the 21st Century: New Educational Pathways,” June 14. Dr. Peter Dechent (Chile), Director of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Concepción. He delivered the lecture “Transfer of Tensioned Wood Panel Technology to Chile: Research, Construction, and Follow-up,” November 9. LECTURES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2018 Dr. Peter Dechent