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ORT Highlights at Home Fest 2025: Sustainable Architecture and Landscaping in Uruguay

April 22, 2025
On Thursday, April 24, and Friday, April 25, three leading figures from the School of Architecture at Universidad ORT Uruguay in Home Fest 2025, a free home-focused festival at Antel Arena.
ORT Highlights at Home Fest 2025: Sustainable Architecture and Landscaping in Uruguay

Architect and Psychologist Paula Rial and Professor Cecilia Sgarbi will present the lecture “Designing and Building: Patios, Terraces, and Balconies” on Thursday, April 24, at 6:00 p.m., while Architect Eliseo Cabrera will give the talk “Green Architecture: The Case of Singapore” on Friday, April 25, at 4:00 p.m.

Design and build: patios, terraces, and balconies

Rial, academic coordinator of the Landscape Design Technician program, and Sgarbi, a professor of Plant Material Management in that program, will explore the keys to designing and building functional, aesthetic, and sustainable outdoor spaces.

Green Architecture: The Case of Singapore

Cabrera, academic coordinator of the Specialization Diploma in Sustainable Architecture and an energy efficiency specialist, will analyze green urban planning strategies in the case of Singapore. 

The three professionals combine academic training and practical experience in sustainable architecture and landscape architecture in Uruguay. Paula Rial is a landscape architect and instructor for Workshop 1 and the Landscape Architecture Workshop; Cecilia Sgarbi directs La Protea Paisajismo; and Eliseo Cabrera, in addition to his role at ORT, leads La Casa Uruguaya, winner of the 2015 Solar Decathlon and the 2016 Energy Efficiency Award.

 
 
 
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The participation of these leaders is expected to raise the profile of sustainable architecture in Uruguay and foster collaboration with landscape architecture professionals.

How to Attend Home Fest 2025

The festival is free and will take place from April 24 to 27, 2025, at Antel Arena (4001 Dámaso A. Larrañaga Ave., Montevideo); on Thursday and Friday from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.