Portfolio Krupskaya Ramirez

K R U P S K A YA R A M I R E Z

Architecture Portfolio selected works [ Research

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C ur r i c ul um V i t ae Professional Experience PSP Architekten Ingenieure

December 2016 - present, [Hamburg, Germany] Sector: Architecture and Civil Engineering Occupation: Architect, Sustainability Consultant Main Activities: Architectural design, implemantation planning and costing for private projects and for the German Army and Navy. Experience in the phases LP 1-7 according to the HOAI. Projects: - New office Building Kronsaalsweg with an apartment in Hamburg. GFA: 1.900m2, Net Worth: € 4 Million.

- New 10 accomodation buildings for the German Army. GFA: 37.500m2, Net Worth: € 61,6 Million.

- New office buildign and hangar for the company HF Group in Hamburg.

GFA: 13.240m2, Net Worth: € 15,7 Million.

- New building Sports Center for the German Army. GFA: 1.670m2, Net Worth: € 3 Million.

Hofmann + Partner GbR

December 2015 - June 2016, [Bayreuth, Germany] Sector: Architecture and Civil Engineering Occupation: Architect Main Activities: Project editing, design, aprovals and implemantation planning, tender. Experience in the phases LP 1-8 according to the HOAI. Projects: - Facade refurbishment for an apartment building. Net Worth: € 1.2 Million - New planning of an ice cream shop with apartment. Net Worth: € 200,000

Personal Information

Firstname(s) Surname(s)

Gineth Krupskaya Ramirez Bustos M.Sc. Architect DGNB Consultant

[Member of the Chamber of Architects of Hamburg, AL-Nr. 09791]

Date of birth

14. 11. 1984

Place of birth

Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Nationality

Ecuadorian

Address

Strassburger Str. 7, 22049 Hamburg, Germany

Freelance Architect

May 2014 - December 2015, [Esmeraldas, Ecuador] Sector: Architecture Occupation: Architect Main Activities: Architectural and structural design, and Budgeting for an Office Building and a Single Family House in Esmeraldas, Ecuador

EFIAG Constructora

June 2011 - February 2012, [Quito, Ecuador] Sector: Architecture Occupation: Design Assistant Main Activities: Interior design and construction plans for the Canadian building construction Poseidon in Manta, Ecuador. Net Worth: $12 Million

Education Master of Science in Resource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning [M.Sc. in REAP] October 2012 - September 2014 HCU - HafenCity Universität Hamburg. Germany

Architect [Arch.], according to Anabin A5 Telephone

+49 (0) 176 27 46 90 23

E-mail

krupskaya.ramirez@yahoo.com

Linkedin

www.linkedin.com/in/krupskayaramirez/en

Xing

www.xing.com/profile/Krupskaya_Ramirez

Graduating with Honors [GPA: 9,11/10] October 2005 - January 2012 UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial. Quito, Ecuador

Environmental Engineering [Studied for three semesters] April 2002 - August 2004 UTPL - Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Highschool Diploma of Science in Chemistry & Biology April 1996 - January 2002 Colegio Sagrado Corazón [Highschool]. Esmeraldas, Ecuador

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Professional Training DGNB Consultant Training June 2019: Advanced training to become a DGNB Consultant. Certification granted by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). Hamburg, Germany

DGNB Registered Professional Training April 2019: Advanced training to become a DGNB Registered Professional. A compact course of the DGNB Academy to acquire knowledge about sustainable building and planning.

Online course “Urban Water - Innovations for Environmental Sustainability” May - June 2015: An online learning initiative of The University of British Columbia through edX

Online course “The Age of Sustainable Development” January-April 2015: An online learning initiative of SDSNEDU

Online course “Future Cities” December 2014: An online learning initiative of ETH Zurich through edX

Online course “Designing Cities” October- December 2013: University of Pensilvania through Coursera

Software Skills AutoCAD 2D + 3D drawing 3D Studio Max + Vray ArchiCAD Allplan Nemetschek Vectorworks SketchUp Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign ArcGIS Microsoft Office Climate Consultant Excel Tools: WiseWater, DGNB Speedikon

Other Skills Hand drawing Physical model making Laser cutter

Languages

Intensive Workshop of Architecture February 2009: UTE and TU München, Germany

Spanish English German

Competitions / Awards

Interests

International Architecture Competition. Mozambique Preschool [Participation]

Sustainable Architecture and Urban Planning Interior Design Photography Drawing Traveling Online Learning

December 2019: Archstorming, Architecture Competitions

Architectural Academic Excursion in China [Scholarship for excellent academic achivements] August 2010: UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial and Tsinghua University.

Hong Kong, Shanghai [Expo Shanghai 2010], Xi’an and Beijing, China

Architectural Design Workshop Contest for the Student Residence UTE [Second Prize]

[Native] [Fluent] [Fluent]

References Dipl. Ing. Arch. Christoph Bösch

Publications

Managing Director Company: PSP Architekten Ingenieure Address: Goldbekplatz 2, 22303 Hamburg, Germany Email: mail@arch-psp.de

Research Project “Sustainable Campus Planning II”

Dipl. Ing. Arch. Michael Krämer

February 2008: UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial. Quito, Ecuador

Winter Semester 2013/2014: HCU - HafenCity University Hamburg and AUTH - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Bachelor Thesis: Protection Centre for Research and Monitoring of Climate Change [Grade: 9,58/10]

Managing Director Company: PSP Architekten Ingenieure Address: Goldbekplatz 2, 22303 Hamburg, Germany Email: mail@arch-psp.de

January 2012: UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial. Quito, Ecuador

China Arquitectónica [Member of Editorial staff] [A book written by students of the School of Architecture at the UTE in addition to the Architectural Academic Excursion in China. Published in January 2012] January – April 2011: UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial. Quito, Ecuador

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C ont ent s

Curriculum Vitae

About me I am an Architect with about five years of experience living in Germany since 2012 and a member of the Chamber of Architects of Hamburg since early 2019.

My passion for Architecture and Sustainability led me to study a Masters Degree Program in Ressource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning in Germany and years later I started a professional training to become a DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) Consultant.

I have a strong interest for expanding my knowledge especially in Sustainability and get to apply it into the development of sustainable architecture projects, providing green building solutions for new and existing buildings and feasibility studies for the right use of resources such as energy, water and building materials.

Krupskaya Ramirez M.Sc. Architect DGNB Consultant

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Work as Freelance Architect

Research Projects

Office Building

Sustainable Campus Planning II

May - November 2014 Occupation: Architect Main Activities: Architectural and structural design Location: Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Winter Semester 2013/2014 Project Team: Sustainable Waste Management

Description: Project of an office building in the city centre.

The proposal was accepted and the construction is finished.

Single Family House January - March 2015 Occupation: Architect Main Activities: Architectural and structural design Location: Esmeraldas, Ecuador Description: Proposal of a residential project for a small family in Esmeraldas. The proposal and implementation plans were approved but the construction was not executed.

HCU - HafenCity University Hamburg in partnership with AUTH - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece

REAPair IT OBERHAFEN: Transforming Urban Development Areas Summer Semester 2013 HCU - HafenCity University Hamburg Hamburg, Germany

Bachelor Thesis: Protection Centre for Research and Monitoring of Climate Change Grade: 9,58 [Diploma with Honors; GPA: 9,11] January 2012 Project located in the Zapotal Island in Esmeraldas UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial Quito, Ecuador

Work as Architect

International Workshops

Accomodation buildings for the German Army

Workshop Climate Design

January 2018 - today Occupation: Architect at PSP Architekten Ingenieure Sector: Architecture and Civil Engineering Main Activities: Architectural design, implemantation planning and calculation of required quantities and cost estimation. Construction phases LP 1-4 according to the HOAI. Location: Germany

Sports Center for the German Army March 2017 - today Occupation: Architect at PSP Architekten Ingenieure Sector: Architecture and Civil Engineering Main Activities: Architectural design and implemantation planning. Construction phases LP 3-6 according to the HOAI. Location: Germany

May 2009 Project: Workstation Design in Quito, Ecuador UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial in partnership with TU München Quito, Ecuador

Architectural Design Workshop

February 2009 Project: Resort El Peñón, Luxury Hotel in Cabo Pasado, Ecuador UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial in partnership with TU München München, Germany

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Wor k as Fr eel anc e Ar c hit ec t

Work as Freelance Architect Office Building May - November 2014 Occupation: Architect Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Single Family House January - March 2015 Occupation: Architect Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Office Building May - November 2014 Freelance Architect Esmeraldas, Ecuador The project proposal is a building used for commercial purposes located in the city centre. The proposal was accepted, and the building construction is finished.

The objective is to create a building that can provide comfortable workspaces. Currently, the ground floor is used for a tourism agency, and the other two floors are used for public companies.

All facilities (social and private rooms) are distributed in three floors within a total construction area of 160 square meters.

The structure is made of reinforced concrete, walls are made of clay bricks, and the facades are made of alucobond and structural glass.

East Facade

South Facade

Section A

Section B

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Floor Plans

Office

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Construction Plans

Foundation Plans

Cross Beam Plans

Levels + 3.00 and +6.00

Beam Plans

Level +0.00

Beam Plans

Levels + 3.00 and +6.00

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Single Family House January - March 2015 Freelance Architect Esmeraldas, Ecuador Proposal of a residential project for a small family with four members. My clients are friends of mine from Esmeraldas, who wanted to build their house and asked me to design it. They were thinking to include a space that could be used as a pharmacy since they are doctors and would like to work at home.

Front Elevation

Rear Elevation

Section A

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All facilities (social and private rooms) are distributed in two floors within a total construction area of 300 square meters. The structure is made of reinforced concrete and walls are made of clay bricks. The proposal and implementation plans were approved but the construction was not executed.

Site Plan

Ground Floor

First Floor

pharmacy

Section B

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Resear c h Pr ojec t s

Research Projects Sustainable Campus Planning II Winter Semester 2013/2014 Project Team: Sustainable Waste Management HCU - HafenCity University Hamburg in partnership with AUTH - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece

REAPair IT OBERHAFEN: Transforming Urban Development Areas Summer Semester 2013 HCU - HafenCity University Hamburg Hamburg, Germany

Bachelor Thesis: Protection Centre for Research and Monitoring of Climate Change January 2012 UTE - Universidad Tecnolรณgica Equinoccial Quito, Ecuador

Sustainable Campus Planning II Winter Semester 2013/2014 Project Team: Sustainable Waste Management HCU - HafenCity University Hamburg in partnership with AUTH - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece [Complete report was published by the HCU, 2014]

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH, 2013)

Vision

Stepping Stones towards Sustainability: Social Actions

The vision towards a sustainable campus requires finding problems, a methodological approach and expected results. A main problem observed on campus was that there is no common goal towards sustainability.

Additionally, there is no union between student organizations or communication between departments. The approach is to create awareness through seminars, workshops and classes. Expected results for the active participation in workshops and competitions are student unity as well as a greater sense of community and ownership. During the competitions, students will be expected to gather as much “waste” as they can such as plastic bottles or paper, to work towards ridding the campus of unneeded waste. Students will learn what sustainable waste management is and how they can play an active role in reducing, reusing and recycling.

Main Objectives The concept of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle started in the 80’s and is fundamental in sustainable waste management. Thessaloniki’s waste goes to 1 landfill (Papachristou, et al., 2009) and is not incinerated, enforcing the need to divert waste streams.

The main objective for reduce is to divert waste from landfills through giving products a second opportunity.

Reusing local items, such as bronze cans for plantation is a tradition in the city of Thessaloniki. The bronze cans provide an optimal base for the plants, and it is said among the locals, the bronze gives extra nutrients to the plants.

The goal of recycling can be achieved in a variety of ways, through selling the product to the local recycling plants or through up-cycling the products in the workshops. Up-cycling is an art that has been practiced for many decades. When an object is up-cycled, it is given a new purpose, for example an old juice carton can become a purse.

Approaches Two approaches, each revolving around the 3 R’s, have been integrated within the project: Social and Educational actions. Social actions aim to reduce waste and implement sustainable practices while the Educational actions have a focus on bringing awareness through the seminars, workshops and classes. Each of these aspects has three phases integrated within them. Phase 1: Awareness lasts around 1 year, Phase 2: Innovation lasts around 2 years and Phase 3: Diffusion which is indefinite.

The goal for phase 1 is to have a 15% reduction, phase 2 a 30% reduction and phase 3 a 50% reduction. These reduction goals can be realized through a series of efforts based on case studies. The success of a sustainable waste management system in AUTH implies the inclusion of student participation and the community. For that reason the project proposal is administering the integration of social and educational actions as stepping stones towards sustainability. The development of these two actions includes the implementation of sustainable best practices in different scales and throughout different phases.

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Phase 1: Awareness This phase aims to teach sustainability and encourages students to take action and participate in the project. As a result of previous research, the main waste generator on the AUTH campus is paper. Therefore, practices to be applied will reduce paper waste by 15% during the first year. One of these practices is reusing cups at coffee shops on campus, which will reduce paper waste by 1.5% per year (Starbucks, 2012). Students will be compensated with a discount when they bring in personal tumblers or mugs. In addition, applying sustainable paper practices on campus will reduce waste by 12.5% per year (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, n.d.). These practices are double sided printing, using recycled paper, using e-mails as a communication mean, creating flier friendly zones, and using social media to reduce the use of flyers.

Phase 2: Innovation It focuses on reducing paper and plastic waste on campus, which is estimated to reduce waste by 30% in approximately 2 years. At this stage, the sustainable paper practices will continue to ensure the paper reduction by another 12.5% yearly. As plastic is another main pollutant factor on campus, the practice to be applied is the reduction of plastic bottles by 20% per year (Clean Air Champions, 2011). To realize this practice, competitions for collecting plastic bottles will be implemented between faculties. By creating fun activities, students are encouraged to participate and can also be rewarded with awards.

Phase 3: Diffusion Third phase aims to transform waste into a valuable resource by creating a sustainable business that will generate educational, environmental and economic benefits. Implementing this action will divert waste from the landfill by 25% annually. Second hand and upcycling markets will be created on campus, which can also be advertised in an online store.

Team members: Krupskaya Ramirez [Ecuador], Jasmin Barco [USA], Betelhem Demissae [Ethiopia]

Waste Analysis in Aristotle University From a total of 85,440 people, students and staff, 47,846,400 kg of waste was generated on campus; the equivalent of roughly 1 titanic. Figure below shows the waste stream classifications, from which the total waste stream in AUTH has been generated, the top three categories of waste on campus are Paper, Bio-waste and Plastic.

Topics for this project will focus on paper and plastic, bio-waste is complemented by team (Sustainable Mensa) which is dealing with composting.

Stepping Stones towards Sustainability: Educational Actions

Merging Actions for Sustainability Interdisciplinary Courses for Sustainability

Phase 1: Awareness First phase aims to teach sustainability by implementing seminars and integrating collaborations at the first year. The seminars focus on understanding the 3R’s principle, and applying practices into waste separation. Collaborations between AUTH and other educational institutions are fundamental. The current ECO-AUTh program and faculties can include professional staff as guest speakers by teaching the university how to handle sustainability issues. Furthermore, the use of social media is also vital because it can create a junction between ECO-AUTh and the students, as well as encourage participation.

To ensure project success, interdisciplinary courses based on sustainability fundamentals (water, material and energy) will be covered, as shown above. Participants will get certifications as an incentive which can be useful for their professional careers. AUTH has implemented the successful project “Use Efficiency” to motivate students on environmental issues through attending summer courses focus on sustainable energy issues (Papadopoulos, n.d.). Social and educational actions will engage students to be an active part in the university, as well as in the city.

Phase 2: Innovation

Sustainability is a process to be learned and integrated within the city.

Research on student participation programs in developing countries such as Ecuador has shown that students are the key factor to help the community. They must attend mandatory courses focus on environmental issues, health, literacy, citizen security and community service, taught in 200 hours in 2 years in order to graduate from high school (Ministerio de Educación del Ecuador, 2012). No doubt, student participation is the solution towards sustainability.

Second phase focuses on the inclusion of innovative programs to encourage the university community to participate. This phase lasts 2 years. At this stage, the seminars will become workshops and waste collection competitions will be implemented. Workshops focus on reusing and upcycling materials to be used on campus, such as recycled plastic bottles to improve the irrigation system, or upcycled tyres for greeneries. In addition, student participation will be possible through competitions between departments to design trash bins and collect waste on campus.

Phase 3: Diffusion Third phase aims to create mandatory classes which focus on sustainability issues and provide ideas for increasing the economy on campus by making an upcycling market. At this stage, workshops will become mandatory classes, which aim to ensure the behavioral changes on campus by encouraging community service. Through integrating students into the community, the university will have the opportunity to engage citizens and ultimately become a role model for the city. Moreover, students may create upcycled products that can be exhibited on campus or also sell them in the upcycling market.

Conclusion Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has a great potential in becoming a sustainable campus. Even if the current situation towards sustainability is not adequate, integrating the students and the community in AUTH will help attain its goal of becoming a role model to its city. Waste is a valuable resource if treated properly, it has a potential to produce income. This project aims to change the perception towards waste. The sustainable movement starting in AUTH will create a sustainable waste management system on campus through integration of reduce, reuse and recycle practices. Moreover the educational progress of AUTH will create a new sustainable standard for future generations.

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REAPair IT OBERHAFEN: Transforming Urban Development Areas Summer Semester 2013 HCU - HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany

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Team members: Krupskaya Ramirez [Ecuador], Jasmin Barco [USA], Betelhem Demissae [Ethiopia], Aissa Putri [Indonesia], Serkalem Bogale [Ethiopia]

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Bachelor Thesis: Protection Centre for Research and Monitoring of Climate Change Grade: 9,58 [Diploma with Honors] January 2012 Project located in Zapotal Island, Esmeraldas UTE - Universidad TecnolĂłgica Equinoccial Quito, Ecuador

Design Concept The architectural proposal is based on the principles of sustainable architecture, as well as bioclimatic analysis on-site that provide design guidelines to develop the project in the most sustainable way as possible.

The building’s design is based on the shape of leaves in movement, and it may also refer to the anatomy of whales or even the shape of a boat.

An aspect to point out is the common anatomy of these three elements, which structure allows to face great natural forces.

The project has a total construction area of 4.770m2 for the construction of three buildings.

The organic architectural form tries to imitate not only one of these shapes, but is also conceived as a solid structure able to withstand natural disasters mainly marine. Also, the same architectural shape helps control wind velocity by breaking down its speed, and provides greater stability against possible hurricanes.

The main building, a research station, is used to monitor climate change. Since its geographical location is one of the most vulnerable areas of the country, the research station helps prevent the local community of natural disasters, as well as the entire Ecuadorian coastal area.

A second building, a ludic museum, is designed to promote the great variety of flora of the site by including ecotourism and educational activities. The third building is a temporary worker‘s housing for 40 people including experts and staff.

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The use of local construction materials has priority for developing the project. Therefore, the structure was built with Pambil, a native bamboo tree used for building constructions in the country. Its natural characteristics make this wood the best construction material for the project. Since it can provide water resistance, high flexural strength, resistance to moisture and soil viscosity and it is in balance with the environment.

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Architectural Design Site Plan + Ground Floor

Site Plan + First Floor

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Structural Design

Ludic Museum

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Structural Plan [Roof ]

2

Structural Plan [Floor]

3

Structural Plan [Underground]

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Worker’s Housing

Research Station

Ludic Museum - Sections A and B

Worker’s Housing - Sections A and B

Research Station - Sections A and B

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Int er nat ional Wor kshops

International Workshops Workshop Climate Design

May 2009 Project: Workstation Design in Quito, Ecuador UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial in partnership with TU München Quito, Ecuador

Architectural Design Workshop February 2009

Project: Resort El Peñón, Luxury Hotel in Cabo Pasado, Ecuador UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial in partnership with TU München München, Germany

Workshop Climate Design May 2009 Project: Workstation Design in Quito, Ecuador UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial in partnership with TU München Quito, Ecuador

Site Plan

36 Team members: Krupskaya Ramirez, Raquel Acosta, Paola Arias, Daniela Merchan, Alexis Morales, Nelson Vizuete, Juan Gomez

Ground Floor

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Climate Studies + Design Use of Natural Light Study

Sunlight at 08h00

Natural Light Integration Strategies - Section A

Natural Light Integration Strategies - Section B

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Sunlight at 12h00

Sunlight at 18h00

Natural Ventilation Strategies - Section A

Natural Ventilation Strategies - Section B

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Architectural Design

Plans - First Floor

Plans - Second Floor

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North Facade

South Facade

East Facade

West Facade

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Architectural Design Workshop February 2009 Project: Resort El Peñón, Luxury Hotel in Cabo Pasado, Ecuador UTE - Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial in partnership with TU München München, Germany

Site Plan

42 Team members: Krupskaya Ramirez [Ecuador], Carolina Gomez [Ecuador], Frederike Philippa [Germany]

Design Concept

Section

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Architectural Design

Floor Plans: Main Pavilion

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Floor Plans: Beach Pavilion + Deluxe Beach Pavilion

Pavilions

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Architectural Design

Floor Plans: Ocean View Pavilion

Floor Plans: Deluxe Ocean View Pavilion

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Floor Plans: Spa Pavilion

Floor Plans: Ocean View Pavilions

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KRUPSKAYA RAMIREZ M.Sc. Arch DGNB Consultant

Strassburger Str. 7, 22049 Hamburg - Germany phone: +49 (0) 176 27 46 90 23 e-mail: krupskaya.ramirez@yahoo.com www.linkedin.com/in/krupskayaramirez/en

Architecture Portfolio

selected works [Research + Professional]

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