Selected Projects 2019 - 2024
Master in Science in Architecture and Urban Design (GSAPP), Master in City Planning (FAU), Architect licensed in Chile.
Patricio A. Munoz
Patricio A. Muñoz
New York City, NY + 1 (646) 642 9987 pam2213@columbia.edu
pam2213.myportfolio.com/
Education
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GSAPP
New York City, US.
05 / 2024 - expected graduation 05 / 2025
Master in Science in Architecture and Urban Design (MSAUD)
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE - FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CITY PLANNING
Santiago, Chile.
03 / 2020 - 03 / 2022
Master in City Planning
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE - FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CITY PLANNING
Santiago, Chile.
03 / 2013 - 01 / 2019
B.ARCH and professional licence on Architecture
UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile.
05 / 2023 - 11 / 2023
Certificated in territorial leadership for water security for governamental officers.
Languages
Spanish (native)
English (advanced)
German (learning)
Professional Experience
CITIES FORWARD
New York City, US _____ 01 / 2025 - present
Design Consultant
Supporting Cities Forward program, lead by ICLEI, Resilient Cities Catalyst, by developing the early stage of “Freeport The Garden Village Project”, working with Grand Bahama Island authorities. Part-time
MERCER PLANNING ASSOCIATES
Hudson County, NJ. US _____ 10 / 2024 - 12/2024
Community Engagement Assistant
Facilitated community outreach for the Hudson County bus network redesign by translating materials, conducting surveys, and assisting residents in providing feedback. Part-time.
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF SANTIAGO - CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Santiago, Chile _____ 04 / 2023 - 05 / 2024
Urban Designer
Supported the Santiago Regional Plan revision, coordinated global collaborations (LSE, C40, CONEXUS-EU), proposed urban design solutions, and developed initiatives like the Urban Innovation Platform and Indigenous Wetlands.
NGO “OBRA COMÚN”
Santiago, Chile _____ 06 / 2020 - 12/2024
Executive Director
Led community engagement initiatives in a small NGO, improving urban conditions in informal migrant settlements. Designed a community arts center and supported community-led park projects.
TALLER OPERA PRIMA ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO
Santiago, Chile _____ 03 / 2019 - 03 / 2023
Project Manager
Led high-profile projects from small initiatives to medium-sized industries. Advised on design standards, participated in competitions, and edited publications and audiovisual works.
Academic Experience
GSAPP COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
New York City, US _____ 09 / 2024 - 12 / 2024
Graduate Teacher Assistant
Assisted in Urban Design Studio II Fall semester: Community Change Studio in Appalachia region. Faculty coordinator: Thad Pawlowski.
UNIVERSIDAD
DE CHILE - FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CITY PLANNING
Santiago, Chile _____ 03 / 2017 - 12 / 2023
Teacher Associate
Assisted in Architectural Studio I. Supported teaching processes and ensured student well-being. Managed presentations, materials, and coordination tasks.
3D MODELING AND CAD
Rhinoceros + Grasshopper (expert)
SketchUp (expert)
Archicad (advanced)
3DS Max (advanced)
AutoCAD (expert)
Lumion (expert)
Maxwell Render (advanced)
GIS
QGIS (expert)
ArcMap (expert)
ArcGIS Pro (advanced)
ArcGIS Online (advanced)
DESIGN AND EDITING
Photoshop (expert)
Illustrator (expert)
InDesign (expert)
Premiere (advanced)
After Effects (advanced)
PROGRAMMING AND SCRIPTING
Python (intermediate)
Rstudio (intermediate)
Visual Code HTML+CCS (intermediate)
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
MS Office (expert)
Notion (advanced)
Slack (advanced)
AI TOOLS
LLM (advanced)
Midjourney/Stable Diffusion (advanced)
Runway (intermediate)
Awards, Competitions & Publications
Merit-based Scholarship AKA ALPHA Foundation
New York City, US. 2024
Full Scholarship Master in City Planning, Universidad De ChileFaculty Of Architecture And City Planning. Santiago, Chile. 2020-2022
3rd Prize BIENAL XXI ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM
Santiago, Chile _____ 01 / 2023
Third prize with“Otros Habitats” in a exhibition competition
1st Prize NO MAN’S LAND COMPETITION
US-Mexico Border _____ 05 / 2020
Award-winning proposal “Purgatorium” around internationals boundaries
3rd Prize CORMA
Santiago, Chile. _____ 09 / 2017
Thrid prize with “Parque de los antiguos oficios” in a woodoriented architectural competition.
ATLAS OF LOCAL ARCHITECTURE
Coyhaique, Chile
2023/10
Editorial project showcasing unpublished local, remote, and emerging architectural practices.
Co-authored Chapter in “IDEA & POLÍTICA PÚBLICA”
Santiago, Chile 2022
Authored analytical article on Chilean housing policy and socio-political impacts in architecture.
Green Infrastructure, Community Revitalization, Water Restoration
US
Mixed-use, civic design, urban redevelopment.
CHL
Cultural Facitilies, Timber structure, Zero carbon footprint Professional, CHL
Curatorial biennale exhibition, ecological issues, underrated architectural narratives Professional, CHL
Small-size urban redevelopment, proximity, local identities
Professional, CHL
Stormwater Management, Ecological Resilience, Urban Flood Protection
US
Urban Reconnection, Green Integration, Public Space Activation
CHL
Regional Planning, Strategic Development, TOD Approach, Green-Blue Infrastructure
Professional, CHL
River Connectivity, Landscape Integration, Universal Access Professional, CHL
Urban Bridging, Topographic Integration, Social Equity
CHL
Healthy Together
06. Blue Scar
03. Public Library Valdivia
05. Local Buin
Positions
02. Carena
07. Social Justice on Highways
08. Santiago Metropolitan Plan
09. Coybre
10. Alma de Coyhaique
Healthy Together
Reimagining Johnstown’s Moxham, this project transforms Sam’s Run with innovative green infrastructure. Daylighting channelized streams improves water quality, reduces flood risks, and fuels local entrepreneurship, affordable housing, and community hubs—revitalizing an industrial legacy with sustainable, water-based interventions.
Academic Collaboration: Bing Li, Dolyagritt Wonggom and Xinyu Zhang. Supervised by Thaddeus Pawlowski Scale: Neighborhood Year: 2024
Patricio A Muñoz
By daylighting Sams Run, we enhance a community-based, resilient, and safe public space. Bing Li + Patricio Muñoz.
PHOTOSHOP
1. Daylight Sam’s Run
2. Gathering spaces Life and activities
3. Bring life to Sam’s run 4- Healthy Together components
Physical model of Healthy Together. Bing Li + Dolyagritt Wonggom + Patricio Muñoz.
Patricio Muñoz.
Vibrant and gathering spaces. Dolyagritt Wonggom + Patricio Muñoz.
From traditional grid street to gathering spaces by activating underutilized lots and buildings. Bing Li + Patricio Muñoz.
Urban design proposal aims to bring to Sams Run and the neighborhood. Xinyu + Patricio Muñoz.
Patricio A Muñoz
Testing housing and public space in empty lots.
Patricio Muñoz.
Ideas on collage. Magazine and books cuts on paper. Patricio Muñoz.
SKETCHUP HANDMADE COLLAGE
PHOTOSHOP
Daylighting Sams Run and celebrate it by resilient and safe public spaces. Dolyagritt Wonggom + Patricio Muñoz.
PHOTOSHOP MAXWELL RHINO GRASSHOPPER
housing and porch in Moxham,
Early rendering and process. Annotations by me and Dolyagritt
Reference:
Johnstown, PA.
Carena
The city of Talca was severely impacted by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in 2010. Since then, the city has reinvented itself, rebuilt, and found new energy to elevate urban development in a smaller city. Carena is a proposal presented to the Municipality of Talca, Chile, to transform the former Talca prison into a civic center and mixed-use development. It incorporates affordable housing, offices, public services, communityfocused commercial spaces, and venues for cultural and artistic activities.
Professional Collaboration: Taller Opera Prima Architectural Studio + Pablo Quintana, Ivan Soto, Camila Molina.
Scale: Urban Year: 2022
Patricio Muñoz + Ivan Soto.
RHINO VRAY PHOTOSHOP
Affordable housing and office levels. Camila Molina + Patricio Muñoz
Cultural spaces. Marcela Ponce + Patricio Muñoz
Public services level. Joaquin Rodriguez + Patricio Muñoz.
Public space level. Maria Jose Gomez + Patricio Muñoz.
Patricio A Muñoz
The apparent complexity contrasts with the constant search for human-scale spaces that are diverse and reflect a variety of identities. Patricio Muñoz.
RHINO VRAY PHOTOSHOP GRASSHOPPER
Public Library Valdivia
The Public Library in Valdivia competition reimagines a regional library and archive for Los Ríos, Chile. Two rotating volumes generate an intermediary space connecting city and tsunami-prone river. The design opens a public ground floor while elevating secure archive functions, separating public access and private storage.
Professional Collaboration: Taller Opera Prima Architectural Studio Scale: Urban Year: 2023
The building is constructed entirely with solid wood, creating a warm atmosphere. It faces the sea, connects different levels, and offers areas for children, with active library spaces alongside private zones.
Positions
Positions, awarded third place at Chile’s Architecture and Urbanism Biennial, highlights diverse projects by licensed architects. It challenges traditional boundaries by showcasing both celebrated and overlooked works—from public buildings to unconventional sites. This curation sparks dialogue on memory, belief, nature, and evolving architectural practices.
Professional Collaboration: Taller Opera Prima Architectural Studio Scale: Urban Year: 2024
The project is set in front of Santiago’s Palacio de la Moneda, which also displays the country’s largest flag. Its scale and perspective echo the palace, yet it diffuses into a sculptural installation in the plaza. LUMION
Exploring the idea of movement, and the movement of the pavilion.
Drawings on the building’s programming and scale relative to the Palacio de la Moneda.
The exhibition forms the backdrop for daily discussions. It is not only about the content but
display.
Local Buin
Local Buin repurposes a former semi-industrial building from peripheral Santiago, Chile, once dedicated to vegetable, fruit, and grocery trade. Restored façade and upgraded interiors create a modern yet humanscaled structure that invigorates urban life, sensitively engaging its neighborhood and gradually transforming the local context.
Professional Collaboration: Taller Opera Prima Architectural Studio Scale: Neighborhood Year: 2023
Exploring roof size by physical model
The project reveals spaces that hide and appear, thanks to its flexible, skin-like quality.
Internally, the project is organized in layers that connect the interior with the exterior.
PHOTOSHOP
LUMION
LUMION
ARCHICAD
ARCHICAD
ARCHICAD
The idea behind the façade: a balanced design that connects interior and exterior through color, scale, and proportion.
CORTE PERSPECTIVADO/ ESC 1 50
Blue Scar
Addressing New York’s CSO challenges, Blue Scar repurposes stormwater to create a resilient ecological infrastructure. By strategically relocating vulnerable communities and designing park-like edges, this dynamic system activates during rain, protecting people and ecosystems while mitigating sewage overflow and urban flooding.
Academic Collaboration: Seunghu Kim, Jiali Jia and Maissa Eid. Supervised by Nans Voron and Sagi Golan.
Scale: Urban Year: 2024
Catalog and zoom in-out idea on sketches.
Flooding Scenarios
Childhood and educational facilities
CSOs and The Flooded City
Driver Pollutants in waterways
Coastal life
Understanding how water goes. Seunghu Kim + Patricio Muñoz.
Exposure analysis. Seunghu Kim + Patricio Muñoz.
Patricio Muñoz.
Depicting the CSOs consquences and key drivers to address it. Seunghu Kim + Patricio Muñoz.
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Ward Island (MN-BX) Sewershed
002
Northriver (MN) Sewershed
003 Newtown Creek (MN-BK) Sewershed
004
Bowery Bay (QN) Sewershed
005
Hunts Point (BX) Sewershed 006
Tallman Island (QN) Sewershed
Red Hook (BK) Sewershed
Rockaway (QN) Sewershed
008 Jamaica (QN) Sewershed
009 26th Ward (BK) Ward Sewershed
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Owls Head (BK) Sewershed 011
Coney Island (BK) Sewershed
013 Oakwood Island (SI) Sewershed
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Port Richmond (SI) Sewershed
Blue scar entrance and affordable housing. Patricio Muñoz.
Blue scar filled with stormwater. Patricio Muñoz.
LUMION RHINO
Social Justice on highways
Embracing the inevitability of highways, this proposal reclaims urban spaces by concealing and integrating roadways with green infrastructure. Reactivated public spaces and local amenities reconnect divided neighborhoods, fostering equitable, long-term urban renewal in areas facing imminent concession renewals.
Professional Collaboration: Department of Regional Planning, Santiago Metropolitan Government. Isabel Brain.
Scale: Metropolitan Year: 2023
QGIS
PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR
Highways are evenly distributed, but in vulnerable areas, they run at grade, dividing the city and deepening social and economic inequalities. Patricio Muñoz.
In some areas, it is possible to find two completely different urban developments and social fabrics along the highways. By capping the highway and properly managing public space, those gaps could be partially addressed.
In central areas, the newly available land could attract investment in communities in need.
Mobility hubs are located along highways, but they do not provide public or green spaces around them.
Two vulnerable areas that existed before the highway now suffer from even deeper vulnerability and a lack of public and private investment.
Santiago Metropolitan Plan
By 2050, Santiago faces climate crises, inequality, and disasters, with 10 million residents. The plan advances resilience through: 1) Sub-centralities for equitable access via multimodal infrastructure, 2) Ecological planning with biological corridors, and 3) Risk mitigation of anthropogenic, seismic, and flood hazards. The goal: a resilient, equitable city prioritizing wellbeing over the next 25 years.
Professional Collaboration: Regional Government of Santiago, Department of Regional Planning Scale: Regional, Metropolitan Year: 2023
This proposal tackles the climate crisis, anthropic and geological risks, and territorial inequality. It focuses on enhancing job opportunities in intermediate cities, consolidating biological corridors, and promoting resilience by identifying and addressing risk areas. Patricio Muñoz + Isabel Brain.
A centralized model of the metropolitan city to critically understand how spatial, economic, and social relationships occur around Santiago, represented here as a gravitational system. Patricio Muñoz.
The challenges and opportunities posed by the metropolis and the intermediate and smaller cities within its area of influence. Patricio Muñoz.
Transforming gray infrastructure into green-blue structures effectively showcases best practices and implements resilient solutions. Patricio Muñoz.
Muñoz
Zooming into Melipilla
Depicting Santiago’s southwest, highlighting urban expansion that disrupts green space continuity. Patricio Muñoz.
Biological corridor through the integration of current plots, canals, and land trust conservation. Patricio Muñoz
The update to the Metropolitan Plan of Santiago strongly considers the regional public transport corridors connecting cities like Melipilla. Patricio Muñoz + Valeria Lopez.
PHOTOSHOP
PHOTOSHOP
Flooding multicriteria analysis. Patricio Muñoz
Proximity to Rivers and Estuaries
Proximity to Planned Parks
Proximity to Existing Parks
RSTUDIO ILLUSTRATOR Melipilla, an intermediate city near Santiago, suffered from river pollution, illegal mining, and flooding. Addressing these issues with green-blue infrastructure, social spaces, and crime prevention could revitalize the area, transforming it into a thriving, sustainable community. Patricio Muñoz + Valeria Lopez
PHOTOSHOP
Coybre
Coybre reconnects Coyhaique’s city center to its riverside cliffs via a universally accessible, gracefully curving bridge. Emphasizing simplicity and effectiveness, it fosters respectful, multi-sensory connections over commercial overload, promoting slow, enriching access to the river for both human and ecological well-being.
Professional Collaboration: Taller Opera Prima Architectural Studio Scale: Urban Year: 2021
The copper plates used beneath the structure were designed to protect it and shine on both sunny and overcast days.
On snowy days, the structure serves as a guide or landmark in the absence of other distinguishing elements.
By drawing each detail of the site, we hope to understand the subtle connections and spatial practices at both endpoints. Patricio Muñoz
Constanza Cousins + Patricio Muñoz.
Constanza Cousins + Patricio Muñoz.
Clay testing. Matias Vilches + Patricio Muñoz
Initial exploration of brightness and curvature Patricio Muñoz
The slope shaped intimate yet safe curved areas, offering layered views of the landscape: close-up, near, distant, and far away. Matias Vilches + Patricio Muñoz
Alma de Coyhaique
In Coyhaique, upward urban growth creates social and economic divides. Our strategy reconnects fragmented communities through targeted interventions that integrate movement patterns, topography, and risk zones. This design crafts pathways, social infrastructure, and public spaces that bridge the city’s diverse landscapes.
Academic (capstone)
Location: Coyhaique, Chile.
Individual (supervised by faculty advisor Jorge Iglesis Guillard)
Scale: Urban
Year: 2019
Brightness, covered public spaces, and open yet safe green-blue spaces were key drivers in the design of this small city in Patagonia.
Ecological Connectivity
Enhance green and blue corridors for better ecology and linkage.
Urban Pathway
Connect key city zones through a continuous public network.
Resilient Network
Strengthen urban ties with a connected public-nature space system.
Community Spaces
Design public areas that support local needs and interaction.
Creekside Route
Create a lower-level path to link spaces and nature.
D. Co-op farm and communal space
E. Multi-generational playful space
F. Soccer field
G. Community services center
a. Pool
b. Entrepreneurship incubator
c. Music and arts spaces
d. Offices and cowork
e. Multiuse space
f. Public services
A. Performative art center
B. New multi-modal bridge
C. Community greenhouse
The creek was misused, polluted, and served as an informal landfill where illegal sand mining took place daily. By addressing flooding concerns, crime conditions, and introducing green-blue infrastructure, social spaces, and gathering areas, this place could thrive again.
Covered public spaces for harsh winters in Coyhaique would encourage year-round use of public spaces, extending their usability beyond summer.
RHINO VRAY
PHOTOSHOP