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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010 - Date         Managing Partner; vengoechea + boyland ARCHITECTURE/URBAN PLANNING LLP

1995 - 2014        Vice-Chairman; NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2002 - Date         Visiting Associate Professor of Urban Planning; 

1997 - 2002        Adjunct Professor, Urban Planning;Columbia University School of Arch., Planning & Pres.

1990 - 1995        Director - Staten Island Office; NYC Department of City Planning

1985 - 1990        Principal Urban Designer; NYC Department of City Planning

1983 - 1985        Urban Designer, Office of Development; NYC Dep. of Housing, Pres. & Development

1980 - 1983        Design Development, Project Man. & Prod. Edward Larrabee Barnes & Partners

1974 - 1976        Clorindo Testa Architects

                               

EDUCATION​

1979                      M.S. Architecture & Urban Design; Columbia University

1974                      Bachelor in Architecture, Pratt Institute

1972-1973            Polytechnic of Central London

 

CIVIC/PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2015 - Date           Sundog Theater Board, Board Member.

2014 - Date           Historic District Council, Advisory Board.

2010                                          International research institute, Alicante, Spain.

2010                      International Center for the Conservation of Patrimony US. CICOP US. Founder.

App. 2003             Staten Island Growth Management Task Force.                                                          

2004 - 2007          Disaster Preparedness Task Force, AIA. Co-chair.

2007 - 2009          Alice Austen Museum. Board.

2001                      Making Great Communities Happen. Award for Excellence.

1999                      American Planning Association. Co-chair of Urban Design Task Force.

1983 - 1985          NYS Council on the Arts. Architecture, Planning and Design Panel.

1979                      Columbia University, William Kinne Fellow, Columbia University.

 

PANELS & WORKSHOPS

2017                       L'alfaz del Pi, Community Planning Workshop Coordinator, Spain.

2015 - 2017           Cave Houses of Grenada Spain, Panel & Guest.

2013                       Staten Island Imagines: Planning for Recovery Program, Co-director.

2010                       I international Seminar on Management and Revitalization of Historic City Centers,

                                Invited speaker. Spain.

2008                       IV International Congress on Heritage and History of Engineering, Invited speaker. Spain.            

2008                       Jornadas Patrimonio Urbano, Invited speaker: Ministry of Urban Development City of                                                    Buenos Aires, Argentina.                            

2008                       IX International Congress on Heritage and Building Conservation,

                                Invited speaker and lecturer: CICP, Sevilla, Spain.

2004                       Sherman Creek Planning Workshop, Facilitator, NY.    

2003                      “Preserving the Suburban Metropolis: New York City & Beyond.” Panel.

2002                      “Staten Island Tripod:  Borough/Suburb/Regional Link.” 

2001                       Site Planning Fundamentals,  APA Central America, workshop instructor.

2000                      “Signs of the Times:  A Panel on the Future of W 34th St.” MAS. Moderator.

1998                      “Land Use in the Other Boroughs.”  Panel. The Association of the Bar of the NYC.

1998                       A Plan With a View:  Sunset Park in Brooklyn. Urban design model of

                                community participation. APA/Metro Chapter and CB 7, Brooklyn.

1997                      “Seeing Communities Whole.” Panel on preservation planning. Pratt Institute.

 

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