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Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla
CWHS Research Fellow & Assistant Professor
E-mail: ibarr002@umn.edu
Bio
Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla is currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture and a Research Fellow at the Center for World Heritage Studies (CWHS) at the University of Minnesota. He holds a Degree in Conservation and Restoration of the Built Patrimony from the Excellence Program of the Carolina Foundation and the University of “Alcala de Henares”, Spain. Benjamin is a registered architect in Mexico; he graduated from Autonomous National University of Mexico with a Merit Award. He has been awarded for his research and restoration work on sixteenth and seventeenth century colonial buildings in Oaxaca, Mexico. His work in masonry, geometry and stereotomy has been published numerous times and he has lectured in academic institutions of Mexico, Spain and the U.S. Recently he participated in the Baku inventory system program with CWHS-UNESCO and was directly involved in the advisory team for the dossier nomination of Batanes Islands in the Philippines with CWHS. His expertise involves building technology through case studies, analysis of ancient mason techniques, studies of stereotomy and studies of architectural form by descriptive geometry methods.
Education
Universidad de Alcala de Henares and Carolina Foundation Excellence Program, Madrid, Spain. 2005
Master Degree in Conservation and Restoration of the Built Patrimony.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM. Mexico City 1994
Licensed Architect with distinction (professional degree to practice architecture).
Expertise
Building technology
Descriptive Geometry
Stereotomy and ancient stone tracery and cutting
Courses
ARCH 5550: Topics in Technology – Build Design
ARCH 5517: Structural Systems
ARCH 5513: Visual communication techniques – BIM and Descriptive Geometry
ARCH 5281: Design Studio
ARCH 5110: Architecture as Catalyst – Stereotomic Structures
ARCH 5101: Architectural Design Studies – 3+ program
ARCH 4511: Building Methods
ARCH 4313: Visual communication techniques – Descriptive Geometry
ARCH 4283/4282: Design Studio
ARCH 3301: Drawing for Design in Architecture
ARCH 2281: Design Fundamentals II
Publications
Research / book: “The Heritage of Icheri Sheher at Baku Azerbaijan”. World Heritage Center UNESCO. 2009.
Essay: “The City of Oaxaca as a World Heritage Site”. Book in commemoration of the 475th anniversary of Oaxaca City. Casa de la Ciudad, Harp Foundation. 2007
Essay: “Can BIM inspire a new direction in Architectural Education?” With Renee Cheng. ACSA National Conference Proceedings. 2007
Article: “The stereotomy of the Open Chapel at Teposcolula, Mexico”. Loggia Magazine Number 20, College of Architects, Valencia, Spain. 2007
Essay: “Sixteenth Century Indigenous Architecture, and the Monastic House of San Juan Teposcolula, Oaxaca”. ARPA Conference Proceedings, Valladolid, Spain. 2006
Illustrations: “Constructing Ideas". Only illustrations, written by the Lance Lavine. 2004
Article: " Open Chapel of Teposcolula, a parenthesis in the history"; article for “Bitacora” magazine, UNAM. 2001
Editorial: "The Restoration of Santo Domingo de Guzman at Oaxaca". Editorial assistance and Restoration Process Drawings only. 2001
Presentation: Drawings displayed at the National Palace of Beauty Arts within the International ICOMOS conference at Mexico City 2000
Article: "Open Chapel of Teposcolula, an intervention that prepares professionals" “Gaceta” Magazine, School of Architecture UNAM. 1998