Daniel Bermdez

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Daniel Bermdez Samper

Born

1950
Bogot, D.C., Colombia

Nationality

Colombian

Alma mater

University of the Andes, (BArch, 1973)

Occupation

Architect

Practice

Projects

Daniel Bermdez Y Ca. Ltd. Arq.

www.danielbermudezarquitecto.com
Tintal Public Library (Bogot, 2000)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is
Bermdez and the second or maternal family name is Samper.
Daniel Bermdez Samper (born 1950) is a Colombian architect, and Professor at the
Faculty of Architecture and Design of the University of the Andes.
Daniel was born in 1950 in Bogot.[1] His father was the well known modern architect
Guillermo Bermdez Umaa and her mother Graciela Samper Gnecco.[2] Compared to his
father's Daniel Bermudez's work is less propositive and less innovative, but his involvement
with pedagogy has provided him a position of certain relevance in Bogota's architectural
context. He is an alumnus of the University of the Andes where he graduated in
Architecture in 1973
Since 1975 he has been a faculty member of the Universidad de Los Andes teaching at the
Department of Architecture and Design. He is currently coordinator of the Degree project
course (BA), part of the faculty team in charge of thesis projects and a member of the
Architecture, City and Education (ACE) research team.

Contents
[hide]

1 Awards

2 Projects

3 Other activities

4 Personal life

5 References

Awards[edit]
He received the Bienal Colombiana de Arquitectura (1992, 1998 and 2004), the Asocreto
Concrete Excellence Award (1998, 2002, 2004)), and the XIII Premio Obras Cemex
award (2004).[3]
Bermdez critiqued the work of fellow Colombian architect Giancarlo Mazzanti[4]

Projects[edit]
Daniel Bermdez Samper has been an independent architect since 1975. His highly
awarded projects include:

Master plan for the Universidad de los Andes campus including Alberto Lleras
Camargo and Carlos Pacheco Devia buildings[5]

library, auditorium, gallery, postgraduate building and square for the Universidad
Jorge Tadeo Lozano

He was director of the collaborative city planning project Ciudad Salitre

Two of Bogots large scale public libraries

Cultural Centre Julio Mario Santo Domingo[4]

Selected works

Campus Building at the

Jorge Tadeo Lozano
University.

Other activities[edit]
Daniel Bermdez Samper was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for region Latin
America in 2008.[6]

Personal life[edit]
Daniel was born to Guillermo Bermdez Umaa, also an architect, and his wife Graciela
Samper Gnecco.[7] He married Ins Obregn Martnez de Irujo, also an architect, on 18 June
1981.[8]