part e – curriculum vitae

FAREstudio
CURRICULUM VITAE | January 2015
Erika Trabucco
[email protected]
+39 329 9241811
PRESENT POSITION:
Architect, Consultant, Associate of FAREstudio [Architecture office and Consultancy firm]
Vice President of BUILDaCHANGE ONLUS, Projects Coordinator
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
Licensed architect with over 9 years of experience as a team member in various scale architecture projects with
different roles [ feasibility studies, concept and final designs, BoQs, 3d modelling, graphic design, reports, etc].
Strong background as a consultant for the design, procurement, construction and assessment of projects on behalf of
FAREstudio for UN agencies, international NGOs and the EU in Sub Saharan Africa [Chad, South Sudan, Central African
Republic, Madagascar, Burkina Faso]:
 constructions/contracts/tenders/budget manager;
 project architect, design team leader;
 construction coordinator, works supervisor;
Proven track record of WASH-related consultancies and activities on the field (water pumps, latrines, water
treatment, water storage etc.), as a research theme and as part of other project management activities [non profit
BUILDaCHANGE organization’s ‘Progetto Zero’].
Experience in infrastructure, logistics and camp management;
Background in conducting technical assessments of construction projects and tender documents with experience in
assessing construction and projects standards to address gaps in processes resulting to improvement, N’Djamena and
other locations, Chad;
Demonstrated experience as visiting lecturer and workshops organizer in various contexts;
2 years experience in writing of projects proposals for private donors as Vice President of non-for-profit Organization
BUILDaCHANGE;
Extensive experience in promotional activities and communication strategies for FAREstudio and BUILDaCHANGE
projects [exhibits, conferences, awards, press].
Nationality
Date of Birth
Languages
Italian
September 10, 1977
Italian [native speaker]
English [C1]
French [C1]
Spanish [Independent speaker, B2]
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2004
2004
2001
1996
Registered Architect, Ordine degli Architetti, Paesaggisti e Conservatori della Provincia di Roma
[Architect Registration Board].
MS Degree in Architecture [5 years, Laurea Specialistica in Architettura 4S UE], with honours, La
Sapienza University, Valle Giulia Architecture Faculty, Rome, ITALY
1 year Socrates\Erasmus university exchange program, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya_UPC,
ETSAB, Barcelona, SPAIN, September 2000/July 2001
Scientific Diploma [Maturità Scientifica], 52/60, Liceo Scientifico "E.Amaldi", Rome, ITALY
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
2015
2015
Technical Project Management (TPM) in WASH emergencies, 5 weeks course, OXFAM on
disasterready.org, ONLINE
M&E Fundamentals, short course, MEASURE Evaluation with USAID, ONLINE
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2014
2012
2011
2011
2010
Planning & Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies, 7 weeks course, EPFL [École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne] and Sandec/Eawag [dr.Christoph Lüthi] with WHO and UNESCO on Coursera,
ONLINE
Mine Risk Education, 1 day workshop, MAG - Mine Advisory Group, Bentiu, South Sudan
Cours de Securité Avancé sur le terrain, Département de la sureté et de la sécurité de l'ONU, ONLINE
Cours de Base de Sécurité sur le terrain, Protection, santé et bien-etre des fonctionnaires, Département
de la sureté et de la sécurité de l'ONU, ONLINE
Water and Sanitation introduction, 2 days workshop, Austrian Red Cross, Cluj Napoca, ROMANIA
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013-2014
Final design, preparation of tender documents, selection and coordination of national consultants:
final design and construction of a 900sqm Pesticides storage complex for CNA (Centre National
Antiacridien), UTF/MAG/082/MAG: Emergency Support to the Locust Campaign 2013/14 in response
to the locust plague in Madagascar (supplies and related services)
Tulear, MADAGASCAR: Location + Rome, ITALY: Duty Station (30 days contract)
Organization: FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]
Consultancy Firm: FAREstudio
Consultancy Team leader: preparation of construction tender dossier, liaison with FAO HQ
coordinators, preparation of ToRs for national consultants (resident engineer, site survey contractor,
geological survey contractor) , follow up and remote management;
Consultancy Team member: Final design (technical drawings, specifications, reports, BoQ, etc).
2013-2014
Tenders/Projects/Buildings Assessment and preparation of guidelines/tools/recommendations
ème
[10 FED_Fond Européen de Développement
N’Djamena and other towns, CHAD: Location (6 weeks mission) + Rome, ITALY: Duty Station (6
months contract)
Organization: ON du FED/ DUE [Ordonnateur National du FED [Tchad], Délégation de l’Union
Européenne au Tchad]
Consultancy Firm: FAREstudio
Consultancy Team member:
PHASE I_Assessment and global quality evaluation of EU funded constructions in Chad [projects,
buildings, tender procedures, consultants selection criteria, works supervision, coordination and
monitoring strategies, etc.]: data and documents collection and analysis, interviews with stakeholders,
analysis of building sector and local regulations, site visits of completed and under construction
buildings, etc.
PHASE II_Preparation of set of recommendations/suggestions aimed at improving the global quality
[project’s appropriateness, building quality, environmental efficiency, process efficiency, etc.] of future
constructions to be realized in the frame of FED programs in Chad.
2012
Construction and WASH-related activities supervision and coordination in Unity State refugee camps
and INTERSOS compound, Project 1124, UNHCR, Emergency Refugee Response for Sudanese / PPG:
1SSDA - Refugees in South Sudan
Pariang/Nyeel refugee camps and Bentiu field office, Unity State, SOUTH SUDAN: Duty station (3
months contract)
Organization: INTERSOS NGO
Consultancy Firm: FAREstudio
Consultancy Team member: Final design of INTERSOS compound in Nyeel refugee camp;
Consultancy Team leader: Construction/logistics manager of INTERSOS compound in Nyeel refugee
camp; WASH advisor in Pariang refugee camp [Water, Sanitation and Hygiene]; Refurbishment-related
activities manager in INTERSOS Bentiu compound.
2012
Construction Manager for the inception phase of the works, Youths Training Center for JPN [Jeunesse
Pionnière Nationale], Bossangoa, CAR, Peace Building Fund Funding through the FAO, project
UNJP/CAF/001/PBF
Bossangoa, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Location (4 weeks mission)
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Organization: FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]
Consultancy Firm: FAREstudio
Consultancy Team leader: Construction/contract/budget management; Capacity building sessions
with construction team; Mock-ups and prototypes supervision and evaluation.
2011
Feasibility study and Preliminary Design, Pesticides storage complex for CNA [Centre National
Antiacridien], Tulear, Madagascar, United States of America funding through the FAO
project: OSRO/MAG/004/USA
Tulear, MADAGASCAR: Location (2 weeks mission) + Rome, ITALY: Duty Station (90 days contract)
Organization: FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]
Consultancy Firm: FAREstudio
Consultancy Team leader: Feasibility assessment [data collection about locally available materials and
technologies, preliminary site survey, land tenure and construction authorizations, etc.]; National
Consultant selection;
Consultancy Team member: Preliminary project design and preliminary budget.
2011
Feasibility study and Preliminary Design, FAO Headquarters refurbishment in N’Djamena, United
States of America funding through the FAO, project OSRO/CHD/006/USA
N’Djamena, CHAD: Location (6 weeks mission) + Roma, Italy: Duty station (80 days contract)
Organization: FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]
Consultancy Firm: FAREstudio
Consultancy Team leader: Feasibility assessment for the refurbishment of FAO HQ [data collection
about locally available materials and technologies, preliminary site survey, contractors selection, etc.];
installation of 3 prefabricated shelters in N’Djamena and Abéché; construction of a power generator
booth;
Consultancy Team member: Preliminary project design for the refurbishment of FAO HQ
20106-2007
Construction Manager and FAREstudio Local Representative, 1600sqm Community health center
[CBF] in Sector 27 of Ouagadougou, Private Donor [Partito dei Democratici di Sinistra] and European
Commission
Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO: Duty Station (18 months contract)
Organization: AIDOS [Associazione Italiana Donne per lo Sviluppo]
Consultancy Firm: FAREstudio
Construction Manager: Selection of local building contractor; construction contract and budget
management; coordination and monitoring of construction works;
FAREstudio Local Representative: Interface with local medias (press, television, radio), potential
donors, other NGOs and local authorities.
Other projects_as architect and team/back-office member
2006-to date
2013
2013-2014
2006
2010
2009
Refurbishment of various buildings [retail, offices, residential]; Feasibility studies and
preliminary/working drawings of various projects buildings [retail, offices, residential];
Communication and promotional activities: Organize and manage the office’s participation to
international architecture awards, conferences and exhibits; Manage the relations with international
press and media; Graphic design and video making.
Concept and prototype implementing of a summerization canopy+verandh kit for prefabricated
shelters in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan
Concept and final design of 60 sandbag schools in Mbera refugee camp, Mauritania
Concept, preliminary and working drawings, new headquarters of AIDOS-Burkina Faso (CBF)
Concept and design of Cyclone Shelter Architecture Competition, atelier PAX, Bangladesh;
Concept and design of Pediatric Health Clinic competition, Design for the children, East Africa.
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LECTURES
2014
Appropriate technologies in Developing Countries, Small Buildings/Big Changes Workshop, Tirana
Architecture Week 2014, Polis Univerisity, Tirana, ALBANIA
2013
Atelier de formation sur les matériaux locaux et les technologies appropriées, moderator, with architect
Roger Boriata and FAREstudio, Centre d'Etudes et de FOrmation pour le Développement (CEFOD),
N’Djamena, CHAD
2010-2011
Change by design_FARE for all, with Riccardo Vannucci, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano-polo
di Lecco, ITALY
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER PUBLIC EVENTS about the CBF project
2010
Italian Pavilion Selection, 12th Venice Biennale_International Architecture Exhibition, Venice_Italy [
August 29-November 21]
2010
Triennale di Milano, Milan_Italy, Green life: costruire città sostenibili [February 9-March 9]
2009
Attraversamenti, Biennale diffusa di architettura contemporanea; Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary,
Spoleto_Italy [September 24-27]
2008
XXIII UIA Congress of Architecture, Lingotto Congress Centre, Turin_Italy, Slum[e]Scape: A challenge
for sustainable development projects [June 29-July 3]
SELECTED AWARDS to the CBF project
2014
Philippe Rotthier Architecture Prize 2014, Special Prize
2010
Aga Khan Award 2010 Cycle; Aga Khan Foundation, Geneva_Switzerland – Finalist
2010
Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment; Zumtobel Group,
Dornbirn_Austria – Built Environment Category Honorable Mention
2009
Barbara Cappochin International Biennal Architecture Prize; Barbara Cappochin Foundation,
Padova_Italy – Honorable Mention, Best project for the ‘Public Architecture’ category
2008
World Architecture Festival; CCIB, Barcelona_Spain –Winner Health Category with the CBF project
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS on the CBF project
2011
MOSTAFAVI M., Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2010 – Implicate & Explicate, Lars Mueller, Baden
[2011]: 90-97
2010
ABBATE C., SPINA M., ZEVI A. [eds] – Una guida all’architettura frugale. Fondazione Bruno Zevi, Roma
[2010]:134-135
2010
MOLINARI L. [ed] – Ailati. Riflessi dal futuro, Skira, Milano [2010]: 98-99
2012
Africa Esencial, Modernindad y tradicion: un viaje por seis geografias. Arquitectura Viva, 140 [2012]:
44-45
2012
ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY - Design Like You Give a Damn [2]: Building Change from the Ground
Up , Paperback [2012]: 108-109
2012
PRESTINENZA PUGLISI L.- Collana ItaliArchitettura, Volume 6, UTET SCIENZE TECNICHE [2012]
2011
LUIS FÉRNANDEZ-GALIANO (Ed.), ATLAS Architecture of the 21° Century, Africa and Middle East,
Fundacion BBVA [2011]: 96-99.
2010
ROCCA A. – Architettura low cost low tech. Sassi, Schio [2010]: 156-165
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