Francisco Vásquez May

Architect and Co-director of Manglar

CFIA A-20965

Education

2024 Design and Construction Techniques with Wood and Bamboo. ENGINEER: Juan Tuk. CIC.
2023 Domocaña bamboo and engineered clay construction workshop. By architect Lucia Garzón and engineer Ximena Londoño, Bamboo and Guadua Paradise, Quindío, Colombia.
2021 Earthworks workshop experience "Muro Tapial" by Karen Poulain of Raíz Arquitectura, Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
2020 Natural Building Workshop with Bahareque. By Nic Donati of Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica.
2019 Executive BIM Methodology + Tools. BIM+ Creative Academy.
2019 Sustainable Development and Peace Workshop. By Ashley Wroe, Cartago, CR.
2009 Bachelor of Architecture, University of Costa Rica.
2008 Design of Public Space and its Components. School of Architecture, UCR. by Architect Jordi Henrich, University of Barcelona.
2006 1st Seminar on How to Design and Build Architecture in Bamboo “Guadua”, Veritas University.
2005 Seminar The Humanization of Urban Space, by Professor MAA Dr. Litt. Jan Gehl of the School of Architecture of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

2024 Panelist at the INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE SEMINAR, organized by the Western University Center – University of San Carlos of Guatemala.
2023 "Regenerative Construction and Design" Discussion, Organized by Rio Urbano, San José, CR
2023 CACR Panelist Discusses "Housing for the Local Context." Webinar with Architect Cinthia Carpio. San José, CR
2023 Panelist at the “Diploma: Land as a Refuge and Sustenance.” Raíz Arquitectura and Tecorral Estudio, Mexico.
2022 Workshop facilitator at the Earth Construction Workshop: Casa Estrella, Bahareque Technique. Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica.
2022 Workshop facilitator at the Earth Construction Workshop: Tapial + Bahareque, Pérez Zeledón, San José, Costa Rica. In collaboration with Karen Poulain of Raíz Arquitectura, Mexico.
2020 Panelist at the CACR Webinar “Historical Biennial” of the CR College of Architects.

2018 Speaker at the technical tours of the 1st Latin American Congress on Sustainability, Ecology and Evolution (SEE), Parque Viva.
2014 Exhibitor 1st Public Art Meeting: Dissent in Public Space, School of Plastic Arts, UCR.
2012 Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MADC) Lobby Exhibitor.
2012 Urban Intervention Soundscape, FIA (International Festival of the Arts), Sabana Park, San José.
2011 Collective Exhibition 9/4, Curated by Filippo Tattoni‐Marcozzi
2011 Urban Intervention Artificial Fauna, Transitarte Festival, National Park, MSJ, San José.

2021 Honorable Mention. Architectural Preliminary Design Competition for the San Lucas Island National Park Visitor Center (CFIA).
2021 Honorable Mention. "Habitat, Innovation, and Wood" Architectural Preliminary Design Competition, social housing category. Swiss Embassy, ONF, ICOMADERA, CFIA.
2018 Biennial Grand Prize and 2018 National Biennial Prize. Built Architectural Design Category. 14th International Architecture Biennial.
2010 II Furniture Biennial “A Seat for the 21st Century” Costa Rica: Exhibition of seats made from reclaimed materials. VERITAS.
2010 10th International Architecture Biennial, San José, Costa Rica. Participation in the urban design and research category. Urban Park of the Children's Museum. Proposal for Urban Regeneration and Recovery of Public Space, Paso de la Vaca, San José.
2009 First Place in the sustainable and ecological design competition at the Camaronal Reserve. Presentation at the School of Landscape Architecture in the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at the State University of New York (SUNY-ESF).
2008 Arquitectum Competition, London. Design of an adaptable gallery across the River Thames, sponsored by the Architectural Association of London.