Interviews



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- Hi
== - Thank you for appearing on our show. First let me ask you about your studies. Where did you study? You started in Venezuela, right? ==

- And where did you get your College title?
== - At the Universidad Simón Bolivar as an Architect, and I did a master degree in interior architecture at Monash University in Melbourne. ==

- So you decided to stay in Melbourne…
== - Yes, right now I´m living here in a green house near the beach designed by me. == == - Tell me a little more about your current work == == - The most important project I´m working on is a new ecological Restaurant named Mosh located in Barcelona Spain. Another thing I´m developing are 2 cafes: one in Bariloche Argentina and the other one in Caracas Venezuela. I’m having so much fun with those two. == == - Why did you choose to build cafes? == == - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is something I´m passionate for, I really love coffee shops since I was a little girl, besides that ,Venezuela where I come from, produces one of the greatest coffee beans in the world that’s why I chose Caracas to open one of my shops. == ==<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">And what projects have you done? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> == ==<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I´ve made a lot of interior design more that architectural projects; there are some houses in New York and some stores as well as in SOHO. == ==<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">What about the future? What plans do you have? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> == ==<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Next year I´m planning to move to Greece to start my biggest creation: a boutique hotel ranging between 20 to 30 guest rooms, that would be focused on offering a comfortable, intimate, and welcoming service. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> == ==<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Why did you choose Greece? == ==<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I think Greece is a gorgeous country, it has beautiful beaches and a great weather as well, besides that I think Greece needs some modern things and I hope my Boutique hotel could bring that. == ==<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">What do you think is the biggest problem facing Venezuelan architecture? == ==<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The organization, most Venezuelan people are truly disorganized starting with the government, first of all we need to change our way of thinking if we want to evolve, not only in architecture but also in the other things. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">  == ==<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">What do you think is the solution to this? == ==<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The only solution is in the education we need to make some changes, because before we can fix all our problems we have to change our way of thinking. ==

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