The School of Architecture was founded in 1995 and today, after celebrating it’s 15th anniversary, we begin the project of expansion and renovation of it’s facilities. This year 50 students graduated bringing the total number of graduates to over two hundred and fifty (250), since the school’s inception.

It gives us great pride that many of our graduates and alumni have been accepted at prestigious universities in both the United States and Europe.

Alumni Tom Sebastian Groogard received the Honor Award in Design from Columbia University.

Professor Beatriz del Cueto became the first Puerto Rican women and the second person on the island to receive the Rome Prize Award for 2011 in the category of Architectural Preservation and Conservation. The prize includes a scholarship for a period of six (6) months to two (2) years at their academy in Rome.  

Various groups of students completed study abroad programs this summer including trips to: New York City, Barcelona, and Corsica, France.

Arqpoli developed the project Enlace del Caño Martín Peña in collaboration with the Luis Méndez Baz and Maria Bagur Foundation furthering their emphasis on social commitment. Faculty and students also worked on the “Complete Streets” project of the AARP.

The second edition of the school’s journal Polimorfo, was published during the last academic year with the title “Other Alternatives, Other Places”.

As part of the conference cycle the school hosted José Luis Vallejo of Ecosistemas Urbanos, Mitch McEwen of Superfront, Frank Matero of UPenn, practicing architect John Habraken, Matthew Johnson of Houston University, and Pedro Urzaíz and Federico Soriano of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid. Technical conferences were also offered on themes relevant to the profession, particularly on built form and urban space.