Laura Hercha
Architect
Born & raised in Canary Islands, graduated as an architect at Polytechnic School of Madrid, and was habilitated in the profession at Universidad Europea de Canarias. I lived and worked in Budapest, before coming back home to Tenerife, in order to work in sustainable projects on a local scale basis.
This background gave me solid design thinking skills, taste for quality, eye for detail, urbanistic regulations knowledge, and sensitivity for landscape -I consider architecture an extension of the latter-.
I am happy to deliver comfortable & functional solutions, where quality timeless spaces frame people's memories.
Laura Hernández Chamorro
registered architect nº 3826 COACTFE
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The islands are an ocean of talent. Among other professionals, depending on the scope of the project , I collaborate with the following experts:
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Aparejadora
Beatriz Antolín Valero
Any residential/commercial construction site in Spain needs to be supervised by a team called “Dirección Facultativa” formed by an engineer with the Spanish title “aparejador” (Director of Execution) plus an architect (Director of Project). Both share responsibility on what is built, and both defend the promoter's interests against the construction company that executes the works: taking care about economy, quality and design.
Through practical knowledge, she shares her experiences on both social media and at building site, making her a great communicator. As an expert on the design and construction of pools, she supervises large scale projects on the islands. With a few decades of experience at the construction site, she is still open to new challenges, to those projects that have Je ne sais quoi.
At the design stage, she contributes as a consultant on feasibility and economy topics. During the execution stage she will take care to build the detailed budget of material cost estimation of the project, as Quantity Surveyor. This document is key at tender phase, and will become the guideline to track the pace of the works, and make the payments in stages according to what has been built. She will also double check that everything is laid and executed as planned, attending and assisting the construction site.
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Artisan
Gloria Peña Molina
Graduate in Fine Arts with a specialization in Sculpture, she channels her creativity as an artisan a.k.a. Gloria Sombra. During her time in Morocco, Turkey and the south of Spain she learned different vernacular rammed earth building techniques from local master artisans (certified ECEVET Earth Building).
Once back on the island, she completed a Master in bio-construction project management, and founded “La Envolvente”, a company applying and restoring calc-based cladding. She loves working with her hands, sharing this -ancient- knowledge.
Her didactic labor is key in the transmission to the new generations not only of the know-how, but the health benefits of going back to the simple and natural solutions.
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Historian
Noelia Oliva García
Graduate in Art History, Graduate in Preservation & Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Master in Cultural Patrimony Management, with a Diploma as Professional Expert of Advanced Technology for Management and Documentation of Cultural Patrimony. Furthermore, she is currently writing her Ph.D.. at the Arts & Humanities program in Universidad de La Laguna.
She worked on several projects of digitalization and inventory of cultural heritage, directed the Area of Students, Young Creators and Researchers of the Hispanic Studies Institute of Canary Islands (2020-2024), and is part of the editorial committee of the magazine Nexo
It is always good to have a conversation with, and always good to count on before the historical report about cultural values of a protected building is required in order to present the building license, or when both theory and hands are needed to preserve and restore any given element.
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Landscape architect
Marina Zaldúa Setién
Passionate horse rider who graduated as a Master architect at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and as a Landscape architect from the University of Copenhagen. She works on rural architecture renovation projects (from the Oh, nonono! until the WOW), with sustainable materials and budgets at the Basque coast and South of France.
We talk the same language - BIM teamwork & hand sketches - so we can work together when more hands are needed, or in a project that requires a licensed landscape architect on the team. She also speaks French and Euskera, which makes her think in different ways.
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