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Angélica Oteiza S.                2023    



Angélica Oteiza is a Mexican designer based in Cambridge, Ma.

She is interested in the multiscalar interacions between natural and human systems, with a focus on climate adaptation and resiliency strategies.

Her practice explores design as research method in a variety of mediums, ranging from writing and exhibition design to landscape architecture and planning. 

She Holds a Master in Landscape Architecture (2023) from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and a Bachelor’s in Architecture (2017) from Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has practiced across the private and public sectors, employing the power of design for innovation projects, mostly on multidisciplinary teams.


Selected Work:


01. Design

       1.1 Recharge +
1.2 Unveiled City 
1.3 Negotiating Resiliency
1.4 Wastescapes

02. Exhibition & Experience  

        2.1 Yes, But Also...
        2.2 Manchamanteles
        2.3 Participatory Design

03. Research 

        3.1 The Bricks of Harvard
        3.2 MCI Fellowship (Under Construction)
        3.3 Pennywhite Fund (Under Construction)
     

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Negotiating Resiliency


Harvard Graduate School of Design
Department of Landscape Architecture

Spring 2023

Advised by:
Bas Smets
Resiliency plan proposal for climate adaptation in Harlem’s near future.

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Design of street adaptation system for the mitigation of risks related to sorm surge flooding and cloudburst events. The system negotiates between urban life (zoning) and natural systemsin risk prone areas. 

A modular, hybrid streetscape is proposed, bringing a healthier safer and more resilient steet system to the city.