ABOUT
Diego Rojas
Diego Rojas was born in Las Cabras, a small town in the central of Chile.
In 2003, he relocated to the southern city of Osorno to pursue a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning at the State School of Architecture, University of Los Lagos, situated in the heart of Chilean Patagonia one of the southernmost architecture schools on the planet .
He later moved to the United Kingdom, where he completed a Master of Science in Architectural Technologies and Building Performance at Edinburgh Napier University. His postgraduate studies focused on Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and the strategic implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in small architectural practices.
Now based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Diego has over four years of experience in the Scottish architecture and construction industry.
He has successfully led the design and delivery of more than 20 built projects, ranging from domestic renovations to commercial developments.
Alongside his architectural practice, Diego is an active writer, passionate musician, a natural cyclist, a basketball player, and a loving father.
Why these subjects?
Architecture, Music, Outdoor life, Art&Culture and Bicycle.
First of all, he is an Architectural Designer graduated in Chile, passionate and love with everything that he does is a part of his soul combined with excellent knowledge of technology and techniques. Secondly, He is a Sax player, with a great interest in every kind of sounds and music. He has played in different group and band, and now he is developing his Jazz skills with the Scottish band, Novatown - Edinburgh Bossa Nova Collective.
He also is a co-founder of the outdoor education Cerro Arriba Foundation. Is an organisation located at Patagonia, Chile created in 2015.
There he has been working with children and people interested in understanding and learn how to live in and with nature, developing different kind of activities, such as seminar, talks, a workshop between others.
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