University of Miami School of Architecture 

Faculty

Part-Time Faculty

  • Nelson Alvarez
  • Wyn Bradley
  • Juan Calvo
  • Wendy Caraballo
  • Carlos Casuscelli
  • Gerald De Marco
  • Sebastian Eilert
  • Ted Evangelakis
  • Steve Fett
  • Rafael Fornes
  • Christopher Groves
  • Jeffrey Howard
  • Adam Krantz
  • Ricardo Lopez
  • Oscar Machado
  • Armando Montero
  • Stephen Nostrand
  • Joachim Perez
  • Carlos Ramirez
  • Edgar Sarli
  • Victor Santana
  • David Trautman

Adjunct Faculty

  • Sister Suzanne Cooke, RSCI
  • Andres Duany
  • Leon Krier
  • Rosario Marquardt
  • Stephen Mouzon
  • Raul Rodriguez
  • Sister Ann Taylor, RSCI

Administration

  • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Dean
  • Denis Hector, Associate Dean
  • Jean-François Lejeune, Director of Graduate Studies
  • Rocco Ceo, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Jorge L. Trelles

Title: Lecturer
Office Location: Building 35B, Room 110
Office Phone: 305-284-5083
E-mail Address:
Website: www.trellescabarrocas.com

Teaching Area:

Building Construction. Architecture Design Studios. Advanced Drawing Studios. Study abroad programs including Seminars and Design Studios. Historic American Building Survey

Education:

Miami- Dade Community College, Fall 1976-Spring 1978
University of Miami, Bachelor of Architecture, 1981
Cornell University, Master of Architecture, 2001

Teaching and Administrative Experience:

University of Miami School of Architecture
Lecturer Fall 1990-present
Second Year Undergraduate: Architecture Design, Studio (Coordinator)
Graduate and 4th and 5th Year Undergraduate: Architecture Design Studio
Graduate and Undergraduate Drawing Studios
Graduate and Undergraduate Building Systems I
Historic American Building Survey
Palladio Journey (travel abroad program), Inter-session 2002-2005

Graduate Rome Program:

Architecture Design Studio (travel abroad program), Spring 2002-2004
Open City Studio (travel abroad program), studio dates and sites:
Capetown, South Africa, Summer 2007
Tokyo, Japan, Summer 2006
Mumbai, India, Summer 2005
Bangkok, Thailand, Summer 2004
Lisbon, Portugal, Summer 2003
Shanghai, China, Summer 2002
Tokyo, Japan, Summer 2001
Rome, Italy, Summer 2000
Seville, Spain, Summer 1999
Athens, Greece, Summer 1998
Port Antonio, Jamaica, Summer 1997
Iquitos, Peru, Summer 1996
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Summer 1995
Cartagena, Colombia, Summer 1993
Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, Summer 1992
Merida, Mexico, Summer 1991
New London, Connecticut, Summer 1990
Cornell University College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Visiting Professor, Undergraduate Architecture Design Studio, Spring 1989
University of Miami School of Architecture, Spring 1987-Fall 1990

Recent Professional Experience:

Building Projects:
All projects executed as Principal and Architect of Record of Trelles Cabarrocas Architects located in Miami, FL

Casa Marina, 5,500 sf
4800 S.W. 85 Street
Miami, Florida

St. Katharine Drexel, 32,000 sf
Catholic Church. Weston, Florida
Multi-purpose Building and Master Plan of 18 acre site

Miami Maritime Tower, 154,000 sf
Downtown Miami, Florida
(commercial building)

Alhambra House, 120,000 sf
Downtown Coral Gables, Florida
(residential condominium building)

Fine House, 12,000 sf
10705 Snapper Creek Road
Coral Gables, Florida

Ca’ Rosa, 4,000 sf
2760 SW 23 Avenue
Miami, Florida

Cliff Hammock Guard House
Miami, Florida
(civic) (collaboration with de la Guardia, Victoria Architects)

Recent Academic and Professional Honors:

Local Peer Reviewed Design Competitions:
AIA Florida Chapter Excellence in Design, Summer 2005
Award of Merit, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart

International Peer Reviewed Design Competitions:
Second Place, New London Gateway Design, Fall 1999
Competition, New London, Connecticut
(collaboration with de la Guardia Victoria Architects)

First Place, New Amherst Ideal Plan Book House, Competition, Fall 1998
(collaboration with de la Guardia Victoria Architects)

Selected for Exhibition, Plainfield Town Center, Fall 1996
Competition, Chicago, Illinois
(collaboration with de la Guardia Victoria Architects)

Honorable Mention, Harvard Gate Competition, Spring 1984
Cambridge, Massachusetts
(collaboration with Jorge Trelles and Maritere Trelles Cabarrocas)

Publications:

Books and Monographs published:
One World- Shared Cultural Influences in the Architecture of the Americas. Co-editor with Teofilo Victoria, The 1997 ACSA Southeast Region Conference Proceedings published by the ACSA and The University of Miami.

Service:

University Committees and Administrative Responsibilities:
Curriculum Committee, College of Engineering, 2002 – present

Sylvester Cancer Center, Fall 2001
“Path of Light” Garden Installation Project
Faculty Coordinator working with the Office of Advancement and the College of Engineering

School of Architecture:

Faculty Advisor – AIAS University of Miami, 2006-present
School of Architecture Chapter

Representative of the Dean in Miami, Spring 2004-present
Chapter AIA Board meetings

Graduate Program Curriculum Committee, 2002-present

Model Shop Committee (Chair), 2000-present

Community Activities:

Advisor to Shenandoah Neighborhood Association, Miami, Florida, 1997-1998
John Westbrook, President

Carrollton School Facilities Committee, Miami, Florida, 1992-1996
Mark Reeves, Chair

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