Sonia R. Chao

Teaching Area:

Sustainable/Environmental Design; Historic Preservation; Urban Design

Teaching and Administrative Experience:

University of Miami, School of Architecture Director, Center for Urban & Community Design, 2005-present
University of Miami, Research Assistant FT faculty, 2003-present
University of Miami: Research Affiliate and Part-Time Faculty, 1997-2003
Georgetown University: Fiesole Program, Lecturer 1989
Florida International University and Cornell University: Associate Director
Joint Program in Urban Development and Part-Time Faculty, 1997

Education:

Bachelor of Architecture, University of Miami
Master of Science in Architecture, Columbia University

Licensure:

Registered Architecture, Florida

Professional Practice:

Principal, Sonia R. Chao Architect, 1998-present
Partner, Studio SCHEMA, 1994-1997
Historic Preservation Grant Administrator, Dade Heritage Trust, Historic Preservation
Society (non-profit) [Fund Manager: $2.5 million], 1993-1994

Academic & Professional Honors:

Funded Research
The J. M. Kaplan Fund, New York, New York
Havana: The Caribbean City. A history of urban codes and form.
(in collaboration with Andres Duany)
Four research awards to date: $350,000 (2002-present)

Miami Center for Urban Studies (MCUS), University of Miami
Spanish Precedents to American Town Planning
Research Grant, Total award $5,000 (2004)

Symposia:
Speaker & Co-Chair, Under The Sun: Sustainable Innovations & Traditions, University of Miami, School of Architecture, Spring 2007

Speaker & Session Chairperson, Florida Legacies: The Florida – Cuba Connections (2 sessions), Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Conference: Preservation on the Move, May 2003
Chair, Tracing Parallel Cultural Experience between Cubans & Cuban-Americans, Coral Gables, Florida, Lowe Art Museum, September 2001

Publications:

Editor and Coordinator of Urban Design Publication Series, published by Ediciones Union
(Spanish):

Havana: The Caribbean City. A history of urban codes and form, Spring 2008

Problematica del Post-Sub-Urbanisimo, Vol. II, James Howard Kunstler (author), Ediciones Union, Fall 2007

Teoria del Post-Sub-Urbanisimo, Vol I, Leon Krier (author), Spring 2006

El Compendio Urbano, Fall 2007

Las Charlas de Andres Duany, Fall 2006, (co-edited with Gustavo Sanchez and Maria Victoria Zardoya), Summer 2007

Practica del Post-Sub-Urbanismo, Vol III, Andres Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (authors), Spring 2004

Editor, The Making of Miami Beach, Rizzoli International, 2002. Jean-Francois Lejeune and Allan Shulman (authors)

Community Service:

Advisory Board Member, Latin American Art Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, April 2001-present