Ariela Cassinelli BA Arch MSc.Arch

Ariela Cassinelli is an experienced fully-trained Architect and Interior Designer with 13 years of practical experience working in London, Miami, Lima and Tel Aviv.

Ariela holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture as well as a Master's degree in Resilient Sustainable Building Technology from the University of Miami, where she graduated with a First Class Honours / Summa Cum Laude.

She has worked in all scales of design (Urban, Architectural, Interior Design - residential and commercial) and has spent the last 8 years specializing in luxury interior design and Sustainability.

Ariela was formerly a Design Project Manager for Luxury Construction at McKenzie Design Build Craft in Miami. She has 3 years of teaching experience for the BA Arch program at the University of Miami and the University of Applied Sciences (UPC) in Peru.

Ariela’s published work includes her graduate thesis in urban agriculture which attained a First Class Honours award and was published as official research material across the Laurate network of Universities. She also published “Race to Zero (Emissions)”, a proposal for an off-the-grid home for the U.S. Department of Energy in cooperation with UM’s engineering graduate school.

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