María Eugenia Hurtado Azpeitia is a Mexican

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. She is the coordinator of the Carlos Leduc M. Workstop of the Faculty of Architecture at the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

Biography

María Eugenia Hurtado Azpeitia graduated from the

with a

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and later

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. She began her career in the last year of her university education in the field of

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on a road and alpine lodge being constructed in

Ajusco Ajusco is a lava dome volcano located just south of Mexico City, Mexico, in the Tlalpan borough of the city. It is the highest point in the city. Etymology Ajusco is a Náhuatl word variously translated as "source of waters" or "watered grove ...

. After finishing her degree, Azpeitia was invited by architect Carlos González Lobo to work at Espacio Máximo Costo Mínimo. On 27 December 2011, Azpeitia and Lobo were both presented with the Vassilis Sgoutas Prize by the

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in recognition of the work of Lobo's team in designing and building homes for the impoverished. They were again awarded in 2013 by the Castilla y Leon chapter of Architects Without Borders with the Magdalena de Plata Award.

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