Chewys Marcelo Parra Paulino
designer, M.Arch, B.EnvD
Made in Dominican Republic and born-raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Chewys grew up dancing with hurricanes, and wanting to go to the Olympics. He fell in love with the impact that design and architecture has in people’s lives and decided to start by completing a Bachelors in Environmental Design (B.EnvD) from the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, where he was part of the AEC - PBL Lab at Stanford University. Following his preparation, He completed a M.Arch from Tulane University. He was recognized with the design excellence award at the UPR and as a Public Interest Design Fellow at Tulane University’s Small Center.
Growing up in and out of a woodshop, he finds building and fabricating an extension of design, and vice-versa. That mix has led him to pursue design-build as a way of thinking. Chewys has architectural work experience in Puerto Rico and founded a Design & Fabrication Workshop in San Juan in 2018, where he Led as design director until 2021. His work has earned accolades, including an AIA New Orleans Design Awards nomination along with the Small Center, and a Finalist recognition in Archstorming’s Senegal Elementary School competition in 2020.
His main driver has been to provide responsible, efficient and dignifying design.
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> Lead Project Designer at Land and Shore Creative, NYC.
> Project experience in Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Barcelona, New York, and France.
> Co-Founder of EL FAB [elfabpr.com]
> native Spanish / bilingual English / intermediate French
Contact
+1 787 690 5454 // +34 655 11 33 06
chewysparra@gmail.com
San Juan > New Orleans > Barcelona > New York City >
