Alejandro Weiss Munchmeyer has extensive educational and professional experience in urban design and planning projects, particularly for mining areas in Chile. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Catholic University of Chile and a Master of Arts in Urban Projects from the same university. Professionally, he has worked on numerous master plans and projects for mining camps and industrial areas as an architect and urban planner.

1. Resume / CV
ALEJANDRO WEISS MUNCHMEYER
ARQ PUC / MPUR PUC
For Applying to Master of Urban Design (MUD) / Berkeley
Fall 2015
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ARCHITECTURE 2003 – 2010
Catholic University of Chile (PUC)
Graduation with high honors
Dual degree via Master of Arts track.
MASTER OF ARTS IN URBAN PROJECTS (MPUR) 2008 – 2010
“Urban Infrastructure as Strategic Planning Instrument”
Master´s Thesis / Catholic University of Chile (PUC)
Professor Gide, Antonio Lipthay.
2 Votes for Project Distinction.
ASSOCIATES’ DEGREE 2013
“Innovation and Creativity, from design to engineering and Business”
School of Design, Catholic University of Chile (PUC).
OTHER EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
SEMINARY 2014
“Construction Productivity in Large scale Mining Project”
Second seminar organized by the Chilean Construction Congress (CCHC) and the
Corporation for Technological Development (CDT). Santiago, Chile.
AWARD
“Academic Excellence” Prom 2010 2010
Catholic University of Chile School of Architecture (PUC)
UNIVERSITY ASSISTANTSHIP 2009 - 2010
“Urban Project in Extreme Territories”
Catholic University of Chile School of Architecture (PUC)
Professor Eugenio Garcés F.
Elective Course / Open to Bachelor’s and Master’s Program Students
WORKSHOP 2009
“Reconsidering the City Edge: The case of Mendoza, Argentina”
Study of canalization water and its influences on Mendoza´s urban expansion.
Organization: Master of Urban Projects (MPUR) + Master of Landscape Architecture (MAPA)
COMPETITION 2007
“Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center” (GAM)
Public Competition to remodel the Diego Portales Building. The project design was developed in the context of an internal workshop
within the School of Architecture of Catholic University of Chile.
Professor Mentors: Pablo Allard + Luis Valenzuela

2. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND / URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING PROJECTS (MINING AREAS)
ARCHIPLAN ARCHITECTS & PLANNING CONSULTANTS Santiago, Chile
Architect in Chief of Mining Project
“GABY MINING CAMP SITE” 2014
Client: TECNO FAST (www.Tecnofast.cl ) / CODELCO (CHILEAN MINING COMPANY) (www.codelco.cl )
Location: SIERRA GORDA, ANTOFAGASTA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: COMPETITION / MASTERPLAN
Description: Camp design on the basis of modular construction in order to accommodate new growth of the Gaby/Codelco Mine. The
camp’s capacity is 2,000 people and incorporates programs associated with offices and administration, exercise and leisure facilities,
as well as a food court and other service installations.
“URBAN OPTIMIZATION MASTERPLAN FOR PIONEROS MINING CAMP SITE”
Client: TECNO FAST (www.tecnofast.cl )/ COLLAHUASI MINING COMPANY (www.collahuasi.cl )
Location: COPOSA / PICA, TARAPACÁ REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: BUSINESS CONSULTING / MASTERPLAN
Description: Strategy for optimizing and improving camp standards of company Doña Inés de Collahuasi. The main operations included
densification of buildings used for housing, interior connectivity of the camp, augmentation and improvement of leisure facilities, as well
as a study of the possibility of modular reutilization of the existing camp.
2013
“SITRANS INDUSTRIAL BUILDING OFFICE”
Client: SITRANS
Location: LA NEGRA, INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORHOOD / ANTOFAGASTA /CHILE
Type of Project: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN PROJECT
Description: Architectural project for the installation offices of the SITRANS industrial plant in Antofagasta. The program comprised
offices, a cafeteria and changing rooms for the workers.
“SANTO DOMINGO MINING CAMP SITE”
Client: SANTO DOMINGO MINING COMPANY
Location: DIEGO DE ALMAGRO, ATACAMA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: MASTERPLAN
Description: Master Plan project for the mining camp Santo Domingo in Diego de Almagro, Atacama Region (Chile). The program
comprised housing, offices, and other facilities.
“ANDINA 244 EXPANSION MINING CAMP SITE”
Client: SABINCO (www.sabinco.cl ) / CODELCO (www.codelco.cl)
Location: LOS ANDES, VALPARAÍSO REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: MASTERPLAN
Description: Development of a Master Plan for the different camps projected to be built for the Codelco expansion in the
Andean Division.

3. “MINISTRO HALES DIVISION CASA DE CAMBIO”
Client: SABINCO (www.sabinco.cl ) / CODELCO (www.codelco.cl )
Location: CALAMA / ANTOFAGASTA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN PROJECT
Description: architectural project for the Ministry Hales, Codelco camp. The program included changing rooms and laundry facilities for
both men and women.
“ALMACRUZ MINING HOTEL”
Client: ALMACRUZ (CARDOEN COMPANY)
Location: SIERRA GORDA / ANTOFAGASTA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: MASTERPLAN + ARCHITECTURE DESIGN PROJECT
Description: Four-star mining hotel, which sought to respond to the need for housing for high-level executives in mining companies and
loan service businesses, located in the Sierra Gorda surroundings.
“SIERRA GORDA MINING HOTEL COMPETITION”
Client: TECNO FAST (www.tecnofast.cl )
Location: SIERRA GORDA, ANTOFAGASTA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: MASTERPLAN
Description: Proposal for the creation of a modular-design hotel that aims to provide alternative housing for mining companies located
in the Sierra Gorda. The hotel program consists of “middle standard” accommodations, interior and exterior communal spaces, as well
as service areas for the community.
2012
“CORPORATIVE BUILDING AND INDUSTRIAL SITE SABINCO”
Client: SABINCO (www.sabinco.cl)
Location: LAMPA / METROPOLITAN AREA / CITY OF SANTIAGO / CHILE
Type of Project: ARQUITECTURE PROJECT
Description: Project to design new offices and an industrial plant for the modular business Sabinco.
“CAMP FACILITIES GROWTH / ESCONDIDA MINING COMPANY 2030”
Client: CRUZ Y DÁVILA ENGINEERING / ESCONDIDA MINING COMPANY
Location: MINING SITE CAMP/ ANTOFAGASTA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: CONSULTING+ MASTERPLAN
Description: Study on growth projections for the camps of the mining company Escondida. The result was expressed in the creation of a
Master Plan for the areas of growth of existing camps and defined the location and design of a new settlement.
“EL MAURO MINING CAMP”
Client: TECNO FAST / LOS PELAMBRES MINING COMPANY
Location: SALAMANCA / COQUIMBO REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: MASTERPLAN + ARCHITECTURE PROJECT
Description: Modular camp design for “Los Pelambres Mining Company” in the El Mauro sector. With capacity to hold 2,500 people,
the program includes exercise and leisure equipment, as well as a cafeteria and bus terminal.
“COPOSA INDUSTRIAL AREA”
Client: COLLAHUASI MINING COMPANY
Location: MINING SITE / TARAPACÁ REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: MASTERPLAN + ARCHITECTURE PROJECT
Description: Development of a Pioneros Camp industrial neighborhood for the purpose of operations and business storage space that
offer services to the different camps that Collahuasi operates.

4. “CAMP MINING STANDARDIZATION MANUAL”
Client: COLLAHUASI MINING COMPANY
Location: -
Type of Project: CONSULTING
Description: Technical document created in order to optimize planning and decision-making processes within the different stages of
growth and construction of the company. A navigation chart was used to define the minimum standards by which the company had to
develop projects on distinct scales: urbanism, architecture and interiority.
2011
“STRATEGIC PLANNING COLLAHUASI VISION 2020”
Client: COLLAHUASI COMPANY MINING (www.collahuasi.cl)
Location: MINING SITE / PICA DISTRICT / TARAPACA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: CONSULTING + MASTERPLAN
Description: Strategic plan for the growth projects and definitions of standards for the camps and industrial zones of the mining
company Doña Inés de Collahuasi. The results of the study were transferred to a series of Master Plans for the different zones, broken
into stages over time.
CORREA 3 ARCHITECTS Santiago, Chile
Mining Project Architect
2010
“MARÍA ELENA SALTPETER MINE TYPICAL ZONE INTERVENTION GUIDE”
Client: SQM / NATIONAL MONUMENTS ADVISORY (CMN)
Location: MARÍA ELENA MINING TOWN / ANTOFAGASTA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: CONSULTING
Description: Design of the María Elena Saltpeter Mine Intervention in Typical Zones Guide for the National Monuments Advisory, which
sought to protect and empower new vocations established in the “María Elena Strategic Development Plan 2030”.
“MARIA ELENA STRATEGIC PLANNING 2030”
Client: SQM
Location: MARÍA ELENA MINING TOWN / ANTOFAGASTA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: CONSULTING + MASTERPLAN
Description: Strategic plan to populate María Elena, the last private mining settlement associated with the extraction of saltpeter. As part
of its administrative independence process (populating the María Elena community), the company SQM has commissioned a study
looking at the possibilities for use transformations and new vocations in projecting a strategic vision for 2030.
“REMODELING 5.400 MINING CAMP”
Client: BHP BILLITON (ESCONDIDA MINING COMPANY)
Location: MINING SITE, ANTOFAGASTA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: ARCHITECTURE PROJECT
Description: A project to expand and remodel camp 5,400 in Installations of Escondida Mine and Operated by BHP Billiton. The program
consisted of expanding housing, rec areas, walkways and public spaces.

5. “ESCONDIDA MINE HOUSING CONCEPTUAL 2030”
Client: ESCONDIDA MINING COMPANY (BHP BILLITON)
Location: MINING SITE, ANTOFAGASTA REGION / CHILE
Type of Project: CONSULTING
Description: Strategic plan related with growth projection and definition of standards in the Escondida Mining Company camps. These
analyses covered everything from the repercussions associated with changes in work rules in high-altitude areas to definitions
regarding applied sustainability in buildings.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND / CONSULTING STUDIES (GENERAL PROJECTS)
MACRO CONSULTING Santiago, Chile
Collaborator Architect
2009
“REAL ESTATE PROJECTS LAND REGISTRY FOR GREATER METRO SANTIAGO”
Client: DESAFÍO LEVANTEMOS CHILE FOUNDATION / ABRAZARTE FOUNDATION
Location: SANTIAGO METROPOLITAN AREA / CHILE
Type of Project: CONSULTING
Description: Increase in real estate offerings in low-density areas outside of the Américo Vespucio ring. The study considered variables
of accessibility, prices and characteristics of bedroom/sleeping units, urban plot structures, among other factors.
“SANTIAGO RETAIL STUDY OF SANTIAGO METROPOLITAN AREA” 2008
Client: PARQUE ARAUCO COMPANY
Location: SANTIAGO METROPOLITAN AREA / CHILE
Type of Project: CONSULTING
Description: Commercial Comparative analysis of retail, supermarkets and malls of Santiago metropolitan area. The principal inputs of
the document refer to capacity and impact of malls in neighborhoods in which they’re constructed as well as their influence on other
Santiago communities.
ATISBA URBAN CONSULTING Santiago, Chile
Collaborator Architect
2009
“COSTANERA CENTRAL HIGHWAY STUDY”. LAND REGISTRY AND INICIAL ANTECEDENTS”
Client: PUBLIC WORKS MINISTRY (MOP)
Location: CITY OF SANTIAGO
Type of Project: CONSULTING
Description: Increase in base information for a high-standard, subterranean roadways project conforming to the street pairing Isabel
Riquelme – Centenario; adjacent paths to Zanjon de la Aguada and its axis Av. La Floria – AV. Camilo Henríquez.
“AVAILABLE INDUSTRIAL SITE AREAS OF SANTIAGO METROPOLITAN AREAS”
Client: PRIVATE
Location: SANTIAGO METROPOLITAN AREA
Type of Project: CONSULTING
Description: Study of the availability of industrial lands available in Greater Santiago, taking into account variables of soil value, plot
surfaces and levels of accessibility.

6. 2008
“CHILEAN CITY’S AND THEIR URBAN EXPANSION AREAS”
Client: INTERNAL CLIENT
Location: CHILE
Type of Project: ASSESSMENT
Description: planimetry for different cities in Chile, taking into account and characterizing their urban expansion areas according to a
Regulated Plan. This will allow quantification, evaluation and projection of future areas of growth.
PARTICIPA CONSULTING Santiago, Chile
Collaborator Architect
2007
“PROGRAM QUIERO MI BARRIO” (I LOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD)
Client: HOUSING AND URBANISM MINISTRY, MINVU REGIÓN METROPOLITANA /(www.gob.cl)
Location: GABRIEL GONZALEZ VIDELA NEIGHBORHOOD, SANTIAGO DISTRICT / CHILE
Type of Project: PARTICIPATIVE DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE PROJECT
Description: Government program for the physical and social recovery of degraded neighborhoods in different cities in Chile through
methods of participatory design and interdisciplinary management. The government seeks to empower neighbors to propose and create
a hierarchy of their own projects in these neighborhoods.