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Director of Estudio Akasa, a high end Architectural and Interior Design firm that provides design and construction services in Uruguay (mostly in Montevideo and Punta del Este) for residential and commercial buildings that differs from the rest.

She is now based in Punta del Este, one of the most beautiful seaside destinations in South America, characterized by the quality of its architecture, unspoilt coastline and abundant forests.

The wild nature of the sea and lanscape nourishes her sense of place, inspiring the most beautiful architectural spaces. She interact personally with her clients, always aiming to improve their quality of life, with customized solutions that provides wellness and express their innermost personality, needs and values. The result is an Integral Architecture that incorporates nature ( land, woods, stone, water, light, wind) and exhalts human senses, and therefore the spirits of the people involved in the process.

Estudio Akasa characterize its work

by an unique sense of site, new typologies, opened spaces, a combination of raw materials and the latest technologies in sustainability, subtle use of light, great attention to details, quality finishings, and a great design that integrates all the material and psychological requirements for these optimized and artful living spaces.