Andrea Martinez

Los Angeles, United States

About

Andrea Martinez is a Ph.D. candidate in Architecture at University of Southern California. She received her B.Arch from Universidad de Chile, and MBS from University of Southern California. In her professional development, she worked on design and construction for public and private projects, while in the academic field; she has served as instructor and also as academic advisor in her home country. Her research focuses on exploring facade retrofit implementations in non-residential buildings in the United States.

Andrea Martinez

CTBUH Roles

Annual Conference, Presenter (New York 2015)

CTBUH Initiatives

Videos

27 October 2015

FaçadeRetrofit.org: An Online Database Resource for the Façade Renovation of Existing Buildings

Much of the existing tall building stock is burdened with aging and underperforming facades, resulting in opportunities to substantially improve building performance through facade retrofit....

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Research

26 October 2015

FaçadeRetrofit.org: An Online Database Resource for the Façade Renovation of Existing Buildings

Andrea Martinez, Karen M. Kensek & Douglas Noble, University of Southern California; Mic Patterson, Enclos Corp.

Much of the existing tall building stock is burdened with aging and underperforming façades, resulting in opportunities to substantially improve building performance through façade retrofit....

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Research

21 September 2012

New Skins for Skyscrapers: Anticipating Façade Retrofit

Mic Patterson, Andrea Martinez, Jeffrey Vaglio & Douglas Noble, University of Southern California

Existing buildings in some regions accounts for nearly as much energy use and carbon emissions as the transportation and industrial sectors combined. Existing buildings represent...

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17 September 2014

University of Southern California Team Wins Research Seed Funding

CTBUH is pleased to announce the awarding of the 2014 International Research Seed Funding grant to a team led by the University of Southern California.

27 October 2015

FaçadeRetrofit.org: An Online Database Resource for the Façade Renovation of Existing Buildings

Much of the existing tall building stock is burdened with aging and underperforming facades, resulting in opportunities to substantially improve building performance through facade retrofit....

27 October 2015

2015 New York Conference - Session 5d - Q&A

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice; Andrea Martinez, University of Southern California; Riccardo Castracani, Despe Spa, answer questions at the end of 2015 New York...

26 October 2015

FaçadeRetrofit.org: An Online Database Resource for the Façade Renovation of Existing Buildings

Andrea Martinez, Karen M. Kensek & Douglas Noble, University of Southern California; Mic Patterson, Enclos Corp.

Much of the existing tall building stock is burdened with aging and underperforming façades, resulting in opportunities to substantially improve building performance through façade retrofit....

21 September 2012

New Skins for Skyscrapers: Anticipating Façade Retrofit

Mic Patterson, Andrea Martinez, Jeffrey Vaglio & Douglas Noble, University of Southern California

Existing buildings in some regions accounts for nearly as much energy use and carbon emissions as the transportation and industrial sectors combined. Existing buildings represent...