Daniel Bermúdez


Daniel Bermúdez Samper is a Colombian architect, and Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the University of the Andes.
Daniel was born in 1950 in Bogotá. His father was the well known modern architect Guillermo Bermúdez Umaña and her mother Graciela Samper Gnecco. Compared to his father's Daniel Bermudez's work is less propositive and less innovative, but his involvement with pedagogy has provided him a position of certain relevance in Bogota's architectural context. He is an alumnus of the University of the Andes where he graduated in Architecture in 1973
Since 1975 he has been a faculty member of the Universidad de Los Andes teaching at the Department of Architecture and Design. He is currently coordinator of the Degree project course, part of the faculty team in charge of thesis projects and a member of the Architecture, City and Education research team.

Awards

He received the Bienal Colombiana de Arquitectura, the Asocreto Concrete Excellence Award ), and the “XIII Premio Obras Cemex” award.
Bermúdez critiqued the work of fellow Colombian architect Giancarlo Mazzanti

Projects

Daniel Bermúdez Samper has been an independent architect since 1975. His highly awarded projects include:
Daniel Bermúdez Samper was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for region Latin America in 2008.

Personal life

Daniel was born to Guillermo Bermúdez Umaña, also an architect, and his wife Graciela Samper Gnecco. He married Inés Obregón Martínez de Irujo, also an architect, on 18 June 1981.