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Juan Manuel Chávez Fernández del Busto
 Mexico City, MX - Cambridge, MA SMArchS AD 
  EDUCATION
2022-2024
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SA+P)  
Cambridge, USA
Master of Science in Architecture Studies-Architecture + Design (SMArchS AD)
2014-2019
Universidad Iberoamericana  
Mexico City, Mexico
Bachelor of Architecture 
2018
Politecnico di Milano   Milan, Itay
MArch Erasmus Exchange Program
HONORS + AWARDS
2022-2024Fulbright-García Robles (COMEXUS)
Scholarship Grantee for Graduate Studies in the US 
2022-2024
Department of Architecture Graduate Fellowship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SA+P)
2023CAMIT Seed Grant (Council for the Arts at MIT)Graduate Student Arts Project Seed Grants Pilot Program (Fall 2023)

2020 Universidad Iberoamericana   Mexico City, Mexico
High-Performance Students’ Honors PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Mercedes Azpilicueta   Studio collaborator (August-November with support from the MISTI MIT-Netherlands program)
Production assistance for ‘Las Mesas Danzantes’ at C3A Andalucía

2016-ongoingIndependent practice + collaborations
apartment + house reformations
‘Office with a View’   
working on the design and prototype of custom furniture + lamps + objects

2020-2021 Studio Fierro   New York City, NY
Architect

2019CHK Arquitectos   Mexico City, Mexico
Junior Architect
2018La Metropolitana   Mexico City, Mexico
Junior Architect

2017Dellekamp Arquitectos   Mexico City, Mexico
Intern

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2023-2024 (Fall+Spring)Teaching Assistant
ACT
(Art, Culture, and Technology) Studio
 MIT ACT Program at the SA+P
Instructors: Renée Green, Nida Sinnokrot, Tobias Putrih
EXHIBITIONS
2023 What Lies in a Fold   Cambridge, MA
Bartos Theatre at the MIT List Visual Arts Center
Film and multi-media installation (presented on December 13th)
Collaborators: Ghida Anouti
more info

The Deep Time Project   Cambridge, MA
MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery
Group Exhibition

2024 Traveling Laundry Line  Cambridge, MA
ACT Gallery at the MIT List Visual Arts Center
screened at the MIT Museum on June 1st
Film and Multi-media Installation (on view from May 22-June 5)
Collaborators:  Guida Anouti and Hajar Alrifai
more info

The Cycles of aMaízing Things Cambridge, MA
Long Lounge at the MIT SA+P
Final thesis presentation
Film and installation
more info