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Service Portfolio

(Classified by Complexity and Scope)

1. Multidisciplinary Services (Focused / Tangible)

Built Environment (Design, Architecture, Engineering & Construction)

  • Design Phase: Research, Architectural Programming, Site Scouting, Concept Ideation, Parametric Budgeting

  • Preliminary Design: Drawings, REVIT Modeling, Base Cost Estimation

  • Executive Design: Executive Drawings, Material Quantification, Technical Specifications, Budgets, Unit Price Analysis

  • Permits & Construction Planning: Scheduling, Payment Calendars, Permit Management

  • Construction Supervision: Work Estimates, Third-Party Project Review

Performing Arts & Production Design

  • Stage Design, Lighting, Props & Set Construction, Support in Art Direction & Production Design

  • Performing Arts: Context Research, Character Design, Biography Writing, Mindprint Development, Acting Systems (Stanislavsky & Kogan)

2. Interdisciplinary Services (Connecting Domains & Expertise)

Research & Innovation for Environments, Systems, Products, and Services focused on Real Estate / AEC Development

  • Technology Scouting, Development of Research Protocols, Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies, Mixed Methods

  • Product and Service Development for the Built Environment

  • Innovation Consulting for Architecture, Design, and Real Estate Projects

Specific Expertise

  • Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience, Regeneration, Circular Economy, BioDesign & Biomimicry, Architecture 4.0

3. Transdisciplinary Services (Systemic, Strategic & Transformative)
  • Comprehensive Project Leadership in Real Estate & AEC

  • Multi-scale Systemic Transformation and Value-Driven Complexity Management

  • Speculative & Futures Design, Architecture with Strategic Vision

  • Art-Science-Society Integration: leveraging visual and performing arts to enhance meaning, engagement, and transformation

Collaboration Model

How I Work

My practice operates with the precision of a system and the sensitivity of a vision.Each project activates a different level leadership, calibrated to its complexity, organizational culture, and stage of development.

 

I work in two modalities:

Internal Collaboration

Formal integration within the organizational structure

I assume a formal role within design, development, or innovation teams, integrating vision, governance, and execution with structural continuity.

Ideal for directorates, management roles, and design, innovation, or urban development programs.


Provides continuity, governance, shared vision, and stable leadership.

Ideal para direcciones, gerencias, programas de diseño, innovación o desarrollo urbano.
Aporta continuidad, gobernanza, visión compartida y liderazgo estable.

External Collaboration

Strategic direction without fixed hiring (flexible squemes)

I support complex projects from a flexible executive position: designing strategies, frameworks, typologies, roadmaps, and conceptual direction that orchestrates actors and systems.

Ideal for governments, developers, funds, universities, global consultancies, and complex projects that require systemic clarity, frameworks, and high-level decision-making.

Both modalities are activated through a tiered model of delivery and value.


Conditions and Scope

To ensure clarity, consistency, and measurable outcomes, every collaboration includes:

– Clear definition of objectives and expectations
– Roles, boundaries, and scope per level
– Interaction rhythm (weekly, biweekly, or monthly)
– Qualitative and quantitative impact metrics
– Integration with stakeholders and technical teams
– Confidentiality and governance protocols
– A phased work roadmap

This framework guarantees order, velocity, and depth across projects of any scale.

All engagements are formalized through a statement of work and contract, with explicitly defined objectives, scope, timelines, and impact metrics.

 

Tiered Model of Delivery and Value
 
What is this model?
 

The tiered model of delivery and value organizes my practice into distinct levels of leadership, allowing me to adapt to the complexity, scale, and strategic depth required by each project.
It is a clear, flexible, and strategic structure that ensures order, coherence, and measurable results.

 

Why does it exist?
 

Because not every challenge demands the same type of intervention. Some require technical and conceptual precision; others demand operational integration; others, strategic vision; and some, organizational transformation.
This model enables responding to each one with the type of leadership it truly requires.

Levels of Delivery

A leadership architecture designed for different scales of impact

Value Creation

An impact framework aligned with the project’s complexity and the depth of leadership required

Senior

Specialized Individual Contributor

Provides technical and conceptual depth: multiscalar analysis, research, narrative modeling, complex synthesis, conceptual prototyping, and applied critical thinking.

Multidisciplinary: design, schematic, construction documents, and technical support
Interdisciplinary: applied research, multiscalar analysis, contextual reading
Transdisciplinary: conceptual synthesis, urban narrative, and scenario preparation

Provides the tactical and conceptual foundations for informed decision-making.

Manager

Technical Leadership & Coordination

Integrates disciplines, manages teams, articulates consultants, leads pre-design and pre-development, consolidates technical criteria, and regulates the flow between vision and execution.

Multidisciplinary: coordination of design, engineering, and consultants
Interdisciplinary: integration of BIM, regulations, costs, and business requirements
Transdisciplinary: managing the flow between vision, project, and construction

Transforms vision into clear, ordered, and executable processes.

Director

Strategic Direction & Orchestration

Defines decision frameworks, structures programs, leads stakeholder relations, articulates vision and value, establishes governance, and ensures coherence between design, business, and territory.

Multidisciplinary: design leadership and portfolio direction
Interdisciplinary: architectural/urban programming, project governance, stakeholder engagement
Transdisciplinary: decision frameworks, territorial strategy, and institutional narrative

Orchestrates systems, actors, and decisions under a shared strategic vision.

C-Suite

Transformation, Innovation & Futures

Operates at the highest level of organizational impact: corporate strategy, advanced ESG, futures design, regenerative systems, territorial intelligence, culture, and structural change.

Multidisciplinary: supervision of programs and portfolios at the corporate scale
Interdisciplinary: integration of design, innovation, ESG, and organizational transformation
Transdisciplinary: futures design, operating models, and change roadmaps

Repositions organizations and operating models for the future

Technical & Analytical Value

The value emerges from depth and clarity: research, multiscalar analysis, complex synthesis, typologies, spatial prefiguration, and the production of tactical knowledge.

– Reduce uncertainty and decision risk
– Clarify problems and scenarios
– Structure critical information for due diligence, pre-development, and decision-making
– Produce precise conceptual models
– Generate narratives and pre-solutions with technical rigor
– Provide technical and conceptual clarity in early stages
– Design solutions with high technical detail, cost awareness, and proportional complexity

This is the level where thought becomes early form.

Operational & Integration Value

Value emerges from depth and clarity: research, multiscalar analysis, complex synthesis, typologies, spatial prefiguration, and the generation of tactical knowledge.
 

– Connect teams and consultants
– Align engineering, design, and requirements
– Ensure technical and regulatory viability
– Translate vision into clear processes
– Reduce operational friction
– Elevate project quality and cohesion

– Reduces operational friction and rework
– Ensures technical coherence and decision traceability
– Improves timeframes, quality, and resource efficiency
 

This is the level that guarantees order, flow, rhythm, and feasibility.

Strategic, Narrative & Organizational Value

Value emerges from the ability to articulate vision, governance, and direction.

– Define strategic frameworks
– Orchestrate complex, multi-actor programs
– Align design, business, stakeholders, and territory
– Establish decision frameworks
– Integrate qualitative and quantitative ROI
– Create coherence between purpose, form, and culture

– Converts fragmented efforts into coherent systems
– Aligns design, business, and territory under a single vision
– Integrates qualitative + quantitative ROI for strategic decisions

This is the level that turns fragmented projects into coherent systems.

Transformational & Systemic Value

Here, value stops being tactical and becomes structural change.

– Design corporate strategies
– Activate innovation and futures
– Integrate ESG at a deep, systemic level
– Transform institutional culture and narrative
– Rebuild operational models and vision
– Generate resilience and organizational evolution
– Turn uncertainty into opportunity

– Generates structural change and strategic repositioning
– Increases institutional resilience, competitiveness, and reputation
– Converts uncertainty into opportunities for sustainable growth

This is the level where an organization changes its skin.

Each level of collaboration is designed to produce tangible and systemic value: strategic clarity, risk reduction, technical efficiency, stakeholder alignment, cultural strengthening, increased qualitative and quantitative ROI, narrative coherence, and decision-making grounded in vision and evidence.

Service–Solution Matrix
Across Client and Industry Ecosystems

Multidisciplinary: Design, schematic, executive packages, construction

Interdisciplinary: AEC innovation, resilience, and spaced market analysis

Transdisciplinary: Masterplanning + strategy + urban narrative

Design, Architecture & Engineering

Multidisciplinary: BIM, documentation, supervision

Interdisciplinary: Innovation, new materials, product and system development

Transdisciplinary: Strategic co-design of complex projects

Multidisciplinary: Technical due diligence

Interdisciplinary: ESG, resilience, and scalable/replicable models

Transdisciplinary: 10–20 year vision and strategic frameworks

Hospitality & Wellness

Multidisciplinary: Integrated design

Interdisciplinary: Sensory architecture and well-being

Transdisciplinary: Regenerative experiences + territorial identity
territorial

Government

Multidisciplinary: Technical planning and regulatory compliance

Interdisciplinary: Territorial analysis, mobility, green infrastructure, and macro-ergonomics for urban and public-service systems

Transdisciplinary: Public policy and community resilience

Tourism

Multidisciplinary: Core tourism infrastructure design and programming

Interdisciplinary: Experience design and cultural–territorial integration

Transdisciplinary: Destination strategy, regenerative corridors, and the future of tourism

Corporativos y Empresas.

Multidisciplinary:

Design PMO, technical tasks, integrated space design (drawings, BIM)

Interdisciplinary:

Organizational culture, workplace cognitive load, task design, human–environment interaction, applied spatial culture; specialty integration; applied innovation

Transdisciplinary:

Hub strategies, future scenarios, workplace culture design

Multidisciplinary:

Architectural programming, cultural/educational infrastructure

Interdisciplinary:

Museography, spatial pedagogy, experience design

Transdisciplinary:

Architecture of knowledge, cultural districts, civic models

Healthcare & Related Industries

Multidisciplinary:

Integrated infrastructure design, regulatory compliance, clinical flows

Interdisciplinary:

Clinical macro-ergonomics, patient UX, hospital innovation

Transdisciplinary:

Territorial health strategy, community resilience

Social Development & Community Systems

Multidisciplinary:

Basic infrastructure development

Interdisciplinary:

Circular economy, regeneration

Transdisciplinary:

Participation models and community resilience

Manufacturing & Industry

Multidisciplinary:

Plant design, technical layout, spatial efficiency, safety

Interdisciplinary:

Process optimization, industrial ergonomics, product innovation, Lean applied to the built environment

Transdisciplinary:

Operations strategy, sociotechnical systems, Industry 4.0, automation with human impact

Mobility, Transportation & Related Infrastructure

Multidisciplinary:

Roadway infrastructure and technical analysis

Interdisciplinary:

Smart mobility, passenger UX, accessibility

Transdisciplinary:

Mobility strategies, futures of transport, transit-oriented systems

Multidisciplinary:

Scenography, lighting design, set design

Interdisciplinary:

Experience design, spatial narrative, applied dramaturgy

Transdisciplinary:

Narrative architecture, integration of art–city–society

Agroindustria & agropecuario.

Multidisciplinary:

Agricultural infrastructure, basic facilities, site analysis

Interdisciplinary:

Soil regeneration, bioeconomic cycles, water management, productive design

Transdisciplinary:

Agroecological strategies, regenerative territories, climate–economy–community integration

ESG & Regenerative / Smart Cities

Multidisciplinary:

Site assessment, regulatory analysis, urban diagnostics; environmental compliance; basic green infrastructure; technical pre-feasibility

Interdisciplinary:

Circular economy, regeneration, biomaterials; integrated ESG metrics (E, S, G); urban data analysis; mobility & accessibility; smart solutions (IoT, sensors, digital twins); climate resilience

Transdisciplinary:

Multiscalar regenerative strategies; urban policy; governance models; intelligent masterplans; data ecosystems; Net Zero pathways; urban futures (scenarios & simulations); integration of technology, culture, and economy

Emerging Service–Solution Matrices

for Complex Futures (R&D + Design)
Green–Blue Regeneration & Socio-Ecological Systems

Level

(Knowledge–Scale Integration)

Multidisciplinary

(Technical – Operational)

Interdisciplinary

(Territorial Integration)

Transdisciplinary

(Governance · Futures · Regeneration)

Approach

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Basic green–blue infrastructure

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Agroforestry systems and advanced ecological restoration

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Socio-ecological models and regenerative futures

Key Scopes

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  • Ecosystem diagnostics.

  • Watershed and micro-watershed assessment

  • Stormwater management and infiltration strategies

  • Basic green–blue infrastructure (bioswales, wetlands)

  • Ecosystem services identification

  • Foundational Nature-Based Solutions (NBS)

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  • Agroforestry systems

  • Deep ecological restoration

  • Biological and ecological corridors

  • Advanced green–blue systems

  • Blue economy (coastal zones, reefs, dunes)

  • Territorial bioeconomy

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  • Landscape governance (watersheds, bioregions)

  • Ecological transition strategies 2035–2050

  • Regenerative territorial futures

  • Regenerative food systems

  • Multiscalar socio-ecological design

  • Public policy and green finance

Project Examples

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  • Linear park with stormwater management

  • Basic restoration of agricultural landscapes

  • Diagnostics for new developments

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  • Coastal regeneration master plan

  • Metropolitan park structured by watershed dynamics

  • Mangrove restoration + regenerative tourism

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  • Regional climate adaptation strategy

  • Regenerative coastal model

  • Territorial atlas for ecological transition

  • Socio-ecological design for a productive–cultural distric

For Whom

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  • Municipalities

  • Local developers

  • Community-based NGOs

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  • State governments

  • ESG funds

  • Coastal developments

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United Nations, IDB, FAO, WWF
Think tanks, universities, consortia
National and regional governments

​Climate Resilience, Territorial Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction

Level

(Knowledge–Scale Integration)

Multidisciplinary

(Technical Mitigation)
Response Capacities

Interdisciplinary

(Adaptation Systems)
Adaptive Capacities

Transdisciplinary

(Governance · Futures · Regeneration)
Transformative Capacities

Approach.

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Intervenciones físicas directas

Reducción de vulnerabilidad inmediata

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Diseño e integración de ssitemas

Adaptación multi-escalar

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Estrategias Territoriales y políticas públicas.

Escenarios, gobernanza y transición climática

Infraestructura compleja.

Key Scopes

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  • Análisis de riesgo por sitio (y por tipo de desastre)

  • Diseño y mejora de cualidades resilientes de componentes/materiales

  • Protección hidráulica puntual

  • Gestión de agua pluvial

  • Evaluación de fallas materiales/comportamiento estructural

  • Primeros prototipos de productos de mitigación

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  • Sistemas de drenaje urbano sustentable (SUDS)

  • Integración de infraestructura verde-azul

  • Adaptación de barrios / polígonos vulnerables

  • Continuidad operativa (COOP)

  • Modelos de riesgo comunitario

  • Sistemas de alerta tempra

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  • Territorial resilience strategic framework (2035–2050)

  • IPCC and Sendai climate scenarios

  • Public policy and regulatory instruments

  • Critical infrastructure strategies

  • Socio-ecological systems and watershed-based planning

  • Green finance mechanisms (bonds, climate funds)

Scale

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  • Materials → Products → Services → Simple spatial systems
    (Components, parts, prototypes)

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  • Infrastructure → Systems (neighborhoods, corridors, urban watersheds)

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  • Territory → Region → Nation (macro-watersheds, coastlines, national policies)

Project Examples

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  • Site-level risk assessment

  • Material optimization for water and flood resistance

  • Mitigation product prototype

  • Stormwater protection for vulnerable communities

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  • Climate adaptation for a historic district

  • Regenerative urban drainage system

  • Green–blue integration for a coastal city

  • Operational continuity (COOP) protocols for companies and cities

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Regional climate resilience strategy
2050 coastal plan based on scenario modeling
Strategic atlas of territorial vulnerability
Governance framework (Sendai + Net Zero + SDGs)

For Whom

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  • Municipalities, public works departments

  • Coastal industries

  • Companies with direct operational risk

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  • State level governments or Federation States (or Commonwealth States for the matter)

  • Urban developers

  • ESG funds

  • Coastal tourism sector

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  • Regional and national governments

  • United Nations, IDB, World Bank

  • Think tanks and research centers

Ricardo Serrano Ayvar. 

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