Tomás is a San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Project Designer and Multimedia Artist with over eight years of experience in Architecture, Design and Construction. After studying Fine Arts, he joined the University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture, where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Design (2011), a Post-Graduate Certificate in Urban Studies (2012), and a Master’s Degree in Architecture (2013). As a student, he also performed as a professor assistant and completed a study abroad program in Mexico and Brazil. Throughout his academic years, he received several awards, most notably, the recipient of the Luis Sierra Honor Scholarship in 2011 and an Honorable Mention in the Urbanism category of the CAAPPR Proyectos de fin de Carrera in 2013 for his Thesis Project: “An Architectural Strategy of Recycling City Spaces for Art”.
His career in Architecture includes working with various residential, commercial, institutional, governmental, and community-scale projects. In 2017, he helped create a company that served clients in response to the efforts of recuperation from Hurricane María. His input into projects covers a wide range of expertise, including design at different project stages, drawings, BIM modeling, renderings, permit procurement, site observation reports, and aiding in the construction management phase, among other tasks.
In 2022, he became Construction Document technologist (CDT) certified, received the Young Architect Conference Award, and was selected for the inaugural class of the AIA PR Cristopher Kelley Leadership Development Program. He is an active member of the Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico, the American Institute of Architects, and the Construction Specifications Institute.