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 **__Personal Profile __** Hi! My name is Maria Daniela Ceballo, I am 19 years old and I live in Caracas with my parents and my little brother Francisco. I have been studying Electronical engineering at Simon Bolivar University for two years. Now I’m asking for a career change to architecture, this process is so complicated by the way. I hope solve it very soon. In my free time I play kickingball with the university team, but I also like to go to the movies or hang out with my friends.

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 My name is María Daniela Ceballo, I graduated at USB (Simón Bolívar University) from architecture in 2013. After that I went to Buenos Aires (Argentina) to start my studies at [|Palermo University] in the design and communication school and graduated in 2018; while I got started my master at PU I also started to work with some friends and class mates to create a little company that combines design and architecture, the name is MDCG – Design and architecture.   MDCG – Design and architecture offers products from industrial design like furniture. We have contracts with companies that do appliances and also we do architectural projects.   When I finished my master in 2020 MDCG grew up and became so recognized in all the country. After working a couple of years more, we decided to change it to an international firm; then I went back Caracas to offer our firm in Venezuela. Now I’m still working at MDCG. My work consists in designing, getting contracts and finding new projects for the firm and, of course, I supervise them.
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media type="file" key="profe prof.wma" **__Display Add__** Are you looking for a modern design school? Do you really like design? Choose among all the options we have for you! Call us now! We're waiting for you!! Address: 3th Ave, Los Palos Grandes, Caracas - Venezuela Telfs: 0212-2849965

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**__E-Zine Description__**    <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">This magazine was created by MDCG firm but it's not only about the firm. It's for everyone who cares about architeture or design. <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The magazine posts articles about new tendences in architecture and interior design and some ideas for the readers to create great spaces. It also introduces people to industrial design and selects articles about sustainable design. <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> The editor of the magazine is Gabriela Insignares Kuiman. MDCG is published once a month and you can find it at our shops.

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__**Interviews**__ <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This month we have interviewed Adriana Torcat, a famous urban planer in our country and internationally recognized. Graduated at the Universidad Simón Bolívar in 2012, now she has her own company and comes here to talk about her wonderful career.

- Hello Adriana, how are you today? Thank you for coming. - Hello Maria Daniela, thaks for inviting me!! I´m fine, working a lot!!

- Tell me a little about the master you did at USB? - Well I did a master in urban transport. I had two years of hard work because a couldn´t leave my job, but it was a wonderful experience for me and now I can propose solutions to some traffic problems in our city.

- May you tell me about how did you start your company? - The idea of my company surged because I wanted to give solutions to different problems of our society like insecurity, the lack of housing and some other important problems.

- What type of projects do you do in Empresas y soluciones Torcat? - We design new neighborhoods for people of scarce resources, we design new roadways, develop plans for public transport and we try to improve public spaces in the city.

- Have you always work here in Venezuela? - Yes, Empresas y Soluciones Torcat is a national company but we have received offers from other Latin American countries to work with architects and urban planners. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">- Which project are you known for? - Jajaja well our project for the rehabilitation of Petare is recognized for the improvements brought to its inhabitants and also the project for the creation of new city in Yaracuy.

- What do you think about traffic problems in Caracas? Do you see any relation with busses stop and this problem? - I think the problem is the high density of cars in the city and the low occupancy rate per car.

- Have you a proposal to solve this problem? - Yes, I think if we improve the quality and reach of public transport and encourage people to use more than private cars the problem might be less traumatic.

- What are your plans for the future of your company? - We are trying to get more international attention and get more sponsors for our projects and we are designing other cities around the country <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Thank you very much for your time Adriana. I wish you success in all your projects and hope to see you soon. - Thank you for this wonderful interview! <span style="display: block; text-align: left; font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**RSTT Script**__ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I selected this construction because I think it is an icon of the new history of architecture. Also because of its beauty and luxurious design I think the Burj Al Arab should become one of the New Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Tom Wright is the architect and designer of the Burj al Arab in Dubai, UAE. The Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs) was conceived in October 1993 then it started to be build in 1994, and was completed on site in 1999. The brief to the architect was to create an icon for Dubai, a building that would become synonymous with the place, as Sydney has its opera house and Paris the Eiffel Tower so Dubai was to have the Burj al Arab. Interesting facts:

1) The Building is 321 meters high and is the tallest stand-alone hotel structure in the world; it is built 290 meters off the Dubai coast on a triangular, man-made, landscaped island.

2) <span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 7pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> Lights are illuminating the exterior of the hotel in varying colors throughout the night.

3) The atrium is the tallest in the world at 182 meters high.

4) It was the first hotel that got 7 stars.

5) The hotel doesn’t have traditional rooms, only suits.

6) The hotel has 9 restaurants and one of them is located under the sea, it has a stained glass in the form of an aquarium that offers a submarine view.  <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I think that The Burj Al Arab of Dubai should be part of the new seven wonders because it’s the representation of a new concept of luxury hotels. Not only its beauty and its magnificence are enough reason, I think it is the symbol of Dubai and of a new kind of architectural design. Also I really like the shapes that represent the architecture, like this hotel looks as a sailboat. media type="file" key="rsttdubai.wma"