María Isabel Rivera is an assistant professor at the Department of Architecture of the Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Geography of Universidad de Concepción. Her academic career includes 10 years of experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Chile and abroad (USA), in theoretical/practical courses on architectural technologies, with a focus on the area of sustainability at the scale of urban design and passive architectural design.
She is an architect from Universidad de Concepción, holds a master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Oregon, USA. In addition, she has the professional certification PHIUS #2846 (Certified Passive House Consultant), which is awarded in the United States.
RESEARCH AREAS
Her research focuses on the built environment, particularly in the field of energy, with a focus on energy efficiency and environmental quality. She is especially concerned with thermal comfort and indoor air quality in educational establishments.
LATEST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Felmer, G., Arias, A. M., Rivera, M. I., & Zepeda-Gil, C. (2023). Pobreza energética en contextos de exclusión urbana: nuevos enfoques para la acción desde América Latina. Revista INVI, 38(109), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2023.72446
Riquelme, M., Arias, A. M., & Barraza, M. I. R. (2023). The effects of vertical growth: Study of the right to solar access in residential areas. The case of Concepción, Chile. Blucher Design Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2022-sigradi2022_169
Rivera, M.I., De la Barrera, F., Barraza, C., Durán, C., Pavez, J., Martínez, A. (2022). Humanizing Social Housing: A case study of Indoor Environmental Quality in San Pedro de la Costa. Conferencia Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA)_2022 | Will Cities Survive?, en Santiago, Chile, del 22 al 25 de Noviembre, pág., 270-275.
Senociain, I. V., & Rivera-Barraza, M. I. (2022). Análisis del confort térmico de adaptaciones de viviendas de emergencia: soluciones informales ante la precariedad constructiva, caso campamento Las Algas, Talcahuano. Urbe, 14, 22-38. https://doi.org/10.29393/ur14-2acim20002
Rivera, M.I., Martínez, A. & Scheuerman, D. (2022). A Proposed Evaluation Tool for the Resiliency of Post-disaster Housing: A case study of a post- earthquake and tsunami social housing development in the Coast of Southern Chile. Proceedings Resilient City: Physical, Social, and Economic Perspectives (ARCC-EAAE Spring), Miami, Florida International University, EE.UU.,Marzo2al5,2022.InPress: http://www.arcc-arch.org/arcc- eaae-2022/
Rivera, M.I., Martínez, A. & Arriagada, P. (2022). Informing Early-Stage Building Energy Retrofit for Prototypical Public Schools in Chile. Proceedings Resilient City: Physical, Social, and Economic Perspectives (ARCC-EAAE Spring), Miami, Florida International University, EE.UU., Marzo 2 al 5, 2022. In Press: http://www.arcc-arch.org/arcc-eaae-2022/
Alarcón, C., Pincheira, M., Rivera, M.I., & Martínez, A. Daylighting and the elderly: A study of daylight accessibility and envelope retrofit in Southern Chiel’s senior Home (2021). Designing Possibilities Ubiquitous Conference. XXV International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics. Online Conference. November 8 to the 12, 2021. In press
Kwok, A. G., Zalusky, H., Rivera, M. I., Rasmussen, L., & McKay, H. (2020). Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Environmental Impacts of Cross-Laminated Timber. Technology Architecture + Design, 4(2), 144-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/24751448.2020.1804754
Schweiker, M., André, M., Al‐Atrash, F., Al-Khatri, H., Alprianti, R. R., Alsaad, H., Amin, R., Ampatzi, E., Arsano, A. Y., Azar, E., Bannazadeh, B., Batagarawa, A., Becker, S., Buonocore, C., Cao, B., Choi, J., Chun, C., Daanen, H., Damiati, S. A., . . . Zomorodian, Z. (2020). Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe? Energy And Buildings, 211, 109761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109761
Mhuireach, G., Brown, G., Kline, J., Manandhar, D., Moriyama, M., Northcutt, D., Rivera, I., & Van Den Wymelenberg, K. (2020). Lessons learned from implementing night ventilation of mass in a next-generation smart building. Energy And Buildings, 207, 109547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109547
