Most human relationships, expressions of creativity, and most of our daily lives take place inside buildings, towns, and cities.
Overview
Focus on authentic sustainability
Core values: the people, the process and the result.
ufficiis’s passion about the “triple bottom line” of sustainable economics, equity, and environment makes us unique among urban experts and architects. There are practical solutions to urban issues toward authentic sustainability, and that consideration of environmental impacts and social benefits is as important as economics, scarcity and its implications for the use of resources, production of goods and services, growth of production and welfare over time, and a great variety of other complex issues of vital concern to society.
ufficiis is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion through fostering a workforce that represents different communities, cultures, and viewpoints. Building mutual trust and respect where experts are committed and to share our diverse perspectives, experiences, and ideas.
ufficiis believe that a defining quality of civitas-urbs-polis- is a consistent commitment to sustainability and long-term sustainable practices. Most human relationships, expressions of creativity, and most of our daily lives take place inside buildings, towns, and cities.
Urban strategies
Development, people, settlements, technology and nature.
ufficiis is an innovative, award-winning urban economics, real estate and architecture advisory and consulting practice.
With decades of experience, Santiago Caprio and his leadership at the PolisMaker have completed over hundreds of assignments for clients.
Across Europe and America including public agencies, non-profit organizations, universities, and private developers.
Our work emphasizes the triple bottom line of economics, equity, and environment in a cross-sectorial development.
Consulting
Boldness, humility, curiosity, a passion for real problems
Strategic Definition, Brief Design, Concept Design, Developed Design, Technical Design, Construction, Handover and Close Out.
Urban design, hotel, retail, health, sport, interior yacht, commercial & residential, institutional, mobility and public space, making case to connect people with places through transit-oriented development and new pedestrianism.
Shifting to the project’s specific needs and varies according to scope, budget, procurement method, etc.
Expertise
Urban design & architecture consultancies
In old and new cities, a well-planned and designed urban fabric is the common thread of creating places that are livable and sustainable.
ufficiis philosophy’s integrates innovative approaches that merge planning, assesment, design, and placemaking principles with sustainable infrastructure and development to build communities with a strong sense of place and lasting value.
Our collaborative and inclusive approach to consensus building engages the public as part of the process, educates them on the issues, and invests them in the solution. And our award-winning, proven approach continues to help clients in our Areas of Expertise.
Our team
CHIEF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT | FOUNDER
Santiago Caprio
PROF. DR. MAS. URB. ARCH.
Santiago’s passion for sustainability, solving community problems, and creating engaging environments motivates him daily. Santiago, as Principal, is widely respected for his expertise and skill in planning strategy, project management, and urban planning in high-density areas. His in-depth understanding of development review process, as it relates to innovation, sustainability, and the built environment, is unique among his peers. Santiago is also the Director of the PolisMaker Lab – Politecnico di Milano.
Santiago provides the team with firm-wide leadership, management expertise, strategic planning, mentoring, and inspiration.
(Italy | Argentina | El Salvador)
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS
Johanna Cisneros
Polismaker, Architect, design planning focuses on integrating knowledge with creativity in the built environment.
(Ecuador)
TECHNICAL APROACH
Guillermo Sabino
Architect. Specialist in Technical Analysis, Review and Structuring of Architectural Projects.
(Argentina)
TRIPLE BOTTON LINE
Pablo Thaler
Polismaker, Economist and International Relations. Focused on complex thinking and sustainability.
(Mexico | Argentina)
INNOVATIVE DESIGN
Jefferson Camacho
Architect. Specialist in innovative solutions for architectural design, creating spaces that could tell a story.
(Ecuador)
DESIGN PROCESS
Damasia Saenz Valiente
Architect, designer. Involved in all phases of project design, technical operations and documentation.
(Argentina)
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
Emiliano Martinez
Architect, hyperrealistic visualization, creating spaces that could positively impact people’s lives.
(Argentina)
TECHNOLOGY
Mijail Álvarez
Urban Planner, Architect. Its approach is Advanced Technology applied to architectural and urban projects.
(Ecuador)
DETAILING
Micaela Nazarian
Architect. Specialist in architectural details through 2D and 3D graphic representation and photorealism.
(Argentina)
SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
Jose Camuendo
Architect. orientation towards sustainable practices and their application in the urban environment.
(Ecuador)
ARTISTIC VISUALIZATION
Turi Blas Zabala
Architect, Artistic Illustrator, communicating ideas and projects with artistic sensitivity.
(Perú)
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
Dayana Fajardo
Industrial Designer, Audio Visual Production specialized in impact communication, creative writing and content.
(Colombia)
INDEX QUALITY OF LIFE
Jaqueline Lopes
Architect and Urban Planner, focused in smart cities and quality of life in urban spaces.
(Brazil | Italy)
HUMAN HERITAGE
Franco Pallanza
Polismaker Architect, Specialist in Diagnosis, Restoration and Enhancement of the Cultural Heritage.
(Italy)
SENSITIVE ILLUSTRATION
Klaudia Radlińska
Architect, interior designer. Exhaustive approach to detail, balance and equilibrium in representations.
(Poland | Spain)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Ricardo Tapia Frez
Computer Engineer, specialized in applied artificial intelligence, smart cities and urban territory.
(Chile)
VISUALIZATION
Gabriel Troncoso
Architect, communication focused on high-quality architectural representation.
(Ecuador)
DYNAMIC ENVIROMENTS
Pedro Rueda
Architect, Design of functional projects using dynamic representation resource to communicate ideas.
(Ecuador)
INFRASTRUCTURE
Edgar Peña
Civil Engineer with specialization in Seismology, Engineering Seismic and Disaster Mitigation.
(El Salvador)
ADMINISTRATIVE
Linetl Quinteros
Financial and tax management, documentation, legal procedures.
(El Salvador)
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Susy Fabian
Support for administrative operations, documentation and archiving.
(El Salvador)
AUDITOR
Magda Ortiz
Review and evaluation of administrative and financial operations, tax advice.
(El Salvador)
ANTHROPOLOGIST, RESEARCHER, SOCIAL COMPLEXITY
Georgina Hernandez
Public policy acceleration and Methodologies.
(Paraguay | Spain)
ATTORNEY, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISOR
Elisabetta Cicigoi
Lawer, Policy implementation process.
(Italy)
SEMIOTICS, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Fernando Fajardo
Knowledge management, educational policy, international cooperation
(Spain)
Interested in joining us?
We are looking for talented people with great sensitivity, around the world to join our team.
«If we dare to do something new, to cross borders, we can experience new knowledge.
Just think beyond conventions to solve challenges faced by clients and communities.»
Santiago Caprio
