Christian Beros-Contreras is an architectural and urban designer. He joined Space Syntax in 2006 as a Design Consultant.

Since joining the company, Christian has worked on the Central Urban Area project in Jeddah.

He has four years professional experience as an architect in Chile working in retail, education and housing design. During this time he ran his own architectural practice that was awarded with several prizes in national Architectural and Urban design competitions.

His urban lighting designs have been published in several magazines and he is a member of ‘Las Americas Research Network’, focusing on collaborative and network design.

Christian obtained his degree in architecture at the FAU Universidad de Chile and was awarded with the Alban scholarship from the European Commission, through which he obtained a master’s degree at The Bartlett, University College London. His thesis focused on the relationship of spatial configuration in Central London to cognition and orientation.

Education, Awards & Appointments

2006 Honorary Research Assistant, UCL

2006 MSc Advanced Architectural Studies, The Bartlett, UCL

2005 Alban Scholarship, European Commission for Latin America.

2003 1st. Place in the national contest for architectural lighting projects, (Philips lights up your ideas) 2002 2nd. Place in the “Mirador Interactive Museum of Concepcion, Chile” 2001 1st. Place in the national contest for architectural lighting projects, (Philips lights up your ideas)2001 Degree in Architecture at

FAU, Universidad de Chile, RIBA part II.

1999 Barch at FAU, Universidad de Chile, accredited by RIBA.

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Christian Beros BArch MSc AAS

Consultant Representative in Chile