Selected Work · Architect

Maria
Isabel
Galarza
Leiva

Architecture & Design Portfolio

2026

A cross-disciplinary architecture portfolio spanning academic work at USC, USFQ, and La Salle Barcelona — through to professional projects with Patagonia and CVD Arquitectura.

Architecture Courses

01 / 05
2017
USC Architecture Projects
University of Southern California
  • Abstraction / Pixels to Contours
  • Figure Ground
  • Unfolded Drawings
  • House Model Prototype
2018
Drafting
Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito
  • Collage with World-Recognized Floor Plans
  • Primary School Building at Colegio Menor
2019
AutoCAD Class Project
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
  • The House
  • The 4-Story Building
  • The Reutter House
2021
Revit Class Projects
La Salle Barcelona
  • Experimental Pavilion — Rambla de Modolell, Viladecans
  • Social Housing Tower 75 Units, Plaza Europa
2021
Construction I
La Salle Barcelona
  • Conic & Parábola Models — La Sagrada Familia
  • Dog Shelter with Recycled Materials
  • Brick from Scratch
  • Moving Blind
2023 – 2026
Construction II
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
  • Practice of Constructive Details of Taller V
  • Spetris for Llum Barcelona — Winner, Category Risk
  • The Most Beautiful Swiss Books Exhibition

Studio Projects

02 / 05
USFQ & La Salle Barcelona · Studio I
Foundations of Architecture
Exploration of foundational architectural thinking through exercises including college of residential neighborhoods, location perspectives, 2D-to-3D transformations, cube creation and destruction in 7 steps, construction joints, and The Construction Dump.
USFQ & La Salle Barcelona · Studio II
Object, Space & Structure
Projects include The Chair — an exploration of form and function — along with Path Source, "Atrium" home design, and a Tower Observatory. Each project deepened spatial reasoning and structural expression.
USFQ & La Salle Barcelona · Studio III
Riverside Heights
A site-specific architectural project engaging with topography, water, and urban edge conditions to propose a building that mediates between landscape and city.
USFQ & La Salle Barcelona · Studio IV
Residence & Urban in Sant Martí, Barcelona
An urban housing intervention in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, engaging with the Eixample grid, existing typologies, and the social dynamics of contemporary urban dwelling.
USFQ · Studio V
Architecture Faculty — Centro Histórico, Quito
A cultural and educational architectural project embedded in Quito's historic center, navigating heritage constraints, programmatic density, and the public role of institutional architecture.
USFQ · Studio VI
Architectonic Hybrid Library — Iñaquito, Quito
A hybrid library program in the Iñaquito neighborhood of Quito, blending public space, knowledge infrastructure, and mixed-use urban activation.
USFQ · Studio VII
Premios Pronobis — Master Plan, Guayaquil
Competition entry for the Premios Pronobis Master Plan. Two-stage process: First Stage as contestant, Second Stage developing a single square with civic and public space programming in Guayaquil.
USFQ · Studio VIII
Leisure Center in Jipijapa, Quito
A leisure and recreational architecture project in the Jipijapa neighborhood, exploring how public amenity buildings can activate underutilized urban zones.
USFQ · Studio IX — Thesis
Mixed-Use Building: Library & Museum — Valverde, Madrid
Thesis project proposing a mixed-use building combining a public library and museum in Valverde, Madrid. The project synthesizes the architectural education journey — merging cultural programming, civic presence, and contemporary construction.

Job Projects

03 / 05
Patagonia
Retail Architecture
Patagonia Store Scala
Concept design · Phase 1 Floor Plans & Renders · Phase 2 Floor Plans & Renders · Finished Project Photography
Patagonia Store Quicentro
Concept · Floor Plans · Renders · Finished Project Photography
CVD Arquitectura
Residential Architecture
House Fresan / Godoy
Architectural Floor Plans · Hydraulic & Sanitary Plans · Finished Project Photography
House Atler / Tobar
Architectural Floor Plans · Hydraulic & Sanitary Plans · Finished Project Photography

Sketches, Art & Drafting

04 / 05
Sketches
01Batllo House, Rooftop
02Houses with Earthen Berms
03Types of Roofs
04Hyperbolic Paraboloids in Ecuador
05Barcelona Buildings
06Types of Windows
07Squirrel In Motion
08Humans
Art & Drafting
01Who Am I
02Trees Perspective
032 Tea Cups
04Building of Quito
05Room with Shadows
06Bell Peppers
07Greece
08Azuma House
09Interior Perspective
10Chinatown Street

Photography

05 / 05

Architectural and cultural photography capturing iconic spaces across Los Angeles, Rome, Paris, Berlin, and beyond — a personal visual archive of the built environment.

01
Walt Disney Concert Hall
02
Chanel Guillotine (Breakfast Nook)
03
Basilica Di San Pietro
04
Palace of Versailles
05
Dome of the Reichstag Building
06
Evening Dress (Robe du soir)
07
House Vicens
08
Basilica of the National Vote

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