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Bernard Sasserath
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name
SASSERATH, Bernard
Address
Curridabat, San Jose, Costa Rica
Telephone Number
(506) 2253 8614 / 8895 7753
Fax Number
N/A
E-Mail
[email protected]
Nationality
Belgian
Date of Birth
June 25th, 1972
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Dates
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business
• Position
• Main activities
August 2010 – to date
TPA - Taller de Paisaje y Ambiente: La Uruca, San Jose, Costa Rica
Landscaping and planning office
Owner and founding partner
Office Director and Project Manager
• Dates
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business
• Position
• Main activities
October 2003 – December 2010
Zürcher Arquitectos / Greenplan S.A.: Santa Ana, San Jose, Costa Rica
Architecture, landscaping and planning consultancy office
Landscape architect
Project manager (design, coordination, inspection)
• Dates
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business
• Position
• Main activities
March 1997 – March 2002
Jardisart S.A.: Sart Bernard, Belgium
Gardening center
Landscape architect
Project manager in charge of greenhouse maintenance and customer service
• Dates
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business
• Position
• Main activities
January 1996 – February 1997
Ateliers Omnia: Brussels, Belgium
Landscaping office and gardening company
Landscape architect
Project manager
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EDUCATION
• Dates
• Name and type of organization
• Career
• Qualification
September 1993 – June 1996
Institut Supérieur Industriel, Gembloux, Belgium
Diploma in Garden and Landscape Architecture
Diploma with Honors, winner of the award granted by the Association Belge des
Architectes de Jardin et du Paysage (ABAJP)
University graduate
• Degree
PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE
SKILLS
AND
NATIVE LANGUAGE
French
OTHER LANGUAGES
Spanish (full command of reading, writing, oral expression)
English (full command of reading, writing, oral expression)
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Microsoft Windows XP, Vista
Microsoft Office 2007
Autocad 2010 2D
Sketch Up 7
Adobe Photoshop CS5
AFFILIATIONS
Secretary of the Costa Rican Association of Landscape Artists (ASOPAICO)
COURSES, SEMINARS
CONTESTS/COMPETITIONS
AND
2010 – Jury president for the Maranta Award of the X Architecture Biennial of the
Professional Association of Engineers and Architects of Costa Rica
2009 – “La Libertad Metropolitan Park” Design Contest, finalist with Greenplan
Landscape Planning + Design and Zürcher Arquitectos
2009 – “Quinta da Regaleira: philosophical mansion and total opus”
2009 – “Santa Ana Historic Quarter”
2003 – Course on Tropical Landscaping, ASOCPAISAJE, Veritas Unviersity, San
Jose, Costa Rica
2002 – Documentary Photography Course, Costa Rican Cinema Center, San Jose,
Costa Rica
2001-2002 – Basic Black-and-White Photography Course, Institut Libre de
Formation Professionnelle, Namur, Belgium
1999 – Quatre fois l’hiver (short stories). Editions Pantheón, Paris
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Projects
o Oficentro El Tobogán (San Jose, Costa Rica)
 Type: office center – 2 hectares
 Status: under construction
o Meliá Paradisus Papagayo Bay Resort & Luxury Villas (Papagayo Peninsula, Guanacaste,
Costa Rica)
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 Type: beach hotel – 400 rooms
 Status: under construction
Esplendor Hotel Tamarindo (Tamarindo Beach, Guanacaste, Costa Rica)
 Type: beach hotel – 130 rooms
 Status: under construction
Torre Country (Escazu, San Jose, Costa Rica)
 Type: apartment complex – 6,000 square meters
 Status: concluded
Residencial Hacienda Espavel (Guacima, Alajuela, Costa Rica)
 Type: horizontal residential condominium – 25 hectares
 Status: under construction
Campo Lago (San Rafael, Alajuela, Costa Rica)
 Type: event center and tennis club – 2 hectares
 Status: under design
Confidential hotel development in Pearl Islands (Panama)
 Type: beach hotel – 12 hectares, 370 units
 Status: under design
Park View (Panama Pacifico, Panama City, Panama)
 Type: vertical residential condominium – 1.6 hectares
 Status: under construction
Britt Headquarters (Mercedes Norte, Heredia, Costa Rica)
 Type: corporate headquarters – 5,000 square meters
 Status: under design
Confidential mixed-use development (Curridabat, San Jose, Costa Rica)
 Type: commercial, residential and corporate development – 2 hectares
 Status: under design
Costa Linda Residential Development (Panama City, Panama)
 Type: horizontal residential condominium – 4 hectares
 Status: under construction
Country Day School (La Guacima, Alajuela, Costa Rica)
 Type: educational center – 2 hectares
 Status: under design
Avenida Escazú (Escazu, San José, Costa Rica)
 Type: urban design – specific interventions in external areas
 Status: under design
Condomío (La Guacima, Alajuela, Costa Rica)
 Type: horizontal and vertical residential condominium – various projects, 2,000
residential units
 Status: under construction and design
o Bakia Flats (Ciudad Colon, San Jose, Costa Rica)
 Type: vertical residential condominium – 2,800 square meters
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Status: under construction
Projects Developed with Other Companies:
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Marina Papagayo
The Deck Houses at the Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman
Poroporó Resort for Exclusive Resorts, Papagayo Peninsula
Golf Club House, Papagayo Peninsula
Las Terrazas Condominium, Papagayo Peninsula
Prieta Beach Club, Papagayo Peninsula
Four Seasons Hotel (garden renovation), Papagayo Peninsula
Hilton Papagayo Hotel
Double Tree Hotel
Marriott Costa Rica Hotel (expansion), Belen, Heredia
Kiana Resorts
Los Malinches Residential Development, Hacienda Pinilla
Lagos de Palma Real, Hacienda Pinilla
Beach club, Hacienda Pinilla
Latitude 10 Hotel, Santa Teresa, Cobano, Puntarenas
Alta Pietra Condominium, Escazu
Terra Office Center, Tres Rios, Cartago
Plaza Futura, Liberia
Altos de Golf, Lindora, San Jose
Paseo del Mar, Playas del Coco
Papagayo Peninsula road design
Hacienda Pinilla road design
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