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YOEL FLORES
Principal
Yoel Flores graduated from Universidad Central de Venezuela in the year 1986. He obtained a Bachelor of Architecture — After having won awards and honors for his thesis project and his ongoing studies, he started to compete in various competitions. He received the best prize for the Architecture Biennale in Venezuela in the year 1986. He worked in different offices after he graduated and finally decided to open up his own firm, Modulor, in the year 1991.
With Modulor, Yoel released a brand of furniture and designs for offices, department stores, apartments, and residences that would be based on a single modular unit. At one point, even owning his own workshop to design, produce, and fabricate the modular furniture. At the same time, Yoel Flores was a professor at Universidad Central de Venezuela and the School of Architecture Jose Maria Vargas, teaching graduate level classes. He was chosen for presentations and talks during his career as a professor in Venezuela.
Since 2006 he resides in Miami, where he initiated the office and firm Ambito, working towards developing high-end luxury housing. During the beginning of the firm, Yoel collaborated with many architects and designers on projects, especially with his daughter, Maria Flores, who now forms part of the team. Since 2018, Ambito has been focused on developing projects for developers. The reason being, because Yoel has a lot of experience in the design and construction area. He is involved in every step of the process with all the projects, from the conception and design process, to the construction and the finishing pieces of details. During his career, he has developed many projects such as multi-story buildings, department stores, offices. Yoel Flores has 33 years of experience in the architectural, construction, and teaching field. He has worked in residential and commercial projects in South Florida, having designed over 14 high-end residential houses in Key Biscayne, among other places. He supervises all the projects under construction.
Since 2018, he has also participated in university reviews and has been selected to host presentations for Architecture and Urbanism in the city of Key Biscayne.
“The best thing about architecture is seeing people enjoy the spaces I have created through many dreams and hours of hard work. At the end of the day, those spaces are always with me, through my memory… Another beautiful thing about architecture is seeing how the project grows day by day, until finally being completed. Giving me the satisfaction to create the spaces where living beings are going to use every single day… For many, many years to come. That, to me, is the true meaning of architecture.”
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