2000 Knight Scholars

Andrew Georgiadis
Extending the boundaries of architecture and town planning, Andrew is interested in street design, transit and traffic engineering.

Andrew has worked with Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council on numerous projects including: Overtown Charrette (a plan for the reconstruction of Miami's Overtown neighborhood, destroyed in 1960 by the construction of an interstate highway interchange); Boca Transit Village; Housing for Northwood Road (Downtown West Palm Beach), and many other charrettes.  

Andrew is interested in reviving boulevards and roundabouts as an alternative to urban freeways and interchanges.  He has proposed the reconfiguration of I-395 and I-95 in downtown Miami into an ensemble of boulevards that would radiate from a large roundabout.  The roundabout would replace the interchange that severed Overtown into four districts.  This would not only serve to reconnect economically depressed areas back to the downtown and the waterfront, but also to provide for a long-term solution for Miami's worsening traffic problems. 

Andrew is a longtime resident of Miami and now works for Dover, Kohl & Associates, a planning and urban design firm based in South Miami that specializes in community design work nationwide.

Ricardo Lopez
Ricardo Lopez is interested in traditional architecture, civic design and town planning. During his scholarship he was co-editor of Black & White, a student publication of the School of Architecture, and he and his team won a bridge design competition for the new community of I’On near Charleston, South Carolina.

Ricardo played an important role in the Beall's Hill charrette, accompanying Knight Fellow Dhiru Thadani on a pre-charrette visit to conduct site analysis. He worked on several base drawings in advance of the charrette and was a member of the advance team that arrived early and set up the studio. Ricardo also worked on the Grand Avenue master plan for West Coconut Grove, work that is supported through a Knight grant awarded to the School of Architecture’s Center for Urban and Community Design.

Since graduation, Ricardo has worked for De La Guardia Victoria Architects and Ernesto Buch, Architect.

Kelley McDougall
Kelley completed two semesters in the Suburb and Town Design Program and then switched to the Masters Program in Architecture at the School of Architecture. Kelley fully participated in Knight Seminars and research during her scholarship semesters.

Alejandro Zizold
Alejandro Zizold is interested in town planning, architecture and community design. Alejandro graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelors degree in Architecture. Then he returned to Peru to establish his own design company. In Lima, he built and developed several of his own residential projects. After a brief sabbatical from his native country, he completed his graduate degree in Suburb and Town Design at the University of Miami.

He authored a paper on the role of the plaza as a catalyst for community for the Community Building Seminar course at the School of Architecture, which was shared with Knight Fellow Ken Hughes, whose research also focused on plazas. Alejandro also worked on the Grand Avenue master plan for West Coconut Grove.

Alejandro works for the Miami-based firm of Correa Valle Valle (CVV), a leading firm in the area of smart growth and New Urbanist planning and design. As a Project Director with CVV, he has focused on the development of Modern Traditional Architecture within New Urbanism projects. His current assignments include San Luis Student Housing, Muxbal, and a small church in Lima.