Summary
Robert Newcombe is a British architectural designer and executive director based in Chile, with over 15 years’ experience across the UK and Chile leading participatory design, community workshops, and construction projects. As co-founder and co-director of Open House Santiago and leader at Fundación ALDEA, he blends program development, art direction and communications to expand public access to and dialogue about the built environment. He teaches first-year design at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and contributes to postgraduate courses on community participation and green infrastructure, bringing practical, site-based research into the classroom. Equally at home producing editorial design, short films and photography, Robert uses multimedia storytelling to document and amplify community-led projects across diverse Chilean landscapes. Notably, his career bridges high-profile London training at The Bartlett with deep local engagement since first visiting Chile in 2015, a combination that fuels inventive, culturally attuned design interventions.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Architecture - MArch, Architecture, Master of Architecture - MArch, Architecture at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
English, Spanish