About

 

 

Memeplex Inc was founded in 2010 by Claudio B. Maxwell-Merrill and Gloribed Rivera-Torres. Along with their collaborators from varied backgrounds, Memeplex Inc. can provide a wide range of services including design, planning, rendering, bamboo construction, as built services, and technical drafting, code research,

Communication is undeniably the most important ingredient for successful design. We strive to achieve holistic design. As we understand our client's needs, goals, and desires we can develop a design that responds to them and fits into its climate and topography, to achieve comfort, durability, sustainability, and safety. We advocate the use of appropriate technology in building practices and materials coupled with traditional vernacular wisdom and sustainable design practices.

interior design, site planning, etc.

claudio B. Maxwell-Merrill

Prior to co-founding Memeplex Inc, he practiced in several award-winning architecture firms in Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin. developed and patented a botanical concrete block, practiced in several design competitions, and designed and built bamboo gazebos. Claudio is an experienced and

Education:

  • Masters in Architecture, Architecture & Urban Planning, UW–Milwaukee; May 2008

  • Bachelors of Science Degree, Architecture & Urban Planning, UW–Milwaukee; December 2000 - Graduated Cum Laude 

  •  Arch-150 Introduction to Revit, MATC; Dec 2015

  •  Certificate in Bamboo Construction

  • Tecnologia Intuitiva e Bioarquitetura; Bom Jardim, Rio di Janeiro, Brazil- January 2013

  •  Design and Construction in Bamboo Certification

  • Fundeguadua; Cali, Colombia pending August 2013

  •  NCARB Intern development Program- Completion 2003

  •  NCARB Architectural Registration Exam-In Progress

Gloribed Rivera-Torres

Architect in Training with experience on projects ranging from adaptive reuse, commercial, multifamily developments, single family homes, interior design, mixed-use, historic preservation, property management.

  • Master of Architecture, 2007, UWM

  • Bachelor of Science, Architecture, 2002, UWM

  • Associate in Commercial Real Estate, 2010, MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

  • NCARB Architectural Registration Exam-In Progress

  • NCARB Intern development Program- In Progress

  • Real Estate Salesperson, Wisconsin Regulations and Licensing, 2008

  • Fair Housing Training and Experience, HUD Compliance, LIHTC, Section 42, Section 8, RCAC, Assisted Living, Property Management