For the next decade , Suárez predominantly worked on projects outside the country . Between 1973 and 1974 , she served as a consultant to the United Nations on a plan for the reconstruction of Managua , after the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake . She designed the Guayaquil Development Plan and worked in Guayaquil , Ecuador between 1976 and 1977 . Though she maintained her home in Recoleta , Buenos Aires , Suárez also kept a residence in Punta del Este , Uruguay during the military junta . In 1983 , democratic government was re-established in Argentina and by 1985 , Suárez was returned as the Design Chair at FAU-UBA . She was appointed as Secretary of Research and Postgraduate Studies and after eight years , was awarded the Gold Medal of the University in 1993 , when she was named as a Professor Emeritus and granted a '' Doctor Honoris Causa '' from FAU-UBA . Throughout her career , Suárez published numerous books , articles and essays on urban planning , including '' Planes y Códigos para Buenos Aires 1925 – 1985 '' ( Plans and Codes for Buenos Aires 1925 – 1985 " , 1986 ) ; '' Ampliación del puerto de Buenos Aires-Apreciaciones urbanísticas '' ( Extension of the port of Buenos Aires-Urbanistic appraisals , 1998 ) and '' Sistema aeroportuario comercial metropolitano '' ( Metropolitan commercial airport system , 2000 ) From 1995 until her death , Suárez worked as a consultant on various projects and seminars , working as the director of the Center for Urban Documentation at FAU-UBA . Beginning that year , she worked with Lucila Oliver on a forum '' Ciudad and Rio '' ( City and River ) , which evaluated the integration of plans for the city with those of the nearby river port development . Among other consultancies , she worked on a plan for the Río de la Plata , drainage issues for the city because of the confluence of the Reconquista and Matanza River basins , transport and transit issues along the north-south coastal highway , airport policies , an environmental and development plan for Puerto Madero . Her concerns for the developmental problems focused on three main axes : balancing the need to expand services in the central city with the need for high-density housing , expanding development of the southern part of the metropolis to take pressure off of the northern and more developed areas , and better communication with citizens to integrate community concerns in the planning process
1972 Nicaragua earthquake
1972 Nicaragua earthquake
Odilia Suárez