Mauricio Diaz Portfolio by Mauricio Diaz

Mauricio Diaz Selected Works

131 10th Ave

Greening La Habana

Beauty NYC

CHO Theatre

Butch, Baker & CM

Table of Contents

ARCH 602: Franca Trubiano

131 10th Ave

High-Performance on the Highline

This project investigates the ways in which the formal qualities of architecture, prior to the application of mechanical systems, can reduce required energy inputs. Through the manipulation of form, the facade uses pressure differentials to enhance and channel airflow while thermally responsive tones, adaptive shading, and thermal mass are used to regulate temperature. In concert, these strategies will not just cool the building but are also primary generators of the emergent building as object

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HIGHLINE LOBBY

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

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ARCH 602: Franca Trubiano

Skin Operability This office tower, located adjacent to the Highline in New York City, actively enhances the natural phenomena that result from the interactions of matter and energy in the service of cooling. This office tower’s skin functions as a hybrid between a pressurized rain screen and a double skin facade as the first point of contact with the environment, operable vents allow wind to enter the cavity between the outer ETFE layer and the inner high-performance glazing that acts as the primary thermal barrier

1/2” SCALE SECTION

Raised Axis Floor

High Performance Glazing

Pressure Ring Cavity

ETFE Pillow

9” x18” Steel Member Structural Diagrid

Structural Fin

Concrete Slab

BUILDING SKIN SEASONAL OP

SPRING / FALL MOD Dehumidified cool air is distributed to office spaces HOT AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM

INTER-OFFICE CIRCULATION

Humid air in acceptable temperature range is funneled to dehumidification chamber

SPRING / FALL MODE: NATURA

HOT AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM

3 STORY TENENT ZONE

I O SP

Planar air flow pre-pressurizes facade

WINTER MODE: HEA Dehumidification space provides fresh air HOT AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM

WINTER + SUMMER AIR INTAKE Facade in closed mode creates a warm perimeter

HIGHLINE

SUMMER MODE: HEAT Atrium removes heat through stack effect HOT AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM

SUB-GRADE THERMAL PRE-CONDITIONING

Laminar flow increases ventilation rate and air exchange, allowing for a cooler perimeter around building.

When air is allowed to flow into the cavity, a pressure ring is formed. This pre-pressurized zone buffers the internal high-pressure zone from the external low-pressure zone (on the leeward sides) making natural ventilation possible in a building whose height would normally cause pressure differentials to be too extreme. User controlled ventilation is augmented with a computer driven response system in order to maintain equal pressure distribution throughout the building. Each floor plate of the tower is zoned in order to create a series of more easily regulated micro-climates.

ARCH 602: Franca Trubiano

Pressure Ring

OFFICE + 176.00

RESTROOMS

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OFFICE + 176.00

This office tower regulates airflow in four main modes. In the Spring and Fall, natural ventilation is used when the temperature is between 55 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit and 20 to 60 percent humidity. In all modes, hot air is evacuated through the atrium.

OFFICE

+ 176.00

DESICCANT WATERFALL

DEHUMIDIFICATION CHAMBER + 160.00

50 k m/ h 40 k m/ h 30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

January

°F 113+ 104 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 <32

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30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

°C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

50 k m/ h

30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

from gray area is ideal if September Wind dehumidified.

40 k m/ h 30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

°F 113+ 104 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 <32

50 k m/ h 40 k m/ h 30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

June °C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

°C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

°F 113+ 104 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 <32

50 k m/ h 40 k m/ h 30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

March

the wind temperature is still too cold for ventilation.

Skin remains close when temperature is too warm for ventilation. Wind from gray area is ideal if heated up to meet ideal temperature. 40 k m/ h

50 k m/ h

area expands as temperatures February Gray become warmer. However, most of

Most of the wind temperature is too cold for ventilation during winter. Wind from gray area can be used if heated up to meet ideal temperature.

40 k m/ h

May

°C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

°F 113+ 104 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 <32

50 k m/ h 40 k m/ h 30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

October

°C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

Skin can remain open in all directions if wind from gray area is heated up to meet ideal temperature.

°F 113+ 104 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 <32

40 k m/ h 30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

°C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

50 k m/ h 40 k m/ h 30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

temperatures start to November Wind decrease as winter is coming.

°C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

°F 113+ 104 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 <32

°C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

°F 113+ 104 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 <32

30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

Skin can remain open in all directions if wind from gray area is heated up to meet ideal temperature. 50 k m/ h 40 k m/ h 30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

August °C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

°F 113+ 104 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 <32

40 k m/ h

°F 113+ 104 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 <32

Most of the wind temperature is too warm for ventilation during summer. Wind from gray area is ideal if dehumidified.

°C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

50 k m/ h

April

As temperatures increase in spring, most of the wind can be used for ventilation if wind from gray area is heated up to meet ideal temperature. 50 k m/ h

July

Most of the wind temperature is too warm for ventilation during summer. Wind from gray area is ideal if dehumidified.

°C 45+ 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 <0

Wind condition is similar to the month of June.

°F 113+ 104 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 <32

50 k m/ h 40 k m/ h 30 k m/ h 20 k m/ h 1 0 k m/ h

December

Wind from gray area can be used if heated up to meet ideal temperature.

Open Open if conditioned Close

SKIN OPERABILITY STRATEGY

WINTER MODE: HEAT RETENTION distributed to office spaces Dehumidification space provides air HOT fresh AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM

SPRING / FALL MODE : DEHUMIDIFICATION HOT AIR EXPELLED

Raised Axis Floor

Spring / Fall Mode: Dehumidification

INTO ATRIUM Dehumidified cool air is distributed to office spaces

HOT AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM

High Performance Glazing Raised Axis Floor

Pressure Ring Cavity

High Performance Glazing Humid air in acceptable temperature range is funneled to dehumidification chamber Facade in closed mode creates a warm perimeter

ETFE Pillow

Pressure Ring Cavity

Humid air in acceptable

SPRINGtemperature / FALL MODE: NATURAL VENTILATION range is funneled to

9” x18”Pillow Steel Member ETFE

dehumidification chamber

SUMMER MODE: HEAT EXPULSION Structural Diagrid

Atrium removes heat through stack HOT AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM effect

Summer Mode: Heat Expulsion

SPRING / FALL MODE: NATURAL VENTILATION HOT AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM

Structural Fin COOL AIR INTO OFFICE SPACES

Office Tower Climate Modes Concrete Slab

Planar air flow pre-pressurizes facade

Planar air flow WINTER MODE: pre-pressurizes facade

HEAT RETENTION

Dehumidification space provides fresh air

Winter Mode: Heat Retention

Structural Diagrid

HOT AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM

Laminar flow increases ventilation rate and air exchange, allowing for a cooler perimeter around building.

HOT AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM

WINTER MODE: HEAT RETENTION Dehumidification space provides fresh air HOT AIR EXPELLED INTO ATRIUM

Facade in closed mode creates a warm perimeter

9” x18” Steel Member

COOL AIR INTO OFFICE SPACES

SUMMER MODE: HEAT EXPULSION Facade in closed mode creates a warm perimeter Atrium removes

In Spring and Fall, the temperature is ideal but the air must Structuralto Fin a be dehumidified. In order to do this, the air is channeled dehumidification chamber that utilizes a liquid desiccant system to remove humidify from the air. This space is occupiable and is used for inter-office (per tenant) circulation via stairs. Concrete Slab In Summer, the outer skin is opened to increase the air exchange rate across the building’s surface but the inner skin remains closed. Outside are is pre-cooled via sub grade thermal conditioning where it is channeled to each tenant floor’s dehumidification chamber. The conditioned air is then distributed via under floor heat exchanging air-handling units. In Winter, the outer and inner skins remain closed in order to create a thermal buffer zone. Outside air is pre-warmed via sub grade thermal conditioning where it is then channeled to each tenant floor’s dehumidification chamber. The amount of desiccant in the system can be regulated or bypassed entirely if it is not needed. The air is then distributed via under floor heat exchanging air handling units.

ARCH 602: Franca Trubiano

Heat is recaptured and used to reconstitute liquid dessicant

Inter-Office Zoning 30% of office air is used as return air. It is channelled through a heat exchanger and is redirected to the dehumidification space for re-conditioning. Air passes through liquid dessicant system Conditioned air is directed to under floor ventilation units where the air is then mechanically cooled or heated and supplied to office spaces 70% air is exhausted through the atrium

Thermally Pre-Conditioned air rises through Air Shaft

ARCH 701: Enrique Norten

Greening La Habana A 2050 Initiative

This Project began with an initial investigation of the current status of Cuba â&#x20AC;&#x201C; identifying both problems and opportunities for a country that has been in a state of decay for over 50 years. Our area of interest involved Cubaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broken transportation system, which has been a serious impediment to growth. Our proposal involved the creation of a hybrid transportation network that would knit together three existing yet independent networks the national rail, a coastal ferry system, and an interurban system. The Hybrid Transportation network is set to function at three different scales the Regional scale, The National Scale, and the Havana City Scale.

Building Use

Residential Civic Industrial Religious Military

ARCH 701: Enrique Norten

Site Analysis One of the greatest challenges in the areas surrounding the site is the shift in scale from the denser Old Havana to the outlying industrial areas near Regla. In Old Havana, there is a wide range of program that is evenly distributed and highly varied, creating a patchwork of functions that creates points of interest across the site. Civic Spaces, which act as both public gathering places and points of attraction are numerous and diverse in the old city, but are almost non-existent once one passes the train station walking towards Regla. Here, the buildings are used almost exclusively for industrial purposes, creating a homogenous zone that discourages public exchange. The more civic and residential areas are pushed back from the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge and the train rails act as a barrier to the north. The function of the bay is expected to change once all industrial and shipping functions are transferred to the nearby bay of Mariel. It is expected that this will leave a large tract of land prime for coastline development. The total area of the site (hatched in diagram) is 5.29 square miles with a coastline of 8.6 miles. Huge potential for development exists in this area given the population density of adjacent areas

Industrial Removed

1,228

23,496

39,537

13,235 4,937

889

18,941

6,125

Population Density

Port Canaveral Tampa

To New Orleans

To New York Freeport Ft. Lauderdale

Miami

Cococay

Key West Nassau Half Moon Cay

Mariel Coloma

Havana

Matanzas

Cienfuegos

Caibarien Grand Turk

George Town Puerto Costa Maya

Santiago de Cuba Manzanillo

Labadee

Cozumel

Falmouth Ocho Rios Belize City

Roatan

Aruba

Cartagena Puntarenas

ARCH 701: Enrique Norten

CUBA Water and Rail Transportation Systems Habana del Este

Habana

Sta Cruz del Norte Cardenas

Mariel

Matanzas

Bahia Onda Puerto Esperanza

ArtemisaLA HABANA

Bahia Santa Lucia

Isabela de Sagua

Guines Pedro Betancourt

Batabano

MATANZAS

Cifuentes Jaquey Grande

PINAR DEL RIO

Los Arroyos

Pinar del Rio

Caibarien

SANTA CLARA

Santa Clara

Aguada de Pasajeros Cruces Guane

Playa Larga

Coloma

CIENFUEGOS

Cienfuegos

Laguna de Cortes

Moron CIEGO DE AVILA

Cabo Corrientes

Santi Spiritus

Nuevo Gerona

Ciego De Avila

SANCTI SPIRITUS

Esmeralda

Trinidad Tunas de Zaza

Jucaro Nuevitas

Camaguey

CAMAGUEV

Vertientes

Puerto Carupano Guardalavaca Colombia

Velasco

LAS TUNAS

Banes

Las Tunas Olguin

Candido Gonzales

Antilla

HOLOGUIN

People per km sq

Moa

Santa Cruz del Sur

Levisa

250

Manzanillo

Bayamo

Baracoa

BAYAMO

200

GUANTANAMO

Bartolome Maso

150

SANTIAGO DE CUBA

Niquero Punta Tabacal

100

Guantanamo

Santiago de Cuba

Caimanera

Pilon 50

Samana San Juan

Tortola St. Thomas

St. Marteen

St Kitts Antigua Dominica

St Lucia Barbados Curacao

Caribbean Cruise Routes At the regional scale, the system will establish Havana as a main Caribbean Hub. As border restrictions are lessened to the United States and other countries, international travel to Cuba will expand. A majority of travel throughout the Caribbean is done by ship and a program has been set in place to provide the necessary infrastructure requirements to provide for the influx that will occur into Havana Bay. On the national scale, the rail system would provide a circulation spine throughout the interior of the country while smaller coastal ferries will link major population centers located on the coast. This will establish Havanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence as the most important transportation hub for all Cubans: the gateway to America!

Casablanca 

Old Havana Nico Lopez

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Guasabacoa

Atares

Guasabacoa Sur

ARCH 701: Enrique Norten

Havana Ferry Transportation Network As in every other scale, the main organizing piece at the urban scale in the transportation equation is the bay. As future growth is planned towards the Eastern part of the city, the bay will soon establish itself as the center of the city. It currently exists as an obstacle and access to it is blocked off by a series of industrial, manufacturing and shipping buildings. These services will be moved to the nearby bay of Mariel. With these programmatical elements gone, opportunities to develop around the edge will emerge and the city grid will rapidly expand to the edges. Sustainable growth requires appropriate infrastructure, which is why five ferry locations within the bay have been selected to serve four new inter-bay ferry routes.

West Route Marina Hemingway

East Route

Havana Yacht Club

Rio Almendares

East Havana

Islazul

Tarara

Cartagena Falmouth

Cardenas

Guasabacoa Sur

Guasabacoa Sur Guasabacoa Sur

St. Marteen

Guasabacoa Sur

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Guasabacoa

St. Thomas

Atares

Aruba

Curacao

Georgetown

Guasabacoa

Matanzas

Mariel

Nico Lopez

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 

San Juan

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Casablanca

Old Havana

MIAMI



Nico Lopez

Santa Cruz Del Norte

Nico Lopez

Atares

Old Havana

Casablanca

East

Cozumel

West

Grand Turk

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Guasabacoa

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East Havana

Miami



Costa Maya

Int’l

Cozumel

Ft. Lauderdale Costa Maya

Freeport

Key West

Nassau

Wharf

Old Havana Ferry & Cruise Terminal

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Wharf

Casablanca Ferry Terminal

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Ferry System

casablanca ferry terminal

Ferry System

casablanca ferry terminal

ARCH 701: Enrique Norten

Casa Blanca Ferry Terminal The Casa Blanca Ferry Terminal will act as the main point of entry for Cubans whether they are arriving from other areas of the country via the Cuban coastal ferries or are travelling from Miami aboard the proposed Miami - Cuba Ferry. The size of the port allows for larger ships to arrive for goods to arrive. This is an important service Havana will require once all shipping and industrial functions are moved to Mariel. Casablanca existed as an important industrial and manufacturing area of the country. These buildings will be re purposed through a series of cultural buildings, a new train station and a new park space that will extend from to the old Nico Lopez refinery, one of the stops around the bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local ferry routes.

ARCH 601: Hina Jamelle

Beauty NYC Shifting Hybrid

The Beauty Restoration Clinic Resides in Tribeca, NY. The ebb and flow of the surrounding area and community have dictated the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s form. The form relies on concepts of mirrored movement and progressive motion. Specialty cosmetic and beauty stores rise through the center of the building, arranged to encourage entry at the street level and to take in the view of the city from the higher floors. These spaces are open to the public and pose unrestricted views into and out of the building to create a transforming experience. The hotel and residential units gradually extend out from this public program which serves as the cementing or suctioning piece between residents and hotel visitors.

INTRICACIES

ZONE 3

ZONE 2

ZONE 1

BROKEN CURVATURE

EXTERNAL TOPOGRAPHY

Individual units are organized off of one central wall, or core that identifies and encloses certain spaces. More private spaces such as the bathroom and bedroom are more private towards the back, while more public spaces such as living areas and balconies begin to emerge where the central wall begins to fray to create railings.

BRANCH 3

BRANCH 2

BRANCH 1

SSION:

MIRROR MOTION CEMENTING

YOUNGEST

FORMATION PATH

ARCH 601: Hina Jamelle

ARCH 302: Jose Atienza

CHO Theatre Charlottesville, Va

Towns go through a great deal of change. Some areas of a town begin to lose their flavor or popularity due to a variety of reasons. The 10th and Page St. neighborhood of Charlottesville, Va. has gone through a change in demographics in recent years that has caused many who previously lived there to escape the city in search for a more enjoyable area. Many have escaped to the countryside. In an effort to reconnect the city to its past and with a purpose of exhibiting the new cultures that inhabit this area, I decided to design the Charlottesville Community Theater.

ARCH 302: Jose Atienza

My first step in doing this was to turn away from transitory Main Street and explore the secrets that lay behind the buildings; it is here where the history and character of these places lies. Taking advantage of the 20 foot drop of the site I chose, I designed a roof top park to draw people off of Main Street to discover the theater and neighborhoods hidden below. With a main black box theater and many other multipurpose rooms, people will be able to conduct small to medium scale plays, concerts, and even exhibits. This will give people from the disadvantaged neighborhoods of 10th and Page an opportunity to showcase their creativity and culture.

ARCH 301: Peter Waldman

Butch, BakeR & CM Culinary INstitute of NYC

A Butcher, a Baker and a Candlestick Maker have decided to make their way back to the busy city of New York. In order to accommodate for all their needs, the building had to operate as a butcher shop and bakery kitchen by day, a tapas restaurant and an evening tea house by night, and a dispensary for the Candlestick Maker throughout the year. As a building to be utilized 24/7/365, closed only on February 29th every other leap year, the building inspires anyone who enters it. Sliding walls on each floor, allow alternate sizes and shapes to every room allowing these spaces to be adjusted for both nocturnal and diurnal purposes.

Aimed to face South in order to receive the most sunlight, the exterior wall allows for the play of light as it enters different spaces. The wall is also strategically designed to have the largest perforations at the bottom. As the wall rises, the holes progressively become smaller, until none are placed near the top. Due to the Venturi effect, as air goes through the larger holes it will rise and escape through the smaller perforations above, allowing for a breeze to constantly be flowing through the building. The exterior wall also exists as an external circulatory balcony space. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Swiss Cheeseâ&#x20AC;? facade becomes the identifying piece of the building that can be seen from as far as the Rockefeller Center.

ARCH 301: Peter Waldman

Thank you Mauricio Diaz maudiaz@design.upenn.edu 434.284.2559 M. Arch Candidate | PennDesign | 2013