Raphael Alexander Santos, M.Arch.
Selected Works
Architecture I Design
20102010 - 2015
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Model study of tectonic and spatial elements of Davis Museum, Wellesley College Raphael Santos Fall 2013
“I don't have regrets of being an architect. You are looking continuously - to the leaves of the trees, the shapes of the cars, to the structures of the city, to the patterns of textiles - to find the reasons behind the forms. That is very rewarding. If you extend a profession like that to the entire history, it allows you to travel through time.�
- Rafael Moneo
BRAZIL Sao Paolo 11.5 Million
NIGERIA Lagos 5.19 Million
CHINA Hong Kong 7.18 Million
SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town 3.74 Million
INDONESIA Jakarta 9.608 Million
RETROFIT VACANCY: Existing structures are occupied with new program,
COMMUNITY EVENTS: Proximity and density of homes increases the amount of involvement within the community
BEAUTIFUL VIEWS: Rooftop areas can be public, attached or detached from their respective homes
Settle into Happy
Analysis of Informal Settlements instructor(s) Malik Benjamin year Spring 2015 Thesis site Detroit, MI WALKABILITY: Paths can coreograph continous networks of, usually FAVELA - BARRIO segregated, public and private domain
SAFETY: Community involvement in establishing trust of nearby neighbors KAMPUNG
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BUS STOPS: Covered stops are part of the settlement, and address multiple nearby conditions DETROITERS
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DAILY PUBLIC LIFE: Necessary activities bring people out of their homes
Detroit is one among many cities, around the globe, that are in need of a revitilization program. It has among the highest rating in crime, vacancy, and bankruptcy at the individual and municipal level. The treatment which the city council is adminstering is focusing on blighted neighborhoods that are eligible for redevelopment, while the most abandoned neighborhoods will continue to be abandoned. In either case, the result is major demolition of thousands of vacant properties. As an alternative, Detroit could adopt a new urban development code that would utilize the existing structures on the properties, and WASTE MANAGEMENT: rely on a more sensetive method of redevelopment. By studying the Garbage is collected in most primitive fragments of illegally developedsmaller settlements around community bins tothe be globe, insight was gained on the nature at howcollected neglected communities regularly thrive and continue to populate despite poor conditions.
Re-Ubanization Detroit Bodies of Water Open Public Space Dominant Transportation Infrastructure Occupied Urban/Suburban
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Global Settlements The method of cataloging the settlements was based on a figure-ground approach, with minor detailing showing the breakdown of some of the larger solid spaces. The building density in the catalog of informal settlements is apparent, as well as the regulations that the builders set upon themselves to compromise for necessary circulation corridors and gathering spaces.
LAGOS, NIGERIA 5.19 Million
Makoko, Lagos Mainland 386 mi
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Kowloon Walled City, Kowloon
HONG KONG, CHINA 7.188 Million
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KOWLOON
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Formal vs informal In the informal settlement, conditions are based on neccesity. In the formal settlement, policy organizes development and prevents unhealthy standards of living. The goal was to create a form-based coding platform on which the informal settlements could thrive on, while allowing for their innately irregular and ephemeral formations.
SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL 11.5 Million
Favela Jardim Colomo 588 mi
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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA 3.74 Million
Phola Park
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Urban Belt Way
Rennovation of Genoa Coastline instructor(s) Matthew Rice, Ricardo Misseli year Fall 2014 Design 10 site Centro Storico - Genoa, Italy partner Veronica Pereda The extension of the existing urban pathway manifests into two distinct belts. One reacts to the medieval wall and change in elevation, and deals with weight, light, and gravity. It responds to these conditions by suspending a thick layer of stone above a layer of changing terrain a few meters below. The next belt reacts to the sea, the fiera, and the relationship of a shallow base surrounded by water. Multiple layers of ground levels interact at a more precise, and thin composition. These two belts can project along the coastline beyond the limitations of the given site, and with this, always compromising their own respective edge with one another.
Tectonic systems The lighter composition of the belt by the water is based on a framework. Each layer of element further defines the framework. 1 Axonometric revealing composition of architectonic systems 1
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Treatment of the site By activating the large green spaces near the sea, the pedestrian promenade is extended from Brignole Station, to Piazza Vittoria, to the Tre Caravelle, to Villa Croce, ending at the Fiera The Tre Caravelle and the park of Villa Croce act as new entryways to the sea. The medieval wall is treated, excavated into a tunnel for the park of the Tre Caravelle to extend beyond its current
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2,3 Small scale study of nature: wild and domesticaed, on Villa Croce 1,4 Site Model in context and adjacent projects 5
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Art Splash Lumnus Park Lumnus Park 100th Anniversary
instructor(s) Eric Goldemberg year Fall 2013 Design 8 site Miami Beach, FL partner Valentina Garibello
Lumnus Park is the gateway between Ocean Drive to South Beach. The intervention softens the approach between street and sand. As pedestrians walk onto the park, they are invited by a large sweeping landscape embedded with paths, seating, gardens and pools. The landscape is a pattern comprised of many feather-inspired tiles, each investigating different types of architectonic performances along the park. As the landscape reaches the beachside, it shifts in topography and creates a bern. The landscapes faces the beach, offering private modules for rest and relaxation. Each module inserts into the landscape, softening the view of the bern, and provides a new edge for the beach.
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Tensegrity The structure is based upon a system of tensegrity. Tensegrity is a principal upon which forces of tension and compression are isolated from one another to achieve perfect structural balance. Tensegrity Octahedron
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Miami Beach Public Library instructor(s) year site
Malik Benjamin Spring 2012 Design 5 Lincoln Road - Miami, FL
The role of the library was three-fold: to act as a visual anchor across the bay, marking the end of a promenade starting from the beach across a shopping district, and being the key piece in a plaza that would serve to conncect water taxis to public transport on the beach. The union of these three roles manifests in the creation of a library that adjusts for the multi-lateral views and access points. The structure represents this play on multiple forces by adopting a system that behaves similarly.
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The library houses multiple collections of books, articles, and artworks, as well as a new set of digital collections. The tensile structure that sits atop as the crown of the building performs to alleviate the heat island effect of the structure. The skin performs in a similar way, but relies on a
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Program The structure and mass were the primary points of developement. The floor spacing and programs then worked together to create the concrete slabs that each act independently throughout the structural system
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Vertical Gym instructor(s) Michael Repovich year Summer 2014 Comprehensive site Caracas, Venezuela
The vertical gym is seperated into compartments of program. Parking makes up the majority of the program, and is provided for the apartment buildings and the gym patrons. The garage is lifted off the ground to create a ground floor that serves as a shaded plaza, allowing for convenient circulation and ventilation for the sorrounding neighbourhood. The gym itself is a series of workout rooms, an extended indoor/outdoor track, a skatepark, and a terrace for both the residents and gym patrons. Each compartment of program is given a specific character that is visible via material changes, scale, and positioning. The more iconic piece of the building is the apartment block, nesting apartment rooms staggered along side each other. Due to its proximity of the remaining program, the apartments share circulation corridors with the gym.
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Systems in Slices Sections cut through the human body were key in discovering the form in which the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems would be organized to achieve the most cost-effective scenario. The profit from occupancies per floor, the cost of operation, and the cost of additonal sustainable systems was all taken into account. The goal was to have the building overcome the initial construction cost within five years, and promote short term benefits of expensive energy efficient building systems.
Flesh and Bone Sustainable Housing instructor(s) year site
Olivia Ramos Spring 2014 Design 9 Downtown - Miami, FL
The objective of the apartment design, is to have a building in the image of the body. The MEP was designed to simulate the properties of the various systems found in the body. The flow of energy intake and consumption was crucial to understand. The relationships found within the circulatory, respiratory, nervous, skeletal, and digestive systems served to enhance the performance of the building. The apartment is situated on a historic corridor, that the developer we were in partnership with wanted to preserve. It also is in close proximity to the art district of wynwood. The skin of the building primarily reduces heat gain, but is sensitive to the appearance it portrays to both districts. The south facade presents itself as the end of the historic corridor, while the other facades express a deconstruction of form, exposing the form of the secondary skin.
Input, output, then input again The building utilizes various sources of renewable energy: solar energy from the crown of the building, and from the front facade, and geothermal energy collected in a thermal loop and stored at the base of the building. The building also has a rainwater collection and filtration system that provides the majority of potable water inside the apartments. Additonally, as other methods of acquring resources, the building catches cross winds to reduce energy used to provide fresh air. It also reuses waste produced by the occupants of the building. With the amount of renewable resources being used, and minimum waste dumped out, the building is able to reach net-zero carbon emissions.
Artist Lodge and Garden Carriage House
instructor(s) Alan D’Amore year Spring 2013 Design 6 site Savannah, GA The carriage house was designed from the inside out. The program fit in a very small lot, with the addition of a parking garage, the design objective was aimed at multipurpose spaces, with furniture that could be stowed away, surfaces that also housed appliances, and precise level changes to squeeze in program in otherwise wasted space. The garden plays a crucial part in the sensation of a larger home. The path from the end of the garden transforms into stairs on the rear exterior of the house and also into the staircase which houses a bookcase underneath it. For privacy the other half of the path acts as a wall for the garage, and also the railing for the balcony.
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1 Exploded isonometic of table structure into its four components 2 Detail of planter insert for tabletop with comparments for herbs 3 Physical study model used to test structural viability
In partnership with Whole Foods Market, we designed a community table that would be used on the South Beach branch of Whole Foods Market. Material was the integral part of the community table. The entire table would be constructed of recycled pallet wood, some pieces kept in their entirety, while others would be salvaged and reduced to smaller components. The legs of the table are runners used from the pallet, interlocked into triangles. The surface is made of two layers: the thicker, and simpler subsurface made of thin pallet strips revealing endgrain around the edge of the table; and the topmost surface made of various patterns using the grain side of the wood, for a softer finish. The rest of the table structure relies on a frame resembling a ladder.
The Boomerang
Whole Foods Community Table instructor(s) Eric Peterson year Spring 2014 Furniture Design site Whole Foods - Miami, FL partners (large collaberation)
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Setting the Table The form of the boomerang manifested because of the location for the table. The narrow walkway that was also the main entryway inside the store prompted a shift in the way the table would greet visitors. Since the intention of the table was to accomodate the many guests that enter the market, the table needed every seat to be accesible as well. To allow the table to also accomodate for privacy, the pattern used for the tabletop surface is intended to seperate space for the individual 4 Diagram illustrating the sequence towards form 5 Rendering with table alongside storefront 6 Plan of table with seats
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Glasgow School of Art (2013) - birch, plexi, basswood, fibreboard, matboard
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Appalachian Trail Center (2011) - mahogany sticks, plexi, basswood, matboard
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Wolfsonian Museum Wing (2012) - teak, douglas fir, plexi, basswood, matboard
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Path (2010) - maple, plexi, basswood
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Ascencion (2012) - matboard
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RAPHAEL ALEXANDER SANTOS date of birth nationality address telephone email
Experience
Academics 2010 - 2015
Florida International University II Miami, FL Master of Architecture
Honors and Awards Faulkner Plastics II Miami, FL II CNC Design Technician Joey Faulkner - +1 (954)-684-1326 Designer and machine operator on a production team dealing with various scopes of custom, plastic-based, projects . worked with clients to reach design goals . operated two CNC routers and a vacuum former machine . produced CAD drawings, sketches, and renderings for clients
2011-2013
8.24.15 Eric Peterson II ericpeterson68@gmail.com Jason Chandler II chandler@fiu.edu Riccardo Miselli II riccardomiselli@gmail.com Roberto Rovira II rovirar@fiu.edu Malik Benjamin II malsilver@gmail.com Matthew Rice II ricegenova@gmail.com David Rifkind II david.rifkind@fiu.edu
March 3 1992 Peruvian - American Citizen 2139 Grove Drive Naples, FL 34120 USA +1 (239)-961-6836 rasantos.create@gmail.com
A background in fabrication in architecture and design has led me to be very detail oriented and observative when completing tasks. I enjoy problem solving, tinkering, and exploring the cutting edge. I believe that working in a collabarative setting is essential to progress, and that solutions require innovation, persistance, and communication.
2015
References
FIU Fabrication Lab II Miami, FL II Woodshop Technician Eric Peterson II Adjunct Professor - +1 (305)-766-9145 Assistant to students and faculty on the use of all machines and tools . consulted in creative approaches to studio projects . operated CNC mill
2015
Honors College II FIU II Miami, FL Graduation with Honors
2010 - 2015
Honors College II FIU II Miami, FL Presidential Scholarship
Activites 2014
4 month program in collaberation with University of Genoa 2010 - 2014
Proficiencies
Florida International University II Genoa, Italy Study Abroad Genoa Program Florida International University II Miami, FL BEA Gallery
Design studio work selected 4 times to be displayed at gallery
Modeling II Digital Rendering
. Revit . AutoCAD . Rhino . Maya . 3ds Max . SketchUp . VRay
Image Manipulation II Vector Graphics
2014
. Photoshop . Illustrator . InDesign . CorelDraw . Muse . Premiere
Assisted in an exhibiton of furniture pieces constructed from recycled pallets
Analysis
. Ecotect . Vasari . Climate Consultant . Green Building Studio
Other
2013
. Woodworking . Plastics . CNC milling . Laser cutting . 3d printing . Hand drawing . Microsoft Office
Languages
. Fluent English . Fluent Spanish. Conversational Italian
PalletCraft II Coral Cables Museum II Miami, FL PalletCraft Crandon Park II Miami FL Sandblast
Honorable mention in sand-sculpting competetion 2013
Auburn and Tuskegee Universities II Montgomery, AL AIAS South Quad Conference
Curriculum Vitae 2015
Raphael Alexander Santos I Selected Works 2015