Selected Works 2022-2024
GALLERY
Mt. Sac, Fall 2022
Instructor: Hirohito Kuroki
BEACH HOUSE
Mt. Sac, Spring 2023
Instructor: Nadim Itani
COMMUNITY ART CENTER
Cal Poly Pomona, Fall 2023
Instructor: Katrin Terstegan
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Cal Poly Pomona, Spring 2024
Instructor: Garett Ammerman
RETREAT FOR SCIENTIST
Cal Poly Pomona, Fall 2024
Instructor: Alex Pang
accordero014@gmail.com
Los Angeles, CA (626) 400-7409
behance.net/andreacordero14
I am an architecture student looking to gain experience while learning new design skills to broaden my knowledge. I work well both individually and collaboratively with others to create successful projects and know how to meet demanding deadlines while still being attentive to the small details. Despite my lack of experience working at an architecture firm, I can assure you that I am prepared to work and committed to performing to my full potential.
Mount San Antonio College 2021-2023
Architecture, Transfer
Cal State Polytechnic Unversity Present- 2027
College of Enviromental Design
Bachelors of Architecture
Programs
AutoCAD
Illustrator Rhino 7
Photoshop
Craft
Laser Cutting
Model Making
Hand Drafting
Languages
English
Spanish
Certificate of Achievement
December, 2022
Architectural Design Concentration Level 1
Typology: Exhibition Space
Location: La Jolla, CA
Tools: Rhino, Autocad, Illustrator
This project uses planes to create programmatic space. These planes divide up programs with privacy and a view in mind. The compositions were arranged in a way that allowed for each plane to be seen as independent from one another, or “trans-parent.” Through iterations, I merged my planar components and decided to subtract them instead. As for the ground, this project uses a lot of cut and fill so that the landscape dictates the flow of the space. The limited use of walls is intentional so that the building feels like an open field with no barriers.
NOGUCHI RUTH ASAWA MOHAMEDI
The Void Narrow Gate
RUTH ASAWA MOHAMEDI Untitled The Void Narrow Gate
Museum Collection
Museum Collection
ANALYSIS DIAGRAMS MUSEUM COLLECTION
Analysis Diagrams NOGUCHI MOHAMEDI
TRAJECTORY CUT AND FILL
CUT AND FILL
Analysis Diagrams
STUDIO FINAL SPRING 2023
Typology: Residential
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Tools: Rhino, Autocad, Illustrator
This beach house is based on an adaptation to create a new design with a new program. The site is a beachfront lot located at Balboa Peninsula Point, on the end of I Street, facing the Pacific Ocean. For this specific project, my intention was to take a painting by Helen Lundeberg and use my favorite moments to create a section. From the section, I added my program in accordance with the best views. On the ground floor there is a two-car garage, a laundry room, and a pool in the backyard with stairs that lead towards the beach. In the same hall, there is an office with a restroom that is separate from the residential area. The second floor is where three bedrooms whose windows face the ocean are located, along with the two-story high living room that begins on the first floor next to the kitchen and dining area. The first and second floors have balconies that connect on the outside.
DESIGN PROCESS
STUDIO FINAL FALL 2023
Typology: Mixed Multi-use
Location: Leimert Park, CA
Tools: Rhino, Illustrator, V-Ray
The Community Art Center is located in Leimert Park on the corner of W 43rd PI and Degnan Blvd. It houses some of the most incredible art, but most importantly, is filled with the most tight-knit community that enjoys this space for gatherings, education, and entertainment of all kinds. A portion of the ground floor is sunken in order not only to take advantage of space, but also to create a sense of purpose so that users passing by have the intention of “peeking” and joining in. To create a reflection of the community in the building, it was important to have all the spaces connect to each other, whether that be from a different floor or across balconies. The diagonals in this building create an unspoken language of directionality that guides users into the center and also keeps reminding them of the connection between each room.
STUDIO FINAL SPRING 2024
Typology: Educational
Location: Pomona, CA
Tools: Rhino, Illustrator, V-Ray
As the architecture program expands, the corner of W. Second St. and S. Park Ave. houses a vacant lot where a school is to be established. The site sits along the main street of downtown Pomona, offering an urban area with a great community. The massing on the exterior directly influenced the creation of the vvoids in the tower, which then guided how circulation was going to come about. The programmatic decisions came from the original intentions of merging the grounf floor with the site, since the goal is to truly integrate this school into the community. Understanding that the form of these spaces dictate the amount of interaction and connection programs have with one another, it was important to keep void and circulation linked together and have transparency in the form of this spatial geometry of planes. The facade aims to frame specifc views and diffuse the direction and intesity of the sun. In some areas it can be used as windows and in others it is a shading system. The variety of transparencey, translucent, and opaque materials allows for a comfortable expirence where student can pick and choose their desired enviroment. They can either enjoy working outside in an eclosedd space, working inside where the transulcent systems allow for an open view, or a rather ore private enclosed areas.
GLASS FIBER REINENFORCED CONCRETE
PUNCHED WINDOWS
FIBER GLASS FRAME
LAYERING OF SYSTEMS
GLAZING MULLIONS
SEAM SYSTEM
PERFORATED FIBER GLASS
STUDIO FINAL FALL 2024
Typology: Mixed-Use Residential
Location: Mt. Wilson, CA
Tools: Rhino, Illustrator, V-Ray, Photoshop
This proposal is to create a retreat to house the scientists that work at this location. This retreat is also multipurposed; it is meant to serve as a place of work for research and meetings that also holds events, but it is also a home for these scientists. The themes of contrast and constraint are clear in the intentions of this retreat in relation to the telescope, which is the heart of Mount Wilson. It truly breaks away through form, material, and function. In form, the retreat follows the natural curve and shape of the topography and truly conforms with the way the site was originally. The ground that was excavated in order to build into the site was in turn used to create the rammed earth walls, which allows the building to become part of the site. The materiality of rammed earth to the white aluminum of the telescope further pushes the contrast of both buildings, encouraging that feeling of a break from all the architecture previously there. Although in many ways opposite to the telescope, this retreat has no intention of overpowering the grandness or competing with it. In fact, the exposed truss structure creates a source of familiarity to the exposed structure in the telescope to, in a way, blend with what is located in Mount Wilson and the site. This retreat accepts and conforms with the topography while using it to create constrained views and uses familiar structure to create a unique yet comfortable environment and experience for all users.
REINFORCED CONCRETE BOND BEAM
LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE BEAM
WEATHER PROOFING MEMBRANE
BASE SHEET
LIGHT WEIGHT INSULATING CONCRETE
STEEL TRUSS SYSTEM MULLIONS
RIGID INSLATION
STEEL BASE PLATE
REINFORCED CONCRETE FOOTING
MATERIAL FOR BUILDING ASSEMBLY
RIGID INSULATION W/ SLOPE
LIGHT WEIGHT INSULATING CONCRETE SLURRY BOND COAT METAL DECKING
ALEX
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