Aldrich John Pascua - Architecture Portfolio

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About Me

Experiences taught me how to respond in architecture’s call of creating something good. Those non-linear paths that I pursued enables my perception to make an impact in design, and in decision making. Knowing the use of my senses is one of the things that I keep in designing.

INTERESTS

ALDRICH JOHN B. PASCUA

Neuroscience architecture

Architecture phenomenology

Theory in practice

Filipino deconstructivism

Biopolymers

EDUCATION

High School

Corinthian Institute of Cavite

Seventh Honorable Mention, Silver Medalist - General Excellence Awards

College University of Perpetual Help - Molino Campus

Bachelor of Science in Architecture

Thesis: Redevelopment of Matnog Port in the Province of Sorsogon

Software Training

Microcadd Institute - Bacoor, Cavite

Autodesk Revit Architecture - 50 hour course

EXPERIENCE

JEBSebastian Construction and Development Services Inc.

Architecture Apprentice

June 2010 - March 2014

June 2014 - April 2019 May 3 - May 22, 2018

October 2019 - June 2021

Assists various housing projects and mid-rise residential projects. Engaged in the production of construction drawings such as architectural, structural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, detailing and site development. Been also involved in the practice of project cost estimates, cutting list, and specification writing.

360D Studio

Junior Designer

January 2022 - March 2023

Executed design development in all phases throughout the process from design stage, material selection, organizing finishes, managing drawings and adjustments from the existing site up to the listing of furnitures to end of construction.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Autodesk Autocad

Autodesk Revit

Microsoft Excel

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Indesign

Sketchup

Enscape

Twinmotion

ANGEL’S PIZZA - PATEROS

TYPE: FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROJECT

LOCATION: PATEROS, MANILA

A former bank office space turned into a pizza parlor that solves the frustration of client’s intention of putting new approach of architecture in a neoclassical piece of facade, making it the intervention of the future movement of reusing old structures. Considering the existing environment where at the top floor is a place of worship, and at the right side is where the whole bank resides.

Exterior Post - Digital Drawing

This is a two-storey commercial building located in Almeda Street, Pateros, Manila. It has approximately 500 square meters of floor area. The ground floor is occupied by China Savings Bank and then, the upper floor is a place of worship of a Christian church. The left-side of the existing building is where the project will be constructed.

C. Almeda Street

North View

East View

West View

South View

Viewpoint Map of Almeda Street, Pateros

1. reception area

2. storage room

3. stairs to the place of worship plus a storage under

4. workspace

5. main vault

6. toilet

7. common area with a planted malunggay tree

8. emergency access

9. access to the stairs

10. public space and parking

Dining section of light play

Design Move - A compressed architecture has been able to accentuate vision like a box surrounded with mirror and glass in order for light bounces well and relfects that will look it is an extension of a space.

Mirror Glass

Restricted Vision

Symmetry and Balance

Spatial Division

Parti Drawings

Heirarchy of Programs

Project Longitudinal Section

Project Cross Section

Building Elevation

Exterior

Perspective

Dining Space (Day time)

Dining Space (Night time)

Kitchen

Exterior View (Courtyard)

Angel’s Pizza - Pateros

Isometric View of Materials

REDEVELOPMENT OF MATNOG PORT

TYPE: TRANSPORTATION (THESIS PROJECT)

LOCATION: MATNOG, SORSOGON

Being a gateway from Luzon to the easterrn part of Visayas and to the islands of Mindanao, Matnog Port in Sorsogon experiences overwhelming challenges from time to time. It receives 3 ports exchanging the transportation of the vehicles and the passengers up to 4000 daily. When peak seasons and typhoon events, passengers are often stranded and expect a worse travel experience. A seaport that needs concern about circulation, history and accessibility.

This project aims to lessen the congestion and caters quality of service to the passengers, embarking and disembarking as well as to promote tourism. The main brief to redevelop the port with adding support facilities are the possible solutions to improve the port and ease the crises that will arise in the future.

Image of the port during peak season

1. Matnog Ferry Terminal

2. Matnog Integrated Bus Terminal

3 Matnog Wet Market

4. Matnog Municipal Hall

5. Matnog Events Place

6. Matnog Park

7. Matnog Parish Church 8. Matnog Port Terminal Management Office

MaharlikaHighway

The terminal is the heart of the project. As the port still serve the embarking and disembarking of passengers, the ferry terminal should function even when redevelopment occurs. The challenge of the project is not to alter the existence of the significant structure.

Red: Existing Matnog Ferry Terminal Yellow: Expansion until the end of 2019 Orange: Expansion on 2021

Imposed Map of Matnog Port in 2021

MaharlikaHighway

MatnogBay

Port Proximity Analysis

Existing Matnog Ferry Terminal Site Studies

PASSENGER DEPARTURE

Tegula Concrete Roof tiles

Buttress

AIR FLOW

SOLAR LIGHT POST

POCKET PLANTATIONS

Drawing of Matnog Port Redevelopment Process 1

Drawing of Matnog Port Redevelopment Process 2

Alternative Access to Departure (Walkway Tent)

Existing Building

Isometric and Scenario Drawing of Alternative Access to Departure During Construction

Initial Section Sketches of the Terminal

Construction of Departure Gates

Existing Terminal

Alternarive Access to Vessels (Walkway Tent)

Retain Relocate

Construction of Access Ramps, Quarantine Stations and Arrival Gates

Departure Gates

Alternarive Access to Gates (Walkway Tent)

Departure and Arrival Gates

Ramps to Departure and Quarantine Station

Construction of Mezzanine Access to Departure

Extension of the Terminal

Terminal Redevelopment Form Process

MaharlikaHighway

Overnight Car Parking

Matnog Ferry Terminal

Bus Parking

Car Parking

Matnog Bay Shoreline

Matnog Hotel

Port Police Office

Extension of Matnog Ferry Terminal

Coast Guard Building

MARINA Office

Shipping Company Offices

Terminal Management Office

Site Utilities (MRF, Water Tank, Silting Pond)

Animal Quarantine Station

Truck Marshalling Yard

Existing Ro-Ro Ramps with Marshalling Area 17. New Ro-Ro Ramps for both passenger and vehicles 18. Human Quarantine Station

Electric Car Parking

Jeepney Parking

When an organism develops, there is a growth and changes on its form but it does not take away from what it looks like before. Same as architecture, the design should adapt on what is already there, and it follows the true purpose and aesthetic value of what it came from.

Matnog Bay

Site Redevelopment Transportation Analysis

Site Front Elevation

Site Rear Elevation

Accessible ramps to Departure Gates

Design Strategies

Separation volumes for Departure and Arrival

New Matnog Ferry Terminal Cross Section

New Matnog Ferry Terminal Longitudinal Section

Skylights for daylight in huge structure

Louvers for sun-shading

Exterior Perspective

Baggage Security and Ticketing Booths Area

Sensory experience takes place in the series of structural elements, frame by frame, when lights hit the materials, and those expanse magnitude of hallways. Long walks could incorporate technology by using moving ramps, but solving beyond the brief of improving the human life is through its perception is challenging.

Mezzanine Food Court

Ramp Down to Departure Gates 1 to 4

Departure Gates

Terminal Path Axonometry

Materiality

Tegula Concrete Roof Tiles Stone Cladding Engineered Bamboo Marble Tile Flooring

Granite Tile Flooring

Concrete Mesh Screen

Glass

NEW LOKAL TABO

TYPE: COMMUNITY CENTER (DESIGN COMPETITION)

LOCATION: BURGOS, SIARGAO ISLAND

Bringing back the reminisce to the people of Siargao in the aftermath proposes a new structure that will inspire them to move forward and be in solidarity through its compact form and freedom of use. The new Siargao community center functions as a place of celebration, learning, organization, and economic revival. Its form is derived from its past structure which is destroyed and used to remember by its citizens. By reimagining its form and manipulating it embodies the memories of the past while creating a solution to the forces of nature and architecture for the people. Its concept circulates about ”nostalgic response”. To do is to rely upon the past, thinking about the sensibility and familiarity of the people in the design. The overall design is to frame every being, not as a prison but as a fortress and shelter to protect them, and at the same time, they belong and experience spatial democracy.

Isometric View of Market and Karinderia at Night

New Lokal Tabo

Image of the Destroyed Community Center remembering its old structure

Form Transform Process and Spatial Verbs

The inspiration of the tragic past resonates the positivity of the form into a place of refuge and stronghold.

Ground Floor Plan

Floor Plan

Second

Axonometry of Structures and Materials

Building Longitudinal Section

Bricks as breeze blocks are used as the secondary fenestration, it filters the wind going inside the structure. It softens the blow and provide cooling effect on the hallway to the multipurpose hall and out. It also lessens the amount of heat going in with small openings, though a transparent roofing material was designed on the hallway, both balances the heat coming from the transparency receiving the daylight with the cross ventilation of the breeze blocks.

Building Cross Section

New Lokal Tabo

Exterior

Perspective

Isometric View of Second Floor at Night

Siargaoans has a culture of making wall murals, this integration to the design gives a sense of freedom, vibrance and lightness of space.

Multipurpose Room

Multipurpose Room 2

Interior View of Hallway

Fruit-Vegetable Market and Karinderia

Market Stall Structure

“Joy of the local trade”

“Free for all genders that matter” “Flow of the sea and farmlands” “Taste of harvest”

Murals from the building are inspired by the cultures, livelihood and aspirations of living from the Siargaoans.

“Day and night we are surrounded by heavens to guide us”

New Lokal Tabo

Perspective

PROJECT ABANG

TYPE: URBAN INTERVENTION (DESIGN COMPETITION)

LOCATION: SIARGAO ISLAND

This proposed community shed template is designed to function as for waiting, a community public necessity and soon as a transport terminal as the form multplies in a bigger scale. The approach makes it possible to use the Project Abang, a simple intervantion to any variations not just at the Siargao but also any region in the Philippines.

“Abang” is to anticipate, wait, hold with patience. The goal of this project is to witness any circumstances with resilience a lot of times. Applying this mentality into the design supports the urban behavior of the community by functionality and firmness.

Form

Shed template

Form Transformation Process

This floatation module is removable made up of rubber similiar to plastic rings that is used to rescue evacuees from floods. It is colored in a shade of bright orange for visibility.

Slotted

Insertion

600 X 2100 Floatation module

Isometric View of Structure

Shed template plans

3-shed variant

1-shed variant

Public toilet variant

The public toilet variation of the template have photovoltaic roof panels for supplying light and electricity at all times on each toilets, inside gutters for rainwater drain system, including the floatation module and outdoor washing area.

3-shed variant

SOMERSET VALERO

TYPE: RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

LOCATION: VALERO CORNER VILLAR STREET, SALCEDO VILLAGE, MAKATI CITY

Somerset Valero is one of the 4-star serviced apartments of Ascott Limited, a leading international lodging owner operators. A 45-storey high rise, owned by a founder of a packaging corporation (DOWELL) and also a philanthrophist, this buliding persuading more opportunities and memories to the urban living of the Filipinos.

“Ebb and flow” was the idea of making the interiority of the structure goes along the tides of success and failure of the adventurers surviving the life extraordinarily. Makati is a fast-paced busy city and the respond of this design invites people to experience tranquility and harmony of themselves bringing the most out of their lives in the building.

Exterior Perspective

Design Inspirations

Ebb and Flow - a decline and increase, constant fluctuations, a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth. *Dictionary.com

used to describe something that changes in a regular and repeated way *Merriam-webster.com - capturing the peace and balance between the rush of the water and the calm enclave of the wave - unifying hints of fluidity and flowing lines shall give identity to the common areas - and local touches in subtle applications throughout the development

Ripples of water

Flow of waveforms

Spiral growth bands of the seashells

Ground Floor Lobby Interior

Volakas White Marble for flooring and reception countertop finish

White Vein Marble for elevator wall finish

Wood Veneer Finish for feature wall finish and ceiling slats

Capiz shells for backlights

La Casa Deco White for wallpaper

New Brown Emperador Marble for accent flooring

Ground Floor Lobby Feature Wall Section

Bronze metal for elevator wall finish

White matte paint for ceiling finish

La Casa Deco Bolgher for wallpaper

Volakas White Marble for flooring and reception countertop finish

Carpet Tile for lobby flooring

Wood Veneer Finish for feature wall finish

Gray fabric for sheer drapery

La Casa Deco White for wallpaper

Striped Fabric for heavy drapery

Somerset Valero

14th Floor Lobby Interior

END OF THE PORTFOLIO

I always think that drawing is a diagnosis of a spatial crisis. It is not only a hobby, or a visual methodology. It seeks a path to an answer from a curious mind stimulating the hand to translate the result.