Alex Gomez 2021-2022 Portfolio

CAL POLY POMONA, B.ARCH, CLASS OF 2025 ALEX GOMEZ | SELECTED WORKS

Carlos (Alex) Gomez

Email: carlosgomez1@cpp.edu

Phone Number: (669)-255-7885

Address: 186 Cheryl Beck Drive

Education

Academic Experience Work Experience

Languages: English (Native) Spanish (Native)

Awards/Honors Skills

Pomona, California

Bachelor of Architecture Class of 2025 Class of 2020

2020-present 2016-2020

San Jose, California

CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREPARATORY BELLARMINE TECHNICAL THEATRE

San Jose, California

September 2017-March 2020 April 2019

TIJUANA IMMERSION TRIP

Tecate, Mexico

Collaborated with, and led student teams in building sets for theatre productions. Responsibilities included leading the construction of student-designed set pieces, maintaining strong woodworking skills, and designing promotional materials. Joined a team of students to construct a small wood-framed house for a low income family in Tecate. Along with being part of the construction team itself, responsibilities included acting as a translator to communicate with the family.

DERIVI CASTELLANOS ARCHITECTS: PROJECT ASSISTANT

May 2022-August 2022

Assisted in creating construction documentation and presentation materials for educational projects in the bay area.

SAFEWAY: COURTESY CLERK

July 2019-September 2019

Bagged groceries for customers, cleaned the store, and helped resolve any issues customers would have.

INTERIM DESIGN SHOWCASE: Exhibited Work

September 2021

College of Environmental Design library proposal was selected for exhibition at Cal Poly Pomona’s bi-annual student architectural design showcase.

ACADEMIC AWARDS:

Deans List: Cal Poly Pomona Fall 2020 - Fall 2022 Presidents List: Cal Poly Pomona Fall 2020 - Fall 2022

Computer Aided Design Rendering

Rhino 7, AutoCAD, Revit, Fusion 360, Grasshopper V-Ray, Lumion, Twinmotion, Enscape

Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After-Effects

Model Making

Wood Working, Laser-cutting, 3D-Printing, Museum board/Foam core model making, etc.

01: MOUNT WILSON SCIENTIST RETREAT FALL 2022

02: CAL POLY POMONA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE SPRING 2022

03: MUSEUM OF JAPANESE ART: LITTLE TOKYO FALL 2021

04: PROFESSIONAL WORK SUMMER 2022

FALL 2022

THIRD YEAR DESIGN STUDIO INSTRUCTOR:

ALEXANDER PANG

The main decision making behind this project was driven by how public and private elements react differently formally to the given site. On one side a longer angled private bar steps down and excavates along the site, while on the other a shortened public bar rests on a masonry stem wall and slopes out over the site. While these two elements differ in how they treat the site, the roof’s formal language, the project’s materiality, and its circulation tie them together into one uniform object. To reconcile the kinks in the project’s footprint, the triangulated roof ties in each programmatic element together, while echoing the natural undulation of the site. The project’s facade is made up of a 2x2 grid of windows and steel panels finished in slightly differing shades of brown and gray to take on a more natural color palette and create a naturalistic reading of the entire project. Stem and retaining walls on the outside of the project are clad in granite, again to further the project’s connection to its site, and create a distinction between earthwork and framework elements. Finally, the building’s structure consists of a post and beam system with moment frames to hide the structure in the private bar, and an exposed truss to support the cantilever of the public deck.

CAL POLY POMONA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

SPRING 2022

SECOND YEAR DESIGN STUDIO

INSTRUCTOR: MARIA SVIRIDOVA

This proposal for a new school of architecture on the site of Antoine Predock’s CLA Tower combines angular and curvilinear forms to create a promenade that encourages intermingling between the different years of students and frames picturesque views of the surrounding area. The curvilinear plinth containing classrooms and lecture spaces contrasts with the angularity of the tower which houses the studio spaces, drawing a distinction between programmatic elements. The project’s circulation funnels visitors from the main campus walkways into the tower’s atriums which allows for students of any major to experience the works being produced in the tower. Finally, a steel mesh shades the project’s curtain walls from the harsh Southern California sun, while also creating interstitial outdoor spaces for students to relax.

MUSEUM OF JAPANESE ART: LITTLE TOKYO

FALL 2021

SECOND YEAR DESIGN STUDIO INSTRUCTOR:

NOAM SARAGOSTI

This design for a museum of Japanese contemporary art in Little Tokyo, L.A., uses programmatic and formal gestures to echo the cultural context of Little Tokyo and creates a variety of spaces to house different forms of art. A subterranean sculpture garden mirrors the underground malls and plazas of Little Tokyo, while a louver facade carefully controls the amount of natural light required by delicate artworks. The museum’s folded form frames the building’s two entrances and a circulatory atrium reconciles the elevation difference between the two, all while diffusing natural light deep into the project.

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ELEVATION A

SCALE: 0’-1/8”=1’

SUMMER 2022

TITLE: PROJECT ASSISTANT

During the summer of 2022 I was able to work as a project assistant at Derivi Castellanos Architects, a mid size firm specializing in educational projects in the Bay Area and surrounding locations. I worked out of their San Jose office and helped with jobs such as creating drawing sets, rendering, facilitating construction administration tasks, and doing site visits for various purposes. I primarily did digital tasks in Revit, Lumion, and Bluebeam, but also used websites like Procore for construction administration. The experience acquainted me to the construction process for educational buildings, and I found the challenges posed by this field of architecture to be rewarding and challenging.

THANK YOU

ALEX GOMEZ 2021-2022 PORTFOLIO carlosgomez1@cpp.edu LINKEDIN