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Ana Vasquez architecture interior architecture

Ana Vasquez architecture interior architecture

contact 334.728.0542 alv0015@auburn.edu linkedin.com/analucreciavasquez 201 W Glenn Ave., Auburn, AL, 36830

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.green suburbia

A New Typology for the Strip Mall

Location: American Suburbs

Instructor: Matthew Hall

Institution: Auburn University, 2021

Re-evaluate the design principles of behind the current mundane strip mall that populates the American suburbs. Through this critique, design a new typology that has the opportunity to repeat itself while providing more value to the community it inhabits.

Ana Vasquez | Green Suburbia | Auburn University | 2021

Advertisment, Critique to the Strip Mall

Ana Vasquez | Green Suburbia | Auburn University | 2021

Axonometric

In a world where consumerism is prioritized, strip malls are usually developed through “fast architecture” practices, where the most economically sound and simple approach is used to determine the design . Mundane and basic strip malls exist all over the world, and are most prominent in the American suburbs.

In current strip malls the main protagonist is the car, the architecture is pushed back from the street to allow for a sea of parking to be placed in the foreground.

A project’s success should be measured in the effect it has on improving the quality of life of those in its community.

The proposal intends to give back green spaces to the suburbs, allowing for gathering spaces. Therefore, the goal is to improve the environment and the community around it.

In the project, the architecture moves underground to make room for parks and green areas on the surface. Parking will also be concealed from the public, as cars will enter through the green dune facing the street. Underground spaces will be naturally illuminated through skylights that peek out of the ground, providing for elements that populate the site on the surface. These skylights turn into tapered columns at times as they break through the ground, emulating the trees above.

The project’s vertical circulation is conectrated on a tower. This new architectural element to the strip mall typology becomes the special moment in the project. Not only will it replace the current mundane signs that exist in strip malls, but it will allow for a new opportunity to get panoramic views of area.

The floorplan expresses the most primal characteristic of the strip mall: its opportunity to be repeated as many times as possible and to be located anywhere possible. Therefore, the new project can be endless, exist anywhere, and be able to host any type of business in its retail space.

Exploded

Ana Vasquez

Green Suburbia

Auburn University | 2021

01 Below Grade

Populated by an outdoor gathering space, along with retail space.

02 On Grade

This level houses the parking deck and retail space

03 Above Grade

This level has a large green space with tapered elements that bring light into the lower parts of the project.

04 The Tower

This element is introduced into the new language of the strip mall. It is responsible for the vertical circulation and the sign facing the street.

Above / Interior Courtyard View Showing the Main Gathering Space Right / The Different Conditions of the New Strip Mall: On the Ground, In the Ground, and Above the Ground

.maximalist interiors

Adaptive Reuse for a Women’s Club

Location: Downtown Atlanta

Instructor: Jennifer Pindyck

Institution: Auburn University, 2021

By generating a sculpture through colored string and red acetate, a spacial experience is created at different scales depending on how some may interact with the element.

Use the sculpture to capture the concept for the design of a women’s club in downtown Atlanta. The project focuses on the development of a colorful and inviting interior. meant to be a key location for women activism and support.

Ana Vasquez | Maximalist Interiors | Auburn University | 2021

Site Plan, The New Downtown Atlanta

Large Scale, From Inside the Sculpture

Medium Scale, Occupying the Sculpture

Ana Vasquez | Maximalist Interiors | Auburn University | 2021

Captured through Movement Small Scale, Occupying the Sculpture

The project starts by exploring the idea of a feeling becoming an object. Through the use of light and color, the exploration of a vibrant occupiable structure that is able to change the perception of the space around you is possible at different scales.

The multifacetic sculpture will move on to take over The Upton Hotel in downtown Atlanta and repurpose it into a space for women to feel safe and engaged with the community they live in.

Throughout history women have fought for their place in society. Even today, women struggle with injustices in the work place and in their day to day.

The women’s club will help in this fight for women equality by providing a safe space for them to express themselves and create a tight knit community focused on support and friendship.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the issues affecting women all over the world became more prevalent as they struggled to subsist and take care of themselves and their children. The project counts with a daycare, resting rooms, work spaces, and plenty of other spaces dedicated to them and their well being.

Ana Vasquez | Maximalist Interiors

Right / Main Lobby Space Defined By Colorful Finishes and Volumes

Above / The Sculpture Inhabiting the Building

Ana Vasquez | Maximalist Interiors | Auburn University | 2021

Instant Architecture, Elements for the Success of a Project

The conceptual drawing explores the idea of instant architecture. By defining certain elements considered crucial for the success of any given project, it is possible to conceive them as guiding principles that may “float” and “land” in a project to give it life.

The piece establishes sunlight, a special moment, sustainable practices, vegetation, and gathering spaces as these guiding principles.

By implementing these elements into a space it is possible to transform it into a place that engages the community and brings joy to its users.

Ana Vasquez

Auburn University

Conceptual Drawing

.integrative learning

Unifying Inside and Outside

Award: Competition Finalist

Location: Montgomery, AL

Instructor: David Hinson

Institution: Auburn University, 2021

Design a S.T.E.A.M elementary school in a prominent site in the city of Montgomery, AL. The goal for the project is to go beyond schematic design, into the design development phase, determining the key mechanical and structural systems necessary for the project’s functioning.

Ana Vasquez | Competition FInalist | Integrative Learning | Auburn University | 2022

The project’s site is located on the main access road into the city on the North side of the site. Therefore, the project attempts to engage with the area on that face by providing gathering spaces and green areas for both students and members of the community. Additionally, this side will have an entrance into the cafeteria to potentially provide for a space for community-driven events.

The main access for students is located on the East side through a drop-off platform that connects car and bus drop-off spaces, encouraging integration and interaction of kids from different backgrounds. From here, kids can walk up to the school through a large, gradually sloped ramp that includes vegetation and gathering spaces for people to sit. Playgrounds and outdoor spaces are located on either side of the school.

A small playground on the East is provided for first and second grade students, in between their classroom pods, to provide for a more intimate and safer space for younger children. A large playground, multi-sport complex, and eco-garden are located on the West, and are accessed through the gym, cafeteria, and the large gathering space that exist on that side of the school. This will provide for a seamless transition between inside and outside.

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Ana Vasquez | Competition FInalist | Integrative Learning | Auburn University | 2022

Overall Structural Diagram

Mechanical Systems Diagram

Structural Systems Diagram

As the integrated design studio, we focused on understanding, developing, and placing the structural and mechanical systems for the project. The classrooms are acclimated through a fan coil system, these systems run parallel to the hallway through the dropped ceiling. They are also ventilated through a VRF system, where pipes of supply and return air run through the same dropped ceiling. The gym and cafeteria cluster share a larger cooling and heating, and ventilation systems that run along the exposed truss system structure that supports the double height areas.

The three classroom volumes on the East are supported using a beam and post structural system with lateral bracing on both ends of the volume.

Hallway View Showing Classrom Social Wall

Large Gathering Space Showing Social Stair

Large Gathering Space Showing Social Stair

Above / Playground View Showing the Relationship between Inside and Outside Right / Entrance Condition, A Gradual Slope Path Closely Defined by Two Volumes

The project is interested in making a statetement as people will enter and exit the city of Montgomery driving by the site on the North side through Maxwell street. As the project is across the street from a popular park and riverwalk, the project provides seating areas and walkways to invite the community to engage with the project on this side.

Volumes at different levels create variations on the building to define hierarchy of space. These variations provide for apertures at different levels to allow as much sunlight as possible to enter the building throughout the day.

Exterior View Showing Height Relationships from the Approach to Building from the Main Road

.flexible living

From Permanent to Impermanent Housing

Location: Montgomery, AL

Instructors: Jennifer Pindyck, Matt Hall, Kevin Moore, Rebecca O’Neal

Institution: Auburn University, 2022

Design a new housing project in the current Durr Palms project in Montgomery, AL. The design for an adaptive reuse project will attempt to create a highly flexible space that has the opportunity to host multiple living scenarios.

Exterior Gathering Space in Multi-Level Void

The project considers maximizing the space while also indulging in certain generosities. It is meant to be serious, yet fun; as the space is organized to encourage social interaction.

Floors are comprised by four residential units, where each may be split into two. The result is one unit that acts as an apartment or AirBnB, and one that functions similar to a conventional hotel room. By separating the two, hotel and apartment/ AirBnB through a flexible partition, it opens the opportunity of not only having spaces to rent out, but a residential unit plus an auxiliary unit, where family or friends could move in, which can open the possibility for a tight knit community to populate the floors of the building.

It was important that the project was connected to the exterior. The building has a multi-level void that unifies the space through visual interaction and a relationship with nature. Following this idea, there are French-style balconies in each unit. Not only does this bring outdoor space into the private areas, but it can make the space feel larger, well-ventilated, and lit when the doors are open.

Finishes in Private Spaces Collage

Finishes in Public Spaces Collage

Unit Balconies and Relationship to the Exterior

The Different Conditions Facing the Street

Ana Vasquez | Flexible Living | Auburn University | 2022

Floor Plan 03–05 / Apartments

Floor Plan 03–05 / Hotel

Ana Vasquez

Flexible Living | Auburn University | 2022

The ability of the project to switch from permanent to impermanent housing and viceversa is the key for the success of the design. Because the units look for affordability, the space can be quite limited and compact. Therefore, it is important to select finishes, colors, and frame views to make compact spaces seem larger.

In terms of access to the building, there are 3 main access points. One on the East that goes up to the lobby, a ramp along the building that goes up as well for accessibility, and an access point on the West that goes in from a plaza that hopes to create a public space for the community, allowing for interaction and liveliness.

The three are connected through a strongly defined corridor with rich wood and indirect lighting. The textures on floors and ceilings will sometimes fold up to compose a single surface.

Overall, the interior is designed with vibrant colors and fun furniture, to complement the idea of an unconventional style of living in a space with the potential for a multi-generational, highly flexible project.

Type A / From Apartment to Hotel

Type B / From Apartment to Hotel

Multi-generational Diagram Showing Different Configurations for the Flex Space

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Flexible Living | Auburn University | 2022

.metamorphosis

Transitional Living, From Human to Bug

Location: 20’ x 36’ x 20’ Box

Instructor: Il Kim

Institution: Auburn University, 2022

In Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” Gregor Samsa abruptly transforms into an insect. For the project, the goal is to determine Gregor’s new life cycle, and design an internally focused living space that allows him to transform from human to insect freely. The apartment must fit within a 20’ x 36’ x 20’ box.

Ana Vasquez

Metamorphosis | Auburn University | 2022

Conceptualization of the Organic Elements for a Bug

The premise of the project is based on the strong contrast between Gregor as human and Gregor as insect. Through an organic element that is introduced into the box, spaces are created in different axial dimensions throughout the apartment. Spaces to rest, work, eat, relax, and even metamorphose are located in these globelike elements connected by tunnels, from where Gregor, in his insect form, can crawl around and move from room to room.

For the purposes of the project, Gregor is a writer, and the design considers that the process of crawiling and moving around will inspire a muse for his endeavors.

Section Perspective AA

Both bug and human share a mind and soul, therefore, some spaces interact with human areas through large openings carved from the globes. These human areas in contrast to the spaces for a bug, are very simple and conventional, further emphasizing the large dychotomy between the two conditions.

Gregor’s sister Greta, and himself, have a complicated relationship. Her wing is located on the opposite side from Gregor’s with a separate access point. Even if the they are not on the best terms, Gregor still hopes that she will come visit regularly.

As the organic elements are translucent, these globes will also act like lanterns to illuminate the apartment. Finally, the ceiling is made up of aggregating planes mimicking a rippling water effect. This translates to a similar effect of how transitioning into insect affected Gregor’s life. The ripple connects to the highest volume of the organic form, respresenting how this unusual condition came onto his life, like a water drop.

Ana Vasquez

Metamorphosis | Auburn University | 2022

Gregor’s New Life Cycle: 1/4 Human and 3/4 Bug

Gregor will spend the majority of his time in insect form, transitioning through three stages of metamorphosis: caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly. Then, he will transition back into human, where he will spend the other quarter of his cycle. Since most of his life will be in bug form, most of the space in the design will be dedicated to the organic element that allows him to crawl and fly around. The conventional space around it is for the shorter part of his life, his human form.

Section Showing Rest Space for Bug Form

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Metamorphosis | Auburn University | 2022

Section Perspective Showing Vertical Relationships

The project explores the possibility of creating a spatial experience by using the landscape as its main form deriver. The site’s natural slope is used to define a pavilion that acts as if it were “alive”. The pavilion’s organic nature allows it to bend around the trees as if it were trying to reach the branches above and duck below them as they get lower. At the main entrance, the wall peels open like an arm welcoming visitors. The walls contribute to the visitors’ experience, breaking at different moments to define quasi interior and exterior spaces along the pavilion’s pathway. These walls are composed of tightly stitched Cross Laminated Timber panels, allowing the flat panels to aggregate into a curved surface. To take advantage of the interior courtyard, the floor extends into the center of the pavilion, creating another path with a series of benches that provide a more intimate space.

Ana Vasquez

Best Design Concept

Organica

Auburn University

Representation of Quasi Interior and Exterior Spaces

Section Perspective Showing the Relationship Between Inside and Outside

.dark and light space

This exploration looks at 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional representations of light and shadow. The drawing shows depth and layering of light through parts theat may become lighter or darker. The 3D models primarily use aggregating shading elements to not only provide shade in the interior, but organized in a way to generate patterns and movement in the exterior and exterior of the building.

Ana Vasquez | Dark and Light Space | Auburn University | 2018

Charcoal Drawing Exploring Relationships between Light and Shadow, on Arches

.dynamic sectional study

0 20' 40' 5'

The study looks at dynamic section compositions to generate vertical and horizontal views and interactions. Through celing drops, placing a void space , and using in between spaces to occupy or circulate, the project provides layered views and space, and unconventional ways of moving through the space.

Section Exploring DIfferent Ceiling Conditions and Open Space

Section Exploring DIfferent Ceiling Conditions and Open Space

.façade as object

Using the context as its definer of form, the project looks at defining layers of cladding to generate a facade that closes up and opens up at different moments. By using expanded metal as the final layer in the façade, the project tries to utilize the same language as the surrounding buildings in a more contemporary way. This material mimics brick without copying it, and brings a fresh style and breath to the community.

Relationship of the Expanded Metal Cladding and the Contextual Language

.maximizing light + space

Interior

A New Kitchen Design: for a middle aged woman that lives by herself. The project looks to open up the kitchen through a new layout and selection of finishes, paying close attention to the combinations of color and texture.

Interior Elevation A

Elevation B

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Auburn University

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.whispered representations

The campus design intends to provide a level of peace and tranquility through a tight connection to the exterior and the use of light materials. Similarly, the illustrations developed for the project attempt to provide the same feel for the space through a soft color palette and textures, allowing for the understanding of the project on a deeper level.

Generating a Strip Campus Defined by Texture and Interlocking Green Space

Buildings Communicating with Each Other and their Environment

Ana Vasquez | Whispered Representations | Auburn University | 2020

.tactical urbanism

The project was developed for the Grupo Santillana office in Panama City, Panama, as a submission for the competition of a large scale, urban housing project. The project prioritized connection to green ares and amenities, and compact yet comfortable apartment units. My role was to develop conceptual diagrams for the graphic representation of information for the selecting jury panel. The project got Second Place in the Competition, but it provided a new scope of work and exposure for the firm.

non-occupiable green areas recreational green areas designated lobby green areas

Site Plan Showing the Relationships between the Six Buildings and the Project’s Amenities

Axonometric Diagram of the Green Areas of the Project

Axonometric Diagram Showing the Projects Volumetric Relationships

Ana Vasquez | Second Place | Tactical Urbanism | Auburn University | 2021

.representing complexities

Study of precedent projects through analytical diagrams that attempt to dissect organization patterns and driving forces behind the design.

On the left, the diagram shows the different layers behind the pattern of the arches that populate the space in order to develop a sequence and a series of rooms. While having three major zones, the space is further broken down .

Below, the diagram expresses how the Museum of the Baroque is born from a grid that shifts and defines intersection points to establish the circulation through the buidling, which encourages moving along the curved concrete walls to move around the spaces.

Axonometric Diagram of the Organization of the Tama Art University Library by Toyo Ito

Spatial Compositionof the Museum of the Baroque by Toyo Ito

It is crucial to understand how certain groups’ difficulties throughout history helped define culture and traditions. The ability for African Americans to vote was tightly related to women’s voting rights as this was the last piece to making suffrage a universal right.

After over 200 years, some Americans still struggle with their right to vote. White supremacists and oppressors continue, in this age, to terrorize the African American community. Law enforcement and politicians can be even more dangerous because they do so from a position of power. In 2013, with the case Shelby County v. Holder, the parts in the Voting Rights Act that called for specific states to request federal approval for changing their election laws were deemed “unconstitutional”.

As a result, several states have enacted laws designed to create voting barriers and deter minorities from voting. The closing of hundreds of polling centers and the redrawing of election districts in a way that curbs the power of voters of color, are some of the ways in which states have affected how much influence minority communities have in elections. Outraged, the public has responded to these unfair conditions, but little action has been taken.

The history of voting rights is still unfolding. It is an epic chronicle of strength and perseverance.

Timeline of Prominent Historical Events Concerned with Voting Rights of African Americans

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.revitalizing communities

For this exploration we visited the Rosenwald School, Tankersley, located in Hopehull, Alabama. Overall, a lot of Rosenwald Schools have decayed over the years. The project focuses on efforts to preserve and document the Rosenwald schools across the Southeast. these schools are such an important part of African American History, and have to opportunity to be re-invented to provide for a community space and bring them back to light.

The Tankersley cated in Hope with the these schools opportunity gardless endurance The new project on the site. Rosenwald restoring to visitors the Tankersley ities for the religion, grounds, The addition vide visitors a small patio rior space they enter the authority ting the Universal primary area age areas, Through nity opens ever, their opportunity

Axonometric Diagram Showing the Addition to the Tankersley School

is a historic Rosenwald School for black children loJulius Rosenwald was a very affluent man in the 1920’s creating better schools for black children. Even though as pristine as white schools, it gave black kids the better education and better opportunities. Today, reand vacancy, Tankersley remains standing as a the resilience of African Americans from a time of segregation.

proposes a restoration and addition to the existing structure restoration, the public will be able to experience a true representation of what it was like in the past. By what it used to be, the project will open the opportunity its history. However, it is through the new addition of Universal Chapel that the project will portray future possibilContrary to the historical segregation based on race, the new project will welcome people of all backcommunity a new place to gather and come together.

comprised of outside gardens along with seating to proand pleasant place to gather. The project includes entrance, referring back to the school’s long extelight. This will allow people to meet and interact as space. The interior was kept minimal, respecting hierarchy of the Tankersley School on the site and letChapel exist only as a partner. This interior contains a seating facing an altar. A small space dedicated to storbathrooms is placed towards the back of the building.

of the Tankersley Universal Chapel, the opportuof different backgrounds to come to the site. Howwill transform into so much more through the learning about a painful, yet moving part of history.

RESTORATION + ADDITION TANKERSLEY SCHOOL

HOPE HULL, AL

Drawing Showing the Current Condition of the Tankersley School

Tankersley School and the Universal Chapel Addition

Interior of the New Chapel for the Community

.photography

Image-making from travels and observations along the years.

Richard Serra Sculpture, Dia Beacon, 2022

Textured Details, Chicago, 2018

Dan Flavin, Dia Beacon, 2022

Nyahavn, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018

Kamppi Chapel, Helsinki, Finland, 2018

Paul Rudolph Chapel, Tuskegee, 2022

Farnsworth House, Chicago, 2018

Discovering Urbanism, Panama, 2021

Nyahavn, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018

.resume

Ana Vasquez

architecture interior architecture minor in business LEED green associate

experience

2021 Summer Intern at Grupo Santillana Panama City, Panama

Collaboration in several small scale projects along significant involvement in the competion for a large scale urban development project.

2018 Summer Intern at Grupo Santillana Panama City, Panama Collaboration with model making, graphic representation, and design at a renowned architecture studio.

2017 Private Tutor at EducAldea Panama City, Panama Tutor specialized in Mathematics, Physics, English, and Science for students up to 12th grade.

education

2017 – present Candidate for a Bachelor in Architecture and Interior Architecture, Minor in Business at Auburn University (2023).

2014 – 2016 High School Diploma in Science and Arts with an Emphasis in Business Administration at Colegio Real de Panamá

accomplishments

2017 – 2022 Auburn University—Dean’s List

2022 Auburn University—GPA: 3.94

2022 Portfolio Competition: Honorable Mention.

2022 LEED Green Associate Accreditation

2022 Spire Competition Finalist

2020 Alabama Forestry Association—Wood Competition: Best Design Concept

2020 Aarhus Study Abroad Acceptance

2020 Interior Architecture Program Acceptance

2019 AutoCAD Certification

2019 Award for Outstanding Studio Performance

2016 High School GPA 4.6/5.0—Class Rank: 6/52

2016 Scientific Project Second Place in National S cience Fair

2015 Class of 2016 Elected Treasurer

2014 Royal Internal Congress—Outstanding Delegate

2014 Lorenzo de Zavala, Youth Legislative Ses sion. NHI—Cabinet Member

contact

334.728.0542 alv0015@auburn.edu linkedin.com/analucreciavasquez 201 W Glenn Ave, Auburn, AL, 36830

As a fifth year architecture student, I have become increasingly more interested in understanding the way one, as an architect, can develop projects that actively engage with society and their cultural values and heritage.

Architecture should only truly exist within and for its specific environment, using the contextual setting as its main definer of form. While innovative and creative exploration is valuable and often times necessary, I believe that the standout attribute in any work of architecture should lie within its potential to be socially and environmentally responsible.

Self-motivated // Team Player // Collaborative // Inclusive // Detail Oriented // Proactive

Hard Skills Soft Skills

Adobe Suite Autocad Rhinoceros Revit Sketchup Velux MS Office Enscape Diagramming Model Making

profile skills languages

Spanish—Mother Language English—Bilingual French—Basic Level

Self-motivated Team Player Collaborative Inclusive Detail Oriented Proactive

Primary Projects

colophon

Aktiv Grotesk designed by Dalton Maag in 2010.

Sukhumvit Set designed by Cadson Demak in 2013.

Gill Sans designed by Eric Gill in 1928, adapted by George Ryan for digital use in 2019.

special thanks

To mom and dad, thank you for all your patience, encouragement, and support.