2023 Portfolio | Academic Work by Luis Bran Quintana

PORTFOLIO

Bran Quintana

Selected Work 2018-2022 Luis

CONTENT

DSM Election Center

Co-Living Housing

This is a housing project near downtow, Des Moines.

Opaque Islands

This project is about an election center in downtown, Des Moines. 04

This project is about a post-disaster reconstruction of a monolithic structure.

Other Work

A.01Falling Drop

B.02Architectural Hardscape

C.03Architectural Artifact

Ottumwa, IA

(641) 680 0970

Layo.lgbq@gmail.com

Luisq@iastate.edu

Iowa State University

Bachelor of Architecture ( 5 Year Program)

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Design Rhino

Revit

3Ds Max

AutoCAD

Edit Render

Photoshop Illustrator

Indesign

Microsoft Office

V-ray Enscape

Other Skills

Grasshopper

DIVA

Climate Consultant

Adobe Premier

EMPLOYMENT

Walmart Inc.

Alliance Con.

LANGUAGES

English

Spanish

Portuguese

August 2018 - present

Automotive Technician

May 2022

Paving Laborer

“As an architecture student I believe that designing spaces is more than just about creating functional spaces, I believe it takes more of creating a meaningful experience that can be portrayed through atmospheric qualities of design form and materiality in conjuction with its function. In this portfolio I present selected work that reflects on my past four academic years in the architecture program.”

-QUINTANA-

Luis Bran Quintana

01 DSM Election Center

Type:

Election Center

Des Moines, IA

Fall 2021

Group Members:

Andrew Youngstrom

Concept:

Componential Volumes

The Story

DSM Election Center begins with a preliminary research on the history of Redlining and voter turnout of desenfranchised minority neighborhoods in downtown Des Moines. The effects of such detrimental moments in history had long term impacts on elections and voter turnouts as far as today. From this investigation we developed voting kiosks that could be deployed in and around the city.

These modular kiosks could be assembled by the communities where they would be deployed as an effort to allow communities to directly engaged in the election process. As a result, this project became the main narrative of which we strived to implement in the final curation and design of our election center.

1. 2. 3.

Caucus Center Administration Museum of Voter History Auditorium Public Lobby/ Voting Area Lounge 5

4. Option 2: shorter site with current building. Option 1: Entire site with 50% for green space & plaza.

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Capital Building Courthouse

Proximity Map to government buildings.

Wall Section Detail

1/32”:1’

Cant

Parapet - Flashing

Wood Board - 1/4”

Waterprooﬁng - Protective

Membrane

Metal Cladding - 1/2”

Vapour Barrier

Rigid Insulation - 3”

Concrete Slab - 6”

Metal Column Connector

Glulam Beam - 6”x12”

Round Air Duct - 1’

RHS Metal Chanel - to secure polycarbonate

Glulam Column - 12”x8”

Polycarbonate Glass - 3/16”

Floor Tiles - 3/4”

Concrete Slab - 4”

Column to Column Metal Connection

Retaining Wall - 1’

Ceiling Wood Panels - 2”x4”

Batt Insulation - 6”

Drywall - 1/4”

Thermal Barrier

Gravel - 5”

Rigid Insulation - 4”

Concrete Slab - 1’

Interior and Exterior Renders

Interior rendering of Caucus Center.

Exterior rendering, front plaza approach.

OPEN TO BELOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 A D E F I 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 B 18 16 14 20 22 24 28 12 26 H C A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 1 3 4 6 5 8 10 11 UPPER PLAZA LOWER PLAZA 4A 5 20 40 ft 10 1. Caucus Center 2. Mechanical Room 3. Lobby/Main Entrance 4. Voting Center 4A. Voting Reception Area 5. Exhibition Office 6. Exhibition Space/ Bookstore 7. Loading Space 9. Secured Storage 8. Office 10. Projection Space 11. Auditorium 9 First Floor Farmers Market Tent Farmers Market Tent Section A Section C Section B D B C 1 1. Caucus Center 2. Mechanical Room Ground Floor 7 8 9 10 11 17 23 12 A6 Sky-walk Access 12. Director’s Reception Area 13A. Assitance Director’s Office 13B. Assitance Director’s Office 13C. Director’s Office 14. Conference Room 15A. Mens Locker Room 15B. Womens Locker Room 16. Lounge 17. Meeting Room 18A & 18B. Work Spaces 19. Conference Room Second Floor 5 6 10

West Elevation North Elevation 11

89 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 30’ 10 5’ 0’ 12 34 56 7 East Elevation 12

N 0 150 ft 75 E W NW Prevailing Winds SE Prevailing Winds 110’ 340’ 130’ Visual Car Approach Visual Car Approach Rear Approach Cowles Plaza Space Site 2 Rear Approach Site Analysis 13

M E C Section A 14

As part of the structural design system for the election center, CLT was used to reflect on the previous design of the kiosks. The integration of this structure type was to humble the building at the level of the people, creating a sense of temporarity and not permanance as oppose to current government buildings.

CO-LIVING

Type:

Multi-use Residential Complex

Des Moines, IA

Spring 2021

Group Members:

Kamin Lam

Concept: The Story

Vertical Hub

The idea in this residential complex was to elevate the community engagement along with the private sectors, which include private living units and co-living units, to come in direct contact with public areas among residents. We accomplished this by placing the common house at the entrance to influence the occupants’ circulation through the community spaces as they arrive. This would enable more interaction between residents on a daily basis.

Due to the implementation of a Food Hub as part of the project’s design, it became very important for proximity reasons to understand the proper orientation for the building and street level access to commercial spaces. This, in order to connect in the area with other ongoing activities of the city.

Our site is located at 1300 SE 1st, Des Moines, IA.

Vertical Hub

Second

1A- Market A 1B- Market B 2- Food Receiving / Distribution Room 3- MEP Room 4- Food Production GH 1A 1B 8 9 5- Instructional Room 6- Community Dinning/Event Room 7- Lobby 8- Cafe 9- Outdoor Cafe Sitting 20 ft

5 6 7 UP UP 1- Co-Living Units 2- Single Units 3- Shared Laundry 4- Studio Unit 5- Community Kitchen 6- errace Community Space 7- GH Garden Space 8- Inside GH Sitting 9- Hallway Sitting 1 22 1 4 5 6 7 Open to Down 3

First Floor

Floor DN 1- Co-Living Units 2- Single Units 3- Hallway Sitting 4- Community Kitchen 5- GH Ga den Space 22 1 4 5

Floor 1 DN WH WH 1- Co-Living Units 2- Single Units 3- Share Laundry 4- Community Kitchen 5- GH Garden Space 6- Hallway Sitting 1 22 5

Floor 2 2 2 WH WH 1- Co-Living Units 2- Single Units 3- Hallway Sitting 4- Community Kitchen 22 4 3

Floor 2 2 2 2 2 784 789 793 798 798 793 789 20

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Rain water retention for greenhouse use.

Maximum sunlight availability over the day.

Opeque Islands

Type:

No specific location

Fall 2020

Group Members:

None

Concept: The Story

A post-catastrophy design

Based on science fiction of the Monumento Continuo proposal from Supper-Studio, I developed the stage for what could become a monolithic structure of a futuristic human inhabitation. A monument in which human activities are concentrated within this mega structure and separated in districts or zones. It also sets the stage for what could mean designing in a post disaster situation in order to preserve the continuity of the monument throughout time.

Intirior rendering of the Monumento Continuo illustrating space and materiality of human occupation.

27 State 01 State 03 State 05 State 02 State 04 State 06

A monolithic structure that emerges from the face of the Earth and continues its expansion around from it.

How could the continuity of a massive, singular monolithic structure be maintain on a planet composed of tectonic plates that constantly move and shift over the pass of time?

Other Work

This work was produced using 3Ds Max to explore a series of methods for generating architectural artifacts, models, and other types of architectural elements. These software aided designs were also influenced by organic forms of nature as inpiration.