UCL Admission - Architecture Portfolio

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO DANIEL LOZANO ABELLA UCL STUDENT NUMBER 19132281

daniel.lozano@correounivalle.edu.co (+57) 311 365 8114

ABOUT ME

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I am an architect graduated from Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. I have been raised and taught amid the chaos and heterogeneity of Latin American cities such as Cali, BogotĂĄ and SĂŁo Paulo; through all this experiences I learned to appreciate the vitality in unruly urban contexts like these.

As a creator of living spaces, I consider that the essence of architecture lies in the details, in the proper handling of materials, how they tie, interlock and overlap. At the same time, fulfilling its function and beauty values.

Inside my personal interest and preferences, I always felt closest to the ideas and proposals from the post-modern era, exactly from those that broke apart from the perfect whiteness from the early decades and exposes the purity from the materials and their possibilities. From the massive scale represented by the neo-brutalist architecture from late Le Corbusier, the Paulista School, the Japanese Metabolism and the Team X, to the minimum detail of the refurbishment expertise from the Italian School, lead by Carlo Scarpa, whom projects inspire me the most.

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ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION Suburban Housing Complex

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MOVEMENT AND PAUSE South Intermodal Transport Terminal for Santiago de Cali

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MISCELLANEOUS Travelling Drawings & Photographs

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION SUBURBAN HOUSING COMPLEX

View from the main access Picture by Arch. Daniel Lozano

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Cali, Colombia Academic - Individual Project Author Concept, design and representation 4th semester 03 June 2011 Prof. Arch. Stella Herrera Hurtado l.estacion2006@gmail.com

Prof. Arch. Gustavo Tabares gustavo-tabares@hotmail.com

Arch. Andres Hoyos Mazuera ahoyosmazuera@gmail.com

As main objective of the course, it was required to propose an upper stratum multi-family dwelling with its respective services and leisure areas. The plot is located inside one of the highest socioeconomic areas in Cali, the 22nd district, characterized by its condominiums and apartment towers, and an urban pattern designed to be covered exclusively by car.

In this context, inspired by Habitat 67 project by Arch. Moshe Safdie, I proposed this exercise as a kinematic path where open spaces and visual axes were interspersed, changing their direction as the users descended to the communal area. From then on the housing units were grouped as a replicable module of apartment towers which the houses were overlapped and juxtaposed. Depending on each module orientation, the spatiality, the path, and its visual endings varied. The landscape design was conceived as the backdrop for each one of these different perspectives.

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APPROACHING THE SITE

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The select site for the project was placed within one of SANTIAGO DE CALI the highest socioeconomic areas in the city, the 22nd ECOLOGICAL & URBAN STRUCTURES district, characterized by its housing states, apartment towers, garden city typology housing and an urban pattern designed to be covered exclusively by car. Moreover, Tres Cruces Hill inside that sector is located a significant proportion of the city educational facilities notably private kindergartens, Aguacatal River schools and universities.

The plot and its immediate vicinity are located on the Road to the Sea foothill of the Cali’s cliffs, near to the urban perimeter limit with the suburban area of the city. It is besides benefited by Cristo Rey its views of the city and the surrounding cliffs.

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Pance River Eco-Park Pance River

As I approached to the plot, it was noticeable the characterization of that sector as a suburban zone of the city (images 1 to 5) Drawings by Arch. Daniel Lozano

Colegio Claret

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Town of Pance

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Colegio Bolivar THE CITY

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THE SITE

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Images provided by Google

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

All drawings by Arch. Daniel Lozano

IDENTIFY The plot, being located on a foothill area, has a marked difference in level between its boundaries

ADAPT As a first step, it is proposed a set of platforms disposed in mid-levels to bridge the wide gap between the access level and the bottom of the plot.

Pedestrian access Parking area access Porter´s Lodge Housing Units Sauna, Kitchen & Public Bathroom PLACE The apartment volumes are disposed on the platforms. The parking area and its respective access are proposed in such a way that they stay beneath the first platform 5

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

INTERSECT & JUXTAPOSE The remaining volumes are settled, ones supported directly on the platforms while others intersect with each other

Leisure area CONNECT All the different volumes and enclosures stay connected by a vertebral axis which links the circulation path and the diverse vertical circulations with each space. It is established a way to perceive the complex as the users descend to the leisure area

URBAN PROPOSAL

All drawings by Arch. Daniel Lozano

The volumes and their configuration seek to produce two types of effects in the urban space of the complex:

Both approaches interrelate to produce an urban proposal characterized by a RHYTHM OF AXIS-URBAN ENCLOSURES, that opens to the visual yet the visual ending is always apparent

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1. The orientation and the distance between volumes shape different URBAN enclosures, consolidating a sequence of open air meeting spaces.

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2. A STRUCTURAL AXIS is proposed, tying the vertical circulations, the volumes and the different enclosures along the pedestrian walking path. With every VANISHING POINT, this axis tends to bend as the users descend for each platform.

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THE HOUSING cluster The idea for the Housing unit is to merge both types, the town-houses and the apartments as one functional and replicable module

A structural module for the living spaces 6

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

Both, the modules for services and private areas are juxtaposed

The apartment tower is mirrored A town-house appears

The vertical circulation connects the towers

The houses are intersected and annexed to the towers

LANDSCAPE PROPOSAL In respect of the urban space, the project shapes visual endings through the gap between the housing volumes, thus framing different perspectives and landscapes in the distance. Is this landscape whom becomes the protagonist through the path.

Therefore, it is proposed a type of vegetation selecting some of the more representatives species from the Tropical Dry Forest, which is the kind of forest characteristic of this region of the country.

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The PALM TREES, besides their aesthetic function, they emphasize the different axes and their visual endings.

The COLOUR TREES are the main actors in each of the different framed perspectives, while the COLORLESS TREES work as the backdrop for the protagonists, the colour trees.

Tabebuia chrysantha

Jacaranda Caucana COLOUR TREES

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ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

Tabebuia chrysotricha

Syagrus sancona PALM TREE

Caesalpinia peltophoroides

Pithecellobium dulce

COLORLESS TREES

All drawings by Arch. Daniel Lozano

ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSAL The general idea of the complex is to propose a type of housing grouping basing primarily on the spatial perception and the path followed by its inhabitants through the different mid-level platforms, as a cinematic experience where the vanishing points and visual endings change throughout the way,

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Inspired by Habitat 67, by the architect Moshe Safdie, in Montreal, the housing volumes are grouped in two compact modules, composed by two apartment towers and two houses, one above the other. All of these are supported by a metal frame structure in a 3 x 3 meters modulation grid. The other components of the brief are proposed as unpretentious volumes scattered in the urban space.

Pedestrian access Parking area access (Basement) Visitor parking spaces Apartment towers vertical circulation Porter’s Lodge and solid waste and recycling storage House A (First Floor) House B (Access Floor) Apartment Tower - Right wing Apartment Tower - Left Wing Kitchenette, sauna and public bathrooms Outdoor swimming pool Children’s pool

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ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:450

Drawing by Arch. Daniel Lozano

HOUSING UNITS PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION Organized within a structural grid of 3 x 3 meters, the proposed volumes are defined considering the next design criteria: 1. In relation to the living and dining rooms, the primary objective is to propose it as an open plan space free of visual obstacles and spatial partitions, providing a wide field of view from the inside.

2. The kitchen, bathrooms and laundry rooms should be adjacent spaces or at least, be organized as vertical cores, thus ensuring the technical simplicity of the plumbing system.

3. The bedrooms should be well-illuminated and vented spaces, with a visual connection with the exterior spaces in a way that their privacy does not be compromised.

APARTMENT TOWER PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION Second Floor

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Living room and dining room Kitchen Bathroom Laundry room and cleaning room Bedroom and dressing room

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ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

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All drawings by Arch. Daniel Lozano

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RIGHT WING HOUSES

View from the Leisure Area, looking at the Apartment towers and houses

View from the town-houses access

Pictures by Arch. Daniel Lozano

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ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

MOVEMENT AND PAUSE SOUTH INTERMODAL TRANSPORT TERMINAL FOR SANTIAGO DE CALI

View from the metropolitan park.

Picture by Arch. César Aragón

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Cali, Colombia Academic - Group Project (2 students) Co-Author, Concept designer Technical drawings and diagrams Final Project 29 August 2014 Arch. Francisco O’byrne franciscoobyrne@hotmail.com

Arch. Prof. Pablo Buitrago pablo.buitrago@correounivalle.edu.co

Project of regional impact, with a clear objective of satisfy a functional requirement in the urban transport system in the city, articulating different means of transport within the same building. As a gateway, it must also be a clear representation of the cultural expression of the region where is placed, the valley of the Cauca River.

Inspired by Land Art and cinema, examples of cinematic exercises, initially we think the project as a large metropolitan park in which volumes are embedded. From there, the built becomes the expression of the users and vehicles movement upon entering it. Each system has a way of approaching and perceiving the building, thus exploring the way users orientate themselves inside of it. At the same time, the park surrounds the building, having as backdrop the “Farallones de Cali”, and changing its appearance as the season changes throughout the year. A circuit allows the visitors to enter and leave the building without crossing any barrier, thus allowing the pause and leisure to be part of the terminal daily life without interrupting its activity.

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Santiago de Cali, the third most important city of Colombia, is located on the west bank of the Cauca River, shaped by the Central and Western Cordilleras, a region characterized by its great plains of cane cultivation and tropical dry forest.

There, the city has developed primarily in a horizontal direction, being a key point in the regional commercial exchange and as a passage of floating population from the nearest municipalities, mainly those connected by the PanAmerican Highway, which crosses the city in all its length.

Therefore, this is a city that depends on its urban transport system, especially in the south zone, since this is the most critical access which request a better urban connection.

The entrance from Jamundí and Puerto Tejada collapses daily, crying out for the city to respond with the scheming of regional level transport equipment that satisfies its functional requirements, consolidates this access and besides becomes a milestone for the city as an expression of its culture, being then a national or even international level gateway for the country

Lili River Pance River Eco-Park Pance River

Approaching from the south to the city, it is not easy to recognize when the rural zone ends and the city properly begins (images 1 to 5).

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All drawings by Arch. Daniel Lozano THE SITE

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Images provided by Google

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The Site Old Railway Education Facilities Prison Facility Health Facilities Commercial Equipment Housing (Existing) Housing (Future)

M.I.O. (BRT) coming from the North Tram-train coming from the North Inter-city Buses coming from the South Suburban trains coming from the South All drawings by Arch. Daniel Lozano

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

PLACE A new volume is disposed on the site, establishing the first boundary between the park and the building.

ISOLATE The volume is shattered in two pieces while the park appropriates the gap in between, letting the eye see through

LINK Build a connection between the park and the building with two new types of spatialities.

CONSOLIDATE A circuit from the centre embraces all the different volumes and spaces. Each one adopts an easily recognisable form

Tram-train access Suburban Train Access and Platforms Inter-City Bus access M.I.O. (Existing BRT System) access Taxis and private cars access Bike and pedestrian free circuit Pedestrian access ARRIVE Based on the technical requirements and the poetry around the characterization of their movement as an unique experience, each transport mean defines the way of approaching and entering the building. Thus defining the scheme for this complex.

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The Metropolitan Park Open-air Theatre and Restaurant Administration and Offices All drawings by Arch. Daniel Lozano

Hotel

ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSAL 06

The building is determined by two great volumes: North are the Inter-city buses terminal, the Hotel and Offices, South are the MIO and Tram-train respective terminals, and between them, the Suburban trains platforms and the Open-air Theatre. All being connected with an uniting roof that seeks to express the movement and iteration of those spaces that lay under it. This feature will become the first image as the passengers approach from the south.

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THIRD FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:2000

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Pedestrian access plaza (±0.00) M.I.O. BRT System access (±0.00) M.I.O. Arrivals and departures (±5.85) Private Cars and Taxis access (±0.00) Private Cars basement parking access (-5.25) Inter-city buses access and exit ramps (±0.00) Inter-city buses arrivals basement access (-5.25) Inter-city buses departures (+5.25 | +10.50) Inter-city buses waiting room (+5.25 | +10.50) Suburban Train access platforms (-9.75) Tram-train ticket office and waiting room (+13.025) and access to departure platforms (+18,50) Terminal Library & Restaurant (±10,50) Vertical Circulations, Sanitary Blocks and Complementary Services Cores Hotel Emergency Vertical Circulation Core Park Restaurant (±1,15) Open-air Theatre (±0.00) Rainwater reservoir (±0.00 m.)

LANDSCAPE PROPOSAL and urban intervention 02

The landscape general idea is to resemble the tropical dry forest scenery, a distinctive feature of this region of the country. It is proposed the characterisation of four different regions within the park, in accordance with the species in each one.

01 - Bamboo forest (Guadua angustifรณlia kunth) 02 - Palm trees forest (Syagrus sancona, Sabal mauritiaeformis) 03 - Colour and medium size trees (Caesalpinia Peltophoroides,

Tabeuia Chrysantha. Tabeuia Spp, Syzygium Malaccense, Pithecolobium dulce, Calliandra Pitttieri) 04 - Flat land forest (Pithecellobium saman, Ceiba pendandra, Enterolobium Cyclocarpium) 05 - HALF-Shade plants (Pteridophyta, Monstera deliciosa, EPhilodendron bipinnatifidum, Spathiphyllum)

1. A. The Suburban train ventilation shafts are part of the scenery performing as visual references for those who approach from the south to the park. During the daytime, they distinguish by their colour, and at night, by the transmitted light by their

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1. B. The rainwater reservoir plays a dual role as extension for outdoor activities in summer, and as evocation of the wetlands from the region when the water spreads in the rainy season, thus modifying the landscape,

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TRANSVERSAL SECTION SCALE 1:1250

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STRUCTURE PROPOSAL

The Hotel and the Offices buildings has independent structure with the same modulation as the inter-city buses terminal. Both are supported by a concrete frame.

However, one third of the Hotel volume is apparently cantilevered, but is sustained by a concrete core outside the complex.

The Inter-city buses terminal is composed by two volumes dilated by the arrivals patio and the vertical circulations cores. Structurally, both have concrete cores at each end, and a concrete frame structure in between, modulated with axis every 12.00 meters.

The M.I.O (BRT) and Tram-train complex is formed by two different structures: The MIO platform and the Tram-train cylinder. The latter is organized with a concrete structure modulated each 12.00 meters. This is the support for the upper tracks, arrival and departure platforms and the roof structure.

The M.I.O platform has underground spaces, supported by load-bearing walls and columns.

The CONNECTION BRIDGE structure is proposed as two concrete cores, each containing sanitary blocks, elevators and electric stairs, functioning as support for the truss, containing this the upper levels.

Concerning the lower levels, those are supported by concrete frame structure, dilated from the cores Picture by Arch. CĂŠsar AragĂłn

LONGITUDINAL SECTION SCALE 1:1250

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View from the arrivals basement in the Inter-city Buses Terminal

View from the Pedestrian Access, on Calle 42 street

Pictures by Arch. César Aragón

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View from the inside of the Tram-train, approaching the arrivals platforms

Picture by Arch. César Aragón

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MISCELLANEOUS TRAVELLING DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS

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STUDY TRAVEL TO MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL All the drawings have been done with my non-dominant hand

OURO PRETO, MG, BRAZIL

Reinaldo Alves de Brito Square, with the São Francisco de Paula Church in the distance

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OURO PRETO, MG, BRAZIL

Doutor Getulio Vargas Street. The Nossa Senhora do Rosario Church as the visual ending

OURO PRETO, MG, BRAZIL

Cel. Alves Street, viewing to the São José and São Francisco Paula Churches in the background

PAMPULHA - BELO HORIZONTE, MG, BRAZIL

Administrative center of Minas Gerais, by Arch. Oscar Niemeyer MARIANA, MG, BRAZIL

Minas Gerais Square, looking at the São Francisco de Asis and Nossa Senhora do Carmo churches 22 MISCELLANEOUS

STUDY TRAVEL TO THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - 2013 All the drawings have been done with my non-dominant hand

SESC Pompeia, by Arch. Lina Bo Bardi

The Glass House (Casa de Vidro) by Arch. Lina Bo Bardi

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Memorial for Latin America, by Arch. Oscar Niemeyer

All the photographs have been taken by Daniel Lozano

Pinacotheca of the State of S達o Paulo - S達o Paulo, SP - Brazil

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Pinacotheca of the State of S達o Paulo - S達o Paulo, SP - Brazil

All the photographs have been taken by Daniel Lozano

Administrative center of Minas Gerais, Tiradentes Palace Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil

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The Niterรณi Contemporary Art Museum Niterรณi, RJ - Brazil

Oscar Niemeyer Popular Theatre Niterรณi, RJ - Brazil

CONTACT INFO Mailing Address Carrera 14 # 2A - 38, Santiago de Cali / Colombia E-MAIL daniel.lozano@correounivalle.edu.co PHONE NUMBER (+57) 311 365 8114