Arch. Alessandra Valdez Portfolio 2023

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Alessandra Valdez

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Alessandra Valdez

Architect

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Bachelor in Architecture

Architectecture (1st year)

Member of board of directors

Student Member

BIM

Revit

Archicad

3D Modeling

Sketchup

Lighting Analysis

Dia Lux Evo

Acoustic Analysis

Ecotect Analysis

Traffic Analysis

CAD Autocad

In Design Light room

Languages

Drone DJI Fly Spanish English Italian

& Google Native Fluent Basic

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Junior Architect

Architecture Intern

About me

I am passionate about architecture, and everything related to it. I love the history behind every building, the solutions that architecture gives to urban solutions, how the cities are evolving into adopting sustainable strategies, and how we can create, design, preserve or renovate places, buildings, parks or even cities with the objective of improving the quality of life of the people who use those spaces.

Academic PROJECTS

THE BURROW

The Burrow emerges as a housing solution for foreign students from the University of Sonora since they make up 25% of the university’s student population. It is proposed that it be located in the center of the city, just 195 yards from the center of the arts, facilitating the mobility of students, and eliminating the need to use public transport daily.

The Burrow - 2019 - Academic Project

Location from apartments to campus

The Burrow is an apartment complex for students of the University of Sonora, located in the center of the city a few yards from the main campus in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

The objective of the property is not only to create a home, but more than that, it seeks to generate an integral space for coexistence where its residents become a single community and together form a home outside their hometown.

This is why the first levels of the tower have amenities such as a study room, gym, laundry room, games room, and even a basketball court. On the roof, there are barbecue grills and on the ground floor, everything is connected to the central patio, which is the heart of the tower, which has a commercial area, cafeteria, and social areas.

In addition, this project is proposed as an activator of the nightlife of the city center, with the students residing in the heart of the city, it would no longer go out at night and a safer and more enjoyable environment for nightlife would be achieved.

students are foreign revitalize downtown give foreign students a home create apartments for students near campus

The name refers to the burrowing owl, an endangered species that inhabit the region takes refuge in burrows and is the mascot of the university.

Like the foreign student who comes to the city and is in need for a refuge, a space that makes him feel at home, in this case, he seeks his lair.

The Burrow - 2019 - Academic Project

Side entrance

The Burrow - 2019 - Academic Project

Commercial locals entrance

Main entrance

Commercial entrance

Basketball court

Study area

The Burrow - 2019 - Academic Project

Amphitheater, a space for gathering

Central patio

Red Cross Modules

In the state of Sonora, the Mexican Red Cross in each municipality oversees providing first aid services and responding to emergency calls to the entire urban spot, including police stations and sur rounding communities.

Most rural communities in the state do not have this type of emergency services and some of them are more than 45 minutes away from a health center that operates 24 hours a day.

For this project, a first aid care module is proposed for the town of las bocas Sonora, a beach which increases its number of inhabitants up to 4 times during holiday seasons and does not have perma nent health services.

Asesors: Arch. Beatriz Clemente Marroquín, D.Arch. Laura Mercado Maldonaldo, Arq. Fernando Saldaña Córdova, D.Arch. Oscar Armando Preciado Pérez, Ing. Vladimir Casas Félix

University of Sonora Final Project (10th semester)

Site owned by the Red Cross

The module is located on an site right in the center of the community and will have recreation areas for the people of the community, the module was placed in the center of the site to achieve cross ventilation and respect the existing vegetation.

Distance from Las Bocas to the nearest city

Las Bocas map

To achieve a module with minimum and functional dimensions, it was optioned to use a hexagonal shape, dividing it into 4 equal parts, one half would be a personnel control and rest area and the other half would be for patient service.

The purpose of the module is to provide 24 hour first aid care to the community and to be prepared to heal injuries commonly occured on the region such as traffic accidents, dehydratation and stingrays stings.

It is intented to be replicate to other communities of the region or even the state and could be adapted to solve other injuries.

1- WAITING ROOM

2- BATHROO M

3- TREATMENT ARE A

4- KITCHEN/OFFIC E

5- DOR M

The module is designed to be easily assembled and disassembled, for cases in which it has to be changed property or taken to another community, but at the same time being resistant to remain in one place.

For the access square, stone from Masiaca, a surrounding community, is proposed, a material commonly used in the community to give shade for the ambulance a structure covered with reed, a material used by artisans of the region.

1- PEDESTRIAN

2- ACCESO VEHICL E

3- AM BULANCE ACCES S

4- RED CROSS MODUL E

5- COMMON AREA

6- FIRE PIT AREA

7- CHILDREN´S PLA YGROUND

8- PARKING LO T

AEREAL VIE W

STRUCTURE EXPLODED VIEW

INFERIOR

All its metal components have a kind of passrodes and insurance to avoid welding on site. The roof and walls will be made of expanded polystyrene panels, the floor cover will be made of treated wood.

In addition, the module will have solar panels for its consumption, all its installations may be moved together with the same module if necessary. For the foundation, 7 prefabricated footings will be used to be assembled using a plate to the columns of the structure.

Professional PROJECTS

Ballesteros Resi dence

The Ballesteros residence is a house of approximately 3,500 sq ft. This residence is designed to accommodate 6 people and has the characteristic of having a basement that serves as a TV room, game room, and study area, in addition to having a cellar, laundry area, and a small patio, as well as its other two levels where the remaining areas of the house, therefore, it takes full advantage of the potential of the land.

In addition, it is chosen to locate the private area on the upper level, where there are 3 bedrooms, while the ground floor functions as the main level where find the kitchen, dining room, utility room, and patio.

Ballesteros Residence - 2019 - Professional Projects

Aurum Architects, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico (2019-2022)

Arch. Alejandro Puebla, Arch. Sayri Fraijo, Arch. José Luis Navarro

Regarding design intentions, a modern and contemporary, using a palette of neutral colors such as white, gray, and black, with textures such as details of stone-lined walls, wooden doors. The ground floor is intended to be the main floor since the kitchen, living room, bar and dining room.

I contributed on this project by collaborating with the interior design, and by modeling, rendering and editing all of the display images.

Ballesteros Residence - 2019 - Professional Projects

Entrance/Stairs/Dining Room

Bar Kitchen

Main floor from living room

Living Room

Ballesteros Residence - 2019 - Professional Projects

Basement Patio terrace

Master Bedroom

Girl Bedroom

Boys Bedroom

Aria House

The Aria house is a house of approximately 5,000 sq ft. This residence was designed for real state purposes, therefore there was no particular client, but it is inteded to be for a family of 5 people, with the particularity of having a guest department on the main floor convenient for guest or multiple purposes such as airbnb or a home office.

It is located in Altozano, a residential development in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, it is currently under con-

Aurum Architects, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico (2021-2022)

Arch. Alejandro Puebla, Arch. Sayri Fraijo, Arch. José Luis Navarro

I contributed on this project by collaborating with the interior design, and by modeling, rendering and editing all of the display images.

Upper Level

Main Floor

Aria House - 2021 - Professional Projects

Master bedroom

TV room

Main floor

Bedroom #2

Bedroom #3

Patio

Back facade

Living room

Riviera Events

This project is a multipurpose complex, specialized in events such as weddings and parties, it is located in Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico and. it is targeted to a medium-class audience.

It has a capacity of 200 guests, it has a parking lot and a patio for exterior events.

RAVE Sustainable Developments, Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico (2022) Arch. Ricardo Valdez

The intention of the project is to create a simple, but contemporary space, using trees and plants of the region for the exterior and adding a terrace with a grill and a playgroud as amenities fro the complex.

The project is currently under construction, my contribution of the project was the exterior design, 3d modeling, rendering and supervised the construction site using a drone.

La Quinta Paddle Bar

La Quinta Paddle Bar - 2022 - Professional Projects

RAVE Sustainable Developments, Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico (2021)

Arch. Luis Ernesto Borbón, Arch. Antonio Poblete

The paddle courts will replace 4 old tennis courts, 2 them are grass courts.

Grill areas for the members of the club are proposed to enjoy the view of the padel courts and the regional vegetation full of big mesquite trees.

The project include a terrace with a view of the paddle courts that are located in front of the building.

La Quinta Paddle Bar - 2022 - Professional Projects

Valdez H. Residence

RAVE Sustainable Developments, Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico (2022)

Interiorism proposal

This project is a proposal for the interiors of this home, the client has previously installed the kitchen, but she asked us to create a space that integrates the kitchen and makes it look better and at the same time define the living room and dining room area, generating a comfortable and pleasant space.

Existing space

To delimitate the areas we proposed a celing and lighting solution, using warm tones and respecting the existing kitchen color palette.

Valdez Residence - 2022 - Professional Projects

Moodboard proposal

Honorable Mentions...

Facade renovation

Aunt Pita House

This project, in particular, is a renovation of an an tique residence built by the clients family in the 40s, due to its sentimental val ue the original facade was intended to be preserved.

For this project I was in charge of the supervision of the construction site, keep the client updated and did the design of the project.

Facade renovation render vs. reality, Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico (2020-2022)

Renders of a project proposal of a bar and grill area, the project consisted on renovate the patio of the house in order to create a recreation room at the back of the house, with a fully equipated kitchen and a terrace with a grill.

Particular Rendering

Renders of a project proposal of an apartment complex with commercial locals in front of the building and storage rooms for rent in the middle.

M.Arch. Ricardo Valdez (2022)

M.Arch. Ricardo Valdez (2021)