Fabiana Lucía Barra Toranzo Portfolio

Fabiana Lucía Barra Toranzo

FABIANA BARRA TORANZO

fabiana.barrat@gmail.com barratfa@mail.uc.edu

PORTFOLIO

https://issuu.com/ barratfa/docs/port folio_pdf

SELECTED ACADEMIC PROJECTS

2021.

Co-led the theoretical civic center project, aiming to maximize the quality of life, based on extensive systemic research on the different dynamics around Carmen Alto, a traditional area of Arequipa.

2021.

Attended the virtual seminar and workshop “Architecture’s role around the social abysm, empiric state, and fragmented institu tions.”

2020.

Co-led the theoretical project of initiating the construction of hou ses with extruded adobe to maximize the resistance and economic aspects of dwellings in poor areas of Perú.

2020.

Joined the opinion group “Juntos”, running up for the position of the student council at the Catholic University of Saint Mary´s.

2015.

Co-led the social project “Voices for the unheard”. Raised awareness of the importance of serving disabled people in our community.

Passionate and resolute architecture student that seeks for ways of im proving the community she is part of through active engagement and sustainable approaches. A team player with strong values and ethics, consistently challenging herself to help others achieve their highest po tential.

SKILLS

Languages

English - Certified by the TOEFL examination, having achieved a total score of 113/120

Spanish - Mother tongue

French - Certified by the A2 DELF examination, having achieved a total score of 92/100

Programs

Autocad Sketchup

PROFILE Vray Rhinoceros Indesign Illustrator Canva

Procreate Photoshop Revit

EDUCATION + ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

University of Cincinnati (2022 to present)

Started as an architecture major at the University of Cincinnati, being awarded a merit-based scholarship.

Catholic university of Saint Mary (Universidad Catolica de Santa María) (2019- 2022)

Ranked sixth place out of over 200 students, Awarded as top-ranked student among 253 students for two academic semesters.

International Baccaulerate Diploma (2017)

Scored 29. Belonged to the very first IB class and graduated from the Anglo-American Prescott School.

Anglo American Prescott School (2004-2017) Graduated in the upper third.

British English Olympics (2015-2016)

Co-led the Team representing the Anglo-American Prescott School at the British English Olympics, in London, England, obtaining the 2nd position from over 180 teams worldwide.

EXPERIENCE

Remote assistant 2020-2022. Managed and uploaded data remotely at “Patho diagnostico”, a pathological laboratory.

INDEX

PIECE 01- TEMPORARY REFUGEE

PIECE 02- CIVIC CENTER

PIECE 03- CASAS MIRADOR

PIECE 04- ITINERANT MARKET

PIECE 05- MUSEO CHILI

PIECE 06- FREE DRAWING I

PIECE 07- FREE DRAWINGS II

PIECE 08- THE PANDEMIC SERIES I: LIGHT.

PIECE 09- THE PANDEMIC SERIES II: FIRE.

PIECE 10- THE PANDEMIC SERIES III: REFLECTION.

PIECE 11- THE PANDEMIC SERIES IV: HANDS.

2020 2021 2021 2021 2022 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 2020

PIECE 01

TEMPORARY REFUGE

April- May 2020 Academic project

Drawing made with sketchup, vray, procreate and photoshop.

TEMPORARY REFUGE

With the collaboration of: Fernanda Moreno Diez Canseco Coralie Derouet Cano Valeria Milagros Medina Carpio Silvana Eduarda Talavera Ampuero

Under the tutoring of: Architect Daniel Herrera Bustinza

PSYCHOSOMATIC CHART

According to this analysis, 29% of the conditioning efforts should be centered in shading, 34% in dehumidification and 54.6% in cooling.

Double ceiling with radiant ba rrier with foil and isolation.

SUN AND WIND CHART

The charts show the sun will hit the surface of the dwellings almost di rectly. The windows should be located in west and east facades and try to evade north windows, as well as located in the south-east and nor th-east for good ventilation .

Cantilevered and inclined roof, that doesn’t allow much sunlight to enter.

Covering of banana peel, a tra ditional materiaal anti humi dity, often used in the area.

Platform that separes the construction from the re gular level, due to humi dity and different factors. Water canal and opening that creates a water mirror that relieves the warmth levels into bearable ones.

TEMPORARY REFUGE

Drawing made with sketchup, vray, procreate and photoshop.

Verticality: The side building delimits the edification and guides the users trough the street, merging twith the Ejercito Avenue.

Drawing made with Autocad, procreate and photoshop.

FABIANA LUCIA BARRA TORANZO |

TEMPORARY REFUGE

Drawing made with sketchup, vray, procreate, photoshop and lightroom

Cantilevered roof that blocks rain.

TEMPORARY REFUGE

Interaction of the building with the rain

Banana peel roofing treated with anti-funji chemicals

Double ceiling.

Interaction between the insects and fungus and openings and coatings

Opening that redirects plu vial water into interior canal

Interaction between the Building, the sun and heat

Mesh that protects ope nings from insects and animals

With the collaboration of: Fernanda Moreno Diez Canseco Under the tutoring of:

The area of Carmen Alto is characterized by its natural terraces and connection with the agricultural heritage of Arequipa. As one of the first suburban areas in Arequipa, Carmen Alto used to have great traditional and cultural relevance, being cataloged as a “traditional village”. Nonetheless, nowa days the area is partially neglected, by the authorities and the population, presenting several urban problems that detract from its original value. The present proyect treats the main problems starting with a systemic analysis and finally arrives to constructive and architectonic solutions.

After the following systemic analysis we arrived at the conclusion that the project would promote the communon between the members of the commu nity, revitalize the dying agricultural activities, create new job possibilities, reorganize the neglected vegetation, the traffic and transportation system.

Physical-enviromental system: Re po tentiating the population interest in the agricultural production with edu cation

Transportation and accesibility sys tem: By re implementing activities to attract people from other sectors and by proposing pedestrian streets

Socio economic system: Creating a pleasant open space to attract tourists as well as locals and opening multiple job opportunities

Normative and urban image system: Implementing natural materials, res pecting the normativity and reopening the visuals

Cultural inmaterial heritage system: By fomenting the community, values and tradition through education

FROM THE STE REOTOMIC TO THE TECTONIC SUPERPOSI TION AS AN INTEGRATION RESOURCE

SEPARATION OF VOLUMES AND FUNCTIONS

VOLUME AS THE DEFINER OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, THE ELIMINATION OF THE WALL

Grid and Axels

The two differentiated grids respond to the morphology of the surroun dings of the building, since the shape of the prediterrene is irregular.

Made with sketchup, vray, photoshop and procreate

General zonification level 1

General zonification level 2

EDUCATION: The innovative educational system thrives to give a new identity to the population, through the connection with nature, transparencies, visuals, and constant presence of vegetation.

SUSTAINABILITY: It covers the three aspects of sustainability Nature: Proposing agricultural terrains that serve as a learning space for the wor kshops for adults. While using the preexitent aqueducts to distribute water. Social: Generates a point of interest and different activities within the community. Economic: Offers employments such as cleaning, nursing, psychology, etc.

INTEGRATION: Adapting to the natural relief, growing and descending with the natural ground. It is almost rests on top of it, modifying as minimum as possible.

Promenade

Public

Private

Made with sketchup, vray, photoshop, procreate and lightroom

Made with sketchup, vray, photoshop,

With the collaboration of: Fernanda Moreno Diez Canseco

Under the tutoring of: Luis Enrique Calatayud Rosado

Made with sketchup

Section one is composed by first and second level flats, located on the proximity to the “ca lle mirador”

Section two consists of first level flats and duplex located on the second and third level.

CONCEPT: Arequipa´s countryside is a very special aspect of the city, thanks to the beauty of the views and the presence of the Inca Natural terraces.nThis project reuses this idea of superposition and natural translation, allowing the building to have more visual possibilities and unique conditioning for each dwelling, aside from providing an integrated landscape and mimicry with this preserved area. We propose flats and duplex, whose principal quality is the accessibi lity to several green spaces, as gardens or natural terraces. a aspect almost forgotten nowadays in the city.

Cultivated

Soil

Wild

Green roofs Natural terraces

Structural system section 1: For the first level we used an aporticated system of reinforced concrete, with confined walls of craft brick to bear the charges of the upper floors and cantilever.

Beams and columns

1st level

Beams and columns 2nd

Structural system section 2: For the second and third level we used an aporticated mixed system, with steel for the beams and columns, and craft brick for the confined walls, allowing a lighter superior structure.

Beams and columns 1st level

Beams and columns 2nd level

Beams and columns 3rd level

Section 1 walls Section 2 walls

Made with sketchup, vray, procreate and photoshop

Made with sketchup, vray, procreate and photoshop

Typology A Typology B Typology C Typology D Typology E-1 Typology E-2

Made with sketchup, vray, procreate and photoshop

Made with sketchup, vray, procreate and photoshop

Made with procreate

04

ITINERANT MARKET

June- July 2021 Academic project

With the collaboration of: Fernanda Moreno Diez Canseco Valeria Milagros Medina Carpio Silvana Eduarda Talavera Ampuero

Under the tutoring of: Carla Iruri Ramos Gonzalo Patricio Trillo Bedoya Maurillo Daniel Lazo Abuapara

ITINERANT MARKET

LUCIA

THE PROBLEM :

Before the pandemic started, in Arequipa all food related products where usually sold in big closed spaces called “mercados”. However, the new normality forced our society to come up with a different form of market, the itinerant market. This new establi shments, despite supplying the necessary space for its function are still improvised and lacking of commodities.

THE SOLUTION: EPHEMERAL MEETINGS

Our project is developed around the fleeting and interpersonal relations, being collapsible, lightweight and fast, but at the same time, favors the healthy encounters in times in which the isolation has become the norm. Not only it proposes the friendly meeting, but at the same time the reunion with the environment and the city itself.

The main piece of the artifact being the main structure, made of larcore A2 covered by isolating white paint.

Additionally we added optional shelving and a chest of drawers, according to the use the user could give to the module.

1.MODULE MOVEMENT:

When the module is completely closed it can be easily moved.

Terraced by steel plates: Plates on U shape, designed to mantain the two modules ensambled. They are placed on the front appa rel and the back plegable legs.

3. STORAGE SPACES::

Unfolding the back apparel (contained in side the front aparell) with the built in plat form that serves as floor.

ASSEMBLY OF PIECES

2. FIRST OPENING

The covering plates are unfolded, thanks to the built- in hinges.

4. COMPLETE MODULE: Installation of movable shelves and chest drawers.

ADAPTABLE ORGANIZATION: PROPOSED SCENARIOS Possible arrangements

MARKET

Made with procreate

PIECE 05

MUSEO CHILI

April- May- June 2022 Academic project

With the collaboration of: Fernanda Moreno Diez Canseco Vivian Carrasco Rojas

Under the tutoring of: Edward Chuquimia Payalich

Made with sketchup, vray, photoshop, procreate and lightroom

Proposed and preexistent urban centralities: Through a study of the preexistent centralities and different activities that took place in the Ejercito avenue, we proposed a series of different equipments that help potentiate and organize the avenue and it’s role for the city.

Brief and proposal: We studied several issues that could affect its development before proposing a final form, such as a brief, objectives, an analysis of the context, and the necessities that the new equipment should solve to fulfill its purpose.

Museum culture: Promo tes the knowledge and use of museums through programs.

Global connection: Promotes curiosi ty, experimentation and collaboration

Innovation and collaboration: A space ideal for teams to develop and test new ideas.

Security and confiden ce: Safe space for dialog.

Grow together: Foments activi ties that potentiate reforestation

Genius Locci and volumetric exploration: The ma teriality of the area is characterized by the vegetative presence, and the preexistent historical monuments

Configuration and physical tension Configuration and physical tension

General axis: generated by La recoleta street and tensions given by the Grau bridge and La recoleta church.

Transformation: The integration of 3 volumes layered on top containing activities.

Horizontal predomination: Interrupted by the presence of lavered horizontal volumes.

Verticality: The side building delimits the edification and guides the users trough the street, merging twith the Ejercito Avenue.

Made with sketchup, archicad, illustrator and photoshop.

Made with sketchup, procreate and photoshop.

EQUIPMENT 01 Museo Chili

Chili River

CHILI

Made with sketchup, vray, photoshop, procreate and lightroom

Made with sketchup, vray, photoshop, procreate and lightroom

MUSEO CHILI

FABIANA LUCIA BARRA TORANZO

Lev. 2 Greenhouse / Library / Amphitheatre

Tower Offices / Reunion halls / Cafeteria / Rooftop

Lev. 1

Hall and reception / Horizontal circulation / Library /Cafetería / Interactive exposition

Lev. -1

Hall and vestibule / Permanent exposition / Temporary expo sition / Educative Area / Proyection halls / SUM /Conference halls

Lev. -2 Parking / Service area

Made with sketchup, vray, photoshop, procreate and lightroom

Value: With shapes of light life and space is formed. Because once someone said: space is nothing more than light. Where there is light, there is space.

Model: Fabiana Lucía Barra Toranzo

Photographer: Fabiana Lucía Barra Toranzo Editor: Fabiana Lucía Barra Toranzo

SHEET N° 34

THE PANDEMIC SERIES II: fire |

FABIANA LUCIA BARRA TORANZO

Value: When the pandemic hitted the city, many peo ple were used to finding the enjoyment of life outside themselves. Through this piece I emulate how the fire within us is the one thing needed to light up our whole

Model: Fabiana Lucía Barra Toranzo

Photographer: Fabiana Lucía Barra Toranzo Editor: Fabiana Lucía Barra Toranzo

THE PANDEMIC SERIES III: reflection |

FABIANA LUCIA BARRA TORANZO

Value: As a continuation of “fire” this piece talks about the immense possibilities that we can find within ourselves. It is not necessary to look outside for answers that are already with us. By staring into our reflection, that could be interpreted as time spent with our grates selfs in solitude, we can begin to diffe rentiate de connotation and dimensions of the self.

PIECE 06

Value: The beautiful thing about animation and drawing, is the distortion that we create when we play with perspective. In this piece, I try to emulate this very same effect, with the help of different textures and poses.

Fabiana Lucía Barra Toranzo 20202-2022 513 537 2535- 980505502 fabiana.barrat@gmail.com barratfa@mail.uc.edu