CAMILLE VIGIL Portfolio
2015-2018
CAMILLE VIGIL The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture Portfolio camille.vigil@utexas.edu 972-365-2717
ACADEMIC WORK 1
CHAPEL ON RUINS
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TERRA FIRMA
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GUELPH FARMERS MARKET
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GENOA WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT
PROFESSIONAL WORK 37
OTA+
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GOOD, FULTON, & FARRELL ARCHITECTS
CHAPEL ON RUINS Intermediate Design IV / Spring 2018 Professor: Johanna Reed Location: Mission Espada, San Antonio, Texas Design Excellence Nominee This intervention at the Mission Espada is about creating the addition of a nondenominational chapel and meditation space that respectfully maintains the existing prominence of the ruins and elevates the historic church ruins so as to commemorate their former, but presently decayed, glory. In restoring the old church ruins to evoke spiritual and ephemeral qualities, a light structure side-steps the ruins and layering of lighting features figuratively builds up the ruin walls by means of an exterior steel screen, frosted glass, and wooden louvers. This project expands program in keeping with this same intention; submerging this new inhabitable space partially into the ground to preserve sight lines to the existing Catholic church and new chapel. This expansion of program uses dimensions of the church ruins as a template from which to derive a parti that abides by the rectilinear organization of program in the existing ruins, and uses an organizational grid drawn from the remaining evidence of the ruins’ decayed columns. The building housing the meditation spaces and office uses a layering of walls that is reminiscent of that of the chapel, but offers a distinctly different experience in inherent material quality.
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Urban analysis of San Antonio.
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Mission Espada analysis.
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Site plan.
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Site approach.
Lawn between meditation space and chapel.
Descent into site.
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Lawn section.
NORTH SOUTH SECTION 1/8”=1’
NORTH SOUTH SECTION 1/8”=1’
NORTH SOUTH SECTION Meditation space section. 1/8”=1’
NORTH SOUTH SECTION 1/8”=1’
EAST WEST SECTION Transverse section through chapel, lawn and meditation space. 1/8”=1’
EAST WEST SECTION 1/8”=1’
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Chapel section.
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Meditation space interior.
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Chapel interior.
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TERRA FIRMA The Sukkah Project / Spring 2018 Location: Dallas, Texas Independent Competition Entry The celebration which has prompted the creation of sukkahs over generations has maintained its intention regardless of the passing of time. It is a reminder of the roots of fundamental beliefs in Jewish religion. With this, the concept of Terra Firma is to serve, likewise, as a reminder of humility and uses a materiality that directly correlates to a mindset that keeps one grounded, literally, to the Earth and its bounties; Terra Firma translates to “the ground as distinct from the sea or air�. It is modern in form, yet follows tradition in materiality and construction. Offset symmetry of Terra Firma offers an organic, evolved iteration of the traditional sukkah design. Having eight sides with one entry encourages a circulation through the space that is not inherently linear, but rather, is flowing and circular in keeping with an organic experience. This eightsided form abides by the qualities and nature of its construction material, bamboo. Although the form is made of linear panels, it implies a domelike derivation; as panels meet at a single point at its top, the flexible bamboo pushing outward allows the structure to hold itself stable by means of self-tensioning.
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10’ - Top of Structure
7’ - Entry Clearance
3’ - Top of Opening
0’ - Ground Left Elevation
Back Elevation
Front Elevation
Right Elevation
10’ - Top of Structure
7’ - Entry Clearance
3’ - Top of Opening
0’ - Ground Section A
Roof Plan
Section B
Plan - Cut at 4’
Building Footprint
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GUELPH FARMERS MARKET Intermediate Design III / Fall 2017 Professor: MJ Neal Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada Using the Lyceum Fellowship as a guideline and looking toward future growth in Guelph, Canada, this intervention seeks to provide a new cultural hub for community development. Integrating greenhouses into the project’s program of a farmers’ market and immigrant housing aims to bridge a cultural and socio-economic gap between locals and newcomers. Greenhouses on site would provide resources for the community to come together to grow and supply food items to the farmers’ market. The farmers market and primary program follow a grid that aligns with the streetscape, which allows the project to draw in activity from the street level, while the greenhouses cross diagonally over the site to express newfound prominence. Dividing the site into smaller buildings with external circulation allows the site to become a public amenity, with circulation accommodating the larger, urban scale of the city. Beyond a farmers market and housing, the site also houses administration and education spaces.
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Ground level plan.
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Second level plan.
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North facing section through farmers market.
East facing section through farmers market and greenhouses.
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Greenhouse interior.
Market entry.
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GENOA WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT Intermediate Design II / Spring 2017 Professor: Charlton Lewis Location: Genoa, Italy Blueprint is the title of the city vision given by Renzo Piano Building Workshop as the firm’s contribution to the future planning and social development of Genoa’s historically industrial port. This vision seeks to address urban voids in the city, and to recover the Genoa International Trade Fair, designed by Jean Nouvel. The goal of the redevelopment aims to engage the city as a tourist destination and provide public infrastructure for residents. This design seeks to recover the site by creating spaces that allow for varying levels of dwelling and passage, and creates interstitial spaces that allow visitors to filter in and occupy the space not only in the form of enclosed buildings, but also as a public outdoor space. In doing so, a cultural district informed by the history and character of the city invoked a program of art museum, cultural center, commercial space, open market, and chapel.
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Leisure
Frequency of Events Tourist Points of Interest
Transitory
Local Points of Interest
Industrial
Church
10th cent.
Market
12th cent.
Promenade
15th cent.
Main Roads
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Metro Stops
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Section through city, redevelopment, canal, and trade center.
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View over canal to apartment residences.
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PROFESSIONAL WORK
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CREEK ZIPPER Creek Show Competition / Fall 2016 Location: Austin, Texas Firm: OTA+ Design: Kory Bieg Team: Camille Vigil, Tanvi Solanki, Draven Pointer, Christian Pena, Raymond Castro, Sydney Galloso and Georgina Cantu Creek Zipper was a temporary installation designed and built for the 2016 Waller Creek Show in Downtown, Austin, Texas, sponsored by the Waller Creek Conservancy. The project invited artists and architects do design installations that played with lighting to animate a typically underutilized stretch of Waller Creek. Over a two month period, I helped with the pre-fab preparation of hundreds of folded aluminum panels that were then transported and installed on site. Each panel piece was numbered and had three to four components that, once folded, fit together with screws to form each module. The modules varied in size and blue LED lights were installed in each of them to produce the glowing effect of the “zipper� downstream.
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TURFHAUS Competition / Summer 2017 Location: Dallas, Texas Firm: Good, Fulton, & Farrell Architects Design: Camille Vigil, Maxine Kraft, Marissa Williams, and Josh Hafel Team: Jim West, Kelsey Vusich, Vicente Carrasco, and Cole Henson Turfhaus was a pro-bono project for GFF’s 2017 Bark+Build design/build competition entry. I contributed throughout the duration of the project including preliminary design, visualization, fabrication and construction coordination, and documentation of the project-. The house is intended to be both inhabitable for rest and play. Slatted wood construction allows for shelter and ventilation, while the stepped turf covering allows for the dual function of a platform on which to climb, jump, and rest on the top of the house.
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CAMILLE VIGIL
camille.vigil@utexas.edu 972.365.2717 EDUCATION
HONORS/ACHIEVEMENTS
The University of Texas at Austin Bachelor of Architecture Anticipated graduation: May 2020 Current GPA: 3.56/4.0
Design Excellence Nomination Spring 2018
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Graduating GPA: 3.88/4.0 RELEVANT EXPERIENCE GFF Architects Intern, May-August 2018 • Coordinated AIA COTE Top Ten Award submission for the Perot Museum of Natural Science in association with Morphosis Architects • Helped design and coordinate PARK(ing) Day Dallas design/build • Religious architecture focus; made construction documents and helped with design development • Coordinated submission for winning competition entry for Historic Fort Worth Preservation Award Intern, December 2017-January 2018 • Made renders and construction documents for retail development
Intern, May-August 2017 • Helped design and coordinate Bark+Build Dallas competition entry and design/build • Made construction documents • Contributed to render post-production OTA+ Intern, October-November 2016 • Constructed and assembled the Creek Zipper temporary installation
University of Texas Presidential Scholar July 2015-present UT School of Architecture Continuing Scholarship July 2016-present Downbeat Magazine Student Music Award April 2015 Awarded best Latin-American music ensemble in the country, featured in DownBeat Magazine National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar July 2014 ACTIVITIES/INVOLVEMENT UTSOA Mentorship Program, Mentor, 2016-present American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), Member, September 2015-present Undergraduate Architecture Student Council (UASC), Member, September 2015-present Habitat for Humanity, Member, January 2016-2017 UT School of Architecture, Year Representative, September 2016-May 2017 AIA Homes Tour, Docent, 2015, 2016 Design II Studio, Studio Representative, Spring 2016 SKILLS Digital Rhino Illustrator SketchUp DSLR Cameras
Photoshop AutoCAD Grasshopper InDesign
Hand Drawing Drafting Model Making Concrete Casting
Sketching Water Coloring Wood Working
Analog