CV+Portfolio 2023

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carloseprodriguez@gmail.com

Carlos Peña Barcelona, España

2023

CARLOS PEÑA

With over ten years of professional experience in developing projects across different contexts and scales, including Urban Design, Residential Buildings (Social Housing), Hospitals, Mixed-Use Buildings and Interior Design, I actively engage in multiple phases of the process, from concept design to construction stages, this involves formulating design strategies, planning, team management, and prioritizing clear communication as the main component to ensure the successful achievement of objectives.

I can illustrate that my architectural interests orient towards solving any situation independently of its complexity and scale, always looking to achieve creative and coherent solutions that reflect the character of the design to enhance and improve our everyday lives.

Currently, my focus centers on the intersection of architecture with emerging technologies, the contemporary digital environment, and the impact on how we design, build, and experience space.

Phone: +34692332687 e-mail: carloseprodriguez@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/carloseprodriguez NIE: Z0008131V (Work permit of 30 hours per week) Barcelona, Spain

Professional experience

Internships and Volunteering

Qualification

BIM Architect

Volunteer Architect

Mano Arquitectura / Barcelona, Spain

Master's Degree in Studies Advanced in Architecture-Barcelona

Ayuda en Acción / Madrid, España

February 2023 – June 2023 (30 hours/week)

BIM Architect

Intern

IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture Santiago, Chile

Manuel Villa Arquitectos / Bogotá, Colombia

Draftsman

Project Architect / BIM

Plant Art Diseño / Mérida, Venezuela

CQ Estudio / Santiago, Chile

Jan 2007 - Dec 2009

Degree in Architecture Universidad de Los Andes.

Faculty of Architecture and Design Mérida, Venezuela Sep 2005 / Oct 2012

Parametric Building Modeling (Revit)

September 2018 – April 2022 (Full-time)

Universidad de Los Andes.

Mérida, Venezuela Oct 2011 / April 2012

Architect

Languages

Self-Employed / Freelance 2008 - Present 2023

Varas+Otero Arquitectos / Santiago, Chile

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Jul 2010 - Dec 2010 (Full-time)

May 2022 – October 2022 (Full-time)

BIM Architect

Portfolio

Nov 2016, April 2017 (Full-time)

Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña UPC Escuela de Arquitectura ETSAB Barcelona, Spain Sep 2022 / July 2024

Interests & further training “How to Design for Augmentes and Virtual Reality” / October 2021 / Interaction Design Fundation / Online

June 2017 - September 2018 (Full-time)

Workshop Wikihouse / 2017 / Madrid, España

Architect Assistant

English Language Course / Advanced Level / May to Novemeber 2015 / ECM College,Dublin, Ireland

Denis Byrne Architects / Dublin, Irland Jan. 2016 - Oct. 2016 (Full-time)

Watercolour / August 2015 / IADT Dun Laoghaire, IrelandVolunteer at the Irish Design 2015 / January-August / Dublin, Ireland

Project Architect

Volunteer at the OpenHouse Dublin 2014 / Octover / Dublin, Ireland

Taller de Arquitectura Singular / Mérida, Venezuela

Español Ingles

Software Proficiency Autodesk // Revit, AutoCAD 2D/3D, Robot Structural Adobe Creative Suite // Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro.

3D Modeling, Rendering, Simulation // SketchUp, Rhinoceros, Vray, Enscape, D5, Dialux, HULC-CTE

April 2013 - February 2014 (Full-time)

Staff Assistent at Art Gallery ARTkITECT / 2006-2009 / Mérida, Venezuela

Microsoft Office // Excel, Word, Power Point

Project Architect

Photography / August 2008 / Escuela Metropolitana de Arte, Mérida Venezuela

Visualization Media // Hand sketching, Model Construction, Architectural Photography

Photography / www.flickr.com/photos/carloseprodriguez / @ceprodriguez

Others // DiRoots, PyRevit

ARQEX.CA / San Juan, Venezuela February 2011 - April 2013

Professional Experience BIM Architect

Project Architect / Bim Architect

Architect Assistant

Architectural Project Manager

Mano Arquitectura / Barcelona, Spain

CQ Estudio / Santiago, Chile

Denis Byrne Architects / Dublín, Irland

ARQEX.CA / San Juan, Venezuela

February 2023 – June 2023 (30 hours/week)

September 2018 – October 2021 (Full-time) March 2022 – April 2022 (Freelance)

Jan. 2016 - Oct. 2016 (Full-time)

February 2011 - April 2013

Job functions: - Contributing to the development of high-standard multifamily homes and a hotel, both integrated into a luxury resort complex in Saudi Arabia.

-Responsibilities included the preparation of plans and technical details for both bidding and construction phases, all activities were developed using a BIM approach, specifically within the Revit platform. This involved close collaboration with different specialities within a multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive coordination and precision throughout the project.

Job functions: - Project Architect, leading a team of architects and designers in the planning and development of different scales Interior Design projects from inception to construction, such as the Tobalaba Urban Market (MUT) with more than 20,000m².

- BIM coordination (since an interior design approach), coordination with different specialties and architecture offices involved using BIM360 as an information exchange platform.

- Collaboration in the development of shops, workplaces, and different wayfinding projects.

Achievements: -BIM Implementation (Revit), allowed simplifying the processes, expanding the scope, and management of large-scale projects by CQ. - Establishing good communication with the teamwork in site and online after the pandemia, achieving adequate coordination allowing compliance requirements within the corresponding deadlines.

- A good evaluation/perception by the clients of the projects presented, supported by understandable graphic material, friendly for all those involved.

Job Functions: - Participation in the development of different projects typologies such as residential, cultural, and landscape, all of them at different stages of the process and as part of a multidisciplinary team of six people.

- Conceptualizing, design development, architectural drawing and other documentation, 3D models and mockups, renderings, and production of graphic material for client presentations.

Achievements: -Adaptability when working in another culture with different work modalities and project procedures.

-mprovement of the English language and its application in the professional field.

-Compliance in time and form of scheduled projects to clients.

Job functions: - Leading a team of eight members in the development of social housing projects, industrial warehouses, and container transformations from inception to construction.

- Accomplishment of design development, drawing plans, 3D models and mock-ups, design of technical details, quantity take-off.

- Coordination with the different specialties, inspections on-site and in workshops.

- Interns orientation and team management to comply with scheduled deliveries.

BIM Architect IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture Santiago, Chile May 2022 – October 2022 (Full-time) Job functions: - Contribution to the development of two hospitals of medium and high complexity in the Los Lagos Region, Chile.

- Development of the architecture in adherence to hospital standards indicated by the MINSAL. involving Revit model development and coordination with various specialities.

Achievements: - Successfully optimized spatial layouts to meet required surface and corresponding medical procedures standardized by the WHO and MINSAL as the regulatory body in Chile.

- Quickly acquired knowledge of hospital regulations, complying in a timely manner with the scheduled deliveries.

Architect Self-Employed / Freelance 2008 - Present 2022 - Engaged in the design of different typologies and scales projects, both independently and collaborating with some architecture offices in Venezuela, Irlanda, Chile and Spain, developing Master Plans, residential complexes, industrial projects, single-family homes, interior design, containers rehabilitation, etc.

- Involved in projects from inception to construction, contributing to or leading specific phases.

- Activities have included conceptualization, design development, preparation of plans and technical details for building permits survey, bidding and construction, 3D model and mock-ups, quantity take-off, renders, videos, diagrams and illustrations.

- Responsibilities extend to managing building permit procedures, as well as coordinating and supervising activities during the construction phase.

CV - Carlos Peña - 2023

BIM Architect Varas+Otero Arquitectos / Santiago, Chile June 2017 - September 2018 (Full-time) Job functions: - Leading in the development and management of commercial and residential architecture projects at different stages of the process.

- Generation of documents for building permits survey and different procedures (OGUC, LGUC, Chilean regulations), tenders, and set for construction.

- Preparation of capacity assessments and subdivision plats.

-Carrying out activities based on a BIM model (Revit) in coordination with the different specialties and as part of a team of seven architects, assuming both leading and team-player roles.

- Participation in the design and production of graphic material for presentations to clients.

Achievements: - Participation in the BIM Implementation (REVIT), streamlining processes and improving project delivery times.

- Rapid learning of Chilean regulations (OGUC, LGUC) obtaining a satisfactory response from the City Council.

- Rigorous planning based on project delivery times, completing the estimated objectives.

- Improvement and standardization of the visual aesthetics of presentation projects (presentation formats, graphics, and renders).

Phone: +34692332687

Volunteer Architect Ayuda en Acción / Madrid, España

Achievements: -Establishing good communication with the teamwork, achieving adequate coordination and allowing compliance requirements within the corresponding deadlines.

- Improvement of work procedures and methodologies, guiding the team in a more efficient way of executing projects at any stage.

Intern

Nov 2016, April 2017 (Full-time) - Collaboration in the development of prefabricated and rapid assembly housing to solve the post-emergency phase of the earthquake in Ecuador.

- Investigation and coordination with the agents involved, implementation strategies and methodologies were developed.

- Development and documentation of proposals for Incremental Social Housing.

Manuel Villa Arquitectos / Bogotá, Colombia Jul 2010 - Dec 2010 (Full-time) - Documentation of architectural and construction plans, 3D Models, mockups and production of graphic material for presentations. working as a member of a team of four architects on renovation and interior design projects of different scales as The Camping Stadium, City Hall Bogotá and Centrico Bar.

Project Architect Taller de Arquitectura Singular / Mérida, Venezuela April 2013 - February 2014 (Full-time) Job functions: - Leading and collaborating in the development of different project typologies, from master plans, landscaping, interior design, and housing that include coordination activities with clients and specialties, all as part of a team of four architects.

- Strategy approach, documentation for architectural and construction surveys, quantity takeoff, 3D models, mockups, renderings, and production of graphic material for client presentations.

Achievements: - Providing an innovative proposal based on the design and work methodology, achieving customer satisfaction.

- Compliance in time and form in the deliveries of the projects to the clients.

e-mail: carloseprodriguez@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carloseprodriguez

Barcelona, Spain

MUT Mercado Urbano de Tobalaba Tobalaba Urban Market 2021

MUT, located in a nerve center of Santiago de Chile, is a natural meeting place.

Rescuing the old concept of a traditional market and placing it in a contemporary and urban context, it seeks to provide a dynamic and colorful experience, giving special value to local products and the people behind them.

MUT is connected to the main road arteries of the city and directly to the Tobalaba metro station, cyclists are considered with its Bike-hub with more than 2,000

Activities description

KPF, Mobil, Territoria, CQ Estudio

Software used

Leading a team through the planning and preparation of Interior Design works from Concept Design to Design development, with more than 20,000m² of development.

BIM coordination (since an interior design approach) within the team and with different specialties and architecture offices envolved.

Project type: Interior Design

REVIT AutoCAD 2D / 3D SketchUp Enscape Rhino Photoshop Illustrator

bicycle stalls and a complementary program of changing rooms and repair workshops.

In this way, users get into the heart of the project with a commercial, gastronomic and cultural program that consider public space with gardens and squares that complement the program of the four towers destined mainly for work spaces from a traditional format to a more flexible one.

Year: 2018 – 2021 Area: 40.000m² Location: Santiago de Chile Phase: Design Development Status: Under Construction

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MUT_________PROGRAMA

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OFICINAS

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OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS OFICINAS

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mez -01 BIKEVILLAGE -01 BIKEVILLAGE / INDUSTRIAS CRATIVAS mez -02 BIKEVILLAGE / MERCADO -02 MERCADO -03 BRAND VILLAGE / ACCESO METRO

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TORRE 1 TORRE 4

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07.- Asia 08.- Latino 09.- Veggie

B2_________Mercado

L5 - Terraza MUT

L4 - Terraza MUT

L3 - Jardin MUT

L2 - Barrio MUT

L1 - Barrio MUT

09__Veggie __Mercado Vegano

B1 - Taller MUT

1.- La Caleta 2.- La Granja 3.- Rincon Chileno

B2 - Mercado

4.- La Feria 5.- Las harinas 6.- Mediterráneo 7.- Asia 8.- Latino 9.- Veggie

B3 - Estación MUT

B2_________Mercado 1.- La Caleta 2.- La Granja 3.- Rincon Chileno

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The Box 250 Bird road 2020

The Box is intended to complement the amenities of a residential complex (Family Rent), it is proposed as a meeting point for the community, both residents and the general public.

It seeks to respond to the needs and interests of the user, conceived as a flexible and dynamic place with open spaces that give way to an urban and diverse experience.

Activity Description

BEHAR Architects + CQ Estudio

Software used

Project manager, BIM coordination in

Project type: Mixto

an interior design project. coordination

Year: 2020

with offices involved and client, devel-

Area: 3.300m²

opment of Schematic Design, based

REVIT 3DMAX / Enscape Photoshop Illustrator

Location: 250 Bird Road, Miami

on Revit model, study of facade,

Phase: Schematic Design

development of planimetry and pres-

Status: Design Develpment

entation for clients

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Closed Facade

Ground Floor

Open Facade

Second and Third floor

Rooftop

The Box

Cruz Verde

Concept Store - Farmacia 2019

Cruz verde es una de las principales cadenas de

Descripción Actividades

CQ Estudio

Software usado

concepto para ella que contraste con la idea tradicional

Desarrollo de Concept design para

Categoría: Interiorismo

de sus filiales.

farmacia; Investigación y definición de

Se genera así una NUEVA EXPERIENCIA para el usuario

estrategias de diseño, planteamiento

que se construye a partir de las ideas de calidez,

de propuestas, producción de planos

AutoCAD 2D / 3D SketchUp Enscape Photoshop Illustrator

bienestar, orden visual y confort creando una atmosfera

y material gráfico como renders y

a través del uso de elementos como iluminación,

esquemas para presentación a

mobiliario, color y materialidad.

clientes.

farmacia en Chile, se solicitó reformular la experiencia de compra en una sucursal y desarrollar un nuevo

Año: 2019 Superficie: 135m² Ubicación: Santiago de Chile Fase: Concept Design Estatus: Propuesta

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Calidez

Identidad y hospitality

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Confort

Orden Visual

Bienestar

At e n c i o n

Iluminacion

Color

Materialidad

Atmosfera

Sector bienestar Gondola Sector dermocosmética Tótem Refrigeradores Atención Minusválidos Atención Público General Área Staff Trastienda Áreas de espera

Materialidad con texturas lisas y de fácil limpieza

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Relacionar nuevos tonos a los colores de la marca para generar una atmósfera cálida y acogedora.

Texto corpóreo iluminado cinta led interior

Pantallas de Autoconsula, publicidad y dispensador de numero de atencion Estanterias Metalicas con iluminacion led integrada

Mueble de atencion metalico con superficie de madera Mueble gondola y pantalla multimedia

Mobiliario de exhibicion y atencion Se genera un mobiliario que otorgue orden visual y al mismo tiempo la flexibilidad necesaria para exhibir los distintos productos, con el mobiliario de atencion de busca generar vínculos mas cercanos con el cliente sin desligarse de los avances tecnológicos que mejoran la atención

Proa Building 2018

Multi-family residential project located in Valdivia in the south of Chile, with a total of 2,300m² distributed in 18 apartments that are terraced towards the banks of the Cruces River.

It is made up of 6 types of apartments ranging from 67m² to 137m² penthouses with 50m² terraces.

Activities Description

Varas + Otero

Software used

Development and management of a

Category: Residential

REVIT Photoshop Illustrator

residential project based on a BIM model (Revit) from Schematic Design to Construction Biddings including documentation for building regulations (OGUC, LGUC) and subsequent production of renders and illustrated plans for presentations and marketing.

Year: 2018 Surface: 2200m² Location: Valdivia, Chile Phase: Construction Bidding Status: Built

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Independencia Building 2018

Activities Description

Varas + Otero

Software used

Multi-family residential project with a total of 93

Collaboration in the documentation

apartments of different types that are distributed in its

from Design Development to

Category: Residential

REVIT Photoshop Illustrator

12 floors, it has 3 underground parking levels with

construction bidding including building

warehouses, on level 1 there are shops, gym, laundry

regulation (OGUC, LGUC regulations)

and events room and terrace for common use in the

all based on a Revit model.

7th floor.

Subsequent production of renders and interior design proposals for the client.

Area: 11522m² Year: 2018 Location: Santiago, Chile Phase: Construction Bidding Status: Built

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- 93 departamentos - 8 tipologías de departamentos - 12 pisos - 3 niveles subterráneos de estacionamiento y bodegas

- Nivel 1: Locales comerciales, gimnasio, lavandería, sala de eventos

- Nivel 7: Terraza de uso común.

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Esquina con espacio publico y locales comerciales

Terraza - Nivel 07

Lobby de Acceso

Strokestown House 2016

Activities Description

Denis Byrne Architects

collaboration in the Schematic Design

Design: Denis Byrne, Douglas Carson, Carlos Pena

of a museum extension and rethinking

Category: Museums

a new access hall, exhibition route and

Year: 2016

visitors area, duties included

Surface: 2500m²

participation in the design, production

Location: Strokestown, Ireland

of plants, 3D models and Renders

Phase: Schematic Design

Software used

Strokestown is a 15th century residence that belonged to the same family until the end of the 20th century.

Today it functions as a Memorial Museum for the Great Famine that affected Ireland during the 19th century.

The proposal focuses on the rehabilitation of the stables and their conversion into a new entrance hall to the museum, more rooms and services areas with a new exhibition route that includes the different courtyards as open-air exhibitions.

Status: Proposal

AutoCAD 2D / 3D SketchUp Photoshop Illustrator Vray

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Entrance Path

Strokestown Park House, ca 1900

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Cliff of Moher 2016

The Cliff of Moher located on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, is the place with the most annual visits in the country, for this reason the creation of a new control point is requested, with offices, CCTV room and assistance areas for visitors, The main requirement was to camouflage the volume in order to give continuity to the landscape.

Activities Description

Denis Byrne Architects

Software used

Collaboration in a team of three architects developing the schematic design and design development. Application of knowledge in topography and 3D design, parallel to the coordination with the different specialties. Subsequent production of plans and presentation to the client with the help of renders, illustrated plants and mockups.

Category: Services

AutoCAD 2D / 3D

Year: 2016 Area: 400m² Location: Cliff of Moher, Ireland Phase: Design Development Status: Built

SketchUp / Vray Photoshop Illustrator

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Cassery house 2015

The proposal has three main variables, first, a comfortable and spacious social area for a family of five members, second, natural lighting, and third, the extension should not exceed 30m2, this to avoid major municipal procedures according to the current ordinance.

Under this premise, a single module is proposed, three

Activities Description

Independent Project

Software used

Architectural Design: Carlos Peña

AutoCAD 2D / 3D

meters wide by nine meters long, with an open plan kitchen, lounge and dining area, which in turn open through a large window into the garden. This module includes two skylights to guarantee natural lighting, one of them articulates the original house and the new volume. Additionally, the reform of a disused garage is required for complementary activities such as bathrooms, services and parking for bicycles.

Renovation and extension of single-family housing at Schematic Design level, sketches and 3D models’ studies were presented to clients until their approval for the subsequent creation of a set of architectural plans and rendering

Category: Residential Year: 2015 Area: 300m² Location: Dublin, Ireland Phase: Schematic Design Status: Proposal

SketchUp Photoshop Illustrator Vray

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1 Original House

2 Extension

Cassery House Extension Plan

A single module was added to the back of the house, three metres wide and 9 metres long.

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1_Hall / 2 Studio / 3 Living Room / 4 Kitchen / 5 Toilet / 6 Utility Room / 7 Bike Praking

Design Scheme

Cunningham Road 2016

Descripción

Descripción Actividades

Denis Byrne Architects

Software usado

Conjunto Residencial,Desarrollo de

Categoría: Residencial

AutoCAD 2D / 3D

planimetria, modelo 3D y renders

Año: 2016 Superficie: 5500m² Ubicación: Dublín, Irlanda Fase: Design development Estatus: Proyecto

SketchUp Photoshop Illustrator Vray

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MUCYT Science and Technology Museum 2013

The renovation proposal for the MUCYT look for redraw the image of the museum and become it in a reference place in the city. the proposal includes renovating the access point and ticket office, a covered square, a new cafe/restaurant. All these changes will be made with a modulated and light-weight structure, also it is included new routes around the lake as an extension of the current exhibition area.

Activities Description

Taller de Arquitectura SINGULAR

Software used

Project leader of a team of four members developing a Master Plan at Schematic Design level. Architectural design, drawing, 3D model and rendering, collaboration.

Design and production of graphic material and strategic products, destined to client presentations until their approval.

Subsequently production of plans and quantity take-off.

Team: Piergianna Mazzocca, Betsabe

AutoCAD 2D / 3D SketchUp Rhinoceros Photoshop Illustrator Vray

Zambrano, Glorialba Rivera, Carlos Peña Category: Renovation Area: 26,000m² Year 2013 Location: Merida, Venezuela Phase: Schematic Design

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RESTAURANT - CAFÉ

MAIN EXHIBITION TENSEGRITY SQUARE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

TICKET OFFICE AND MAIN ACCESS

MASTER PLAN

Residential Complex Social Housing 2010

In Venezuela the housing deficit has been arisen in the last 60 years. Presently it is estimated around two million the housing shortage. The high demand that occurs in the most populated cities and the speculation in the construction sector aggravate the issue. There have been attempts to find solutions, always focused on disadvantaged families. Some models have been copied from the Modern Movement that although it represented a solving at that moment nowadays they show them weaknesses in terms of social integration.

Because of the continued expansion of Caracas the capital of Venezuela, it has started to occupy the periurban zones. Being this project one of the pilot schemes for occupying and consecutive expansion of the city toward the south. It is an experimental proposal and it is focused toward an alternative to the conventional constructions systems.

Activities description

ARQEX

Software used

Project Manager of a team of eight members in the development of a social housing project (400 apartments in 25 buildings) from inception to construction.

Activities include design development, production of plans, 3D models and mock-ups, design of technical details, quantity take-off, Coordination with the different specialties, on-site and workshop inspections, interns orientation and team management to achieve the scheduled.

Design: Salvatore Spina

AutoCAD 2D / 3D SketchUp Photoshop Illustrator Vray

Category: Residential Area: 20,000m² Year: 2010 - 2012 Location: Miranda, Venezuela Phase: Construction Administration Status: Under construction

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Master Plan The project is localized on a wasteland close to a train station (Caracas-Cua Line) surrounded mostly by agricultural areas. Due to the terrain morphology is proposed a pedestrian axis with 400 meters length that connect the southwest with the northeast branching out toward to the different entries especially on the way to the railway station and the access squares to the 400 apartments layout in 25 buildings; in addition there are a primary school, medical clinic, sport and green areas.

It was sought to create an efficient mobility, giving the priority to pedestrians with clear connection between sidewalks (Pedestrian axis – Arcade routes – Rear path) and toward the train station.

VEHICLE PATH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER

ENTRY POINT PEDESTRIAN AXIS

ANFITEATRO WORKSHOP SHEDS SCHOOL ENTRY POINT FROM TRAIN STATION KINDER GARDEN SPORT AREA

APARTMENTS TYPE 1 BETROON 1 BATHROOM 42.72 mts2 (24 unid)

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2 BETROON 1 BATHROOM 53.20mts2 (56 unid)

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Four kinds of apartments are projected. They are differentiated by the capacity: one, two and three bedrooms; these in turn are distributed in three types of buildings each one with 6 levels: ground floor with shops, the next four floors the residential area and finally the organoponic cultivation level.

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3 BETROON 1 BATHROOM 64.42 mts2

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3 BETROON 1 BATHROOM 69.67 mts2

Organoponic cultivation level

Residential Area Grand floor /shops

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Parallel a new structural system is generated, it is based in limit design criterion an optimization of materials with the use of new technologies and ensemble methods that allow accelerate the construction time and reduce the time of labor. The structure is based in a arcaded system prefabricated in steel and ferrocement.

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WINDOW DETAIL

BEAM DETAIL

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Construction process

EBE Environmental Monitoring Station Synapse: New Urban Connections 2012

Poverty and Slums are a global concern among most major cities around the world, principally in developing countries. They are represented by high rates of unemployment, overcrowding, violence, poor facilities.

In Venezuela about 91% of the population live in cities and millions are based in shantytowns, cities like Cara-

Final Degree Project

Software Used

cas show huge extensions of these spontaneous and informal settlements in contrast with the depopulated and abandoned rural areas, it is necessary enormous interventions to bring back equilibrium, but punctual solutions are not enough, it is necessary to see beyond and look for answers which involve the totality, this project is focused in proposing solutions from another point of view looking for small scale solution which would resolve big problems.

Architecture design and research: Carlos Peña Project type: Academic Year: 2012 Location: Mérida, Venezuela

AutoCAD 2D / 3D SketchUp Rhinoceros Photoshop Illustrator Vray

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SYNOPSIS The Venezuelan historical process as a way to understand the current situation.

1498 Spanish Colonization (foundation based in statutes of Laws of the Indies)

URBAN NETWORKS

ANDEAN MOOR Paramo de Los Conejos

Trying to understand our reality, it is necessary to have a holistic approach, it cannot be framed just in a urban or rural context. Reality is made up of a number of elements in constant interaction.

The majority of Venezuelan cities are located in valleys, surrendered by fragile ecosystems and rural settlement. The project focused on a rural community, as many rural areas are forgotten, isolated and with environmental potential.

The vitality that cores or nodes can create within a net, when they have well defined activities or dynamics it is a way to explain the urban connections if cities and any settlement are seen as nucleus part of a network interacting at different levels in relation to their importance, in this way it is understandable that when one of them absorbed the most of activities, disequilibrium take place giving rise to chaos.

Looking for the consolidation and fostering of permanence in new and existing “development nucleus”; Recognising them as small towns or cities under populated with modest or sparse activities. This might be a way to bring equilibrium back.

Agricultural economies: Cacao, Coffee, Sugar cane, Tobbaco.

Las Gonzales villa is situated in a moorland, a fragile ELEVACIÓN ecosystem in the Andean Mountains, specifically in 3350 the “Paramo de Los Conejos” part of the National 3400 3450 Park Sierra de La Culata in Mérida Venezuela with 3500 temperature ranging from -2˚ to 24˚.

Housing Core Agricultural production area Facilities

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In the daytime there is a predominance of Overnight predominate updrafts under cold and humid air influence of warming of currents the fund of the valley

STRATEGIES: URBAN BIOSPHERE RESERVES a strategy proposed by the UNESCO an alternative which fits into study case.

ECO-FORM

“Urban Biosphere Reserve: a Biosphere Reserve characterised by important urban areas within or adjacent to its boundaries where the natural, socio-economic and cultural environments are shaped by urban influences and pressures, and set up and managed to mitigate these pressures for improved urban and regional sustainability.”

1810 Independence 1930

SOCIAL-FORM Oil exploration began.

The Gonzalez Village

Dramatic increase of per capital income

Centralisation of economy and investment. The capital city grew up rapidly.

1950 Rural exodus - people seeking for the cities´ comfortable lifestyle.

1960 During a very short period Venezuela stopped being a largely rural country and became an urbanised one.

Faced with this economic and social phenomenon, public policies and Territorial-Urban planning were vague, inadequate and insufficient.

1 Small village conformed by 20 families

DEVELOPMENT NUCLEUS The approach of the project is to create a prototype of a consolidated community (Development Nucleus). What is sought is to improve quality of life and give the option of living in a small city or town without giving up the facilities that big cities can offer, this might boost a balanced distribution of population in the long run. Based on criteria of ecological development, adaptability and highlighting local attributes, strengthen interaction and integration among “Development Nucleus”

2 Constituted by a deficient small primary school and a medical office.

No electricity service is available.

3 The access to the village is done by walking, animal traction, and vehicle by a very precarious road.

Access towards the village, where is easy to find a panoramic view of the Moorland, it is proposed a viewpoint and a rest place on the pedestrian route.

It is proposed to build the environmental monitoring station where the school and the medical office are located.

Currently commercial and recreational place in the village with a traditional house in disuse. it is proposed its recuperation.

Another traditional house and he best conserved, it is proposed to be restored and used as a touristic and accommodation centre.

RURAL POPULATION

9%

URBAN POPULATION

91%

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500 200

1000 m

Cultural Core

Cultural Buffer Zone

Transition Zone

Natural Buffer Zone

Natural Core

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING STATION The project is oriented towards research activities as the axis which will direct the development into the village, complemented and linked with the important academic activities developed in Mérida (the closest city).

However it is seeks to foster agricultural activities and tourism, based on the strategies offered by the Urban Biosphere Reserves Plan, looking for enhance and strengthen the economic, cultural and ecological activities.

MEDICAL CENTRE HOUSING

AGROECOLOGICAL CENTER

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ENVIROMENT MONITORING STATION

CULTURAL CORE

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

SCHOOL

A

A SCHOOL The complex is distributed around a cultural core defined by a square where the educational installations, healthcare centre and commercial activities are placed looking for the maxim integration with quotidian and existing activities.

1 The structural idea

2. The structure projected down to the ground allows an open plan which will offer versatility and possibilities to develop the architectural program, and can range from housing to some equipment.

come from the reinterpretation of the structural geometry of the traditional Andean house covers.

M4

B AGROECOLOGICAL

CENTER

C MEDICAL CENTER

M1

D SQUARE

M2

E CULTURAL CENTRE

M3

F ENVIRONMENTAL MONITOR-

ING STATION

4.The dimensional 3. However there are modifications in the scale and the structural system it is conserved the geometric and the use of organic materials like Mud, straw and reed.

organization is performed from the base module, taking as prototype one of the existing traditional houses.

C B

E D

F-1

BOTANICAL UNIT

It will be the headquarters, with the laboratories, herbarium, library, computer room and meeting rooms.

F

ANTHROPOLOGICAL UNIT

ETHNOBOTANICAL UNIT

This area will focus on the extraction of oils from the botanic samples collected in the area.

F-1

BOTANICAL UNIT

The Botanical Unit will be laid out in five levels.

The library and computer room will be developed in the first floor, followed by a meeting room and workspace in the second floor. The laboratory will be distributed in a central workspace on the third floor. Finally, the fourth and fifth floor will be developed as an herbarium.

STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE

STRUCTURAL NODE

Portafolio +34692332687

Carlos Peña carloseprodriguez@gmail.com

Barcelona, España

2023