Carlos Espejel - Portfolio

Tenejapa, México

Social Architecture

Río de Janeiro, Brazil Museum Architecture (competition)

Sayulita, México Residential Architecture

Miami, U.S.A Pavillion Architecture (competition)

Mexico City, México

Academic Project - Residential

Oaxaca, México Pavillion Architecture (competition)

Mexico City Pavillion Architecture (competition)

Mexico City, México

Academic Project - Social

Domus Aurea Kerameikos

Museu Sayu

Lucerna Pharos

Herbaria

Greca

Infonavit

Mexico City, México Architecture exposition Tendencias

Rendering, Illustrations, Maquettes, Photography

visualisation

Casa Intzin (built)

DOMUS AUREA

Rome, Italy

Roles:

Archaeological Survey

Drafting

Tools:

Photocamera

Laser Scanner

Total Station

GPS Antenna

Metashape

Adobe Illustrator

Archaeological survey

I worked as an intern at the Archaeological Park of theColosseum. As an architect, I assisted in th re-constructive interpretation of the Domus Flavia, a Roman Palace located in the Palatine Hill.

Archaeologists guided us on how to read and map Roman constructive methods, looking at the stratigraphyto understand the formation process of the ancient building.

We digitally map the whole area using photogrammetryand Leica’’s GPS antenna, Total Station and Laser Scanner devices. The information is then put together in the laboratories, resulting in anaccurate, intricate 3D model that allows for dynamicvisualization: sections, isometrics, floor-plans.

Finally, the digital model is used along the stratigraphic maps to create interpretative reconstruction models. Using remains and literary references to deduce the shape and functions of the building and its relationship to th landscape.

This, in a latter architectural intervention, is crucial to highlight the cultural significance of a monument and create a deeper relationshipwith its context.

Stratigraphic Survey

Architects surveying the ancient walls, outlining the relevant architectural elements and their chronological relationships.

Aula Regia

The throne room of the Domus Flavia.

The material presented here is the condensation of three survey methodologies: photogrammetry, 3D point cloud and total station and GPS mapping. The detailed and accurate digitalmodel allows us to measure and examine the construction methods used during the Roman Empire.

With archaeologists, we outline the stratigraphic units of each wall to determine the temporal construction scheme of the palace.

Stratigraphic Outline.

Outline drawn upon the measured 3d Model. It identifies the different stages and elements that compose the ancient wall. Any sign of change in time is mapped, including: earthquake damage, restoration signs, structural elements and decorative elements.

West Wall

North, South and East Walls

Photogrammetry Elevation

Mesh model created in Metashape. Created by the combination of high quality photography and the measurements made with geo referenced tags and total station.

Stratigraphic Units

Each unit has an assigned tag number

These are classified by architectural and natural character. Archaeologists give a temporal order to them to understand the built evolution of the monument and its relationship to its historic landscape.

South Wall

Section of the eastern East Wall North Wall

West Wall

Section of the Domus Aurea. E-W

Isometric Section of the Domus Flavia. E-W

Section of the Domus Aurea. N-S

Isometric Section of the Domus Flavia. E-W

Isometric Section of the Domus Flavia. N-S

Domus Aurea

Understanding the construction scheme of the ancient basilca. We analize the patterns in the archi tectural arrangement and compare them to literary sources to propose a hypothesis.

3D Point cloud model of the Aula Regia, the Throne Room of the Domus Flavia. This image is a compilation of several scans made during the survey.

Basilica’s scan

Aula Regia

Basilica’s floorplan reconstruction

Basilica’s section reconstruction

KERAMEIKOS

Athens, Greece

Roles:

Design Rendering Illustration

3D model Floorplans

Tools: AutoCad

shop

Sketchup

Adaptive / Reuse

The archaeological site of Ker ameikos presents a series ofcharacteristics that are interest ing from both an urban as well as an archaeological perspec tive. Today the site is surround ed by important road networks and diverse neighborhoods, resulting in a pluralistic context that must negotiate differentconditions. The current border condition of the site compli cates the organic incorporation of the tangible heritage into the contemporary urban fabric.

By recognizing these challeng es, the project Extra Muros re sponds at the issues of integra tion of the archaeological site into its urban context througha series of interventions at specific areas both inside thesite and at its borders. The im provement of the permeabilityof the site’s borders and the in corporation of wellconsidered, public areas enrich the urban significance of Kerameikos while enhancing its interpre tational accessibility. Targetedinterventions that aim at the legibility of the archaeologicalremains are used to attract the public and thus strengthen the role of heritage in contempo rary urban settings. In this way, Kerameikos acquires a new identity, moves closer to the public and reaches beyond itsborders.

An urban open plaza is created in the intersection of two major roads: Piraeus and Ermou Street.

The architecture embraces the plaza while connecting to the Archaeological Park.

The park uses landscape design to integrate modern buildings that are embedded into the archaeological park.

Using vegetation to control the perspective and experience of the user

Using subtle architectural elements, the project highlights the outline of the Themistoclean Wall, its towers and gates.

A

B

Modern depiction of the Themistoclean Wall and Dipylon Gate

Urban Piazza and its extension inside the park

Park view of Restaurant and Gallery

View to Ancient Greek Cemetery

Ermou Street

Peiraios Street

Public Plaza

Kerameikos Museum

Ermou Street

West Entry

Peiraios Street

Sacred Gate

Tritopatreion

Sanctuary of Artemis Saviour & Oracle of Apollo

Entry

Pompeion

Terrace

South Entry

Dipylon

of

Road to Plato’s Academy

Terraces

South Entry

Moats

Dipylon

Church of the Holy Trinity

Road to Plato’s

North Entry

Terraces

East Entry

Moats

Open Archaeological Laboratory & Store

Church of the Holy Trinity

North Entry

Community hub

East Entry

Museum of Islamic Art

Open Archaeological Laboratory

Museum of Makronisos

Store

Institute of Ceramic Studies

Community hub

Technopolis

Museum of Islamic Art

Church of Aswmatwn

Museum of Makronisos

Eridanos River

Institute of Ceramic Studies

Technopolis

Church of Aswmatwn

Eridanos River

Lower level, Pireaos street. - Urban Piazza, Restaurant, Café, Theatre

CASA INTZIN

Tenejapa, México

Social Architecture

Roles:

Design Lead

3D Modeling

Maquette

Rendering

Drafting

Tools: AutoCad

Rhinoceros

Lumion Sketchup

Vray Photoshop

Lightroom

Due to the lack of hospitals in Tenejapa, self-organized Tzeltal (Mayan) midwives use theirown homes as childbirth clin ics, which causes various com plications within their families. María Intzin Girón, besides being a volunteer midwife, gives medical consultation and talks to the Tzeltal community about family planning, such activities were key in the design process.

The project we propose is placed as a canvas that allows the community, through local artists and architects, to project what appeals to their needs and identity. The house-clinicwas built, with the aid of volun teers, in 2018 and published in websites such as ArchDaily.

light control Roof Placement: ventilation aligned with utilities Roof placement, rain control

Labour area, door frame assembly

Local artist, designer of front facade’s pattern

Semi-finished house Roof Placement

Window Patter, Light Control

Local architect

MUSEU MARÍTIMO DO BRASIL

Río de Janeiro, Brazil

Roles: Design

Modeling

Competition - Museum

Tools: AutoCad

Project developed for the“Maritime Museum of Brasil” competition. The premises ask competitors to replace the old warehouses found atop the old pier and propose a museum for the military and maritime history of Brasil

The recognition of the landscape and stereotomic character of the pier guides the project in the sense of electing this urban element asthe museum itself. It should not be seen as the substrate of a construction, as a mere piece of soil, since it is not.

In this sense, pier and building become a single element, inwhich circulation, structure and the linking of plans and spaces develop a path that leadsthe visitor to understand the breadth of the context in which the museum and its inhabitants are inserted. In fact, for those who inhabit this building, there is no triumph of the sea over the sky, not even of the skyover the sea.

There is only the recognitionthat the limits established between these elements, inseparable from human contact with water, are capable of generating not only theconnection between zenith and nadir, but also between land and sea, between the city resting on the ground and theuniverse in front of it. Those who are there immediately recognize that, for the human condition, sailing has always been necessary

AUDITÓRIO

VIPSALAMULTIUSOSALA

AUXILIARES

The structure lands on the water and hugs the pier in an act of proto-cooperation

This helps to stabilize the aerial structure of the museum, which in turn has a mooring function. of the existing structure. The main structure of the building is composed of pillars in tubularsections of circular and metallic beams

The meeting of these elements takes place from base plates, welded to the pillars, so that they fit accurately. On the roof, curvedslabs made from steel deck tiles and light calendered I-beams form sheds for overhead lighting.

The space, of course, adds not only physical aspects, but also cultural ones. Therefore, the design of the building moves away from a purely physical approach. Its objective is to privilege the articulation of the body with the space, evidencing its experience character.

Space is placed as a political prod uct, and architecture is thought interms of an event, and not function. Thus, a minimum of devices creates a maximum of possibilities, allowing engagement to flourish. of the community.

The exhibition proposal intends to imagine the use of modular displays capable of conform the most varied types of space and meet different types of use.the modules refer to the naval aesthetics of the masts and sails of the vessels, as well as the chaining of the pier and dolphin structures.

Two exhibitions are presented as an example of partnerships between museum collections, such as the Museu Nacional do Mar, and federal institutes, such as the IPHAN

Roles:

Lead Design

3D Modeling

Rendering

Drafting Illustrations

Tools: Revit

AutoCad

Lumion

Sketchup

SA YU

Sayulita, Mexico

Hotel Architecture

At Taller 1+1, I worked as a lead design architect, as I was assigned a client who wanted to build an aparment complexas well as two houses.

The goal was to rent them to any tourists that wanted to spend time in the jungle of Sayulita. The experience and language had to be unique, butclean and minimalist.

The projects play with minimalist volumetries that frame the organic beauty of the jun gle. Offering multiple experi ences across all kinds of spatial arrangements: living rooms, pools, courtyards, bedrooms, terraces, etc.

The materiality, by request ofthe office and the client, had to convey an artisanal image. Of ahouse that is handcrafted to be an integral part of its landscape.

complex - Outer volumetry

Penthouse - Living Room

Ground Level - Living Room

Penthouse - Living room

Reserva 2

Topographic and legal requirements were considered when designing this complex. As the project is placed in a steep slope of 6 meters in height across 13 meters in lenght.

The building strives to open its spaces towards the jungle as much as possible. Projecting circulation and utilities at the back of the building.

Apartment Complex - Circulation nuclelus

House 43 - Facade

House 43 - Living Room

House 43 - Pool overlooking jungle

House 43, Side Facade

43 & 44

House

Circulation Nucleus

LUCERNA

Sayulita, Mexico

Competition - Pavillion

Roles: Design

3D Modeling Rendering Illustrations

Tools: AutoCad Lumion Sketchup Photoshop Lightroom

Project developed for the “Watch Tower Competition” published at AG360.

The goal of the contest was to develop a mobile watch tower capable of being used in several ways and places:concerts, the beach, at a forest, etc.

The team decided to to divide the space into two: a space for the lifeguard on top and space for the public to rest andcome for aid on the bottom. Because of this division, and the maximum of square meters allowed, the lower space had to be wider and more open than the one on top. This, ultimately, lead us to create a triangular shaped watch tower.

The project was mentioned as“honorouble mention” at the end of the contest.

PHAROS

Mexico City, Mexico

Mixed-Use Complex

Roles:

Lead Design

3D Modeling

Maquette, structual & architectural

Rendering

Drafting

Tools: AutoCad

Lumion

Rhinoceros

Photoshop

Lightroom

The project seeks to address the housing problems left bythe earthquake that ocurred in September 19th, 2017 in Mexico City, offering a newhousehold to those who lost it .

The terrain where a collapsing apartment lies is used for the projection of this initiative; being an important point of convergence in the city, the project has the opportunity tobecome an urban landmark that promotes pedestrian andcommercial life at a local level.

Surrounded by vehicular roadways, the project lifts itself from the ground on a singular structural element that grants panoramic freedom to the building in all its levels: Roofgarden , Apartments &Commercial level.

Made in Rhinoceros 3D

The building leaves a space in ground level to allow the free circulation of the pedestrians.

Moreover, it promotes communal gatherings as it re-inserts the bussineses lost in the earthquake

Wooden Structural Model

A strong structural cover is suspended upon the singular structural nucleus and with the help of steel tensors, it lifts the slabs from the lower floors.

Nucleus and bussineses

Apartment Placement

Structural Cover and rooftop

HERBARIA

Oaxaca, México

Roles:

Design

3D Modeling

Rendering

Drafting

Tools: AutoCad Lumion

Sketchup

Photoshop

Competition - Pavillion

Project developed for the “CasaWabi - Orchid Pavillion” com petition.

The premises of the competi tion was to design a pavillionfor Orchid care and artisinal creation. The architectural language had to be integrated with the whole Wabi complex, designed and built by TadaoAndo.

Our proposal aimed at being a simple arrangement that kepta close connection with its en vironment. By using a singlewall, we intend to divide the space into two: education and orchid laboratory. This porouselement would also have niches to store the finest specimens of each Orchid sub-species.

The pavillion submerges in the middle, allowing to rise a table without interrupting the hori zontality of the volume.

Specimen exhibition space at the front of the pavillion.

Takes advantage of the big courtyard that lies in front of the establishment, to pro pose an education center in which people may listen to important information be fore entering the pavillion.

The materials chosen were brick and wood, since these are the most populat materials used in the rest of the Wabi Complex.

Roof cover Deck

Structure and wall

GRECA

Mexico City, Mexico

Roles: Designer

3D Modeling

Rendering

Drafting

Competition - Pavillion Architecture

Tools:

AutoCad

Lumion

Photoshop

CONTEMPLATE. - It comes from the Latin contemplari, translated as “to look carefully at a delimited space”, the prefix with which it means “together” and templum, which means “temple” or “sacred place”. The templum was the place where the Greek augurs observed the sky, furrowing it or cuttingit with structures in order to know the will of the gods.

The word contemplate is thus born from observing nature through a structure made byman. The structure delimits and furrows in the horizon tal and vertical plane, it forms spaces. By contemplating, you also rest; the space must coverone more function.

GRECA seeks to adapt these functions through a continu ous line, generating a space that rises above its walls to providea view of the Alameda Central.

The space is made up of a stair case structured through wood en platforms or pallets, with a chair at its highest part. The staircase is divided in two, gen erating seats on one side anda continuous staircase on the other side. The walls are struc tured through a wooden frame and thanks to its uninterruptedline, it embraces (or appropriates) the existing urban furni ture, as one more extension to provide rest for the pavilion’s visitors.

GRECA is integrated into the urban landscape incorporating the yellow color of its nearby context and generating small openings or windows that allow an interaction between the interior and the exterior.

INFONAVIT

México

Social Architecture

Roles:

In Mexico, the current social housing programs suffer fromsevere abandonment due to the poor housing designs that fail to adapt to the different

Tools:

lifestyles of the population. Social housing project which grants half of its terrain to the possibility of expansion and freedom of choice by the user. The expansion would be limited by the structure set in the design for the householdnot to violate the official regulations

PHASE 1

Neutral phase without anyattachment. This is the most open design option of the 13 possible.

PHASE 2

Possibility in which a frontmodule is attached that creates a private interior patio atthe rear and a terrace on the second floor.

PHASE 3

In addition to the front module, a double module is added that could accommodate up to 4 people. The interior patio of the kitchen remains intact, so the interior lighting andventilation is not eliminated.

PHASE 4

Front module is placed on thelower module which creates an outward barrier in exchangefor the accommodation of more people

A variety of private patios are created by adding extra mod ules to the project.

Mid-patio facing the kitchen. Works as an outdoors din ning area as well as a light source

Section Diagaram

TENDENCIAS

Mexico City, Mexico

Roles:

Design Assistant

3D Modeling

Maquette, structual & architectural Rendering

Drafting

Tools: AutoCad

Lumion Sketchup Photoshop Lightroom

Pavillion Architecture

A space in which I worked as design assistant for the archi tects. I helped in the design exploration efforts, making maquettes and renders to visualise ideas. From Fundamen tal’s webpage:

“Together with three other firms, we were invited to par ticipate in the realization of a 24 m2 ephemeral architecture project that would form part of the Habitat Expo Trends Pa vilion. Our proposal was nour ished by approximations where construction processes, ma terials and assembly systemswere discarded due to the short period of time for the materialization of an idea.

As the final option, we selected the proposal that comprehen sively linked the atmosphere we wanted to produce, the constructive feasibility of the assembly and the use of coat ings in 1.5 x 3.0 m sections for athree-dimensional modulated system.

Half of the project (a module of3 x 4 x 3 meters) was resolved with a series of triangular folds and lighting management em phasizing the geometry of these in their edges, while the otherhalf (a second module of the same dimensions) contained a stepped platform to explore the space and discover the change in perspective, light intensities, contrasts and geometric effects produced from reflections thatblurred the limits of the instal lation.”

RENDERING - PERSONAL PROJECTS

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

(POST-PRODUCED IN PHOTOSHOP AND LIGHTROOM)

MAQUETTES - PERSONAL PROJECTS

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