08.2014 Portfolio

SalvadorPati単o

ARCHITECTUREPORTFOLIO

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Modular Ranch House Flexible Home

Neighborhood Catalyst Sustainable Inspiration Landscapes of Dance Paradise Stewardship Creating Hope

Community Assemblage Re-Inhabition

Urban Resuscitation

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Modular Ranch House

Shipping Container House Harmon Hills, Texas

The house, a retreat home for a Houstonian couple, had two simple guidelines: a connection to the Central Texas Landscape and it had to be built out of shipping containers. The home is composed of 10 containers arrange and stacked to create a two level courtyard home.

The design for the Container Home seeks to maximize Central Texas great climate and beautiful landscapes. Large window openings to the north and west help bring in nature into the interior. While the western and southern openings tend to be smaller or covered in order to minimize solar heat gain, focusing instead of the framing of specific moments.

The home maximizes the great outdoor weather that the region has most of the year by creating great outdoor rooms. The covered porch acts as a secondary living room and dining area. The courtyard, with its fire pit feature, becomes an area for hosting guests. The exterior rooms also offer a private space for enjoying nature, as is the case with the deck that is only accessible through the second floor bedroom.

The Central Texas landscape is not only around the house, but also becomes a part of it through a series of green roofs and planters that incorporate nature into the heart of the home.

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view of courtyard

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view of greatroom from mezzanine

view of western faรงade

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view of greatroom

view of southern faรงade

section cut

Flexible Home

Little Rabbit Creek Residence Anchorage, Alaska

The goal of the design was to create a home that is deeply rooted-in-nature and that would feel cozy and welcoming in its multiple functions. The spatial challenge was to create an environment which did not feel empty for two people, yet also didn’t feel overcrowded during family visits. To achieve this, the design creates three different living nodes connected through a central stair case. Each space offers a different way to connect with nature by opening up different vantage points and taking advantage of changes in elevation. The design process took a holistic approach between the configuration of spaces, the feel and materiality of the home, as well as the more functional aspects such as energy conservation, structure, and construction.

The main floor is the “every-day” home. The focal space for the floor is the great room, its open design allows for interaction between the many activities that can be housed in the room. The design not only encourages a dialogue between the occupiers, but also a connection with the exterior. Large south facing windows provide beautiful views of the property and Little Rabbit Creek. The entry hall and stairway core provide a buffer between the public area of the floor and the more private Master Suite across the hall.

The second floor is the guest floor. As one comes up the stairs, the space opens to a living area intended for play. The play space and the two bedrooms in this floor take advantage of their elevation to open up to the eastern and western landscapes. Large western windows allow for beautiful views of the ocean, while more intimate eastern openings allow for views of the mountains above the tree canopies.

The den is at the bottom of the stair case. It’s partial submersion into the landscape creates a quieter space for TV watching, reading, or writing.

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site plan

view of southern faรงade

second floor plan

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view of guest bedroom

main floor plan

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view of mountains from guest bedroom

view of den

view of sea from masterbedroom

Neighborhood Catalyst Le Grande Rose New Orleans, Louisiana

Le Grande Rose is located in the Central City neighborhood, near Downtown New Orleans.

The project provides housing in post-Katrina New Orleans, but also begins to mend problems that date back several decades before the devastating storm.

Central City was once a lively neighborhood, one of the commercial centers of the city; yet white-flight in the 1950’s and 60’s led to an abandonment of the community. Deterioration and disinterest converted Center City into one of the most dangerous areas of the city. Unlike other areas of New Orleans, flooding after Katrina remained below 2’ in its lowest laying areas; making Center City one of the prime areas for the rebirth of the city.

LGR intends to become a catalyst for the revival of this community. The project brings much needed housing, as well as a commercial store front facing OC Healey to reinvigorate the economic growth of the area.

Within the project, shared communal space foments the creation community. Similarly the buildings are designed to merge with the existing neighborhood; taking its color scheme from three surrounding pink buildings on the same block.

The local climate conditions were also of great importance; a moveable louvered system allows for the residents to shade the building.

exploded axonometric of construction

elevation

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view of shadding louvers

view towards O.C. Healey Avenue

site plan

view of elevated walkways

Sustainable Inspiration Desert Monarch Library Tempe, Arizona

The Desert Monarch Library strives to create a sustainable learning environment for the community. The project draws inspiration from the iconic saguaro and its adaptation to survive in the desert.

The library distills the cacti’s attributes to guide its design. Such as the saguaro’s ability to create shelter, its nourishing of the desert around it, its ability to shade itself, the fact that its roots spread through a very large area, the landmark presence it has in the landscape, and the ability to expand and contract depending on the weather conditions.

The library is built using local site sensitive materials; the majority of the structure being composed by load-bearing rammed-earth walls.

While the landmark feature of the library, its observation tower, is cladded by translucent photovoltaic panels. The panels allow for the visitors to view the surrounding landscapes of Papago Park and the city through them, as well as filtering sun light and producing electric power for the library.

The library is also the home to a living machine system, which collects the waste water produced within the building and treats it through a series of natural processes. The water is initially treated within a series of tanks in one of the libraries rooms, but later it is released into the manmade wetlands that surround the library. These wetlands provide a home for migratory birds and local wildlife.

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view westward from courtyard

view eastward from courtyard

floor plan

site plan

library atrium

Landscapes of Dance

Russian Hill School of Dance San Francisco, California

The Russian Hill School of Dance looks at creating a space that opens up to the site, the community, and the city to create performance.

The classrooms are the epicenter for the action, but not its limits. The design allows the dancer to move in and out of the building envelope, and is therefore only bound by their own creativity.

The dance school looks to draw inspiration from its context. Perched on a hill overlooking the San Francisco Bay, the center frames the spectacular views.

The design is inspired by the history of the site.

The location of the project is an abandoned water retention tank built by the city in the 1950’s. Currently, the large concrete box is covered by a decaying wood structure, in severe state of disrepair. The design takes the concrete box as the foundation for the school, opening up certain portions to allow for views of Russian Hill Park and the bay. The rest of the site is composed of a mixture of concrete and wooden clad elements, recalling the current materiality.

The project also looks to partially replicate the service done by the previous structure; gathering rainwater descending from the hillside and filtering through the site into large storage tanks.

A process dramatized by a large sunken plaza on the western edge of the site. The dancers can take advantage of the changes in water level to dance in the water pool that is created. The water collected in the storage tanks is used to water the school’s green roofs, landscaping, as well as Russian Hill Park downhill.

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view westward from courtyard

detailed section

view towards bay from dance studio

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view of amphitheater and reflecting pools

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second floor

view of courtyard

radiant heating and cooling slab diagram

dance studio

Paradise Stewardship Surga di Pantai Resort Lombok, Indonesia

Surga di Pantai, which translates into Paradise by the Beach in Indonesian, is an Eco Resort in the island of Lombok. The client, an Indonesian entrepreneur, wished to take advantage of the flourishing tourism industry of the neighboring island of Bali and create a sustainable resort which appealed to those who looked for a much calmer and unique experience. Lombok, lacking the infrastructure and wealth of its worldrenown neighbor, presented two big challenges: budget and materiality. Without an assurance of immediate success, the client wished to work under a moderate budget, using only local labor, and having a design that could potential be built in different stages.

The design is simple and consists of two main areas. The platform is the main hub of the resort, hosting the offices, a restaurant, a club-house, a large pool, as well as large two bedroom villas for the guest to stay in. Offering the typical resort experience that many tourist look for while traveling to tropical destinations; and although a lot quitter that the dance clubs of Bali, would be the loud part of the resort. The garden extends from the platform to the beach. The garden is home to a series of single room villas within a heavily landscaped area. These villas will be built as the need for them grows. The area provides a direct connection with nature for the guest.

The search for construction materials led to a use of locally-sourced elements that require no special technology to work with. The palette consist of stone construction that can be done by hand, using minimal concrete for stabilization, to build the platform and the buildings within it. The rest of the construction consists of local wood and bamboo.

view of platform villas

view of garden pool

view of main pool

site plan

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view of villa materiality

Creating Hope Woliatta Village Soddo, Ethiopia

in collaboration with EthiopiaStudio

Woliatta Village is a collaborative project designed by eleven ASU graduate students led by a practicing architect. The project includes an orphanage, chapel, medical clinic and guest house for the community of Soddo, in Ethiopia.

The EthiopiaStudio focused on the research, comprehensive development and building design of this much needed center for the community of Soddo, (located 350 kilometers south of the capitol city Addis Ababa) in Ethiopia.

In partnership with an American, non-profit organization currently working in the community, EthiopiaStudio developed the master plan, landscape and architectural design and a complete set of construction documents for the immediate construction of these desperately needed facilities to support a community subject to extreme poverty and famine.

The focus of this collaborative design studio is to emphasize reality, survival and hope through design; synthesizing and shifting the typical traits of academic work. EthiopiaStudio fundamentally functioned like a real-world project team where team members had varied, integral and necessary responsibilities that served the team as a whole, and ultimately the needs of the client. The project, Wolaitta Village, is being built with local materials in a manner that honors the indigenous culture of the Wolaitta region.

Construction will be performed by Ethiopian builders and artisans; the facilities will be staffed by local Ethiopians and will provide employment for many people in the community; thus creating hope and opportunity through meeting the desperate needs of the children and community.

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modular infill panels: half open/half stack bond cmu blocks

modular infill panels: half eucalypstus/half stack bond cmu block

site plan

corrugated metal roof

eucalyptus purlin system

steel trusses @ 4m o.c. bamboo fascia / ventilation suspended bamboo ceiling suspended fluorescent lighting in fill panel [eucalyptus option] in fill panel [stacked cmu option] concrete modular frame

foundation, stem wall & int. slab exterior concrete sidewalk terraced site

EthiopiaStudio

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Community Assemblage

Centro Ruka Che Neuquen, Argentina

In order to create community cohesion among varying socioeconomic pockets with unique characteristics, Centro Ruka Che allows for an assemblage for connectivity and reciprocal contribution for the surrounding community.

The project holds three different programs housed within a single structure. A market, a large warehouse, and a community center.

The first level of the center holds the warehouse, which receives, washes, packages, and exports the agricultural products of the region.

The warehouse provides a formal source of employment for the Ruka Che neighborhood, something that is greatly lacking.

The second level is composed by the market, with a customizable system of stalls allowing for individuality with regularity. The market becomes the space for locals to sell the produce and goods of the region.

The third level, a bridge connecting the community across a major road to a new paleontological museum, holds the community center and management offices. The level houses several services which are greatly needed in the area, such as classrooms for adult education, sports facilities, community meeting rooms, and counseling services.

Furthermore, from the center extends a networks of paved and lit pathways, which offer not only a secure way to walk throughout the community, but also allow for informal businesses to connect to electric and water services; allowing the existing culture not only to continue, but to improve.

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reorganization of agroindustry

site map with highlighted infrastructural improvements

loading and unloading packaging

cleaning waste

agricultural export process

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grey water wetland cleaning

warehouse level

water harvesting and aquifer recharge

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community center level

view of plaza

Re-Inhabitation El Barrio de la Fabrica Phoenix, Arizona

in collaboration with Paul Marquez

El Barrio de la Fabrica is an urban proposal consisting of the conversion of a failing industrial site into a residential community.

The industrialization of the Amigo Barrio west of Sky Harbor International Airport which has been displacing hundreds of families through eminent domain and low-ball purchases during the past decades has created a great need of viable hosing in the area. El Barrio de la Fabrica becomes an immediate solution for the displacement of the communities in southern Phoenix, while creating the infrastructure for future smart growth.

The project was separated into two sections that would works in unison. A housing component designed by Paul Marquez and community and public spaces developed by Salvador Pati単o.

The 60 acre master plan includes housing, commercial nodes, a community center, a neighborhood Mercado, and a 40 acre community park. The proposal looks at creating a sustainable system, where all of the elements of the community are interlaced; for example, the residents benefit from the park while the park is irrigated through the use of grey-water harvesting and living machine systems fed by the residences. Similarly, the Mercado not only provides a much needed source of groceries for the community and downtown Phoenix, but is also sells goods and food produced within the barrio.

El Barrio de la Fabrica therefore becomes an immediate solution for the displacement of the communities in southern Phoenix, while creating the infrastructure for future smart growth.

diagram of proposal

master plan

view of minor walkway through residential area

hierarchy of paths and nodes

diagramatic floor plan of mercado

landscape representation of existing neighborhood structure

commercial nodes which occur at intercection of paths

Urban Resuscitation Van Buren Park Neighborhood Phoenix, Arizona

in collaboration with Chris Nieto, Miljan Glogovac, and the Phoenix Community Alliance

Van Buren Park came out of a question of what the future of downtown Phoenix would be. The urban plan concentrates on a large focus area chosen by the Phoenix Community Alliance; which is widely made-up by vacant land, large parking lots, and several abandoned buildings.

The project began with a deep analysis of the existing environment, including several walks through the neighborhood, to determine important elements as well as the needs of a future community in the area.

The design of the master plan focuses in creating a walkable mix-use community, which easily incorporates multimodal transportation and creates connections with the greater downtown.

In order to achieve these connections, the plan focuses on infrastructure creating a frame work from which the public and private sector can begin to develop around this added incentive.

The infrastructure is composed primarily by a large chiller plant, which provides all of the HVAC needs for the entire neighborhood. The proposal also includes several parking garages throughout the neighborhood. A series of pedestrian corridors would be built to not only make the area more walkable, but to provide services an easement in order to more easily link through the neighborhood. And finally, a creation of parks and open spaces to encourage denser living.

The rendered buildings, were not designed to create an aesthetic guideline for the neighborhood, but rather show the feel of space that is desired. By ridding developers from having to include costly HVAC and parking into their proposals, the neighborhood in turn asks for developments to include landscaped open space, usable roof spaces (or photovoltaic panels), as well as high quality design.

master plan

existing conditions

existing mass transit options

analysis of existing buildings

creation of pedestrian corridors

proposed parking garages

creation of parks and plazas

chiller plant

proposed maximum building heights

proposed phasing

view of dog run

existing conditions

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view of pedestrian walkway with public art

view of shaded plaza and streetscape