Design Portfolio
Camila Segura·Rivera
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to
Achieve
it.”
-Paolo Coelho
The Education of the Architect:
“Let him be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music, have some knowledge of medicine, know the opinions of jurists, and be acquainted with astronomy and the theory of the heavens.”
~ Vitruvius
Curriculum Vitae
Member·
Member
American Institutes of Architecture Students
National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
Kansas State Graduate School
Hispanic American Leadership Organization
Planning + Design Student Org
Assoc of Latin American Students
2023·
Hermanos Design + Build Studio - Kansas City, MO
Architectural Designer - Commercial Studio
I am most grateful for the opportunity to work in this studio. It is a true studio in every nature of the word. At Hermanos we value craftmanship and design. I have been able to design my projects from shell to interiors. I have worked in Historic preservation and have even designed and am currently building an art installation. I have found my strength as a designer in this firm and look forward to developing my strength further in Austin.
2022·
Page, Southerland, Page - Austin, TX
Architectural Designer - Commercial Studio
Here I was supporting in CD’s for a 20 story tower next to our soccer stadium. After expressing my interest in residential, I was placed on a team in SD for a multi-family project. After analyzing the market analysis, client requirements, goals, and the site, I assisted in creating the diagrams and iterations for this modern, Austin style multi-family project.
2021·
Breckstudio Architecture - Austin, TX
Architectural Designer - High End Residential Studio
The emphasis was on the process of the team. I loved working in a high-end residential studio. The smaller team (6 total) allowed for me to take leadership over a $4mil house and $1.5mil athletic court. We established design principles as a team and all agreed on the overall direction. As I led these projects, I was put in charge of bringing the teams vision to fruition via drawings and client presentations. I loved the direct communication with the client.
Multicultural Student Assoc.
Women of Color Leadership Conference
American Planning Association
RevolveKC Bike Shop
internships
Architecture
HOK Tampa, FL
Student Architectural Intern
At HOK, I was quickly put on a team and was one of three women on this team. We worked on a project for a cruise line, working on the construction phase on the project. This was heavily Revit oriented for hard deadlines and revision with quick turn arounds. I also executed renderings on other projects.
Corgan, Dallas, TX
Student Architectural Intern
2017·
I was able to learn how an architectural team works. I learned to be an asset as an intern by making myself available to whatever team needed assistance. Our focus was primarily Data Centers, Revit was preferred. Gould Evans, Kansas City, MO
County, KS
Kansas City Architectural Foundation Scholarship Recipient
Kansas City Architectural Foundation Scholarship Recipient
Kansas City Architectural Foundation Scholarship Recipient
Zimmer Internship Award Recipient
Joy D. Swallow Scholarship Recipient
Chancellor’s Historically Underrepresented Minority Scholarship Recipient
I got lucky. I always thought I was going to go to college to break my family’s cycle of poverty; find a well paying job to bring my generation up. Instead, I found architecture.
Illustrated in Juhani Pallasma’s Eyes of the Skin and Peter Zumthor’s Atmospheres: architecture sings.
My designs are driven by embodiment, empathy, philosophy, music, law, policy, mathematics and writing.
We
design human habitat which influences human habit.
This portfolio is my attempt to dignify humans with great designs.
Humanette
Mom’s Third Place +
Indoor Childs Play Area
Location: Kansas City, MO
Humanette was the first project I was put on when arriving at Hermanos. Designed with new moms in mind, it needed a feminine touch. the goal was feminity with dignity.
I started by selecting a color palette and everything else followed suit. I was able to design and detail this entire space. I hand selected every finish while accounting for process of every tile and mateiral.
Concept Rendering
SW7009 - Pearly White
SW6383 - Golden Rule
SW6348 - Reynard
Material Palette
Concept Rendering
Teen Area
Zella - Asmi Quartz
SW6487 - Cloudburst
White Painted Tambour
Avalanche Melange Surface
Aloe Matte Wall Tile
Bluff Pendant
Material
Palette
Final Images
Warehouse on Broadway
Concert Venue +
Restaurant
Location:
Kansas City, MO
Since I have my band in Austin, my team thought it was appropriate to place me onto this project: a black box concert venue with an upscale restaurant in the back. we wanted the restaurant to feel like a different world.
Like Humanette, I selected every finish and priced the entire project.
White Neon Tube
SW6258 - Tricorn Black
Curtain Lighting
Industrial Fan Cage
Material Palette
Material Palette
Pink Neon Throughtout Bar
SW6840- Exuberant
Pink
Black Steel Metal Sheet
MSI Quartz Countertop - Sparkling Black
MSI Floor Tile - Black Galaxy
Material Palette The Warehouse
The Warehouse
After pitching an art installation to my client they agreed, so I designed and got this art installation approved.
Art Installation
Initially it was free-standing but because of the nature of the venue I made it a box for durability.
Mockup
Since it is a box, I decided to make it an infinity box, it will be complete by St. Patrick;s Day for the grand opening.
Very first sketches
Art Installation
Art Installation
Material Palette
Home - Kitkat Wall Tile
Arte Wallcovering - Abanico
Arte WallcoveringMauna
Ragno - Oliva Wall Tile
High Point A Multi-Family Residential Building
Location:
Austin, TX
Site Analysis Code Study Mapping Adjacencies
In Context
Iterations
222 Multi-Family Phase 1
2222 Multi-Family - Phase 1
Space Planning
2222 Multi-Family - Phase 1
Massing Option 1B -
Buildings PDA
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING 1 (PARTIAL 5 STORY)
LOW POINT: 1074
HIGH POINT:1093
AVERAGE:1083.5
1136.5
1136.5
1: 1076
1: 1076 LEVEL 2: 1087
2: 1087
ROOF (5 STORY): 1131
(5 STORY): 1131
BUILDING 2 (4 STORY)
LOW POINT: 1092
2 (4 STORY)
POINT: 1092
HIGH POINT:1097
POINT:1097
AVERAGE:1094.5 MAX: 1147.5 LEVEL 1: 1093
1147.5
1: 1093
(4 STORY): 1137
(5 STORY): 1148
ROOF (4 STORY): 1137 ROOF (5 STORY): 1148
Evolution Diagrams
High Point
Before presenting the clients with precedent images which may skew their perception, we get to know them. We present them not of images of other work, but of the lifestyles architecture can afford them.
After we get to know the client a bit, and analyze the site for strengths and weaknesses, we are able to discuss design principles that are found in both lifestyles resented to the client. If they agree with A or B, we proceed, If not, we create a C option.
We knew our client likes a clean modern look which is easily achieved by the SUNNY PLATEAU, the SHADY OASIS also provides this, with more of an emphasis on family life. We presented these options because of our steep site. Our clients with their 2 children chose
THE SHADY OASIS
Processional Approach
This opportunity presented itself because of the extreme terrain of the site. In order to make this site driveable we had to cut a long curve on the site and situate the house on the sliver of topography that was most manageable. Still, a large quarry block wall was necessary and created the beautiful procession to the main entrance.
Design Principles
Strong Indoor & Outdoor Connections
Framing Views while Controlling Exposure Works with Terrain
Stunning Views while Controlling Exposure
In Austin, our West facing sun is brutal, but to not maximize views in Hill Country would be such a waste. In order to embrace these views while not baking our clients, we dropped the soffit and carried it into the space by dropping the ceiling in a small portion of the great room. This way we could get air ducts into the space without interrupting the ceiling which adds to the grandeur of the great room.
Process
Better images are then created by exporting the Archicad Model, placing it in Sketchup, and rendering it with VRay Chaos Cloud. For the most efficient process, we deleted all of the materials from the Archicad model. Then we set up cameras, adjusted the sun in each view. After, we added materials and entourage from the Chaos Cloud and made sure the best rendering settings were placed in order to produce these images.
Possibly my favorite studio project. Tasked with an art installation to do with our hands to appreciate the craftsman.
Art installations are site specific, so
Upon revisiting the willow, I learned that it was wounded. Split in half. From there, my project presented it self: the missing half of the willow.
Recreating
The
Willow I chose site first. A willow tree I became acquainted with in my first year resonated with me. I did try to give other spots a chance but this was the spot.
Woman Sculpture
5.5’ Tall Steel tube and round Willow Branches
The Woman
The branches of the willow are reminiscent of a woman’s mane moving in the wind. Inspired by Diego Rivera’s piece, she is Woman Controller of the Universe. Art is everything to the artist until it is realized, then it belongs to whomever experiences it.
The woman is a metaphor for the willow, she is also the part of myself that will always be here, working on this project. A self portrait, and a part of myself to give to the person experience the installation.
Inspired by the stick-work of the master, Patrick Dougherty and the way humanity is exemplified by the work of Alberto Giacometti, my stick enclosure and woman came to life.
After a few failed iterations, welding 29 custom stakes, tying 596 branches together with
A Woman + A Willow
came together. I saved the fallen willow branches to weave through the Woman’s welded frame so as to have the woman seem as she is made of the tree itself. The goal was to transcend the material, and in achieving that goal, atmosphere was created.
The opportunity to be this expressive for a studio project was a gift To see the final product after working like a craftsman, with only my hands, in the sun, rain, and snow, was gratifying, but seeing others in it, that was the magic.
