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skills Philosophy: Cynthia Soto has evolved around the contemporary cultural juxtaposition within Architecture and Design. Her designs reflect her personality, idiosyncrasy, and passion. She likes to make things that are classic and versatile.
Brief Bio: Cynthia was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied in Cordoba and Buenos Aires. In 1998 she began working in one of the most popular newspapaers in Argentina. In 2010 she ran away to Los Angeles to marry the love of her life.
REMODEL
R E S I D E N C E | M a n d ev i l l e | C a l i fo r n i a Year: 2016
S I N G L E FA M I LY R E S I D E N C E | G u i n e a | A f r i c a Year: 2016
EMPLOYMENT WORK
L E E D A N A LY S I S | C a l i f o r n i a M A S T E R P L A N A N A LY S I S | C a l i f o r n i a Year: 2011
H OT E L :
IDEAS COMPETITION | A rge n t i n a Year: 2000
L I V E - W O R K A PA R T M E N T S | L o s A n g e l e s | C a l i f o r n i a Year: Spring 2014
M U S E U M | L o s A n g e l e s | C a l i fo r n i a Year: Fall 2014 ACADEMIC WORK
O LY M P I C H O U S I N G | F o r t P o i n t | B o s t o n Year: Spring 2015
R E S I D E N T I A L P L A N T I N G | C a l i fo r n i a Year: Spring 2014
PERSONAL WORK
H A N D M A D E | Fu r n i t u re | Dra w i n g s Year: 2013-2015
MANDEVILLE RESIDENCE: REMODEL Firm: HEUSCH INC. Year: 2016 Project: Remodeling house in Mandeville Canyon Role: Produced construction drawings for future permits based on my site measurements; participated in on-site construction meetings with engineers and contractors Tools: Hand drawing+AutoCad+ Acrobat
“Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.” { Charles Eames }
H A R B O R C I T Y C O L L E G E L E E D A N A LY S I S Firm: HMC Architects Project: LEED Sheets Analysis Year: 2011 Role: Conducted research and analysis; worked as part of a 3-person team to develop drawings. Tools: Illustrator+Photoshop+AutoCad
“To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it� { Daniel Libeskind }
Aerial location
Aerial location 1/2 mile distance basic services
Limit for LEED analysis
LEED analysis: relationship of landscape, open space, building, and hardscape.
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design: Analysis and Research
Recommended renovation plan analysis for a master plan design
Analysis for master plan and LEED sheets
F U L L E R T O N C O L L E G E M A S T E R P L A N A N A LY S I S Firm: HMC Architects Project: Facility Planning Analysis Year: 2011 Role: Conducted urban analysis and worked as part of a team to develop drawings. Tools: Illustrator+Photoshop+AutoCad
“There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans� { Jane Jacobs }
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design: Analysis and Research
Detailed analysis: Fullerton College vehicular circulation plan
Detailed analysis: Fullerton College pedestrian circulation plan
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design: Analysis and Research
Detailed analysis: Fullerton College facilities plan.
After a detailed research, it is recommended a demolition or renoval plan
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design: Analysis and Research
Recommended renovation plan analysis for landscape plan design
Analysis for master plan: parking structures
Detailed analysis: Fullerton College perimeter streets and campus entriessite improvements plan
Detailed analysis: Fullerton College campus drop-offs plan
H OT E L : I D E A S C O M P E T I T I O N Firm: GGMPU Architects Year: 2004 Role: Collaborated as part of a 20-person design team Project: Competition of Ideas for a Hotel in Cordoba Role: Hand drawing+Illustrator+ Photoshop+Modeling
“A museum is a place where one should lose one’s head” { Renzo Piano }
Intentions The proposed idea draws on two aspects: a) the objectives arising from the grassroots: a new building for the Hotel Carrillo with strong image b) the combination of the various urban and landscape factors operating in the environment of this hotel project located in the lakes of Calamuchita valley .
Site Features The site presents a clear pedestrian accessibility. In Aguas Claras there are not many open sharing apartments that would allow use of open visual line of site .
Project Summary + 10.41Mtrs: Social Areas, Room, Dining Room, SUM, services that are related to the terraces overlooking the lake. Level +7.41Mtrs.: Extension and containment of terrace strips. +3.95 to + 6.41: Tennis courts, bocce court, pool, oasis, and built basketball court / footbal / field.
I collaborated on model making, hand renders, and different stages of design drawings
A project for artists and performers.
Ground Floor
The organization of each apartment goes from the most public, a communal stage, to the most private, a cantilevered bedroom.
First Floor
Roof Floor
L I V E - W O R K A PA R T M E N T S : A D A P T I V E R E U S E School: OTIS College of Art and Design Year: Spring 2014 Advisor: Richard Cutts Lundquist Role: Individual project from idea to final presentation Tools: AutoCad+Rhino+V-Ray+Photoshop+Illustrator+Acrobat
“Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves� { Julia Morgan }
There is a system to collect and recycle water that will feed into the plants in the long patios. Life in the apartments is collective like the life of the people who choose to live there.
Residents are always working on improving and polishing their performances. For this reason, being a neighbor of those characters is a unique experience. They dance and sing while they complete domestic tasks like cooking or taking a bath.
I extracted the roof in the patio areas in order to provide additional sunlight and fresh air to the dwellings.
During the day, there are puppeteers performing with a little bit of magic to hypnotize not only kids but grown-ups. Because they live and work in the same unit, the use of the car is null. As many artist do, during the day they rest and gain energy for the night’s performance.
But it is during the night when the entire building is more active, bright, and full of life. Everyone is on the stage, performing and showing their best. During the week we can see them practicing, but during weekends everything is professionally perfect.
Making the interactive model
Conceptual frame structure for moving space dividers
2 unit sample model
Conceptual frame structure
Moving panels
Stage
Laser engraved floor plan
Main entrance
This project aims to improve the relationship between the general public and the Museum of Conservancy in Los Angeles.
Ground Level patio is in its maximum opening
In the First Level, the patio’s opening is getting smaller
At the Fourth Floor the opening is a split, a wedge in the space
M u s e u m o f C o n s e r va n c y L o s A n g e l e s School: OTIS College of Art and Design Year: Fall 2014 Advisor: Matias Creimer Role: Individual project from idea to final presentation Tools: AutoCad+Rhino+V-Ray+Photoshop+Illustrator+Acrobat
“A museum is a place where one should lose one’s head” { Renzo Piano }
The study of the shape is based on my research about urban appropriation and urban scale. The main building houses public activities, and the secondary one the administrative activities.
The shape of the building reflects the activities it houses. The auditorium is located in such a way to emphasize the public entrance.
There is a continuous view flow from the public street to the interior of the museum,
Parking Space - Underground
Administration and Reception - Ground Floor
STORAGE GALLERY EXHIBITION
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22 SPACES
-20’ 0”
-15’ 0”
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-10’ 0”
STREET LEVEL
SECONDARY ENTRANCE
ENTRANCE
GALLERY EXHIBITION MATERIAL
SECURITY GUARD
RECEPTION
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UP
UP
ADMINISTRATION
UP
DOWN ONLY
LIGHTING FIXTURES
PATIO
ADMINISTRATION
-10’ 0”
-15’ 0”
INFORMATION
RECEPTION
MEETING ROOM
ENTRANCE
DOWN ONLY
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UP STREET LEVEL
UP STREET LEVEL
The parking space is located underground for full advantage of the lot. Two of the four circulation units starts in this level.
Administration and Reception are located on the ground floor around a patio with the intention of a direct relation with the street and a fast but controlled entrance.
Coffee Shop, Gift Shop, Gallery - First Floor
GALLERY
12’ 6”
12’ 6”
24’ 0” 24’ 0”
UP
12’ 6”
UP
12’ 6”
UP
12’ 6”
STREET LEVEL
24’ 0”
DN
UP
12’ 6”
UP
UP
GIFT SHOP
Double height areas: Coffee Shop, Gift Shop and Gallery - Second Floor
24’ 0”
SITTING AREA
UP
COFFEE SHOP
24’ 0”
12’ 6”
UP 24’ 0”
UP 24’ 0”
ENTRANCE LECTURE HALL
LECTURE HALL STAGE
STREET LEVEL
The stairs are the protagonist in this project. It is located on the main street with the idea of give hierarchy and luring people to the gallery and coffee shop.
While the double height of the coffee shop, gallery, and gift shop are rising up, a cantilevering lecture hall starts rising up.
Scholars Housing, Archives - Thrird Floor
Laboratories, Lecture Hall and Classrooms - Fourth Floor
SMALL LECTURE HALL
BALCONY
BALCONY
BALCONY
BALCONY LABORATORY
APARTMENT
APARTMENT
APARTMENT
LOUNGE
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UP
APARTMENT
LABORATORY
36’ 0”
48’ 0”
48’ 0”
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48’ 0”
48’ 0”
48’ 0”
DN
DN
DN
UP
FOYER 36’ 0”
48’ 0”
36’ 0”
24’ 0”
ARCHIVE
36’ 0”
UP
CLASSROOM
ARCHIVE
36’ 0”
CLASSROOM
SITTING AREA
UP
ARCHIVE
UP
24’ 0”
24’ 0”
LECTURE HALL STAGE
By locating the archives and lecture hall on the same floor, the scholars and students can “workout” by using the stairs from the classrooms and laboratories situated one floor up.
24’ 0”
24’ 0”
CLASSROOM
LECTURE HALL STAGE
Laboratories, Lecture Hall and Classrooms are located on the same floor in order to keep the same activity on one floor.
The shape of the building reflects the activities it houses. The auditorium is located in such way a that it emphasizes its main functions.
The study of the shape is based on my research about urban appropriation and urban scale.
The main building houses public activities, and the secondary one the administrative activities.
The entrance lures the public to be part of the museum by using the wide stairs as an urban icon, a point of reference, a place to meet.
Fort Point, Boston, Massachussetts
Site view
O l y m p i c H o u s i n g | Fo r t Po i n t | B o s to n School: OTIS College of Art and Design Year: Spring 2015 Advisor: Greg Kochanowsky Role: Individual project from idea to final presentation Tools: AutoCad+Rhino+V-Ray+Photoshop+Illustrator+Acrobat
“You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see� { Tadao Ando }
The variety of
typologies responds to different needs of occupancy:
Studio Unit within the whole 2 Bedroom Unit within the whole
2 Bedroom Unit
DN
Studio Unit
3 Bedroom Unit
UP
UP
DN
DN
UP
Entrance Level
First Level
First Level Down
Entrance Level
First Level Up
Ground Floor
EXTERIOR VIEW
Semi-Public Green accesible roof
Private Patio Space
Semi-Public Green Spaces
Public Space: common activities
Sunlight
Transparent sloped roof
Green accesible roof
Air flow
Air flow
Private areas Visuals
Visuals
Common areas Transparent surfaces Green surfaces Private/Public surfaces
Shadows
Sahdow Maker surfaces
3 different tipologies grouped
Model
Exterior view
Front view
This project is based on the idea of celebrating the senses
fragances, colors, textures, plants that caress when you walk close to them.
R e s i d e n t i a l P l a n t i n g | C a l i fo r n i a School: OTIS College of Art and Design Year: Spring 2014 Advisor: Tracy Johnson Role: Individual project from idea to final presentation Tools: AutoCad+Photoshop+Illustrator+Hand Painting+Acrobat
“I don’t divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one” { Luis Barragan }
Residential Planting I chose native plants that attract birds and butterflies: The Blue Oak does that. Because this project is in California, I chose plants that are drought tolerant: The Mountain Lilac does that. I chose red flowers that attract hummingbirds and has medicinal properties: The Pineapple Sage does that.
Planting Catalog 14 Native Species
California Buckwheat
Woolly Blue Curls Blue Oak
California Aster
California Sagebrush
Creeping Mountain Lilac
Giant Wild Rye
The process
The inspiration
My idea
The object
My idea
The object
The inspiration
Hand Made | Wood | Light Personal works Year: 2013-2015
“Design is so simple. That’s why it’s so complicated” { Paul Rand }
Jenga Desk
Lady Bug Book Shelf
Lighting recycled door
This project is a combination of a painting on a recycled pine board and an Ikea lighting fixture.
Painting on a recycled pine board
Live Edge Table The process
The inspiration
My idea
The object
Interior setup
Detail