Architecture Portfolio 2022

DANIA CASTILLO 2022 Architecture Portfolio

CONTENTS ARCHI-CHARACTER University of California, Los Angeles Winter Quarter 2021 Instructor: Jimenez Lai

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ICEBERG University of California, Los Angeles Spring Quarter 2021 Instructor: Regina Teng Partner: Hoi Ki Leung

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BUILDING IN A BUILDING University of California, Los Angeles Fall Quarter 2021 Instructor: Katy Barkan

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FRESCO TERRACES COMMUNAL HOUSING University of California, Los Angeles Spring Quarter 2022 Instructor: Max Quo Partners: Max, Grace, and Cayden

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ARCHI-CHARACTER University of California, Los Angeles Winter Quarter 2021 Instructor: Jimenez Lai

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Level 1 Plan

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B

Level 4 Plan A

B

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Section A LEVEL 7

83’-0”

LEVEL 6 70’-0”

LEVEL 5 57’0”

LEVEL 4 44’0”

LEVEL 3 30’0”

LEVEL 2 14’-6”

LEVEL 1 0’-0”

Section B

LEVEL 7 83’-0”

LEVEL 6 70’-0”

LEVEL 5 56’0”

LEVEL 4 43’0”

LEVEL 3 30’0”

LEVEL 2 14’-6”

LEVEL 1 0’-0”

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ICEBERG University of California, Los Angeles Spring Quarter 2021 Instructor: Regina Partner: Hoi Ki Leung fle concept of this project is to demonstrate the powerful determinant of scale and the shape, which is to gen erate measure to physically engage in an environment consisting of curvature and organic forms. fle iceberg is performative at a speciThc scale as it engages the environment, which establishes the nature of its interaction, and this explores the communication between rigidity of the iceberg and the soffi qualities of the water in order to provide a realistic atmosphere.

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CONTOUR

KIKI LEUNG

DANIA CASTILLO

Color Study

SERIAL SECTION

UNFOLDING

DETAIL

Callout/Preconstruction Drawings

01 ICEBERG

02 SKY

03 WATER

Contour Plan

AUD 143

DANIA CASTILLO

CONTOUR

KIKI LEUNG

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

SERIAL SECTION

S6

S7

0’

UNFOLDING

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S8

5’

15’

DETAIL

35’

Contour Reflected Plan

AUD 143

DANIA CASTILLO

S1

75’

Partner Work Hoi Ki Leung

CONTOUR

KIKI LEUNG

S2

S3

S4

S5

SERIAL SECTION

S6

S7

0’

UNFOLDING

S9

S8

5’

15’

DETAIL

35’

75’

PartnerWork Hoi Ki Leung

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Detail Axon Drawing

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53’

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3

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C

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Detail Wallpaper

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Stacked Foam Sheet Detail Axon Physical Model

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BUILDING IN A BUILDING University of California, Los Angeles Fall Quarter 2021 Instructor: Katy Barkan In thinking of how to embed the existing townhouse, I was interested in the ambiguity in one thing being in another where then I took large masses and slotted them into one another, producing openings that allow for intersections to be read through the exterior. flese interlocking shapes create a similar eThect to a hinge, where these unique spaces are distinct in living and work program but stagger with one another. Where then cirrculation functions as the pin, weaving the two programs together creating intentional interaction between the two.

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CONCEPT ISO 1/8”=1’

Library Sleeping

Workshop

Outdoor Space Living Parking

Garage Eating Work

PROGRAM ISO 1/8”=1’

Living

CIRCULATION ISO 1/8”=1’

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B

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GROUND PLAN 1/8”=1’

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B

B

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PLAN LEVEL 1 1/8”=1’

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B

B

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PLAN LEVEL 2 1/8”=1’

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A

B

Existing townhouse

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SECTION A 1/8”=1’

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SECTION A 1/8”=1’ Existing townhouse

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Fragment Model 15

The materiality mobilizes the fragment and contributes to the volumetric qualities. The envolope pushes the interior to develop character as it is highlighted by the interior brown material and exterior cream material. Exposure of foam core enhances the monolithic quality of the project.

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FRESCO TERRACES COMMUNAL HOUSING University of California, Los Angeles Spring Quarter 2022 Instructor: Max Quo

Located in Atwater Village, Los Angeles. It is propped atop the serene Griflth hillside amongst a community that thrives with an equestrian center, an astronomy observatory, a hiking trail, and a park, upon many other nature-intensive activities. The ethos of this project is for the built environment to be a product of the environment and to be an ally with nature, working along the hillside, with its inhabitants of all kinds; humans, animals, vegetation, and air.

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Site Plan

The ethos of prioritizing nature expands over to the exterior skin and materiality of the structure which is being constructed out of Terracotta: a porous, minimally invasive, claybased, and earthenware substrate material with fantastic cooling properties which would embody a beautiful neutral canvas for vegetative beings such as ivy to grow from the structures stumps upward to the atriums and terraces; an encouraging gesture of nature claiming the built environment over the years - submerging Fresco Terraces Community Housing and its inhabitants into the Griffith hillside

Parking Fresco Terraces Communal Housing

La Kretz Bridge Equestrian Center

Beacon Hill Trail

View looking out onto terrace

Fresco Terraces is targeted towards residents who have a shared mutual respect and appreciation towards the earth and are looking for a more personable and direct connection with it, whether that be through the tranquil views of the hills, the expansive breezy terraces, the stargazing observatories, the botanical gardens, the open courtyard, the meditation decks, the intimate outdoor patios, the bright skylights, or the animal-friendly spaces and so on.

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Third Floor Plan

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10' 5' 0

The breezy underneath sets the foundation for the passive cooling system of air circulation to flourish. As the hot air from below and within the building rises throughout the tripartite atrium structures, the building uses the innate physics of airflow as a built-in air conditioning system, regulating the temperature throughout the building naturally in a heated climate like California. Passive cooling circulation is presented in other forms such as the breezeblock fenestrations, the open skylights, and courtyards; which all subsequently reduce the building’s overall carbon footprint making it environmentally friendly and in line with Fresco Terrace’s overall ethos.

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Reflected Ceiling Plan

Unit Type Plan

The residents can decide between three main housing options where the unit types and communal shared amenities vary in levels of privacy according to their specific lifestyle preferences. With units varying in the number of bedrooms available, the square footage of personal living spaces, and the choice between in-unit or shared restrooms and kitchen areas. The center courtyard between all three distinct massings permits the inhabitants to connect and communicate with one another from across the ways while circulating and moving throughout the structure. Whereas more private connections between each unit vary within the massing depending on the lifestyle the inhabitants chose and the unit types as the privacy varies from private to more public.

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View looking out onto terrace

View of Exterior

RR PLAN 2 LOFTED

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Programmatically, the complex is divided into two, public and private.

There is no shortage of opportunities presented to the Fresco Terraces residents that encourages them to nourish the essence of community building. This is seen most evidently through the numerous activities that take place in the public portions where connection to the earthly landscape and nature-related group activities is the priority, some examples include but are not limited to hiking, gardening, horseback riding, star gazing, meditation, yoga, and exercising to name a few.

Eighth Floor Plan

Ninth Floor Plan

Circulation Diagram

Circulation routes are unique and manifest in a variety of avenues throughout the structure - keeping in mind the circulation of: humans, animals, vegetation, and air. Fresco Terraces encourages a non-automotive dominant space, so residents are required to park their vehicles in nearby local parking structures then walk over to the complex and ascend into the building vertically through the three main hallowed, courtyard-like atriums.

Within the atriums, there are gliding stairs and elevators - where the residents may stop either at the private residential floors or make their way to the top floor and terraces where public community space occurs. Animals such as cats, dogs, or even horses from the Atwater Village Equestrian Center are welcomed to roam in the shaded, breezy, pastoral, and vegetative area underneath the housing complex.

ELEVATOR STAIRS

ELEVATOR

PROGRAM ISOMETRIC

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Elevation A

Elevation B

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Section A Atrium C 227.93'

Atrium B 179.02'

Atrium A and AA 160.70'

Public Programs - Level 10 111.85'

Public Programs - Level 9 101.85'

Public Programs - Level 8 91.85'

Terraces and Lobby - Level 7 81.85'

Apartments - Level 6 71.85'

Apartments - Level 5 61.85'

Apartments - Level 4 51.85'

Apartments - Level 3 41.85'

Apartments - Level 2 31.85'

Apartments - Level 1 21.85'

Ground Entrance - Level G 0'

Section B

Atrium C 227.93'

Atrium B 179.02'

Atrium A and AA 160.70'

Public Programs - Level 10 111.85'

Public Programs - Level 9 101.85'

Public Programs - Level 8 91.85'

Terraces and Lobby - Level 7 81.85'

Apartments - Level 6 71.85'

Apartments - Level 5 61.85'

Apartments - Level 4 51.85'

Apartments - Level 3 41.85'

Apartments - Level 2 31.85'

Apartments - Level 1 21.85'

Ground Entrance - Level G 0'

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