PORTFOLIO NICOLAS PENA PELAEZ ARCH 3553 FALL 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INFILL PROJECT 2. VITRA SHOW ROOM 3. RETIREMENT HOUSE 4. INSTITUTE OF CINEMA RIMINI
CV ACADEMIC EDUCATION
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, MIRABEU B. LAMAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL, HOUSTON TEXAS
NICOLAS PENA PELAEZ BOGOTA, COLOMBIA 09/02/2002
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS ,THE LONE STAR COLLEGE, HOUSTON, TEXAS
CONTACT INFORMATION
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, ARLIGTON, TEXAS (THIRD YEAR)
nicolaspp561@gmail.com phone number: (832)279_0896
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH SPANISH
SOFTWARE AUTOCAD RHINO SKETCHUP PHOTOSHOP INDESIGN ILUSTRATOR
ARCHITECTURE OFFICE AS AN INFILL • A PARTY-WALL BUILDING IN A DENSE URBAN ENVIROMENT.
AXON PHYSICAL MODEL
• THREE FACADES ENGAGING THE PUBLIC SPHERE FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES.
NORTH FACADE PHISICAL MODEL
EAST AND WEST FACADE PHYSICAL MODEL
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
NORTH FACADE DRAWING
NORTH FACDE SECTION
• VERSATILE CONFERENCE ROOM FOR CLIENT MEETINGS, LECTURES, AND PRESENTATIONS.
AXON DRAWING
• A NEED FOR NATURAL LIGHT
VITRA SHOW ROOM, 575-BROADWAY, NY.
AXON PHYSICAL MODEL
• A FIRE DESTROYED THE GROUND FLOOR AND THE FIRST FLOOR • VITRA FURNITURE STORE PLANS TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING
PERSPECTIVE OF THE PHYSICAL MODEL LOOKING TO THE GALLERY
ELEVATION OF THE PHYSICAL MODEL
AXON PHYSICAL MODEL
• RESPECTING THE CAST-IRON COLUMMNS THAT SURVIVED THE FIRE.
FIRST FLOOR
BASEMENT FLOOR
LONGITUDINAL SECTION A
LONGITUDINAL SECTION B
HORIZONTAL SECTION A
HORIZONTAL SECTION B
RENDER INSIDE OF THE GALLERY BASEMENT LEV-
• THE PROJECT REINTERPRETS, KAZIMIR MALEVICH’S 1916 PAINTING SUPREMUS NO.58 (OIL CANVAS) TO INFORM THE FACADES AND THE GALLERY SPACES.
RENDER OF THE GALLERY
GRAPHIC DESIGN HOUSE
•
PHISICAL MODEL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
• RETREAT HOUSE FOR A GRAPHIC DESIGNER.
PERSPECTIVE OF THE MODEL
ELEVATIOIN PHOTO PHYSICAL MODEL
• FRAIMING SHIFTING VIEWS OF THE HOUSE
elevation photo of the model
elevation photo of the model
• THE SITE FEATURES A STEEP SLOPE AND A EXISTIG STRUCTURAL PLATFORM.
elevation photo of the model
elevation photo of the model
• THE SITE FEATURES A STEEP SLOPE AND A EXISTIG STRUCTURAL PLATFORM.
FELLINI INSTITUTE FOR ITALIAN CINEMA
FIGURE GROUND URBAN CONTEXT
• AN INSTITUTE FOR ITALIAN CINEMA DEDICATED TO THE RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION OF THE CINEMATIC ARTS. • THE BUILDINGS WERE REARRANGED TO CREATE A LARGE PUBLIC SPACE THAT CONNECTS THE PUBLIC WITH THE INSTITUTE OF CINEMA.
elevation photo of the model
elevation photo of the model
• THE BUILDING IS ALIGNED WITH THE ARCH OF AGUSTUS, ONE OF RIMINIS MOST SIGNIFICAT HISTORICAL MONUMENTS.
perspective render of the building
• A BRIDGE THAT LINKS THE PAST WITH THE PUBLIC SPACE( PLAZA) WHERE THE CINEMA, CULTURE AND URBAN LIFE CONVERGE.
perspective render of the building