eV Architectural Portfolio
About Me If you are looking for an organized, creative and proactive professional, please consider me for your architectural designer position. I am a fast learner who analyses issues, identifies resources and solves problems efficiently. Due to my experience and educational history, I feel that I would be an excellent resource for your office. My thesis project innovates concrete vaults construction methods as part of the architectural practice. Through this project I develop designs, models and a system evaluation process to create effective methods to improve time and efficiency for the construction business. My thesis project I prove to be a team leader who organized and communicate with consultants and run different tasks within a project. My skills and professional enthusiasm, makes me a well qualified and a potential resource. Enclosed is my portfolio that refers to my educational design process and working experiences.
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Telephone: (787) 887-1503 Cellphone: (787) 206-9823
Edwin V. Nieves Francis AIT
Graphic Designer
edwinnieves4939@gmail.com
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Education
Work Experience Architectural Designer [02/2016- to date]
2012
2012
2015
Bachelor Degree
Summer Exchange
Master’s Degree
UPR-RP Enviromental Design/ Puerto Rico
ELISAVA Barcelona/ Spain
UPR-RP Architectural Designer/ Puerto Rico
Program Skills
Employer: JVV Arquitecto
Projects: Citi Tower / 126,816 sq/ft (aprox.) Monte Mall, / 244,400 sq/ft (aprox.) Monte Tower / 26,756 sq/ft (aprox.) P.H. Condesa del Mar / 1,275 (aprox.) Res. Betancourt / 4,247 (aprox.)
Space Analyst [01/2015 - 08/2015]
Employer: UPR, Medical Science Campus Display designer and production employee [11/2013] - [02/2016]
Employer: Caribbean Sign Supply Affiliations
CAAPPR | AIT (Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico)
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Publications -Centro para la Excelencia Academica (CEA)February 2017 Concrete Shelters: Systematic evaluation for a transportable, ajustable and reusable formwork.
Content Concrete Shells This research project designs a tool to build concrete shells, making it viable and
CAEG The design project tries to develop the aquaculture industry in selected lakes.
Systematic Tiles Using a modular tile, the a architectural logical information from tile’s modules progammed deformation
programs.
Research Project
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Research Project
Concept Design
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Code+ Shape
Tiles catalog information, was decode to adapt it to an architectural project
Community Center This service, sport and educational facility, aims to merge interior and open spaces to urban condition.
AML The design seeks to adapt study spaces, through the use of modules, to user’s private or public needs.
gastronomic program.
Concept Design
Urban Integration
Urban Integration
Research
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Why Concrete Shells? This structures one of the most advantage concrete shapes, which improve material and
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we can get of them, the traditional construction methods, don’t allow complex shapes. This research study geometry, structural and material behaviors to develop a construction formwork system to shape concrete shells to improve acoustic spaces, temporary shelters and historic building restorations. Cilinder
Volume= 43,545.6’
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Dome
Volume= 28,957.8’
Subdivision to high-resolution
Satisfactory Mesh?
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between Dome & Cylinder
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Volume= 14,587’
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much space traditional system need to do a DOME and how less space the inverted proposed system really need to
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Update particle displacement and update coordinates
Methodical Evaluation
Using Particle Spring System evaluation path, I adapt the proposed formwork to
Satisfactory Mesh?
concrete shell predetermined parameters. This path include, graphic aid design END
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Crane System Crane Module System
Pulley System
Tension Cables
F.S.E 28’-3” F.S.E 26’-5” F.B.E 21’-5”
F.F.E 20’-7”
F.F.E 15’-5” F.B.E 14’-2”
Trusses Module 8’x12” Crane Tension Cables
Retention Plate Semee Ultra Matt/ Recycled Billboard
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New adjustable formwork typical system section
Textiles and fabrics are breaking the traditional formwork systems. They substitute wood and metal sheets panels with adjustable, malleable cloths. This allow freedom and expression of the concrete. This research add a new feature to this method, using an adjustable module that works like a spinal bone, allowing movement and strength.
Cast Grid System
Control Points Applied to the Cast
Every part of the proposed mold, respond to variations in shapes, one the most traditional formwork systems.
100% 100% of shape control
Cast Grid System
Control Points Applied to the Cast
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71% 71% of shape control
Each concrete shell was geometrically analyzed. The proposed formwork was adapted to the geometrical data of the concrete shell, bringing up new technical observations to the research. All of this structures use the same parameters of the history knows vaults and shells.
Step 1
The fundamental part of the formwork are the modular towers that helps to rise the fabric.
Adjustable Formwork Frame This frame is based in the tall system allow construction workers to move under and above the fabric formwork. Also the modular system can be easily storage, installed and easily moved through the project.
Step 2
Three workers can put pole’s frame into modular towers where the fabric will be attached.
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Step 3
Towers and frame rise until reach the tower’s top.
The poles are aligned by computer or manually according to shell design. Then they are rised until reach the cast structural parameters.
Step 4
After frame stablished, poles and strings are attached to textile formwork.
Visual line between Historic Site Border and Harbor Historic Site
Harbor Area
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Shelter Public Area
Historic Site
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Shelter design allow visual communication between the two borders, and also allow public activity below it.
Activity 1
Activity 2
Public activity will modify shell ‘s shape.
Activity 3
Historic Site
Longitudinal Section Cut & Site Location Designed Shells present a new landscape that contrast with site existing buildings. Modular shells helps to bring social activity, allowing the merge between tourists and local visitors. Also this turn detected inactive zones into, new secure transit paths.
Active Zone
In-active Zone
Active Zone
In-active Zone
Active Zone
In-active Zone
Active Zone
In-active Zone
New Infrastructure
Improve Production
This project seeks to provide a new use for the infrastructure between the drinking water, electric energy generation and irrigation, besides, they can have an importance in the food industry.
Aquacultural
bringing cultural, economical and social activity, to this almost abandoned site, which most of lakes are right now.
Will have a new importance in the social activity
Comercial
Lakes Guajataka Lake
Centro de Acuacultura Embalse Guajataka
CAEG
New Industry for the lakes structures
Quebadrillas
Ponce Cerillo Lake
96% Sedimentation 70.6 acres/ft Sedimentation 30.8 miles 2 of Catchment
Yauco
96% Sedimentation 143.1 acres/ft Sedimentaciรณn 2 17.5 miles of Catchment
95% Sedimentation 49.4 acres/ft Sedimentation 17.5 miles2 of Catchment
Puerto Rico Lakes
Lucchetti Lake
Project Operation
The design provide a variation of activities around building, mixing
water reservoir, electric energy generators and irrigation. create conscience for our lakes.
Naranjito/Toa Alta Bayamรณn Lago La Plata 88% Sedimentation 160.5 acres/ft Sedimentation 181 miles 2 of Catchment
-Irrigation -New Ecosystems -Tourism -Fishing -Flood Control
Most Needed Program
Fishing is the less developed activity in our lakes but can be transform in one of the most important program in this sites.
Production Education Recreation
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Integrates the service, production and recreational areas.
Ground Floor Plan
The design is divided in three strips, where each one can see the next one activity, helping with the idea of cultural and educational improvement of lakes new economic model.
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Fishing Production Fascade
Horizontality
This building respect the environment vertical element, and using the natural contours, it’s carved inside the ground. This help to expose trees and water like the main elements.
Using logical of algorithms, this project Tile’s Sections Diagram seeks to create a critical, logical and systematic path to develop x 9 pixels grid. Each tile is deform with a levels of information. This transformation is based in the intersect of the X and Y axis. The order start with the intersect pixel #8 in X direction and pixel #1in Y direction. The deformation continues with the same number/axis relation pattern, until reach pixel #1 in X axis and pixel #8 in Y axis.
Systematic Tiles
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Sections Diagram Catalog
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The most deformed tile, by the algorithm implemented, was used to extract graphic information. The section cuts, taken from that represent each analyzed tile. Then, the lines in the columns, are aligned, joined and extended. The result is a large bended band.
Large Band Composition Plan AB CD EF GH IJ KL Sections Compotition Diagrams
Section Composition
The band generated by the sections lines, are tagged with the next columns to see changes in spaces and shape. I notice if moving from letter A used like a concept for an architectural project, where the program could be develop from section planes.
Historic Site The project impact an abandoned structure situated in the historic site of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. This building is one of many, that the interior and roof had been removed, and only stands the facade. This abandoned structures allow insecure urban spots. This condition helps to developed a project that pursuit an in-site modules construction method for a building program for an artist and chef couple.
Code + Shape
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Program Analysis
The project is divided to warranty a successful use of space for him’s and her’s personal activity and also preserve comfortable common areas. With the use of prefabricated modules, the space can be coded.
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Using project 3.0 data and setion cut catalog, I translate and decode the information to convert it in architectural space.
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This design concept tries to reconstruct buildings and street relationship, using open platforms and stairs to connect the athletic, educational and commercial program. This breaks the traditional public and private dialog. The main program is dominated by the educational and service facilities, but the athletic program is distributed around the terraces and stair surface to developed a sense of movement and activity around the building, improving security in the public space.
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Services & Educational Program
Designed Terraces
Support physical activity program where is an addition to cardiovascular exercises, also complete educational program.
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Active Modular Library
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The site is organize by alternate activities where colleges, schools and art galleries are integrated. conditions. The structure is organize by modules base in individual studies, but they can be moved and aligned, creating large room for conference and group studies.
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170 lbs, over 3/4 inch thick fabric formed concrete vault.
Being ‘inventive’ really relates to the designer’s ability to consider their tools in a way that adds value to the design product or process, somewhere across this range. Today, more than ever, more emphasis should be given to the intellectual foundations of this ‘know-how’. -Neri Oxman-