Enrique Garcia Architecture Portfolio

DESIGN PORTFOLIO ENRIQUE A. GARCIA

ENRIQUE A. GARCIA GONZALEZ

eagarcia00@gmail com • +1(315)-420-7206

249 Jefferson st., Brooklyn, ny, 11237

syracuse university, school of architecture

B.arch: 3.66 gPa

syracuse aBroad

london center

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

architectural intern

Büro koray duman

-drafting of construction documentation for a ground uP residential ProJect

-schematic design for residential, art gallery, and interiors

-directed corresPondence with client/contractor for a series of small ProJects

-Pricing, Permit set curation, design, & drafting of a series of ProJects for an art gallery

-modelmaking utilizing digital faBrication techinques such as laser cutting

architectural intern

carazo arquitectura

-creation of Presentation drawings/diagrams

-content organization & image curation for weBPage

-3d modeling for multi unit housing ProJect

Book assistant

hanniBal newsom & dillon Pranger

-editor and organizer of drawings for the Book layout

-leader of the drawing collection grouP

HONORS

Portfolio award scholarshiP

dean’s list

-fall 2018 - sPring 2023

source grant fellow

-thesis research, sPring 2023

LANGUAGES

fluent

-english

-sPanish

conversational

-german

SKILLS & INTERESTS

skills

-rhinoceros 3d

-adoBe suite

-autocad

-vray

-enscaPe

syracuse, ny graduated may 2023

london, uk fall 2021 semester

new york city, ny may 2022 - august 2022

san Jose, costa rica may 2020 - June 2020

syracuse, ny

feBruary 2020 - august 2020

syracuse university

syracuse university

syracuse university

formal education - 18yrs

native tongue

elective language course - 4yrs

interests

-digital faBrication

-arcgis

-twinmotion

-revit

-design

-music

-cooking

-fashion

ADELAIDE GALLERY

EvERsoN pLAzA, syRACUsE, NEw yoRk spRING 2022 sEmEstER

VOID

ELEphANt & CAstLE, LoNdoN, ENGLANd FALL 2021 sEmEstER

SUPERBLOCK

hELL’s kItChEN, mANhAttAN spRING 2021 sEmEstER

COLLECTION OF CARE

BENsoNhURst, BRookLyN FALL 2020 sEmEstER

DUNE HOUSE

AmAGANsEtt, LoNG IsLANd sUmmER 2022 INtERNshIp

ADELAIDE GALLERY

Provoked by an interest in the structural properties of terracotta, the design for Adelaide Gallery employs a series of structural systems that re-imagine the ways in which the material can be used both structurally and spatially. The project is a volume that is supported over the ground plane by a grid of structural sail vaults that open up the floor for community activity such as markets or food trucks. These sail vaults then connect to piers around the perimeter that hold the vaulted ceiling. Inspired by Eladio Dieste’s warehouses, the main ceramic gallery occurs underneath the Gaussian vault. In order to make the most use of the lighting conditions provided by the vault, the second floor is suspended from the tensile structural members of the grand vault. This allows several cutouts to be made in the floor plane, flooding the first floor with the diffused light from above. The facade utilizes a terracotta screen system composed of twisting members at varying scales that add rhythm and texture to both the interior and exterior, while also diffusing light and providing operable ventilation. Programmatically, besides housing the ceramics gallery, the building features a cafe, a ceramics studio, and storage, all of which occur in the basement level, making use of the underground connection that would exist with the Everson Museum.

EvERsoN mUsEUm pLAzA

syRACUsE, Ny

Professor Elizabeth Kamell - Spring 2022

In Collaboration With Emmanuel Kaufman

soFtwARE

RhINo3d

AdoBE ILLUstRAtoR

photoshop

twINmotIoN

CERAmICs spECIAL CoLLECtIoN ExhIBItIoN

tENsIoNING systEm

sECtIoN I

stRUCtURAL systEms

stRUCtURAL pLAN I

stRUCtURAL pLAN II

stRUCtURAL pLAN III

sUspENdEd GALLERy RENdER

mAIN GALLERy RENdER

VOID

stUdy ABRoAd CENtER

Designed as an Archetype for a study abroad center, Void is thought of as a mass of programs through which voids are punched through for the creation of communal space. The archetype is a massive building with a solid exterior and an interconnected interior designed to promote collectivity between the residents. Originally designed as a site-less “object” the ideas of the archetype were then implemented on 3 different sites in London; Dalston, Elephant & Castle, and Kentish Town, each with unique site conditions for the archetype to respond to. In order to adapt the archetype to the Elephant & Castle site, the mass was shaped using the outline of the site, which was then pushed to the street face in order to create an interior public courtyard. The mass of the project is then carved into by a series of voids that are dictated by the circulation system, where the landing of the circulation system creates a void that punches through the building using an angle created by the form of the site. The voids then create areas of communal space meant to be used by all inhabitants of the project. The program distribution is based on the privacy of the program. The most public programs, such as a convenience store, a café, and a large study space exist on the ground floor, classrooms, and study spaces in floors 1-3, and residential programs in the 3rd and 4th floors. The residences are placed on the top of the building in order to maximize the amount of natural light that enters the rooms. Materially, the study abroad center is thought of as a colored concrete in order to maintain the massive spirit, while also mimicking the coloration of the brick buildings in the surrounding context.

ELEphANt & CAstLE

LoNdoN,

ENGLANd

Professors Davide Sacconi & Joao Ruivo - Fall 2021

In Collaboration with Wilcox Hallahan & Emmanuel Kaufman

‘ARChEtypE’ sECtIoNs & RENdER

dALstoN INtERvENtIoN - wILCox hALLAhAN

ELEphANt & CAstLE INtERvENtIoN - ENRIQUE GARCIA

kENtIsh towN INtERvENtIoN - EmmANUEL kAUFmAN

CIRCULAtIoN dIAGRAm mAssING dIAGRAm

3Rd FLooR pLAN

5th FLooR pLAN

SUPERBLOCK

& oFFICE pARk

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the primary work condition across the world has become working from home. This has in turn eliminated the flexibility of the home environment to a vast majority of the people working from home, work has invaded the home. We identified this condition as the “work refugee” , someone who has been displaced from their workplace to their homes, oftentimes displacing the spaces that they had allocated for dwelling to make space for an improvised office. Our project, located in Manhattan seeks to provide a completely flexible living environment for the aforementioned “work refugee” through the introduction of the appliance wall. The Superblock is split into 2 portions, the residential portion, and the office portion. Within the residential block, the appliance wall is a modular wall that contains the furniture ranging from beds, to kitchen appliances that can be stored away and moved easily in order to give the resident full control of the programs that occur in their space. In the office block, the appliance wall is designed to be able to host a wide variety of work conditions, whether it is individual, or collaborative.

In order to respond to the context of the site, which is located in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, the Superblock mimics the density gradient visible in the island, where the further away from the center one gets, the lower the density becomes. The gradient is visible in the structure, which becomes progressively less dense, and the amount of available open space, which increases moving towards the office. Within the residential portion of the block, the organization of the rooms is inspired by the courtyards created in the blocks of Manhattan by the buildings located on them, and are used to create areas of communal interaction where portions of the appliance wall can be brought out to be used collectively, fostering a sense of community that was lost with the pandemic.

hELL’s

kItChEN

mANhAttAN, Ny

Professor Liang Wang - Spring 2021

In Collaboration With Alexander Estes

soFtwARE

RhINo3d

AdoBE ILLUstRAtoR photoshop

pEdEstRIAN CIRCULAtIoN dIAGRAm

BLoCk RENdER I

BLoCk RENdER II

BLoCk RENdER III

sItE dIAGRAm

BLoCk dRAwING

The drawing above is an animation, please scan the QR code to access the video

sItE AxoN

oFFICE BLoCk 2Nd FLooR

oFFICE BLoCk 3Rd FLooR oFFICE

Room dRAwING

The drawing above is an animation, please scan the QR code to access the video

REsIdENtIAL LAyoUt pLAN

AppLIANCE wALL dEpLoymENt AxoN stoRyBoARd

A COLLECTION OF CARE

A Collection of Care is a project that was informed by the systems of care available within the Borough of Brooklyn. We created a ‘care catalogue’ that sought to categorize and map different forms of care that we identified such as Public WiFi, Litter Bins, Parks, and Bodegas. After doing so, we created a quantitative map that enabled us to find out which neighborhood in Brooklyn had the least amount of care relative to population, and median income. We identified Bensonhurst, and began to locate vacant lots on which we could intervene. A Collection of Care features a homeless shelter, a maker space, a bodega, and a plaza. The result is a mixed program facility that is imagined to work as a transition home for homeless individuals by providing the people living within the homeless shelter a job opportunity within the spaces of the bodega and the maker space to help them get back on their feet. The building itself is divided into 3 main volumes and 3 secondary volumes. The primary volumes house the program, while the secondary volumes house the circulation cores. The central circulation core is fully transparent, which allows for light to enter the building, as well as the ground floor plaza. The facade of the building is lined with adaptable louvers that are manipulable, which allows the residents of the homeless shelter to orient them according to their needs or preferences.

BENsoNhURst

BRookLyN, Ny

Professor Brown - Fall 2020

In Collaboration With Ina Jang

3Rd FLooR pLAN

stREEt RENdER

‘BodEGA’ RENdER

DUNE HOUSE

Dune House is a ground-up residential project situated on the coast of Amagansett, Long Island. It is conceived as a floating wooden box which hovers over the collective space, while housing the individual rooms. In order to navigate the steep slope of the site, the house rests atop a basement that acts as a foundation for the structure of the ‘box’ as well as an infinity edge pool that looks out to the sea. The material palette of the projects seeks to reflect the serene context of the long island coast it is situated in, utilizing the color palettes of the water, sand, pickett fences, and sunsets as inspiration. These can be appreciated in the intricate design of the millwork as well as the facade, floors, and the interior finishes, all of which reflect the luxury aspirations of the client.

For this project, I was tasked with the creation and curation of CD sets that were undertaken primarily through AutoCAD. This also meant I was in charge of picking up and creating redline sets to be adjusted, as well as the coordination of the structural and architectural drawing sets. I was also tasked with the creation of shop mock-up drawings for brick and louver screen walls, and the communication with material providers in order to spec the wall systems. The following is a series of samples from my work on the drawing sets.

AmAGANsEtt, LoNG IsLANd

B-KD - Summer 2022

Project during summer Internship at Buro-Koray Duman