Elizabeth Frías 2020 Architecture Portfolio

ELIZABETH FRIAS Architecture and Visualisation Portfolio 2018 - 2020 selected works

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INDEX

ABOUT

Presentation Letter....................8 Curriculum Vitae........................9 ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS

B.Arch......................................11 Firms........................................35 Workshops...............................55 Competitions...........................67 DESIGN PROJECTS

Furniture Design......................73 ARCHITECTURAL PAINTINGS

Art Work..................................77

ABOUT

ELIZABETH

FRĂ?AS

architect

ABOUT ME

I was born in Mexico City, on November 28, 1994 and grew up between Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo.

At the end of my studies as a technician in ecology, I decided to study a bachelor in architecture and at the end of this my degree project was exhibited at Yale University in 2019. I finished my last year of the career specializing as a project architect being my professors Juan Pablo Serrano and Salvador Rivas, professionals and pioneers in architecture who have worked alongside names like Norman Foster.

Passionate about parametric design and digital fabrication, I always work in places that can enrich me in the knowledge necessary to be able to enter into this architectural field in the future.

Determinant with what I want to achieve in life as an architect, I'm always looking for new experiences.

My principal interests are parametric design, game design, animation, robots in architecture, biodigital design, contemporary art, generative code, graphic design, digital fabrication and 3d printing.

PHONE

+52 55 5173 - 2020

MAIL

elizabethcolds@gmail.com

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SOCIAL MEDIA

@elicolds

@parametricture

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL

SOCIAL SERVICE

Technician in Ecology (2009-2012)

LUIS BARRAGAN HOUSE-MUSEUM / JUNY 2017- JANUARY 2018 I did my social service at the Luis Barragán House-Museum where I learned to develop artistically and to perceive the architectural spheres poetically, I participated in the exhibition of contemporary art “Zona Maco” 2017 and gave guided tours to different personalities from the world of art and architecture in English , Spanish and Portuguese.

UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism (B. Arch), (2013-2018) , PONIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA DE BOGOTÁ Academic Exchange / Studied Abroad (2017) ESCOLA TÈCNICA SUPERIOR D’ ARQUITECTURA DE BARCELONA ETSAB XII International Workshop of Architecture and Landscape (2019)

LANGUAGES SPANISH (Mother Language) PORTUGUESE (Native Language) ENGLISH (IELTS 6) ITALIAN (Basic Level) RUSSIAN (Basic Level)

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE MICHAN ARCHITECTURE / JANUARY 2018 - NOVEMBER 2018 I worked as Jr. Architect carrying out architectural, executive, interior design, engineering crossings, renders, site visits and supporting what was required depending on the level of progress of the current project.

DONIS STUDIO / APRIL 2019 - JULY 2019 I worked as Jr. Architect in charge of a building in architectural and executive phase, carrying out architectural, executive and 3D modeling project.

FREELANCE ARCHITECT / SEPTEMBER 2019 - TILL THE DATE Worked in the field of the interior design making remodelations for apartments and houses, carrying out architectural, executive and 3F design.

S OFTWARE Autodesk Autocad 2 D+3 D Revit Architecture Adobe (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Premiere) 3d Max + Vray Sketchup Rhinoceros Grasshopper Autodesk Maya Microsoft (Word, Power Point, Excel)

WORKSHOPS XII RCR SUMMER WORKSHOP/ JULY - AUGUST 2019 I spent a month in Olot working in the office of RCR architectes an architectural and urban project in which a management center for the Parc Nou was designed. I learned the bases and techniques that are carried out in that office, how to execute a project starting from the idea to the concept and final project. Certificate of Participation by RCR BUNKA and ETSAB.

SKILLS

COMBINATORY SYSTEMS GENERATOR ACADIA WORKSHOP / OCTOBER 2019

Great hability for graphic presentation and graphic design using adobe programs Mastery in architecture programs such as 3d modelling Ability to relate to people at any level of business and management Effective team building with strong leadership qualities Fast learning Excellent communications skill, innovative and effective problem solver.

This 3-day design workshop focused on using computational tools as rhinoceros + grasshopper to create rule-based systems that generate combinatory form. I worked individually with the support of Morphosis team members as Kerenza Harris, Daniel Pruse and Eric Meyer to design a series of combinatory organizations and got introduced to the Morphosis design methodology.

AWARDS/HONORS

COMPETITIONS LAFARGE HOLCIM AWARDS / APRIL 2017 Design of a sustainable community school. Participation certificate

EXHIBITION AT YALE ARCHITECTURE,USA / JANUARY 2019 Exposition of my final project at Yale Architecture as part of the exposition “Two sides of the Border” from 29/11/2018 to 9/2/2019

NON ARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS / AUGUST 2019

PUBLICATION AT COLEGIO PENTÁGONO, BRAZIL / JULY 2019

Dying / Design of a surreal cemetery. Participation certificate.

Publication at the magazine of my elementary school “Colegio Pentágono” which is one of the best traditional schools of Sao Paulo. Only three ex students were selected to be published as part of their article “Para sempre Pentágono” in which they exposed the best sucess stories of story life and highlights.

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ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS B. Architecture

WAVESENSE

Description: Thesis project of a smart building of a water museum andapartments at CĂĄtedra HOLCIM at Universidad Iberoamericana in partnership with the University of Liechtenstein .

Location: Mexico City, MĂŠxico.

Date: 2018.

Tutors: Juan Pablo Serrano, Salvador Rivas, Alejandro Carbajal and Mayra Diaz.

Participation: As an individual project I was in charge of all the proceses, doing all the investigation, diagrams, architecture plans, renders, editions, 3d printing and models.

Inspired by the foundation of Mexico City, Wavesense was born from the current problem of water supply in popular neighborhoods.

The proposal is an underground museum of water, accessing through ramps, which exposes the trajectory of Mexico City in time, and creating a connection with the habitants of the City who have lost their sense of belonging to the country because of the current problems that are experienced nowadays.

The museum also captures rainwater and atmospheric humidity through two funnels that are embedded in the project and pass through it, forming a water show for the building.

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THE WATER AND THE CITY

As a complement to the collection of water, below is located a wastewater treatm since there are no one near the area. Above the museum, there are unique apartm supplied by the water generated in the wastewater treatment plant. The project i

In Mexico, biological methods are used that involved aerobial or anaerobic proce purification processes through the known technique as activated mud are the most cess, the microorganism contained in the environment are allowed to decompose the settlement in the residue.

The second part of the wastewater treatment consist of a water oxygenation and an Decontaminated water through this process. Generally it is used for irrigation syst

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ment plant, which has the function of supplying the building and nearby buildings, ments of its kind, as they follow the curved shape of the building, which will also be is found between two zodes, cultural and educational due to the proposal.

esses depending on the characteristics od the treatment plant, those that perform t common. This treatment consist of a first stage in which through an aerobium proe and oxide the organic material with which a clarification of water is achieved and

nother filtered process, finishing the possible contaminants contained in the liquid. tems and other activities in which a deep level of deontamination is not required.

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ACTUAL PROBLEMS

LOCATION OF THE CDMX AND THE

SUNK LEVEL PER YEAR 21 to 30 cm 11 to 20 cm 02 to 10 cm

PRECIPITATION

FLOOD VULNERABILITY

MAX. 1800 MM/YEAR

HIGH MEDIUM LOW

AVERAGE. 508 MM/YEAR

VERY LOW RISK AREAS

MIN. 400 MM/ YEAR

PROBLEMS AND CONSEQUENCES

SOLUTIONS

RAINWATER COLLECTION

COLLECT RAINWATER AND USE

It doesn’t have the infrastructure for the appropiate collection of rain water that is generated in the city, causing in severe occasions floods and sedimentations.

LACK OF WATER SUPPLY

Collecting rain water at the building will be creat a system that allows to save and process water for proper use.

COLLECT AIR WATER FROM MEXICO CITY

With the technology to collect water through the air, natural resources can be taken to be able to obtain water and supply the building and the apartments.

Many neighborhoods of the Mexico City are out of water ue to the lack of treatment of this.

FEW LOCATIONS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT

CREATE A GROUNDWATER TREATMENT PLANT

The few residual water treatment plants that are in the city, cannot treat all the water that is generated.

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Treat the water of the area, which will serve to supply the apartments, the building, the neighborhood, and other people may be benefit from the project.

RESIDUAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT

LOCATION OFGUERRERO NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROJECT IN DELEGATION.

CUAUHTEMOC. DELEGATION GUERRERO NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT SITE RESIDUAL WATER TREATMENT PLANTS

LOCATION OF RESIDUAL WATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN MEXICO CITY.

LIMITS

AIR WATER COLLECTION It is a sustainable and innovative solution, that only absorbes the hydrogen and oxygen parts of the air and transform it in water, to pass through the treatment and filtration system.

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AIR INPUT

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ACTIVATED CARBON

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INVERSE OSMOSIS

TO PREVENT OTHER PARTICLES FROM ENTERING, THAT IS WHY THE AIR WATER COLLECTION EMBUDE IS COVERED BY A GLASS DOME, WHICH FILTERS NOT REQUIRED.

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CONDENSER HERE IS WHERE THE AIR IS TRANSFORMED IN WATER

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UV RAYS + LOWER RESERVE TANK

6 TTOP RESERVE TANK 7 HOT AND COLD WATER TANKS

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LOWER RESERVE TANK

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3D PRINTING AND DIGITAL FABRICATION For the design of the holders, which is digital manufacturing, three different types of holders were designed to place the models of context, facade and concrete cutting. The models were sent to make in acrylic, with a specific and unique design, the prototype A would have a circle of led light in the middle to highlight the model, the prototype B would have two holes of light so that the funnels of the project stood out on the context and the prototype C would be of a smaller size made just to place the concrete model.

For the realization of 3D printing, the 3dMax program was used to make the shape of the object. In total, three 3D objects were printed, the outline of the building and the panels for the model of the facade cutting.

To make the small concrete sculpture, the 3D print was first filled with concrete and when the the concrete dried, the elements were separated.

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Real image of the final presentation of my thesis "Wavesense".

In this image you can see everything described above. To perform the facade cutting, it was decided to show a part of the building with inclination to highlight the 3D printed panels. All models were made using white and transparent acrylic with the exception of 3D printing.

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ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS

Firms

DL 1310

Description: Residential Building.

Location: Mexico City, México.

Date: 2018.

Tutors: Isaac Michan, director of Michan Architecture.

Collaboration: Narciso Martínez,Denise Peralta, Omar Acevedo, Tamara Cortés, Alan Eskildsen, Ciria Garcia and Daniela Ruiz + Young and Ayata architecture studio based in NYC. Participation: Envolved in the process of design, interior design, architecture plans and executive project.

Located in Mexico City this building was designed in Michan Architecture in collaboration with Young and Ayata.

What makes this building really different are the windows. Concrete modules were designed and made in the windows, this in order to be able to be built on a 1: 1 scale, each window is different and that is also why the straight load walls with the facade walls were separated in the construction belonging to the windows, this to speed up the construction. There are three types of different departments, the first floor being the only one different from all the others, since it has a garden and a two-story apartment.

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DL 5155

Description: Residential Building.

Location: Mexico City, MĂŠxico.

Date: 2018.

Tutors: Isaac Michan, director of Michan Architecture.

Collaboration: Narciso MartĂ­nez,Denise Peralta and Daniela Ruiz.

Participation: Envolved in the process of design, interior design, architecture plans, executive project and lanscape design.

Located in Mexico City, this apartment building designed by Michan Architecture has the charm that all its apartments have a balcony and a public terrace area on all levels. Â The great challenge of this project was the terrain and the maximum number of levels allowed, since being this four and the sloping terrain, it was decided to place the ground floor at the maximum street level perpendicular to Desierto de los Leones, in order to , to be able to have the maximum four levels allowed taking advantage of the land.

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MM TOWER

Description: Residential Building.

Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.

Date: 2019.

Tutors: Fernando Donis, director of Donis Studio.

Collaboration: Alfredo Jimenez, Daniel Gaytán, Roberto Angel and Fátima Bernal.

Participation: Envolved in the process of design and executive project.

The Mediterranean Sea Tower will be the most sophisticated residential tower in Guadalajara, being linked to the country club and having a brutalist architecture at first sight, the project was thought of as a skyscraper that would integrate both sophistication and comfort.

The mother concept of the project is the nature of which it is surrounded, so the structure adopted that form in “branches” to refer to the large forest that surrounds it.

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ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS

Workshops

COMBINATORY SYSTEMS GENERATOR

Description: Workshop by ACADIA 2019.

Location: Austin Texas, United States of America.

Date: 2019.

Tutors: Kerenza Harris, Daniel Purse and Eric Meyer.

Collaboration: ACADIA 2019.

Contingency eventually shapes all cities, as the urban environment is altered over time by a complex interplay between forces and materials. How can we model this kind of contingency in the design process? How can we create systems that manage and generate chance- at the scale of the detail, and at the scale of the city? In digital design environments, how do we intentionally design moments that are unexpected, or moments that could not have been conceived apriori?

In this design workshop focused on using computational tools as rhinoceros + grasshopper to create rule-based systems that generate combinatory form. I worked individually with the support of Morphosis team members as Kerenza Harris, Daniel Pruse and Eric Meyer to design a series of combinatory organizations and got introduced to the Morphosis design methodology.

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PARC NOU

Description: XII RCR Summer Architecture Workshop.

Location: Olot, Catalunya, Spain.

Date: 2019.

Tutors: Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, Ramón Villalta, Arrate Abaigar and Gonzalo Bardach.

Collaboration: Claudia Banes, Felipe Contretas, Giulia Fratangelo, Gonzalo Guerrero, Eduard Llorens, Jorge Mañas, Clarissa de Oliveira, Fernando Prieto, Diana Quirós, Sebastoán Sánchez, Emma Sarkisova and Francisco Toro.

Participation: Envolved in the process of investigation, diagrams, program, design, sections, renders and edition.

Projection of the management center of the Natural Park of the Volcanic Zone of La Garrotxa which, together with the Parc Nou, acts as a hinge between the natural and urban elements that weave the landscape.

The project is born from a need of the population because it lacks an iconic architecture that represents the Parc Nou together with a fragmentation, conflict and lack of organization in the operation of services.

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A- ÁREA DE GESTIÓN B- OFICINA

C-CENTRO DOCUMENTACIÓN

D-PAVELLÓN JARDIN E-VESRTÍBULO F-SALA DE ACTOS/SALA DE JUNTAS

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ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS

Competitions

CANDY DREAM

Description: Design of a surrealistic cementery.

Location: For this competition there is no location.

Date: 2019.

Collaboration: Non architecture competitions.

We live in a world where at death we are judged in different ways and we believe it is the end, but what would happen if this were only the beginning?

Candy dream is an alternative world where when we die we are aware of it, we have already said goodbye to our old life and are taken to another dimension with the rest of living beings that exist in this world, this place is the garden of the dreams where we can access to machines of the souls that can transform us into ethereal forms through a process of entry into consciousness, meditation and conversion, and then souls are converted into a new beginning.

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DESIGN PROJECTS

T 001

Description: Design of the forniture (desk) for a lobby.

Location: Mexico City, MĂŠxico.

Date: 2018.

Tutors: Isaac Michan, director of Michan Architecture.

Collaboration: Narciso MartĂ­nez

Located in Mexico City this building was designed in Michan Architecture in collaboration with Young and Ayata.

What makes this building really different are the windows. Concrete modules were designed and made in the windows, this in order to be able to be built on a 1: 1 scale, each window is different and that is also why the straight load walls with the facade walls were separated in the construction belonging to the windows, this to speed up the construction. There are three types of different departments, the first floor being the only one different from all the others, since it has a garden and a two-story apartment.

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ARCHITECTURAL PAINTINGS

ART WORK

Description: Art Work Location: Mexico City, México.

Date: 2019 till the date

As a hobbie I like to create minimalist art based in architecture elements as are the circles, curves and Iines. I made my own frames and the paintings are a combination of acrilic and oil painting. I started working in this art works in 2019 after I went to an art exposition with a friend and decided that I had a lot of ideas in my head to put on a paper, that architecture should not only be buildings but more than that and that’s how I started to create my minimalist art, it’s an expression of myself and what I think about architecture and how do I see it not only in my eyes, but in my heart, It´s a kind of therapy for me, because I can see architecture everywhere and in my paintings I always try to reflect that, that the painting can be a window to my soul.

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