PORTFOLIO 2026

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Gabriela Fagoaga

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Barn + Shed

University of Maryland | Fall 2025 ARCH 600

The Barn + Shed project aims to address the need for official facilities and operations space at Forested. This design aims to further the Forested mission of growing community awareness on the value of forest gardening through modest building forms that intereact with a site that continues the present language of Forested. The event and education buildings are organized around the extended central path of the gardens. The double height barn serves as host to the farm to table event and supporting spaces, while the Shed hosts the classrooms. Both buildings directly interact with their own immediate gardens, creating a dynamic and engaged experience for all visitors and volunteers of Forested.

Partis

Process & Modeling

Wall Section Studies

Wall Section Axon

The Center for Environment Arts and Education at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens University of Maryland | Fall 2023 ARCH 403

Situated within the Kenilworth neighborhood, Serenity Grove provides a space that promotes wellbeing and discovery. The design philosophy behind Serenity Grove is rooted in the belief that healing is a holistic experience. Moments of introspection are promoted by elongated paths in the exterior, as well as the interior of the buildings, that provide views to the surrounding landscape fostering a connection between individual and environment. Gabion walls both functional and aesthetic provide wayfinding elements throughout the site. As a testament to the different destinations of our lives, the landscape promenade has no particular end. The buildings serve as thresholds to the particular destination the user has intended for whether that may be the aquatic gardens, the education zone, the festival field, or even for lesiurely strolls.

Process Sketches

Site Plan

Building A Elevation

Site Section

Plan

Building A Section

Sustainable Systems

Building B Elevation

Wall Section Axon

Building B Section

The Stories We Construct

University of Maryland | Spring 2023 ARCH 402 This design is based entirely on accessibility and inclusivity. When formulating a design for the plaza, a site analysis was performed in order to inform the organization of the plaza. Through this, the plaza is organized by the rhythm of the lengths of the buildings directly across from the site.

Smaller modules are identified as minor entry points for the H street sidewalk. Access into the plaza is informed by three main pedestrian areas: the 12th sand H street intersection, residential neighborhood, and eastbound off of H street. In doing so, the plaza becomes an easily accessible space for the H Street community. Additionally, the three minor spaces mentioned earlier also provide access to the row houses directly behind the site, extending the neighborhood’s backyard.

As a result of the main path’s angle, the building’s form and spatial arrangement become informed by it as well. The path extends into the building’s form and creates an angle that opens up the entrance into the building, as well as opens up the ticket booth. In doing so, the angles actually create an inviting element into the building and for performance events. Finally, the spaces on the second floor are completely informed by the angle of the main path and its adjacent paths creating a dynamic spatial experience for all users.

SITE AXIS

MODULAR ORGANIZATION

UP UP

SITE PLAN

WEST PERSPECTIVE

H STREET ELEVATION

SITE ACCESS 3D

CORE i7

CORE i7

H STREET SECTION

NORTH SECTION

EAST SECTION

NORTH ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

UP

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4 2

UP

3 1

GROUND LEVEL

UP

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DWN

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UP DWN

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SECOND LEVEL

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PROGRAM KEY: 1. TICKET BOOTH 2. LOBBY 3. OFFICE 4. MECHANICAL ROOM 5. LOADING/JANITORIAL 6. BATHROOM 1 7. FIRE ESCAPE 8. BATHROOM 2 9. PERFORMANCE PREP 10. PERFORMANCE STORAGE 11. PERFORMANCE ROOM 12. COFFEE BAR 13. TERRACE

H STREET PERSPECTIVE

smart canopy competition | 2023

Initial Process Insipiration AI Generated Images (Midjourney)

3rd place award

“steel column supporting layered wood roof with stained glass and plant pots”

Terrace Plan

In collaboration with xFoundry (a multidisciplinary program housed at the Idea Factory) and MAPP, the 2023 Smart Canopy Competition was an opportunity for teams of architecture students to compete to design a new, living, Smart Canopy for the outdoor terrace at the Idea Factory Building at UMD. Students were to utilize the potting and irrigation systems from the Living Canopies system, as well as use AI engines in order to ideate their designs. For our design, we were insipired by the Idea Factory’s dichrioc glass panels.

“fragmented steel canopy supported by center column”

Enlarged Terrace Plan

We opted for a modular canopy design that allowed multifuntional panels that could support an array of functins such as, dichrioc glass panels, potted plants, and solar panels in order to create a visualy engaging experience for users of the terrace. As a collectivewe spent the days leading up to the competition ideating our design and planning our roles for the competition day. My respective role was to produce the orthographic drawings.

West Section

partners: anna salazar + mateo ortiz

Nail Art

Summer 2020 - Present

Since I can remember really, painting my own nails was one of my constant hobbies as a little girl. As I got older, I began taking an interest in the longer acrylic nails. At the start of 9th grade I got into teaching myself how to do my own nails in order to avoid spending time at the nail salons. Eventually during the pandemic, I found myself with enough time, and the resurfacing interest in long nails and nail art. What at first was a hobby for myself, quickly flourshed into a self-made business that has given me a creative outlet at the service of other’s design visions.