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ismael olivares

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in light.

Le Corbusier

Undergraduate Comprehensive Studio 01-12

Graduate Comprehensive Studio 13-36

photography 37-38

supplementary projects/resume 39-40

urban planning programming versatility

materiality detailing

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urban planning | programming | versatility Texas Tech University Bachelor of Science in Architecture In the last semester attended at Texas Tech University College of Architecture at El Paso a partnership was formed with the City of El Paso to be able to conduct a study of the possible development of four city owned properties in downtown El Paso along the Paisano Corridor, 111 Anthony Street (Site A), 325 S Santa Fe St (Site B.1), 200 S Santa Fe St. (Site B.2), and 222 S Cambell Street (Site C). The partnership would have the Seniors at Texas Tech develop a master plan and one of the sites fully developed and presented at a final review that would include local architects, politicians, and developers.

The challenge for the semester was the restitching of the urban fabric along Paisano Street which has long been a barrier not only physically but socioeconomically through the use of a master plan that employed urban gardens and the four sites as beacons for activity and development.

After having developed a concept and a program for each of the three sites and a master plan conceptually, Site C was was then explored and developed in detail by creating a Garden of Knowledge that blurred the concept of private and public areas through the use of a 24-hour bookstore, eateries and a plaza that would adapt to different uses. A focus on the adaptability of the building and the site became the driving force for many design elements as it would show the local developers and politicians invited to the final review the importance of flexibility in programming of a building for future use and reuse as a future investment for both the owner and city.

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urban strategy

sites

existing buildings

proposed garden

Site A impact zone

existing green areas

views between gardens

Sites B/C impact zone

future green areas

bike rental terminal

Site D impact zone

proposed mixed use

bus terminal

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1ST AV

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residential

Site A impact zone

parking

Site B impact zone

hotel

Site C impact zone

religion

commercial/retail

existing green spaces

entertainment/performance

future green spaces

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restaurant/bar

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government public amenities education

MEXICO

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Gardens are beacons in an urban landscape.

Geometric forms are beacons in the garden microcosm.

Union Depot

Second Baptist Church Site A

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Downtown El Paso would be invigorated if each of the three sites served as catalysts for activity. In order for each site to be an effective catalyst it must be a beacon within the urban landscape. Gardens serve as beacons in an urban landscape which is mostly geometric in form. As such a chain of gardens connecting the three sites would help to guide the energy of the city along Paisano St. and it’s arterial corridors in a cohesive manner. Finally a geometric piece sitting within the garden ateach site would act as a beacon within the garden microcosm.

Site B/C

Site C

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Site A conceptual plan

Site B conceptual plan

PAISANO ST

collector pockets underground parking bicycle rental terminal car gallery

NO ST

PAISA

open plaza underground parking bicycle rental terminal El Paso gift shop luxury shops and eateries public art gallery luxury apartments

Paisano Garden Corridor undergraduate comprehensive studio | prof. daniela quesada

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All three sites were developed using very similar methodologies. Out of the garden that acts as a beacon within the urban landscape the square mass that inhabit each site are juxtaposed by orienting to the next garden so as to be able to guide people from garden to garden. Site C was unique in that it was the one site that would not have acted as a beacon with a mass sitting in the garden. Instead it was more of a recess so as to create a new language that would help to distinguish it’s place among the tall skyscrapers that surround it. In ORder to create this sunken feeling the ground plane was elevated to create a roof garden that would help define a new urban plaza.

Each of the three sites was defined by their surroundings. Site A was the Garden of Entertainment a garden that contained pockets of public spaces and food. Site B was the Garden of the Arts and Retail providing spaces that would help to populate downtown with new inhabitants.

Site C was the Garden of Knowledge tying together the schools and libraries south of Paisano and the civic buildings to the north. The building is envisioned as a 24 hour bookstore that is run by machines. With the book stored below the plaza and delivered to the buyer through a series of belts and elevators, the building is free to address and accommodate the people that come to buy the books. Smaller galleries made out of movable partitions that can be re sized and readjusted for different needs provide spaces for temporary exhibitions for new products or subjects and the negative space is free to allow people to linger and relax.

Two eateries at either side of the plaza provide options to the visitors. The one on the west at the galleries is a vertical restaurant that transports food and beer vertically from a kitchen and a microbrewery in the basement level. On the East there is a high scale restaurant overlooking the plaza from the second floor.

The plaza itelf became a dynamic element on it’s own as it provided windows that would overlook the stacks of books and the machines that allowed for the bookstore to operate. In a ddition to this the plaza had movable components that would act like benches, tables, retail kyosks, and stage areas as they were raised from their flat positions. This would allow for different events and configurations to occupy the plaza.

open plaza unprotected

rooftop garden that rises out of the ground extending the public space

raised mass to protect from cold winter winds bookstore galeries + tapas/microbrewery (blue) high end restaurant + rental bike terminal (red)

mass grows to protect from uncomfortable spring winds

plaza that tops the bookshelves and the mechanisms that bring them to the bookstore

plaza remains open to cool summer winds

Paisano Garden of Knowledge undergraduate comprehensive studio | prof. daniela quesada

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plaza block variations

flat

picnic

retail

stage

rental bike station + bench

grass planting soil drain pan insulation

concrete structure

rail system

green roof detail

retail kyosk detail

wall section retail kyosk

order through salesperson

pick up book at dispense towers

order through mobile device

book redirection system

BOOK TITLE AUTHOR

$$$

book retrieval arm

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book retrieval paths

PRESS HERE TO PURCHASE NOW

order through interactive glass facade

site plan

Paisano Garden of Knowledge undergraduate comprehensive studio | prof. daniela quesada

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level 3

level 2

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ground level

basement level

Paisano Garden of Knowledge undergraduate comprehensive studio | prof. daniela quesada

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southwest elevation

flat plaza variation

west interior elevation

southeast elevation

east interior elevation

northeast elevation

northwest elevation

longitudinal section

transverse section

end stage variation

center stage variation

ceremonial variation

Paisano Garden of Knowledge design studio V | prof. daniela quesada

market variation

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materiality

| detailing Texas Tech University Master of Architecture, M.Arch

In the first semester at Texas Tech University’s Master of Architecture program, the focus of the comprehensive studio was inward through the use of a proposed boutique hotel at 717 Red River in Austin, Texas.

Before the program or the site were assigned, the studio explored what a hotel room was and could be in Austin, Texas. The room was fully detailed out and investigated efficiency and elements that could accomodate to different users’ needs and activities as a kit of parts.

The program for the hotel included 20 rooms, a small gym, a business office, a lobby, an eatery, and a design that connected the street to Waller Creek. A methodology of using a base form that was molded and eroded by a series of urban forces created the initial volume of the building. Then a study of private v public areas in Austin dictated how the different programmating and the materiality of the project.

The project was then refocused on detailing as the kit of part was reintroduced and adapted to the new forms and spaces. The use of a full wall section fully detailed out was able to expand on the understanding of how the conceptual and theoretical design decisions were affecting or could be affected by today’s construction methods and technologies.

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In order to better understand the site, the entire studio collaborated in an in depth analysis of the city of Austin through four categories, site, culture, transportation, and climate. While I was tasked with helping the culture group I also took on the challenge of setting up the template and layout of the booklet as a whole.

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Austin, Texas Class Research graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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Urban forms when left untouched are geometric. When pedestrians and nature start to interact with the forms they begin to dissolve into new spaces that allow for a more integrated set of spaces.

URBAN FORM

following the orthagonal organizationof the city of Austin from 1887

Waller Creek

LIFT

DISSOLVE

CUT

for pedestrian circulation from the street to the creek and back

to allow existing vegetation to coexist

sound spheres from the surrounding music venues

LOWER

ENGAGE

the loose pieces to create new public places

Waller Creek by creating a public space that celebrates the creek

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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private - solid - sanctuary People manipulate their environments in private spaces to suit their own needs and comforts.

Kimber Modern Austin, Texas Burton Baldridge Architects

1104 E. 6th St. Austin, Texas

bar (3136 sqft) occupancy type A-2 assembly load factor 15 occupant load 209 WC (male) 1 WC (female) 2 lavatories 1 occupancy type load factor occupant load WC (male) WC (female) lavatories

restaurant (2432 sqft) A-2 assembly 15 162 1 1 1 kitchen (1024 sqft)

occupancy type load factor occupant load WC (male) WC (female) lavatories

717 Red River central business district 1:8 FAR type 2B construction 14082 sqft 452 occupants

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A-2 assembly 200 6 1 1 1

wic - 44 hotel - 31 male - 6 urinals - 1 female - 5

public - transparent - community Spaces guide people’s actions and activities in public spaces.

hotel (6237 sqft) occupancy type R-1 residential load factor 200 occupant load 31 WC 31 lavatories 31

hotel business center gym bar

gym (316 sqft) occupancy type A-2 assembly load factor 50 occupant load 6 WC (male) 1 WC (female) 1 lavatories 1 business center (425 sqft) occupancy type load factor occupant load WC (male) WC (female) lavatories

A-2 assembly 100 4 1 1 1

restaurant utilities circulation bar (512 sqft) occupancy type A-2 assembly load factor 15 occupant load 34 WC (male) 1 WC (female) 1 lavatories 1

ground level

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parapet level 72’ - 0” level 6 60’ - 0” level 5 48’ - 0” level 4 36’ - 0” level 3 24’ - 0” level 2 12’ - 0” ground level 0’ - 0”

northeast elevation 1

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parapet level 72’ - 0” level 6 60’ - 0” level 5 48’ - 0” level 4 36’ - 0” level 3 24’ - 0” level 2 12’ - 0” ground level 0’ - 0”

creek level -24’ - 0”

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parapet level 72’ - 0” level 6 60’ - 0” level 5 48’ - 0” level 4 36’ - 0” level 3 24’ - 0” level 2 12’ - 0” ground level 0’ - 0”

creek level -24’ - 0”

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parapet level 72’ - 0” level 6 60’ - 0” level 5 48’ - 0” level 4 36’ - 0” level 3 24’ - 0” level 2 12’ - 0” ground level 0’ - 0”

creek level -24’ - 0”

northwest elevation elevation

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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roof plan

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elev.

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level 3

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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meditation space

total body machine

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gym

business center elev. dn.

level 3

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bar

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E 8th Street

restaurant

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fridge.

Red River Street

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elev.

kitchen front desk

T. O. SLAB - 6’ - 0”

T. O. SLAB

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T. O. SLAB

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elec. transform.

WALLER CREEK - 24’ - 0”

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T. O. SLAB - 3’ - 0”

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stage T. O. SLAB - 12’ - 0”

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T. O. SLAB - 9’ - 0”

elev. dn.

trash

coffee bar

recycle

ground level

elev.

mechanical equipment

elev.

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WALLER CREEK - 24’ - 0”

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basement level

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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12’-0”

16’-0”

The base room is a simple space that is divided by a partition that includes the bed, desk, + storage. The door opens up towards the living area while the partition screen the bathroom on the other half of the room. The entire room is laid out on a 4’ x 4’ Ggrid to be able to create a kit of parts that can be rearranged in different conditions and to be able to better lay out a room for accessability.

variations of the base room meant to address different issues that may arise in any particular room

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Materiality is fairly limited to concrete, wood and glass to be able to adhere to the Austin pattern of limited materials arranged and rearranged in layers.

Concrete is versatile and clean and is the primary material. A smooth form of board formed concrete is used to be ble to provide texture and a level of craftsmanship that is seen in Austin’s buildings. Concrete is also readily available well within a 500’ radius.

Wood acts as an accent to be able to provide a warmth and comfort for the visitor. It represents the human component of the building. Any aspect of the private spaces that areconcerned with the personalization to the user’s needs is made of wood as are the public ammenities meant to accomodate for human experiences. Kebonied wood uses a treatment that includes alcohol, pressure, and heat to be able to harden pine and other hardwoods allowing for the use of more sustainable wood options.

Glass is used to create permeability in the public spaces and as a gateway between the rooms and the City of Austin. example of board formed concrete contrasted by wood.

Pio Pio Restaurant New York, New York Sebastian Marsical Studio

Metal and porcelain are used in utilitarian components such as the sinks and toilets and to help ease transitions between the wood and the concrete.

example of materiality and layering in Austin Texas

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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fully closed wooden louvers

fully open wooden louvers

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bed configuration

desk configuration

storage configuration vel

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smooth board-formed concrete roller shades

kebonied pine

brushed aluminum/steel

l6

leve

operable wooden louvers operable window

l5

leve

operable window with black out shades

operable wooden louvers privacy and solar shading

l4

leve fixed wooden louvers

open to experience Austin

l3

leve

wall axon

closed for pricvacy + rest

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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Spaces in Austin tend follow similar progressions between public and pivate spaces using a semipublic courtyard providese a space of transition and relief between both.

Courtyard Entrance Sequence Haywood Hotel Austin, Texas KRDB

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Main entrances Hotel San Jose Austin, Texas Lake/Flato Architects

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b

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Lobby space and main axis from the street to the creek.

The hotel uses the stairs as a vertical courtyard that is open to the views of the city while protecting the guests from the elements. The floors with the rooms would require a key card to be able to access them but the stairs would be open to the public. The guardrail also provides a visual stimuli as it conveys the verticality of the space and it is a point of intereest for someone looking at it from the outside as people will appear and disappear as they travel up the stairs.

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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kebonied pine louvers louver motor insulation

insulation roller shades

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skylight reflective roof paint wood sheathing

D.1.a - roof detail

insu rolle

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parapet level 72’ - 0”

low-E glass

level 6 60’ - 0”

2 x 6 wood stud 8” x 8” MT steel anchor board insulation

level 5 48’ - 0” level 4 36’ - 0” level 3 24’ - 0” level 2 12’ - 0” ground level 0’ - 0”

low-E glass

basement level -16’ - 0” creek level -24’ - 0”

8” x 8” MT steel anchor board insulation

transverse section

2 x 6 wood stud

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parapet level 72’ - 0”

1” wooden boa

level 6 60’ - 0”

2” steel p 1” steel pla welded to metal p

4” steel pi

level 5 48’ - 0” level 4 36’ - 0” level 3 24’ - 0” level 2 12’ - 0” ground level 0’ - 0” basement level -16’ - 0” creek level -24’ - 0”

longitudinal section

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pine louvers louver motor insulation gutter rigid insulation

ulation er shades

skylight reflective roof paint wood sheathing

parapet level 72’- 0” D.1 D.1.b - gutter variation

level 6 60’- 0” D.2

level 5 48’- 0” D.3

D.2 - level 4 to level 5 transition level 4 36’- 0”

level 3 24’- 0”

D.4

D.3 - level 3 to level 4 transition level 2 12’- 0”

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ipe

pipe ate pipe

ground level 0’- 0”

light 3”x 3” steel angle D.4 - level 2 detail

basement level -12’- 0”

concrete pier to bedrock

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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extruded lighting concrete waffle grid

concrete column

connection detail

structure

pavilion structure

glass roof structure

waffle slab

hotel structure

waffle slabs

vertical structure and foundation

bar structure

bar waffle slab

vertical structure

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vertical structure

circulation

condenser BC connector register main supply/return zone a zone b zone c

HVAC ground level

plumbing fixture clean supply greywater blackwater

clean water from city

greywater for irrigation greywater cisterns and filters

blackwater sewage

plumbing

emergency egress

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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solar study - morning

solar study - midday

solar study - afternoon

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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solar study - morning

solar study - midday

solar study - afternoon

Austin Boutique Hotel graduate comprehensive studio | prof. peter raab

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The Texas Tech University College of Architecture at El Paso offers a photography class the last semester before graduating. The class focused on photographing people and abstract forms. This was meant to pull us out of the realm of architecture so as to be able to study composition, light, and form within the bounds of the frame.

Most of the pictures were taken in El Paso but our trip to New York offered a variety of new subjects and possibilities. Throughout the class a personal focus on the grime and struggle of living in an urban context began to form a pattern throughout the assignments.

Photography photography | prof. peter svarzbein

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14.32.000

HOSPITALITY

COUNTRY INNS + SUITES SUNLAND PARK

A rendering for a rebranding of a hotel in El Paso, Texas made for Alvidrez Architecture Inc. My time at Alvidrez Architecture provided experience in conceptual design, design development, construction documents, construction managment, consultant coordination, material selection, and graphic design.

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Revit AutoCAD Rhino Vray for Rhino Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign

Franklin HS, El Paso, TX. EPISD Career & Technology - Architectural Drafting Program El Paso Community College Texas Tech College of Architecture at El Paso Texas Tech College of Architecture

El Paso Builder’s Association 1st Place Scholarship El Paso Community College Dean’s List Texas Tech University Dean’s List TTU Proven Achiever’s Scholarship Edmond and Helen Anderson Scholarship Robert L. Coombs Bequest/Robert Leon Coombs Scholarship

El Paso Community College Architecture Society PHI THETA KAPPA AIAS TAU SIGMA DELTA

EPCC Rain Water Collection System Lydia Patterson Institute Design Charrette GRO El Paso 2014

Alvidrez Architecture Inc.

TTU Hospitality Services

Software

2009 - 2015 2011 - 2015 4 ,5, and Mac 4 and 5 CS5, CS6, and CC

Education

Class of 2011 2009-2011 Class of 2013 - Associate of Science Architecture Class of 2015 - Bachelor of Science Architecture Class of 2017 - Master of Architecture, M.Arch

Honors (hs) (fr/so) (jr) (jr/sr) (jr/sr) (jr/sr)

Clubs

general member (fr) secretary (so) general member (so) secretary of liasons (jr) general member (sr) general member (sr)

Vounteer Work 115 hours (so) (jr) 20 hours (jr)

Internship

Aug. 2014 to July 2015

Work

Aug. 11, 2014 to present

Resume 1 (915) 244-9815 | iolivares_05@yahoo.com

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