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J M C A r c h . S e l e c t e d Wo r k

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Jorge Manuel Couso Architecture Portfolio 2022 Weitzman School of Design

contents Hip Hop Lolux

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Synergy

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Explicit Voids

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Reptilia

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SuperBlock

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Unstable Integuments

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Venice Arches

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Professional Work Samples

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Architrave 26 Legacy

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HOK Futures Competition

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Hip Hop Lolux

HIP HOP LOLUX University of Pennsylvania 2021 601 Lolux Commons Housing Studio Critic: Jonas Coersmeier Ta: Danny Ortega Program: Residential/Cultural Selected for Pressing Matters XI Hip Hop culture originated in Brooklyn in the summer of 1973 as a back-to-school party in the recreation room of 1520 Sedgwick Ave. This communal space was all the residents had as an amenity to interact with each other.

Due to the small size of the space, the event had to be moved to Cedar Park, in the Bronx to accommodate more people. The poor living conditions in these owned government buildings was a catalyst for many early day rappers to speak about it in their lyrics, one example being Grand Master Flash in his song “The Message”. The shared experiences, struggles, and vignettes of everyday life for communities of Black and Hispanic minorities all combine to a singular representation of a counterculture rooted inactivism and self-expression.

Hip Hop architecture comes into place by challenging those modernist ideals in which these residential own government buildings were based off, to designing a building that remixes, reuses, and tells a new story where people are not struggling, and living in good conditions. Hip Hop architecture has come to light now more than ever and has made a significant impact in the community. In the site of focus, which is 45 North Elliot Place in Brooklyn, my building will integrate into the existing by remixing and reusing the modernist ideas of low-income housing, single family apartments and poor living conditions to designing a Hip-Hop residential community building where the new integrates in the old and remixes the living situation into unique unconventional spaces that describe what Hip Hop Culture is all about.

Site Location Navy Yard Housing 45 N Elliott Pl, Brooklyn, NY

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Cluster Unit Types Duplex Co-Living Apartment

Recreation Rooms

Duplex Co-Living Apartment

SPATIAL TYPE B : 2 FLOOR BEDROOM APARTMENT

Duplex Co-Living Apartment

Massing Circulation Diagram 4

Program Diagram Hip Hop Lolux

Public Commons

Residential Spaces

1:1000 Material Cast Massing Models

Material Texture Exploration Brooklyn, NY

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8th Floor Plan

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1:1000 PLA Massing + Material Massing Study Models

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Longitudinal Section

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Choisy Analytical Chunk Brooklyn, NY

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1:100 Chunk Model Close Up

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Hip Hop Lolux

1:100 Chunk Model Brooklyn, NY

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Public Commons Choisy Cut-Away 12

Hip Hop Lolux

West Elevation

Key Visual Rendering on Site Brooklyn, NY

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Isometric Hinge Cut-Away 601 Lolux Commons Housing Studio Visual Studies III | Critic: Brian De Luna 14

Hip Hop Lolux

Brooklyn, NY

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Synergy University of Pennsylvania 2021 Visual Studies III | Plan Hybrids Critic: Miroslava Brooks

To produce this hybrid-plan a combination of three drawings were needed in other to achieve the final composition. The drawings used were Paul Rudloph's Crawford Manor, Overview Lake Tandou in Australia and the current studio housing plan. Different techniques came into place when merging these drawings together, which included copying, duplicating, scaling, rotating, and reconfiguring them in such a way that the connections between the individual fragments are seamless. This exercise asked to reconcile the seemingly incomprehensible scalar differences between the building and the landscape through a speculative narrative.

"New York City’s most wanted artificial disaster artist has been found and arrested in what was thought to be a janitor’s closet inconspicuously tucked into a corner of LoLux Common’s new building. Wanted for crimes of artificially constructing numerous catastrophes, the artist’s laboratory that turned out to be embedded deep within the earth’s bedrock has been providing the perfect hideaway until recently being discovered by authorities.

While inspecting the lab for criminal evidence, authorities stumbled upon a mysterious message relaying the disaster artist’s most recent plot they could not decipher. After receiving the message back from decoding experts, they were met with bad news: the disaster artist’s plot is already in progress."

Housing Plan | Lolux Common Studio

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Lake Tandou | Australia 16

Paul Rudolph | Crawford Manor Synergy

Plan Hybrid

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Landing of the Cosmonauts Isometric Render View 18

EXPLICIT VOIDS

EXPLICIT VOIDS University of Pennsylvania 2021 Digiblast 2 Week Summer Workshop Critics: Danielle Willems + Ezio Blasetti Program: Climbing Folly Explicit voids explores different types of architecture forms. With Boolean Logic as the driver for these shapes, a relationship is established between void and solid massing.

Different types of voids start to develop an unique language that starts to incorporate and shape the ground.

This climbing folly has sophisticated cuts that start to create a new dialogue with the exisiting site. Because of the intricacy and diffuculty to climb this folly, climbers themselves started to call it “Landing of the Cosmonauts”.

The name was given because it resembles an alien like spaceship that landed on Earth and rusted for centuries .

Materiality Detailed Render

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Site + Intervention Exploded Isometric Climbing Folly 1

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Site Hardscape

Climbing Folly on site

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Climbing Folly Floor Plan 22

EXPLICIT VOIDS

West Elevation

Isometric Rendering PHILADELPHIA, PA

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Reptilia University of Pennsylvania 2021 Visual Studies III | Difficult Wholes Critic: Nathan Hume

To produce the assemblages, initial figures extracted from Piranesi's Campo Marzio drawing, where used to build the composition. To achieve the form, selected figures where picked and further explored to combine them in a way where the composition seems as one whole obejct.

The color pallet was explored in all the options with different intakes to see how it can alter the perception of the assemblage. Reptilia came into light after researching reptile skin to make it part of the identity of the Difficult Whole. The final composition of the three iterations start to show how their is a relation in the distribution of color throughout the compostion.

Reptilia Exploded Axonometric

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Reptilia 2 Reptilia

Reptilia 1 Difficult Wholes

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1:50 Sectional Model 26

SUPERBLOCK

SUPERBLOCK University of Florida Fall Semester 2018 Critic: Mark McGlothlin Collaboration with: Diego Ramirez + Hans Milian Program: Institutional

Spanning from the principal streets of Bleeker and Houston, the NYU research branch is a reconfiguration and exploration around infixing a mass amount of educational program amidst a primarily residential area.

The project has a multiplicity of considerations being that it was to be infixed between two large existing residential spaces. A lower profile in terms of height was chosen in order to maintain the relative scale with the surrounding neighborhoods along the westward portion. The profile was undulated with the main limb rising towards the eastern side. This slope in height was achieved in response towards the more prominent business blocks.

Obeserving past iterations of the block in terms of top circulation, a series of diagrams were produced focusing on the primary massings and percieved possible routes of circulation. These would serve as a catalyst for assessing the below grade program.

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Speculative drawings where done referencing previous historical paths of circualtion with the current conditions offered in the north block. The main goal was to begin drawing conclusions on circulation through various floor levels by compacting information and looking at patterns amongst the drawings.

A speculative site mapping was done in which exploration in circulation, traffic, possible areas of intervention and population of people where analyzed in order to advanced with the project. Different graphic techniques where used in order to produce this drawing.

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SUPERBLOCK

1/100 scale preliminary massing models exploring site intervention, form and spaces within the ifrastructure of the site.

1/50 scale process model exploring site intervention, form and spaces. Materiality was taken into consideration in this construct to develop the concept further in the next phases of the project.

NEW YORK, NY

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CIRCULATION DIAGRAM

Internal Circulation Vehicle Transit North Block Circulation South Block Circulation Infrastructure NYU Super-Block Proposal

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SUPERBLOCK

PROGRAM DIAGRAM

Graduate School study rooms Faculty office rooms

|Informal/interactive student gathering spaces

Below Grade Teaching spaces Lecture halls Theater space |Seminar rooms Below Grade

Public market place

Food court Gym facilty Book store/computer lab |Library Underground connection to south block

NYU dormitory tower

K-8 Public school

NEW YORK, NY

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NORTH BLOCK EXPLODED ISOMETRIC

Facade Systems

Structure Systems

Glazing Components

Roof Terraces/ Gardens

North Block Proposal

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SUPERBLOCK

Aerial Render

Street Perspective

School Night Render

NEW YORK, NY

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SUPERBLOCK

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SUPERBLOCK

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Partial Model Isometric Drawing 38

Unstable Integuments

UNSTABLE INTEGUMENTS University of Pennsylvania 2022 602 Cuboids & Cylinds Studio Critic: Simon Kim Collaboration with: David Perrine Ta: Diego Ramirez Program: Cultural WORK IN PROGRESS

Our project at the moment formally is about the nesting and interrelationship of characters, not to each other, but to a unifying structure. The characters are related in some way to each other, but the connection more so exists between the construct and the characters. The construct (box) exists as a contextual and ever-present monolith. The monolith exists to provide structure and context to the characters while also operating as a unifying infrastructure.

The general programs of the objects are generally divided into 4 categories: those being artistic oriented, waste stream oriented, homeless oriented, or ecologically oriented. We are proposing that characters exist nested physically and metaphorically in a poche, or construct. Poche, something that is typically understood as a “non-human” landscape, is now, not only visible, but accessible. The boundaries between the typical dichotomies of architecture, those being, space and matter, begin to get deconstructed.

Partial Floor Plan

Site Location 7333 Milnor St, Philadelphia, PA

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Sectional Pouche Studies

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Unstable Integuments

Combination of Pouche Studies

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Isometric Rendering 42

Venice Arches

VENICE ARCHES University of Pennsylvania 2022 HOK Futures 2 Week Competition Collaboration with: Diego Ramirez Program: Winery The Venice Arches is a complex for the growing and study of enology located in Venice Island. The multi-stage process involved in shipping a bottle of wine serves as a case study for independent entrepreneurs who are seeking mentorship in entering the food and wine industry.

Tenants have access to culinary flex spaces where potential products can be porotyped and paired with the local wine, using tasting events as gauge tools for future success.

Site Plan Rendering

Site Location 4436 Main St, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

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Ground Floor Plan

Longitudinal Section 44

Venice Arches

Philadelphia, PA

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Cross Section Winery Operations Render 46

Venice Arches

Philadelphia, PA

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Firm: BEA Architects Occupation: Design Architect Supervisor: Mario Ortega Team: Alejandro Torres, Evelyn Inglesias, Patricia Elso Conceptual Renders

Belize cruise terminal conceptual master plan rendering.

Flamingo Marina conceptual master plan rendering.

Port of Barcelona cruise terminal conceptual rendering perspective.

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BEA Architects

Firm: GS Architects Occupation: Design Architect Supervisor: Gustavo Spokoiny Team: Abel Maqueira

PROFESSIONAL WORK SAMPLES

Renderings

Modern Stone Visualization Render | Miami, Fl ( Project under construction )

PalmAir Apartment Complex Visualization Render | Pompano Beach, Fl ( Project under construction )

Private Home Visualization Render | Coral Gables, Fl ( Project under construction ) GS Architecture

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Firm: BEA Architects Occupation: Design Architect Supervisor: Adrian Price Team: Iris Sanchez, Gustavo Santos

Layton Transfer Station The Keys, Florida. Permit wall sections indicating materiality and construction methods.

Construction Documents in CAD

Layton Transfer Station The Keys, Florida.Roof details permit drawings.

Miccosukee Golf Course Club House Renovation Miami, Florida. Blow up section of the bar area.

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BEA Architects

Firm: GS Architects Occupation: Design Architect Supervisor: Gustavo Spokoiny Team: Abel Maqueira

PROFESSIONAL WORK SAMPLES

Construction Documents in Revit

Private Home in Miami Florida. Wall sections

Modern Stone in Miami Florida. Wall & Stairs construction set details in Revit.

Modern Stone in Miami Florida. Zoom In Construction section.

GS Architecture

Private Home in Miami Florida. Floor Plan Details

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Architrave 26 University of Florida 2019 Architrave Publication Creative Executive Editor

Architrave is a yearly student run publication that acts as a retrospective for the entirety of the undergraduate program at the University of Florida School of Architecture. Every year around the beginning of the Fall semester, a call for submissions of the student work is put out. Following the deadlines, what occurs is the curation of a body of work that is indicative of the energy of the school for the given period.

As the Creative Executive Editor it was of importance to create a recognizable image that was indicative of the school, regardless of any trend or movement in the field.

Previosly, the covers and themes for the publication were not kept cohesive. The only constant in the publication was the font. Each submitted piece of student work was retouched with permission and catalogued into a database for future publication teams. The printing process was overseen and inspected through multiple proofs for total accuracy and final product delivery.

Inside Cover Sleeve: Front

Architrave had always been the face of the student body, so it was imperative to feature the face of the school as the publication, literally. The Eastern Facades and the entirety of the school was digitally modeled in order to create the vector graphics for the Front covers, inside sleeves, and inserts. Opaque Mylar and other media were sourced as the inside sleeves of the book. The publication was sectioned into themes relating to the curriculum of the school, garnering properties of each and arrangin work for the corresponding section.

The details of the Contributors was collected and assigned index numbers in order to create am Authorship Glossary with Corresponding Studio Details. This allowed for a greater range in freedom for editing space and printing tolerances.

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ARCHITRAVE 26 LEGACY

Gainesville, FL

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Pages of the book showing the variety of work collected to put the publication together. The abudance of student work is what made this book possible.

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ARCHITRAVE 26 LEGACY

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Contact Email | jcouso@upenn.edu Cell Phone Number | (786)-961-0910

Jorge Manuel Couso Education University of Pennsylvania | Weitzman School of Design Master of Architecture | 05 - 2023

Skills

University of Florida | School of Architecture

Digital Modeling

Miami Dade College | School of Architecture

Rhino 7

Bachelors in Design with Honors | 05-2019 Associate in Arts | 05 - 2017

Autodesk Revit BIM

Experience

Grasshopper

GS ARCHITECTURE

Autocad 3D/ Drafting

Miami, Florida | 02-2020 to 08-2021

Visual Analysis

Architect Designer

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Have worked in several housing projects producing construction documents in Revit.

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Have done residentail house renderings using Lumion.

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Worked in various residential interior desing projects.

Vizualization / Digital Media

BEA ARCHITECTS

Miami, Florida | 06-2019 to 07-2020

Vray Render for Rhino 7

Architect Designer

Lumion Render

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Worked in Belize Cruise Terminal Conceptual master plan.

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Worked in Flamingo Marina Conceptual master plan.

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Produced floor plans, rendering perspectives and diagrams for Hallandale Beach Container Retail

Photoshop Illustrator Indesign

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Adobe After Effects Adobe Premier KeyShot Z-Brush

Physical Modeling

Accomplishments

Produced diagrams and site plan render for renovation in Disney Cruise Terminal in Port Canaveral, Florida.

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Worked in various projects producing construction documents.

BEA ARCHITECTS

Miami, Florida | 06-2018 to 08-2018 Junior Architect Intern •

Worked in Port Of Barcelona Cruise Terminal Proposal.

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Rendered master plan/site plan for Port Of Barcelona Cruise Terminal Proposal.

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Produced floor plan diagrams in AUTOCAD + Photoshop.

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Assembled client presentation in Indesign.

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Creative Executive Editor

University of Florida School of Architecture

Architrave 26 - Student Run Publication

Honors Thesis Completion University of Florida School of Architecture

Puerto Rico Re_start Certificate University of Florida School of Architecture

First Place Digital Competition University of Florida School of Architecture

Perkins + Will Scholarchip Candidate University of Florida School of Architecture

Pressing Matters Work Publication Weitzman School of Design

NCARB AXP Completion Hours: 4,716

Involvement Creative Team Member Architrave 25 - Student Run Publication Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 University of Florida School of Architecture

Miami Dade College School of Architecture Study Abroad Participant Summer 2016 | Summer 2017 | Summer 2019

National Honor Society Spring 2015 - Spring 2017 Miami Dade College RESUME

1:100 Chunk Model Hip Hop Lolux

JMC Architecture 2022 S e l e c t e d Wo r k Inversus