Architecture Portfolio
selected works
Juan Felipe Manrique
Interests
Construction
Design
Soft skills
Leadership
Problem
Spanish
Juan Felipe Manrique
As a dedicated BIM Architect, I specialize in advanced BIM methodologies. My experience spans public projects, focusing on spatial coordination, technical design and BIM coordination, and private projects, covering all RIBA stages from concept to site supervision. I’m eager to integrate AI technologies within BIM processes to enhance efficiency and creativity. My goal is to drive innovation in architecture while contributing to impactful, high-quality, and sustainable projects.
28 January 1996
Colombian (EU Long term residence permit - Italy)
Turin, Italy
+ 39 366 542 0617
jfelipe.manrique96@gmail.com
Licensed Architect SCA - Issued September 2022
Software skills
BIM software
Revit
Navisworks
Solibri
Python
Adobe suite
Illustrator
Photoshop
Indesign
Premier
Drafting and modeling
Autocad
Sketchup
Rhino Grasshopper
Rendering
3ds Max
Vray D5
Enscape
Work experience
Studio Settanta7 - BIM Architect
Collaboration as a BIM Architect in national public projects. Tasks include: Spatial coordination, technical design, BIM coordination and building permits
2 years - Turin, Italy
Officina 8A Architetti Associati - BIM Architect
Collaboration as a BIM Architect in national and international private building renovation and greenfield projects. Tasks included: Concept design, spatial coordination, technical design, rendering, construction costs estimation, building permits, and construction supervision
3 years - Turin, Italy
Espacio Colectivo Arquitectos - Internship
Internship participating in national architecture competitions
3 months - Cali, Colombia
Home Concept Idea and design - Designer
Luxury residential furniture designer
1 year - Cali, Colombia
Education
Master of Science degree in Architecture Construction City
Final Score: 110/110 Cum Laude and mention
Politecnico di Torino - Turin, Italy
Bachelor’s degree in Architecture
Final Score: 4.51/ 5.0 Awarded Order of Academic Merit
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Cali, Colombia
Online course - Mastering AI in AEC
AI applications within Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)
Academic awards
‘Magis’ Scholarship
Scholarship for academic excellence during bachelor studies
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Cali, Colombia
Publications
Project of the year - OICE Awards 2024
Awarded project - Cittadella Scolastica di Castel Volturno
Work experience
Bosco della Musica
Milan, Italy
Waterdrop
Castel Volturno, Italy
Villa glicini
Turin, Italy
Overlapped
Orbassano, Italy
Sweet contrast
Turin, Italy
Academic projects
Campbox convention center Venice, Italy
Disability care center
Cali, Colombia
Cultural center
Cali, Colombia
Bosco della Musica
Milan, Italy
The project consists in the creation of the new Milan Music Conservatory, inspired by the surrounding forest and its organic forms, particularly the diverse shapes of leaves and natural sounds. The design reflects nature’s influence on the arts, echoing music’s origins as an emulation of natural sounds used in ceremonies. It aims to sustainably revitalize an inaccessible area, transforming it into an open, inclusive space that catalyzes regeneration. This includes refurbishing the “Ex Chimici” building and constructing three new structures, two for educational activities and one for student housing, enhancing both functionality and environmental renewal.
Project contribution
BIM Coordination (entire project), spatial coordination, technical design of Building B (RIBA stages)
Project team
Arch. Alessandra Novara, Arch. Juan Felipe Manrique, Arch. Lorenzo Avigo, Arch. Marika Ritoli
Building D University residences
Building A Auditorium
Building C - “Ex Chimici” Music school
Building B Multifunctional
Masterplan
New Milan Conservatory campus
Classroom
Multipurpose room
Canteen
Entrance hall
Connective
Restrooms
Bureaus Music room
Green terraces
Building B Multifunctional building
Canteen
Entrance Hall
Images by SECCHI SMITH
Curtain wall mullion system
Vinyl fabric flooring
Waterdrop
Castel Volturno, Italy
The project consists of the creation of the largest school complex in Italy, with nearly 15,000 m², on land reclaimed from the mafia, and covering approximately 69,894 m². It will have capacity for 1,800 students from Kindergarten to Secondary levels. The design, inspired by a drop of water on earth, integrates the Garibaldi Institute, the Castel Volturno Centro Institute and a gym. The design features continuous and fluid spatial elements, reminiscent of the incessant flow of the Volturno River.
Project contribution
BIM Coordination, spatial coordination, technical design (RIBA stages) and facade parametric design.
Project team
Arch. Alessandra Novara, Arch. Juan Felipe Manrique
Cost - 28.000.000 €
Project of the Year OICE awards LINK
Revit + Rhino + Grasshopper + Navisworks
Images by WOLF
Main Entrance Castel Volturno Institute
Main Entrance Giuseppe Garibaldi Institute
Kindergarten
Primary School
Auditorium Offices
Canteen
Gymnasium
Ground Floor
Kindergarten + Primary School
Open percentage per panel - 20%
Perforated aluminum composite panel - 5 mm thick
DET. B
DET. B
DET. C
DET. C
Facade composition
Facade detail section
DET. A
DET. A
Villa Glicini
Turin, Italy
The project is proposed as an alternative for the renovation of the “Villa Glicini” sports complex located near the city center of Turin. This renovation surges from the municipality’s need, through a public architecture competition, to reactivate the entire area that was in disuse and deterioration for some years. The project contemplates the creation of new padel fields as well as the creation of a new fencing gym for the local community. In addition to that, is proposed the total renovation of the complex’s main building, including a new restaurant and exhibition room, as well as the entire outdoor areas.
Project contribution
Concept design, 3D modeling, architectural illustrations.
Project team
Arch. Davide Franchina, Arch. Juan Felipe Manrique
Section A-A
Fencing gym axonometry
1. Soundproofing panels
2. Equipped walls
3. Luminous panels 4. Lockers
5. Scoreboard totem
6. Footboards
7. Bleachers
8. Glazed partition wall
9. Concrete staircase
Overlapped
Orbassano,
Italy
A new construction project for a single-family home in the city of Orbasano. It was projected based on two general principles; the first, to protect the privacy of the interior of the building from the access street in which there is also a parking lot; and the second, to generate a contrast of volumes between the levels of the house that, when overlapped, generate new and unexpected spaces that make the house feel much larger than it really is.
Project contribution
Concept design, spatial coordination, technical design (RIBA stages), BIM modeling, rendering.
Revit + Enscape
Ground floor plan
3. Drainage channel
Washed gravel sp. 3 cm
Concrete screed for slope sp. 5 cm 6. Plasterboard false ceiling sp. 1,3 cm
7. Window shutters in corten bars
8. Wood window frame + double glass
9. Cladding in perforated corten sheet
10. Double glass parapet + metal support
23. Cellular glass insulating panel sp. 12 cm
Technical systems screed sp. 10 cm
XPS insulation panel sp. 15 cm
Reinforced concrete foundation slab
Load-bearing panel in XLam sp. 14 cm
Insulating panel sp. 10 cm 11. Helicopter concrete floor sp. 3 cm 12. Insulating panel sp. 5 cm 13. Load-bearing panel in XLam sp. 14 cm
16. Double sheet of plasterboard sp. 2,6 cm
17. internal insulation with rock wool
18. Bearing structure in XLam sp. 12 cm 19. External thermal insulation sp. 15 cm
20. External plaster coating sp. 2 cm
21. Walls decorated with water-based paint 14. Acoustic insulating panel 15. Plasterboard false ceiling sp. 1,3 cm
Sweet contrast
Turin,
Italy
The apartment’s renovation project aimed to create a unique ambient through experimentation with different shapes, materials and colors that, despite being very different from each other, together generate a balance and a particular contrast that make this a cozy space.
Project contribution
Concept design, spatial coordination, technical design (RIBA stages), rendering, technical systems drawings, costs estimation, building permits and construction supervision.
Revit + Rhino
Photos by Sabrina Gazzola
1. Concrete slab with cast on site beams
2. Plasterboard veil with metal support
3. Lacquered MDF panel for wall cladding
4. Solid oak shelf anchored to the wall
5. On-site lacquered wall light
6. Induction hob with extractor hood
7. Grey lacquered aluminum skirting board
8. Wallpaper covering glued to the wall
9. Kitchen top in “Verde Alpi” marble
10. Door in lacquered MDF - 20 mm thick
11. Doors in blockboard of oak with glued rods
12. Groove in lacquered aluminum profile
Solid walnut
Painted iron sheet
Campbox convention center
Venice, Italy
The idea of the project was to think on a single large iconic building in which a large number of functions and activities could be condensed but without altering significantly the skyline or urban fabric of an already consolidated city. The main concern of the project was to understand the space from the user experience, that is why the medium of representation is of the comic type, where the story of different characters that interact with the building is told.
Project team
Matteo Pisano, Mouad Ait Hadda, Juan Felipe Manrique
Revit + Illustrator
Ground floor
Section A-A
Concept and program
I’ll take The hoT dog
inTeresTing skylIne
Disability care center
Cali, Colombia
The intention of the project was to distribute the program of a single large building into four buildings connected to each other to generate a greater quantity and variety in the public spaces granted to the community. The buildings were thought of as large uniform blocks of stone materials but on which a sunblind system is supported that aims to help the buildings’ climate control.
Individual project
Green corridor Infiltration channel
Urban farming
Private gardens
Rainwater reuse
Ground floor
Section A-A
Technological section
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5.
Photovoltaic panel of 300W
Metal hook for anchoring sunblinds
Perforated metal panels 40 x 150 cm
Metal channel for rainwater
Sunblind in 2 mm aluminum profile
6. Sliding window with aluminum frame
7. Metal profile for facade supporting
8. Concrete block wall of 15 x 20 x 40 cm
9. Glazed concrete floor of 3 cm thickness
10. Herringbone brick floor of 8 x 10 x 20 cm
Cultural center
Cali, Colombia
The concept of the project was to organize a series of volumes that would contain the main functions around a large central courtyard. To articulate these volumes, a large platform was proposed in order to intersect the volumes in a way that would allow connecting the different spaces and at the same time allowing that visuals could be appreciated both inside the central courtyard and outside the complex. The ground floor was arranged as a large open space that would allow greater permeability of urban flows to the complex.
Individual project
Revit + Photoshop
Section A-A
