Jose Maria Lavena. Architect. CV & Portfolio 2017 by Jose Maria Lavena

José María Lavena Merino Architect CV & Portfolio 2017

PRESENTATION LETTER Mail: jmlavena@gmail.com Telephone: +49 174 533 9669 Skype: jmlavena Novalisstrasse 16, 10115, Berlin, Deutchsland To whom it may concern, My name is José María Lavena Merino and I’m an Architect graduated at the High Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM), in October, 2011 with more than 5 years of experience. I am a hard working person with great capacity of effort and overcoming. I have a high sense of responsibility, good capacity of analysis planning and creative. I am effective in the management of time and resolution of problems. I am used to work in multicultural areas and also to work in large or small teams. I consider myself as a good communicator with excellent capacity of relationship, empathy and with high motivation. While I was coursing the architecture degree at the Polytechnic School of Madrid I was awarded with an international student scholarship from the Università Roma Tre, in Rome, where I spent a year in 2007. The following year I took an International internship in CVDB Arquitectos in Lisbon, Portugal, during which I collaborated in different kinds of projects and scales that you con find in my enclosed CV. The internship gave me the opportunity to broaden my horizons, improve my social skills and, most importantly, I learned how to work in a team. Over the 10 months I have been in CVDB Arquitectos we have been awarded in several occasions. I worked at Ensamble Studio / Antón Garcia-Abril since November 2011 developing different projects, research and academic courses. Since May 2013 I became the Manager of the Madrid’s Office and also Chief Architect for a tower in China and the MIT Campus between others. After that I worked as Chief Architect in Corona-Amaral Arquitectos for an important competition in the south of Tenerife (we won the first prize) until April 2015. Since June 2015 until November 2016 I worked as Chief Architect in different projects in competition’s department at Sauerbruch Hutton in Berlin and also developed a couple of projects with LP3/LP4/LP5 detail. I would appreciate the opportunity to talk to you in order to discuss my interests and qualifications in more detail. Should you need any further information do not hesitate to contact me in the address stated above. 3

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Ensamble Studio, Madrid Hemeroscopium House, The Truffle, Reader’s House, Telcel Theatre. Master Thesis project Time Bank in Alonso Martínez, Madrid, Spain. September 2011 CVDB Arquitectos, Lisbon CITA, Arraiolos, Portugal. First prize. Built. February 2010 School Braamcamp Freire, Lisbon,Portugal. First prize. Built. June 2010 Ensamble Studio, Madrid The Cloud, Madrid, Spain. Built. April 2012 SpainLab, Spanish Pavilion in Biennale di Venezia 2012, Italy. Built. July 2012 Tower in Milan, Italy. Schematic design. September 2012 Tower in Zhengzhou, China. Schematic Design. November 2012 MIT Campus, Boston, United States. Research project. September 2013 Uneven Growth Exhibition, MoMA, New York City, United States. Exhibition. October 2014 Corona-Amaral Arquitectos, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Masterplan and Hotel Resort, Tenerife, Spain. First prize. In process. March 2015 Sauerbruch Hutton, Berlin Pole Museal, Lausanne, Switzerland. Competition. August 2015 Bauhaus Museum, Berlin, Germany. Competition. September 2015 Zukunft Wohnen, Köln, Germany. Competition. Mention. December 2015 Volksbankreal, Freiburg, Germany. Competition. Mention. February 2016 Recommendation letters Tom Geister, Sauerbruch Hutton, Berlin. 2016 Antón García-Abril, Ensamble Studio, Madrid + Boston. 2014 Cristina Veríssimo, CVDB Arquitectos, Lisbon. 2011 María José Aranguren, Aranguren + Gallegos Arquitectos, Madrid. 2011 Alberto Campo Baeza, Madrid. 2010

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José María Lavena Merino 1985 Born in Badajoz, Spain, August 05th 1985. Spanish national. Education 2011 Architect by Escuela Técnica Superior de Madrid (ETSAM), Madrid Polytechnic University. 2008 Erasmus at Università Roma Tré, Roma. September 2007 - July 2008.

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Work Experience SEHW Architektur (Berlin, Germany) Chief Architect. November 2016 - At present. Sauerbruch Hutton (Berlin, Germany) Chief Architect. June 2015 - November 2016. Corona-Amaral (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain). Chief Architect. December 2014 - April 2015. Ensamble Studio (Madrid, Spain). Office Manager. November 2011 - December 2014. CVDB Arquitectos (Lisbon, Portugal). Intern. September 2009 - June 2010. ACXT-Ingeniería IDOM (Madrid, Spain). Intern. Summer 2007. Ensamble Studio (Madrid, Spain). Intern. Summer 2006. Computer skills Cad: Autocad, Microstation, Sketchup, Rhino, Revit (basic). Graphic editing: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Keynote, Final Cut Pro X. Structural: Cype. MS Office Suite: Word, Excel, Power Point. Languages Native: Spanish and Portuguese. Fluent: English and Italian. Basic: German.

HEMEROSCOPIUM HOUSE, MADRID Commission. Built. Ensamble Studio

THE TRUFFLE, COSTA DA MORTE Commission. Built. Ensamble Studio

READERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HOUSE, MADRID Competition. Built. Ensamble Studio

TELCEL THEATRE, MEXICO D.F. Commission. Built. Ensamble Studio

TIME BANK IN ALONSO MARTÍNEZ, MADRID Master Thesis project, September 2011

A time bank is a system of services’ exchange for time. In it, the unit of exchange is not money but a standard measure of time, such as work hours. It’s a system of exchange of services for services or favours for favours. It has the advantage of encouraging social relationships and equality between different social classes.

CITA MUSEUM, ARRAIOLOS First prize competition. Built. CVDB Arquitectos, February 2010

Author of the project: Cristina Veríssimo, Diogo Burnay, Tiago Filipe Santos. Project team: Joana Barrelas, Rodolfo Reis, Ariadna Nieto, Ângelo Branquinho, Hugo Nascimento, Inês Carrapiço, José María Lavena, Laura Palma, Miguel Travesso. Client: Câmara Municipal de Arraiolos.

SCHOOL BRAAMCAMP FREIRE, LISBON First prize competition. Built. CVDB Arquitectos, June 2010

Author of the project: Cristina Veríssimo, Diogo Burnay, Tiago Filipe Santos. Project team: João Falcão, Rodolfo Reis, Joana Barrelas, Adam Pelissero, André Barbosa, Ângelo Branquinho, Ari Nieto, Guilherme Bivar, Hugo Nascimento, Inês Carrapiço, Irune Ardanza, José María Lavena, Leonor Vaz Pinto, Luigi Martinelli, Miguel Travesso, Silvia Amaral. Client: Parque Escolar, EPE.

THE CLOUD, MADRID Commission. Built. Ensamble Studio, June 2012

The Cloud is a dense space built with a very light material, it is 98% air. Based on 7 modules of identical massive volume: 2.4 x 6 x 2.4 m., each of them is shaped differently to generate a unique space, thus getting: the stage, the patio, the step, the circus, the cinema, the assembly and the scale. 7 spaces as the 7 notes that compose the musical scale, which combined together produce very different sets of sounds, multiple scenes that accommodate simultaneously reading, playing, rest or conversation activities. The material that shapes each module, expanded polystyrene, is assembled in a massive way ensuring optimal mechanical performance, and is protected with a layer of resin that completes the construction system providing what the foam does not have: stability, durability and colour. The lightness of this technology makes movable what would otherwise be immovable, facilitating the handling of the pieces and their necessary mobility. The Cloud is a space within a space. Designed to be placed in the Reader’s House, in Madrid’s Old Municipal Slaughterhouse, it is architecture at the scale of children between 1 and 12 years old, where the youngest ones discover a universe custom-made, to develop and learn, to hide, to escape, to create and recreate, finally in a space that plays by their rules. Author of the project: Antón García-Abril, Débora Mesa, Javier Cuesta. Project team: Sara Nunes, Valentina Marchetti, José María Lavena, Karlien Van der Linden, Aukje Gossens. Client: Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez.

SPAINLAB, SPANISH PAVILION IN BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2012 Exhibition. Built. Ensamble Studio, July 2012

Innovation and research are the themes that define the work of the seven teams and the seven installations that articulate SPAINLAB, an exhibition curated by the architects Anton Garcia-Abril and Debora Mesa (Ensamble Studio). Each of the seven participants will display his or her unique take on scientific processes used in achieving a certain balance between abstract concepts and their actual implementation, transcending the finished product so as to open a new window to the reasons and emotions that made them possible in the first place. SPAINLAB stems out of a clear strategy: proving that the true value of Spanish architecture does not lie as much in the final image it materializes, but showing instead that its real future demands support and attention to personal investigative processes. None of the seven installations tries to display certainties; on the contrary, all of them are but an excuse for each team to keep investigating, test its ideas, build prototypes of their work in progress and share their liveliest body of work.

ZIP TOWER, MILAN First prize. Schematic design. Ensamble Studio, September 2012

Milan Tower define a flexible housing system that is able to respond to both social and economical current and future demands. It is no longer a question of designing fixed layouts to optimize, and many times strangle, the square meters of our living space. It is a question of designing a versatile and generous space that is easy to configure, a space where many possible lives can happen; and in order to achieve this we have to be able to design the optimum frame that will enable this kind of space. Author of the project: Antón García-Abril, Débora Mesa, Javier Cuesta. Chief architect: Valentina Marchetti. Project team: Sara Nunes, José María Lavena, Elena Pérez, David Santamaría, Takuya Hosokai, Danae Haratsis, Jennifer Kurth. Client: Citylife Milan.

FLOWER TOWER, ZHENGZHOU Commission. Schematic design. Ensamble Studio, November 2012

Flower Tower is a flexible system that optimizes the construction of high quality office space. Its design takes as a useful reference the efficient and beautiful systems found in nature, in particular the flower, observing its form, its structure and its function, to achieve an equally balanced design. The result is a dynamic system, alive and adaptable, that feeds into the infrastructural network provided by the context becoming an active element of it. The structural scheme is simple but rich: a series of floor plates (calyxes), formed by 60 identical beams (petals), stack vertically connecting through their central core, where loads are transmitted to the ground. Perimeter structure tie the outer rings of the calyxes stabilizing the cantilevered structure. Petals are accurately engineered elements of great technological sophistication that contain everything the space needs. Author of the project: Antón García-Abril, Débora Mesa, Javier Cuesta. Chief architect: José María Lavena. Project team: Sara Nunes, Valentina Marchetti,Karlien Van der Linden, Aukje Gossens,Noelia García, Alberto Buldón, David Santamaria. Client: Zhengzhou City.

MIT CAMPUS, BOSTON Research project. Ensamble Studio, September 2013

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), located in Cambridge, Boston, is a world-class educational institution. MIT was considered the best university of the world by the QS World Ranking 2012. MIT needs to implement innovative solutions to respond to current technologies and world organization, developing new programs and resources that make education universally accessible. MIT Campus consists of a by-pass, a linear city, 1 km long, wich develops MIT’s spine and cloud in Kendall Square where 13 new platforms appears with new faculty buildings. It organizes an structural corridor, a new public space and strategic collection of academic and non-academic uses. It’s a new vision of how MIT Campus should evolve to match its radically innovative education and research agendas to the architecture that contains them. Author of the project: Antón García-Abril, Débora Mesa, Javier Cuesta. Chief architect: José María Lavena. Project team: Valentina Marchetti, Ricardo Sanz, Alba Cortés, Giulia Rapizza. Client: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

UNEVEN GROWTH EXHIBITION, MoMA, NEW YORK Research project. Exhibition. Ensamble Studio, October 2014

Ultralight Growth The instability of the ground, the need for spatial flexibility and the insecurity of tenancy, make the idea of growing light -technically, functionally and conceptually- suitable for home-grown neighbourhoods. POPlab is working in a series of ultra light construction systems -to be applied to build second and third levels in pre-existing structures- that can be easily appropriated and customized with available tools and materials and can be assembled and disassembled without incurring in big costs or efforts. Knowledge exchanges of these types can be very enriching for both researchers and home-grown settlement dwellers. Supra Growth As a reaction to the lack of public services and the dispirited character of “rehabilitation strategies” that indifferently erode pre-existing fabrics, POPlab proposes Supraextructures as a way of reclaiming the space of the air for even growth. Supraextructures are three-dimensional urban infrastructures which: touch the ground punctually connecting to other networks, build new levels –plots as flying carpets- for the city to expand, facilitate productive balances between public and private realms and service old and new residents. Learning from the ground they emerge, they enable growth at the scale of home-grown neighbourhoods, in the air, where new paths for incremental evolution are provided and the integration of different typologies, architectures, scales and -foremost- people aimed. Author of the project: Antón García-Abril, Débora Mesa. Chief architect: José María Lavena, Marie Benaboud. Project team: Ricardo Sanz, Massimo Loia, Borja Soriano, Simone Cavallo Client: MoMA, Museum of Modern Art of New York.

MASTERPLAN AND HOTEL RESORT, TENERIFE First prize competition. Corona-Amaral Arquitectos, March 2015

Puertito de Adeje has a privileged location 20 minutes away from Tenerife South International Airport, within the internationally known Costa Adeje and benefits from the best climate on the island . The site has convenient communication with Mount Teide National Park (40 minutes by car), Acantilado de Los Gigantes (30 minutes by car) and La Gomera island with Garajonay National Park (1 hour by ferry) besides many sport facilities and 2 golf courses in close by. Dematerialization and integration of architectonical volumes in nature is key to the thinking behind the project. In order to achieve this goal the main constructed masses of architecture are divided into different parts, a lower one directly inserted into the ground by means of the use of non aligned concrete beams in the outside facade , and an upper white and glass volumes creating a second layer. The whole composition is topped with small white and glass crystal boxes (viewpoints) related, in terms of scale, to the units of the existing fishing village. Author of the project: Antonio Corona, Arsenio Amaral, Mark Senning. Chief architect: José María Lavena. Project team: Graciano Macarrón, Arturo Jover, Román Corona, Jonay González Client: Undisclosed (Belgium Private Investor).

MUSEE CANTONAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE & MUSEE DE DESIGN ET D‘ARTS APPLIQUES CONTEMPORAINS, LAUSANNE Competition. Sauerbruch Hutton. August 2015

Author of the project: Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton, Tom Geister. Chief architect: Jil Bentz. Project team: José María Lavena, Rita Caneira, Alexandra Kay. Renders: Bloom Images.

BAUHAUS MUSEUM, BERLIN Competition Sauerbruch Huton, September 2015

Author of the project: Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton, Tom Geister. Chief architect: Moojin Park. Project team: José María Lavena, Rita Caneira. Renders: Bloom Images.

ZUKUNFT WOHNEN, KÖLN Mention competition. Sauerbruch Hutton, December 2015

Author of the project: Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton, Tom Geister. Chief architect: José María Lavena. Project team: Miao Zhou, Luis Young, Mihael Luneznik. Images: José María Lavena.

VOLKSBANKREAL, FREIBURG Competition. Sauerbruch Hutton, February 2016

Author of the project: Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton, Tom Geister. Chief architect: José María Lavena. Project team: Miguel Palencia, Luis Young, Mihael Luneznik, Elena Martinez. Renders: Bloom Images.

RECOMMENDATION LETTER Sauerbruch Hutton Berlin, 2016

RECOMMENDATION LETTER Ensamble Studio Madrid & Boston, 2014

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NAME Jose María Lavena Merino PERIOD November 2011 – December 2014 PROJECTS AND RESPONSABILTIES José María worked for several projects such: -‐ Zip Tower for CityLife in Milan/Italy -‐ Flower Tower in Zhengdong New District Sub-‐CBD -‐ SPAINLab – 2012 Spanish Pavilion at the 13th Biennale, Venice/Italy -‐ The Cloud at Casa del Lector in Madrid/Spain -‐ M.I.T. XXI University, Boston/USA -‐ Big Bang Towers in China -‐ Montana TRIO in Montana/USA -‐ Hemeroscopium Studio in Madrid/Spain -‐ City of Justice in Madrid/Spain. -‐ Uneven Growth Exhibition, MoMA, New York City/USA 42

Jose María Lavena Merino PERIOD ENSAMBLE STUDIO November 2011 – December 2014 In May 2013 José María became the manager of Ensamble Studio in Madrid, which helped him developing PROJECTS AND RESPONSABILTIES additional skills such as management and office leadership besides the ones related to architecture. José María worked for several projects such: In addition to his experience in office leadership he improved his skills in different phases of architectural -‐ Zip Tower for CityLife in Milan/Italy project as well as in organization of exhibitions, conferences and publications. -‐ Flower Tower in Zhengdong New District Sub-‐CBD -‐ SPAINLab – 2012 Spanish Pavilion at the 13th Biennale, Venice/Italy -‐ The Cloud at Casa del Lector in Madrid/Spain It was a pleasure to work with José María and see his creativity, commitment and professional attitude -‐ ENSAMBLE M.I.T. XXI University, Boston/USA toward work. 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RECOMMENDATION LETTER Cristina VerĂssimo, CVDB Arquitectos Lisbon, 2011

To Whom it may Concern

Jose Maria Lavena Merino, started to work in the office on the 30th of September of 2009 and he stayed here with us for nine months until the 30th of June of 2010. Jose Maria was able to show an extreme commitment to learn and to devote himself to his work. In the beginning he received some training regarding general office procedures and day to day management. This training was given by a senior architect in the office under my supervision. Shortly after he engaged in a work team that included working with a senior architect, where he was asked to developed various works and tasks in the office. During the 9 month period of his training period, he worked in several competitions and projects, which were: 01. Internatinal Competition for the Contemporary Architectural Foundation of Cordoba, in Spain 02. International Competition for the Museum of Tapestry of Arraiolos, in Alentejo Portugal 03. Competition for Alges car park 04. Schematic Design for the school of Pontinha, Lisbon Portugal 05. International Competition for the Phoenicians Museum of Tavira, Portugal 06. Schematic Design for the rehabilitation of Alges Market, Oeiras Portugal 07. International Competition for the Tram Museum in Oporto, Portugal 08. International Competition for the LAVerney school in Lisbon, Portugal 09. Detail Stage for the school of Pontinha, Lisbon Portugal 10. Detail Stage for the rehabilitation of Alges Market, Oeiras Portugal 11. International Competition for the Cascais School, Portugal Jose Maria was a valuable element in the studio during the internship period. He interacted in a very professional way in the team work and he was also able to make friends amongst the office staff. He has always shown a capacity to improve in relation to his work and to be dedicated and committed to the process of learning architecture through experimentation and debate. He shows a perfect knowledge of the Portuguese language that he can speak without

any accent. His social personality also helped him to make a lot of friends in the office and he still visits us every time

02. International Competition for the Museum of Tapestry of Arraiolos, in Alentejo Portugal 03. Competition for Alges car park 04. Schematic Design for the school of Pontinha, Lisbon Portugal 05. International Competition for the Phoenicians Museum of Tavira, Portugal 06. Schematic Design for the rehabilitation of Alges Market, Oeiras Portugal 07. International Competition for the Tram Museum in Oporto, Portugal 08. International Competition for the LAVerney school in Lisbon, Portugal 09. Detail Stage for the school of Pontinha, Lisbon Portugal 10. Detail Stage for the rehabilitation of Alges Market, Oeiras Portugal 11. International Competition for the Cascais School, Portugal Jose Maria was a valuable element in the studio during the internship period. He interacted in a very professional way in the team work and he was also able to make friends amongst the office staff. He has always shown a capacity to improve in relation to his work and to be dedicated and committed to the process of learning architecture through experimentation and debate. He shows a perfect knowledge of the Portuguese language that he can speak without any accent. His social personality also helped him to make a lot of friends in the office and he still visits us every time he travels to Lisbon. I believe that his spirit and ability will prove to be what one really needs to take many steps towards new fields of knowledge in architecture, in the future. I sincerely hope that these qualities will help him to find his path in the field of architecture and we hope that this internship could be somehow useful in his professional future and architectural development. Lisbon, 6th of October of 2011.

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RECOMMENDATION LETTER María José Aranguren, Aranguren + Gallegos Arquitectos

OCTOBER 11st, 2011.

Madrid, 2011 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: José María Lavena Merino was a student of mine during his Final Architectural Project last year. I was so able to appreciate his interest in and dedication to the subject, as an expression of his desire to complete his training as an architect. He showed great determination to improve and worked hard thus progressing to finish the course most successfully. He was also an active participant in class and was obviously very interested academically. José María amply demonstrated good teamwork skills. He was a valued member of the workgroups with which he was involved and was appreciated by his fellow students as a naturally and adaptable positive person. He showed a great ability to work for the benefit of the group as a whole. I have been able to confirm his creativity and self-awareness, discipline and determination. At all times I have found him to be reliable and hard-working, completing his jobs with care, precision and ability. It has been a pleasure for me to maintain a friendly relationship with José María owing both to his qualities as a dedicated and interested student and his delightful personality. I told him in the highest regard personally and academically and therefore and it is with complete faith that I give him a strong vote of confidence and the highest recommendation. Yours, sincerely:

MARÍA JOSÉ ARANGUREN LÓPEZ Telephone: +34 917341901 arquitectos@arangurengallegos.com http://www.arangurengallegos.com/

October 11st, 2011.

RECOMMENDATION LETTER Alberto Campo Baeza Madrid, 2010

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

José María Lavena Merino has been a student of mine during the Architectural Projects course last year. The supervision of his academic work in this area enables me to say that José María demonstrated his ability as a competent and thoughtful student. During this year that I had him in my classes, I had the opportunity to evaluate his coursework and to see his academic progress. With time, José Maria’s studies have shown an increasing seriousness. I am fully confident of José María’s working skills and his ability to continue in excellence. José María is well prepared in all the subjects that he has already coursed as his projects reflect so. The effort that he has made demonstrates his level-headed and determined nature. I have no doubts about his ability to adapt himself to new living conditions and academic circumstances. It is with complete faith that I give José María Lavena a strong vote of confidence and the highest recommendation, both academically and personally. Yours, sincerely:

ALBERTO CAMPO BAEZA Telephone: +34 917010695 estudio@campobaeza.com www.campobaeza.com

JosĂŠ MarĂa Lavena Merino Mail: jmlavena@gmail.com Telephone: +49 174 533 9669 Skype: jmlavena