Portfolio 2020

JUAN CASTRILLÓN

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

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DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE ����������������������������������������������������������������4 FINCA SAN CLAVER �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 12 JAVERIANA UNIVERSITY �����������������������������������������������������������������������22 AARHUS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE ����������������������������������������������28 THE SHARING CITY ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������34

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DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE Bartlett School of Architecture / 2019-2021 M.Arch London, UK Team: Ann Sankey, Jannis Bruns, Juan Castrillon, Ka Long Lin, Keerthana Viajan, Yueying (Maggie) Zhou, Yasmine Muduroglu.

The Design for Manufacture M.Arch explored subjects related to design, engineering, material behaviour (timber and aluminium, analogue and digital crafts and advanced systems operations. It was taught over 15 months, where initially, basic software and making skills were learnt to later explore more complex operations using advanced tools like robotics and CNC milling and routing machines.

Modules included: Research on novel design and fabrication methodologies Analytical and simulation skills using digital tools Critical analysis Digital and manual fabrication of timber structures

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INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS During this module students developed and explored different digital tools. The use of different software allowed us to model, simulate, analyse and even to prepare the physical tools, machines materials, assembly steps and processes for our projects.

The use of these tools aided the design process not to give shape to the designs, but to make informed decisions according to our project goals.

Initial skills workshops

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Interpretation of a motorcycle frame - Iteration #1

After having explored with basic making processes and the use of digital tools, the second stage of the course was to develop an initial project that had a set of iterations that would allow students to investigate on the issues and possibilities of the built designs.

Each iteration gave valuable insights on how to make the design more efficient and complex in terms of fabrication.

The design of each iteration started with the interpretation of a motorcycle frame into an architectural construct made of timber components.

The process commenced with the design of a basic wireframe that would emulate the relations between different parts of a motorbike. Consideration of space as well as location of mass according to structural stresses were considered.

Interpretation of a motorcycle frame - Iteration #2

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Design for Manufacture

EVOLUTION OF A WIREFRAME

CROSS LAMINATION TECHNIQUES

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The proposed structures had to stand and perform to give place to inhabitation and a potential architectural program. For the physical making of the design iterations we made bespoke timber components that would perform optimally to the different structural forces and fabrication conditions.

The best way to achieve complex geometries and optimal material usage was to use CNC technologies.

To save material, each component is made of tailored stocks that are made of several cross laminated layers.

This way of arranging the layer according to grain direction of the wood enables structural stability and material savings.

Bespoke stock of a triangular component

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Design for Manufacture

JOINTS

One of the main intentions for the design of the timber components was to avoid the use of screws, nails and glue to join the different components together. It was relevant to the project to be kit of components that would be assembled and disassembled in place in order to be located and tested in different environments.

Attention to machinability, grain direction, material behaviour and especially tolerance were part of the components design. The shape of the joints evolved form an orthogonal and planar geometry to a more organic and intuitive form that would give the user an idea on how to assemble the different elements.

Kit of timber components

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MOBILE OBSCURA The Mobile Obscura is an inhabitable camera that explores the experience of environmental transitions as they are perceived over time. Overlapping projections enter through a double-slit entry for light and fill the black-out space of an enclosed canvas membrane. On the outside, a timber frame assembly supports the architecture and enables the user to control the orientation and mobility of the structure.

Overlapping projections inside the black-out space - Plan view

Evolution of the Mobile Obscura

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The project is made of a timber frame construction, with fluid components making up an exoskeleton.

The necessitated strength is achieved through tailored larch stock, while the form facilitates the joining of components: the designed geometries are CNCmachined from bespoke glue-laminated timber, minimising secondary fixing. The skin determines the boundary between the exterior and interior space.

Design for Manufacture Overlapping projections inside the black-out space - Section

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FINCA SAN CLAVER Taller Architects / 2016 Private commission Santandercito, Colombia Team: Julian Restrepo, Pablo Forero, Manuela Mosquera, Juan Castrillon, William Maya, Carlos Hernandez, Bruna Brito Photographs: Diez Veinte Estudio

Finca San Claver is located in the outskirts of Bogota. The client, a religious congregation commissioned an expansion for an existing villa in a rural property through the construction of two new buildings, a chapel for fifty people and a pavilion for meetings and lectures.

The pavilion is projected as an extension of the existing building. The basement floor of the house is directly connected to the meeting rooms through a perimeter gallery that connects to the rest of the complex.

The other porject- the chapel- is located facing the exiting house, creating a ceremonial axis that starts in the hills from behind the house and culminates in the religious building which is surrounded by a natural environment where calm and majesty become part of the ceremonies.

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House + pavilion plan

Section 2-2

Section A-A

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Finca San Claver Axonometric view

Section details

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Chapel plan

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Finca San Claver Section

Section details

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JAVERIANA UNIVERSITY Taller Architects / 2015 Private commission Bogota, Colombia Team: Pablo Forero, Manuela Mosquera, Juan Castrillon, Valentina Sastoque, Juan Maldonado

For the New Engineering laboratories Building for Universidad Javeriana, Colombia, the proposal consisted of two main elements, a fifteen floor tower for the laboratories of the different schools of the engineering faculty, and an atrium that connects this new building to an existing construction where the academic staff offices are located. The covered space connects with the pedestrian structure of the campus at different heights and becomes a meeting space for faculty members and students.

For the stage that I was involved, the assignment was to elaborate all the architectural documentation of the project. It included construction details, technical coordination, and supervision.

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Cross section

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Southern facade

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Construction details

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AARHUS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Taller Architects / 2016 International competition Aarhus, Denmark Team: Julian Restrepo, Pablo Forero, Juan Castrillon, Juan Maldonado, Paolo Zurk,

Three main strategies were developed for the process of re-imagining a contemporary school of architecture.

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Architecture schools should operate more like a fabric rather than a typical design atelier, so the new school of architecture must have free spaces where mock up models can be easily made. The experimentation as main source of new knowledge.

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The design process must be open and inclusive. The participation of local communities in the process of design assures the success of projects through time.

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Introducing the “Green Wedge” (a green public space) into the main hall of the building with the purpose of having a new public space that can be used in the cold seasons. This greenhouse allows experimental interactions between nature, architecture and people.

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Site plan

Green Wedge into the building

Public interaction within the hall

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Aarhus School of Architecture Street level

Public level

Extension of experimentation spaces

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Greenhouse

Cross section

Basement arrangement of workshops

Street level arrangement

Aleatory arrangement

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Upper arrangement

Aarhus School of Architecture Longitudinal section

Three stratus of academic experimentation

Theory vs fabrication in place

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THE SHARING CITY Adept Architects / 2018 International competition Shenzhen, China Team: Anders Lonka, Martin Laursen, Martin Krogh,Cristina Suarez, Jens Nielsen, Sylvester Ellekaer The proposal for the masterplan for The Shenzhen Sharing City response to five core principles stated in the competitions brief with a multilayered, ecological and innovative thinking plan.

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“The Human Scaled City”: Prioritization of pedestrian, bicycles, and public transportation before, proposing urban spaces that are open, accessible, and dynamic.

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“The Mixed City”: Arrangement of mixed city functions like offices, creative industry, commercial blocks and cultural hubs in a horizontal and multilevel disposition.

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“The Ecological Topographic City”: The development of the landscape considers the pre-existing mangrove nature park. The project proposes the extension of this natural park from the coastline to the mountains overlooking the sea with topographic variations that contain public experiences.

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“The Multicoded City”: An active 3-dimensional network joins together in a horizontal and vertical manner the activities, public spaces, and landscape trough combining and coding their different layers.

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“The Smart City, Future City”: Use of a smart infrastructure and management system, an energy conscious design, and ecological landscape system, the city constantly changes, grows, and adapts towards the future.

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Vertical gardens From low dense to max height at 680 meters, flexible building envelopes for rational design and mix use

Building volumes From low dense to max height at 680 meters, flexible building envelopes for rational design and mix use

Active public network Links all city layers horizontally & vertically, public mobility hubs, way-finding.

Ground floor Binhai avenue park, Central Binhai Park, culture facilities, streets, pedestrian street, local parks, building footprints.

Basement 1 Sunken central park, sunken plazas, commercial, underground parking.

Basement 2 Subway stations, underground infrastructure & parking.

Layers of the Sharing City

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The Sharing City The Sharing City Section 1

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The Sharing City Section 1 - Expanded

The Sharing City Section 2

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