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ABOUT THIS PORTFOLIO This Design Portfolio contains in its pages not only the fruits of many days of arduous work, but also the dreams, hopes, vision and soul of myself both as a designer and an individual; within it you’ll find a clearer depiction of me than anything expressed in words.
LANDSCAPE PROJECTS Amphibious Landscapes Internodal Architectures Metabolic Morphologies Articulated Dispersion ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS The L Tower Las Palmas, Shopping Mall Santa Lucía D3 House on the Hill HPSC, Magical Villa
FORMAL EXPLORATIONS One:One Pavilion Continuity & Rupture
ADDITIONAL WORK Scraps & Small Projects Handmade Drawings
AMPHIBIOUS LANDSCAPES In collaboration with Mikaela Pearson
Regional Analysis
Site Analysis
Ecological Intervention Catalogue
Loss of natural habitat throughout Jamaica Bay raises the question of how to deal with urban estuarine conditions. The project identifies the Marine Park edge, in the southwestern area of the bay, as an opportunity to slow surface runoff and storm surge influx into Jamaica Bay by leveraging the overflow from adjacent neighborhoods to create a variety of habitats. This is accomplished through a series of modular topographic manipulations. Proximity to the city triggers a series of basins that capture combined sewer outfalls, for cleansing and infiltration. As the project approaches the shoreline the module becomes a series of mounds that act as barriers to mitigate tidal energy, and facilitate the establishment and permanence of salt marshes. The system is organized following a diamond grid structure which accomplishes four things. First, it allows for localized and sensitive cut and fill operations. Second, it forms a modular system that can expand and contract as necessary, as well as facilitate management within the intervention. Third, it generates a series of switchback ramps and pathways for circulation of both water and people. Fourth, it accommodates and negotiates interactions between ecological, and existing and potential urban development.
Urban Intervention Catalogue
INTERNODAL ARCHITECTURES In collaboration with Mikaela Pearson
Research focused on innovative materials and material applications to provide low-impact solutions to Paraguay’s urban development. By combining the adhesive properties of mycelium and the structural qualities of Guadua bamboo, a highly resistant material is created. The bamboo culms are organized in rotated arrangements forming a columnar structure. The mycelium infill grows on organic waste collected from off-site and is inserted into the culm to provide additional support to the bamboo’s critical points. The structures provide a wide range of programmatic possibilities ranging from shading, to shelters, to water tanks. Through a systematic deployment of these structures along the Costanera of Asunción. The polluted water from the river can be cleansed through a process installed in the water tanks, to then bring the water down into small pools and streams for recreational purposes.
Growing Mycelium
Structural Explorations
Site Analysis Diagrams and Proposal
Site Plan and Elevation
METABOLIC MORPHOLOGIES In collaboration with Hope Strode and Takuya Iwamura
Our project revolves around the creation of landscape techniques and infrastructures that can promote a sustainable development for both humans and wildlife through remediating and safeguarding the quality of land and water. The first part of the project involves the remediation and recovery of the heavily polluted Central Impact Area, located in the north central part of the Massachusetts Military Reservation.
Site and Initial Intervention
The remediation of the contaminated Central Impact Area into a functional proving ground allows for new infrastructural corridors along the edge of the reservation for year-round civilian recreational uses as well as protected habitat and water treatment wetlands. The strategy will treat contaminated plumes resulting from past military training and will create a system of decentralized, municipal scale sewage treatment wetlands for the surrounding communities coupled with a 15 km long multi-use path, hiking and biking trails, camping facilities and day use parks.
Regional Implications
ARTICULATED DISPERSION In collaboration with Jisoo Kim
The project builds on the historical and contemporary precedents set by Ian McHarg and Richard Forman to establish a strategy for a proposal to reweave the natural fluxes in Haidian District, Beijing. Analyzing the site as an accumulation of information at different scales and different times, the research proposes a diachronic look into the natural and cultural history of the site, in order to envision a perspective towards the future. The methodology is presented through a series of maps gridded on a 20x20m base unit where circles represent the capacity of any specific habitat to exist on site as well as its density. The different maps are then condensed into one where the interconnectivity between terrestrial and aquatic habitats is prioritized in order the reestablish a variety of ecosystem services into the site. The overlaying of all this data catalyzes the design of a plan that resolves the disarticulation between human and non-human systems on-site. The execution of the proposal consists of a staged removal of built space. Part of which is destined to the creation of higherdensity areas, while the remainder is relocated for the reconnection of natural networks.
THE - L - TOWER
Site
Transverse Section
This project is situated across the street in one of the sides of the ITESM Campus Monterrey, on the intersection of streets Luis Elizondo and Bogotá. The program corresponds to a mediumrise mixed-use building combining retail areas, office spaces, and high-density housing. Just the same, it should also encompass all the necessary amenities to turn the space into something attractive and profitable. The immediate context is comprised by low-rise houses and buildings, generally not even surpassing 2 stories. So the views of the site are exploited to the maximum, having Campus Monterrey to the north, San Juan Bosco Catholic Parish to the south and the Cerro de la Silla Mountain to the southeast. The concept is generated from 2 important aspects. First the solution of the underground parking, shaped like a “loop”, which facilitates the placing of the building on the rear end of the site; and second the necessity of giving all retail spaces a favorable visual angle from the main access road which is Luis Elizondo street. And so, the building is resolved in an “L” shaped scheme thrown to the backside of the lot. This allows for a plaza to be positioned on the middle and front of the site, bringing cohesion to the development, and providing a walking area for people passing by. As well as allowing the fulfillment of the programmed areas for retail, office, and housing while taking advantage of the best views to and from the project site .
Parking Area
Retail Area
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Office Area
Lofts Typical Plan
The building is developed in 4 stages. The first phase comprises 2 underground levels for parking use; besides parking spaces there’s also a circulations area with an elevator, a set of stairs and a maintenance room. The second stage encompasses the retail spaces of the project and corresponds to the first and second stories. The pedestrian access is located on the first level. The third phase are the offices located on the third and fourth floors. These levels have the largest available area per floor in correspondence to the project’s program. Lastly, the final stage of the building houses all of the apartments. The lofts run from levels 5th to 12th, 4 per floor, only interrupted on the eighth level where the amenities: pool, study rooms, lounge and theater are located. On the 13th floor there’s a pent-house, a terrace and a small gym. There’s a 14th floor intended as a machinery storage. Externally, the building is resolved with a strong emphasis on respecting the context given by the nearby buildings of the ITESM Campus Monterrey. Employing similar materials such as green and pink limestone, but complementing them with other more “modern looking” materials such as apparent white concrete, and color coated steel in the amenities volume.
Amenities Area
Pent-House and Terrace Plan
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East Elevation
South Elevation
West Elevation
North Elevation
LAS PALMAS SHOPPING MALL
The concept is born from the idea of creating an oasis in a previously deserted wasteland. A space of contrast and at the same time shelter in the arid desert of Tucson. The mall is located some miles east of the city’s downtown as part of a development which also includes housing, offices, mixed-use buildings, a hotel and an auditorium. Specifically it’s situated north of the auditorium, and south of the hotel, with which it forms a pedestrian axis. The project includes several retail spaces for specialty stores, an anchor store, 2 restroom areas, 3 restaurants and underground parking. The complex is sectioned through a main northsouth walkway and 2 parallel corridors. Besides several alleys that connect these paths. The stores are projected to have different heights to add movement to the overall look of the design and all of them will be covered by a second roof with an overhang to provide protection from the sun to both the buildings and the pedestrians and avoid heat gain. In order to add cohesion to the project, a special type of shade was designed. These umbrellas, shaped after “palms” will be scattered throughout the mall and will provide shade to the people walking by. There are also several water features employed to improve the thermal sensation.
Site
Access
Building Uses
Site Plan
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SANTA LUCIA D3
This project is about the proposal for a development in an area adjacent to Paseo Santa Lucía near Monterrey city’s downtown. The idea is created from a systematic study about the necessities of the district. As well as the opportunities to develop something new on the area. Thus, it’s decided to design a triple-use complex with a building for medium-sized apartments, a hostel and a shopping pavilion.
Site
The public space plays a vital role in the concept of the project. As it is intended that the development permeates to the public space of the Paseo Santa Lucía. And so, the shops and the lobby of the apartments and hostel are open to the public walkway. Whereas the parking entrance is thrown to the back street. The different heights of the building are used as a means to harmonize the complex with the context. With the apartments tower being high-rise. The hostel medium-rise, and the shops lowrise, leveled with the buildings around.
Site Analysis
Developing the Concept, Segmentation
Isometric View from Paseo Santa LucĂa
Elevation from Vicente Rivapalacio Street
HOUSE ON THE HILL
Site Plan This project comprehends the design of a house on the Chipinque area in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León. Due to the pronounced slope of the terrain, the site itself was determinant during the conception of the plan. The house is resolved through several volumes that juxtapose and superimpose one another, creating the illusion of different isolated bodies. In this scheme, the service area is concentrated on the west wing of the house, the social areas are located on the eastern side, the semi-private areas are placed on the middle and all of the bedrooms are situated on the second floor. The first floor is configured a free plan, where the different areas are separated by changes in level, trying always to match the level of the house with that of the natural slope of the topography. Amongst the main design criteria for the project are the orientation of the house, so that it takes advantage of the views and wind, and allows the passage of natural light while avoiding direct heat gain. Thus, the north façade is privileged with several curtain walls, whereas the glass elements on the south façade are protected by shades. Externally, the geometry of the house is further exploited by applying different materials and finishes to the volumes. Emphasizing the impression that they are dissimilar blocks arranged over and aside one another.
South Elevation
North Elevation
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Planta de Conjunto First Floor
Second Floor
West Elevation
East Elevation
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HPSC MAGICAL VILLA
Site
Context
This project dealt with the design of the administrative headquarters of a High Performance Sports Center in the municipality of Santiago, near the southern border of Monterrey. The assigned site is located just some meters away from the historical center of town, renowned as a “magical villa�. Thus, the context is determinant in the genesis of the building, absorbing spatial and formal aspects of the surrounding colonial houses as well as from the nearby parish church; and transforming them into a more modern and functional language. The concept, then, arises from the synergy of both the necessities for this new space and the already existing architectural context. And so, the new project is conceived as a building that respects the architectural language of its surroundings, but transforms and modernizes it through the use of different mechanisms. Sustainability also plays a vital role on the conception of this project, and many of its elements such as solar shades and protections are designed and created with the purpose of reducing energy consumption.
Site Plan
Project Plan
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North Elevation
South Elevation
East Elevation
West Elevation
Sections
ONE:ONE PAVILION In collaboration with Blanca Cardona, Karime Alemรกn and Areli Fernรกndez
The project’s approach was to design an itinerant pavilion, considering its first place of assembly the “jardín de las carreras” of ITESM Campus Monterrey. The pavilion responds directly to a series of urges and challenges of contemporary architecture such as “assembly” as the new means of construction, the “mass customization”, as well as the implementation of new computer and laser technologies and their applications in architecture Therefore, the pavilion comes as the result of several discernments in regards to space and senses that end up bringing a constructive method based on state-of-the-art technologies. Some of the criteria employed on the design of the pavilion revolved around the easiness and rapidity of assembly, visual dynamism, the ability to be partially-built or segmented, and the capacity to exploit natural light and ventilation. And so, the main “ribs” that conform the pavilion are modeled by computer and cut with a laser router. Finally they’re manually assembled “in situ” and connected together through the use of some small rectangular pieces that tie the ribs transversely and conform the true structural axis of the pavilion.
Top View
Right Elevation
Left Elevation
Front Elevation
Back Elevation
CONTINUITY & RUPTURE
This exercise was about the employment of computer assisted modeling for the creation of anti-gravitational forms. The purpose was to create a cohesive overall design ranging from the graphical to the spatial and sculptural through the use of different mechanisms such as repetition, changes in scale and size, superimposing and juxtaposing of objects, amongst others. Thus, the project is composed by the arrangement of several basic forms such as pyramids, spheres, prisms, cylinders, which interact with one another and define a thin line between continuity and rupture through the tensions established by the composition. Lastly this object is transferred to the architectural dimension by making an abstract reinterpretation of its forms now in the continuum time, space, gravity. Hence, a new physical model is created, taking not the literal aspects of the previous formal study but the interpretative elements such as rhythm, harmony and light .
Transforming my Room into a Chapel
SCRAPS & SMALL PROJECTS
Project for Urban Park in Valladolid
Urban Development for the Obispado Area in Monterrey
Project for an Intervention in Tiananmen Square
Project: Arts & Crafts Workshops in la Campana Mountain
Legorreta’s San Antonio Public Library Scale Model
HANDMADE DRAWINGS