Architecture Portfolio 2022

JURGI CINTA

Architecture Portfolio

Strata (House)

Academic/Individual Project.

Pre-master Program Amsterdam Academie van Bouwkunst 2021.

Characteristics

A water side Studio house.

Program: 2 bedrooms / 2 toilets / kitchen / living room / practice area

233 m2, 2 floors: one above ground 35 cm and one -5 m below.

Site: Schellingwouderpark, North Amsterdam.

Strata was designed for Wim Hof, a Dutch extreme athlete that uses primal techniques such as breathing, self control and exposure to natural elements as his teaching method.

The site is called a wild park next to a shipyard in Amsterdam North. Even though it is an urban park with human intervention, it is minimal and is keeping mostly of its natural state.

The architectural concept of wilderness is based on the 18th century historical perspectives of the Sublime, and the cave as most primal form of housing are as the baseline for the concept.

A collection of paving stones found at the site were the main inspiration for this project.

The project is divided in two different floors with two different programs that blend on the landscape creating a continuious line.

The roof is made of sand casted concrete recreating rock shapes allowing organic material to accumulate and grow on it.

Rammed earth walls create a strata texture to the surrounding facade givinng the impression that the house was carved into the earth.

Lateral Section

Facade view

Sketch model. 1:100

Interior view

Between the lines (Market hall)

Academic/Individual Project.

2nd term M. Arch Program Amsterdam Academie van Bouwkunst 2022.

Characteristics

Design for an enclosed hall for Waterlooplein market.

Program: Market area / restaurant-cafe / storage / office / toilets

Size: 50 m x 30 m x 8 m.

Site: Waterlooplein, Amsterdam.

Between the lines is an enclosed market hall solution for Waterlooplein that uses natural light and ventilation with a three layered roof system to reduce the energy requiremnts for a pulic space. The cantilever skin facade allows both elements to move throughout the space.

The double concrete columns holding the structure create a direct open view from the front to the back and allow more freedom and versatility to the inside.

The design was based of the corten panels used as bearing walls on construction sites and found along the canals to create modules that can be repeated as needed.

Between the lines

Welded steel frame 9800 x 11400 x 150, elevation: 500

Structural elements

Welded steel frame 10400 x 12000 x 300

Steel insertion wood frame 3000 x 2600 x 300

Welded steel wall (5700 x 200 x 200)

Fixed foot steel column 9500 x 200 x 200

Aggregrate concrete joint 400 x 450 x 115

Precasted concrete-steel joint 400 x 450 x 115

Welded center axes trusses 6500 x 150 x 150

Between the lines

The glass roof brings light to the inside while the polished concrete floor refracts it. The wood paneled ceiling allows the light and air flow to move through and gives the option toclose off oth when neccesary (the insulated restaurant for example).

Unfolding pod (Observation tower/Visitor center)

Academic/Individual Project.

2nd term M. Arch Program Amsterdam Academie van Bouwkunst 2022.

Characteristics

Re-disign of an existing observation point to attract local visitors.

Program: Visitor center / Observation tower

A 18.3 m diameter tower using natural and locally harvested materials.

Site: Hilversum Wasmeer

The Unfolding Pod is a project based on transformation and symbiotic interactions. Everything evolves and adapts, so why creating structures that remain static through time?

In a historical perspective the site suffered a lot of changes, from farming grassland to a forest and back and forth.

This project is divided in two experiential architectural elements, one a pod around the new trees, the second a visitors center with an observation tower. The Unfolding Pod aims to be a testimony of the natural changes happening in the area.

The visitor center and observation tower

A fixed structure made with american oak and wool walls harvested locally. The facade uses wicker willow branches that invites endemic animals to interact with the space and organic elements to grow into it.

The main floor is a closed space for the visitor to experience sound, light and textures. The first floor is open and allows the visitor to experience sound, light and wind.

Plan drawings

Main floor Visitor/Information center

First floor Observation tower

Façade elements Willow wicker structure

Material Calculation

Timer, American oak grow in average 25 m (12/15 m of the trunk can be used) each tree can fit between 2 and 2.5 of the 12 side structural elements. Total of trees used between5 and 5.5.

Wool, An extimates volume of 69 m3 which translates in 69,000 kg. A single sheep produces 4.5 kg per year which translates inaround 1500 sheep needed.

Cantilevered roof beam 30 to 15 x 10 x 650 cm

Floor joints 5 x 15 cm

Floor board 10 x 2 cm at 45˚

Central pin elements for wool 3 x 300 cm

Floor beam 15 x 10 x 355 cm

Frame profile element 15 x 10 x 120 cm

Individual concrete footing 35 x 35 x 100 cm

Shaped steel profile base 25 x 15 x 45 cm

Double colum 7.5 x 15 x 630 cm

Central pin 2.5 x 25 cm

A temporary layered structure made with willow tree branches in the wicker method surrounding the young tree that will break open and decay following the growth of the tree.

The pod

Sketch model. 1:200

Revealing Spaces (Bar/Dwelling)

Academic/Individual Project.

2nd term M. Arch Program UBC, Vancouver. 2020.

Characteristics:

Drag Show Bar

Program: Bar / Dwelling / Garden / Parking

A 4 story triangular lot of 70 m x 83.5 m x 45 m with a 10 m slope.

Site:

Sinking ship parking garage at Pioneer Square Seattle.

Revealing spaces is inspired by the alternative spaces found throughout the city of Seattle, spaces that at a first glance can go unnoticed because they were created with that specific idea.

By using the traces of the surrounding alleyways and interlacing them, the project seeks to decode the spaces resulting from this superposition of lines in a two and three dimensional way. Some spaces remain, some are modified and some new ones are created. By using these elements and placing them into a persona, the user revealed itself, a Drag Queen living two parallel lives, one principal and one secondary.

Revealing spaces

The spaces are divided programatically with the bar on the first floor, the dwelling on the second with green spaces in between the two. However, there are different spaces on both levels that merge together where the public and the private spaces interact, a reflection of the main and secondary spaces in the day to day life of the city.

Site plan

Concept model

Revealing spaces

The circulation of the stage area is separated from the main one by a series of doors with semi-translucent fabric of different colors that slide and open up to create a separate or integrated spaces as desired. With stage number 3 also serving as the dweller’s living room at after show hours.

Contrasting narratives (Allotment gardens/Market)

Academic/Individual Project.

1st term M. Arch Program Amsterdam Academie van Bouwkunst 2022.

Characteristics:

Redesing the existing fort and create a relationship with the surroundings.

Program: Allotment gardens / Stepped hill garden / Communal market and dining area / Wild garden

Site: Fort Nigtevecht

The project is divided in four different areas, each one with a different program.

1. Allotment Gardens. The fort is modified, maintaining it's original form but the roof is sliced at 2.2 m in order to bring light to the once dark spaces, the floor is taken away to give room for the vegetation and help to speed the decay.

2. Stepped hill garden. The exisitng surrounding hill is re-designed into a stepped garden that also allows visitors to reach the upper section.

3. Communal market, Kitchen and Dining area. The back of the building is transformed in a shared kitchen/dining area with an open green roof that allows vegetation to grow and provides natural ventilation.

4. Wild Garden. On the back of the building the waste material from the roof and floor is laid to let vegetation grow on itself without any intervention.

Site collage

Model 1:200

Haven unbound (Urban development)

Academic/Individual Project.

3rd term M. Arch Program Amsterdam Academie van Bouwkunst 2023.

Characteristics:

Re development of the old harbor area in the Nieuwe Maas.

Program: Living / Working / Facilities / Cultural / Parking

Total area of 207 944 m2

Site: M4H port, Rotterdam

Swallowed by the urban footprint, the former harbor area in Rotterdam remains partialy hidden from the public view. M4H is a multilayer threshold between nature and urban developments separated by the dique.

Haven Unbound peels off this layers to uncover the existing characterisitcs and the original natural state of the area and at the same time creates a sustainable shelter solution for the harbor by recovering the original wetland ecosystem.

Vehicles and parking

Pedestrian and bicycles

Mixed

Water taxi

High density area

Filter area

A connection between the highly densed area of the existing urban grid of Rotterdam and the proposed recovery area.

Low density area

Recovery area

Breaking part of the urban grid and creating small artificial islands will allow the recovery of the ecosystem and create a water filter system.

water

Using existing monument buildings as landmarks for the pathways.

Using cultural spaces as a focal point for developing the grid.

Incoming

Filtering process and exit

Water filtering

Closed-loop system

Using only water that is already on-site through runoff, waste or rain, all of this water goes through a purification process before is released into the river or used for irrigation.

Constructed wetlands

This system functions by recreating a marsh area where canals function as a natural filter ecosystem, the treated water is delivered into the bed where plants introduce oxygen into the system.