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BECERRA INTERIOR DESIGNER / ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

PAGÈS

Lídia Pagès Becerra

INTERIOR DESIGNER/ ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

LANGUAGES

Catalan · Spanish English Native TOEFL (95/120)

STUDIES

Bachelor in Design- interiors

BAU Centre universitari de disseny

Bachelor in Architecture

ETSAB - currently in the forth year

Glasgow School of Art

Erasmus, 1sr sem. course 2021-2022

RMIT, Melbourne Exchange student, 2nd sem. course 2021-2022

WORK EXPERIENCE

Taller d’art i arquitectura 3carme33 curricular practices

Publiverd senior stand designer

Coll i Fulcarà Arquitectes project development and support to the team

Munto Barcelona project development and support to the team

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

English

Two-month stay in San Francisco, USA, with EducationFirst - 2012

Two-month stay in Bristol, UK, with EducationFirst - 2013

Intensive summer course, with London Language Centre 2020 Semester course, with FunTalk 2020-2021

Social networks and digital communication

In person course, duration 30h, given by BAU university - 2018

“Public speaking”

In person course, duration 44h, given by Human abilities - 2017

Artistic Drawing

Annual course, given by Espaidart, 2016 - 2020

SOFTWARE SKILLS

AUTOCAD 2D i 3D

SKETCHUP & VRAY

3DS MAX

ILLUSTRATOR

PHOTOSHOP

REVIT

RHINO

GRASSHOPPER

PACK OFFICE

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Travelling - design - art - heritage architecture - drawing

2018 now 2011 2017

Summer 2019 Summer 2021 2015 2018 Summer 2014

INDEX 9 Square Grid basis for design I Coworking Center design I Artistic Center design I Contemporary Collective Housing design III Contemporary Collective Housing design IV Architectural Representation Day and night visualisation Urban Study of Montjuic, Barcelona urban design II Urban Planning Intervention in Bon Pastor, Barcelona urban design III Residential Project in the Metropolis urban design IV Artistic drawings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

“The nine-square grid problem is used as a pedagogical tool in the introduction to architecture for new students. By working on this problem, students begin to discover and understand the elements of architecture. Mesh, grid, pillar, beam, sheet, centre, periphery, field, edge, line, plane, volume, extension, compression, tension, flexion, etc. The student begins to check the meaning of the plan, the height, the section and the details. They learn to draw. They begin to understand the relationships between twodimensional drawings, axonometric projections and three-dimensional shapes (model). The student studies and draws his plan and axonometric scheme, and looks for the threedimensional implications in the model. In this way, an understanding of the elements is achieved: an idea of manufacture or construction emerges”.

John Hejduk, The Architect’s Education

SQUARE GRID basis for design I

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5 Ground Floor Standard Floor

The project is to design a co-working space on a vacant lot in the Corts district, in Barcelona.

The plot is characterized by having a peculiar surface and the street level at different heights, so the ground floor has to solve the entrance at different levels, to connect both streets.

The project programme is divided into a connection and reception area on the ground floor, and co-working areas and spaces for various workshops. The roof can be made accessible and the programme did not define the function, so I placed a bar there.

The building also has an underground floor, which

is mainly used as a workshop or for activities that do not require sunlight, such as a space for developing photographs.

The building is designed with a curtain wall that allows natural light into the interior. Curves are used to break up the very straight and pointed lines of the plot.

COWORKING

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CENTER located in les Corts, Barcelona design

Site location + Ground Floor

The project consists of designing an art centre on a plot of land where there is currently a building. In the past tue building used to be a operation centre for the Telefónica company. The building is currently in a state of disrepair, with only the pillars, the envelope and some interior partitions remaining. In order to undertake this project, the interior of the building is completely destroyed, leaving only the pillars. Even the floor slabs have been removed. This leaves a skeleton of what the building used to be. Large blocks of concrete are placed inside the building, and inside them we find the programme of the project developed.

The volumes are placed perpendicular to the lines of the existing building, thus creating a contrasting dialogue between what is new and what is already there. The mesh of pillars in the interior expands towards the exterior of the plot in the form of trees. And the part of the programme that does not fit inside the building is placed in volumes, also made of concrete and placed perpendicularly, highlighting the diagonal and clearly emphasising what is newly built.

ARTISTIC CENTER in a pre-existing building, Barcelona design I

Strategies

LAND MODULATION

The first step was to modulate the land, respecting the same measurements as the modules used in the prototype. The modulation allows us to visualise how many modules can be placed and consequently, how many dwellings the site can hold.

ENLARGEMENT OF THE STREET

One characteristic of the Raval is that the streets are very narrow. In order to make the street wider, what is done is, by means of a diagonal, to set back the façade wall of the ground floor so that at the intersection, the streets are wider.

PUBLIC SPACE

Another characteristic of the Raval is the lack of open spaces, like a square, distributed throughout the neighbourhood. This is why the next step is to give part of the site to the neighbourhood’s residents, proposing an outdoor space, open to the street and to the public. By separating us from the neighbouring buildings, we promote the access of natural light to the house.

INDOOR-OUTDOOR VISUALS

Following Kahn’s principles, the interior-exterior connections are also important in the project. Not only with the materiality, where the ground floor is dominated by glass that allows to maintain the view from the street to the courtyard, but also by the creation of passages that connect the street that was opaque to the courtyard in order to have access and views from both streets.

CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE HOUSING located in Raval, Barcelona. Inspired on Adler House, by Louis Kahn studio III 4

Ground Floor Standard Floor

Structural Scheme

11 0,25 m 0,3 0,05 0,51 0,3 0,25 m 0,05 Capa de compressió amb armadura Ø16mm cada 20cm Paviment Placa alveolar 120 x 25 cm EPDM Biga de formigó prefabricada amb armadura Ø16mm cada 20cm 35 x 35cm mènsula de formigó prefabricada amb armadura Ø16mm cada 10 cm pilar de formigó prefabricat 35 x 35 cm amb armadura Ø16mm cada 20cm Capa de compressió amb armadura Ø16mm cada 20cm Paviment Placa alveolar 120 x 25 cm EPDM Biga de formigó prefabricada amb armadura Ø16mm cada 20cm 35 x 35cm pilar de formigó prefabricat 35 x 35 cm amb armadura Ø16mm cada 20cm Estructura plantes tipus + coberta Estructura planta baixa capa de compressió amb armadura Ø16mm cada 20cm paviment placa alveolar 120 25 cm biga de formigó prefabricada amb armadura Ø16mm cada 20cm 35 x 35cm mènsula de formigó prefabricada amb armadura Ø16mm cada 10 cm pilar de formigó prefabricat 35 x 35 cm amb armadura Ø16mm cada 20cm fals sostre amb tirants mur prefabricat formigó (6 + 8 + 6) mur prefabricat formigó (6 + 8 + 6) pilar de formigó prefabricat 35 x 35 cm amb armadura Ø16mm cada 20cm peces ceràmiques formant gelosia porticons de fusta plegables deslliçants barana lleugera d'inoxidable mur prefabricat formigó (6 + 8 + 6)

Elevation Seconday Road

Elevation Main Facade

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CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE HOUSING located in Raval, Barcelona. Inspired on Adler House, by Louis Kahn studio III

Ground Floor 13

The aim of the project is to design a new urban fabric based on a pattern in which the house, the plot and the village become a single entity. The programme is targeted to two potential users: new families returning to the village (permanently or at the end of the week) and seasonal workers in the countryside from May to September (families or individuals). The project’s housing units are built from an opaque fixed structure and prefabricated elements, which provide the necessary flexibility for each unit to respond to the needs of the users. It is also important that the elements are modular and that they allow for quick and easy dry construction. The fact that there are fixed walls does not condition the interior layouts or make it impossible to have partitions, as they can be left open, leaving the outline of the dwelling visible. Given the similarities between the conditions of the 21st-century seasonal workers and the 20th-century Barcelona shantytowns, the project aims to vindicate the precarious conditions in which the seasonal workers live and in which the shantytown dwellers lived, highlighting the values that define the two collectives, which are based on collaboration and community life.

CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE HOUSING in the location el Pla de la Font studio IV 5 habitatge per a 2 persones 40 m habitatge per a 3 persones 60 m habitatge per a persones 100 m2 habitatge per a 5-6 persones 120 m habitatge per 12 persones 120 m habitatge per a persones 40 m (pati) habitatge per a persones 60 m (pati) Espai de treball 30/40 m (pati) paret interior 1.00 m 1.50 m 2.00 m 1.15 m paret exterior finestra finestra porta porta + finestra paret interior porta finestra paret exterior paret interior 10.60m 7.60m 7.60m 3.50m 3.50m 6.60m 1.52m 1.52m 32.82m 42.70m Taxonomy

Fixed structure

Taxonomy of external walls and internal partitions

“A dwelling is the result of a process in which the user makes decisions“

N.J. Habraken . The systematic design of supports, 1974

Photos of Structural Model Standard Elevation

CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE HOUSING in the location el Pla de la Font studio IV 5 Axonometric 16

ARCHITECTURAL REPRESENTATION day

architectural representation III 6 18

and night visualisation, 3DS Max

URBAN STUDY OF MONTJUIC, BARCELONA urban design II 7 20

Original Size A1, scale 1/10.000

Skate Park Picnic - Meeting Area Recreation Area

Analysing the area, we have found that, given the number of children and adults living in the neighbourhood, there are not enough parks or spaces for the neighbourhood’s residents to get together, or spaces where they can carry out a variety of activities. Our proposal is based on making use of the empty spaces in these residential estates, thus creating opportunities with different activities so that people of all ages can feel part of the neighbourhood and create community. To unify the two streets, we have paved them with draining paving and with a large presence of vegetation and we have decided that these streets should be a priority for pedestrians. We have added parking for both cars and bicycles. With children in mind, we have designed three types of spaces with fun games. We have also incorporated ping pong tables, petanque, a large playground for cats and a social meeting area. On the other hand, there is an area with sports equipment, as well as athletics tracks.

As for the market, we wanted to take advantage of the empty lot on the side to give it a multipurpose use. For this reason we have created a space where the stalls that we find inside the market can be outside and offer customers a place to eat and taste their products. We have set aside part of the space for skateboarding and other areas where people can sit, and a ramp facilitates access to the Besòs River Park.

22 URBAN PLANNING INTERVENTION in Bon Pastor, Barcelona. Working together with Valeria Dimartino urban design III 8

Based on a model of urban fabric (Malagueira, by Alvaro Siza), the model is studied in order to develop a proposal based on the conclusions drawn from the previous study. The exercise involves placing 1000 dwellings in a delimited environment near a village.