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LORENA MARTIN
ABOUT ME Originally from the Dominican Republic, I hold a Bachelor of Architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana and a Master of Architecture from UT College of Architecture and Design. Through my academic pursuits and 12 years working as a professional in the field of architecture and construction, I have become an accomplished designer and project manager with experience in the planning, design, and construction administration of architectural projects. I possess a wide range of professional skills in architectural design, the supervision of architectural projects, quality control on construction sites, and a passion for technical details and problem solving.
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SHARP DIMITRI APARTMENT COMPLEX
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CEVALDOM CORPORATE OFFICES
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LICEE TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE
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ENFARMA PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORIES
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UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE HAITIAN STATE
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POST-TRUTH STUDIO MACAU SAR [3.0]
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HAITI PROJECT
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PARALLEL HOUSES
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SEYMOUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
STUDENT
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PROFESSIONAL
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ABOUT MY WORK Throughout my education and professional career I sought out opportunities to engage in projects that offered realistic and feasible solutions to real-life problems. I strive to explore practical solutions that incorporate the use of alternative construction methods and building materials. I developed an interest in interdisciplinary challenges that demand thoughtful, innovative responses. The knowledge I acquired has become a key element to my formation and growth as an architect as it has given me better awareness of the multifaceted circumstances surrounding a project. Visit Website for recent collaboration work:
SEYMOUR VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT SEYMOUR, TENNESSEE UTK College of Architecture and Design Integration Studio | Spring 2016 Role: Project Designer
The Integrations Project involved the spatial design construction methods to electrical and mechanical systems, while focusing on the comprehensive picture of systems and elements that comprise an architecture project.
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FIRE STATION ENTRANCE
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LOBBY / RECEPTIONIST
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SITE PLAN SEYMOUR VOLUNTEER FIRESTATION 0’ 10’
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MAIN HALLWAY INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
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FLOOR PLAN SEYMOUR VOLUNTEER FIRESTATION
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WALL SECTION
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CONCRETE FOOTING CMU ON METAL STUD WALL WITH BRICK VENEER AND STUCCO FINISH
STEEL FRAME AND GYPSUM BOARDS DROP CEILING
PARAPET ON LIGHT GAUGE STEEL FRAMING
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PARALLEL HOUSES
INFILL HOUSING KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE Oakwood-Lincoln Park Historic Neigborhood UTK College of Architecture and Design Role: Project Designer
The project is a result of the zoning codes and the infill guidelines combined with a bioclimatic approach to promote a more sustainable housing architecture using the natural environment to our benefit. The sites selected are in a sub-urban area without strong historical context. This brings an opportunity for development of a new pattern of style, design and relationships with the site and the future structures. The bioclimatic approach to the design of passive systems of cooling, heating and lighting made us analyze the sun and wind behavior during the year. Thus, south facing glassing and the use of terraces as an exterior gathering private space in other to ameliorate cost Is a great strategy for small housing developments where every square foot counts.
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FLOOR PLAN
FLOOR PLAN
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PRIVATE DECKS EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
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The use of thermal mass walls to define the spatial relationship of the house with the communal spaces of the multi-dweling complex and the infill house pattern of the neightborhood, as an adaptative method to occupy different sites.
EIGHTBORHOOD, ASAN ADAPTATIVE METHOD TO DIFFE
PARTI DIAGRAM PARALLEL THERMAL MASS WALLS
EAST ELEVATION
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COMMON CORRIDOR AND PRIVATE DECKS PARALLEL HOUSE DWELLINGS
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The project uses the mass walls as an adaptative method to relate to different topographies by extending the foundations and creating shifts in the floor heights.
APTATIVE METHOD TO DIFFERENT TO OCCUPY DIFERENT SITES.
PARTI DIAGRAM PARALLEL THERMAL MASS WALLS
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LIVING SPACE
LOFT SPACE
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COMMON COURTYARD
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EXTERIOR DECK SPACE
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COMMUNITY GROWTH
THE HAITI PROJECT
LEXI, HAITI Gathering as a Catalyst for Community Growth UTK College of Architecture and Design Role: Collaboration as Project Designer
The intent of the project is to unite three fundamental aspects that are inherent to the success of the Haitian community of Lexi: Community, Education and Nutrition. The unification of these three elements through a successful complex layout with a church and a preschool that will provide a space where the people of Lexi can thrive together and grow into a developed community.
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ENTRANCE PERSPECTIVE
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HOUSE / CHURCH FRONT ELEVATION
HOUSE / CHURCH SECTION
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CHURCH INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
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CLASSROOM PERSPECTIVE
GUEST HOUSE LIVING ROOM PERSPECTIVE
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WALL SECTION THROUGH DOOR PANELS
CMU WALL SECTION
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POST -TRUTH STUDIO
MACAU [SAR 3.0] LAKE NAM VAN, MACAU BUREAU OF [SUB]CONS CIOUS VALUATION UTK College of Architecture and Design Spring 2017
Macau is a special Administrative Region in the South China Sea. Besides being an autonomous region, Macau is also a heterotrophic region which means it doesn’t possess the natural resources or land for the production or manufacturing industries, making them completely dependent on importation. Since 1999 when Macau became an independent region from Portugal, its economy bloomed with the casino and touristic industry. The importation of capital goods dropped considerately when they decided to stop fabrication and became a Service oriented economy. To do a more comprehensive analysis on Macau’s Special and interesting situation, the used of virtual water as a concept to quantify and understand Macau’s economic and trade system as a Valuation System. 37
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MAP OF MACAU [SAR 2.0] WATER RESERVOIRS
As part of the program and having a natural resource as the driving force I created a dependency of this department in Macau to help with its special condition and I named it as The Bureau Of Subconcious Valuation. Virtual Water is a Post Truth concept, and like value, it depends on the approval and sentiment or a large collective group. Value as Virtual water connects to my initial Aphorism of the Post-Truth: As Guy Debord wrote, “The Spectacle is capital accumulated to the point it becomes images”, therefore I claim that Posttruth is image to the point It becomes territories. Post truth is used as a concept to define or represent the idea of value in the context of Macau. Virtual water is used as a valuation mechanism to quantify scales, magnitudes and intensities of materiality.
SAR 3.0 BUREAU OF [SUB]CONSCIOUS VALUATION
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SPECULATIVE VALUATION
Territory: Macao | Sar 3.1
SPECULATIVE LANDSCAPE
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Mapping the territory of the Post-Truth: The consciousness or unconsciousness of value
SAR 3.1
SPECULATIVE SPATIAL MODEL
MACAU SITE MODEL
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BUREAU OF [SUB]CONSCIOUS VALUATION
My project shows a juxtaposition of ideas of something so immaterial like Virtual Water being used to express magnitudes and activities so material and real like manufacturing, agriculture and in my case, the making of territories. The main focus is the mining of the sub land to extend the waterline to augment its property value, and at the same time it creates an underwater entity in order to hold the dependency where Virtual Water is the Valuation Mechanism use to quantify this magnitude of materials. The project occurs below the mean seal level only surfacing to expand the cultural and touristic area. The project is a speculative design that intents to play with architectural provocation creating spaces that exist in the surreal and the subconscious. It is a physical way to interpret and understand Value in Macau, where the intangible meets the tangible in a way to solidify a Post-Truth concept and make it reliable.
EMERGING TERRITORIES
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SECTION A [SUB]CONSCIOUS VALUE
SECTION B [SUB]CONSCIOUS VALUE
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STUDENT
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PROFESSIONAL
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ABOUT MY WORK My professional work shows a compilation of architectural projects focusing on housing, commercial, institutional, and health care facilities. I apply both technical knowledge and a sense of creativity to create functional and aesthetically attractive spaces that suit the needs of users in an effective and reliable way. Working on projects that promote healthy living, support housing development, and encourage community growth through design has been a sustained interest throughout the course of my life; To continue this path in my professional career adds immeasurable value to my present and future goals. Visit website for recent collaboration work:
HÔPITAL DE L’UNIVERSITÉ
D’ETAT D’HAITI PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
CCE, Constructor, Consulting And Engineering Role: Collaboration as a Project Designer.
The project is a proposal for a main hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I worked with the design of spaces allocated for the hospital, infirmary, and facilities building that included the industrial kitchen, laundry room, laboratories, and waste management site. I worked with the landscape and lighting design, creating a peaceful environment for the hospital’s exterior.
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MAIN HALLWAY INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
LEFT FACADE
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OPERATION ROOM
EMERGENCY ROOM
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TYPICAL ROOM
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
FORENSIC PATHOLOGY SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CCE, Constructor, Consulting And Engineering Role: Collaboration as a Project Designer
The proposal for the new National Institute of Forensic Pathology was a response for the outdated infrastructure of the actual department, which couldn’t handle the traffic of cases that the city demanded.
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COURTYARD VIEW
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COURTYARD VIEW
SITE PLAN
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FRONT FACADE
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LICEE TOUSSAINT
LOUVERTURE PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
CCE, Constructor, Consulting And Engineering Role: Lead Project Designer
The Licee Toussaint Louverture is a historic public school in the heart of Port-au-Prince that got destroyed by the 2010’s earthquake. The Haitian government wanted to maintain the original architectural style while improving the building techniques for the new school.
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COMPUTER LABORATORY
SCIENCE LABORATORY
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CEVALDOM
OFFICES SANTO DOMINGO D.R.
Diblas Constructora Role: Lead Project Designer and Construction Supervisor
The Project consisted in the design of a stock market central office where security was priority while maintaining the open floor and the contemporary style in the office space.
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OPEN OFFICE SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY BY LORENA MARTIN
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APARTMENTS PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI Freelance Architecture Role: Project Designer
The proposal of an apartment building complex in the outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Each building possesses 7 levels and a common area in the rooftop with amenities for the owners.
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