M AT E O M A N T I L L A ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
TERMINALE DELL’ ISOLA
URBAN WILDERNESS
EXCELLENCE AWARD - AIA GA
EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD - AIA GA
GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE - IDA
BRONZE - IDA
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WELLNESS RETREAT
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THE BRANCH
ENLIGHTENMENT CHURCH
SYNTAX
HONOR AWARD - AIA GA
MODEL MAKING
EVOLO SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION
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TERMINALE DELL’ ISOLA
EXCELLENCE AWARD - AIA GEORGIA DESIGN AWARDS 2021 GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE - IDA INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS
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- Santa Maria del Mare, Italy - Cruise Ship Terminal
M A N T ILLA
Tourism has been a problem for locals in Venice, especially when it comes to cruise ships, which not only cause protests for the negative environmental impacts but the damage on the building’s foundations. The proposed relocation of the cruise ship terminal satisfies the locals’ requests and brings a new opportunity for them to interact with the tourists. This project presents spaces such as a courtyard, market, soccer field, park, café, performance space, and more that serve the purpose to bring both locals and tourists together, this way forming a community. Sea level rise is challenging the way we design buildings, in response to this problem, this building is designed to float by applying the same concepts of buoyancy that allow ships to float. If the sea level rises to extreme levels, this building will freely hover and will bring the possibility of expansion by connecting similar modules creating a floating community.
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POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A FLOATING COMMUNITY
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REALITY VS. REFLECTION
INDIVIDUAL INTO COMMUNITY
FLOATING STRUCTURE
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1ST FLOOR
2ND FLOOR
3RD FLOOR
1ST FLOOR / GALLERY
2ND FLOOR / OFFICE & LOUNGE
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SECTION DETAIL
3RD FLOOR / SECURITY
HEAVY TIMBER STRUCTURE
DEPARTURE GATE
OFFICE & LOUNGE
KITCHEN
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To solve direct daylight conditions into the courtyard space; this project introduces climate-responsive inflatable shading systems, which consists of inflatables restrained within cells that inflate or deflate depending on the daylight conditions allowing shade and/ or daylight into the courtyard. INFLATED
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PARTIALLY INFLATED
DEFLATED
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SHADING SYSTEM COVERAGE
CLIMATE RESPONSIVE INFLATABLE SHADING SYSTEM
LOUNGE
DEPARTURE GATE
COURTYARD WITH INFLATED SHADING SYSTEM
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The location for this project is currently a 1,918,160sqft concrete slab that is unoccupied. Most of the slab was removed and reused throughout the building and surroundings to bring more water into the site and the coast, allowing locals and tourists to have a better interaction with it. The immediate context around the site consists of docks, a few houses, and a hotel, while further away there are more residences, stores, and restaurants. Besides serving as a cruise ship terminal, this project includes a cafe, restaurant, bar, market, gallery, studio/classroom, performance stage, and office that bring new activity opportunities to the locals.
PARK
SOCCER FIELD
FOOD MARKET
Another big step was to convert a northern platform into a park that includes a diversity of Italian vegetation, making the site more sustainable and increasing vegetation close to 30% more than it was existing, which can serve as a home for local birds and small mammals. Ultimately this project becomes an example of how human-made features can easily transform into a more natural feature with simple sustainable design decisions.
SITTING AREA
PARKING
This building addresses sea level rise by elevating pedestrian and bike paths, allowing connection to boats, and by having the building float, which will allow the building to serve as a protective space for the community when needed.
OPERABLE DOCK
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SITE SECTION
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2. TREAVELER’S APPROACH
3. DOCK
4. SOCCER FIELD
5. BRIDGE FROM SOCCER FIELD
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6. PEDESTRIAN + BIKES
URBAN WILDERNESS
EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD - NEW DEN-CITIES INTL. COMPETITION BRONZE - IDA INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS 2021
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RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP OF NATURE AND THE CITY
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- Hudson Yards, New York City - Urban Design, Landscaping
M A N T ILLA
The vision for this project takes the elements of wilderness paired with natural terrain and topography to transform the existing city into a more sustainable, natural form of living and working. In order to achieve an urban wilderness, the forest ecosystem was studied, and identified that it is made up of five main layers. By applying this system to our site, it was found that it allows for public uses that are connected, adaptable, and sustainable thus creating an escape in a dense urban setting. Skyscrapers make it possible for living to extend vertically but leaves urban life to exist solely at the ground level. Utilizing a layering system allows for more public areas to be distributed vertically creating density without crowding. The forest layers were identified and paired with the functional aspect of the city. the layers were developed based on natural forms and a shift in the city’s rigid grid to directionality that suits the site while allowing for organic movement.
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The concept of Urban Wilderness can be carried out at various scales to provide the city with more green space, public space, and to integrate urban farming within the city. - In collaboration with Ellen Filiatreau & Erin Legan
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CITY + WILDERNESS VISUALIZATION
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VIEW FROM HUDSON RIVER
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Skyscrapers make it possible for living to extend vertically, but leaves urban life to exist solely at the ground level. Utilizing a layer system allows for more public areas to be distributed vertically creating density without crowding.
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CITY + FOREST LAYERS DIAGRAM
EMERGENT
Sun Rainwater Collection Urban Farming Living Units Work
CANOPY
The layers that make up the site are based on natural forms and a shift in the city’s rigid grid. This creates directionality that suits our site while allowing for organic movement.
Life Living Units Urban Farming Vertical Farming
UNDERSTORY Growth / Play Move / Connect
GROUND FLOOR Decay / Transience Shop / Eat / Move
ROOTS FOREST LAYERS
Urban Services Parking Underground
GRID
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EMERGENT LAYER
GATHERING SPACES
PUBLIC / PRIVATE SPACES CANOPY LAYER
NATURAL ELEMENTS UNDERSTORY LAYER
CIRCULATION GROUND FLOOR LAYER
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Transforming 11th Ave Into a Pedestrian Only Street
SOUTH VIEW
VIEW FROM THE VESSEL
RETAIL
UNDERSTORY LAYER
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WALKING
BIKING
WALKING
CAFE
VIEW OF 11TH AVE. FROM W 34TH ST.
VIEW OF 11TH AVE.
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Upper Layers
CANOPY LAYER EAST VIEW
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CANOPY LAYER
CANOPY LAYER SOUTH VIEW
STREET PLAN
EMERGENT LAYER SOUTH VIEW
APARTMENT VIEW TO BEACH (CANOPY LAYER)
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Analysis
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CIRCULATION
BRIDGE VIEW
MOBILITY
VIEW OF 11TH AVE
NATURAL ELEMENTS
WATER FEATURE AT GROUND FLOOR LAYER
RAINWATER COLLECTION
VIEW OF EMERGENT LAYER
USAGE DIAGRAM
Rainwater and gray water are collected to be recycled back into the site to be used for water features, greenery on site and drinking. The proposed green columns allow for structural support and vertical circulation while being the site’s main food supply. They are the site’s basis for sustainability and create retail spaces as well as gathering spaces at their base.
SECTION
GREEN COLUMNS
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Pandemic
CONTAINMENT DIAGRAM With the presence of a global pandemic, the future of cities will change to accommodate a more socially distanced population while convergently finding new methods of holistically integrating connection, movement and nature.
NATURAL GATHERING SPACES The upper layers allow for more provate natural gathering spaces rarely found in the city.
TRANSIENT SPACE The ground floor layer allows for flexible program and increased movement, making it a transient space.
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Creating more pedestrian walking and bike paths allow for distanced movement.
The presence of nature is calming to the body in times of stress.
Large areas allow for the congregation of people while social distancing.
Outdoor areas are at lower risk for coronavirus transmission than being
Wilderness Site Visitor Experience What needs are present and can be met?
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Spread + 28th Street
The concept of Urban Wilderness can be carried out at various scales to provide the city with more green space, public space, and to integrate urban farming within a city.
WILDERNESS SPREAD INTO NEW YORK CITY
STREET SPREAD VISUALIZATION
STREET SPREAD - 28TH STREET
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STREET SPREAD SECTION VIEW
PROPOSED ADJACENT STREET
NATURE AND CITY COLLAGE
CONCEPT COLLAGE
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UNDERSTORY LAYER VIEW
VIEW FROM WEST SIDE HIGHWAY
VIEW FROM HUDSON RIVER
VIEW FROM UNDERSTORY LAYER TOWARDS HUDSON RIVER
VIEW FROM TOP OF VESSEL
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WELLNESS RETREAT M AT E O
- Clearlake, California - Hospitality, Wellness Retreat
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This is a place for people looking to get out of the ordinary and get more in touch with nature. Many programs are offered thoughout the different buildings such as thermal baths, a library, an ouditorium, yoga studio, fitness studio, art studio, fire circle, and spa. The architecture is projected in a simple and straightforward way to highlight the nature in the surroundings which provides a natural immersive experience between the guests and the surroundings. This project explores exposure and privacy through nature.
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USER EXPERIENCE COLLAGE
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CONCEPT COLLAGE
CONCEPT + INITIAL BUILDING DISTRIBUTION
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Floor Plans
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Site Plan
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Lobby
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Thermal Baths
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Art Studio
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Auditorium
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Entrance to Auditorium Lounge
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Auditorium / Spa Section
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Fire Circle
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Lodging
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Kitchen /
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RESTAURANT / LOUNGE
RESTAURANT
YOGA
LODGING
SPA
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THERMAL BATHS
AUDITORIUM LOUNGE
LOBBY
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VIEW OF LOBBY AND THERMAL BATHS
VIEW OF LODGING
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THE BRANCH
HONOR AWARD AIA GEORGIA DESIGN AWARDS
2020
The contrast between the lightness and comfort in the square, and the heaviness of the site inspired this project, which has the intention to unify the opposing concepts of heaviness and lightness through its architecture and materiality.
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The corner of Congress & Drayton St. (Savannah, GA) served as a parking lot located next to BB&T. The emptiness of this space made the surrounding buildings considerably bigger and heavier which made this side of Johnson Square a very uncomfortable place to be.
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- Corner of Congress & Drayton St. (Savannah, GA) - Mix-use complex
This project consists on a mixed-use complex that offers a recreational space to the public, residential units, and an interior courtyard for the residents.
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COURTYARD
RESIDENTIAL
LOBBY RECREATIONAL SPACE
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MODEL MAKING
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- Unassigned location - Church
M A N T ILLA
This project explores plan to section relationships through a repetitive structural system; the exploration of form, scale, and proportion was also a main condition for this project which is represented as a church, which was hand crafted and hand rendered.
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ENLIGHTENMENT CHURCH
The building has been designed to allow the visitors to feel a progression from the ordinary to holiness; from the moment they start a journey from an open entrance that shrinks down in the form of a filter to represent the purgatory, which then opens up again revealing the church; while the visitor continues its journey to the center of the church, the noise of water slightly falling will give a sense of being set appart from the city. The shadows and the light entrance from the atrium combined with the reflection of the water will give the individuals a great opportunity to think and meditate. PO R TF OL I O
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M A N T ILLA
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EVOLO - SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION
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SYNTAX
AN URBAN INFORMATIC RESPONSE TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS M AT E O
- Turkey, Lagos, Miami - Refugee shelter
M A N T ILLA
Whether by man-made or natural destruction, people around the world are rapidly being displaced. In a moment of crisis, whether it be war, disease, or flooding, efficiently communicating information is key to the resiliency of a community. SYNTAX is designed to be able to be transported by the same means of any search and rescue team, such as cargo planes, ships, or trucks. The structure is composed of an inner structural core and an outer skin icosahedron framing. These icosahedron framing systems can house the drone-like mobile modules in whatever orientation creates ideal environmental conditions. With weather data and interior environmental conditions constantly being evaluated by the system, the drone-like mobile modules can intelligently respond by orienting themselves around the skin of the building to keep interior conditions regulated. SYNTAX works to bring the future of architecture up to speed with the digital revolution by reimagining available technology as a potential intelligent building material.
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- In collaboration with Amanda Ridings, Angel Trejo, Brennan Heyward, Denzyl Zhang, Elisa Dogor, and Jesus Lopez,
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DRONE EXPLODED AXON
DRONES INTO ICOSAHEDRON
ICOSAHEDRON DISASSEMBLY DIAGRAM
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TURKEY C u r rent ly host i ng about 4 million refugees despi te cam ps only bei ng able to h ouse about 200,000, Turkey is in desperate need for temporary housing. By bu ilding ver t i cally, t he am ount of land n e e ding to be cleared i s m i ni m i zed. By u si ng a system t hat i s able to be a sse m bled and di sassem bled, m ateri al wa ste i s m i ni m i zed.
Occupants: >200,000 Climate Type: Mediterranean
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LAGOS In th e past , Afri ca has had a hi stor y of se ri ous disease outbreaks. Wi t h t he pre dic ted g row t h of western afri ca i t is probable t hat anot her out break of disea se could be det ri m ent al to a ci t y. Synt a x creates a potent i al healing space with in t he i nfi rm ar y and isolation spaces to protec t t hose who are healt hy.
Occupants: >21,000,000 Climate Type: Tropical
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MIAMI It is predi c ted t hat i n t he near future, la rge par t s of Mi am i wi ll becom e uninhabitable due to increased flooding a ffe c t i ng ci t y i nfrast ruc t ure, dri nki ng wate r, and plant li fe. Thi s i ncreasi ng th reat creates a need for large scale shelter system. The adapt abi li t y of synt a x allows for mult i ple packages to be dro pped and st acked.
Occupants: >1,000,000 Climate Type: Tropical
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