Luis Mendez | UWE | Part 1 Architecture Portfolio

Architecture Portfolio Academic selected work 2019-2023

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P.I Revit, Photoshop, Twinmotion

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Bristol Environmental Learning

This project, based in Cumberland basin, is a learning centre that will act as a community hub for environmental awarness and education. It will proactively encourage people to reconnect with nature in new ways and positively change the way people live around it. The centre will also provide spaces for farming and growing natural foods as well as providing cooking lessons in organic foods and artesany workshops.

Moreover, the centre will encourages the general public to learn about the ecosystem that surrounds them and learn how to preserve and protect endangered species.

The centre’s main goal is to change people’s obsolete notions on nature and the past, so that they can begin to appreciate more the natural world and show more empathy towards it.

Centre Univeristy of the West of England 2022-23

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Portfolio | Luis Mendez

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Ecological Centre | Luis Mendez

Roof plan Ground Floor First Floor

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1:20 Facade technical detail

Portfolio | Luis Mendez

Damp proof membrane Vapour Barrier

Green roof - Vegetation - Growing medium - Water resorvoir - Root barrier - Waterproof membrane - 150mm Rigid Insulation - VPC - 80mm CLT panel

Exterior Wall - 250mm Reinforced Rammed earth wall - VCL - 120mm Polyiso insulation - 250mm Reinforced Rammed earth wall

Foundation - 20mm Wood laminated floor - 100mm Cement screed with radiant heating - Vapour Barrier - 120mm EPS Rigid insulation - Damp proof membrane - 200mm Hardcore Gravel - Reclaimed Concrete footing

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1:20 Internal technical detail

Ecological Centre | Luis Mendez

Green roof - Vegetation - Growing medium - Water resorvoir - Root barrier - Waterproof membrane - 150mm Rigid Insulation - VPC - 80mm CLT panel

Internal Wall - 20mm Wood laminated flooring - Service void - 100mm Rock Mineral wool Insulation - 150mm CLT wall - 200mm x 350mm - Glulam secondary beam - 200 x 350 Main Glulam Beam

Foundation - 20mm Wood laminated floor - 100mm Cement screed with radiant heating - Vapour Barrier - 120mm EPS Rigid insulation - Damp proof membrane - 200mm Hardcore Gravel - Reclaimed Concrete footing

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P.2 Revit, Photoshop, Enscape

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Bristol Youth

The objectives for this project were to create a building where adolescents could socialise and support each other to focus on their mental and physical well beings.

The design of building was designed to help its users feel ‘like home’ and comfortable to enabe them to learn and develop trasferrable skills in a variaty of areas and a place where they could feel inspired and motivated. Moreover, the centre had to take good use of the natural light and provide spacious and well ventilated rooms as well as provide an abudance of green spaces.

Centre Univeristy of the West of England 2020-21

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Bedminister, Bristol

Being located at the heart of the Bedminster, the site was mostly surrounded by industrial and residential buildings. Therefore there was limited green space available around the site with the exception of some green spaces South and South East which were classified as ‘positive views’. The site, however, was very accessibile by public transport and possesed a strong character. The form of the building was influence by the environmental conditions of the site in particular that of noise. It was for this reason that the building was designed with an inverted L-shape to block the loud noise from the road.

Photogrpahic study of the site

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Ground Floor N

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First Floor

1. Multimedia room 2. Storage 3. Seminar 4. Music room 5. Recording studio 6. Studio/making 7. Lift 8. Stairs 9. Toilet 10.Central green space 11. Main entrance 12. East entrance

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South Elevation

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Structural strategy and Materiality

Standing seam metal roof and sawtooth roof structure

Concrete beam Concrete floor slab

Concrete columns

Conquina-Sand concrete

Exposed concrete wall

Timber cladding

Timber flooring

Polished concrete flooring

The external finishes of the building were choosen to provide a unique exterior facing wall, giving a sculptural appearance to the centre. Coquina-sand concrete was the material implemented as it is a ligthweight concrete and low in carbon (its easily compressed and provides long-term durability). Timber wood panels were chosen for the external cladding of the west side of the building. Timber flooring used for the second and third floors as they add a welcoming and warm ambience to the space.

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Environmental Strategy

Rain-water Harvesting

Cross-ventilation

Saw-tooth roof

Super insulation

The main environmental strategy of the building focuses on the saw-tooth roof structure. The 45 degree inclination of the roof towards the sun allows natural light to easily enter the building helping the rooms at the far back be illuminated by the midday sun during summer. Furthemore, the building benefits from cross ventilation in the multi-purpose hall thanks to the wall and window vents placed on the south and west facade of the building. A similar ventilation also happens on the third floor through the saw-tooth roof. This ventilation system will help to remove hot and cold temperatures from interior rooms

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1:20 Section

1. - Precast Concrete pavers - Waterproof membrane - 150mm Insulation - Vapour Control layer - Leveling screed - Concrete deck - Timber battens - Plasterboard Ceiling 2. - 175mm facing concrete wall - 50mm Air gap - Waterproof Membrane - 150mm wall insulation - Vapour control layer - Inner Block work - Timber battens - Plasterboard 3. - Polished concrete finish - Screed - Vapour Control layer - Thermal floor insulation - Additional insulation - Waterproof membrane - Leveling Screed - Hardcore gravel 4. - 60mm Concrete blocks - 30mm Sand Bedding - Open graded crushed rock - Compacted earth

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Scale 1:20

1:5 Junction

Key Section

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P.3 Revit, Photoshop, Enscape

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Social Housing Project Univeristy of the West of England 2020-21

This social housing project is based in the popular area of Barton Hill, Bristol. The main aims for this project were to challenge the traditional ways of living, playing and working through providing different sustainbale housing solutions. The project was designed in a way that space efficiency and social mobility would be significanlty increased as well as reduce alienation between its users for a intergenerational living space. This was done by creating 3 compacted unit blocks with main communal facilities at the centre of the livable space.

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Barton Hill, Bristol

The surrounding architecture of the Barton hill varied from Victorian terrace housing to contemporary family housing. To respect this similar pattern, I took the typical Victorian streets as inspiration and implemented into the project by creating a row of houses on the north of the site. This was one of the first design decisions that was present through out the project as it was very important to minimise the noise coming from the road as well as to provide a more pleasent visual experience to the occupants.

Precedents Alvaro Siza Bouca Social Hosing

Peter Barber Architects Brick Terrace housing

Site Elevation

Canal

Existing site buildings

Terrace housing

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Site plan 1:500

The flat roof provides extensive space to install PV solar panels.

The three large openings allow to have terraces that extends from one side of the building to the other, helping to ventilate interior spaces.

Terraces and Balconies provide essential outdoors space for both dissable people and elders without needing to leave the building.

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Floor plans Young Professional units | 2 Beds 8

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1 - Entr y/Kitchen 2 - Living room 3 - Garden 4 - Toilet 5 - Bedroom 2 6 - Bathroom 7 - Main room 8 - Storage room 9 - Balcony

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Mid-Large Families | 3 beds 3

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1 - Dinning area 2 - Kitchen 3 - Bathroom 4 - Living room 5 - Front garden

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Senior Apartments | 1 and 2 beds 7

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1 - Living space 2 - Kitchen and Dinning area 3 - Storage space 4 - Main bedroom 5 - Bathroom 6 - Terrace/Balcony 7 - Communal lif t 8 - Building entrance

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1:20 Technical

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Environmental strategy

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Sustainable materials

Brise soleil sun shade

Double glazed windows

Permeable pavement

Structural Axonometric Clay roofing tiles

Timber framed floor primary structure

Timber stud partition walls

Outer Brick wall structure.

Timber framed wall (Primary structure) Foundation

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Sketches

Victorian Rooms sketch (Edited)

Sketche of St. Nicholas Market, Bristol

View from St. Nicholas Church

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Sketches II

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Models

Process model for final project

Exhibition proccess model

Cardboard model of Jacobs house

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Other renders

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Thank you for reading!

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