• Conducted interviews on succesful LEED certified projects
• Presented learning to Architecture peers at UIUC
Department of Urban Planning
Research Assistant
Researcher: Mary Edwards, Associate Professor
Spring 2020 / University of Illinois
• Scaled cities’ Readiness by identifying gaps for the aging population by professor of urban planning
• Analyzed comprehensive city plans for housing suitability, safety and transportation
Northeastern Illinois Trio Program
Student Mentor
Summer 2019 / Chicago, IL
• Planned, organized and presented architecture curriculum for 18-student class
• Prepared students for Newhouse Architecture + Design Competition
Fernando Licea
Skills
Sketchup AutoCAD
Autodesk Revit
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Office
Languages
English
Spanish
Hobbies
Jump Roping
Graphic Design
Writing
Spring 2024 pp. 21-28
Edgewater Pavilion
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Little Library - Rogers Park
Winter 2024
The Little Library at Rogers Park is vibrant structure that serves as a welcoming space for reading and learning. It stands by twelve W12x72 steel columns with a ACM panel envelope. In addition, a custom metal facade connects the ends of the building to the entry corner.
The composite structure of ACM panels stands out with their Chicago blue tone. The ACM panels are good insulators but also provide soundproofing to give the advantage of a quiet environment perfect for reading. The exposed steel beams serve as a teaching mechanism to show inside viewers the library’s structure.
Perpendicular to the steel beams hang blue acoustic panels that absorb sound and are a continuation of the blue envelope and facade. Together this palette is what makes this library a vibrant space.
The color palette plays a vital role in the feeling of the space. The selection of blue connects with the city of Chicago and represents a bright and motivational environment.
Chicago, IL
Rogers Park
Little Library - Rogers Park
Roofing Finish
Rigid Board
Roofing insulation
Concrete Slab
Corrugated Metal Panels
Hanging Acoustic Panels
W 12x72
Water Resistant Barrier
4mm Blue ACM Panel
Exterior Gypsum
Cavity Insulation
Steel Stud
Flashing
Little Library - Rogers Park
The Envelope
The envelope is made of blue ACM panels to set a tone and vibrance to the location. ACM panels were selected as a form of efficiency, simplicity, cost for a small city project.
The Facade
The facade of this project was custom made from a collective of multiple geometric metal panels. The facade connects from two axis to create an upward triangular corner.
The Nook
Four Nooks in the left are spaces which are surronded by glazing making the area feel outdoors great for reading with indirect sunlight.
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Los 24 Escalones
Summer 2024
In a Guadalajara residential neighborhood, Cumbre International school seeks to provide dedicated students with the option of walkable apartments. Los 24 Escalones provides apartments that adapt to the urban context and provide living spaces for students.
The exterior finish of this project is an attractive Venetian style plaster made with natural materials in addition to an acrylic polymer for external usability and a wax coating for a water-resistant property. Venetian plaster is environmental friendly because it has low VOC emissions. Additionally, Venetian plaster is mold and mildew-resistant.
From the exterior view, it consists of twelve apartments. The building is made up of four sections with a primary entry and have identical alternating levels. Together they create a set of stair steps hence its name Los 24 Escalones.
The apartments have garden beds on the balcony to welcome family for planting as the urban context is surrounded by vegetation and growth.
Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico
Los 24 Escalones is a structure part of the community for Cumbre International School.
This school has multiple specializations and a strong athletic program. Its creation is meant to provide efficiency for students and families of students who wish to enhance their dedication at Cumbre International school.
Within walking distance students are able to have a one or two bedroom apartment with a multispace first floor.
X Los 24 Escalones
ISOMETRIC VIEW OF TWO UNITS
THIRD FLOOR UNIT
FOURTH FLOOR UNIT
In figure 1 the shape of the structure is created to relate to the mountains in the surrounding site.
The shape is then intergrated to provide space for living in figure 2. The first level becomes a space for multi-use to acomodate for students of cumbres international school as shown in figure 3.
Balconies and garden beds are used in exterior spacest to create a identity for the units. Together the stacking of units and exterior spaces adapt to the urban context
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Edgewater Pavilion
Spring 2024
The city of Chicago has received a donation to commemorate the Edgewater Beach Hotel with a pavilion in the Edgewater Lakefront. The Edgewater Pavilion serves three important tasks of signs of strength, admiration of the horizon, and the creation of a hierarchy.
These three tasks were accomplished by the Edgewater Beach Hotel before its demolition after the expansion of Lakefront. Nearly one hundred years after the Edgewater Beach Hotels opening, the goal of this project is to celebrate what it once stood. The Edgewater Pavillion will serve the same way the Edgewater Beach Hotel.
The Edgewater Pavilion is built with stainless steel that is constructed upward at an angle that leads to a cantilever in unity to create a symbol of strength. This technique is duplicated in hierarchy in a set of three distinct structures.
The largest structure ends the cantilever toward the lake Michigan to admire the horizon. The three structures collectively create a tunnel vision toward the lake to capture the moment that was the task for the Edgewater Pavilion.
Chicago, IL
Edgewater Lakefront
Edgewater Pavilion
WEST ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
10’ 20’
10’ 20’
Edgewater Pavilion
NORTH SECTION
SOUTH SECTION
Edgewater Pavilion
10’ 20’
10’ 20’
ISOMETRIC VIEW
The Edgewater Pavilion cantilevers toward Lake Michigan to admire the horizon. The lake plays a vital role into the identity of the structure and its hierchy.
