nanette martinez [architecture portfolio] undergraduate/graduate 2011-14
Master in Architecture Candidate Florida International University School of Architecture + The Arts
[contents] Master in Architecture Candidate Florida International University School of Architecture + The Arts
selected academic undergraduate/graduate works 2012-14
2006 - 2015
Academic Timeline [04] Design 6 Spring 2013
The Light Box: Miami Infill [06] Design 5 Fall 2012
Lincoln Road Public Library [14] Design 8 in Genoa, Italy Fall 2013 | in collaboration with Christopher Centeno
The Urban Creuza: Building + Path [22] Graduate Design 10 Fall 2014 | in collaboration with Haley Perry
Vorkurs/Mockplay: Wall Panel [28] Design 4 Spring 2012
Dancing Platforms: Wolfsonian Museum Addition [36] Study Abroad in Italy Fall 2013
Travel Sketches [44] Identification of Work [46]
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Havana, Cuba
Kiwanis Of Little Havana Foundation. Five-year Scholarship, 2010 – 2015. Hispanic Scholarship Fund. General Scholarship, 2010 – 2014. Cap Grant From The Miami Foundation. General Scholarship, 2010 – 2014. Florida Bright Futures. Medallion Scholar, 2010 – 2014.
VOCATIONAL PRE-UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF EXACT SCIENCES (IPVCE) Vladimir Ilich Lenin
Miami, Florida
Sep. 2006 – May 2008
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AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Aug. 2008 – Jun. 2010
Master of Architecture (5-Year Accelerated) Aug. 2010 - Apr. 2015
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[timeline] Design 4
Design 6
Design 5
Design 8 Study Abroad
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Graduate Design 10
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Genoa, Italy Study Abroad Aug. - Dec.
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Master of Architecture (5-Year Accelerated)
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The Light Box: Miami Infill is an academic project that examines comprehensive mixed-use housing in an urban context. The project focuses on organization and studies of adjacencies of living. The main topic becomes how to bring natural light into the infill space while dealing with the concept of living at many scales: from the relationship with the urban context to the scale of furniture.
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[the light box: miami infill] Design Studio 6 | Spring 2013
NE 1ST AVE
NE 2ND STREET
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[axes of light] Mass and Void spatial interactions due to the carvings of light.
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Preliminary Conceptual Plans [concept] The concept for this project is a problem-solving approach that utilizes the issue of natural lighting penetration as the generator of the architecture. [strategy]
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BAYFRONT PARK
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The enclosure of the site due to its length and narrowness presents the problem of how to introduce light and fresh air into such confined space. Thorough analysis of the sun path over the site determines four main axes of light that will define the spatial, programmatic, and structural organization of the project. Carving vents that run in the direction of the four axes previously defined allows full penetration of natural light into the project throughout the entire day.
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Mass and Void
The “10:00” axis creates an interior courtyard that brings natural light into the entire building. It also becomes the stair circulation core. TOWNHOUSE
GALLERY
The “17:00” axis allows a private entrance into the top levels [residential] allowing the back and top of the building to remain independent from the ground floor [commercial].
CIRCULATION
Conceptual Longitudinal Section
Infill Condition
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Cross Section A
Cross Section B
Cross Section C
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25’ x 100’ Infill Variation A
25’ x 100’ Infill Variation B
25’ x 150’ Infill Variation 25’ x 100’ Corner Variation Infill Variations Arrangement Possibilities
Ground Plan
Second Floor
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Miami Beach
Lincoln Road
The Lincoln Road Public Library is an academic project that proposes a new end for the west edge of Lincoln Road. The project holds significant urban connotation because it redefines a start for the most important pedestrian road in Miami Beach.
[lincoln road public library] Design Studio 5 | Fall 2012
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Procession towards site [views]
[concept] The idea of the project is to separate all programmatic functions into independent objects that are interconnected by a system of floating corridors and stairs. The separation allows for quieter spaces and grants the building objects a wider range of views of the bay and the city. [strategy] The volumes are categorized by programmatic function. The “books” box is located in the central area and it becomes the pivot around which all other programs and circulation are arranged. The “reading” boxes stand closer to the bay to provide the readers with views of the bay and Downtown Miami. The “cafe” box falls outside the property line to become the most urbanistically relevant object of the project because it makes an urban statement that defines the west end of Lincoln Road. It faces the street and the bay and it becomes a point of interest that brings attention to the rest of the public library.
Panoramic View of the Bay
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Lincoln Road
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West Elevation
Basic Structure
North Elevation [exterior multi-level circulation system] Secondary Structural Walls
South Elevation
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The Urban Creuza is an academic project realized during the Study Abroad semester in Genoa, Italy. The exercise proposed an addition behind the municipal building Palazzo Tursi, located on Via Garibaldi, at the foot of the Spianata di Castelleto. Being in the historic center of Genoa, the project is about the urban connection between Via Garibaldi and Spianata di Castelleto, two historically significant sites that are currently disjointed due to the difference in elevation between them. Therefore the concept of the project is to create a tangible link between both urban contexts: an architectural organism, which integrates the Genovese urban landscape, the slope of the site, a full functioning public building, and a pedestrian network. The Urban Creuza is a synthesis of urban juxtaposition where the connection occurs at all scales, inside and outside, above and under ground.
+ Urban Connector Pedestrian Path
= “in-between� Programmatic Massing
Building + Path Juxtaposition
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[the urban creuza: building + path] Design Studio 8 in Italy | Fall 2013 In collaboration with Christopher Centeno
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Urban Fabric Integration
The connective path celebrates the insatiable pedestrian flow of the city of Genoa by providing direct walkable links with Via Garibaldi, Palazzo Tursi, and the Spianata di Castelleto.
Connectivity Diagram: Points of Interest
The zig-zag nature of the path alleviates the slope of the hill during ascension and allows for a wide range of views during the procession.
Sectionally, the project creates an overground walkable landscape while piercing spaces underground to allow for interior connections with Palazzo Tursi.
By combining the path with the programmatic massing requirements it becomes an “inhabitable artery� that seamlessly integrates into the city landscape as if it was part of the urban fabric all along.
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Urban Fabric Integration
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Via Garibaldi Elevation
+ Facades Integration
Longitudinal Section
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[vorkurs/mockplay: wall panel] Graduate Design 10 | Fall 2014 In collaboration with Haley Perry
Vorkurs/Mockplay derives from the idea of engaging with architecture through experimentation in the studio. We considered selected locally manufactured artifacts such as lockers, aluminum cans, and cardboard boxes to understand the process which generates the objects rather than their formal qualities. Documenting such processes showed how each one of these objects emerges from a flat sheet of material that is folded and/or molded into a 3D form. With this in mind we investigated the extents of 2D 3D and 3D 2D volumetric transformations, where historical mapping projections came to be the most relevant precedent. We continued along these lines to challenge the preconceptions of folding and unfolding the sphere through virtual investigations of drawing followed by testing through materialization. In the pursuit of new insight, we developed a series of operations such as twisting, stretching, and pinching to alter the 3D manifestations of the sphere and discover
Miami Manufacture Study
Miami Manufacture Study
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Box Process Study
Concept
Document as much about the process as possible. How is it manufactured, What forms are suggested, any related products or processes. Try to context alize the manufactured object and process in as broad a context as possible.
Bauhaus Box Object Process Study
Wall Panel Variations
3D Frame Massing
Plan
Tabs Studies Fabrication process
Volumetric Study
found them beautiful on their own. Once brought into a three dimensional piece, the object took on certain deformations. We chose a sphere as our object of “projection”.
done into manufacturing. Choose at least 3 details to draw and bear in mind that what you select should embody an interesting prototypical manufacturing
Wall “Tops on” Panel Unfolded Variations
Bauhaus Object Study
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This book documents the methods of creating a three dimensional form from a two dimensional object.
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studies that sequence, pattern, and distort the sphere based on small incre mental moves. (ie. Stretching, pinching, twisting)
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This publication is our process.
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Sphere to Plane
Plane to Cube
Sphere to Plane
Unfolded Historic Projection Projections Sequences
Dymaxion
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A massive roll of partially recycled paper is fed into a machine. Recycled paper is used because it has a higher durability. The size of the roll depends on the size of boxes being produced.
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Research began by studying the various products that were manufactured in Miami. Then we chose one that interested us and furthered the experimenting from there.
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excess removes is then recycled for more cardboard.
We analyzed the process of creating a box in hopes of deriving a study from it. This eventually generated our interest in the two-dimensional forms coming into a three-dimensional form and vice versa.
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The roll feeds a machine called a corrugator. A drum with ridges on it rolls on corrugated shape.
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trayed on these projections are heavily interrupted to preserve the sizes and shapes and have no “right way up”. The projections trades off the disruption of images for the accurate scale and location of objects within the image. This projection is meant to be unrolled in different ways to emphasize different aspects.
images portrayed on these projections are situated in a way to minimize interrupt ing major land masses. The equator divides the projection equally amongst the meridians. All of the four parts are equal in dimension and size. Upon folding, the triangular faces would bow and shape to form the sphere.
oldest mapmaking techniques known. The scale of the image is constant along the central meridian and throughout the left and right edges of the map. There is no distortion along the central meridian and the equator. The image is interrupted but trades off this by providing accurate sizes and shapes and distances.
abnormalities associated with unfolding a three-dimensional object. Each of
a few were derived from simple or ideal geometries (ie. A circle or sphere). Ob -
shapes of the continents in order to create a more coherent photograph. Some
Cube to Sphere: Bending
and sphere in order to generate form.
the conclusion that the more broken up the image is, the more accurate the shapes, relative distance, and projection becomes.
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Liners are attached to either side of the corrugated material. This provides an air cushion and a stronger material as a whole. For cardboards that are
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and sphere in order to generate form.
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a few were derived from simple or ideal geometries (ie. A circle or sphere). Ob -
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analogue multiples: three or four (or more) physical iterations/explorations. Waterman Butterfly
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utilized a similar type of manufacturing.
utilized a similar type of manufacturing. experiments that accompanied the selected prototype as well as reference a tions or that are clearly derived from the original experiment or prototype. You will build on and add to this reference list over the course of the semester. Explore in physical analogue model how these same forming operations could expand and become variations of the original furniture piece. Think of this as a
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explores their formal relationship in space. Its very form and materials serve items, the teapot was designed to work well in addition to looking good—it is well balanced and easy to pour. Like many of the metalwork designs of the
curves and form of the chair.
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In this model, all of the surface strips rotate in toward the center by 15 degrees. The 2nd outer sur bulge is so large and distorts the form so much that the bulge breaks up to mirror the other side.
A circular pattern was made to follow along the surface strips. The circle pattern is large and perfo rates/opens in order to create the sphere shape.
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A arrowed patter was made to follow along the surface strips. The arrow pattern is large and perfo rates/opens and in some places deforms to create the sphere shape.
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Instead of cutting and assembling the physical models by hand, this study was conduct to see if a method could be derived from folding the 2D form up in a 3D computer program. Essentially, this process was too arbitrary and random
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In order to focus on small details, fabrication studies were performed. We looked at the process of connection, manufacturing, and assemblage and worked to produce wall panels that accommodated for distortion, cracking, and unfurling.
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These images reveal the unpredicted deformations that occur when attempting to assemble the projection into a spherical form.
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The drive of the project are the deformations caused by the process of transforming 3D forms into 2D projections and later folding such projections into their original 3D forms. The tabs become a crucial element during this process, where their shape and size determine the dimension of the deformations during the assemblage process. [above] Interior images of panelized sphere assembled using the tab system. [below] Arrangement of half-spheres unfolded as a whole to analyze the complexity of the projection and how the panels tight back together.
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The exploration became about panelization and how this technique can be applied to design and architecture. [left] Fabrication drawing of a composite wall panel that applies the tab system as structure. [below] Test models of panels using different materials and assemblage techniques. [right] Mock-up Wall panel exploring the tab system and the extent of deformations that it allows. The panels are made of sheet metal that has been cut and perforated. The tabs are riveted in place to allow for a rigid connection that provides structural support to the system.
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2 to 3 in deformation
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4 to 6 in deformation
3 in 3 in
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[left] Tab system design study to allow for specific scales of deformation. [center] Fabrication drawing that applies the tab studies into predictable deformations of the assemblage. [below] Test models of the tab system that demonstrate its success to control deformations when designing between 3D and 2D transformations. The tab system allows to design deformations that can be used for all scales of architectural elements such as landscape structures, wall systems, openings, and furniture.
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[dancing platforms: wolfsonian addition] Design Studio 6 | Spring 2013
Washing to
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Dancing Platforms is an academic project that proposes an addition to the Wolfsonian. The Wolfsonian is a museum and research center that specializes in objects that represent the meaning of Modernism in the arts and design. It stands in Miami Beach, one of the most socially active cities in the world. The building faces the intersection of Washington Avenue and 10th street, about three blocks west from the beach. The area around the museum undergoes a heavy flow of activity that includes pedestrians, vehicles, commerce, and recreation.
10th Street
Miami Beach
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[concept] The Wolfsonian is a museum and research center that specializes in objects that represent the meaning of Modernism in the arts and design. It stands in Miami Beach, one of the most socially active cities in the world. The building faces the intersection of Washington Avenue and 10th street, about three blocks west from the beach. The area around the museum undergoes a heavy flow of activity that includes pedestrians, vehicles, commerce, and recreation. As you get closer to the beach, the level of activity continues to increase in the main streets and avenues. However, once you arrive at the beach you find a vast open space that provides calmness. Following this line, this site’s most striking characteristic is the intensity of social, recreational and commercial interaction that goes on at all times, that seems to merge surrealistically with the peaceful environment offered by the vastness of the sea. Therefore this project analyzes the site in terms of the network of action created by the active elements in the city and its relationship to the suspense offered by the beach.
Roads Network Diagram
Pedestrian Activity Diagram
Hybrid Activity Network Diagram
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[network] a) A system of spatially interrelated elements, which may or may not be physically connected. b) Any net-like combination of filaments, lines, veins, or passages specifically arranged. It may extend peripherally.
[action] a) Performance, energy, activity, movement. b) An act characterized by physical and/or mental activity.
[suspense] a) A state of mental uncertainty and excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of anxiety. b) The state or condition of being suspended.
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Generative concept diagrams and models
Roof Garden
Administration/Offices
Gallery spaces
Bookstore
Lobby Restaurant
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[strategy]
Washington Avenue Elevation
Cross Section
The concept is articulated in the network of interaction of the suspended “tunnels� that run across the building, holding galleries, reading rooms, classrooms and research spaces. The circulation also happens within this network, highlighting the points of connection that create the programmatic interaction of the project. The front skin originates from the original points of connection found in the site, and it plays a main role in generating the start points and levels of the suspended spaces. Its frosted nature also helps to filter the sunlight to provide a comfortable level of natural illumination.
Longitudinal Section
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[travel sketches]
Study Abroad in Italy | Fall 2013 During the study abroad travels within Italy we visited several cities such as Rome, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Venice, and Verona. These sketches document my on-site reflections of the spatial qualities, proportions, and design I found throughout the trips.
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[identification of work] [24] and [25] I designed and produced the generative diagram and network sketch using Auto CAD and Illustrator. I designed and built the conceptual generative model of the planes piercing the ground. I contributed 50% of the work to produce the site model. [26] and [27] I produced all line drawings using Auto CAD and Illustrator. I contributed 50% of the work to build all the models displayed. Specifically, I was in charge of hand-cutting the roof shapes and ramps, carving and building the facades, carving the orange finish of the sectional detail model, and further detailing of the site model. [28] and [29] I produced 100% of all 3D models used for virtual investigations throughout the project using Rhinoceros and Pepakura. I produced 100% of all axonometric drawings and fabrication drawings. [30] and [31] I designed, produced, and built 100% of the work displayed on page [30] using Rhinoceros, Pepakura, and Illustrator. I took all the pictures displayed. I developed 50% of the unfolded elevation displayed on page [31]. [32] and [33] I hand cut and perforated 90% of the sheet metal panels that compose the all mock-ups displayed. I contributed 50% to the assemblage of the full scale mock-up. I produced 100% of the line drawings displayed using Rhinoceros and Auto CAD. [34] and [35] I designed, produced, and built 100% of all drawings and models displayed in both pages using Rhinoceros, Auto CAD, and Illustrator.
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