NICOLAS FERRERO
Education:
AA (2018-2020)
Miami Dade College
Associate of Arts in Architecture
B. Arch (2021-2024)
Florida Atlantic University
Bachelor of Architecture
01 ROBERT FROST CENOTAPH
Skills
Model making, explorative design process
Design 2
Robert Frost was an American poet whose life was all over the map, He was a man who endured a great deal of pain in his life before achieving any success in poetry. Through it all, he perservered and came out one of the greatest American poets of all time.
This project was meant to showcase Robert Frost’s life in an architectural manner. We were assigned to research cenotaphs, what they are and what they mean, as well as Frost’s own life and poetry.
Isometric Physical Model View
West Section
North Section
HYPERSHELL DESIGN EXPLORATION
Skills
Grasshopper, Iterative Design, Structures
Structures 3
This exploration was intended to use generative grasshopper scripts to construct hypershell designs that, although abstract in design, can have points of structural integrity and a possible implementation into a real life concrete structure of these designs.
Isometric View
03
SPANISH MONASTERY WELCOME CENTER
Skills
Designing around existing structure, rendering, generating technical drawings
Design 4
Originally part of a bigger whole in Spain, the Ancient Spanish Monastery is composed of cloisters belonging to the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clervau. The cloisters were disassembled and purchased in 1925, where they were transported to New York. In 1964, the cloister was purchased by Colonel Robert Pentland Jr. and brought to its current location in North Miami Beach, Florida where it has remained since. The program of this design is to provide a welcome center for these cloisters, with a theater, classrooms, public spaces, and areas to take in the history before you. It was vital to not take away from what was already there, so in the proposed design reflects a desire to work around it, emphasizing its most prominent existing features.
Gathering Space Rendering SPANISH
Site Plan
Northeast Section
Southwest Section
Southwest Elevation
Gathering Space Rendering
Gathering Space Rendering
04
HIGH LINE
HIGH RISE
Skills
Grasshopper, Iterative design using Artificial Intelligence
Design 7
A high rise building built alongside the famous High Line in New York City was designed using tools such as Grasshopper to run artifical intelligence scripts in order to explore a variety of futuristic structures that could be implemented into the network of buildings running along the High Line.
A very exploratory and abstract design process renders a building that engages the community and stimulates conversations on what a building can truly be.
Building Envelope In Context
Partial Section A
Partial Section B
3D Printed Model of Envelope
ADAPTIVE REUSE
Implementing real life elements such as building code (Florida and International), Building affordable housing, minimizing intervention on existing stuctures. Design 9
This project came from a devotion to the design of urban infill housing involving mixed-uses and adaptive reuse for mixed income levels with an emphasis on affordable housing. The housing project infilled an underutilized property and established an array of housing possibilities that address current and future challenges related to affordability, financial, and climate change modeling.
The existing site is 701 E Broward Blvd and using a variety of design techniques, an affordable housing complex was placed on top of an existing structure without the need to demolish what is already there.
Isometric View
Floor Plans
FLOOR PLANS
UNIT FLOOR PLANS
FLOOR PLANS
LASOLASBLVD (0.5MILES) Site Plan
Regional Activity Diagram
Exterior Activity Rendering
Exploded Axonometric Diagram
Christ Church School Adpative Reuse Project for Pre-K
06 ADAPTIVE REUSE
Exterior Playground/Learning Spaces
PRE-K
Skills
Working alongside real board members of a school to propose potential solutions to a renovation, sourcing existing materials from a partnership with MaterialBank.com
Design 10
Natural light, with its dynamic qualities and ever-changing patterns, infuses spaces with vitality and warmth, creating connections to the outdoors and fostering a sense of well-being. Through the strategic placement of windows, skylights, and light wells, the spaces orchestrate the entry of natural light into interior spaces, carefully modulating its intensity and direction to sculpt the atmosphere and enhance spatial qualities. Color, likewise, plays a pivotal role in defining the character and identity of architectural spaces. Whether applied to surfaces, materials, or furnishings, color can evoke emotions, communicate cultural narratives, and establish visual hierarchies within a built environment. From vibrant accents that punctuate a space to subtle tonal variations that create depth and nuance, our use of color is guided by a sensitivity to context, culture, and human perception.
Natural light, with its dynamic qualities and ever-changing patterns, infuses spaces with vitality and warmth, creating connections to the outdoors well-being. Through the strategic placement of windows, skylights, and light wells, the spaces orchestrate the entry of natural light into interior ing its intensity and direction to sculpt the atmosphere and enhance spatial qualities. Color, likewise, plays a pivotal role in defining the character tural spaces. Whether applied to surfaces, materials, or furnishings, color can evoke emotions, communicate cultural narratives, and establish built environment. From vibrant accents that punctuate a space to subtle tonal variations that create depth and nuance, our use of color is guided text, culture, and human perception.
Exterior View
Masterplan
Spatial and Materiality Detail Section Masterplan
Spatial and Materiality Detail Section
Spatial and Materiality Detail Section
Pre-K Classroom Renderings
Pre-K 3 Interior
Exterior Playground/Learning Spaces
Exterior Playground/Learning
Pre-K 2 Interior
Pre-K 3 Interior
Pre-K 3 Interior
Pre-K 2 Interior
Exterior Playground/Learning Spaces
Exterior Playground Renderings
Exterior Playground/Learning Spaces
Pre-K 3 Interior
Exterior Playground/Learning