Pablo Herraiz García de Guadiana Architecture Portfolio 2022

PABLO HERRAIZ GARCÍA DE GUADIANA ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS 2018-2022

NEW NIU Redefining an entrance; from prison to school

CONTENTS NEW NIU

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Redefining a prison into a school

Fall 2021 The intention of this wooden nest is to enhance and uplift the entrance to the

THE SHEEPSCAPE

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School, bringing the energy of the forest down to the city. ]This nest is constructed

Reformulating the human to non-human relationship

from over 1.500 wooden elements, each cut using robotic precision to carry the structure

EL PUPI-TRE

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above the wall. The pieces are modular and self-supporting, meaning the form is

Designing for students around the Eames-Vita chair

flexible yet the structure becomes rigid when connected together. This project was

F.L.O.R.A

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and staff at Valldaura Labs, in collaboration

Forest Lab for Observational Research and Analysis, a hyper-local structure for the forest

JANICULUM ACCESSIBILITY

with the students and families of Escola Entença. p. 28-29

Considering accesibility in the city of the 7 hills

TRANSHUMANT TOPOGRAPHIES

designed and assembled by the students

In collaboration with Romain Russe, Roshni Shah, Suwapat Rodprasert, Prachi Agarwal

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and Rachael Verdugo.

Axonometric showing the modular nature of the installation

Repopulating Empty Spain through the eyes of the shepherd

SYLVIAN ROUTE

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Material and cutlural integration of the forest into the city of Cuenca

TERRA FORUM

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Reciprocating garden grounds

SPATIAL EXPLORATIONS

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Reflections on architecture and spatial relationships

Render showing the combination of the New Niu with other installations also installed on site

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Elevation of the fully assembled prototype

Process of fabrication

Elevation after successful installation at the old La Model prison

Moment of installation at the Escola Entença

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THE SHEEPSCAPE

Thermodynamic prototype

Reformulating the human to non-human relationship

Spring 2022 Sheepscape, is a social housing project situated in the district of La Torre in the suburbs of Valencia, formerly known as Sociópolis. Valencia is a coastal city blessed with moderate temperatures throughout the year with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Sheepscape is designed to be a self-sufficient residential building designed around passive ventilation strategies to provide maximum comfort to its residents with low energy consumption. Apart from residential

units,

the

project

focuses

on the joint habitation of humans and sheep thereby re-establishing a long-lost connection with the products we consume, like cheese and wool. To achieve this, the project incorporates a landscape spanning from the ground to the first floor on which 150 sheep graze and live near humans who may sit at the small restaurant on the East side of the building or observe how cheese and wool are processed on the West side.

In collaboration with Roshni Shah and Romain Russe.

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The site is narrow which forced a very compact design. Furthermore, it is surrounded by abandoned plots of grass and minor community vegetable gardens.

Thermodyanamic concepts applied to a small scale. Here an “jali” wall wraps a double volumed prototype which works efficiently in a Valencian climate.

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Extrapolating concepts into a residential scale

Series of generative form making steps consolidated through the response to wind and sun

The elements that make up the structure.

Axonometric showing the combination of the exoskeleton and solar cells on the skin

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The section shows the way the “sheepscape” intersects moving from the ground to the first floor.

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Programmatic analysis

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The cultural program was focused on recovering the lost human-animal relationship.

Plans showcasing the ample exterior public and private spaces. The plan is also column free thanks to the diverting of loads to the exoskeleton.

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The exo-structure is purely parametrically designed through Grasshopper. The columns grow in thickness as they approximate the ground, reflecting the true loads the elements need to carry.

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Portion of the facade showing exoskeleton and fully ceramic second skin inspired by fish scales

View of the 150 person and 150 sheep community from the South East

View of the sheep-scape approaching from the South East

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Process of making the ceramic façade embraced 3D printing, clay mold making and plaster casting.

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EL PUPI-TRE Designing for students around the the Eames-Vita chair Fall 2021 “El Pupitre” — meaning “the school desk” in Spanish—tackles the basic student needs during class time specifically notetaking whatever

stationary

(laptop,

notebook,

pencils etc. ) this might entail. The curvature of the piece responds to the original Eames Vitra chair, so common in classrooms around the world, including our very own Valldaura campus. The table top, made of 3 main pieces that join seamlessly without the need for screws is designed for an easy at-

Instruction manual of setting up “El Pupi-tre“ after shipped as a flat-pack.

home assembly experience. Once finished using “The Pupitre”, the user may easily stack it due to its weight and curvature.

Moreover, this lightweight design allows the kit to be shipped for a presumably low-cost.

The prototype used an estimated ¼ of a 1.5mx2.4mx0.15m plywood sheet, this means that with optimal use of material a single sheet can produce 4 desks. The goal of this project was ultimately to provide easy replicability and optimal use of material for the production of an affordable desk in any Fab-Lab worldwide.

In collaboration with Andrea Rubio Paredes.

Example of a student using “El Pupi-tre” in a classroom setting.

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Process of making the ceramic façade embraced 3D printing, clay mold making and plaster casting.

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F.L.O.R.A

Concept Development

Forest Lab for Observational Research and Analysis, a hyper-local structure for the forest Summer 2022 This project was a unique experience within the academic field of ecological buildings.

The year was marked by the harvesting, processing, pressing, planning, designing, dimensioning, digging, stretching, cutting, gluing, nailing, assembling, craning and construction of a forest laboratory which would serve as a research hub for a variety of scientists gathered around the study of the forest, be it entomologists, ornithologists or botanists.

Our hyper-local condition in the Sierra de Collserola near Barcelona, Spain was unlike no other. Every year a group of students, during a 4 month period, organize amongst themselves to design and build a 1:1 prototype inspired on an ecological concept. This year it was about observing and learning from the forest.

Designed and built by: Lilian Beauttah , Andrea Rubio Paredes, Zani Gichuki, Prachi

Agarwal,

Agnieszka

Szclarczyk,

Anton Hofstadt, Pongpol Punjawaytegul, Kshitij

Sarote,

Mónica

Pérez

Rivera,

Rachael Verdugo, Romain Russe, Roshni Shah, Suwapat Rodprasert, Iletutunimoba Awosika, Prasidh Choudhary, Roshni Shah, Shagun Modhi, Leif Riksheim and myself.

Coordinated by Alex Hadley with help from Bruno Ganem Coutinho and Kya Kerner.

Platform I: a grand scale view of the forest.

Platform II: into the very canopy of an adjacent oak tree

Directed by Daniel Ibáñez and Vicente Guallart.

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Plan of the final F.L.O.R.A iteration

Platform III: connecting to the core laboratory space Platform IV: connecting back to the ground

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Pre-Construction

Digging the foundation was physically taxing given the need for 1 meter deep foundations and difficult site accesibility due to its steep topographical condition.

A good amount of the timber used for F.L.O.R.A was non-engineered and was sourced directly from pines harvested in October.

After producing all CLT panels from locally harvested timber the laboratory core was assembled off site and later lifted onto the pillars.

To protect the core laboratory interior we employed a waterproofing membrane but also pressed cork panels which are naturally hydrophobic.

The beams, frames and diagonal structural members were all manufactured as Glulam elements at Valldaura.

The mesh, which envelops the entirety of the structure, was developed with Grasshopper and cut by hand into 4 pieces which were then stitched together.

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Construction Sequence

The process of construction was challenged by both the drastic site and the scale of the project. The topography created a set of challenges; the flattening of the site for construction and the positioning of the crane in an extremely narrow path. The height also posed a challenge given the weight of conctruction elements and all post crane construction had to be completed with harnesses.

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Bio-Attractor Façade

The local clay is adjusted to a computationally designed mold.

The parametric nature of Grasshopper allows for changes in depth, aperture dimensions and aperture location depending on the species the module may need to serve.

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The modules were subsequently installed on the back façade of F.L.O.R.A and await new homeowners.

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Link to Valldaura Labs’ Instagram account

Link to Valldaura Labs’ website

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JANICULUM ACCESSIBILITY Considering accessibility in the city of the 7 hills Spring 2020 Rome, the city of the seven hills... but many of them remain largely inaccessible to people with physical disabilities. The Janiculum Hill is adjacent to the famous neighborhood of Trastevere is a historical landmark many a time becoming the inaccesible bullwark against wannabe invaders and a significant vantage point for defenders of the Eternal City. In the 21st century, no invaders are expected yet the Janiculum is a significant tourist site worthy of a more accesible route. The site is a small “vicolo“ (alleyway) which runs from the Janiculum’s base to

The access doubles as a place of circulation and meeting

the Fountain dell’Aqua Paola close to the hill’s peak. Moreover, it runs adjacent to the Spanish Lyceum. The project looks to not only endorse an easy way up the hill but to provide meaningful space for transiting tourists as well as school children with little play space.

The access to the hill combines a slow ascent.

Approaching from the bottom

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WALK

PLAY

SIT

Approaching from the top

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TRANSHUMANT TOPOGRAPHIES Rethinking the occupation of Empty Spain Fall 2020-Spring 2021 The thesis takes the act of transhumance,

GALLEGOS DE ALTAMIROS

the seasonal shepherding of domesticated animals, as a hinge for reconsidering the wider problematique of Empty Spain. The 4 rural campuses suggest a argue for an altered co-dependancy between urbanites and rural dwellers by way of urban university students. These 4 campuses strung across 14km of cañada (shepherd highway) within some of the most depopulated municipalities of the province of Avila look to connect but also

incentivize

collaborative

program.

Finally the design and materiality of these

LA TORRE

4 rural campuses was inspired by the vernacular of shepherd inabitation which heavily relied on readily available resources for its construction.

SANCHICORTO

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Phenomenological and form finding experimentation

Tectonic experimentation in “transhumant terrains“ and the fragmentation of ground through reiterated “path making“ 32

The drawing machine records the path of least resistance of charcoal “traversing” on a wrippled plaster surface

The 1:1 probe brings together a series of embossed textures tasken from the city of Providence.

The path-attitude catalogue records a series of hypothetical movements around an obstacle.

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The thesis begin with seeking to understand the meaning of moving through a landscape and imprinting ones mark on that landscape. Five distinct sequences of movement through these plaster models were collaged here to begin an exploration to answer the question: what makes place difference from space?

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LA TORRE

SANCHICORTO

GALLEGOS DE ALTAMIROS

Programmatic analysis

Left to right: The Periphery, The Cordel, The Descansadero, The Cañada. All the typologies were translated from abstract cow movements demarcating a path to fully fleshed out “rural campuses”.

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The program is defined by seasonality. Given the area is heavily underpopulated, the main objective is to introduce new demographics that will benefit the current citizens in the area.

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The Periphery Mixed path condition

The Periphery or mixed path condition is defined by its mesh of different path types including the highway that runs adjacent to the town of La Torre, the shepherd highway itself, biking paths and other path types.

The program is defined by a playground, a thater space and sports amenities.

The plan reveals water fountains for the few animals that may cross the campus and a community reunion spaces.

This plaster/cardboard model shows the shifting spaces finding compromise with the topography.

The section reveals the theater space and the incorporation of rainwater harvesting.

Left to right: Arrival at the campus underneath the highway.

Departure looking back on the campus.

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The peripheral program is adjacent to a highway across which lies Gallegos de Altamiros.

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The Cordel Narrow-mountainous condition

The Cordel or narrow mountainous condition is defined by its constrained 25m width given the steeper topography in which it exists. Here the herd generates a variety of intertwined paths that demarcate smaller interstitial terrains. Adjacent to Sanchicorto, the smallest town on the 14km stretch of cañada, this narrowmountainous condition is only 25m wide and accomodates smaller student dormitories, classrooms and labs focused on agricultural studies.

The plan reveals dormitory spaces amongst lecture and laboratory spaces.

This plaster/cardboard model shows the shifting spaces finding compromise with the topography.

The section reveals the steep nature of the campus with several levels.

Left to right: Arrival at the campus cutting through the abrupt topography.

View of the middle of the campus.

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The “cordel” program is the steepest and most remote of all campuses.

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The Descansadero Resting field condition

The Descansadero or resting field condition is defined by small paths similar to the cordel but in this case spread out on a larger field on which the herd rests and typically where the shepherd stays the night. The typology incorporates program mainly for the university students it serves through dormitories, classrooms and lab spaces exclusively for the study and maintaining of domestic animals.

The plan reveals water larger partitions of land defined by the more subtle topographical condition.

This plaster/cardboard model shows larger partitions of land.

Left to right: Arrival at the campus Departure looking back on the campus at the barn area.

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The section reveals classroom spaces and undulating rooves which reflect, like the rest of the interventions, the ground below.

The “descansadero” program is as remote as the “cordel” condition but much flatter enabling barn space for larger animals.

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The Cañada Standard “well-kept“ condition

The Cañada or standard condition is the most “well kept” meaning it provides a clearly defined path according to the legal status of the shepherd highway. This means it maintains its original 75m width as constituted in the 13th century when cañadas were officialized. Adjacent to Gallegos de Altamiros, a sierra town of 40 permanent residents, this 75m wide standard typology provides a playground, several classrooms and a medium-sized lecture hall for events including the larger Summer concerts.

The plan reveals a community library as the main program

This plaster/cardboard model shows shifting rooves.

The section reveals a small playground but also the library which will contribute to the cultural activity of the area.

Left to right: Arrival at the campus Departure looking back on the campus at the barn area.

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The “cañada” program is adjacent to Gallegos de Altamiros and will contribute also with a large lecture hall.

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SYLVIAN ROUTE Material and cultural integration of the forest into the city of Cuenca Summer 2022

1. The Sculpture Forest//

Following the prompt, the project introduces

During the 50s and 60s Cuenca became a

the forest into the Spanish city of Cuenca

center for artists of all kinds. As an attempt

both materially and cutlurally. The route

to reconnect and propel art in the city, 60%

which begins at the train station and ends at

of the train station’s parking lot is converted

San Julian Park at the center of the new city.

into a sculpture garden thanks to the

The strategies emplys 4 intersections which

Parasol module which shades and harvests

are transformed into places of observation,

energy from the Sun. This plaza marks the

making, tasting and reading and each

beginning of the journey which can be both

emphasizing distinct features of the forest.

completed walking and on a bike.

The strategy prides itself on flexibility and modularity.

Book Forest

2. Artisan Plaza// Following the road north towards the

Silvio-Gastro Corner

city center, the pedestrian finds himself at a plaza framed by artisan workshops promoting crafts typical of the Serranía, the nearby forest and sierra. The modules not only sellv the craft but also promote it through the active involvement of the community.

3. Sylvian-Gastro Corner//

Benches and planters

Bicycle station

Continuing the path, the visitor arrives at the corner of the Provincial Government HQ where another module peppers the space and offers a forest based gastronomical experience to the visitor. The prompt for the competition asked for the active promotion of small to medium companies and the goal

Artisan workshop

Solar parasol

Artisan Plaza

in this space is not only promote them but also forest products.

4. Book Forest// The

journey

Government’s

ends

at

the

headquarters

Municipal where

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singular module sits in the center; an openair public library which not only makes space for individual reading but also small Gastro-Bar

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Open-air library

group spaces and a public auditorium space.

Complete Sylvian Route.

Sculpture Garden

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TERRA FORUM Reciprocating Garden Grounds Fall 2020 The project comes after participating in the the “Earthern Workshop” organized and hosted by the University of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy. The weeklong workshop allowed me and the fellow collaborators of this porject to understand how earth might be used within the architetcural context

View of the garden pavilion from the bottom of entrance to the garden.

both as an ornamental and structural component. We translated our knowledge into a project for the RISD Garden Club who has recently acquired a lot for their garden.

The materials employed are from within the region, the earth itself being sourced from the site.

The garden pavilion is tucked in the Northwest corner of the site near the largest tree on top of a small promontory.

In collaboration with Shivani Agarwal, Jisu Yang and Hiba Hanif with the direction of Laura Briggs.

5 ft

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Wall section through the ETFE membrane

The pavilion provides a small workspace looking onto the rest of the garden.

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The framed structures is made of solid cedar wood, local and naturally resistent to decay.

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The foundations are metal and minimally intrusive in the soild. Meanwhile, the structural wooden frames hold the the wattle and daub in place.

East-West Section

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ADDITIONAL SPATIAL EXPLORATIONS Reflections on architecture and spatial relationships

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The project plays with the tension and compression of the string and wooden dowels to create a spatial experience. The relationship between the materials, its structure is the beginning of a clear architecture language.

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The sculpture looked to challenge weight through the gathering of twigs. A reflection of what F.L.O.R.A was to become, a heavy laboratory atop skinny legs. The materials were sourced from the site.

The small project plays on the classic fly screen so often used in rural parts of southern Europe. The screen, made out of pine cones denotes inhabitation of a given dwelling. The installation of this screen on an abandoned home in rural Italy hopes to insight reflection on the plight of the every emptying of the rural world.

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The sculpture, cast in plaster, is a reflection on Rachael Whitereads work on making physically tangible that which is space.

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The project was incited by the question: what makes a shelter a home? During 24 hours, I organized material and built 3 distinct shelters out of 3 available materials: blackberry bush, brick and pine wood offcuts. The shelters incite reflection on how home may be acquired through the act of building and understanding ones own place, the materials and human presence.

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Examples of drafting abilities.

Examples of drafting abilities.

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Pablo Herraiz García de Guadiana Masters in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities, 2022 Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) Bachelor of Architecture, 2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2021 Rhode Island School of Design phone: 617 992 1283 email: pablo.rafael.herraiz@students.iaac.net instagram: @pabsherraiz linkedin:

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