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Maria Estefania Barrios Sastre

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO Selected Works 2011 - 2019

EDUCATION May 2016 M. of Construction Management University of Florida - Gainesville, FL May 2015 M. Arch Re-energizing 1970â€™s Social Housing Sustainable Design University of Florida - Gainesville, FL

May 2013 B. Design (Architecture) University of Florida - Gainesville, FL August 2011 Associate of Arts (Architecture) Miami Dade College - Miami, FL

SKILLS Rhino Revit AutoCAD Sketch Up Adobe Suite V-Ray 3D Max Grasshopper Climate Consultant RS Means Quantity TakeOff Primavera Navisworks BIM 360 Glue GIS Microsoft Office Laser cut 3D Print ECOTECT

PUBLICATIONS

2016

Co-Editor + Designer Golfview An Integrated Neighborhood Infrastructure for the 21st Century University of Florida

2015 Assistant Editor New Architecture Magazine Wuhan University, China 2

CONTACT mebs477@gmail.com (786) 865 2296 4400 East West Highway #519 Bethesda, MD 20814

CONTENT 1. Vertical Community 2. Golfview Neighborhood Infrastructure 3. Lofts at Seminary Lane 4. Research Facility 5. Social and Functional Implant 6. Miami Waterfront UNESCO Seminar 7. Parque Malvin Alto 8. Clay County Fairgrounds Master Plan Proposal

“Every idea that is a true idea has a form, and is capable of many forms. The variety of forms of which it is capable determines the value of the idea. So by way of ideas, and your mastery of them in relation to what you are doing, will come your value as an architect to your society and future. That’s where you go to school. You can’t get it in a university, you can’t get it here, you can’t get it anywhere except as you love it, love the feeling of it, desire and pursue it. And it doesn’t come when you are very young, I think. I believe it comes faster with each experience, and the next is very simple, or more simple, until it becomes quite natural to you to become master of the idea you would express. “Idea and Essence” September 7, 1958” Frank Lloyd Wright

VERTICAL COMMUNITY Student Housing in Manhattan Union Square / East Village New York City Critic: Nancy Clark Partner: Juan Camilo Monsalve Fourth Year â€“ Fall 2012

Concept The project is interpreted in 2 scales: home and community. The building aims to provide a housing solution for the students of the area, and at the same time a leisure zone for the entire district. 6

Located within a commercial/residential district, close to Cooper Union and New York University, the building is oriented to fulfill the needs of affordable housing for students while engaging outdoor spaces. A variety of elements would be merged in the system as a response to the urban context of New York, thus, the building will hold a series of specific characteristics. The program would include a supermarket which the area lacks; studio spaces for the artist of the region since the neighborhood has a very strong artistic heritage; student affordable housing to assist Cooper Union and New York University; and

a series of parks/recreational areas to contribute to different needs of the city life. The three recreational areas would be divided as The Courts Park equipped with soccer, volley, basket and tennis courts for the use of the community; a Private Park with a pool for residents, and a Skate/Bike Park.

Street Overview

The Courts Park

Form New York as an urban context is organized as a grid system with different variations of scale, based on that idea our team developed a form that reflects the energy of the city and its organization. The housing was designed as a dynamic configuration of scales and position to mimic the different depths along New York urban landscape, creating different views of the cityâ€™s distinctive neighborhoods. Those spaces represent the student housing and the studios. The voids symbolize the green spaces along the city which were enhanced to build an iconic visual reference for the community, and at the same time houses the three recreational areas.

Entrance + Commercial Spaces

GOLFVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE Local Infrastructure/Social Strip University of Florida 1st Place Writters Competition Golfview – Gainesville, FL Critic: Ravi Srinivasan (Building Construction) Kim Tanzer (Architecture) Robert Holmes (Landscape) Partners: Michelle Eshelman Eric Eslinger Naomi Kurpier Shrey Parakh Bali Pawar Grad – Sring 2016

This project, sets in Gainesville’s GolfView neighborhood (platted in 1926). Experts, including staff from the City of Gainesville Public Works and Gainesville Regional Utilities, were active participants.

Perspective of the Social Strip The aqueducts and road systems of the Romans; the step wells of the classic Indian period; the road systems of the Incas and Mayans; the canals, gondolas, courtyards, and community wells of Venice—each of these cultures is defined by its creative and useful infrastructure. But in recent decades this story has taken an unfortunate turn. After the incident in Minneapolis where the bridge crossing the Mississippi River collapsed, America’s infrastructure has become the focus of increased national attention. The American Society of Civil Engineering has determined that many of our nation’s roads and bridges are failing, and they have raised the alarm to policy makers and to the public. More insidiously, it has been calculated that our nation’s potable water supply is widely compromised due to century-old leaking pipes. Our waste and storm-water systems, too, are reaching the ends of their lifespans. Our electrical grid faces opportunities provided by new sources of energy, but also the challenges of current business models, as it, too, ages.

While inventive large-scale infrastructure projects are emerging in major cities, the “fabric” of our country—its neighborhoods, housing stock, subdivisions—has not been addressed. This project seeks to find prototypical solutions to go beyond repairing our existing, aging infrastructures, to instead, envision an integrated 21st century neighborhood infrastructure. Such an infrastructure should be replicable across first-ring suburbs across the country, typically characterized by narrow right-of-ways, mature vegetation, and relatively small lots, along with aging pipes, wires, poles, and dwellings.

Smart-U Connection to the Home Like many first-ring suburbs, Golfviewâ€™s streets are narrow and they comprise the only public right-of-way, suggesting that utilities and all modes of transport, must be integrated within this shared path. The design proposes that all utilities be bundled as a set of smart utilities and placed under the sidewalk. Further, it suggests traffic calming, more walkable streets, designated on-street parking, and clarified traffic flow. Golfview is an active community where individuals use the streets daily, despite not having sidewalks to go safely throughout the neighborhood, residents utilize streets for circulation, parking, and gathering areas. The Social Strip is a safe, walking addition to the existing narrow streets that currently reside within Golfview. The Strip provides access from the entrance throughout the neighborhood as a network of connections among all areas in the community. It promotes interactions between walkers, bicyclists, and even vehicles passing through; all with safety and security in mind.

Smart-U Assembly

The Strip extends on each street within the neighborhood and resides on the side of the street that reflects the utilities installation. With the new utilities system designed as a module, the Strip is designed in the same manner. In order to maintain consistency in design, carrying the module throughout the neighborhood provides the simplest means of access for both daily use by the residents as well as maintenance crews.

Smart-U Assembly at Intersections

Street Section

These pavers are designed and installed in a noninvasive manner with simple tools and technology. Its composition allows for the percolation of water runoff to recharge ground water, while reducing storm-water volume.

The surface condition of the strip remains flushed to the street allowing services and emergency vehicles to access the narrow streets. The structure of the strip consists of True Grid pavers which are permeable but resilient, and durable under high stress conditions. The pavers rest within each module and provide easy access for the maintenance of dry and wet utilities.

LOFTS at SEMINARY LANE Cultural Corridors: An art and media nexus into the community Seminary Lane Gainesville, Florida Critic: Tom Smith Partner: Nicole Paul Fifth Year â€“ Fall 2014

Known as Pleasant Street, 5th Avenue is an important element in the heritage of Gainesville, FL. Home of the oldest African American residential area in town, dated after the Civil War, it houses the famous Momâ€™s Kitchen and serves as a gateway to the Pleasant Street Historic District. Nowadays, is an empty street filled with abandoned lots and lack of identity and unity. The importance of the project is the revitalization of the area by re engaging the African American community back into their neighborhood. The project was divided into two stages, the first one proposed an overall master plan for the area, and the second one, focuses in one building from the master plan to be develop in full detail. The overall design of the master plan focused on connectivity and conservation. It was designed as a series of concentric elements that originated at the main intersection of the site, while respecting the 400-year-old Live Oaks that characterized the area. At the same time, it anticipated the appropriation of the commercial lot at 13th Street adjacent to the site, to propose a new commercial gateway into the neighborhood for the new complex.

Master plan and Overall Ground Level The master plan for Stage 1 encompassed an overview of the new circulation paths, new technologies, sustainability, and programs to be included. 19

Site Sections

Stage 2 - Plans Ground level offers a porous entry into the main building of the complex, where the reception area for the housing department is located, as well as commercial and recreational shops for residents and the community. Level 1 and 2 present the layouts for lofts, 2 and 3 bedroom units.

Stage 2 - Plans Level 4 offers 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units, as well as a roof garden for residents. Level 5 offers a clubhouse with a play room, a home theater, and a pool area.

Detail Section Assembly detail of units, green roof and louver system for natural ventilation of the lofts.

Clubhouse

Inner Courtyard

RESEARCH FACILITY Cross Florida Barge Canal Eureka Dam Alachua County, FL Critic: Stephen Bender Third Year â€“ Fall 2011

The creation for the canal was originated to establish a connection between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean for boat traffic. Two sections were built for the project until it was canceled, mainly for environmental reasons. Nowadays, is mostly a protected green belt corridor of one mile wide. Named after the leader in the opposition against the canal, it is known as the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway.

Studies for Program Placement The importance of the site is the restoration of the swamp area and all the downstream water bodies that are dependable of the ecosystem and the flow of water. And at the same time, offer a trail for the natural wonders of Florida in their natural state with the creation of an interconnected network between nature and humans. 28

Proposed Organization Areas on the site were organized into 3 branches: living, educational and administrative, where spaces are connected by natural paths that meander throughout the site, generating a unique experience for occupants and visitors. 29

The proposal for the Research Facility was envision as a series of terraces connected by interlocking paths across the natural environment. The main objective is to have a minimal impact on the site, retaining some of the existing erosion as part of the landscape, while re-vegetating other areas to repair some of the damage done by the initial construction of the barge canal.

Administration The administration is located along the main entrance axis to facilitate access. It is also placed at the higher point of the site, offering visitors a wide overview of the entire landscape.

Living Facilities Off the main entrance, along the property line, the living facilities are located. Comprising 2 complexes, one as a courtyard condition that opens to a community garden, where the dormitories and the kitchen is located. Following some of the principles of the Florida Cracker Architecture, it proposes a separated kitchen, raised floors and open porches and balconies. The second complex, an isolated cabin, houses the bathroom and sanitary facilities.

Admin - Labs - Library

Research Labs Nested between the administrative and the living facilities are located the research labs. Surrounded by a modified landscape that seeks to restore the main erosion issue, it contains various paths and seating arrangements that serve as retaining walls to avoid future erosion. The labs are organized as terraces that immerse into the swamp area, placing researches into the heart of the site.

SOCIAL & FUNCTIONAL IMPLANT An Urban Forest in Manhattan Urban Block Proposal New York City Critic: Nancy Clark Partner: Juan Camilo Monsalve Fourth Year â€“ Fall 2012

The Project focuses on community and sustainable planning by incorporating new technologies and sustainable design. Every aspect of the proposal takes into consideration studies of new materials and digitally driven production for a unique structure and spatial resolutions. Emphasizing on the use of biomimicry, as the study of natural systems to solve human problems and biophilic, the Urban Forest enhances the human senses to experience nature through sounds, touch, sight, smell, and hearing. By doing so, the infrastructure of Manhattan and its relationship with ecology is rethought, reconfiguring the city into a space that incorporates reciprocal systems of natural spaces and existing built city, creating a hybrid city that combines enjoyment and function. Through Porous Architecture, individuals can roam freely through reshaped urban space around the site designed to engage with public life and incorporates meandering sequence of building elements, public parks, promenades and pavilions.

Proposal Diagram The residential program incorporates a dynamic system that collects energy through the skin of the facade producing energy for the site. In addition to energy, rain water is collected on the roof, purified and treated at ground level and later recycled by residents for irrigations or other uses.

Main Entrance + School With future generations in mind, a sustainable learning environment was created for children by using different programs and changing the use of architecture. The location of the school provides vital natural light for classrooms and playgrounds, giving ways for children enjoyment and day-to-day interaction with honest materials, peeking their interest in function. 36

Facade Studies

Podium - Interior

Podium - Top Level

Concept Taking the tree as the main element in a forest, the proposal bases it organization taking into consideration its structure and functionality. The under story considered as storage space, containing the parking space and the energy conversion and storing facility, serves as the feeder for the block. The over story, taking the Podium as the trunk and the Towers as the crown, comprise the dynamic part of the block. Just as the leaves are responsible for the capture of sunlight, the facade behaves in similar way; and the Podium functions as a financial source that promotes the stability of the entire complex.

MIAMI’s NEW WATERFRONT UNESCO Seminar Sea Level Rise Miami River - Miami Critic: Nancy Clark Martha Kohen Lucio Valerio Barbera Partners: Francesco Manegatti - Professor Mitchell Clarke Livia Cococcia Martina Coppola Federica Cucchi Kirsten Kaylynn Evans Teresa Pagano

Proposed Site Plan The Center for Hydro-Generated Urbanism (CHU) at the University of Florida in partnership with the UNESCO Chair in Urban Quality and Culture, presented a workshop “Sea Level Rise and the Future of Coastal Urban Settlements: Evolving concepts in Urban and Cultural Adaptation to Changing Environments.” Since Miami is under this constant threat, the workshop aimed to investigate possible solutions for this matter. Students and faculty from Italy and the University of Florida engaged into 3 groups to explore proposals and strategies. Our team focused on the development of the west sector and the Everglades along the Florida Turnpike. Envisioning the area as the new waterfront to the west, the proposal looked towards identifying recurring situations in residential settlements in relationship with the water access. Introducing floating homes, a new downtown hub, and a new water infrastructure to support the new identity of the area, were some of the ideas presented. Memory, as the driven force for the proposal was envisioned at the new public spaces and the canals systems that characterized the Miami area.

New Downtown

New Waterfront + Public Spaces

Floating Homes

PARQUE MALVIN ALTO RE-ENERGIZING 1970â€™S SOCIAL HOUSING

Surface Area in Acres Number of Towers Number of Floors

Paris, France

Emile Aillaud 22 18 13,20,39 1,607

Number of Units

Red Road Flats

1962 - 69

Architect/Construction Company

Aillaud Towers

1977

Legend

Glasgow, Scotland

Sam Bunton & As 11 (aprox.) 8 28 & 31 1,350

Uncovering the Hidden Potential of Public Housing Complexes

Co-Chair: Martha Kohen Critics: Nancy Clark Van Baweja Invited Critics: Melody Bishop Ernesto Alonso Thesis â€“ Spring 2015

1958 - 65

Chair: Lisa Huang

Lafayette Park

Detroit, MI, United States Mies Van der Rohe, Hilberseimer & Caldwell 78 5 21, 22, 29 x

Pruitt Igoe

1952 - 56

Parque Malvin Alto Montevideo, Uruguay

St. Louis, MO, United States Leinweber, Yamasaki & Hellmuth 57 33 11 2,870

1966 - 73

Co-op City

New York, NY, United States Herman J. Jessor 64 35 24-33 15,372

1969 - 73

Parque Posada

Montevideo, Urug

Social housing emerged as a response for overcrowded cities and the search for an affordable housing program that could provide shelter for those families struggling to access a housing alternative. To resolve this matter during the 1970s, they were built massively around the world. Today those apartment complexes are outdated, most of them are inhabited by segregated groups who do not have a sense of ownership, which reflects in the lack of maintenance and care that they project. 44

H. Perez Noble 27.2 10 13-15 2,051

30 9-15 35,900

1968 - 85

1965 - 71

2,224

Vienna, Austria

GlĂźck, Hlaweniczka, Requat, Reinthaller 59 3 23 - 27 3,200

1965

Chun Seen Mei Chuen Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong Housing Society 2.7 3 11 1,027

1969 - 76

Lai Tak Tsuen

Hong Kong, China

Parque Malvin Alto Montevideo, Uruguay B.H.U 17.2 5 13 754 (aprox.)

Euskal Erria 70,71,92 Montevideo, Uruguay SACEM 62 (aprox.) 94 4 & 10 3,644

Hong Kong Housing Society 6.3 3 28 2,675

Complejo Bulevar

1971 - 74

Wohnpark Alt-Erlaa

1981 - 84

guay

Amsterdam, Netherlands

1969 - 73

ssociates

Bijlmer

Montevideo, Uruguay

Bascans, Sprechman, Villamil & Vigliecca 6.4 18 7 & 11 332

Background Parque Malvin Alto consists of five towers, each 13 stories high. Towers parallel to the west side have six cores for vertical circulation, except for the south tower which has only five. Each elevator serves two units, allowing twelve units per floor in west towers, and ten units per floor in the south, totaling 754 units.

Proposal After studying examples of social housing worldwide, I have chosen to address the complex Parque Malvin Alto located in Montevideo, Uruguay. Built in 1969, it occupies 27.2 acres of land, comprising five 13-story towers, totaling 754 units. It was built as a response to the shortage of affordable housing in the urban sector. Before 1970, it was an area of farms, today it is classified as appropriate housing zone to live due to its urban location, but it is surrounded by unstable neighborhoods with a high level of insecurity. Currently, it shows the consequences of lack of management and maintenance. The towers are located on the edge of a vast amount of unused green space, which has a great potential to be re-purpose to create the neighborhood feeling that it has been lost in the last forty years. Solutions to some of these problems are related to the redesign of the building envelope, the reconditioning of electrical and structural elements, the re design of public and private spaces, and the conditioning of existing paths and circulation.

Typologies Based on the study of social housing through history a series of typologies that could be adopted in the site were developed. These typologies propose solutions to some of these problems by the redesign of the building envelope, the reconditioning of infrastructural and structural elements, the restructure of public and private spaces at urban, neighborhood, complex and building levels. They are classified in five categories: object, surface, connection, appropriation and performance.

Site The project will begin to focus on the main East-West axis that extends along the community and the site as the architectural hinge that will provide the community with a new identity. The project will promote the development of different urban connections happening at local and urban levels, as well as the integration of the educational facilities of the area as satellite support entities. This vector of movement will reconnect Malvin Alto at the urban level, working as a centralized space that organizes the unused space in between towers as a new civic space. The site will become the â€œfront porchâ€? for the community, aiming to create a new image for

the neighborhood and extend it through a network of complete streets that feed from the housing complex. To create adequate patterns of movement within and around, the site will need to be redefined into a permeable block and the spaces will be linked with a strong and diverse social infrastructure supported by flexible programming and spaces dedicated to sports and recreational activities. The development of the streets as the heart for good urbanism and the housing project as the gate into the community, would create basic systems of circulation and interconnected public spaces for the redeveloped housing community. 51

Site Plan A green corridor designed with new program links the main point of intersection at the urban level to the heart of the complex, creating a dynamic axis of activities and spaces proposed to reactivate the site.

Existing Construction New Construction Green Roof Proposed Solar Energy Collector

Ground Level Program development is directly linked to theneeds of the community and the opportunities offered by educational institutions in the area.

Lobby Space Retail and Commercial Residential Amenities Green Open Space Hardscape

Second Level Office, retail, commercial space and new housing typologies are provided to generate valuable real estate that could help finance the maintenance and operation of the complex.

Office Space Residential Amenities

Seventh Level The plan makes a clear distinction between the solid volumes, the new open space and the new patterns of circulation within the site that allows a permeable design.

Existing Housing Usable Roof Surface

Project Views

CLAY COUNTY Fairgrounds Master Plan 2497 FL-16 Green Cove Springs, Florida Critic: Martha Kohen Assistant: Fhenny Gracia

Department of Economic Opportunity Technical Assistance Grant

Parking + Barn, South Main Entrance

Cattlemanâ€™s + Covered Arenas The current site established since the Fairground inception is conveniently located near the new 1st Coast Expressway exchange with SR 16. The size of the property managed for the fair purposes is adequate as compared with other regional fairgrounds. But the expected increase in intensity of offers, concentrated into the 10 days operations, as well as new innovative events and activities will demand a reorganization of the access and parking issues. The investment already existent in the site in terms of buildings and infrastructure is a gift to the future possibilities of the development of programs and activities in the grounds. The CCF already possesses distinct activity markers, historically developed. The evolution from a mainly periodic Agricultural event towards enhanced entertainment options is a trend in progress. This happens not only in CC, but also across the other regional fairs. The Fairgrounds evolve to become Activity Parks, multiplying the use possibilities. In that sense, they mature as pleasant landscaped areas to be used year-round by different sectors of the enlarged community, with an emphasis on the outdoors, sports and entertainment, and a demonstration field for applied technology. Beyond the physical renewal of the fairgrounds towards its renovated identity, we have identified programmatic innovations compatible with the use of the existing and proposed building additions

Existing Conditions Existing Vegetation Existing Landscape Proposed Green Central Avenue

Creation of a Landscape Spine: Proposed Master Plan with New Acquisition of Property

Site Analysis and Land Use

Retention Ponds Wetlands Clay County Property Fair Association Property Private Property

Parking Areas + Access Roads 58

Exhibition Halls

Master Plan Preliminary Proposal

North / South New Entrances New Visitor / Command Center New Main Square Retention Ponds Wetlands Event Center - Site Proposal 1 Event Center - Site Proposal 2 Event Center - Site Proposal 3 Open-air Auditorium - Site Proposal 1 Open-air Auditorium - Site Proposal 2 Open-air Auditorium - Site Proposal 3 Buffer Vegetated Avenue Existing Equestrian Facilities Extended Equestrian Area Existing Midway Midway Extension Existing Parking Expanded Parking Change land use

View of Existing Stage

Maintenance 59

Retrofitted Exhibit Hall - New Floor Plan Configuration The existing Exhibition Halls could be rearranged to accommodate a lobby space with bathroom facilities and a commercial kitchen as an alternative for the new Banquet Hall / Event Pavilion designated for conferences, receptions, weddings and various events. A surrounding porch with aid aesthetically in the new identity of the retrofitted hall, providing shade and gathering spaces along the sides. Widening of the existing south walkway will allow to expand the covered porch around and provide additional space for pedestrian circulation.

Retrofitted Barn - New Visitor and Command Center A new visitor and command center could assist with the long lines at the entrances, providing ticket booths, bathroom facilities, a center for the Sheriff, gift shops, galleries and a cafeteria. The Charleston and the Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Centers are a great example of how to rehabilitate an existing structure, which can also be re utilized for small parties and event venues. 60

Central Avenue - New Main Square Identity The proposed Main Square to be named will act as a gathering place where people can meet. Tensile structures and various landscape designs can be accommodated to create the new heart of the fair. It is an excellent opportunity for branding.

Wetland Area - Creation of an Educational Landscape The newly redeveloped wetland area will provide an educational display about retention systems, water management and treatment, flora and fauna while working. New picnic areas can be established along the retention ponds with shaded gazebos for family gatherings and private parties. The new setting will revive the wetland area, giving it a dual purpose for education and entertainment.

Open Air Auditorium / Concert Venue The open air auditorium will provide a great setting for Summer and Winter concerts throughout the year.

South Main Entrance

Banquet Hall / Event Pavilion 62

Retrofitted Exhibit Hall / North Entrance

Open Air Auditorium 63

Thank you.

Maria Estefania Barrios Sastre 7820 Camino Real J417 Coral Gables FL 33143 (786) 738 2004 estefaniabar04@hotmail.com