CV & ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO
Roberto García Sepúlveda
BA (Hons) Architecture Year One
Kingston School of Art 2025
Roberto M. García Sepúlveda
EDUCATION
Kingston University London BA (Hons) Architecture 2024-present
University College of London London
Course Urbanism, Culture and Space June 2024
University of Essex UK MA Political Science 2021-2022
Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico BA Law and Finance 2018-2023
WORK EXPERIENCE
State Government of Nuevo Leon Mexico Public Administration Assistant 2022-2024
Firma Juridica y Fiscal Abogados Mexico Legal Assistant - Tax Law 2019-2021
SKILLS
Hand Sketching
Technical Drawing
Photography
Model-Making
Woodwork and Joinery
Public Speaking
Research and Analysis
Creative/Academic Writing
Microsoft Office
Photoshop
InDesign
Vectorworks
AWARDS
Sue-Ann Lee Studentship Award BA (Hons) Architecture Year One Kingston University 2024-2025
SHORT COURSES
Introduction to Joinery City & Guilds of London Art School
LANGUAGES
BA (Hons) Architecture Year One
Kingston School of Art
Site Survey 1
Youth Community Centre
Tectonic Precedent Study 2
YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTRE
/ VANBRUGH PARK ESTATE
YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTRE
After the site survey (Project 2), my Main Design Project involved elaborating a proposal for a youth community centre using a garage of the Vanbrugh Park Estate as our site My design intent was to create a purposeful community centre destined for the estate's recreation and intentional development.
The ground floor houses the estate's caretaker's office, which has views of both sides of the building while still being in contact with the community centre below. I kept the existing brick walls that characterise the site and included doubleheight gardens to bring natural light and underground air circulation The main entrance has unrestricted access, and its service areas are located below the street, preserving the residents' movement above
I carefully studied precedents, including Josep Ferrando in Spain, Juliaan Lampens and Kersten Geers David Van Severen in Belgium, and Caruso St John Architects in London, to design a harmonious centre that added value to the existing site and strengthened the community.
Model at 1:50
Grade A+
“Great to see the final outcome; such rich atmospheric, light/dark materiality and pattern It all came together beautifully; one of the best in the year ” (Tutor Amalia Skoufoglou)
Ground and Lower Floor Plan at 1:100
Sections at 1:100
Plaster Casting
Sketch Models
Charcoal Drawing. Interior View of Lower Ground Floor.
Collage Drawing. Exterior View.
SITE SURVEY
/ VANBRUGH PARK ESTATE
SITE SURVEY
Since 1963, Chamberlin, Powell and Bon's Vanbrugh Park Estate has been a modern residential complex that embraces space, modernity, and community. With a diverse range of dwellings located southeast of dynamic London, its residents and caretakers harvest a caring and warm environment worth preserving and investing in Through this survey, I spent time at the given site to fully understand its physical, material, and other less tangible characteristics at the beginning of the design process The aim was to record and measure the immediate site and to study parts of the broader context of Greenwich and Blackheath.
Site Photography and Spatial Analysis
del representing the site, including differences in levels, Eloquent photography and analytical sketches were also text and surroundings.
Roof Plan at 1:500
Sections at 1:200
Grade A+
(Tutor Amalia Skoufoglou)
TECTONIC PRECEDENT STUDY
I embarked on a journey to uncover how architecture communicates through its fundamental elements: space, structure, and skin By delving into the work of architect Carla Juaçaba's House in Santa Teresa in Rio de Janeiro (2017), I aimed to investigate how architectural elements shape a building's identity and its relationship with its surroundings
This project not only deepened my appreciation for architectural synthesis but also strengthened my research, analysis, and model-making skills It was a profound exercise in understanding how spaces communicate, tell stories, and become integral parts of their environments
Model
Section at 1:20
Carla Juaçaba, Santa Teresa House
Model Making at 1:20
Grade A+
“Excellent submission No comments on the model, simply immaculate, beautifully photographed.”
(Tutor Bruno Silvestre)
FIRST DESIGN PROJECT
I engaged in a four-week architectural design project focusing on creating a building with one room, forming part of a collaborative architectural ensemble The task required working within certain limitations to explore creativity, emphasising crafting a space defined by beauty and proportion without a predetermined function.
This project enhanced my ability to work creatively within constraints and reinforced the importance of risk-taking and iterative exploration in the architectural process.
Model at 1:20
recedents
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1:1 BUILD
I worked as a Project Manager in my studio group to design and assemble a bench at a scale of 1:1 using a modest quantity of timber, simple construction material, a tight budget, and time limits As a team, our geometrical theme was the square, and we explored methods of assembly and the spatial potential of ordinary construction materials The structure must be demountable and prefabricated into transportable elements by hand.
02/2025
ESSAY
The module ‘Architecture Starts with Seeing’ offered a series of intriguing lectures on the world of multifaceted architectural analysis and interpretation This experience culminated in crafting a 1500word essay on a topic that resonated with me during the course, allowing me to delve deeply into historical contexts and theoretical frameworks.
My topic was the spatial innovations in the early 20th Century between Frank Lloyd Wright in America a lowing link: isu.pub/Ey
Highest G
“Immaculately written, with a sense o nse of rigour You are strongly encouraged p f y in the course Very well done ” (Tutor Bruno Silvestre)
