Portfolio 2022

portfolio.

SAMANTHA AYLIN GARCIA CANTU

M. Sc. Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design student

samantha garcia

+393515620448 samanthaylin.gc@gmail.com Berlin

PERSONAL SKILLS

teamwork communicative multi-tasker organization adaptability

LANGUAGES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Architect 2019 M&G Arquitectos Internship 2018 wulf architekten

-Interior design of single family residences. -Construction supervisor.

-Interior design and visualizations -Facade development and visualizations -Material and color concepts catalogue

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

POLITECNICO DI MILANO - Italy 2021TU BERLIN (erasmus) - Germany 2022

M. Sc. Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design   ENHANCE Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Innovation summer school Rooms without walls: guiding principle for the civic & social dimension of the SDG’s practice. LOL- workshop 2021

Universidad Regiomontana - Mexico BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg - Germany prepa UDEM - Mexico

Architecture 2015-2018 (DAAD-scholar) Architecture 2017

High school diploma 2011-2014 Abroad: Notre Dame High School - USA 2012-2013

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT

SCHÖNSTATT 5K RUN 2016-2019 -Organization team

,CAPULLOS’ group home for children 2011-2014 -Planning of activities and help with home-tasks

S.L.P. MISSION TRIP 2016-2017 -Group leader

,UVITAS' Teacher 2013-2014 -Math help for children

INDUSTRIAL ENCLAVE

Napoli, Italy 2022

A NEW CENTRALITY Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 2021

PIACENZA TANGENZIALE

Piacenza, Italy 2021

PRIVATE GARDEN Monterrey, Mexico 2019

LOMA BONITA Monterrey, Mexico 2018

INDUSTRIAL ENCLAVE

Napoli | Italy

Transformation project for old Feltrinelli industrial area in the suburb of San Giovanni a Teduccio in Naples.

The area was found with a lack of green corridors and lack of biodiversity as a consequence. Also a dominance of unused and potentially contaminated green lands. The complex infrastructure of the area creates a barrier for pedestrians. The main land use of the area is industrial and several of them just plain aban doned.

The main strategies include: the creation of ecological links between the site and spreaded green patches. Also the connection of linear green areas by incorpo rating the Feltrinelli area to the system of green corridors. Revealing the historic streams of Foce del Sebeto river by re-opening canal and building new hydrau lic system for the site. For the connection of the different industrial areas within the actual infrastrucutre different pedestrian and bike friendly paths are proposed.

LANDSCAPE SECTION

INDUSTRIAL AREA

RESIDENTIAL AREA

A NEW CENTRALITY

Metropolitan strategies for the growth of the city of Ouagadou gou.

The urban area of the city of Ouagadougou has grown along a concentric zone pattern with a low density. Economic and administrative activities are con centrated to the downtown areas whereas residential areas extend over the rest of the metropolitan area. An insufficient number of developed parcels, a lack of financial resources for their acquisition as well as land speculation have led to a massive growth of unplanned settlements in the peripheries of the city.

The development of a new railway going through the city will allow for the creation of new centralities as well as new public spaces. This will improve connectivity between the peripheries and the city center. Along this new axis it is important to create a green corri dor to help reducing noise pollution affecting the residential areas near the new railway.

Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso

TRUCTURE (with projected railway) CENTRALITIES MATRIX

PIACENZA TANGENZIALE

Piacenza | Italy

Design of green belt connecting the city sprawl and the rural areas in the periphery of the city of Piacenza.

The main objective of the project was to present viable interventions in the area surrounding the tangenziale in Piacenza to create a better connection between the green spaces and the potential public areas that could be developed in the vacant spaces.

The focus of this includes: Repurposing of the vacant spaces to create quality public spaces, creation of a connection between the vacant spaces and existing parks through soft mobility, use of the canals for the creation of a green and blue system adding vegetation and green corridors next to them, reduction of the expressway’s pollution with the use of nature based solutions, provide new energy resources for different areas of the city.

The area between the city of Piacenza and the neighborhood of Besurica was found to be disconnected from the city center. The area dividing these 2 spaces in clude Parco di Montecucco, some agricultural fields, part of a canal, urban far ming (created by the residents of the area) and some abandoned buildings.

In Parco di Montecucco, interventions can be made to create this place an area for everyone to use. The agricultural fields grow crops year round, which allows these areas to be used as agrovoltaic fields. The greenhouses and urban-far ming beds mainly provide services for the residents of Besurica. Connection is to be created between the divided areas, therefore an expanded cycle network and cyclepaths help to improve the zone and make the city more accessible.

PRIVATE GARDEN

Monterrey | Mexico

A garden installation designed for a single family house. Part of the design consisted in a multi-functional area with a gathering space and cooking amenities. The important part consists of five farming beds that together with orchard trees grow and produce fruits and vegetables all year long. This part also includes the post-production shed to serve as a storage facility and as a common space.

LOMA BONITA

Monterrey | Mexico

This project was designed with the purpose of creating a sustainable residence. The location allows for the use of the materials chosen: rammed earth walls and blocks, and concrete. The roof creates the possibility of the implementation of a pv system. The orientation of the house is chosen to have the rammed earth walls with direct sunlight for the whole evening. These type of walls have high insulation and allow for a nice a comfortable environment inside.

rammed-earth blocks

double-glazed windows for higher thermal resistance

pergola for sun light blocking

rammed-earth walls that improve insulation for the type of climate

double-glazed windows for higher thermal resistance