Portfolio 2022

portfolio.

SAMANTHA AYLIN GARCIA CANTU M. Sc. Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design student

2022

selected works

samantha garcia

A B O U T

M E

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SOFTWARES

M&G Arquitectos Architect -Interior design of single family residences.

-Construction supervisor.

2019

wulf architekten Internship -Interior design and visualizations -Facade development and visualizations -Material and color concepts catalogue

2018

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND +393515620448 samanthaylin.gc@gmail.com Berlin

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

2022 2021-

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.

PERSONAL SKILLS

LOL- workshop

2021

teamwork communicative multi-tasker organization adaptability

Universidad Regiomontana - Mexico

LANGUAGES

prepa UDEM - Mexico

Architecture

2015-2018

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg - Germany (DAAD-scholar) Architecture

SPANISH

2017

High school diploma

2011-2014

Abroad: Notre Dame High School - USA

2012-2013

ENGLISH

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT

GERMAN

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

contents

Napoli, Italy 2022

A NEW CENTRALITY Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 2021

PIACENZA TANGENZIALE

LOMA BONITA

Piacenza, Italy 2021

Monterrey, Mexico 2018

PRIVATE GARDEN Monterrey, Mexico 2019

Samantha Garcia

I N D U S T R I A L

E N C L A V E

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 abandoned.

The main strategies include: the creation of ecological links between the site and spreaded green patches. Also the connection of linear green areas by incorporating 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 hydraulic system for the site. For the connection of the different industrial areas within the actual infrastrucutre different pedestrian and bike friendly paths are proposed.

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M A S T E R P L A N

selected works Proposed slope

Re-opened canal and wetlands

Woods and canopies

Meadows and lawns High meadows and shrubs

1. Entrance 2. Fountain 3. Cultural civic center 4. Playground 5. Food hall 6. Market 7. Dancing square 8. Park 9. Pedestrian cycling loop 10. Pedestrian cycling loop 11. Residential quarter 12. Community gardens 13. Wetlands 14. Canal 15. Amphitheater 16. Green lawn 17. Rain garden 18. Proposed pedestrian bridge 19. Technology museum 20. Skate park 21. Library 22. Offices 23. Students housing

Woodlands Urban green and mounds

Railway Highway Local car roads

Pedestrian accessibility

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LANDSCAPE SECTION

Ailanthus altissima

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Quercus ilex

Antirrhinum siculum

Polypodium vulgare

Mercurialis annua

Nelumbo nucifera

Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Phragmites australis

Hedera helix

Castanea mollissima

Adiantum capillus-veneris

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INDUSTRIAL AREA

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RESIDENTIAL AREA

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C E N T R A L I T Y

Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso Metropolitan strategies for the growth of the city of Ouagadougou.

The urban area of the city of Ouagadougou has grown along a concentric zone pattern with a low density. Economic and administrative activities are concentrated 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 corridor to help reducing noise pollution affecting the residential areas near the new railway.

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G R E E N - G R A Y - B L U E T R U C T U R E

I N F R A S -

(with projected railway)

C E N T R A L I T I E S

TANGHIN

GARE DE L’EST

TAMPUY

PÉDIATRIE CENTRE BOULMIOUGOU

CISSIN

OUAGARINTER

OUAGA 2000

M A T R I X

INFRASTRUCTURAL INTERSECTION (VOIX DE LES FEMMES)

INFRASTRUCTURAL INTERSECTION

GARE CENTRAL

MARCHÉ DE SAABA

INFRASTRUCTURAL INTERSECTION (PROJECTED RAILWAY)

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P I A C E N Z A

T A N G E N Z I A L E

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.

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G R E E N

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S T R A T E G Y

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 include Parco di Montecucco, some agricultural fields, part of a canal, urban farming (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-farming 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.

green corridors canals green areas agriculture tangenziale

I N F R A S T R U C T U R E

S T R A T E G Y

M A S T E R P L A N P A R C O D I M O N T E C U C C O

railway bus stops bike-sharing points cycle path tangenziale

V A C A N T

S P A C E S

oversized vacant suspended underused tangenziale green areas

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P R I V A T E

G A R D E N

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.

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L O M A

B O N I T A

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.

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selected works double-glazed windows for higher thermal resistance

pergola for sunlight blocking

double-glazed windows for higher thermal resistance rammed-earth blocks

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

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SAMANTHA AYLIN GARCIA CANTU samanthaylin.gc@gmail.com +393515620448