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Valerie Beauchamp

Urb. Ciudad Centro 115 Calle Cacimar Carolina, Puerto Rico 00987

Academic Experience Mar 2018

XV Taller Social Latinoamericano

June 2018

Teaching Assistant

Valerie Beauchamp Colón phone: email: instagram: address:

(787)-420-4567 valeriebeau2@gmail.com @ValerieBeau Urb. Ciudad Centro 115 Calle Cacimar Carolina, PR 00987

Architecture as the synergistic expression between man and nature, merged with culture, identity and sustainability. Finding a way to adapt this architectural dynamic to our “modern” society, by integrating technology with art and nature. In addition, I wish to explore architecture philosophy, theory and psychology through the medium of art, urbanism and literature.

Education Spring 2019

Fine Arts (exchange program)

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B.A. in Environmental Design

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Faculty of Fine Arts Universidad Complutense de Madrid

School of Architecture University of Puerto Rico Magna Cum Laude

July 2018

(Latin American Social Workshop of Architecture Students) Puno, Perú

Summer Workshop for High School Students School of Architecture University of Puerto Rico

TU Delft Summer School: Planning and Design with Water

Jan 2019

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Delft University of Technology Delft, The Netherlands Aug 2018

Fallingwater College Residency Program Mill Run, Pennsylvania

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Work Experience Coleman Davis Pagan Aug 2019Intern present San Juan, Puerto Rico 20172018

Ho Arquitectos

Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico [AACUPR] (Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico)

Biology Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Puerto Rico

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Auxilio Transplant Center Volunteer Hospital Auxilio Mutuo Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

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Publications Jan 2019

Plan Maestro para la Reconstrucción del Distrito Capitolino

(Master Plan for the Reconstruction of the Capitol District) Undergraduate urban study and design proposal for the Superintentendency of the Capitol District of P.R. with fourth year Design Studio, under the guidance of Emilio Martinez, AIA.

Exhibitions Feb 2 2019

90th Anniversary of the Capitol of Puerto Rico Presentation of the ‘Master Plan for the Reconstruction of the Capitol District’ at the Capitol of Puerto Rico Joint proposal with Fourth year Design Studio

Affiliations 2018present

American Institute of Architecture Students AIAS University of Puerto Rico

Honors 2013present

National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) Golden Key International Honour Society

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Premio de Honor AIA Puerto Rico (AIA Puerto Rico Honor Award) for Research ‘Mapa de Historia’: A Preliminary Inventory of Puerto Rico’s Historic Sites and Districts in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria Diana Luna, AIA, Valerie Beauchamp, Ivonne Sanabria, et al

Software Skills AutoCAD SketchUp VRay Rhinoceros Grasshopper 3D Max Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Lightroom Adobe Photoshop Adobe Premiere CC

Languages Spanish (native) English Italian

Hobbies/ Interests Analog & Digital Photography Video Art Film Art Literature Travel Animation Writing Tutoring Sketching

Academic Work

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Above: Collage with volumetric concrete model Right: Housing distribution diagrams

Manglares

Social housing Fall 2017 Third Year Studio Instructor: JR Coleman-Davis La Torre, Loiza, PR. The people of La Torre have a tight relationship with each other, this is partly due to how the houses are spatially organized; the informal urban development has consequentially affected the sociocultural behavior and identity of the place, creating a secure and integrated neighborhood.

Wanting to maintain that strong sense of community, this housing complex follows a similar arrangement which provides communal spaces between houses. The development consists of six houses/ apartments, that can be doubled to twelve, if needed. This is possible, since the circulation has been moved to the exterior; the set of stairs, divide and connect the houses without sacrificing their privacy. The result is a housing complex integrated to its context not just formally, but by also incorporating the tropical nature that surrounds it, bringing it to the communal patios and inside. vertical circulation communal spaces

3- bedroom house 2- bedroom house studio apartment

4- bedroom house 2- bedroom apartment 2- bedroom house

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Left: La Torre informal urban grain Housing’s arrangement (in black) resonates with urban tissue

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Above: Collage with volumetric concrete model Left (top to bottom): Sections A to D

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Duncan del Toro Industrial Design School

Spring 2017 Second Year Studio Instructor: AndrĂŠs Mignucci Rio Piedras, San Juan, P.R.

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interior patio

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Unfolded Ramp Progression

Since the school is located in the middle of Rio Piedras (outside the gates of the University), the program shifts from public to private with ease, providing the community constant access to its resources. Therefore, the library is located on the ground floor, working as a transition between the entrance of the school and the already exisiting plaza beside it. The industrial design school’s program is manipulated in a way that combines similar or related types of spaces. For example, the jury area also serves as a gallery; with rotating walls that divide or connect the space. Reinforcing the idea of connectivity is the continuous circulation. The ramp culminates in the school’s auditorium, next to the gallery. Usually when a conference,lecture or exposition takes place, the activity tends to shift from the auditorium to the gallery, so connecting them seemed to be the logical solution. Same goes for the studio and the longitudinal gallery space. Finally on the top floor, the research and fabrication lab is located. Conversely, on the ground floor, the interior patio serves as an opportunity to integrate the Rio Piedras community to the school while at the same time providing natural illumination, ventilation and vegetation for a school located in a tropical setting.

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Left (top to bottom): Ground floor First floor Second Floor above (top to bottom): Sections 1 to 5

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Art Studio

for Ivelisse Jimenez

Fall 2016 Second Year Studio Instructor: Blanquita Calzada Cupey, SJ. PR. Using the artist’s already three-dimensional collage style of work, the space is made up from the formal translation of planes and lines, to walls, columns and beams in all axes. The spatial sequence seeks to exalt the paradisiac context which the studio is located in, designing spaces that interact directly with the lively tropical vegetation that surrounds it. The constant play with the interior and exterior transitions help connect the art studio to nature, creating an environment suited for artistic expression and inspiration. As a result, three major spaces with a palpable atmosphere were created, (in order): a living room (for receiving guests), a rest space or meditation space and finally the work space (studio).

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Top to bottom: Rest/ meditation space Living Room Work space (studio)

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North-East Interior view

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PULSE Memorial 06.12.2016

Fall 2018 Fourth Year Competition Studio Instructor: Francisco J. RodrĂ­guez Orlando, FL. USA

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The Pulse Memorial recognizes the events that occurred on June 12, 2016 by preserving the night club’s existing walls, meanwhile reconfigurating and repurposing the spaces they contain.

The memorial is divided into three stages that narrate an event with an emotionally charged spatial sequence. The entrance; represents the crowd’s Fear & Disorientation by prolonging it.

The bathroom, where some of the shooting and the hostage scenerio took place is transformed, where as the use of black sand on the bathroom floor becomes a simile for gunpowder and the walls get covered in holes (gun shots). Culminating on the main dance floor, now an interior patio, a place of peace and serenety, the victims are honored with 49 transparent monoliths.

Team Project: Concept design, Architecture Drawings

Above: Memorial Plan Cross and longitudinal sections.

Left: Diagrams of the night club’s spatial reconfiguration.

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PARA.CITIES

London Affordable Housing Challenge Fall 2018 Fourth Year Competition Studio Instructor: Francisco J. RodrĂ­guez

This housing project looks to help those who have been pushed out of the city due to gentrification. Providing an affordable structure that’s adaptable to any urban context, easy to ensemble and made with prefabricated materials. While introducing the agricultural economy to affordable housing and as a result, creating job opportunities. team project: design, longitudinal section, diagrams

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Private common space

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Shared common space + 1 Bedroom

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Shared common space + 2 Bedrooms

Module 3 3 Bedrooms

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Shared Common Space Bedrooms for Rent Storage Spaces for Rent

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Rooftop Urban Farming Increase Food Production Community Participation Local Economic Growth Heat and Emissions Mitigation Reduce Storm Water Runoff

3. Communal Spaces: Socially Integrated Community

4. Farmer’s Market/ Restaurants:

Job Creation Produce Sold in Ground-level Market and used in Restaurants

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Water Dance

A three- dimensional analysis from dance to architecture Fall 2015 First Year Studio Instructor: Ernesto Rodriguez

Transforming the artist’s movement into a spatial sequence using water,light and consequently, shadow to mirror the energetic and rhythmic quality of movement in dance. First, by translating the dance in itself into a collage filled with dynamism, followed by the isolation of action and body into a drawing, which resulted in the final “built” curved structure.

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Above: Architecture model Left: Movement collage

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Libros Libres (Pocket Park) Spring 2016 First Year Studio Instructor: Anixa González Calle Loiza, SJ. PR.

This pocket park provides an open public space in the famous Calle Loiza, Santurce to the community iniciative, of the same name, “Libros Libres”, which translates to “free books”. Transforming this anonymous book exchange, into a social opportunity. A space where people can meet and socialize, read, or just donate books. The space also has a small stage, for poetry or book readings, small plays or musicians.

Ensuring its full day use.

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Far left in b&w: “Libros Libres� community inniciative in the Calle Loiza, Santurce, P.R. left: small stage for entertainment

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Urban Master Plan For the Capitol District Fall 2018 Fourth Year Studio Instructor: Emilio Martinez-Cimadevilla Puerta de Tierra, Old San Juan, P.R.

Capitol District Master Plan Part one

Five main issues were identified regarding the urban master plan proposal. Starting with the redefiniton of the district itself by the means of vegetation, lum inary, pavement, and street furniture. Another factor considered was the treatment of public spaces; as of now, the district has numerous isolated and misused public areas.

Densifying some of this unintelligible zones, could help define and give purpose to the new ones. In addition, achieving better spatial definition with densification and reassessing the buildings’ current uses while adding more housing and commerce. Organizing the road infrastructure by establishing a hierarchy. Reinforcing the east-west connections with the emergence of new streets in the north-south direction help regulate block sizes and also increase pedestrian accesibility. Putting an enphasis on the North-South axis help reinforce the importance of the ‘Capitolio’. Finally, taking back surfaces wasted in endless parking by relocating them underground with new parking structures. This would give back visual and physical accesibility to the people.

Team project: design and drawings

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Clockwise: Landscape and urban design of the main central axis Capitol District’s current conditions Proposed Master plan with marked sites for individual proposals.

Design Concept diagrams Above (Top to bottom) Delimitation of the Capitol District Hierarchical organization of road infrastructure Densification of the Capitol District

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‘La Constitución’ Public Building Part two

(individual project) The building design greatly considers its context, such as the row of historical buildings along the Ponce de León Avenue (PdL). To link the new building to its surroundings, the design relied on the reinterpretation of formal architectural elements associated with buildings of power, like arcades, columns and galleries. In addition, the design establishes a connection to the elevated Luis Muñoz Rivera Avenue (LMR), as a result a small square emerges, which also serves as the roof to the atrium while allowing natural ilumination. Below, the atrium in the form of an hypostyle hall marks the main entrance which coincides with one of the Capitol’s Annexes’ principal access. It is important to emphasize that the access of the immediate buildings dictated the organization of the building’s program.

The connections to the LMR(north) and PdL (south) avenues divide the building and its program in two.

The frontal program (south) is dedicated to the work space and the latter program to the semi-public areas (north), such as the auditorium, archive and cafe.

1. Ground Floor 2. First Floor 3. Second Floor 4. Third Floor Concept diagrams (left to right): Axes dictated by nearby buildings’ main access Site location in between row of Historical Buildings Connection to elevated Luis Muñoz Rivera Ave.

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From the top: Cross Section Longitudinal Section

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From the top: South Elevation East Elevation North Elevation