Professional Portfolio - Fall 2018

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VIRNA CASTILLO REYES SELECTED WORKS 2014 - 2018

WHAT IS THE CITY BUT THE PEOPLE? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, CORIOLANUS I ACT 3, SCENE 1

Virna Elizabeth Castillo Reyes e. vcastilloreyes@gmail.com c. 829 - 340 - 2993 4

CO NT E NT S

ACADEM I C WOR K Urban Interfaces

2017

Urban Centralities

2015

Ecological Park

2014

ACADEM I C R ES EARCH Vernacular Habitats

2015

PROF ES S I ON AL WOR K Reclaiming Public Space

2018

Democracy at work

2017

Pedernales Reimagined

2016 5

URBAN INTERFACES INTERFACES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TERRITORIES : SPACES THAT TRANSFORM URBAN LIFE .

ACADEMIC WORK LOCATION

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ARCH THESIS PROJECT

SANTO DOMINGO , D . R .

2016-2017 CHAIRS

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MICHELLE VALDEZ

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ORISELL MEDINA

The main question was: How does the spatial configuration of the interfaces between the public and the private impacts the quality of urban life? The hypothesis was that a thoughtful configuration of these spaces in urban contexts promotes social and economic development, increases public security, and enhances quality of life.

After thorough investigations, the project chosen to demonstrate these ideas, was an Urban Redevelopment Plan for an underperforming, formerly industrial, and seafront located neighborhood in Santo Domingo, the biggest city in Dominican Republic. The goal was to revitalize this area through the generation of a compact, mixed-use, and people-oriented urban area that could serve as a reference for future developments.

after the investigations, the next step was to select a location based on 3 fundamental criteria in order to accomplish the best possible outcome. when the location was succesfully selected, it was time to develop the site analysis, which was made at a metropolitan, urban and local scale.

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METROPOLITAN SCALE

LOCATION

LOCAL SCALE

Barrio en proceso de expansión

Circunscripción 1

-

5

--

Circunscripción 2

Barrio en proceso de expansión

Corredores metropolitanos

+

5

JERARQUÍA DE CONCENTRACIÓN COMERCIOS

Menor densidad poblacional

Cerros de Arroyo Hondo 6.46 Hab/Ha 85.54

LEYENDA

LEYENDA

LEYENDA

Arroyo Manzano 9.46 Hab/Ha --

1

4

Centro de los Héroes

2 3

Uso predominante: Comercial

Cerros de Arroyo Hondo

4

Arroyo Manzano

5

La Isabela

6

Tropical

Sur

Parque Mirador Sur

Central

Tropical

Los Ríos

Mar Caribe

27 de febrero

4

Norte

Terrenos Metaldom

3

3 N/A 60.32

-CIRCUNSCRIPCIÓN 2

15.97

291.49

CIRCUNSCRIPCIÓN 3 N/A

214.72

76.32

128.67 87.91 73.20

La Isabela 5.83 Hab/Ha

80.4

Barrio en proceso de expansión

N/A

361.5

55.11

2

2

80.75

72.80

102.98 74.5

STREET NETWORK

93.33

88.87

44.72

49.17

CIRCUNSCRIPCIÓN 1

104.1

120.44 72.17 70.05

44.72

98.02

180.8

131.2 135.15

74.45

1

93.05

55.14

80.46

180.8

93.06

79.7

Centro de los Héroes 1.62 Hab/Ha Uso predominante: Institucional

Tropical 28.93 Hab/Ha Uso predominante: Industrial

245.87 122.43

1

93.05 157.5

6

6

28.20 3.08

77.73 21.22 ha

1.85

111.16 0

1

2

5 km

0

1

2

5 km

0

1

2

5 km

3.38

POPULATION DENSITY

COMMERCE CONCENTRATION

ACCESIBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY URBAN FABRIC

URBAN SCALE

P.B

S.D NORTE GUERRA

LAND USE

L.A S.D O

D.N

S.D ESTE B.C

0

4

8

16 km

SELECTION CRITERIA The 3 criteria that needed to be met in order to select a site for the project were: low population density, low commerce and mixed use concentration, and good connectivity with the rest of the city. All this so the neighboorhood selected could be activated and revitalized through the proposal and the conversations with the community.

VACANT LOTS

TROPICAL

-

METALDOM

CORREDORES METROPOLITANOS

INSTITUCIONES EDUCATIVAS CERCANAS PARADAS DE TRANSPORTE PÚBLICO INTERURBANO

AUTOPISTA

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DE MAYO ESTACIONES DE METRO

PLAN CIRCUITO BICI STO . DGO LINEAS DE METRO EXISTENTES LINEA DE METRO PROYECTADA ZONAS VERDES , CULTURALES Y DEPORTIVAS

OMSA CORREDOR INDEPENDENCIA CENTROS URBANOS CONSOLIDADOS

CENTRO DE LOS HÉROES

NEW DEVELOPMENT

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DESIGN PROCESS >

after the site analysis, conclusions and recommendations were drawn. based on this information and conversations with the community, the design process was defined. everything had to respond to three strategic guidelines which would then define the essence and stages of the proposal.

STRATEGIC GUIDELINES

FIRST PHASE

NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION

DESIGN COMPONENTS

STREET NETWORK DESIGN

INTEGRATE WITH THE CONTEXT

A. EXISTING URBAN FABRIC

B. PROJECTION OF EXISTING STREETS

STREETSCAPE DESIGN

S U S TA I N A B L E DEVELOPMENT SUBPHASES

1C

1C 1A 1D

INDUSTRIAL IDENTITY PRESERVATION

1D 1B 1B 1B 10

CARIBBEAN SEA

C. STRENGHTEN NORTH SOUTH CONECTION

D. CONTEXT - ADAPTED STREET NETWORK

the next step was to define urban regulations and guidelines in order to generate an urban environment in which the block, the street, and the building work in sinergy. this process was structured around three major groups: road categorization, land use, and density.

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ROAD CATEGORIZATION TYPE A AV

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MULTIWAY BOULEVARD

TYPE B

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MAIN STREET

TYPE C

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PROMENADE

TYPE D

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NEIGHBORHOOD STREET

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A 30 PIST

DE

MAYO

AUTO

LEYENDA TYPE A TYPE B TYPE C

CARIBBEAN SEA

TYPE D

LAND USE

DENSITY COMMERCIAL

INSTITUTIONAL

MIXED - USE

CURRENT DENSITY 28.93 persons per hectare EXPECTED DENSITY 100 U

100 persons per hectare Required: 1,730 dwelling units

100 U 80 U

1,730 UH x 3.65 persons per dwelling = 6,314 persons

100 U 200 U

RECREATIONAL

RESIDENTIAL

HOTEL USE

HIGH DENSITY BENEFITS

200 U 200 U

200 U 200 U

EFFICIENT USE OF LAND

PROMOTES SOCIAL EQUITY

100 U 250 U

LESS EXPENSES IN SERVICES

EFFICIENT MOBILITY

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the plan’s primary objective is to generate a compact, mixed-use, and context-adapted urban environment that revitalizes the neighboorhood through quality urban spaces and serves as an example for further urban interventions in Santo Domingo.

U R BAN DEVE LO P M E N T P L A N > MASTER PLAN 1

URBAN INTERFACES

commercial development 2 waterfront revitalization 3 urban park 4 semi pedestrian street

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parking

A

B

B

A

A - A’ A’

1 B’

B

C

5 C’

4

C

3 D

4

B - B’

2

E

2 2

CARIBBEAN SEA

A

MIRADOR SUR PARK

B

CERVECERÍA NACIONAL DOMINICANA

C

CIUDAD GANADERA

D

KARTING TRACK JULIÁN BARCELÓ

E

UNIVERSIDAD DEL CARIBE 50 0

200 100

400 m 300

C - C’

DESIGN PRINCIPLES RECICLAJE NAVE INDUSTRIAL

CONTEXT ADAPTED URBAN FABRIC

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MIXED USE CENTRAL AXIS

CATALYST PROJECTS

PRESERVATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL IDENTITY

REVITALIZATION OF THE WATERFRONT

QUALITY URBAN INTERFACES

MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND ACCESIBLE STREETS

the goal is to pay special attention to the spatial configuration of those small urban spaces at eye level that conect public and private spaces, because it deeply defines the quality and quantity of social interactions, the full exercise of individual freedom, and the urban experience as a whole.

RESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIAL

FLEXIBLE PARKING

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URBAN SPACES

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U R B A N PA R K >

is characterized by its industrial past and spatially defined by the Caribbean Sea, main traffic arteries, and new residential and commercial development. it’s conceived as a catalyst capable of preserving the neighboorhood’s industrial identity while revitalizing the waterfront by redirecting flows towards the sea.

MASTER PLAN

DESIGN PRINCIPLES C O N F I G U R AT I O N

center

edges

enclosure

FUNCTION

activities

flows

LANDSCAPE

parking

+13.86 m

+11.95 m

vegetation

furniture

FLEXIBILITY OF USE POSSIBILITY A GASTRONOMIC FESTIVALS

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POSSIBILITY B CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

POSSIBILITY C MUSIC FESTIVALS

POSSIBILITY D SPORTS EVENTS

topography

URBAN CENTRALITIES NEW URBAN CENTER FOR VIEJO ARROYO HONDO AS CATALYST FOR SOCIO - SPATIAL DYNAMICS .

ACADEMIC WORK LOCATION

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DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT

SANTO DOMINGO , D . R .

2015 PROFESSOR

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MARCOS BARINAS

Arroyo Hondo is a neighborhood located in the center of Distrito Nacional, the most important city in the Dominican Republic.

The goal was to analyze its current situation in terms of environmental strenghts and weaknesses, economic development, and social interaction in order to generate an integrated urban proposal that could turn this area into a more lively, people-oriented, and environmentally sustainable community.

The proposal focused on three major areas of improvement: reclaim and protect illegally occupied parks and rivers, revitalize currently dispersed areas generating urban centralities through commerce and public space, and finally, reconect the neighborhood through a new local transportation proposal.

this neighborhood is peculiar in that is geographically centric but it doesn’t serve the city as a center. it has one of the highest percentages of green areas but they’re all private. and it has three of the most important big stores but the commercial concentration is low. so the first step was the site analysis.

LOCATION

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SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PAG. 58

Secretaría de Estado de Econom

OFICINA NACIONAL

018 VIEJO ARROYO HONDO 1.- Información general 2006

2.- Información de usos preferentes por edificación

SUPERFICIE (Km²)

BARRIO

2.80

SUB-BARRIOS VIEJO ARROYO HONDO SAN RAFAEL PUERTO RICO EL PINO EL CERRO

2.61 0.04 0.02 0.07 0.06 TRAMA URBANA

BLI

CA DO

2.40 0.40 ACCESIBILIDAD

M

LONGITUD VIAL (Km) CANTIDAD DE TRAMOS VIALES

IN ICANA

RE

MANZANA VIALIDAD

PÚ

DEPARTAMENTO D

47 551

TIPO DE EDIFICACIÓN TOTAL VIVIENDA INDEPENDIENTE EDIFICIO DE APARTAMENTOS (HASTA 5 NIVELES) VIVIENDA CON COMERCIO COMERCIO OTROS EDIFICIO DE APARTAMENTOS CON COMERCIO TALLER CENTRO EDUCATIVO INSTITUCIÓN RELIGIOSA CENTRO DE SALUD PLAZA COMERCIAL CLUB INSTITUCIÓN FINANCIERA INDUSTRIA VIVIENDA CON ACTIVIDAD NO DEFINIDA OFICINA ONG CENTRO DEPORTIVO INSTITUCIÓN PÚBLICA ASOCIACIÓN Y SINDICATO CENTRO DE COMUNICACIÓN COMERCIO CON ACTIVIDAD NO DEFINIDA FÁBRICA PARTIDO POLÍTICO

j ar dín bo tánic o

CANTIDAD DE ESTRUCTURA

MANZANAS EDIFICACIONES (casas, edificios, plazas, etc.)

UNIDADES (departamentos, locales, etc.)

112 2696 5280

aprox 2 mi llone s d e m2

CANTIDAD DE UNIDADES POR TIPO DE USO DE SUELO VIVIENDAS 4522 COMERCIOS Y SERVICIOS 574 INDUSTRIAS Y TALLERES 57 SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS 35

PORCENTAJE DE VIVIENDA POR TIPO DE USO DE SUELO INDUSTRIAS Y TALLERES 1%

COMERCIOS Y SERVICIOS 11%

SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS 1%

VIVIENDAS 87%

4.- Información de usos preferentes por unidad edificad

CANTIDAD 2696 2215 131 116 103 24 20 16 14 12 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

3.- Concentración de uso de suelo por manzana 2006 Comercios y servicios

Viviendas

SEGMENTACIÓN 2002 POLÍGONO

GUERRA

S.D O

D.N

S.D ESTE

13

51

2

11

41

3 4

3 4

11 22

A

0 36

L.A

ÁREAS SEGMENTOS

1

IKE

S.D NORTE

B.C

0

4

8

25,000

16 km

A

HABITANTES

20,000

ARROYO HONDO

15,000 10,000

13,195

5,000

21,372

17,559

LEYENDA 0

COMMERCIAL AREAS

1981

1993

MPORTAN DE I CI ES

P.B

OS COMERCI NT AL PU

MOND M DIA

CANTIDAD

L AL

Nº

TIPO DE UNIDAD TOTAL APARTAMENTO VIVIENDA INDEPENDIENTE EN UNA MISMA EDIFICACIÓN VIVIENDA DE DOS O MÁS NIVELES DE UNA MISMA FAMILIA VIVIENDA DE DOS O MÁS NIVELES DE FAMILIAS DIFERENTES VIVIENDA EN CONSTRUCCIÓN LOCAL COMERCIAL DESOCUPADO CUARTERÍA COLMADO OFICINA NO DEFINIDA SALÓN DE BELLEZA FANTASÍA, BOUTIQUE Y NOVEDADES TALLER NO DEFINIDO BANCA DE JUEGOS DE AZAR TIENDA NO DEFINIDA CAFETERÍA REPUESTO NO DEFINIDO ÁREA VERDE Y DE ESPARCIMIENTO PARQUEO BANCO NO DEFINIDO JOYERÍA Y RELOJERÍA TIENDA DE ROPAS BIENES RAÍCES E INMOBILIARIA COLEGIO PRIVADO IGLESIA NO DEFINIDA SALA DE CINE CLUB COMEDOR PELUQUERÍA Y BARBERÍA TIENDA DE CALZADOS DISTRIBUIDORA NO DEFINIDA OTROS FARMACIA FERRETERÍA FUNDACIÓN Y ONG TIENDA DE VENTA Y ACCESORIOS DE CELULARES CENTRO FOTOGRÁFICO SASTRERÍA Y MODISTA TALLER DE MECÁNICA EN GENERAL COMPAÑÍA NO DEFINIDA AGENCIA DE AUTOS (DEALER) AUTO ADORNOS IMPRENTA Y EDITORA LABORATORIO CLÍNICO ÓPTICA GALERIA Y TAPICERÍA TALLER DE EBANISTERÍA BOMBA DE GASOLINA CENTRO DE UÑAS Y TATUAJES CONSULTORIO MÉDICO DEPÓSITO O ALMACÉN DISTRIBUIDORA DE GOMAS COMIDA RÁPIDA GIMNASIO LAVANDERÍA LIBRERÍA Y PAPELERÍA PANADERÍA, REPOSTERÍA, PICADERAS Y OTROS GALERÍA DE ARTE AGENCIA DE SEGURO BANCA DE JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS DULCERÍA ESCUELA PÚBLICA HELADERÍA 0 125 250 INDUSTRIA NO DEFINIDA INDUSTRIA DE REFRESCOS Y JUGOS ODONTÓLOGO Y CLÍNICA DENTAL REPUESTO DE VEHÍCULOS RESTAURANTE

HIGH DENSITY ZONES

MEDIUM-LOW DENSITY ZONAS DE ALTA DENSIDAD

AREAS COMERCIALES

2002

CENSO TREE COVERAGE

COMMERCIAL USE Industrias y talleres

COBERTURA ARBÓREA

LOCATION Viejo Arroyo Hondo, Distrito Nacional

MEDIA-BAJA DENSIDAD Servicios públicos

WATER BODIES

situacion mediombiental

ECONOMY

ENVIRONMENT del sector en relacion

no. de hogares pobres por barrio, DN

J. BOTANICO

CAÑADAS

USO COMERCIAL

CONCENTRACION EN EL D.N

COMMERCE

al DN

CANTIDAD 5280 1475 1075 960 959 67 58 51 48 47 35 27 26 25 18 15 14 12 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 500 m3 3 3 3 3 3

TIP TIE CE AG CA CA CE CO EM ES HO IG OF PIC PIZ RE TA TIE CE AG AG AN AR AS BIL CE CE CO CO CO CO EN EN FÁ FÁ FU GR IG IG IN IN ME PA PA PA PA RE SE SU TA TA TA TA TE TIE TIE TIE TIE TIE TIE TIE UN VE PU CA IM SIN ES

DIVISION SOCIOECONOMICA

LAND USE

Rio Isa

be

la

Rio Isabela Rio Arroyo Hondo

INGRESOS: ALTO MEDIO Rio Ozama

MEDIO BAJO BAJO 0-84 85-278 279-748 749-1666 1669-4005 4006-6487 areas verdes

MAR CARIBE

0

1

2

5 KM

Fuente: ONE, 2005 0

0.5

1

2km

Fuente: Atlas de la Pobreza, 2005 0

0.5

1

2km

COMERCIAL AREAS VERDES 0

Fuente (hidrografia): CONAU, 2006 0

0.5

1

2km

-

0.5

1

Fuente: ONE, 2005

2km

+

250

750 m

JERARQUIA DE CONCENTRACION

DISTRIBUCION USO DE SUELO

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD >

the second step was to develop a conceptual proposal that could foster urban improvement. it focused on the three pillars of sustainability.

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS

LAND USE ANALYSIS

AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT

VIVIENDA AISLADA APARTAMENTO HILERA CLUSTER

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PRIVADO

ALTO IMPACTO

CENTRO COMERCIAL PEQUEÑO

BAJO IMPACTO

FRANQUICIA

TALLER MECÁNICO

BALDÍO

INFORMAL

ALMACÉN

ESTACIONAMIENTO

INSTITUCIONAL

CAÑADAS

ESPACIO PUBLICO

CIVICO

ARBOLES

MIXTO

SUPERFICIE VERDE PRIVADA

MANZANA ANZANA M SUPERFICIE SUPERFICIE POBLACION POBLACION DENSIDAD DENSIDAD REVITALIZATION THROUGH THE

TOPOGRAFÍA

GENERATION OF URBAN CENTRALITIES

E-1 E-1 1.62 ha ha 1.62 124 hab hab 124 76.54 hab/ha hab/ha 76.54 Residencial-94 % THROUGH A LOCAL RECONECTION Residencial-94 % DISTRIBUCION USO USO DE DE SUELO SUELO DISTRIBUCION TRANSPORTATION PROPOSAL DEEDIFICACIONES EDIFICACIONES 18 ##DE 18

the last step was to draft some examples of possible new urban spaces through which the neighborhood could start to change positively.

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URBAN SPACES ESTACION DE AUTOBUS

TEXTURA ANTIDESLIZANTE (VER DETALLE)

INTERSECCION ELEVADA [TO REINFORCE SLOW SPEEDS]

BOLLARDS

ESTACION DE AUTOBUS

LUMINARIAS ESCOFET SERIE MOTA

BANCOS EXTERIORES ZAFACONES

BANCOS EXTERIORES IS BIC DE O UE PARKLET RQ PA

O UE RQ PA

BIC DE

P

IS

EO QU AR

BIC DE

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DIAMETRO: 4.10 mZAFACONES ESTACION DE AUTOBUS

ESTACION DE AUTOBUS PARKLET ESTACION DE AUTOBUS

ACCESO PEATONAL PROYECTO MIXTO RESIDENCIAL-COMERCIAL ESPACIO PUBLICO

DIAMETRO: 4.10 m

RAMPAS PENDIENTE: 5%

Calle Wilfredo Garcia Reyes Encarnacion

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ECOLOGICAL PARK REDESIGN OF AN ECOLOGICAL PARK FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SAN CRISTÓBAL ’ S CULTURE AND HISTORY .

ACADEMIC WORK LOCATION

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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO

SAN CRISTÓBAL , D . R .

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2014 PROFESSOR PARTNER

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JORGE VENTURA

VERÓNICA TAVÁREZ

San Cristóbal has a trifold importance. The first colonial sugar mills in America were located here, the first Dominican Constitution was drafted and signed here, and the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was also born in San Cristóbal.

The fundamental goal was to redesign an existing ecological park in the center of the city, in order to strenghthen its impact to the city as a whole and to the community. The conceptual basis of the proposal is the fusion of four major aspects we found were relevant; history, culture, society, and environment. The plan was to reconect the park with the existing urban fabric through the design of four overlapping circuits in the park: ecological circuit, recreational circuit, and cultural-historical heritage circuit.

site analysis in this project was specially important. San Cristรณbal has a huge importance not only for the province, but for the whole country. in this project history, culture, and community interconect to conform a public space that represents the identity and strenght of the context.

LOCATION

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SITE ANALYSIS

SANCHEZ

AUT.

MARIA

TRINIDAD

0

BLI

200

0

200

0

200

CA DO M

IN ICANA

RE

D

Pร

SNM +95 M SNM +100 M

MARIA

SNM +76 M

SNM +65 M

SANCHEZ

AUT.

SNM +80 M

TRINIDAD

D

0

200

0

200

0

200

SECTION EXPLORATIONS

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DESIGN PROCESS >

the design process involved a study of the history and cultural aspects of San Cristรณbal along with site analysis and photographic explorations.

INITIAL APPROACH

PERMEABILITY

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TRIDIMENSIONAL EXPLORATIONS

CONECTION

TOPOGRAPHY

SUN AND WIND

PATHS AND LANDMARKS

CULTURAL HERITAGE

CULTURAL - HISTORICAL TRAIL

ECOLOGICAL TRAIL

RECREATIONAL TRAIL

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VERNACULAR HABITATS SABANA BUEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; S VERNACULAR HABITAT CONFIGURATION: PECULIARITIES, TRANSFIGURATION PATTERNS, AND EXTENTS. ACADEMIC RESEARCH LOCATION

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RESEARCH PAPER

PERAVIA , D . R .

2015 PROFESSOR

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VIRGINIA FLORES

In the past years, the Latin American and Caribbean vernacular habitats have been transforming at an unprecedented speed.

These changes, are visible not only at an architectural scale, but also, at the urban and territorial dimensions of rural areas.

This research aims to figure out how is the physical configuration of vernacular habitats in the Dominican Republic changing and to what extent is affecting the social, economic, and environmental spheres of rural settlements. To do this, the district of Sabana Buey in Peravia is selected as a case study subject. Elements like divisions and barriers, home configuration, internal organization of space, and the way people appropriate and uses urban space are observed, in order to unveil a major transformation in Dominican way of living.

currently, Sabana Buey counts with 494 dwellings. through a site analysis, it could be noted that 110 from those 494 dwellings are vernacular, constituting 22% of the total. from these 110 dwellings, there are only 9 left that have thatched roofing.

LOCATION

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CONTEXT

PALMAR DE OCOA

OCOA RIVER

SABANA BUEY

VILLA FUNDACIÓN

LOS CORBANITOS

MATANZAS

CARIBBEAN SEA BAHÍA DE LAS CALDERAS LAS CALDERAS

CONFIGURATION

SABANA BUEY

STREET NETWORK

STREET NETWORK

BUILDINGS

VERNACULAR DWELLINGS LEFT

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two fundamental changes are observed in the vernacular habitat in Sabana Buey. first, the shift from natural to industrialized construction materials; second, additions being attached to the original constructions in the form of new bedrooms and bathrooms.

V E R N A C U L A R H A B I TAT > USUAL CONFIGURATION

1 HOUSE

CONFIGURATIONS IN SABANA BUEY

2 KITCHEN

3 BATHROOM

3 2

1

LEGEND WOOD AND PALM FRONDS CONSTRUCTION CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION EXTERIOR BARRIERS VEGETATION

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DIVISIONS

RECLAIMING PUBLIC SPACE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR MEJORAMIENTO SOCIAL : TOWARDS A HEALTHY AND HUMANE ENVIRONMENT .

PROFESSIONAL WORK LOCATION

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PUBLIC SPACE

SANTO DOMINGO , D . R .

2018 PROPOSAL

Mejoramiento Social is a neighborhood located in the most overcrowded and overlooked district in Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo. Right now, in this location is being developed what will be the largest and most advanced Public Healthcare Facility in the Dominican Republic. As a response to the future flow of people, services, and activities resulting from this large-scale project, comes up an urgent need to revitalize and restructure the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current underperforming urban spaces.

The proposal has three categories of intervention: land use regulation, street redesign, and accesibility/transport. Starting in the area where the Healthcare Facility is located, the main goal is to generate a healthy, humane, and accesible urban environment.

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after a thorough site analysis, assesing the community’s needs, and evaluating the situation, three categories of intervention were established. the first one would be the street redesign, then the land use regulations, and ultimately, working on accesibility and transport.

CATEGORIES OF INTERVENTION

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LOCATION

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STREET REDESIGN

LAND USE REGULATION

ACCESIBILITY AND TRANSPORT

MASTER PLAN SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS os

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C

ad .P Av

D

P.B

E

S.D NORTE GUERRA

D.N

NCS - LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

B

TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTION

C

NEW URBAN PARK

D

MIXED USE MEDICAL RESIDENCES

E

NEW RESIDENTIAL PROPOSALS

E

L.A S.D O

A

S.D ESTE B.C

0

4

8

16 km

LAND USE

E A

MIXED USE

C

DISTRICT

RESIDENTIAL USE

D B

INSTITUTIONAL USE

D

EDUCATIONAL USE .A Av

C

A

as

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GREEN AREAS

B

MAR CARIBE

0

1

2

50 5 KM

0

200 100

400 m 300

EXISTING ELEMENTS A

INSTITUTO TÉCNICO SALESIANO

B

E S C U E L A M A D R E M A Z Z A R E L LO

C

ESCUELA REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS

D

CLOSEST METRO STATION LINE TWO

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STREET REDESIGN >

this would be a universally accesible one way two-lane street devoted to ambulance access, medical residences, mixed use, and public space.

PLAN VIEW

FEDERICO VELÁZQUEZ STREET

PARALLEL PARKING

NEW URBAN PARK

NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

CURRENT SITUATION

PROPOSED ACCESS STREET

MEDICAL RESIDENCES

MEDICAL RESIDENCES AND MIXED USE

ISOMETRIC DIAGRAM

MEDICAL RESIDENCES STREET FEDERICO VELÁZQUEZ

NEW URBAN PARK

NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

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this would be a universally accesible two way two-lane street devoted to ambulance access, new residential proposals, and institutional use.

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PLAN VIEW

OSVALDO BAZIL STREET

UNIVERSAL ACCESIBILITY

NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

CURRENT SITUATION

NEW RESIDENTIAL PROPOSALS

PARALLEL PARKING

ADECUATE VEGETATION AND LIGHTING

ISOMETRIC DIAGRAM NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

OSVA

LDO

BAZI

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NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

NEW RESIDENTIAL PROPOSALS

PARALLEL PARKING SLOWS DOWN VEHICLES PROTECT PEDESTRIANS ENSURES CARS ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE

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STREET REDESIGN >

this would be a universally accesible two way four-lane artery devoted to public transportation, bikeway network, and urban conection.

PLAN VIEW

ALBERT THOMAS

UNIVERSAL ACCESIBILITY

NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

CURRENT SITUATION

NEW BIKEWAY

RECLAIM SIDEWALKS

AVENUE

REDESIGN OF INTERSECTIONS CRITICAL TO ACCESS THE HOSPITAL

ISOMETRIC DIAGRAM NEW STREET

NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

CONFIGURATION

ALBERT THOMAS AVENUE

NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

NEW BIKEWAY

RECLAIM SIDEWALKS

ADECUATE VEGETATION

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this would be a universally accesible two way two-lane street devoted to pedestrian access, ambulance access, and educational use.

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PLAN VIEW

FEDERICO BERMÚDEZ STREET

UNIVERSAL ACCESIBILITY

NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

CURRENT SITUATION

ENTRANCE PLAZA

TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

PARALLEL PARKING

ISOMETRIC DIAGRAM TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

PARALLEL PARKING

FEDERICO BERMÚDEZ STREET

NCS-LEA HEALTHCARE FACILITY

RECLAIM SIDEWALKS

ADECUATE VEGETATION

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DEMOCRACY AT WORK SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY STUDIO FOR THE CITY OF SANTO DOMINGO .

PROFESSIONAL WORK LOCATION

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URBAN MOBILITY

SANTO DOMINGO , D . R .

2017 PARTNER

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MARCOS BARINAS

Enrique Peñalosa already said it: ‘In terms of transport an advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, it’s one where even the rich use public transport’. Mobility, more than a matter of money or technology is a matter of equality. This is what this project was about; working in the design and adaptation of a sustainable urban mobility proposal for the city of Santo Domingo.

The plan consists in the implementation of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in the most important urban corridor of Santo Domingo.

The goal is to improve efficiency and capacity of the bus-based public transport system of the city, by including lanes dedicated exclusively to buses and giving them priority over private cars. I was in charge of analyzing urban design aspects and the retrofitting of the stations.

the proposal consisted in 10 stations located in the whole extension of one of the most important corridors in the city. this is one of the possible configurations, in this case the stations are located in the middle of the street along with exclusive lanes for the buses.

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PLAN VIEW

POSITION

ISOMETRIC DIAGRAM ROAD STRUCTURED VEGETATION

WIDE SIDEWALKS THAT RESPOND TO PEDESTRIAN FLOWS

10 09 08

EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF WAY SEPARATED FROM TRAFFIC

07

06 05 04

03 02

27 DE FEBRERO STATION

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STATION DESIGN THAT COMPLIES WITH ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESIBLE DESIGN

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R E N A C I M I E N T O S TAT I O N >

this configuration includes a pedestrian overcrossing, in order to increase security. its design would make it accesible to everyone.

PLAN VIEW

POSITION

ISOMETRIC DIAGRAM

WIDE CROSSWALKS

PEDESTRIAN OVERCROSSING

10 09 08

EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF WAY SEPARATED FROM TRAFFIC

07

06 05 04

RENACIMIENTO STATION

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STATION DESIGN THAT COMPLIES WITH ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESIBLE DESIGN

in this configuration, the stations are located at the sides of the street. this allowed for green areas and vegetation to be included.

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PLAN VIEW

POSITION

ISOMETRIC DIAGRAM GENERATION OF GREEN AREAS TO SUPPORT THE STATIONS PREPAYMENT SYSTEM AT STATIONS

10 08

SAN JUAN BOSCO STATION

09 EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF WAY SEPARATED FROM TRAFFIC

07

06 05 04

03 02 01

STATION DESIGN THAT COMPLY WITH ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESIBLE DESIGN

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PEDERNALES REIMAGINED URBAN PLANNING AND WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR PEDERNALES .

PROFESSIONAL WORK LOCATION

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URBAN DESIGN

PEDERNALES , D . R .

2016 PARTNER

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MARCOS BARINAS

Pedernales, is the second most important zone of the Caribbean in terms of Biodiversity and Eco-touristic potential.

Nevertheless, in most areas of this municipality reigns poverty and informality.

The fundamental goal of this project was to activate the area in terms of tourism, economy, and environmental conservation through a compact, mixed-use, and ecologically sensitive urban proposal.

Seafront protection, quality public spaces, bikeways and bus lanes, mixed-use, and touristic development were among the interventions that conformed the proposal.

This allowed me to participate in a large-scale design process and learn about landscape urbanism tactics for fragile ecosystems.

this proposal was part of a larger scale territorial planning framework. the fundamental goal was to develop an urban proposal to activate this area while carefully taking into account conservation issues for this fragile ecosystem. presented below is information about the context and the final master plan.

MASTER PLAN

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HAITÍ REGIÓN ENRIQUILLO

PEDERNALES

PEDERNALES BEACH

LEGEND SURFACES

PEDERNALES

SURFACES

PRIVATE LOTS

DUNES

INSTITUTIONAL

PARKING LOTS

PUBLIC PLAZA

SPORTS USE

PUBLIC GREEN SPACES

BEACH

GREEN AREAS

TOPOGRAPHY

MOBILITY ROADWAY BIKEWAY

EXISTING VEGETATION EXISTING TREES EXISTING PALMS PROPOSED VEGETATION

SIDEWALKS AND ALLEYS COASTAL WAY

BUILDINGS

PROPOSED TREES PROPOSED PALMS

EXISTING BUILDINGS

PROPOSED BUILDINGS

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DESIGN PROCESS >

the design process involved three major parts; defining conservation areas, developing the lotification plan, and designing landscape elements.

LOTIFICATION PLAN

LANDSCAPE DESIGN ROAD INTERSECTION A

ROAD INTERSECTION

B

ROAD INTERSECTION

C

CONSERVATION PLAN

LEGEND DUNES PROTECTION WET SAND CLEANING AREA EXISTENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTED WATER BODY LIMIT

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(60 M)

PEDERNALES BEACH

the fundamental goal was to balance the need for economic development and the need for conservation and protection of the ecosystem.

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