PORTFOLIO VICTOR OROZCO

VICTOR OROZCO ARCHITECTURE + CONSTRUCTION

PORTFOLIO

VICTOR OROZCO EDUCATION Master of Architecture University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign May 2019 GPA 3.90/4 MSc. Civil Eng., Construction Management University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign December 2019 GPA 3.93/4 Bachelor in Civil Engineering Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL) 2004. Guayaquil, Ecuador

COMPUTER SKILLS Architecture Software: Autocad 2019, Revit 2019, Sketchup 2019, Vray 2.4, Lumion 10, Rhino 6, Grasshopper, IIllustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6, In Design CS6, Energy Analysis Daylight analysis with DIVA for Rhino, Sefaira, Ladybug, Ansys.

Engineering Software: Primavera P6, Navisworks, Sap 2000,

HONORS - UIUC Graduate Excellence design award, nominee ARCH 573, Fall 2018 - UIUC Graduate Excellence design award, 1st Place ARCH 472, Spring 2017 - UIUC Graduate Excellence design award, 1st Place ARCH 471, Fall 2016 - The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, member since October 2017

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THE WAVE

CANNON PLACE 2

Parametric urban intervention

Expansion for a social housing complex

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DIWGHT IGC

APERTURE

Intergenerational Care Center

Museum of American Media

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LA RIA

SHORT PROJECTS

Residential high-rise proposal

Short design and simulation projects

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CITY HOTEL

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Boutique hotel in Champaign,IL

Built projects

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THE WAVE

Chicago Prudential Plaza and adjacent pedway parametric intervention

LOCATION: Chicago, IL. 130 E Randolph St. COURSE: High performance + responsive architecture COMPUTER TOOLS: Rhino, Grashopper (Diva, Ladybug, Honeybee), Sketchup Photoshop, Illustrator, Lumion, Climate Consultant.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION This proposal was developed as a team work with Marilia Sa Ribeiro and Ashish Dandekar. The project’s goal is to design a public intervention to the existing space above and bellow grade at Prudential Plaza, located in Chicago 130 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601. The site is part of a crucial Pedway intersection.

will be the basis to shape a building design that becomes a high-performance public structure.

Here the purpose is not just to design an enclosed space, the proposal will contribute to downtown Chicago with a contemporary aesthetically pleasant massing that revitalices the local urban look, dynamizing its economy and providing a new option The purpose of the project is to revitalize the site for transporation and commerce for this area. as a center of this pedestrian system by focusing on three environmental factors: thermal, light, and airflow. The combination of these three parameters

The site is flanked by 2 high-rise buildings that allow few opportunities to receive sunlight. Even though the exterior space has been configured as a place to sit and stay, its configuration is not inviting and even not accessible, which is a problem addressed in this proposal.

Walking through these corridors or having a meal at one of the underground food vendors is not necessarily a pleasant experience.

Generating a proposal that improves the spatial qualities of this important hub, while allowing an enhanced contact with the exterior, is a major Once at the interior of the pedway, goal of this design process. the corridors and commercial spaces become dark, narrow and “compressing� due its low ceilings.

Bringing light to an underground space come in clusters and have bulbous, is not an easy task. Innovative solutions translucent dome shaped shoots. These have to be explored. domes allow light to penetrate deep in through to the roots for photosynthesis.

Bioinspiration became the vehicle to generate and analyze different These natural clustered shapes solutions for the project. Nature is the provided the inspiration for a glassbest teacher and forms the most cogent covered concave and convex surfaces argument for a design proposal . on the site to let light in.

The plant fenestraria, also know as stone plant, provided a solid set of options for the project; the plants

FORM FINDING-GLAZED AREAS The form finding process was driven by the need of providing enough sunlight to allow photosynthesis at the bottom of the proposed structure (-50’).

As in the frenestraria plant, the presence of clustered sources of natural light creates the required condition to support life at underground conditions.

Simulations at June overcast skynoon Grasshopper and diva were used to21find The results showed a distribution of the amount of glazed areas necessary to glazed surfaces of 23% of the horizontally bring the required amount of light to the site projection, generating 461 luxes interior of the structure. available on the control surface.

FORM FINDING-GLAZED AREAS

Simulations at June 21 overcast sky- noon

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460.96 lumens 460.96 lux Simulations at June 21, overcast sky, noon.

To devise the formal scheme, the site was divided into three imaginary E-W axes. The central axis became the point of entry and exit, with the largest dome in the middle. The scheme for the other two axes was inspired by the larger urban context of Chicago. The Northern axis was designed with a bulge in the center between two dips, so as to imitate the experience of walking up and down like along the Riverwalk.

the site. This promenade keeps in mind accessibility, ease of circulation without having to walk too much, and the experience of procession through the various bulged and dipped spaces.

To support the plaza, a 3 feet deep ribbed waffle slab of steel box sections was designed – it provides structural stability and accentuates the shape of the curves. This ribbed pattern was then translated into the column design, deconstructing the What binds the fluidity of the plaza is a promenade that rests conventional solid columns into a basket-weave framework that on it, gradually sloped at a 1:20 ratio, joining the E-W ends of creates an occupiable volume within it

massage room

doctor’s office

yoga+ meditation

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org. food store

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lvl -36.5’ floor plan | 1/24”=1’-0” bookstore (children space)

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lvl -50’ floor plan | 1/24”=1’-0” wellness center + org. food store

sunlight access intervention +11.5’

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structural ribs longitudinal section | 3/32”=1’-0”

coffee shop

ribbed steel columns

children’s reading area bookstore panoramic elevator

enclosed areas, spa

The form finding process was driven by the need of providing enough sunlight to allow photosynthesis at the bottom of the proposed structure (-50’).

As in the frenestraria plant, the presence of clustered sources of natural light creates the required condition to support life at underground conditions.

Grasshopper and diva were used to find the amount of glazed areas necessary to bring the required amount of light to the interior of the structure.

The results showed a distribution of glazed surfaces of 23% of the horizontal site projection, generating 461 lux available on the control surface (-50’) and 1100 lux at -16’.

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the wave

site analysis shadow and sunlight

illuminance

wind flow analysis

pedestrian flow

pedway map

velocity of wind dissipates

Measured on the 21st of four months – March, June, September and December – at 9 am, 12 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm (yearly average).

The Northern 1/3rd of the site receives direct sunlight (on a yearly average). The intensity reduces as we go South to less direct, more diffused sunlight.

The site has two wide openings on its North western and eastern corners. As a result, wind dissipates once it reaches the site.

the north portion of the site receives direct sunlight, while the remaining areas of the site receive diffused sunlight (under shadow).

the north part of the site, which receives direct sunlight, has an average of 8000 lux, while the most southern portion, which receives diffused sunlight, has an annual average of 1000 lux.

on the site the wind reaches with low intensity ~ 0-5 ft/s.

bioinspiration

site plan | 1/16”=1’-0”

concept/form

Prudential Plaza is secluded from the main roads. the Plaza lacks any frontage to prominent road (unwelcoming). it currently provides No opportunity to spend time in the plaza. the Steps restrict pedestrian accessibility.

The connection will open up to the ground level, attracting people to the plaza.

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lvl -32’ floor plan | 1/24”=1’-0” wc bookstore

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children’s Level -12’ Bookstore

lvl -12’ floor plan | 1/24”=1’-0” bookstore

lvl -16’ floor plan | 1/24”=1’-0” bookstore + cafè

Level -16’ Bookstore & Cafe

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lvl -32’ floor plan | 1/24”=1’-0” wc bookstore

lvl -16’ floor plan | 1/24”=1’-0”

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exploded axon

Level -50’ Children Playground

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02 DWIGHT IGC Intergenerational Daycare Center LOCATION: Dwight, IL. Columbus Ave. COURSE: ARCH 573 Nominated to the Graduate Excellence Design Prize COMPUTER TOOLS: Revit, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lumion,Sefaira

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The high-speced rail corridor presents oportunities to diversify the Dwight’s economic and social dynamics. The train offers residents the chance to commute to Chicago or St. Louis for work, business or leisure on a daily basis. Thus, families can benefit from the oportunities from working on developed metropolis, while enjoying the quality of life at small comunities.

However, young families with kids and elder members will face the need to have a safe place to leave them while being out of town. This is the main issue the community of Dwight is pursuing to solve.

Diwght residents have manifested their interest to enhance the social interactions and community bonds of the village. Currently, there are no spaces where collective activities and events can be held. In response to this, Community connection as a major force to pursue a new model of family development, leads the design concept of this project.

volumetric scheme intends to bring familiarity and connection to the users.

This building is more than a daycare, it is a place to come together, reinforce the community bonds and benefit from the the positive effects of the intergenerational interactions.

The formal aspects of the project are related to the most basic gestures humans have when portraying a house. The pitched roof depicts the physical place where a person feels safe and welcomed. Since the most frequent users of the projects will be people with reduced spatial perception capacities, the selected downtown

railtracks

connectivity

children daycare

senior daycare

community center

inter generational center

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TRAIN STATION

MAIN ACCESS

with a recently built station and an spacious parking lot, this facility will work together with the intergenerational center.

provides access control to the different facilites, while allowing wide views of the exterior and the secondary door on the first floor.

DINNING SPACE

SERVICES

has a capacity for 20 people, that can be expanded towards the intergenerational room.

includes a shared kitchen for the IG center and the community space, plus accesible restrooms for the second one.

COMMUNITY SPACE

I.G. SPACE

a flexible use space, that includes a bar/cafeteria for the use of community and visitors.

the area where both populations (seniors and children) interact, play and benefit from this new model of care.

SITEPLAN

SENIOR CARE right next to the IG. space, has dedicated areas for users with reduced mobility.

INFANT CARE children have access to open views and a direct connection to the IG space.

The train is the element that dynamizes the city and creates the foundation for IG. project. In order to create a close relationship between the center and the train, the building has been longitudinally organized in an axis parallel to the rail tracks. The materiality of the envelope makes also a reminisence of the metallic nature of the machine, by the use of prefabricated aluminum facade panels.

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INTERGENERATIONAL SPACE

The interegenerational space is the heart of this and memory performance is another benefit project. from these type of community facilities.

Different studies1,2,3 have researched the possitive effects the interactions between populations at the both extremes of the typical lifespan: the young and the old. It has been demonstrated that children need more than 4 carin adults in their lives to have an optiomal emotional and social development.

On the other hand, research has found that seniors taking care of children experiment more mental-health related positive effects from these interactions. Improvements on physical condition

Both user groups will have the additional benefit of enjoying well lit interior spaces that allow ample visual connections with the sourrounding vegetation.

1 Gypsum finishing, 21", R=1.26 1.5" x 5.5" metal stud 2 Rock wool insulation, 4": R=16.8 (framed within purlins) 3 Roof deck, depth 2", R= 0.3 4

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MemBrain Continuous Air Barrier and Smart Vapor Retarder , R=0.06

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Historically, the development of the Village of Dwight has been linked to the train. The presence of these mean of transport allowed the town to have a period of splendor when in 1879 the Keely Institute at Dwight became world famous for threating alcoholism with a treatement called “the cure”.

Nowadays, Dwight pursues a new stage of connectivity and enhanced lifestyle trough the high-speed train . That’s why a material connection between the train and the proposed building was considered relevant.

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10 MORZIP zinc-aluminum cladding panel, R=0.61

MATERIALITY AND ENVELOPE

Vertically stripped colored panels made of zinc-aluminum cladding give form to the building envelope. The colors are intended to generate a sense of movement, emotion and happiness for the users, visitors and the entire community.

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1 Rainscreen metal attachement system, vertical. Powerdriven to slab.

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NATURAL LIGHTING ANALYSIS An important aspect of an education/ daycare facility is access to suntlight.

Several studies have demonstrated the positive effect natural light has on people’s mental health.

to provide a “well lit” condition for the majority of the building. The simulation results were favorable, with luminous spaces and open views to the exterior areas. The only underlit area were the ones destinated to a video room and The design process for this project the adjacent circulation space, which is required the analysis of the variation aceptable. of glazed areas. The objective was

entire building

ENVELOPE REQUIREMENTS BY CODE

OPTIMIZED ENVELOPE PARAMETERS

- ROOF R VALUE = 30 - FLOOR R VALUE = 10 - WALLS R VALUE = 26 - WINDOWS U VALUE 0.45 SHGC=0.4 for PF<0.2 , SEW

- ROOF R VALUE = 42.41 - FLOOR R VALUE = 15.31 - WALLS R VALUE = 34.58 - WINDOWS U VALUE 0.21 SHGC=0.34 for PF<0.2 , SEW

ENERGY PERFORMANCEANALYSIS The buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy performance was measured using Sefaira. An iterative process to select the proper amaount and location of the glazed surfaces was performed.

The process started with the slection of R and U values by code and then

with iterative calculations with more efficient construction components.

This optimization process resulted in an improvement in the yearly energy consumption from 43 to 37kBTU/ft2.

03 LA RIA - ECUADOR A net-zero housing proposal for COTE-2020

LOCATION: Guayaquil-Ecuador Malecon 9 de Octubre Luzurraga.

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COURSE: INDEPENDENT RESEARCH COMPUTER TOOLS: Rhino, Grashopper (Diva, Ladybug, Honeybee), Revit Photoshop, Illustrator, Lumion, Autodesk insight

This project was part of a group proposal, with Daniela Gomez, for the COTE-2020 student competition. The goal of this contest is to challenge the participants to explore housing solutions, on different scales and locations, that drive their designs with a net-zero approach in mind.

La RÍa is a mixed used high-rise in Guayaquil, the most important port city in Ecuador. According the Ecuadorian Standard of Energy Efficiency, based on ASHRAE 90.1-2010, the site is located in weather zone 1 (1A), with 5000 < CDD10°C and an Energy

Utilization Intensity of 43 kBtu/ft²-y.

The program is distributed across 43 floors. The bottom stories contain two levels of retail and grocery, two parking levels, a public green roof terrace, and two stories of public library. The upper stories house 34 residential floors, of which 28 are multifamily units, and six are dedicated to luxury units. The uppermost floors comprise the residents’ club and gymnasium, a restaurant and an observation deck.

The project has a total area of 764,133 square feet, of which 12% features public, community and private green spaces.

The building redefines the Guayaquilean residential model of gated communities, by connecting residents through shared pockets of amenities and green spaces. Its mixed program complements local uses that foment repopulating the downtown and keeping it walkable.

Seizing the site’s exceptional regional connectivity, La Ría advocates for the use of alternative modes of transportation by land or water.

Guayaquil - Ecuador Malecon Simon Bolivar

The project is located across from the Malecón 2000 boardwalk and gardens, facing the Guayas estuary that makes Guayaquil the most important port city in Ecuador.

impressive urban growth, but it has not pushed for vertical development.

Sprawled is so extensive that the urban fabric has already reached two neighboring cities and continues to aggressively A rapid rise in develop agricultural land suburbanization drove on the west side of town.

La Ría’s aspiration for a more sustainable future.

The project blends neighborhood communities with high-density living in a mixed program that complements local uses and foments walkability.

https://blog.properati.com.ec/reporte-inmobiliario-guayaquil-agosto-2019/

https://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/wp-content/descargas/ Manu-lateral/Resultados-provinciales/guayas.pdf

The design of La Ría was driven by an aspiration for a more sustainable future through proposing a mixed-use solution at a city where the concept has not yet been tried.

In the last 10 years, Guayaquil, Ecuador, has experienced an

Design for ecology pointed us towards becoming an extension of the greenery on the Malecon 2000 boardwalk.

As a result, a public green roof terrace connects to the linear park via a green footbridge. Native tree and bush species (guachapeli, acacia roja, guasmo, cananga, and guayacan rosa) were selected for their beauty but especially for their low water demand. These species are also present in green walls and gardens throughout vertical neighborhood atria.

Design for water is reflected in rainwater being collected into an underground reservoir, and later used for irrigation of vegetated areas. To further reduce the non-essential consumption on potable water, graywater is pretreated and then reused as part of the geothermal heat exchange HVAC

support system.

Design for economy guided the emphasis in providing access to public transportation and alternative modes to commute to prevent the use of private vehicles.

This is not only aimed at residents of the building, but at the community at large. A key part of reducing a user’s number of vehicular trips is to provide them with the resources to satisfy their needs nearby. La Ría’s program includes a grocery store and other forms of retail, library, and coworking space – uses that often demand unavoidable car rides.

Regarding construction methods, the use of a prefabricated construction system façade will directly optimize the project’s life-cycle cost and its life-cycle impacts on the local environment.

La RÍa is located on the financial and commercial district of GuayaquilEcuador. Local weather is mostly hot and humid during the year, specially on the rainy season from late december to late april.

from the weather station radiation (direct + diffuse) located at the Simon was found on values Bolivar International exceeding 900 Kwh/m2 Airport. from the west direction.

Dry bulb temperatures at the site could reach values of 38 C ( 100.4 F) with humidity percentages above 80 With the purpose of during the month of obtaining weather march. information for the project, the plugin The initial approach of Ladybug for Rhino- this performance study grashopper was used. was to stablish a massing The information for the that could self-shade scripting was obtained against the predominant from *.epw files available solar radiation. Total

An optimization script was performed on a “basic box” massing to determine the optimum rotation angle for the project main axis. The result was a 21 degrees rotation with the north axis.

Weather data and orientation optimization from Ladybug

vertical garden & neighborhood lightweight concrete prefabricated panels

In order to provide a sustainable and energy-efficient solution, the 10 sustainability measures detailed in the competition brief have been used as a road map to deal with the different technical, social and economic issues of the project’s context.

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solar power wind power generation

green roof

green footbridge

cross ventilation

geothermal heat pump

alternative transport

river turbines rainwater reservoir

graywater pretreatment

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water and wind generators active 90% (330 days) of the year

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kBTU/sf-yr generated by on-site renewable sources: wind, water, and sun kBTU/sf-yr energy utilization intensity, compared to 43 required by climate zone 1A net-zero code

dining & observation deck residents’ club high-end suites multifamily units

co-working library parking retail

Design for community brought to the discussion the value of learning from Guayaquilean vernacular architecture. La Ría incorporates the morphology of traditional balconies as respite areas and points of community connection.

The building’s residential program works as a vertical neighborhood where residents enjoy common spaces and amenities alike those of horizontal developments.

The project seizes the site’s exceptional regional connectivity, advocating for the use of public transportation.

Additionally, a river taxi station is proposed as an extension of the project. The library, grocery, and retail programs in the lower stories of the building complement nearby uses that foment repopulating the downtown and keeping it walkable

04 CITY HOTEL Boutique Hotel at Champaign,IL

LOCATION: Champaign, IL. E Washington St and Neil COURSE: Capstone Studio COMPUTER TOOLS: Revit, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator, VRay, Climate Consultant.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The City hotel provides its guests a comfortable and The hotel counts with commercial areas, restaurant, pleasant experience in the middle of a vibrant urban gymnasium, pool, terrace bar among other amenities. environment as Champaign Downtown.

Indoor gardens will enhance the wellbeing With 62 rooms and 10 suites, 8 floors and an open experience of the guests, while contributing to the view to Washington Street, the formal properties of sustainable performance of the building the project are inspired on the unique characteristics that the urban grid has in the downtown area. Here, the rectilinear arrangement of streets and blocks meet with a remarkable diagonal at Walnut st., shaping a distinctive â&#x20AC;&#x153;triangular islandâ&#x20AC;? in the middle of the city network.

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Psychrometric Chart-Champaign

The urban triangularity at downtown Champaign’s urban network is a unique feature inherited from the railtracks configuration at the city’s center. The need to deliver passengers and merchandise in the most expedite way possible, without interfering the city’s dynamics, generated a track rotated 25 degrees from the north.

The project intends to

be a r eferent of thermal efficiency and optimum performance. For this, a proper understanding of Champaign’s weather conditions is essential.

Through the use of the software Climate Consultant, valuable design parameters have been obtained. The first set of information is related to different design strategies to be considered to enhance the comfortable hours for the

project’s users (upper graph), these options are plotted on a psychrometric chart, specific for the building’s location.

Wind velocity, and sun angles distribution through the year have been studied to design passive strategies to condition the building’s interior while minimizing the impact on energy consumption.

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For the different rooms and private spaces in the City Hotel, the chosen system is a De-centralized one using Fan Coil Units . Through the use of separated piping containing hot and cold water, the rooms are properly conditioned in the hot and cold season.

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Suite Type 1, west 765 ft2.

The low noise these systems generate, the optimized energy consumption from its independetly sset thermostats, plus the possibility of having uninterrupted views make this choice and excellent one for this project.

There are 5 different room layouts in the hotel,. Two for single occupancy, one for multiple guests and two suitetype rooms.

Altough the sizes and configurations vary along the hotel, the experience of comfort and relaxation the project intends to provide, remains the same along the different rooms and suites. Every room counts with walk in closets, an

open bathroom with separated tub and shower, and plenty of access to natural light and quality views.

The hotel amenities enhance the guest comfort and well-being experience: a roof pool with bar and sitting areas, a conviniently located gym, a restaurant with an open bar on the 2nd floor and different other relaxation opportunities are distributed along the hotel.

The projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s materiality has a direct link to the clay brick construction typical of Champaignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtonwn.

Vermillion County, close to the Kickapoo national park has been a long-time provider of different clay construction products for the local industry.

Two tones of terracotta have been used for City Hotel: one in natural colors repesenting the link to the city history, and one in white tones to simbolize the contemporary progress this vibrant communty is currently achieving.

05 CANNON PLACE 2 Affordable housing building expansion LOCATION: V.A. Complex, Danville, IL

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

COURSE: HEALTH AND STUDIO

Cannon Place is part of the V.A. efforts to provide affordable housing options to american veterans. The building holds 1 bedroom units, community dining room and different amenities such as gymnasium, computer room, laundry rooms, etc.

WELLBEING

COMPUTER TOOLS: Revit, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator, VRay.

47 Units

(3) 3 Bedroom (44) 1 Bedroom

Community Room

Expanded Remodeled Kitchen

This addition has the objective to enhance the living atmosphere for the residents, through the inclusion of a variety of uses, activities and opportunities to get in contact with the surrounding nature.

Due the need to provide additional units for an increased complex capacity, this project provides an alternative for the necessary expansion of Cannon Place.

New Lounge Rooms

Pool, ping pong Yoga Playground

Covered Balconies

Connected to interior lounge spaces.

Reading+ Learning spaces

One at each floor

Exercise Area

One at each floor

Community gym and patio

A covered gym adjacent to an outdoor space for community activities.

Design intentions • Preserving privacy, views, common spaces, access. Making the new and existing buildings work as a whole.

• Connecting the surrounding views with the interior spaces, specially the community ones.

• Providing new indoors community spaces • Considering Geology of Vermillion County as a massing and materiality generator.

• Creating joy, surprise, with a welcoming atmosphere on the new building by an interesting massing and its contact with the existing building .

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3 Bedroom unit

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1380 s.f.

18' 7" x 11'2"

27' 11" x 10'21"

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Typical living-dining 1 Bedroom unit

755 s.f.

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Reading room

Flexible space

06 APERTURE Museum of American Photography

LOCATION: Chicago, IL. Michigan Ave. COURSE: Landscape and the City Studio COMPUTER TOOLS: Sketchup, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator, VRay.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Aperture is the varying size of the diaphragm, that regulates the amount of light crossing a camera lens.

from their daily life burdens allowing them to see the world with new eyes. For this purpose, I took â&#x20AC;&#x153;The visitor bill of rightsâ&#x20AC;? from Graham Black as a guide to create an engaging museum experience: Comfort, orientation, belonging, enjoyment, socializing, respect, learning, coice control, challenge and revitalization.

For this project, Aperture is the leading concept that shapes its formal properties, program distribution and circulation arrangement. Framing and exposure are the elements defining the transition from the The museum will hold interactive displays of the exterior through the building facade. contemporary work of American Photographers.

Spaces for learning experiences and interaction with The design intention behind the project is to provide the community are also important components of a renewing experience, that disconnects the visitors this project.

LOCATION: Chicago, IL. Michigan Ave. COURSE: ARCH 472

The site has a priviliged location on Michigan Ave. Its closeness to Millenium, Field Museum, Crowne Fountain and other Chicago touristic landmarks, creates the potential to become a contermporary landmark for the city.

The museum will have a direct visual contact with Lake Michigan, this scenery will become an important element of the visitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience through the fenestration arrangment on the main facade.

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1. Observation/ Exhibition bridges 2. Exhibition space 3. Gallery 4. Mechanical Room 5. Shipping.

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07a EXPERIMENTAL ENVELOPES Architectural Design by Performance

PROJECT DESCRIPTION LOCATION: St. Louis, Missouri USA COURSE: Experimental Envelopes Prof. Scott Murray

60% glazing. Shading 4” and 6” overhangs on south facade.

Total wall surface: 21,600.00 s.f.

North glazing area: 5,376.00 s.f.

South glazing area: 5,376.00 s.f.

East glazing area: 1,075.20 s.f.

West glazing area: 1,075.20 s.f.

This academic design experience intends to create a buildingenvelope configuration that efficiently responds to climate and performance parameters. The initial shape of the building comes on a rectangular “base form” measuring 40’ x 200’ with 3 floor levels having a height of 15’. The process went through 5 consecutive iterations that optimized building performance through design.

The second variation considered recessing panels in all the facades and adding overhangs. This operation brought a great improvement of the natural lighting in the building, being able to arrive to a well-lit condition.

The last phase of the project added louvers and vertical fins, plus the specification of more stringent U-values, solar heath gain coeficient and improved material R values for the opaque The initial massing of this project had an EIU of 51 kBTU/ft2/ surfaces. The entire set of measurements takent gave a EIU yr with an excessive amount of sunlight comming from the of 47 kBTU/ft2/yr. south side of the building. On phase 2, the project evolved in 2 aspects: inclining the north and south facades with reduced the EIU to a value of 48 and a glazed area of 30% of the entire envelope.

4’ and 8’ overhangs in south façade.

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Deck= R 30ci Walls= R 11.4 ci 2015 IEC Floors= R 10.4 ci requirements U= fixed f. 0.38 FOR0.64 CLIMATE SHCG= PF>0.5 ZONE 4

South/West Elevation

USED VALUES Deck= R 30ci South/West Elevation Deck= R 35.49 South/West Elevation Walls= R 11.4 ci

R 27.04 South WestWalls= Perspective Floors= R 10.4 ci Floors= R 17.5

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Total wall surface area: 21,600.00 sq.ft. the arrangement of shading devices has been placedspaced with a partially

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ADOPTEDSHADING VALUES4’ and 8’ overhangs in south façade.

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Location: St. Louis, Missouri USA (Climate Zone 4)

Deck= R 35.5 ci Walls= R 27 ci Total wall surface Floors= R 17.5 ciarea: U= 0.21 fixed SHCG= 0.63 Elevation

Deck= R 30 ci Walls= R 11.4 ci Floors= R 10.4 ci U= 0.38 fixed SHCG= 0.64

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Total wall surface area: 21,600.00 sq.ft.

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MODEL 1: 60% GLAZING IN WALLS NO SHADING Elevation INCLUDES SHADING 4’ and 8’ overhangs in south façade.

North elevation glazing area: 5,376,00 sq.ft.

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5,376,00 sq.ft.

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5,376,00 sq.ft.

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07b

WAUKEGAN AQUARIUM A community and scientific center

LOCATION:

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Waukegan, Illinois, USA

In the last 10 years Waukegan has benefited from an intense remediation process that originated at the bilateral agreement between Canada and the U.S. to recover the Great Lakes bio diversity. Different industrial and commercial activities have contaminated the Michigan lakeside located at the Waukegan harbor since the mid 1800s.

DESIGN AND FABRICATION STUDIO Prof. Carl Lewis

The Waukegan Aquarium will provide a living memory of the healing process this location has gotten through the last years.

Exhibits, cultural spaces, fish tanks and a scientific station will work in synergy to connect visitors with a meaningful experience that reinforces their commitment to take care of our natural environment.

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RESEARCH CENTER 13 Global Warming Awareness interactive display 14 Office Staff and Researchers 15 Offices Visiting Scholars 16 Auditorium 17 Laboratories, Research 1b Research boat docking

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A PERSONAL CHAIR A design and fabrication exercise

The purpose of the excercise is to design a chair that can withstand the designer’s own weight.

In my case, that was a challenging endeavour, since I weighted 270 pounds by the time of this design experience.

The material to be used is corrugated cardbord.

Preferably it should be reused .

The structural assembly for the chair must be strong enough to resist the designer’s weight with no permanent deformation.

The chair must meet a size requirement that doesn’t exceed a 3’x3’x3’ cube.

The purpose is to make it feasible to be packaged and shipped by standard methods.

LOCATION: Champaign, Illinois, USA COURSE Fundamentals of Architectural Design Prof. Carl Lewis

The firs step in this excercise started by collecting approximately 100 cardboard boxes of varying sizes.

After taking them apart, different pieces were pressed together to create 4’x4’x1.5” panels.

Different scale models and iterations were made in the studio.

The intention was to design a chair that could be adabtable to different uses by the same time it could occupy the least space possible.

A chase-loung type of chair was

chosen as the most convinient option for this proposal.

The panels were cut in the woodshop and then glued together using dowels built from scrap pieces of the cutting process.

The chair was sucesfully tested (with my own weight) at my first studio presentation at the MArch Track 3 program at UofI. After that, it became part of my daily use home furniture.

08a CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Built Projects, experience as contractor and project engineer

CARLOS PEREZ PERASSO BRIDGE Samborondón - Ecuador Quality Control Engineer 2004 - 2008

This project involved highway connections between the cities of Guayaquil, Samborondon, and Duran.

This infrastructure is the main road acces to Guayaquil, the biggest and most populated city in Ecuador The project covered the construction of the Bridge over Daule River and its higway connections plus the Retrofit of the Rafael Mendoza Aviles Bridge. The construction was executed by “Andrade Gutierrez” Company.

The supervising contract was on charge of the “Asociación T.Y. Lin International – Consulsismica – A.E.T – Geomatrix” for the “Ministerio de Obras Publicas”.

Construction Budget: US$ 141,000,000.00

WATER TREATMENT FACILITY

ECUADORIAN CUSTOMS AGENCY

Cumanda-Ecuador Project Manager

Catamayo - Ecuador Quality Control Engineer

Dec2009 - Feb 2010

2004 - 2008

Construction of a Reinforced Concrete reservoir tank with 500m3 in volume.

Top slab with dome shape.

Retrofit of existing water treatment facilities. The construction budget was US$ 115,000.00

Architectural and Engineering design for the Ecuadorian Customs Agency (SENAE) located at the south border of Ecuador.

The site is an irregular shaped polygon with an area of 5,000 square meters. Its sloped surface has a height difference of 4 meters on its longitudinal axis, which is oriented alont a NW-SE direction.

Design was completed on 2012 and construction was sucessfully finished on 2014 with a budget of US$ 1,600,000.00

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE CENTRAL OFFICE Guayaquil - Ecuador Project Manager 2014

Renovation of the existing wall finishings at the “Servicio de Rentas Internas” central office building at Guayaquil - Ecuador.

Installation of 290 square meters of composite aluminum panels from level 1 to 11.

Budget $ 26.000,00 / 2014

ECUADORIAN CUSTOMS AGENCY Esmeraldas- Ecuador (up) and Machala - Ecuador (down) Project Manager 2011 and 2012 Construction supervision for architectural remodeling, electric works, structural Improvement and project management for the SENAE complex at Esmeraldas Ecuador.

Construction Budget : US$ 467.240,30 Supervision Budget: US$ 54.922,23 / 2012 Structural evaluation and retrofitting design.

Construction supervision for architectural renovation and interior finishings at the SENAE complet located at Machala - Ecuador.

Construction Budget : US$ 193.583,30 Supervision Budget: US$ 33.956,11 / 2011

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT RESERVOIR Duran- Ecuador Project Manager 2015

Construction supervision of excavation, fill, reinforced concrete structures and impermeabilization processes for a 5000 cubic meters industrial waste water treatment reservoir.

Construction Budget: US$ 821.856,00 Supervising Budget: US$ 42.000,00 June - October 2015

08b NEWMARK EXPANSION A BIM integrated project delivery proposal for the Newmark Building expansion, UIUC

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The expansion was designed as an L shape to connect the existing and the new building on the east and south facades.

Greenery was intensively included in this proposal, as part of the Leed guidelines for sustainable sites.

Architectural design to maximize interaction between faculty and students while optimizing natural lighting and passive technologies Clash detection using Navisworks was an essential part of the design project.

Construction issues were solved in this early stage of the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifecycle

A composite concrete deck with girder joist system was modelled in revit to simulate the structural performance.

The Newmark expansion proposal was the result of a semester group project were 9 students contributed to the Integrated project delivery of the usual set of specialties in a design project: Architecture, Structures, MEP, costing and planning.

Different software packages were used to complete this work: Autocad, Revit, Navisworks, Insight, Assemble and Primavera P6.

The final proposal was presented to the BIM course instructor, Prof. Mani Golparvar-Fard Phd.

Project area

95K SF Gross floor area

MEP systems were modelled from the architectural one.

Clash detection against the main structure was performed and sucesfully passed.

Construction quantities were extracted from the models by the use of Assemble from Autodesk.

Planning was completed with Primavera P6.

Construction duration

523D

The construction would take 2 calendar years and end at April 1th, 2022

Cost Estim ation

$50M

Estimated cost with $521/sf