PORTFOLIO ARCHITECTURE

Wendy Hernandez

URBAN DESIGN /master level

ARCHITECTUREPROJECTS VARIOUS

CREATING COMMUNITY IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS

Hyllie, Malmö

RES-HAPING THE SPINE

PrageCzech, Republic

NESTING IN THE SHADE /COMPETITION

Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates

BRANDSTATIONENS INNEGARD

Helsingborg, Sweden

VENICE UNIVERSITY

Helsingborg, Sweden

Venice, Italy TOURIST MAP

CASA ONIX

LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE

Rejkiavik, Iceland

UNLOCKING THE PUBLIC REALM

Manila, Philippines

Tabasco, Mexico A PLACE FOR EVERYONE

Helsingborg, Sweden

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CREATING COMMUNITY

IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS

Hyllie, Malmö

The tall building is indeed a vertical progression of a horizontal city and should be considered a vertical urban design and all the conventional considerations in the ground-plane of any typical urban design project need to be applied to the vertical plane of a tall building. Additionally, we know that incorporating mixed-use into our urban plans leads to more livable cities. The diversity of functions in tall buildings could vary from one floor to another creating more option activities for different users, design flexibility and city vitality than a single use function building. The site chose was Hyllie that is today in rapid development with planning and construction of homes, offices, schools, preschools, parks and streets. In 2040, it is estimated that 25,000 people will live here.

THESIS PROJECT: Lund University DESIGN: Wendy Hernandez YEAR: 2022

URBAN APPROACH

In order to create a strategy to allow me to work in the complex section of a tall building created three qualities that combine good design of the physical infrastructure of the built environment along with ways to engage, empower and enable people and communities to thrive: Mobility, Physical and People. They are based on the concept of livability and quality of life.

Figure 4.3.1 Vertical Grain vs Horizontal Grain

Figure 4.3.4 Four levels of space in a high-rise residential building

Figure 4.3.5 Integration of four levels of spaces in a mix-used building

Figure 4.3.2 Vertical transformation

SITE ANALYSIS

Nature and leisure General fuctions

DEVELOPING THE CONCEPT

The three qualities have the objective to work in the complex section of a high building through combining a good design of the physical infrastructure of the built environment together with ways to engage, empower and enable the people and communities that will live there to thrive: Mobility, physical and people.

Results:

- a place with destination points and life for large parts of the day.

- a safe and pleasant living environment with conditions for cohesion and meetings between the residents in the area.

- lush and safe street spaces to stay in, especially for children.

- the tower strengthen the meeting place and the character of the site. The ground floor interact with its immediate surroundings and have a high degree of contact between inside and outside and a high degree of detail.

The aim is to build a new and mixed urban development that creates a varied and beautiful edge to Hyllie’s district park and Hyllie. boulevard

TOWER TYPOLOGY

Prage, Czech Republic

RE-SHAPING THE SPINE 02

Prague 11 is a district that is well connected to the rest of the city, but its urban landscape is designed more for cars than pedestrians, which contributes to noise pollution and poor air quality. Also, the parking lot situation is part of today฀s landscape, giving it plenty of space and contributing to sealed surfaces. Although the neighborhood is characterized by its natural green area around it, there is a large number of green areas, which are scattered, underused and underdeveloped. Therefore, the area of intervention that I want to focus are Opatovska street.Here the main road will redevelopment as green corridor that provide the transportation, environmental, recreation and social amenities needed to ensure a high quality of life. ACADEMIC

PROJECT: Lund University DESIGN: Wendy Hernandez YEAR: 2021

As part of the planning and design process, the existing infrastructure system and the land uses were analyzing in order to find the primary areas of changes (key places and design opportunities).

The center of my design strategy is based on the public realm that is the physical and symbolic connection between people and meeting and these require taking those spaces that are shared in somehow communally to transform into distinctive and unique places that invite use and activity, spaces that belong to and are accessible by everyone. The strategy consists in 4 frameworks: mix-used, street and edges, infill and connections.

GREEN AREAS

MASTER PLAN

"Mix use and infill development that are well connected can reduce sprawl, car trips, underutilized green areas, unsafe areas and desolate streetscape."

-scaled

-office

-parking

-office

-playground

-green

Housing block 1

Housing block 3

down buildings

-active ground floor

Multi-fuctional building

roof

Housing block 2 -active ground floor

Rejkiavik, Iceland

LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE 03

Iceland is defined by its spectacular landscape with volcanoes, hot springs and lava fields, but if we go into detail, there will be interesting discoveries that will help to better understand the regional and local context.

During the two investigation phases, the qualities that already exist in the area and of course the threats and weaknesses were identified. In addition, they not only gave the opportunity to reaffirm that nature is a value, but also to recognize opportunities and limitations for human use.

ACADEMIC PROJECT: Lund University DESIGN: Wendy Hernandez YEAR: 2021

DESIGN STRATEGY

The main idea was to achieve a merge between the landscape and the built fabric and this was possible by first linking the blue-green qualities, second by integrating the new development, the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system and the secondary streets (with pedestrian and bike perspective) and finally creating key places.

In this way, it is possible to maintain the existing vegetation in the area and give it more space and create connections with other ecosystems. and fish).

The design strategy is based on three nuclei: people, nature and resources and although the three nuclei are united, it is nature that led the entire project.

- Coastal protection - Intertidal habitats

BLUE STRUCTURE AND CLIFF

Another objective is to protect the coastline through implementing natural drainage networks and the use of an intertidal structure (that improve and protect the habitats of birds and fish).

Visit center

The nature core also gives opportunities for outdoor education-active use, education, and awareness (visitor center) and the new development is focuses on the use of on-site natural features ฀ buildings that adapt to the topography, promote community spaces, connect to street systems, and outdoor recreation.

PHYSICAL MODEL

฀A merge between the landscape and the built fabric by integrating the blue-green qualities, the new development, the future BRT system and key places฀.

The core places and infrastructure allow accessibility and proximity to daily destinations (on foot, by bicycle or by public transport that reduces the use of personal vehicles) and a variety of spaces with different character to create lively areas with constant activity (school, sports center, visitor center, greenhouse market), connected through green corridors.

The highest calculated sea level for Reykjavík is thus about 1.1 m above a 100 year flood.

Finally, three facilities that function as part of a large system: the waste and recycling facility (promote awareness about avoiding packaging, reuse, recycle, buy local products) the biogas plant and the greenhouse market (biomass - nutrition for indoor agriculture).

UNLOCKING THE PUBLIC REALM 04

Manila, Philippines

The area is densely populated with few open public spaces. The buildings are directly connected to the streets and there is no comfortable and safe space for pedestrians. Houses and industrial buildings are side by side.

Through the analysis It was find that Philippine people are really interested in cultural activities and sports like basketball that is particularly prominent, with amateur games occurring regularly in neighbourhoods. Furthermore some kids activities are dancing, reading courses, fashion and crafts, paint, floorball, performing dances.

However the reality in the area is other there are not even place for basic activities like do the laundry, there are not nice places to gather and space for that prominent sport where the cars take its place. In addition to the fact that the size of the small house, according to some research, inhibits the development of adolescents because they lack privacy, personalization and independent socialization.

The project site itself is an empty plot and one of the few permeable spaces in the region. Also next to the site runs a creek which is polluted, the area is prone to floods and Quezon city is the most affected city by flood in metro Manilla.

ACADEMIC PROJECT: Lund University DESIGN: Wendy Hernandez YEAR: 2021

MASTER PLAN

VEGETATION

high density of trees for shading and microclimate

SOLAR ANALYSIS

PARKING

otherwise car-free

SOCIAL PAVILLION community centre public use

WIND CHANNEL

covered by textile sun decks playground

HOUSING

elevated and connected by wooden planks different heights

social gathering space in between

The proposed routes connect the main street with smaller paths and alleys. On the east side a setback along the creek provides space to restructure the river฀s wetland and protect buildings from potential flooding.

DIRECT SUN HOURS AT SPRING EQUINOX - GROUND

YEARLY SUNLIGHTHOURS - GROUND

DIRECT SUN HOURS AT SPRING EQUINOX - PLATFORM

YEARLY SUNLIGHTHOURS - PLATFORM

VEGETATION AND MICROCLIMATE

WIND SIMULATION - SECTION 1

It was selected trees common in the region and with the capability to provide long shades and fruits. Shading is the easiest to find a solution for, but has to work in combination with ventilation.

Therefore it is really important choosing the right vegetation in relation with the height and canopy size: e.g. Palm Trees are suboptimal.

UTILIZATION

Knowing the solar radiation, the shades from the buildings and the wind patterns it was easy to find the perfect spaces for social activities.

Facing the main street is a shared facility to support the community฀s activities and strengthentheconnectionbetweenthesite andtheneighborhood.

WIND SIMULATION - SECTION 2

Semipublicsocialhouse,socialcorridor fromsocialhousetobasketballcourt.Encounterspacesalongtheway

฀Safepublicspaceshavethepotentialtocompensate for this deficiency because they allow them to adolescentsthefreedomtoprovetheiridentityand theautonomytosocialize฀.

HOUSE TYPOLOGY

MASTER PLAN HOUSE TYPOLOGY

A PLACE FOR EVERYONE 05

Helsingborg, Sweden

Gåsebäck is an industrial district dominated more by car and private spaces. Moreover there are some physical barriers as the highway, the train track and the bridge than make some places secluded, quite inaccessible or less attractive to visit although the district is located within a good distance from the city center.

Therefore it is particularly important that Gåsebäck will be planned as a natural extension of the rest of the city with a robust and cohesive urban structure with no social barriers and less dominated physical barriers.

Old buildings

New buildings

ACADEMIC PROJECT: Lund University

DESIGN: Wendy Hernandez

YEAR: 2020

TRAFFIC DIAGRAM AND LAND USELANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE

The strategies are based in mixed functions, improving accessibility and permeability, reinforcing the existed generators, creating new ones and preserving the character and visible history of the area. Following the strategies it will achieve a vibrant neighborhood accessible for everyone and focused on human needs and wants.

PROGRAM HOUSING

SECTION B

Thefirestationwiththetemporalwarehousesareplaceforflexibleeventduringthe yearandperiodicallywillattractlargecrowdsofpeople.

SECTION A

Resistancetoincreasedprecipitation:mitigatethe effectsoffutureclimatechanges.

Theactivestreetwithdifferentbusiness,restaurants,terrace,meetingplacesforpeople.

Thedesignoftheblueandgreen structurecontributesynergiesand deliverecosystemservice.

Thestormwaterpondwillhandle largeamountsofrainfall.Thehillsas noiseandwindbarriers.

The creation of attractive and safe places at all times of the day and seasons of the year will give life, movement and it will attract of a variety of visitors, for instances the fire station and the warehouse-plaza

with the temporal events, Jutan with the extension under the bridge, the new active street that will connect different meeting places.

des in selected streets and places; a green-blue structure that provides opportunities for recreation and can reduce the impact of future climate change; a dense mixed-functions which in itself reduces the need for transport and also provides a basis for sustainable transport; new buildings inspired by the area฀s industrial character with different house typology such as row houses and building housing with courtyards.

The idea is to design ground floors of buildings to create active faça-

Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates

NESTING IN THE SHADE 01

The Al Wathba Wetland Reserve in Abu Dhabi is home to wonderful wildlife, and each year visited by thousands of flamingos. The Abu Dhabi Flamingo Visitor Center is a combination of vernacular structures and precision-engineered solutions, with respect to the reserves unique environment.

COMPETITION: Visit Center DESIGN: Wendy Hernandez, Alejandro Manso, Henrriika Taippale YEAR: 2020

Venice, Italy

VENICE UNIVERSITY 02

Venice is located on the shores of the Adriatic Sea in the Gulf of Venice. Built on 118 islands linked by 455 pedestrian bridges spanning 160 channels. The site is located southwest of Venice overlooking the Della Guidecca canal. The surface of the land is regular without prominent slopes and with little vegetation while the environment is characterized by the picturesque style of Venice itself with brick buildings and gabled slabs.

The purpose of the project is to introduce new elements and materials that harmonize with the existing buildings, and the projection of a new bridge that allows access and connection with the old university.

ACADEMIC PROJECT: Valladolid University

Tabasco, Mexico

The onix house is a project with a minimalist facade, three levels and a pool in the backyard. The ground floor is composed by the living room-dining room, the kitchen with pantry, 1/2 bathroom under the stairs. On the first level the main bedroom with a large bathroom with space for a jacuzzi and a closet area, two secondary bedrooms and a tv room. The secon level is exclusive for laundry, utility room and a terrace.

Project: Arq. Antonio Alvarez Morales DESIGN: Wendy Hernandez YEAR: 2015

BRANDSTATIONENS INNEGARD 01

Helsingborg, Sweden

Brandstationen Gåsebäck byggdes 1940 med Helsingborgstegel och funkisstil hann den bli nästan 70 år gammal innan den tjänat ut som brandstation 2009.

Byggnaden har stor potential för att förstärka Gåsebäcks attraktivitet som är en industriområde som har dåligt rykte och många helsingborgare avfärdar området som nedslitet och otryggt. dagsläget rymmer byggnaden olika användningsområden såsom en utställningshall, en festlokal eller en matsal. Övre rummen används som samarbetsytor eller för workshops och seminarier. Det är många som har sin verksamhet i byggnaden.

Utvecklingen av Brandstationen sker, precis som alla andra aktiviteter Gåsebäck, genom samarbete med invånarna. Detta medskapande innebär en hög nivå av kreativitet och ett

organiskt arbetssätt. Så detta förslag var resultatet av brainstorming med de olika människor som har en plats inne på stationen och som vill att den ska bli en plats för möte och uttryck.

Project: Helsingborg Kommun DESIGN: Wendy Hernandez YEAR: 2022

a) trädgård

b) fikaplats (conatiner cafe)

c) scen med levande musik

d) grillplats

e) graffiti konst

f) sittutrymme

g) skate park

Helsingborg, Sweden

TOURIST MAP 02

Till 2035 ska Gåsebäck förvandlas från industriområde till en blandad stadsdel med bostäder, verksamheter och grönområden. Gåsebäck har blivit nästan synonymt med den sprudlande street art-scenen som finns i Helsingborg. Ävem den gamla brandstationen ska förvandlas till en spännande mötesplats med rum för samarbete och kreativitet. Utvecklingen av Gåsebäck är en viktig del i stadsförnyelseprojektet H+. Och med hjälp av workshops och medborgardialog ser det till att Gåsebäck utvecklas på rätt sätt, för att tillgodose behoven som finns i området.

Project: Helsingborg Kommun DESIGN: Wendy Hernandez YEAR: 2022