Education:
Los Angeles Harbor College 9.1.2006 - 6.21.2010 Architecture Technical University of Athens. Patra, Greece 6.9.2012- 8.01.2012 Architecture (Study Abroad)
References: Micheal Rendler Professional Reference 213.572.0130 micheal.rendler@e7studio.net
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taipei, Taiwan 9.02.2012- 12.10.2012 Architecture (exchange)
Michael Song Academic Reference 310.233.4167 msong@lahc.edu Nagy Bakhoum Professional Reference 310.418.8779 nagy@obeliskarc.com
California State Polytechnic University Pomona 9.23.2010 - Present Architecture
Work Experience:
Architecture Tutor, Los Angeles Harbor College Architecture Dep. 9.1.2009 - 6.21.2010 (Architecture Tutor) Assisting architecture students software related problems. Community Design Centre of Atlanta 6.23.2009 - 8.3.2009 (Architecture intern/ Project Manager) Summer Internship in Atlanta, GA. designing of leed certified low income homes composed of shipping containers. concentration on prefabrication, modularity, sustainbility. E7 Architecture Studio 1.18.2010 - 1.28.2010 (Architecture intern) Visualization Team, LACCD LEED Kiosk Team, Energy Analysis Team Concentration on Animation, Animation ergonomics, Rendering, Presenta tion Docs Touch Screen Architectural Kiosk, Complex Systems Integration.
Skills:
Domaen Architects
Consultant- Production of photorealistic Renderings
Gotti Desigs
Design Consultant- Product and Industrial Design
Obelisk Architects
Consultant- Design, Renderings, Animation
Proficient in Studio Max, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, mental ray,V-ray, Revit, Ecotect, Vasari, Currently learning Flash, Fireworks, Rhino3D, Grasshopper
ROGELIO MERCADO
Selected Work: K-Town Elementary
Πόλη Αποκατάστασης
Arc 303Cal Poly Pomona
Πάτρα, Greece+ Study Abroad
CDCA Internship
社會正義
Atlanta, Ga.
萬華-Taipei, Taiwan+ Exchange Program NTUST
Rincon Fire Station
RGX
Arc. 203Cal Poly Pomona
SilverLake Housing Arc. 302Cal Poly Pomona
Architecture Firm Consultation Services
Skyskraper Competition Hong Kong, China
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Korea Town Elementary School the main design intent for the school was to provide security and safe place of education that was inviting, and addressed concerns of the community. In terms of aesthetics, traffic congestion, light pollution, and pedestrian circulation. This lead to traffic studies which dictated the location for certain drop off locations, for example western is the most populated street attached to the site, this lead to creating an entrance for the general community for public events on site. When addressing lighting and facade design, a cat in the hat book from my little brothers collection was sacrificed to create study models for concept. A series of pages important to the story plot were taken out and sliced to small strips, the strips were then all mixed together and placed side by side. This created a fragmented story that looked random at first glance then when looked at for a longer period of time made sense by familiar, shapes, patterns, and color configuration.
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The story is the progression of the student from kindergarten to sixth grade. This was then translated in a fragmented story to the facade, with assistance of pixel coded typography. The words then translate to the skin as means of small voids permitting penetration of light. When a series of words important to the story cluster, this creates a large void allowing greater lighting to enter the space. The facade was then studied with the voids to create optimal programmatic lighting conditions along coordination of lighting systems calculated for. What was concluded was that the facade needed to be angled and not flat to achieve better lighting conditions in summer and winter along with an appropriate pacing from building envelope for southern heat purposes. The attach the facade to main building structure a space frame was first studied, it was too complex and a simpler structural design was called for by the design am ideal budgeting. Santa Monica parking Complex by Frank Ghery was the study in terms of out riggers and facade structure. Color was studied when studying the facade and class room design, the conclusion was made that they both should be white symbolizing "tabula raza" the blank slate of the childes mind and the malleability of it to shape in to an excellent student and member of society.
DESTINATION POINT FURTHERS ACCESS POINT MAIN ACCESS ROUTE EMERGENCY EXITING STRATEGY
CODE ANALYSIS EXITING STRATEGIES, ADA ACCESSIBILITY OCCUPANCY AND DISTANCE TRAVELED
note: all spaces have an abundance of exits, this is to reduce the distance of the furthest point in a room in relation to the exit. This allows the exploration of materials with lower fire ratings in coordination with a sprinkler system. Although this school system uses the fire rating system of a public service building, the exploration and investigation was a learning experience
BUILDING HEIGHT: FIRST FLOOR AREA: SECOND FLOOR AREA: TOTAL BUILDING AREA:
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Kindergarten: the total Įre distance seperaƟon for this space is to be greater than 30' on all -this concludes to no Įre seperaƟon required Exterior opening areas a all clear on all sides by atleast 20 Ō. this enƟtles the area to unlimited openings
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I was selected as one of the students representing west coast architecture schools at the Community Design Center. Schools represented at the internship included MIT, Harvard, USC, Duke, Syracuse, Sciarc, etc. The project was to design sustainable prefabricated homes for low income families, out of ISBU shipping containers. This was a design build project under the leadership and guidance of an Architect and Engineers, and Consultants. I was chosen to lead the design group due to having knowledge of software, prefabrication, and sustainability. The parcel of land was donated to the Design Center, we were given a budget of one hundred thousand dollars, which we had to Skanska cost estimators helping us out with calculations for budgeting. The project is currently on hold due to limited funding.
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Community Design Centre of Atlanta
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Energy and Water Concervation Techniques Cistern- A system implemented to store storm water; the water retained may be implemented for irrigation and in many cases for grey use Solar Heated Water- Composed of a solar collecting device, this system collects energy from the sun and heats up pipes carrying water. These pipes carry the water to on demand use or to a solar storage back up water heater. By implementing this system one reduces the carbon savings of a system by 10% to 20% Solar Shading Device- This device allows the interior of the house to receive natural light while still keeping out direct sunlight which causes the temperature of the interior to rise. .
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Rincon Fire Station Original conceptual idea was looking at satellite imagery to study the burning of a hillside and the combating of fire with controlled fire. This lead to observation of heat spots and the concept extraction of the patches of fires being sources of heat and careful observation of what concludes to the plants when being burned, which is potential energy that is stored by plants during photosynthesis. Experimenting with skin forms and the careful consideration of the original concept let to the implementation of reversing the concept instead of the skin releasing, and or mimicking the process have is store and capture energy and heat. First the heat of the sun is captured via photovoltaic system infused with the skin. The second utilization the storage of heat energy is in part two separate methods of capture that work concededly to achieve maximum performance of natural heat energy. Geothermal energy is the first implementation and vacuum heated solar heat pipes (solar tubes) is the second, both of these work together to heat the building efficiently and to pick up any underperformance of another depending on the demands of the extremes say for example of winter, when priority of cooling shifts over to heating and all rooms need to be heated efficiently and to the comfort of the user.
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Silver Lake Housing Live/work Program Analysis for Silver LakeHousing… Program intent to vary housing units to be broken up into either floors or row housing. depending on historical analysis, for demographics in terms of whom to occupy space. The culture based out of Silver Lake is one of economic, social, and …. Diversity, The urban culture from observation is one of skaters, graffiti artist, bike riders, and diversity in culture, fashion, cuisine, musical scene, and economical class. The urban sub culture is to strongly influence programmatic diversity on site within residential units and commercial aspect to create a successful project. An exterior of to be considered for project to be one of not of flashy modern, it should resemble the programmatic subculture trying to be captured and facilitated by the architecture. The commercial inputs to residential programming are to accommodate social and community demands and or needs. Farmers market, bicycle and skateboard sales, and boutique shops are the main anchors of revenue. Emphasis on “mom and pop” stores is to be in clause for lease and or rental agreements. A place for skateboarders, bikers, and the social butterflies is to take happen when farmers market is inactive.
Public vs. private Retail Public Private
PROGRA.M ;)7,000 sq. ft. Retail :( 8 two-bedroom units @ 900 sq. ft. :) 10 two-bedroom+1 units @1200 sq. ft :P Communal Space/Meeting room @ 2000Sqft Trash receptacle areas as appropriate mechanical space as appropriate
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WanHua, Taiwan Social Justice, Homeless Housing Taipei, Taiwan What is a home? what are its components? how does one house a person that is used to being homeless and territorial about their personal belongings? the homeless occupy the park due to ease of access, help from local community, help from temple, and they can come and go as they please. Demographics of the homeless indicate that many of them are elder and or disabled in some form of physical or mental state. By taking in their understanding of how they function and local culture they lin in, it is obvious that the housing must be thought of in a different context and with accommodations for different type of homeless that maybe inhabit the space. one of the main important things is making them feel like they are just not societies rejects whom are to be thrown out of sight and out of mind.
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The site located is close to the park making it hassle free for people to wander over from the park. Much of the mentality might be “we have it good here why should we leave or go somewhere else” which is why I located a site to where the access is convenient. Many of the elders cannot travel far and this gives them an option to be housed in the shelter and still be able to socialize at the park. By breaking up the components of what a home is this allows for many people whom don’t want to be housed to at least are more sanitary and more hygienic since showers and washing machines are provided.
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Selected Samples Proffesional Work Through the course of my studies in Architecture I have interned in Atlanta, Ga. and at E7 Architecture along with many ongoing working relationships architecture and design firms. Although I specialize in Animations, 3d modeling, and rendering. I offer any design service from logo design to lamp designs. I enjoy doing freelance work while being a full time student, it keeps me intact with the professional world and the demands that come with it. I am able to apply my professional learning's in an academic approach at school and refine my skills. I have been fortunate to travel Europe and Asia, and understand the market and demand for architecture in those continents, I would like to put forth my experiences and knowledge of travels into my designs and working efforts. The following images are a small sample of work I have done, more professional work samples are available upon request. Animations are also available upon request.
E7 Architecture Rendering for HPI Architects
The task was to design a wine table that looked like an art peice. Along with a seat to match. Fabrication and prototyping in progress.
Product/Industrial Design and Renderings For Gotti Designs
Gotti Designs
Second Story Addition
Obelisk Architects Design, Model, Animate
Domaen Design
Skyskraper Competition Hong Kong
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The proposal is to design a NEW Urban Arcological Skyscraper in Hong Kong. The new proposed skyscraper city should in general minimize individual human environmental impact and be an acceptable addition to the Hong Kong Skyline, with implementation of Sustainable, prefabrication and anthropomorphic design. “In nature, as an organism evolves it increases in complexity and it also becomes a more compact or miniaturized system. Similarly a city should function as a living system.� Arcology, architecture and ecology as one integral process, is capable of demonstrating positive response to the many problems of urban civilization, population, pollution, energy and natural resource depletion, food scarcity and quality of life� paolo soleri
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AQUAPONICS Having a fish farm in a tower creates another problem, the production of waste in large amounts. Specially when the farm serves as an aquarium it is unsightfull. The waste is sent to microbes for processing,
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The microbes take waste and convert it to fertilizer. This creates an internal food supply for plants, creating a self sustained way of producing edible plants for
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By creating an automated parking structure it affords more square footage to be placed towards complex systems that help create a self sustained Skyscraper. Parking would be divided into three divisions in the auto uttomated uto tto o automated system. Division one is people who fall under the cate atte ate a tegory category as residents, people who w wo rk in the tower, and gu uesst. ue ues sttt. By work guest. structuring such program, o ne allows even parking tto og enerate one generate a residual income, since a tty typ y ical parking space in Ho H ong Kong typical Hong can around $350,000 USD SSD D
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To look at Hong Kong density and just try to solve it just for an Arcology was the first step. After looking into Aquaponics and creating a system within the tower that recycles the waste it was just a matter of allocating programmatic space for it. The internal living conditions were looked at next. After visiting Hong Kong and the site several months ago, it was clear that internal living conditions were very crucial to deal with. By creating a system of prefabricated modules, feasibility and sustainability within the tower were looked at greatly. The residential units contain three poche walls, these poche's contain flexible programatic space. From kids bunk beds, to a pull out storage space that turns into an office. Above all of internal programmatic space, one of the main focus was to frame Hong Kong through windows on the units.
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