VERONICA R E D O N D O Portfolio 2 0 0 6 - 2 0 0 9
2Dimensions into Three
Class: Arch 100 - Intro to the Designed Environment Year: Fall Semester 2006 Professor: Dave Shove-Brown Type: Conceptual Model
Entry, Path, and Arrival
Class: Arch 201 - Intro to Architectural Design I Year: Fall Semester 2007 Professor: William Jelen Type: Form Study Model
Exhibition Pavillion
T A B L E O F C O N Selected T E NProjects TS
Class: Arch 202 - Intro to Architectural Design II Year: Spring Semester 2008 Professor: Hugo Rodrigues Type: Architectural Design
Kindergarten
Class: Arch 202 - Intro to Architectural Design II Year: Spring Semester 2008 Professor: Hugo Rodrigues Type: Architectural Design
Apartment Building
Class: Arch 301 - Architectural Design Studio I Year: Fall Semester 2008 Professor: TJ Monahan Type: Architectural Design
Residential Apartment
Class: Arch 301 - Architectural Design Studio I Year: Fall Semester 2008 Professor: TJ Monahan Type: Interior Design
The Capitol Complex
Class: Arch 302 - Architectural Design Studio II Year: Spring Semester 2009 Professor: Bruce Finklestein Type: Urban Design
Central District
Class: Arch 302 - Architectural Design Studio II Year: Spring Semester 2009 Professor: Bruce Finklestein Type: Urban Design
Dance by Design
Class: Arch 401 - Architectural Design Studio III Year: Fall Semester 2009 Professor: Rauzia Ally Type: Architectural Design
Photography + Freehand Drawings
T A B L E O F C O N T E N TS Selected Projects
2DIMENTIONS INTO T HREE Cubism Project
ARCH 100/Fall ‘06/Prof. Dave Shove-Brown
This project is about creating a 3-dimensional space out of a 2-dimensional cubist painting, understanding its major and minor spaces. The assigned cubist painting was The Guitar by Juan Gris. The sketches represent elevation sequences and space definition. The defined spaces are arranged in a certain manner that they move the person in and around the structure. This design consists in creating a series of steps and paths that lead into the four main spaces. To emphasize the importance of those main spaces, they have been elevated to a certain height determined by its priority and highlighted by a different color.
E N T R Y. P AT H This project is an experience building with the concept of rhythm. Every step of the way, the visitor experiences rhythm in different forms, through entry, path, and arrival spaces in the structure. The organization of space is designed in such a way that rhythm is represented everywhere, from the individual parts to the whole structure. Columns are carved into the structure, as well as pulled up from the solid shape; a path swerving in, out, and through the structure somewhat dances to the architecture. Whether it be repetition, a sequence of events, or a series of patterns, rhythm is visually clear all around. All of these elements allow a natural flow that leads the visitor from one room to the other.
A R R I V A L Experience and Form Project ARCH 201/Fall ‘07/Prof. William Jelen
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EXHIBITION P AV I L I O N
Hains Point, This project is an exhibition pavilion dedicated to John Seward Johnson, Jr., sculptor of “The Awakening” on Hains Point. This Washington DC pavilion was designed to funnel in the visitors walking through Hains Point. As the visitors are admiring “The Awakening” statue,
their attention is caught by the angled walls that mark the entrance, pulling their eyes into the exhibition pavilion. Inside, each exhibition wing frames a different view into the Potomac River and is filled with the artist’s statues. The program includes a lobby, three exhibition rooms, a bookshop, a cafeteria, restrooms, and storage and maintenance space. The pavilion is around 5,500 SF.
ARCH 202/Spring ‘08/Prof. Hugo Rodrigues
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K I N D E R G A R T E N
Tenleytown, The proposed site is located in a Tenleytown neighborhood in Washington, DC. It sits on a hill 8 feet from the street with access Washington DC from the SE corner and a back alley on the North edge. The program is an art kindergarten for 20 children age 4-7 that is focused mostly on learning spaces and playgrounds. Children will spend here a few hours a day under the direct guidance of their instructors. The shape of the building is unique to the site by connecting existing elements within the site. Radiating walls and concentric circles define the geometry of the building, creating intersecting spaces and circulation paths.
ARCH 202/Spring ‘08/Prof. Hugo Rodrigues
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Parti Development
A PA R T M E N T B U I L Dupont D I N G Circle,
The program is a residential apartment building with commercial spaces on the first floor and an interior courtyard for gathering.
Washington DC The shape of the building is defined by the zoning district requirements and by “living cell” concept. The concept for this building is to mimic the living cell and its functions. hTaking nature as a model for design, the cell naturally has a protagonist space, the nucleus. This nucleus is reinterpreted as a central activity space, transforming the surrounding space secondary, yet still necessary for function as a whole.
ARCH 301/Fall ‘08/Prof. TJ Monahan
Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
View from an apartment balcony
View from Courtyard The building holds seven (7) floors: the ground floor is all commercial use, the second floor is for the private building amenities, and the residential units take up from the third to the seventh floor. Building facilities on the second floor include: a fitness center, kitchen and lounge, media center. outdoor pool, and sundeck. Each and every apartment is different because of the ondulated design of the building. A typical floor plan holds 22 units ranging in studios and 1-3 Bedroom apartments. Total square footage is 58,806 SF. Apartments range from 600 SF to 1400 SF.
Buiilding Section
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RESIDENTIAL A PA R T M E N T
Single Unit Apartment This apartment unit would be part of a large residential building complex. The apartment comes with an adaptable space that connects with the living room. Multi-pass sliding doors divide the space into a more private area. This space can double as a guest room when a family-friend comes to town. The round table can be switched with a sofa bed, and in just minutes the space is a bedroom. The sliding doors can also be kept open for an extension of the living room when hosting an activity in the apartment, creating a open social environment when having guest over.
ARCH 301/Fall ‘08/Prof. TJ Monahan
Kitchen and Living Room View
Office/Guest Room
The challenge for this project was to create an urban fabric for Corbusier’s Chandigarh Capitol Complex. This city itself is designed with a grid system that is divided into functional sectors. The concept is to reinterpret the established city grid on the Capitol Complex to divide the site according to its functional needs. A great influence for this design was the city of Jaipur, India: a city created by two main roads and the concept of Mandala, the hindu concept of microcosm of universe, where each chart is an experience. The solution to this urban design project is the juxtaposition of two main access roads that lead into the complex and, with that, apply the grid into Mandala for a cultural experience in each square of the grid according to its function.
T H E CA P I TO L C O M P L E X
Chandigarh, India
ARCH 302/Spring ‘09/Prof. Bruce Finklestein
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Plan Development
C E N T R A L D IChittagong, S T RBangladesh I C T Group Project
ARCH 302/Spring ‘09/Prof. Bruce Finklestein
This project is a proposal for designing a Central District for the city of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Taking in consideration culture, urban fabric, functionality, intersecting points, and circulation, I and two other classmates worked on a design that fit the city’s needs best. Required structures included: City Hall, Museum, Library, IT Center, Convention Center, and other Mixed Used buildings. Our design was thought out to address incoming circulation to the city. The South-East corner of the site serves as the main arrival point for the City Center. It creates a visual connection into the central gathering space and the City Hall. The roads are adjacent to the plaza to control access through the site. Urban Master Plan
To the east of the complex are a series of multi-use commercial buildings that are connected by a glass atrium. These mirror the commercial area across the street to attract citizens and visitors into the City Center. The dense commercial flow is filtered into the city complex by a series of promenades where people can gather. The City Hall opens up to a central plaza that welcomes all visitors and locals to a pleasant environment. This plaza can be used for events and for daily use. Additional buildings are: a transit hub for incoming traffic, hotels for new visitors, and a new commercial strip to attract customers.
Section through commercial attrium
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Conceptual Sketch
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Parti Diagram
Georgetown, Washington, DC The different layers of activity on the Georgetown site down by the Potomac River consist of kayaking on the Potomac, running and jogging on the Capital Crescent Trail, and kayaking and boating on the C&O Canal. By linking these layers of movement through a circulation ribbon, the possibility of exploring the choreography of spaces within the site leads to a celebration of movement; therefore, designing a dance studio. Dance and movement studies defined the cascading platforms and ramps that compose the shape of the building.
ARCH 401/Fall ‘09/Prof. Rauzia Ally
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
View from Entrance
View from Jogging Ramp The journey begins at the C&O Canal access ramp leading down to the second floor gathering platform with a dance studio and cafe. A jogging ramp, that is part of the building structure, takes the visitor down to the first floor where the main dance studios are. Continuing the same architectural language movement another ramp branches out from the second floor out to the water, where a performance stage is floating on the Potomac River’s shore. This dance studio invites all visitors of the area to enjoy its natural surroundings while celebrating the art of movement and space.
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C A R P A R T S K E T C H
Freehand Drawing Drawing Type: Freehand drawing Medium: Prismacolor Pencil Paper and Size: 18” x 24” Watercolor paper
ARCH 597/Fall ‘09/Prof. Jay Kabriel
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3 3 3 wac k e r d r i v e Pen Drawing
Drawing Type: Freehand Pen drawing Medium: Rapidograph Pen Paper and Size: 18” x 24” Vellum ARCH 597/Fall ‘09/Prof. Jay Kabriel
Medium: Pastels Paper and Size: 18” x 24” Xerox Copy
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PHOTOGRAPHY Selected Works
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