abel guajardo
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Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We were merely born with the capability to do it. The skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Contents Curriculum Vitae
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King William Branch Library
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Community Branch Library| San Antonio, Texas
Riverfront Tower
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Observation Tower| San Antonio, Texas
International Study Work
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Multipurpose Educational Facility| Barcelona, Spain
High-Performance Cabin
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High-Perfromance Cabin| Albuquerque, NM
Algorithmic Modeling
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3D Patterned Design Installations
Design Visualization Analytical Sketches | Hand Craft
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Abel Guajardo
Curriculum Vitae Personal Information phone email Address linked in
(956) 645-1146 abelg.arq@gmail.com 11300 Expo Blvd. Apt.224 San Antonio, Texas 78230 http://bit.ly/Guajardo-Linkedin
Languages Proficient in: English Spanish
Education Dec 2016
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO Bachelor of Science in Architecture | San Antonio, Texas
Sep 2015
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM University of Texas at San Antonio Signature Experience | Barcelona, Spain • developed a multipurpose place that enhanced public use, while taking advantage of the site capacity to attract people, potentiating its strategic location, historic value and cultural relevance.
Aug 2013
TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY General Business Administration | Laredo, Texas
Qualifications + Skills Proficient in: Rhino + Vray Grasshopper T-Splines Sketch Up Archicad
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Photoshop CC Illustrator CC InDesign CC Sefaira Microsoft Office Suite
Model Making Hand Sketching Watercolor Color pencil Climate Consultant 6.0
Drafting 3D Modeling Parametric Design Laser Cutting Wood Working
Employment Experience ˜ ARCHITECTS Aug- Dec 2017 HICKEY PENA Intern | Laredo, Texas
• Assisted Project Architects and Project Managers in the execution of project specific assignments and tasks, ranging from design development to construction documents. • Designed and prepared graphic work and presentations for specific projects and RFQs. • Worked as Field supervisor and construction administrator coordinating day to day site operations.
Oct- Dec 2017
INHABIT DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION Field Engineer | Laredo, Texas
• Associated work of HPA. Coordinated day to day operations of the site with subcontractors, in accordance with construction documents and inspections.
Jun- Sep 2015
JOERIS GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Carpenter Assistant | San Antonio, Texas • Worked with the main carpenter to interpret and layout construction plans in the job site with the use of chalk reels. • Worked with wood shop tools such as table saws, drills, and sanders to complete woodworking daily tasks.
Publications May 2017
TEXAS ARCHITECT MAGAZINE: NEW SACRED GEOGRAPHIES Antonio Petrov, University of Texas at San Antonio • Contibuted input and drawings to article and overall body of work.
Dec 2015
UTSA COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING: COMPOSITE SKETCH Abel Guajardo, University of Texas at San Antonio • A composite sketched completed in Barcelona, Spain, fall 2015 was selected as a holiday card for the UTSA CACP and affiliates.
Volunteering Aug 2015
S.T.A.R. (STUDENTS TOGETHER ACHIEVING REVITALIZATION) Volunteer| San Antonio, Texas
• Worked with a group of students to revitalize and improve under privileged dwellings.
Aug - Jul 2013
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Volunteer| San Antonio, Texas • Helped build low cost homes for my local community.
King William Branch Library typology | mixed use location | San Antonio, TX year | 2016 area | 7,208 sq ft
This project is built on the old Guenther mill by the riverside. The library is an important part of the San Antonio riverwalk that can act as a link from the developed downtown riverwalk to the King William district. The purpose of this library is not only to provide a place to read books and viewing for people, but also to preserve the historical memory of the place.
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Conceptual Work
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Exploded Axonometric Library Space Multipurpose Hall Study Rooms
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As Frank k Lloyd Wright once said, “The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one that which makes the building more beautiful than it was before.� Ideally, every well-desiigned building should have an open dialogue e with nature and its landscape. Frankly, that is the idea behind The King William B Branch; to have a building that can successfully introduce itself to its surrounding environment and its factors.
Riverfront Tower typology | Public location | San Antonio, TX year | 2016 area | 338 sq ft
The Riverfront Tower is a part of a new set of observation towers for the Mission Reach stretching along the river walk of San Antonio, Texas. This tower provides a brand new perspective to experience the river walk, offering an array of pleasing views of downtown San Antonio and of the site’s interesting surroundings. Riverfront Tower offers the user with a stopping point to rest, and experience pleasant framed views of downtown San Antonio. 11
Conceptual Work
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Cantonada tonada De La Ciutade Ciutadella ella a typology | Public location | Barcelona, Spain year | 2016 area | 7,868 sq ft This project was produced as a part of a study abroad program in Barcelona, Spain. Cantonada De La Ciutadella is an interpretative cultural center located at the end of one of Barcelona's most important avenues (Avenida Meridiana), and at the historically significant Park de la Ciutadella. Design 7 will be exhibiting the works of local craftsman that have helped in the development of the city of Barcelona in an urban and architectural way. Craftsmen here will have a chance to display their work in a temporal and permanent exhibit. This interpretative center also holds several reading rooms and spaces with multipurpose functionalities.
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This modern use of spaces will attract the public to come and experience the local work of the craftsman and enjoy a quiet read in the comfort of a pleasant intelligent, efficient, poetic and integrate sustainable architecture with the intention to improve the quality of life.
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Louvers Roof System Detail
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Perforated Aluminum Scrreen + Glass Ceiling Gutter System G
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High-Performance Cabin typology | recidential location | Albuquerque, NM year | 2016 area | 1,232 sq ft
Proper design of a fenestration system makes a balance between solar admission and rejection. The objective of this study is to understand the performance of window shading devices with regard to their ability to block direct solar penetration at overheated (hottest) periods and to let the sun in at underheated (coldest) periods of the year. 19
Performance Implementations
Wall Extrusion Shading
Louver System
Triple Pain Glazing
Overhang Shading
The he design proposal focuses on providing roviding sufficient useful natural light ght in interior spaces along with abundant fresh air. It will take advan-tage age of proper shading at critical times mes and will aim towards low
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The build ding will also use the daylighting ru ules of thumb to determine the need ded window area on cabin facades as well as the depth of light penetratiion, with the help of analytic softwa are to determine various design a alternatives with regard to daylight availability metrics for a high-perfformance
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South Elevation Curtain walls provide natural light and ventilation to the interior as well as views to the outside. Complete lighting for all spaces can be achieved.
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Passive heating and cooling mitigations possible. Minimized direct sun exposure while having a well-lit space. N t Natural l ventilation til ti easily il achieved. hi d East to west orientation optimized the performance of the building. Percentage of time there is more than two hours of direct sunlight in a single day (between 12 pm - 2 pm between June 21 - August 21) is less than 5%.
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CONCRETE SLAB SLOPE 1'-0"- 0'-1/4" 1'-0" 0'-1/4"
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Algorithmic Modeling PATTERNED SURFACE Objective: Explore Grasshopper Paneling Tools as a strategy for rationalizing a complex surface into a 3D pattern of apertures and structural elements. Demonstrate the influence of attractor geometry on the development of the pattern. Develop communication skills using graphics display controls and rendering. Focus: Use Rhino to create a surface form(s) and an Aperture module(s). Use Grasshopper to process the geometry and generate a 3D pattern for skin and structure.
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SHELTER STRUCTURE Objective: designing a single repeatable module using T-Splines. Then using Grasshopper + Paneling Tools, and attractors to populate a surface with a base module. Using Surface Mapping and Transform strategies in grasshopper to surface form, enclosure, structure and modular system. Focus: To use the grasshopper graphica; algorithm editor to process Rhino geometry for grating a patterned system of structure/enclosue.
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DYNAMIC INSTALLATION Objective: Design a family of modules using T-Splines to create elements of parametric design in relation to surface/form and structure. Then using Paneling Tools through Grasshopper to populate a surface with the modules. Using attractor points or curves to adjust the overall panelized surface. Context: Dynamic Insatallation to be displayed. Focus: Use Grashopper algorithm editor to create a fully parametric surface modular surface/structure.
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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona
Fundaciรณ Joan Miro, Ba B rcelon on o na
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Guggenheim, Bilbao
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Mezquita-catedral de Cรณrdoba, Cordoba C d b
Mezquita-catedral de Cรณrdoba, Cordoba
Torre Hiralda, Catedral de Sevilla, Se Sevi ev viilla
Watercolor on canvas, 2016
Prisma Marker on trace paper, 2016
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Prismacolor on sketch paper, 2016
Abel Guajardo abelg.arq@gmail.com 956.645.1146