Master in Urban Planning Portfolio - Harvard GSD & Undergraduate works

INHABITATION Academic Portfolio - Selected Works Astrid D. Cam Aguinaga Master in Architecture II - Candidate 2018 Harvard Graduate School of Design Bachelor in Architecture University Ricardo Palma - Lima, Peru

inhabitation definition to live or dwell as people or animals as in a place to exist or to be situated within

RESUME

WORK EXPERIENCE HARVARD COLLEGE

Oct 2016 - Present

First-Year Programming Intern Responsible for helping to plan and run social events for the Class of 2020, which allow students community-building opportunities in coordination with the Fellow for First Year Programs.

NORRISTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Oct 2014 - Jun 2016

Bilingual Community Liaison Assisting the district with its overall goal of effectively communicating with students, parents and other constituencies, for whom English is a second language.

ESL Para-professional Supplement ESL instruction by tutoring language minority students in content classes such as language arts, math, social studies and science.

GRUPO ICONO S.A.C.

Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

Architectural Intern Assist in all aspects of architectural design such as presentations for clients, to drawing and correction/modification of residential and commercial projects, maintaining project files and submit them for permit evaluation.

OFICINA LISTA E.I.R.L.

Jan 2012 - Mar 2012

Design Assistant / Draftsperson Using design software, to draw and edit furniture models upon client request. Assist in the design of melamine furniture and supervise the assembly in the workshop.

CONTACT

EDUCATION HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Phone: (215) - 767 -3567 E-mail: adca2003@gmail.com acamaguinaga@gsd.harvard.edu LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/Astrid-Cam-30a81177 Issuu.com/AdiCam Archinect.com/AstridCam Address: 12 Harrison St Somerville, MA 02143 United States

Aug 2016 - May 2018

Architecture - M.Arch II Masters in Architecture Graduate School of Design (2 yr post-professional program)

ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION

Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

AA Visiting School Haiti Bamboo Core House design with an emphasis on sustainability, earthquake and hurricane resilience and workshops between Port-au-Prince and Marmelade.

Complementary Course

UNIVERSITY RICARDO PALMA

Mar 2009 - Dec 2013

Architecture - B.Arch Bachelor in Architecture School of Architecture and Urbanism (5 yr program)

NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY International Studio Lima Megacity

Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

Collaboration between NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and the URP (University Ricardo Palma).

Workshop/Urban Research

VOLUNTEER ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY Disaster and Humanitarian Relief Project: Children’s home (Vineyward Community of Hope) Location: Andhra Pradesh, India Architect/Volunteer in team design and outline.

Philadelphia Chapter July 2014

GENERAL COORDINATOR Organization of the event “Semana FAU 2013” School of Architecture’s Anniversary Celebration General Coordinator Organization of conferences/lectures, job fair and workshops.

Surco, Lima October 2013

AWARDS BEST STUDIO STUDENT Basic Studio Group 3 Arq. Carlos Salas del Carpio Semester 2009-I

ACTIVITIES Nomination for Submittal of “My Grove” Project for 2016 Platform GSD

Dec 2016

Harvard Graduate School of Design - Publication Nomination for submittal of Urban Planning Studio ‘Affirmatively Further: Fair Housing After Ferguson’ Final Project Work for Harvard GSDs annual publication and exhibition.

Secretary of the Harvard University Peruvian Association of Students

Sept 2016 -Present

Harvard University Student Group - Executive Board (Elected) Serve as secretary in the Executive Board of the Harvard University Peruvian Association of Students, which is a non-profit university-wide organization composed of students, professors, alumni and researches from all schools of Harvard University interested in Peru.

Founder of the Research Group in CEA (Student Center) at the School of Architecture

Dec 2012 - Dec 2013

University Ricardo Palma - Student Organization Working alongside other student organizations and conducting academic research in topics such as The Rimac River Project (Rio Verde) and its surrounding neighborhoods.

President of the Student Council of the School of Architecture and Urbanism

Nov 2012 -Nov 2013

University Ricardo Palma - Student Representative (Elected) As part of the School of Architecture’s council, which contained representatives of professors, students and the Dean working together to create projects, organize events and serve as a school government unit.

Participation in the annual expo of Professor Juvenal Baracco’s Studio

Feb 2011 and Feb 2012

Cultural Center “CCori Wasi” - Miraflores, LIMA Being able to participate in the prestigious exposition of the studio’s best projects within the year (from level 1 to 10) in two ocassions, with my projects from levels 3 (Huaca Studio) and 4 (Manzana Studio) and from level 7 (Multi-Family House).

University Ricardo Palma July 2009

SKILLS LANGUAGE Spanish

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English

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French

Level: Beginner

Microsoft Office

Rhinoceros

Photoshop

AutoCAD 2D & 3D

Revit Architecture

Illustrator

ETABS

Sketch-Up + VRAY

InDesign

CONTENTS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

MY GROVE

FALL 2016 URBAN PLANNING OPTION STUDIO

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BAMBOO CORE HOUSE IN HAITI

LIMA MEGACITY

URBAN ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH

MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING

SOCIAL HOUSING APARTMENT COMPLEX

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SPACE AND TERRITORY

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RESUMPTION AND ACTIVATION OF THE RIMAC RIVER

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Critics: Daniel D’Oca

MY GROVE THE USE OF AN ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT AS A MEANS TO FIGHT GENTRIFICATION Urban Planning Option Studio - Harvard GSD Fall 2016

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“My Grove” FLAT The “My Grove” flat as an ADU represents an important option for low -impact densification, as it increases lot inhabitation and generates rental income. However, due to its street invisibility, leaves the character of a neighborhood intact.

It then becomes useful in gentrifying neighborhoods, as a rental income balances out rising These units, when rented at market rates, are largely occupied by younger individuals or couples who can afford to trade space and dollars for location. Thus, creating a revenue for those who are struggling to keep their homes. property taxes for families on low or fixed incomes.

Group work Astrid Cam (Architect), Jupille Facile (Haitian Civil Engineer), Presna Parnel (Haitian Construction Worker)

kay idantite How Bamboo can be used as a means for improvement Architectural Association Haiti Visiting School Critics: John Naylor, Rose DiSarno, Nancy Leconte Summer 2016

The task was to design a 25sqm â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;core houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with a structural system which can be constructed with a minimal variation of components. This home was to be earthquake resilient, and resistant to hurricane winds of 80 m/s.

The home must utilise a species of bamboo which grows in Haiti, however not limited only to using bamboo for the rest of the construction.

This house was intended to be replicable by others in the community who can learn from the construction and use the finished building as reference.

a house for port-au-prince Earthquake and Hurricane resilient Take into consideration the seismic area in which Haiti is located.

Low cost Consider the economic needs of the population

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Close up of the panel Axonometric Exploded View In this project an observation was made that by rotating the pitched roof 45 degrees, more occupy-able space could be generated on the upper floor. Therefore, the parabolic roof came to be a functional but distinctive feature. This roof is also very easy to build by being constructed with straight elements, the double curve effect is generated which allows hot air to escape at the high points and rain water to be collected at the low points.

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Hanging Plants Provide an Additional Layer of Shade and Privacy

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The project also looks to tackle any material wastage with the bamboo onsite. Small offcuts are used to create a planted façade for greenery to proliferate giving the family or occupants a vertical ‘jadin’. The upstairs has a ‘galri’ space and the project has options of both internal or external vertical circulation to allow for one or two occupants in the finished house.

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LIMA megacity urban analysis and study of argentina avenue

Critics: Juvenal Baracco, Pierre Baracco, Freddy Valdivia, Nicolas Hünerwadel,Kerstin Höger & Mario Vahos.

The Argentina Avenue was thoroughly studied and analyzed during the studio, researching into past urban theories that were considered during its conception and current situations in Lima and Callao. The group gathered the information from the different areas along Argentina Avenue as it greatly varies from its origin in center city Lima to its end in the old area of Callao’s port. Further, proposals to improve and existing future plans were added into consideration for an accurate perspective of the future development of this important urban axis.

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As part of an extensive analysis and data collection in the neighborhoods alongside the Argentina Avenue in Callao, we were able to identify developing areas. The change in the use of the land in these areas is a transformation going from industrial to commercial/residential.

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multi-family housing social housing project Critics: Arq. Juvenal Baracco

Fourth Year Undergraduate Studio 2012-II

The project which is located in northern Callao (in Lima) was conceived as a high-density social housing complex, designed with 9 different typologies of apartment that would suit the lifestyle and customs of the migrants living in the area. The surroundings to the complex are populated by migrants from inner parts of Peru, and as they settleted in these areas they kept their traditions that vary from the typical client in the city.

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In this context, it is interesting to see how private developers are trying to keep up with the increasing demand for multifamily housing, and adopting inefficient house-typologies imported from developed countries.

New apartment buildings that appear on the newer and more informal parts of the city do not respond effectively to the needs of their users ad fail to take into account the particular traditions, culture or lifestyles of the emerging migrant population that occupy these areas.

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the design within the context I decided to propose a project that would present a different and more efficient way to address the issue.

By gathering the correct information about the user and looking deeper into the many elements that surround the way of life of the migrant population, I was able to translate them into the final design for each apartment unit and the complex as a whole.

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multi-family housing 1/50 scale (The Detail) Critics: Arq. Juvenal Baracco

Fourth Year Undergraduate Studio 2012-II

The decision to choose an earthy kind of color for the facade came after observing the popular informal settlements of the surrounding neighborhoods located on the adjacent hill (Cerro “La Regla”), which characterized the famous remark of the newly arrived inmigrants that “in Lima, the hills have windows”.

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The section model and the facade treatment I conceived an irregular shape for the plan and reproduced it several times, making small adjustments to create the volume. By slightly rotating each slab, I was looking to create interesting situations on each floor, and a texture that would resemble the topography of the andean mountain settlement.

For the detail model, a prominent section of one of the buildings was chosen to be represented in section.

Three houses housing typologies and spatial relationship Fifth Year Undergraduate Studio 2013-I

Critics: Arq. Juvenal Baracco

The purpose of Memoria Studio was to be able to take relationships and translate them into spaces.

With Three Houses it is perfectly accomplished, by assuming the task of designing three different houses for three different types of families all within the same plot of land.

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Family Type: Young Couple with Small Children Two Story House: Spaces are suited for the type of lifestyle of the users, with ample double height spaces in the social areas.

Shared Spaces: There are two distinct areas in the house; the ‘living’ area and the ‘leisure’ area. Implemented with a guest room, play room, indoor garden and library.

Family Type: Elderly Couple One Story House: Avoiding the need for star and maximizing accessibility for seniors.

Shared Spaces: Kitchen, dinning room and living room are guaranteed to have views to the outside and distributed for optimized circulation.

transforming typologies The Three Houses have the same architectural language and have been fitted inside the plot with precision, according to each of it’s owner’s needs. Inspired in the house typology called ‘Quinta’ -very popular in Lima in its republican years- it emphasizes its design in the semi-public spaces it shares in between the limits of the private property of each house, thus creating interesting social opportunities for the neighbors to relate to each other without any competition for space but in harmony.

Family Type: Married Couple with Teenage kids Two Story House: In order to place more emphasis in the privacy of the older kids and the parents, as well as to create a higher space to guarantee views to the street.

Shared Spaces: Controlled and contained spaces create situations where relationships can be kept strong within the family members.

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Undergraduate research thesis ABSTRACT The Rimac River considering its historical, urban and environmental magnitude has been since pre-Hispanic times one of the most important resources of the region of Lima. Yet it now serves as an informal garbage and sewage dump, a refugee for unsavory urban characters and ultimately a latent danger to public health.

The deplorable condition of its waters and its surrounding basins, severely impact the quality of life for the nearby population; to the point that it presents an obstacle for the community, alienating them from development via economic investment. This makes it necessary to analyze the problem and propose actions, to transform one of the most important natural resources that Lima and Callao possess back into a viable resource.

The existence of a plan to conceptualize and develop a project of rehabilitation for the Rimac River for its potential as a public space, taking advantage of its status as an historical, ecological and landscape heritage of Lima and Callao is only partial. The Municipality of Lima has only attempted to design a project that would serve the area of the Rimac River within its borders, yet the river also flows through Callao and that is where it reaches the Pacific Ocean.

Therefore it is more relevant than ever the need for a comprehensive plan that includes the analysis of the social characteristics and urban patterns of the surrounding neighborhoods including its Callao section, to ultimately understand the behaviors of the project target user and ensure the feasibility of a proposal in the area.

resumption and activation of the rimac river undergraduate research thesis

Studio-wide group project final assembly

manzana the housing project Second Year Undergraduate Studio 2010-II

Critics: Arq. Freddy Valdivia Arq. Rafael Rios

Manzana takes place in the context of the city. The assigned task is to map a specific designated area of downtown Lima. The exercise consists of taking measurements and drawing urban and architectural plans.

Through this experience, we familiarize ourselves with the surrounding environment; learning the different characteristics and routines of the neighborhood and its residents. The exploration of the city serves as context for the rest of the semester and it is the main component of every project throughout the studio.

The Mapping Individual project To map and gather information from every house within the assigned block in the studied neighborhood, located in downtown Lima. Originally hand-drawn plans, but later digitalized in AutoCad.

Each individual project was assembled together to display its location within the neighborhood studied.

The analysis of the typologies of spaces found in the area was important as every space in the project was influenced by them.

Studio-wide group project final assembly in gallery expo

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The Design There are four types of apartments in this housing project in the plans above. They vary mostly in the number of bedrooms and the size of the shared spaces.

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The idea behind the Housing Project is the relationship between the “container” and the “contained”. Its design consists of a big container that just like a big tree it holds the contained spaces in its structure, leaving ample space for neighbor’s interaction, playspace and with most of the apartments enjoying 360 degree views.

The experiment came as a result of a semester-long analysis of space typologies and how to translate trajectories, personalities, routines and flows into space distribution.

Each space has been outlined originally from a grid based on the area of study. Within that area, there is a special character selected and followed around in order to understand the routines he develops inside his community.

Finally, the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ideal Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is created as an abstraction of how the character interacts and feels its own real physical city.

ideal city Space typology analysis 2011

HUACA Seat of government huaca huaycan de pariachi Second Year Undergraduate Studio 2010-I

Critics: Arq. Laura Pacheco Iza Arq. Martin Guerrero Vertiz

Huaca studio starts with the visit to an archaelogical site usually from within the context of the greater Lima surrounding areas, to study and later analyze the spatial distribution of the complex.

Based on the types of spaces found in most â&#x20AC;&#x153;huacasâ&#x20AC;? (public, semipublic and private) the group then goes onto the development of individual projects in which the first approaches to spatial hierarchies, distribution, order and quality are put to practice.

Culminating the semester with one final project that is to be located near the previously studied site, with a background story that justifies its design and care not to disturb both the environment and the aesthetics of the archaelogical complex.

Seat of Government The design for the seat of government was meant for a colony of inhabitants whose society is based like a hive. Spaces are designed for the queen and the task of raising the children of the hive, who are bred to be of a superior kind and ultimately develop a specific role in their own society. A public plaza is located at the highest part of the settlement, and it is meant to host gatherings right near the queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest space at the top of the hill.

The emplacement of the project was determined near the Huaca, generating the spatial tensions that would define the design and scale of the project.

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