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Alejandro fernรกndez Leal Portfolio
Curriculum Vitae
NAME Alejandro Fernรกndez Leal BIRTH 10 .09 .1992 CONTACT alejandrofdz23@gmail.com +52 (81) 1636 5589
Maestre de los Molinos 10 Bosquencinos Monterrey, NL, Mexico
EDUCATION
WORK EXPERIENCE 2016 Lisbon, PT
2014- 2015 Milan, IT
2015-2016 Rendera Studio Monterrey, MX Internship
English TOEFL ITP: 677
2014- 2015 Milan, IT
Italian B2
Environmental Architecture Bachelor Politecnico di Milano
2008- 2011 International Baccalaureate Highschool Monterrey, MX Prepa Tec Campus Valle Alto CVL
EXTRA-CURRICULAR 2014 MANIFIESTO: Architecture Forum Sales Director 2013 Diseño Punto MX: INTERFASE (International Design Symposium) General Director 2012 Diseño Punto MX: UNO (International Design Symposium) Sales Director 2012 LATIDOS: Uniendo Latidos Social Service Coordinator 2011 Diseño Punto MX: Redefine tus Sentidos (International Design Symposium) Content Staff 2011 Free Enterprise and Leadership Challenge (FELC CVL) Vice- president 2011 Free Enterprise and Leadership Challenge (FELC @ North Carolina, USA) First Place Winner
Aires Mateus Internship
LANGUAGE
2011- 2016 Architecture Bachelor (International Program) Monterrey, MX ITESM Campus Monterrey
Studio di Architettura Alberto Frascotti Internship
2013- 2014 Park Renovation Monterrey, MX Project Designer and Supervisor
CONTESTS 2016 PREDIM Furniture Design AMPIMM 2015 Architecture that Reacts Laka Competition 2014 Umbral de las Américas Arquine no. 16
Spanish Native
SKILLS AutoCad Sketchup Photoshop InDesign Model Making Sketching Revit MS Office
EXHIBITIONS 2014 Outstanding Projects @ Parque Fundidora Monterrey, MX Urban Renewal Project
WORKSHOPS
2011 Roads CVL President
2014 Movilidad en Mty del Siglo XXI Isaac Broid, Agustín Landa, Augusto Quijano, Alejandro Rivadeneira, Mauricio Rocha & Javier Sánchez
2008- 2014 SELIDER Leadership Seminar Coordinator
2011 Repentina Arquitectónica PHYD Arquitectura
Index
PATIO HOUSE PRIMAVERA BUILDINGS PARQUE TEC LIBRARY BOSQUENCINOS PARK* NAZAS DISTRICT VIRENTIAM AEONIUM
01. Family Housing 02. Apartment Block 03. Nighttime Library 04. Park Renovation 05. Urban Renewal 06. Water Depuration
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PROJECT Family Housing NAME Patio House LOCATION Monterrey, NL. Mexico
ARCH. PLANS
RENDER
The house was developed around the idea of the patio, two of which were created as a result of the excavation of a rectangular volume. The project sought to create maximum transparency and the merging of the outside with the inside; the patios were developed accordingly.They also define the program, dividing the service, public, and private area, but at the same time keeping them together by the open plan in the heart of the house.
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PROJECT Apartment Block NAME Primavera Buildings LOCATION Monterrey, NL. Mexico
The scope of the project was the redensification and redefinition of an area near the University (ITESM). This area, contrasting with the dense college students population surrounding the campus, was of small families and seniors, so this area became a dormitory area, where the outside activity was just in the morning and sporadicly around sunset.
ARCH. PLANS
SKETCH+ELEVATION
The project was defined upon a fixed structure, result of breaking two elongated volumes facing each other into four. Like that, the relationship to the neighbor projects was accentuated. The relationship towards the park was achieved by the inclution of ramps, platforms and stairs, as well as a water fountain that marked the entrance of the project. For the buildings, the services were pushed towards the outside, to create independency and accesibility, separating them from the main volume with its own structure. Also, the buildings were developed with different heights to create a relationship towards the southern view; always respecting the number of apartments defined by the area regulations.
apartments
commerce
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PROJECT Nighttime Library NAME Parque Tec Library LOCATION Monterrey, NL. Mexico
structure defining space modulation and division
library volumes one primary, two secondary
service area guiding lines according to park usage and geometry
public area park area
private area
topography modification to create accesibility and public space
VOLUMETRIC
public collection
multifunctional rooms public collection & reading area
underground service area
cafeteria & learning commons stairs & bathrooms
The scope of the project was the activation of an abandoned park near an Univesrity (ITESM) that due to its abandonement was in bad conditions. This activation was sought to be through a creation of a library that not only served as library in the day, but at night as well, generating a multifunctional space that would be appropiated by students and neighbors throughout the whole day and night. This park was a complex place because north of it, the commercial nature of the area created a high influx of people that even though were in the area, didn’t used the park; moreover, the only use it was given was to cross from that commerce hotspot to a convenience store that was accross the park in a diagonal way. Whereas the north part of the park had a small quantity of activity, the south part had no type of activity but the passing of the cars.
underground
private collection, reading area & offices
ARCH. PLAN
The main concept of the project was to create an intervention that would be attractive from the north (experiential walkthrough), and noteworthy and more accesible from the south (efficiency). This was achieved through the topography modification and the placement of the buildings in the south portion of the park. The topography modification creates an esplanade in the northern part, giving an open space for multiple uses.
The buildings were placed upon a concrete structure, which was separated in three volumes. Two secondary volumes that host diverse activities like conference rooms, cafeteria, and the private collection; and the main volume which hosts the public collection, which is the one that connects the higher part of the park towards the lower esplanade. At the same time, this main building is embraced by two slopes that achieve the same purpose of connection from the outside, giving the project fluidity and accesibility from every part of it.
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PROJECT Park Renovation NAME Bosquencinos Park LOCATION Monterrey, NL. Mexico
area reactivation new program and areas area reactivation slide/stair loop to concentrate activity
division trees to create continuity lenghtwise and emphasize division widthwise
prohibited area
busy area
proposal blockage with green area
damaged area
abandoned area use current park usage & damage
topography existing park configuration
park area
green barrier
physical division
previous situation
trees + vegetation
material reuse
damaged slope grass
The neighborhood park had been in decay since its opening due to the lack of activity in what was supposed to be the “main� area of the park (where an old oak tree stands). This was because the park program leans towards the entrance, leaving just the running track as a connection between both the areas of the park; and having none to the highest part. This provoked the misuse of the green slope by kids, damaging the green area by sliding on it, creating patches of dirt and not letting the vegetation to grow properly. The project sought to prevent the use of the slope to avoid further deterioration, and at the same time to reactivate the abandoned part of the park,looking to unify it as a whole,expanding the busy area towards its entirety.
stairs + slide
stairs and ramp construction
small field
loop created
second phase pending
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PROJECT NAME LOCATION TEAM
Urban Renewal Nazas District Monterrey, NL. Mexico Fernando Elias, Irving Lozano, Jesús Cardona
The scope of the project consisted in an urban intervention that would redefine the inner city slum. The different projects sought to work together, generating a masterplan that considered all of the projects. Our project consisted in the creation of a district via a circuit that would enclose the four neighborhoods that define this area. Through this circuit that also encloses the stream (where the other projects were developed) the placement of units made of steel that would provide the missing infrastructure and define as well the limits of the district, giving it certain identity. After defining the urban scope, the units were defined with a 2.5 meter modulus that could be repeated to create bigger units, depending on the needs, giving the opportunity to the community itself to intervene in the definition and construction of the units according to their needs and budget, as well as available materials.
CONCEPT
After defining the four main poles, a 500 m and 1 km radius was proposed, from which the connection towards public spaces and interest areas was linked. From all the complex and numerous lines, a circuit was defined, taking into account most of the parks, stores, etc. Also, the separation between them was considered, considering that our project should have a 250 m walkable separation between each unit, giving continuity and proximity to the circuit.
ISOMETRIC
250 walkable distance apart
units
four main poles mountains and avenues L. Cรกrdenas Avenue No Name Mountain Cerro de la Campana Garza Sada Avenue
gov. services
4x3 modulus unit
public clinic
4x2 modulus unit
public library
4x2 modulus unit
local market
2.5x2 modulus unit
chapel
2x2 modulus unit
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PROJECT Water Depuration NAME Virentiam Aeonium LOCATION Guadalquivir River, Spain
The project consisted in an intervention to depurate the water from the Guadalquivir River, coming from Sevilla towards the Ocean. The project was part of a series of projects that tried to help the renewal of the river. Some of them had a recreational scope, and others a mere functional one. In this case, the idea is to help the existing industrial depuration plant with natural means, hence, saving energy used towards this task. The natural depuration is done by a series of pools that have different types of plants that depurate different components in the water.. These pools are placed in a way that let an extension of green area to expand among them, creating a park that, due to its natural scope, would create a small microsystem for flora and fauna. This park within the depuration pools consist in just minimal intervention of paths that go around and through the pools (with bridges). It will also promote activities like birdwatching and fishing, but most of all acres of nature for the people to requalify an area in abandonmnet and decline due to its industrial nature.
DEPURATION PROCESS
INDUSTRIAL DEPURATION 1. sewer input a. sieving b. primary decanting c. biological treatment d. secondary decanting 2. water output
NATURAL DEPURATION 1. sewer input a. sieving b. surface depuration c. subsurface depuration d. impoundment 2. water output
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b
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3,000 kWh
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60 ha
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a
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= COMBINED DEPURATION 1. sewer input a. sieving b. primary decanting c. biological treatment d. secondary decanting e. surface depuration f. subsurface depuration g. impoundment 2. water output
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1,800 kWh
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20 ha
surface depuration
phytodegradation
-phragmites austrialis -compact non permeable soil -chemical degradation in leaves -degradation of toxic components
impoundment
wetlands
subsurface depuration
rhizofiltration
-typhya and eichhornia -compact non permeable soil -microecosystem -bacteria-based degradation
-juncus acutus -grainy permeable soil -chemical degradation in roots -degradation of metallic components
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