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An architecture and urban design portfolio inspired by site-specific planning processes and speculative urbanscapes. Every design concept is casted over the site as a net, capturing not only form and function, but also the essence of public life itself.
Each design concept took form as an inquiry towards the statusquo, prompting a careful analysis of the urban context. A processing workflow is put in place to take advantage of quick and purposeful iterations. The portrayed “final” drawings are part of a much larger system of integrated, highly adaptable designs.
OUTPUT PROCESS Physical Modeling Hand Drawings, Diagrammatic Models Digital Modeling - Rhinoceros3D & Revit 2016 Integrative Modeling, Rendering, VR Export Digital Modeling - Unreal Engine 4.10-4.14 Level Design, Gameplay, Animation, VR Export Post Production - Creative Cloud CC 2017 Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
innovation center
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ďŹ tness center
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recreational center
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cruise port
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location
Lubbock // Texas // USA
area
35,000 sq ft
view altitue 10 184 ft
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art net
The idea behind Vertex Arquitectura (VXAQ) is to be the cornerstone of a reinvigorated avenue, a visual representation of Lubbock’s future and its role as ambassadors of West Texas culture. The crucial aspect of the proposal is that it becomes the “poster project” for the city’s existing Arts District, one that can be physically identified as the new icon from afar. With this said, the project intends to change the layout of the less circulated streets around the site and direct them towards the center of Downtown Lubbock. This would concretize the idea of the avenue, an attractive measure to bring in investors, potential landlords and tenants.
VERTEX ARQUITECTURA INNOVATION CENTER program Office Headquarters Conference/Training Facility Creative Laboratories Observation Tower
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Responding to the need to become an icon for Lubbock, VXAQ consists of three concrete towers. All circulation wraps around the towers via accessible ramps, lowest level to roof access. Pedestrians are seamlessly transitioned between the building interior and exterior for a monumental experience.
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entry design labs
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clerical offices
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Dallas // Texas // USA
area
47,000 sq ft
view altitue 10 184 ft
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ARTIFICIAL FITNESS BOUTIQUE HOTEL Much like the neighboring urban arts district, most of the service industry locales in the area cater to the higher class. However, the cost-free entertainment of Klyde Warren Park brings people from all incomes, mostly middle class families and couples. This juxtaposition of demographics within such a small site has been the catalyst for engaging public program and events on a year-round basis. As the price of property adjacent to the park skyrockets, the challenge is to create a healthy balance between low-cost amenities and luxury venues that have become the trademark of Uptown Dallas and the Museum District.
program Hotel Civic Center Recreational Park Areas Underground Sports Facilities
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North Hardwood Street
Mckinney Luxury Apts.
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Five Star Institute LARK on the Park
Woodall Rodgers Freeway
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Woodall Rodgers Freeway
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ArtiďŹ cial Fitness promotes active circulation through the building grounds, the suspended landscape and underground sports facility as the ultimate public engagement. The hotel’s material and structure allows for modular stacking of program; phasing the transition of mid-rise to high rise.
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Museum Tower
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location
Houston // Texas // USA
area
500,000 sq ft
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Historically, the neighborhood of Northline/Northside has been a product of suburban sprawl to the north of the city core of Houston. Populated with strip malls and disconnected suburban communities, the area has not seen any major infrastructural development for almost 50 years. For many, the neighborhood of Northline is the “perfect storm”. The commercial opportunities for inexpensive food and heavy traffic make the area a prime location for the avoided transient population: at-risk youth, homeless and people victims of substance abuse. Economic markers documented in the ACS (2010-14) point that the entire neighborhood of Northline is above the average mean of high poverty (19%) and high unemployment (9%). Educational markers from the same study show that the area has a high concentration of adults with less than a High School degree. The challenge of this site is to provide a public park and recreation infrastructure that can easily assimilate with the residing demographics and overall image of the neighborhood.
NORTHLINE COMMONS RECREATIONAL PARK program Recreational Park Areas Transportation Hub Daycare and Youth Institutions Community Center Campus
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Community College
Strip Mall
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New Construction
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Northline Commons is inspired around the idea of improving the environmental health of a place, one which can be improved with a healthy and coherent public infrastructure. To achieve this coherence, a sense of equity is critical for the creation of opportunities, amenities and potential for all, no matter the social, economic or cultural standing.
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location
San Juan // Puerto Rico // USA
area
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SAN JUAN CRUISE PORT Cruise Net is inspired by the likely evolution of cruise port architecture and the importance of protecting the aquatic and land environments. The proposed design harbors the appearance of a branch, extending out from the shoreline and “capturing” cruise ships perpendicular to the coast. However, a step towards a new development of cruise port architecture is the physical “over-the-water” separation from the waters to dry land. This allows the cruise port to exist as a habitable and transitional channel between the cruise port and mainland. Following the example of trending design projects around the world that promote the idea of an “international center”, the Cruise Net is more of an extension of the cruise vessels than the destination itself.
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program Cruise Port (4 bays) Multi-modal Transportation Hub Land Reforestation Park Protected Coral Sancturary
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The new San Juan Cruise Port is a glimpse into Puerto Rico’s future; for the land and for the community. The proposal serves multiple purposes: as a marine transportation terminal (ferry and cruise), an event space and as a host for ecosystem restoration.
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