Portfolio by Alejandra Avalos

ALEJANDRA AVALOS

A compromise with Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creation.

2010-2015

CONTENTS The Non-Building 5

Happy Patios Network 13

Distrito Sur 19

Slap Tower 25

Odesa 115 31

La Maravilla 33

Object Strategy 35

ResumĂŠ 36

The Non-Building

Divisi贸n del Norte,Tlalpan, Mexico City Best Thesis Project ITESM 2015 Mixed-use, 2015

Everything is transformable: from the loud and persistent sing of a cricket to ideas. Then, why does life move and transform at a rapid pace in contrast to architecture? For example, there is discrepancy between Mexicans麓 improvisation capacity and the upcoming spaces. In other words, most of the buildings are designed under fixed configurations. They are space and time limited. Therefore, this proposal aims to develop a scheme that lets the building split away from its object condition, and instead leading it towards a more spontaneous appropriation for people and its needs through transformation. It is located in the South Part of Mexico City. Among the biggest problems of this area is the social rupture that is caused by the lack of services and the predominance of vehicles in the streets. As a result, the project proposes a simple and efficient structure that has the capacity of providing an immediate change. Since the current necessity is a space for automobiles and people, the building will serve as a container of both. Then, as people and necessities change, the building will. The project looks for freedom and flexibility in an object that is usually considered permanent and static.

Architects: Alejandra Avalos, Guillermo Acosta, Silvana Barrios ITESM Construction: 19,900 m2 Budget: $22,944,150 dlls

Current Buildings

The Non-Building

1. Lack of Spacial Cohesion

4. Spatial Integration Proposal

2. Pedestrian Segregation

5. Initital Configuration

3. Automobile Segregation

6. Future Possibilities

The Container

Steel Structure Modular Steel Structure

Core

Concrete Structure

Mixed Use: Transformable Interior Space

Foundation

Container Diagram

Initial Configuration

10 years Configuration

20 years Configuration

Interior Void View The Non-Building

Pedestrian Entrance View The Non-Building

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HAPPY PATIOS NETWORK

RepĂşblica de Argentina, Downtown, Mexico City Best Urban Project ITESM 2015 Urban Intervention, 2015

Layers form Mexico City. Sometimes, there are elements that show this condition in a more evident way. For example, through centuries, the tianguis (informal commerce) and the vecindades (multi-family housing around a big patio) have been part of it. They are also part of the memory of the city and the inhabitants. Nevertheless, the urban decay, the traffic jams and the sub utilization of spaces are even more evident. That is the case of Argentina Street in the Downtown of Mexico City: full of misunderstood pre-existences. The projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intention is to claim those pre-existences: patios and tianguis. The area lacks public space and currently, some of those patios are used as food units that give service to local people. As a result, the project creates a network of interventions in the patios so they become an extension of the street. Finally, the project aims to make people accept the informal commerce as part of the city. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to provide a structural flexibility. The proposal is to create a modular structure for the tianguis along Argentina Street that increases the possibility of change (tianguis, art installation, rest area).

Architects: Alejandra Avalos, Guillermo Acosta, Silvana Barrios ITESM

PATIOS/TERRACES NETWORK

PROPOSED INTERV

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CENTRO HISTÓRICO

The main plazas and public space infrastructure is located in the surroundings.

CENTRO HISTÓRICO

At the interior of the study area there is no free space or it is private. This condition represents a valuable design focus, as it is of big importance to turn the streets and certain buildings into public spaces.

PINO SUÁREZ

LOCATION PUBLIC SPACE

PINO SUÁREZ

LOCATION

Vecindades

Tianguis

PATIOS NETWORK

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FRAME CULTURE

CULTURAL HUB

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PATIOS/TERRACES PEDESTRIAN STREET

RIC PLACES

VECINDADES

STREET DIRECTION

MARKET/TIANGUIS

VECINDADES

STREET SECTIONS

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MARKET/TIANGUIS

The whole area has a commercial significance with different markets and tianguis in the “B” segment.

STREET SECTIONS

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Project

THE PATIOS

Patio Intervention

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Patio Intervention

THE TIANGUIS

Transformable Tianguis Structure Argentina Street

A Bunch of Sticks: Modular Structure

Towards Tianguis

Street Section

Towards Public Space

DETAILED PLAN: Pedestrian Segment Patio

Tianguis

Patio

Floor Plan

Patio

Tianguis

Patio

DISTRITO SUR Tlalpan, Mexico City Master Plan, 2014

Through time, Mexico Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacustrine condition has been degraded, resulting in a loss of urban identity in the metropolitan area. The loss of rivers and channels in the city has made social inclusion more difficult due to the physical barriers that it generated inside the neighborhoods. The study area is located in the south part of Mexico City, where several water bodies were artificially covered. Currently, it has caused a physical barrier and a rejection to life in an environment with water. The project proposes a new urban corridor that is developed along the San Buenaventura River, located in the Xochimilco and Tlalpan boundary. In addition, the green corridor will have pedestrian and public transportation systems that will create an urban connection between the area and the rest of Mexico City. This element aims to consolidate a new District by providing people spaces to live, study, eat, shop, and entertain themselves in a 1 km distance.

Architects: Alejandra Avalos, Guillermo Acosta, Silvana Barrios ITESM

FASE 3 CONTINUACIÓN

FASE 2 CONT INUA CIÓN

FASE 4 CONTINUACIÓN

FASE 3

DISTRITO SUR - MASTER PLAN FASES

FASE 1

FASE 2

FASE 4

El corredor propone crear conexiones de transporte público, transporte no motorizado y peatonal a través de la implementación de tres nuevas líneas de metrobus, ecobicis y la accesibilidad peatonal. Contará con canales y plazas que promueven la interacción de la comunidad.

Project Phases

CORREDOR URBANO RÍO SAN BUENAVENTURA

PERIFÉRICO BAJO PUENTES

DISTRITO SUR - FASE 1 Nodos

NSPORTE PÚBLICO

CICLOPISTA

20 RÍO

SECCIÓN A - PERIFÉRICO-XOCHIMILCO

TASQUEÑA - XOCHIMILCO

PERISUR - CUEMANCO

MIRAMONTES - DIV. DEL NORTE

ESTACIÓN

Se propone inicialmente un cambio en la función de la infraestructura existente del Tren Ligero por un servicio de Metrobús. De esta manera se logrará tener mayor eficiencia en la conexión del Distrito Sur con el resto de la ciudad. La vía revitalizada contará con la “Línea / TaxqueñaPERIFÉRICO SUR Xochimilco”. Posteriormente se integrará una nueva línea (Línea 8 Perisur-Cuemanco) para incentivar un mayor uso de transporte público a lo largo de Periférico en conexión con la zona deportiva de Cuemanco. Dicha línea tendrá conexión con las líneas existentes de Metrobús. La implementación de ambas líneas permitirá de igual manera una expansión futura a la red de Metrobús por las avenidas de Miramontes, Miguel Ángel de Quevedo y Canal Nacional.

ESTACIÓN

CANAL NACIONAL - RÍO CHURUBUSCO ESTACIÓN

MOVILIDAD, METROBÚS, METRÓPOLIS Motorizada - Metrobús

URBANO ENAVENTURA

Against centralization: Public Transport Proposal

CORREDOR URBANO PLAZA CULTURAL

NSPORTE PÚBLICO

CICLOPISTA

ONTES

RÍO

CORREDOR URBANO BAJO PUENTES

11 SECCIÓN A - PERIFÉRICO-XOCHIMILCO

21 SECCIÓN A - PERIFÉRICO-XOCHIMILCO

PHASE 1

SLAP TOWER

Digital Media City, SeĂşl, Corea del Sur Usos Mixtos, 2013

In our society, high-rise buildings are considered as symbols of economic and political power, as well as an indispensable characteristic of a modern and cosmopolite city. Nevertheless, this demonstration of power has had a negative effect in life. Behind gigantic facades, the living space and the human interaction have lost their essence. The modernity has left us a repetitive system of production in objects as well as in space. But the result has not been effective in social terms, because there is a fragmentation of the social activities. The tower departs from modernism structural way of construct, but claims an extension of life inside it. The intention is to create confortable areas through a portico that surrounds the building. Since those areas are not designed for office purposes, they can become platforms that work as meeting points where people can interact and enjoy the space. It pursues the idea of an integration between landscape and architecture, public and private space, form and function.

Architect: Alejandra Avalos Yonsei University

Floor Evolution

Private Public

Park

SITE

Site

South Facade

West Facade

Floor Evolution

Model

Section A

Section B

Void and Solid Diagram

Section A

Facade

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ODESA 115

Portales, Mexico City, Mexico Townhouse, 2012

Through the years, the city has more people and less space. Therefore, in a world that is everytime smaller, more pragmatic and with more changes, the architects have the challenge to propose new solutions. This house is among those answers to this accelerated population growing in the cities. The result is a spatial exploration that aims to create a comfortable space in a narrow and long site (4 x 35 m). The strategy was to provide spatial and visual continuity in the house. It was achieved by the use of voids that will work as patios. Besides, providing natural light and ventilation to the house, those small patios become intimate spaces inside a big and chaotic city.

Architect: Alejandra Avalos ITESM

Floor Plan |project |autocad |photoshop

South Facade

Wesr Facade

Section A

LA MARAVILLA

Atlampa, Mexico City, Mexico Buidling Intervention, 2013

During the last years, the architects, town planners and sociologists have made a reflection about how to intervene places with previous memories and histories. In other words, making architecture from pre-existence. La Maravilla is an antique factory with very strong industrial character. From this starting point, the project aims to reactivate its machine condition. In order to achieve it, the exercise consists in a cleaning process, as well as the integration of a new volume that can dialogue with the pre-existence. In this way, building and people will interact again.

Architect: Alejandra Avalos ITESM

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OBJECT STRATEGY Models 2010-2015

ITESM Yonsei University Taller de Arquitectura Frida Escobedo

EDUCATION

Bachelor in Architecture | ITESM | Mexico City, Mexico (Aug 2010-May 2015)

Bachelor in Architecture | Yonsei University | Seoul, South Korea (Aug 2013-June 2014)

Semester Abroad | Collège François-Xavier-Garneau | Québec, Canada (Aug-Dec 2009)

Art History Seminar | Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci | Florence, Italy

EXPERIENCE

(Summer 2008)

Volunteer | Encuentro con México | Mexico City (June 2015- Present) Non-profit organization which aims to develop projects and actions to mitigate the marginalization in the country. - Xochimilco Canal Cleaning (housing area) | Prototype project leader

Internship | Libre Acceso - Arquitec | Mexico City

LANGUAGES

(Jan-Dec 2012) Non-profit organization which main goal is to eliminate the social and physical barriers for people with any disability. -Santa Anita Bus Station | Architecture evaluation and proposal. - GNP Headquarters | Architecture evaluation of the building and proposal.

Spanish | First Language English | Professional level French

| Intermediate level

Korean | Basic level

Alejandra Avalos

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS

Bach. in Architecture (5 years) | February 4,1992 | Mexican

SOFTWARE

SKILLS

Honorable Mention Taller Vertical (University Workshop) | Pavillion 2010 Mental strenght Analytic and critic capacity Strong research skills Organization and planification OPERATIVE SYSTEM MAC OS Windows

DRAWING AutoCad

3D MODELING SketchUp Rhino

EDITION Photoshop InDesign Illustrator Artlantis

OFFICE

Word Power Point Excel Project

Thank you.

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