Worksamples - Alejandro de Miguel Solano by Alejandro de Miguel

CV+WK CURRICULUM VITAE + WORK SAMPLES Update 01.08.21

Alejandro de Miguel Solano alejandro@demiguelsolano.com www.demiguelsolano.com London / Madrid 07754146926 / 609611513

HOW TO READ THIS DOCUMENT The structure of this document is divided in three sections: The CV section includes a diagramatic description of the key milestones in my training, teaching and professional activity. These will be further detailed in written form in the extended CV. The Worksamples section includes a key image of each relevant project, competition or academic work that I have undertaken. The Worksamples: In Detail section expands some of these projects further.

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DIAGRAMMATIC CV Alejandro de Miguel Solano

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microstation, AutoCad, Revit, Rhino, Adobe Pack (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), SketchUp, Microsoft Office, Presto

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Spanish. Native Speaker English. Profficient user. Certified Level C2 French. Independent user. Certified Level B1

Madrid, 1989. Based in London alejandro@demiguelsolano.com www.demiguelsolano.com

07754146926 (UK) / 60961513 (ES)

[TR] TRAINING

[PB] PUBLIC + [PC] (ATIONS)

[AC] ACADEMIC

[PR] PROFESSIONAL

20-[TR] Project Manager Prince2 Foundation & Practitioner Certification

Grimshaw Architects (On secondment)

01/20

Heathrow Expansion

LONDON

2020 [PR]

--/20 AECOM to Senior Urban Designer.

Project management experience certified with Prince2 method.

01/19

2 large scale strategic projects

2019 [TE]

--/20 to 07/18

2018

Frits van Dongen. 25 years / 25 works TC Cuadernos

[TE]

Accessibility in Public Transport & Buildings Ministerio de Fomento

--/20 to 01/17

Correlations in the ISO 37120 Ministerio de Fomento

2017

2016

2015

European Energy Strategies Ministerio de Fomento

Assistant Teacher Alison Brooks Workshop Master in Collective Housing. UPM - ETH Zurich 3 editions Academic coordinator Master in Collective Housing. UPM - ETH Zurich

City & Cinema. Smart City concepts in recent film history Universidad del Desarrollo. Chile

Architecture and Nature. Two Positions When Designing in the Natural Environment. Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

[TR] Master in City Sciences 07/16 Universidad Politecnica to 10/15 de Madrid (UPM)

40-hour module design for the past four editions Coordination of 15 to 20 different speakers per edition Lecturing in the introductory class each year Coordination of the yearly module publication

Grant: Red.es Final thesis ICCS

The Conscious Architect Instituto Juan de Herrera

[TR]

10/13

2013 [AC] Key:

Interview

Book

[PR]

07/17 to 04/15

Lecture

[AC] Assistant & Guest Architect. B. Arch & --/20 Teacher M.Arch. to Universidad Politecnica de 01/13 3 Architecture schools Madrid (UPM) (ETSAM) 3 Master Programs Graduated with honours Article

LONDON

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Architect (ARB) 1 masterplan 2 projects

4 editions

Final Degree Project awarded Honors (10/10) Overall Academic Record of 7.8/10 6 mentions in drawing-related subjects and design studios Design Studio Assistant while studying Mentoring Program member

2014

Project team coordination Stakeholder engagement package delivery Feasibility studies delivery Project visualization delivery

Project team coordination Competition team coordination Management of construction & technical packages On-site management

[PR]

07/17 to 04/15

MADRID

LaPuerta Arquitectos Design & Technical / on-site Lead Architect. 5 built projects 6 competitions

CHINA

[PR] Architectural Design 08/14 & Research Institute to 05/14 Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT). China

Grant: Future Magazine [PR] Partnership with

10/14 architect Ignacio Borrego to 11/13

6 competitions 2 prizes

WRITTEN CV

Alejandro de Miguel Solano. Madrid. 1989

English. Certificate of Proficiency in English. C2. French. Diplome d´Etudes en Langue Francaise. B1. Spanish. Native.

[PR] PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL HISTORY 2019 - to date

Senior Urban Designer. AECOM. London

2017 - 2018

Architect. Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands. London.

2015 - 2017

Project Architect. De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos. Madrid.

2014 - 2015

Project Architect. Ambito Arquitectura. Madrid.

2013 - 2014

Architect. Architectural Design and Research Institute of Harbin Institute of Technology. China.

2013 - 2014

Architecture collaboration with Architect Ignacio Borrego (Technische Universität Berlin). Madrid.

SELECTED PROJECTS Neighbourhood Planning 2021. Several UK locations. AECOM

Produced design guides and codes for parishes across England, as well as masterplanning options for selected sites. Completed work for the following parishes/villages: Puriton, Market Bosworth, Beyton, Leavenheath, Stutton, Englefield Green, Hemsby, North Crawley, Kinver, London Colney, Ickleford and Earl’s Colne.

Heathrow Airport Expansion 2020. London. AECOM

As part of the wider Grimshaw Architects team (as a secondment role from AECOM), delivered the DCO application for the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Input focused on visualizing the impact mitigation of the airport-related construction in the different stages of expansion.

Scalo Farini-Valtellina Masterplan 2019. Milan. AECOM

Produced a reference framework for the masterplanning of the sites that incorporated local regulations & other requirements. This framework also looked at compliant design solutions that could satisfy the requirements across sites of similar industrial nature in the city. Implemented those guidelines in a test site.

Kotva Retail Store 2018. Prague. Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

Coordinated the framework plans and design guidelines for the retailers on the different commercial spaces of the complete refurbishment of an existing 6,000 sqm iconic brutalist building in the core of Prague’s old town that will be upgraded to fit the highest-end retail market of Central Europe.

Hengrove Park Masterplan 2017. Bristol. Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

Further to the design of the general layout, the street and block typologies and the elaboration of the corresponding Design Code and the Design and Access Statement for the development, undertook the role of masterplan guardian to oversee the general layout integrity of the two brownfield sites destined to provide circa 1,500 new homes in South Bristol.

Four dwellings in Puerta de Hierro. 2016. Madrid. De Lapuerta & Asensio.

Developed both the Concept and the Technical Designs, in close contact with the client and leading a five architects team as the Project Architect of this 4 dwellings project, 600sqm each, in one of the most exclusive residential areas of Madrid. Engaged with the municipality officials to obtain construction permission in record time. Engaged with subcontractors and reviewed quality of works.

Single dwelling in Aravaca. 2015. Madrid. De Lapuerta & Asensio.

As the project architect on site, worked with the different subcontractors to guarantee the success of the build, a high-end 600sqm dwelling, while maintaining a safe and collaborative environment. Additionally, he worked closely with the client, communicated the team’s vision and the design possibilities. This helped the client engage and take a more active role in the design process during construction.

[AC] ACADEMIC COORDINATION & TEACHING 2018 - to date (4 editions)

Assistant teacher - Alison Brooks Module. MCH (Master in Collective Housing). UPM/ETH Zurich. Madrid.

2017 - to date (5 editions)

Module Coordinator - City Sciences Module. MCH (Master in Collective Housing). UPM/ETH Zurich. Madrid.

2016 & 2017 ( 2 editions)

Assistant teacher. MDAi. Master in Design and Interior Architecture Design. UPM. Madrid.

2013

Assistant Teacher. Design Studio Class. Conservation in Architecture. Theory and Practice. UPM. Madrid.

AS VISITING TEACHER 2016

Jury Member. Final Studio Level Jury. Universidad Francisco de Vitoria. Madrid.

2015

Visiting Teacher. Universidad San Jorge. Zaragoza.

2014

Visiting Teacher. Design Studio Class Level 4. Universidad Francisco de Vitoria. Madrid.

2014

Visiting Teacher. Design Studio Class Level 8. Universidad San Jorge. Zaragoza.

[QU] QUALIFICATIONS ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN QUALIFICATIONS 2015 - 2016

Master in City Sciences. 60 ECTS. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM).

2007 - 2013

Architect. (B.Arch & M.Arch, Hons) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Awarded Honors (10/10) in Final Degree Project. 7.8/10 Overall Academic Record.

2007

Access to University Test (PAU). Spain. Score 8.92/10.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS 2020

Project Management. PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner.

COMPUTER SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS 2015

Revit Training Course. Basic + Advanced + Quantity Surveillance Revit Course. 24StudioLab. Madrid.

2015

Rhino Training Course. Rhino Design. Design and Digital Fabrication with Rhinoceros, V-Ray and Grasshopper. ControlMad Advanced Design Center. Madrid.

[PB] PUBLIC ACTIVITY PUBLIC SPEAKING 05/2021

Unmaking Placemaking. AECOM Tuesday Chat. Masterplanning Discipline. London

04/2020

The City in the Time of Coronavirus. MCH (Master in Collective Housing). UPM/ETH Zurich. Madrid.

03/2019

10 Billion Humans Claiming Cities. MCH (Master in Collective Housing). UPM/ETH Zurich. Madrid.

05/2018

Present & Future Cities. MCH (Master in Collective Housing). UPM/ETH Zurich. Madrid.

01/2017

Present & Future Cities. MCH (Master in Collective Housing). UPM/ETH Zurich. Madrid.

06/2016

City and Cinema: The Conceptualization of the Smart City in Recent Film History. International Congress in City Sciences. Universidad del Desarrollo. Santiago de Chile.

05/2015

Final Degree Project: Nature Observatorium in the Fuenfría River Valley. Final Project Studio Class. San Jorge University. Campus Villanueva de Gállego. Zaragoza.

05/2014

Final Degree Project: Nature Observatorium in the Fuenfría River Valley. Design Studio Class Level 4. Francisco de Vitoria University. Campus Pozuelo de Alarcón. Madrid.

04/2014

Final Degree Project: Nature Observatorium in the Fuenfría River Valley. Final Project Sutdio Class (Aula PFC). ARKRIT Research Group. ETSAM. UPM. Madrid.

03/2014

Final Degree Project: Nature Observatorium in the Fuenfría River Valley. Design Studio Class Level 8. San Jorge University. Campus Villanueva de Gállego. Zaragoza.

12/2013

Final Degree Project: Nature Observatorium in the Fuenfría River Valley. Theory and Techniques of Restoration Design Class. ETSAM. UPM. Madrid.

12/2013

Academic Project. International Workshop: Designing Memory. II Seminar-workshop Conservation of the Ibero-American Historical-Cultural Heritage. Conservation Architecture School of Nájera. Nájera.

03/2012

Approaches to the Architectural Project: How Do Architecture Students Design? Temenos Association. UPM. Madrid.

EXHIBITIONS (selection) 09/2014

Final Degree Project Exhibition. Nature Observatorium in the Fuenfría River Valley. Final Degree Project. Selected Project.

05/2014

Exhibition of the I Competition of University Research Projects on Intervention in Cultural Heritage of the Phi Network Spain. Nature Observatorium in the Fuenfría River Valley. Final Degree Project. 2nd Prize.

04/2013

Student Competition Projects. Hispalyt Ceramic Class. Madrid. Visitor and Working Center of Future Archeological campaigns in the Wall Perimeter of Rada. Selected Project.

[PC] PUBLICATIONS BOOKS & ARTICLES 2020

Article. tomorrowanew.org. The City in the Time of Coronavirus. https://tomorrowanew.org/alejandro-demiguel-solano/37

2017

Interview. TC 128/129- Frits van Dongen. 25 años/ years- 25 obras/Works. Conversation between: José María de Lapuerta Montoya, Alejandro de Miguel Solano and Frits Van Dongen. ISBN: 978-84-946397-7-7

2017

Book. Master in Collective Housing. Module in City Sciences. Questions and Answers. José María de Lapuerta Montoya, Alejandro de Miguel Solano. MCH Editions. ISBN: pending.

2017

Book. European Energy Strategies. José María de Lapuerta Montoya, Alejandro de Miguel Solano, Iria López Carreiro. 2017. Ministry of Development. Spain.. ISBN: 978-84-697-4622-6

2017

Book. Correlations in the ISO 37120 Norm Indicators. José María de Lapuerta Montoya, Alejandro de Miguel Solano, Javier García López, Raffaele Sisto, Elena Maté Múgica. 2017. Ministry of Development. Spain. ISBN: 978-84-697-4623-3

2017

Book. Best Practices of Accesibility in Public Transportation and Buildings. José María de Lapuerta Montoya, Alejandro de Miguel Solano, Mar Sánchez Burgos, Marta Pérez Triguero. 2017. Ministry of Development. Spain. ISBN: 978-84-697-4621-9

2015

Article. Architecture and Nature. Two Positions When Designing in the Natural Environment. MadridRotterdam. Two Aproaches to Territory. Francisco de Vitoria University. 2013-2014. Projects III y IV (Plan 2010). Ignacio Borrego Gómez-Pallete. Pablo Ramos Alderete. ISBN: 978-84-15423-83-6.

2014

Article. The Conscious Architect. Joaquín Sorolla School Group. Intervention Projects. Instituto Juan de Herrera. Joaquín Ibáñez Montoya. Rafael Guridi García. Fernando Vela Cossío. Notebook 423.01/6-15-11. ISBN-13: 978-84-9728-497-4.

[PR] PROFESSIONAL [PR] PROJECTS [PP] PERSONAL PROJECTS [CO] COMPETITIONS [PCO] PERSONAL COMPETITIONS

[PR.01] [RIBA ST 0-3] [01/2019 - to date] Neighbourhood Plans. Several locations. UK [IN DETAIL] PG 14-15

[PR.02] [RIBA ST 0-3] [01/2019 - to date] Heathrow Expansion. London. UK

[PR.03] [RIBA ST 0-2] [01/2019 - to date] Scalo Farini-Valtellina. Milan. Italy

[IN DETAIL] PG 16-17

[IN DETAIL] PG 18-19

[PR.04] [RIBA ST 0-3] [08/2017-12/2018] Kotva Retail Store. Prague. Czech Republic [IN DETAIL] PG 20-21

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[PR.05] [RIBA ST 0-3] [08/2017-12/2018] Hengrove Park and Hartcliffe Campus Masterplan. Bristol. UK

[PR.06] [RIBA ST 0-5] [07/2016-07/2017] Four Single Family Dwellings. Puerta de Hierro. Madrid

[PR.07] [RIBA ST 5-7] [04/2018-01/2019] One Single Family Dwelling. Aravaca. Madrid. Spain 01.08.21 [7]

[IN DETAIL] PG 22-25

[IN DETAIL] PG 26-29

[IN DETAIL] PG 30-33

[PR] PROFESSIONAL [PR] PROJECTS [PP] PERSONAL PROJECTS [CO] COMPETITIONS [PCO] PERSONAL COMPETITIONS

[PP.01] [2021] A House in the Mountains

[IN DETAIL] PG 34-35

[PP.02] [2020] A Terrace in Putney [IN DETAIL] PG 36

[PP.03] [2019] x Houses for x+n Triathletes

[IN DETAIL] PG 37

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[PR] PROFESSIONAL [PR] PROJECTS [PP] PERSONAL PROJECTS [CO] COMPETITIONS [PCO] PERSONAL COMPETITIONS

[CO.01] [03/2017] Redevelopment of the Geneva City Waterfront. Geneva. Switzerland.

[CO.02] [02/2016] 34 Collective Housing Units. Almería. Spain

[CO.03] [12/2015] Trygve Lies Plass. Oslo. Norway

[CO.04] [09/2015] Health Care Center. Salas de los Infantes. Burgos. Spain

[CO.06] [03/2015] Second Prize ex aequo. Music school in Amorebieta. Vizcaya. Spain, 01.08.21 [9]

[CO.05] [07/2015] Duque del Infantado Mahou Centre. Madrid.

[CO.09]

[CO.07] [01/2015] Fuentesanta Spa Center. La Palma. Spain.

[CO.07]

[CO.08] [10/2014] Pastoral Centre, Swimming pool and Sport Hall. Dubrovnik. Croatia.

[CO.09] [09/2014] Cerro Juli Perumin Auditorium. Arequipa. Perú

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[CO.10] [01/2014] Aluart Forum. Zagreb. Croatia.

[CO.11] [11/2013] Firefighting Centre. Ljubljana. Slovenia.

[PR] PROFESSIONAL [PR] PROJECTS [PP] PERSONAL PROJECTS [CO] COMPETITIONS [PCO] PERSONAL COMPETITIONS

[PCO.01] [06/2021] Preston Mosque. Preston. UK

[IN DETAIL] PG 38-39

[PCO.02] [06/2020] Home of 2030 [IN DETAIL] PG 40-41

[PCO.03] [10/2019] The Low Line. London. UK [IN DETAIL] PG 42-43

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[PCO.04] [02/2015] De Arte Foundation. Art Exhibition COAM. Madrid

[PCO.05] [10/2014] Masustegui Neighborhood Renewal. Bilbao Txokoak. Bilbao.

[PCO.06] [04/2014] House on the Rooftop Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid. [PCO.07] [10/2014] Honour Mention. IV Competition Cátedra Cerámica Madrid.

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[AS] AS A STUDENT [FDP] FINAL DEGREE [SW] STUDENT WORK

[FDP] [RIBA ST 0-5] [07/2016-07/2017] Final Degree Project. Graduated with Honours. Nature Observatorium in the Fuenfría River Valley 01.08.21 [13]

[IN DETAIL] PG 44-51

[PR.O1] IN DETAIL Pages 14-15

[PR.01] Neighbourhood Plans. Several locations. UK

[03/2020 - to date]

AECOM

RIBA STAGES [0-2]

As part of the neighbourhood planning program introduced in the Localism Act of 2011, communities across England are able to develop a vision for their neighbourhood and shape the development and growth of their local area. Neighbourhood plans sit alongside the local plan, allowing communities to decide where they want new homes, shops and offices to be built, have their say on what those new buildings should look like and what infrastructure should be provided, and grant planning permission for the new buildings they want to see go ahead.

sites. I have completed Design Codes and site-specific masterplans for the following parishes, villages and towns: Puriton, Market Bosworth, Beyton, Leavenheath, Stutton, Englefield Green, Hemsby, North Crawley, Kinver, London Colney, Ickleford and Earl’s Colne.

I have produced design guides and codes for different communities across England, as well as masterplanning options for selected

This work has contributed positively to the vision for the development of these areas, by carefully considering the character of each of them and providing design codes and masterplans that are consistent with their history and tradition and their ambitions for the future.

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[PR.O2] IN DETAIL Pages 16-17

[Fig.1] Pictorial Masterplan

[Fig.2] Green Corridor Vision

[Fig.3] GC Design Principles

[PR.01] Heathrow Expansion. London. UK

[01/2019 - 03/2020]

AECOM - Secondment at Grimshaw Architects

RIBA STAGES [0-4]

I worked together with the Grimshaw Architects team (as a secondment role from AECOM) to deliver the DCO application of the expansion of Heathrow Airport.

I was a key piece in the communication of these strategies to a wider audience, as part of the consultation process.

Within the Communities Task Order, my input focused on visualizing the impact mitigation of the airport-related construction in the different stages of expansion. In this time, I produced a study of the impacted communities, to understand how to prioritize mitigation measures to maximize their benefits.

As part of my commitment with the team, I assisted in the definition and communication of the strategic vision of airport related facilities (Re-provided Schools, Special-needs Centre and Green Corridor). My graphic and methodological approach also influenced the Heritage assessment on the surrounding communities.

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[Fig.4] Reprovided School Vision

[Fig.5] Heathrow Special Needs Centre Vision

[Fig.6] Construction mitigation Stage 2

[Fig.7] Construction mitigation Stage 4

[Fig.8] Construction mitigation Stage 5

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[PR.O3] IN DETAIL Pages 18-19

[Fig.1] Pictorial Masterplan

[Fig.2] View from Scalo Farini

[PR.02] Scalo Farini-Valtellina. Milan. Italy

[01/2019 - to date]

AECOM

RIBA STAGES [0-2]

This work consists on developing a strategy to add value to a network of existing disused railway yards that are no longer functional to railway operations. The proposed strategy integrates urban and real estate services to enhance business and community services to future masterplans and funtional utilization on those sites.

for future masterplanning of the sites. It also looked at compliant design solutions that can satisfy the requirements across sites of that industrial nature in the city.

My work focused on understanding the local regulations, in particular the green land requirements, to set a base guideline

The scope also included the implementation of those guidelines in a test site, which we undertook to provide our client with an understanding of the commercial interest of purchasing the site, while supporting their bid with plans and visual material.

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[PR.O4] IN DETAIL Pages 20-21

[Fig.1] Height restriction framework plan

[Fig.2] Interior view. Level 0

[PR.03] Kotva Centre. Prague. Czech Republic

[08/2017 - 12/2018]

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Architects

RIBA STAGES [0-3]

My second project in Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Kotva Retail Centre, consists of a complete refurbishment of a 1975 iconic building in the heart of the city of Prague.

The challenge has been to understand the exsiting architecture in the building to achieve a functional refurbishment that works, but also showcases the existing building structure while bringing a new air of luxury to a high-end concept store.

40,000 sqm will be upgraded to fit a high-end department store. My tasks in this project have been to coordinate the framework plans and design guidelines for the retailers that will rent the different brand mats- the spaces allocated to each brand- that differ in every floor.

As the responsible for the framework, I tried to ensure that interior design concept proposed for each floor was described with sufficient technical detail and that the design codes showcased the proposed intervention accordingly.

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[Fig.3] Interior view. Level 1

[Fig.4] Interior view. Level 2

[Fig.5] Interior view. Level 3

[Fig.6] Interior view. Level 4

[Fig.7] Interior view. Level 5

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[PR.O5] IN DETAIL Pages 22-25

[Fig.1] Pictorial Masterplan

[Fig.2] Generation sketches

[PR.04] Hengrove Park & Hartcliffe Campus. Bristol. UK

[08/2017 - 12/2018]

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Architects

RIBA STAGES [0-3]

My team undertook the design and subsequent planning application submission of the Hengrove Park and Hartcliffe Campus masterplan.

Further to the design of street and block typologies and the elaboration of the corresponding Design Code and the Design and Access Statement for the development, I took the role of masterplan guardian to oversee the general layout integrity and to counteract undesired diversions related to the complexity of the stakeholder background and interests.

This is a residential scheme that aims to develop two brownfield sites to provide circa 1,500 new homes in South Bristol. The development integrates a former historic runway into the core of the landscape strategy, as one of the key features of the 20 ha of a new destination park.

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[Fig.5]

Park Road typology

Perimeter Street A typology

Perimeter Street B typology

[Fig.6]

[Fig.7]

[Fig.8]

Living Street typology

The Avenue (East) typology

The Avenue (West) A typology

[Fig.9]

[Fig.10]

[Fig.11]

The Avenue (West) B typology

The Avenue (West) C typology

Park Edge (West) A typology

[Fig.12]

[Fig.13]

[Fig.14]

Park Edge (West) B typology

Park Edge (South) typology

Park Edge (East) typology

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[Fig.15] The Avenue (East) design codes

[Fig.16] Living Street design codes

[Fig.17] Park Edge (East) design codes

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[Fig.18] The Avenue (East) design codes

[Fig.19] Living Street design codes

[Fig.20] Park Edge (East) design codes

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[PR.O6] IN DETAIL Pages 26-29

[PR.05] Four Single Family Dwellings. Madrid

[08/2017 - 12/2018]

De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos

RIBA STAGES [0-7]

I was Lead Architect of this 4 dwellings project, of around 600 sqm each, in one of the most exclusive residential areas of Madrid. I developed both the Concept Design and the Technical Design in close contact with the client and leading a four people team. I was in charge of dealing with the Planning Board, to obtain construction permission. I was also Assistant to the Direction of Works, during construction.

traditional neighbourhoods in Madrid. The client was concerned that an overly ambitious design would not attract buyers. In response, my team focused on extracting quality out of regular materials, such as concrete and brick.

The challenge was to produce modern homes in one of the most

We experimented with bush hammered concrete and aligned brick heads on the dwelling facades, which lend the desired timelessness and exclusiveness to the project. The inclined roofs and layout help evoke a sense of homeliness and tradition.

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[Fig.1] [House A] South Elevation

[Fig.2] [House B] South Elevation

[Fig.3] [House C] West Elevation

[Fig.4] [House C] South Elevation

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[Fig.5] Horizontal roof, pergola, glass-glass and glass-brick wall details

[Fig.6] Brick-concrete wall, brick voids, concrete wall, shutter details

[Fig.7] Inclined roof details

[Fig.8] Inclined rood and cantilever details

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[Fig.9] Selected parcelation option

[Fig.10] Facade testing

[Fig.11] Preliminary parcelation option

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[PR.O7] IN DETAIL Pages 30-33

[PR.06] Single Family Dwelling. Madrid

[08/2017 - 12/2018]

De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos

RIBA STAGES [0-7]

As a part of the Direction of Works, I supervised the construction on-site, and made significant and impactful contributions to construction detailing of the dwelling.

difficult for the construction company to realise, but I worked closely with them to guarantee the success of the operation, while maintaining a safe and collaborative environment.

My solutions during the construction stage were aligned to and in some cases enhanced the original concept of the dwelling. This is the case of the concrete joints position. As the pictures show, the joints are unrelated to the levels of slabs but with the location of windows, adding to the coherence of the project. This was more

Throughout the construction phase I worked closely with the client to ensure that he and his family would feel at home in the dwelling. I frequently produced renderings and quick drawings which communicated the design possibilities. This helped the client engage and take a more active role in creating his home.

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[Fig.1] On-site construction & interior design details

[Fig.2] On-site construction & interior design details

[Fig.3] On-site construction & interior design details

[Fig.4] On-site construction & interior design details

[Fig.5] On-site construction & interior design details

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[Fig.6] Construction progress (above) and concrete pouring sequence & joints diagram (below)

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[PP.O1] IN DETAIL Pages 34-35

[PP.01] A House in the Mountains. Madrid

[2021]

Personal project

RIBA STAGES [0-7]

A small refurbishment in a second home in the mountains surrounding Madrid. The house has been linked to the family for years, this project explores how to expand it respectfully.

white concrete to hug and hold the stone facade. Additional light and views are brought into the ground floor, now a large living and cooking space, with an expanded porch to enjoy the outside.

Keeping the granite stones that make the facade and never building beyond the existing perimeter of the house constitute the initial premises for a sensitive refurbishment.

This project is intended for intensive use during the summer months, while being able to shut tightly during the colder and more inhospitable times. White ‘mallorquinas’, a type of traditional shutters, can completely seal the ground floor seasonally, improving the perception of safety.

Bigger and deeper voids are opened where windows were, using

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[Fig.1] Ground floor

[Fig.2] Upper floor

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[PP.O2] IN DETAIL Page 36

[PP.02] A Terrace in Putney

[2020]

Personal project

RIBA STAGES [0-3]

A sudden realisation from my two clients kickstarted this project. They are both high-achieving, educated and hard-working young professionals, but will never access a house on their own in their lifetime. As childhood friends, they met again in London and decided to join efforts to buy a property where they could enjoy large and generous communal spaces, as well as distinctly separated spaces of their own. They made it very clear from the outset that they did not want to share a bathroom, and that they were not a couple!

This refurbishment arranges the ground floor, the public meeting level, around a central courtyard bathed with natural light. Spiraling around the courtyard, the stair climbs up to the upper rooms. They are bisected by the courtyard and organise a dynamic layout that maximises space and privacy and provides generous ensuite bathrooms to each of the rooms.

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[PP.O3] IN DETAIL Page 37

[Fig.1] Upper floor

[Fig.2] Ground floor

[PP.03] x Houses for x+n Triathletes

[2019]

Personal project

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Exploring the possibilities of a prefabricated construction and cohousing system

In addition to the construction system, this housing model explores the financing possibilities of co-housing, where otherwise luxurious services are made affordable by sharing.

This speculative project arranges vertical and horizontal concrete modules that act as structure and interior finishing in housing construction. By concentrating structural and decorative features within the same module, production, transport and assembly costs can be substantially reduced.

This particular design displays two twin houses – each containing living, dining, kitchen, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom units – that share the cost of an indoor pool, a co-housing model specially targeted to triathletes.

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[PCO.O1] IN DETAIL Pages 38-39

[CO.01] The Low Line. London

[2021]

Personal Competition

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On top of a hill there is a Mosque. It is a concrete cube sitting on a concrete plinth. Its minaret and bare brick walls can be seen from miles away. The first time I saw it I was inside my family’s car. I remember my parents talking excitedly, and my brothers making noise inside the car stuffed with all our belongings. We were moving to Preston!

managed to find our uncle and the rest of the family in the busy foyer, and while the women were already heading to their stairs, my father and I crossed the door at one side of the foyer onto the cloak rooms. A single longitudinal vault joined the coat, shoe and ablution rooms together. My father and I cleansed ourselves before entering the prayer hall. When we were ready, we made our way through. Expecting an exhilarating space, I was disappointed by a dark vaulted space instead, with very tight headroom. My father was preparing his book and his mat and told me to follow him. I could see light beyond the threshold ahead of me. A line of eight arches separated us from that bright space. And when we crossed it, I can’t describe my joy. A soaring space grew just in front of my eyes. Golden domes bathed the space with light, white shiny bricks on the walls and concrete on arched windows to one of the sides brought moving sparkles of light reflected on the surface of a lake beyond, and on the qibla the most delicate mosaic covered the mihrab with green. I could understand now why the low vaulted area was there, it was a buffer that prepared the faithful for this space.

I remember how, as drowsy as I was after a long journey, I first saw the minaret appearing between the trees, as if out of a dream. I suddenly woke and could see the magnificent brick shape, lit by the sun and revealing to me as the car drew the curve along the M55. It was clear the building was squarely oriented towards Mecca and not aligned to the road, which was intriguing to those passing along the motorway and able to see its two sides. After a few weeks in our new city, my father brought me to the mosque for the first time. My uncle drove us and dropped us at the front whilst he went to park the car with the rest of the family within the concrete plinth on top of the hill. My father and me walked slowly up the access ramp that took us to the open courtyard above, I couldn’t help feeling as one of the pilgrims in the Hajj. When we reached the top, the square was surprisingly open. We could feel the city beyond and hear the passing cars on the motorway, but we were surrounded by tree canopies and birds and felt at peace on top of this concrete plateau, paved with stone. The main façade was majestic, the bricks were shining under the sun. They looked very familiar, I wondered if they could be the same bricks that some buildings in Fishergate and Church Street had, in the older areas of Preston. There were concrete arches on several levels, inserted in the facades, holding the weight of the bricks above. People were gathering outside so we decided to cross the threshold. The vaulted ceiling welcomed and carried us in, we

I have come regularly to Friday prayer ever since that day, and I have been able to learn many more details of the building. I know now that it was conceived as a bare cube that contained three interlocking spaces within it. The main prayer hall, at the bottom, grows over three levels and ends on a domed ceiling. The female prayer hall and the library, over the main prayer hall, grow over two levels and end on a vaulted ceiling. An additional level on top of these ones contains meeting and reading rooms. All the spaces are connected visually, so a glimpse of the sacred space is always within reach for the faithful. Tomorrow I am taking my child to the Mosque for the first time.

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[PP.02] The Home of 2030

[2020]

Personal work

RIBA STAGES [0-3]

Design

Build

A truly inclusive design framework allows the final user to configure his or her living environment by combining a set of essential elements. The simplest of systems is proposed here. Each citizen is given a number of 3.20×3.20m modules. By arranging those on a layout, the users can independently design their dwellings and neighbourhoods. Some modules are housing components (rooms), some are street components (pavements and roads) and some are open space components (trees, benches and patches of green). Such a design method is inclusive. It can be followed and used by anyone, regardless of age and technical or artistic skill. This method is also cooperative and participatory, as agreements to the arrangement of modules are fundamental to achieve a coherent urban ensemble.

A truly inclusive building system is one whose simplicity and flexibility makes it easy and cost-efficient to implement at a reasonably large scale. Such a system develops inexpensive housing by using sound housing dimensions and deploying regular and modular elements that can simultaneously encourage swift and innovative industrialized off-site construction and long-term user-oriented maintenance, conversion, improvement, expansion and modification.

This system relies on personal autonomy, maximizing the owners’ freedom of choice in the design of their properties, generating novel and adaptable homes. The system relies also on collective responsibility, to generate an open, inclusive, and green public realm for the community.

Such a design & build system consciously avoids speculation, as the sudden rise in value of land associated to rapid development can be slowed down over time. This development model is directly linked to well-being, quality of life and personal and community responsibility, rather than to capital gain and material wealth. It makes quality housing affordable and fosters resilience, as actively engaging owners in the design and building process of their homes and public realm makes the community care.

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[PCO.O3] IN DETAIL Pages 42-43

[Fig.1] Folkestone Gardens action

[Fig.2] Waterloo Boxes action

[Fig.3] The Low Line general plan

[CO.03] The Low Line. London

[2018]

Personal Competition

RIBA STAGES [0-7]

If the elevated Victorian viaduct identified as The Low Line was to be understood as Green, it should connect to city-wide green spaces, as it indeed does already.

infrastructure, beyond a mere cosmetic catalogue of micro-scale green solutions.

Hyde Park and St James’s Park, in the west of London, and Greenwich Park, to the east, are linked via The Low Line. Trains leaving form Charing Cross Station will reach Greenwich Station in around 30 minutes, passing through London Bridge Station and making The Low Line a true functional piece of green

A multi-scale approach is needed to guarantee an truly encompassing design strategy. Within the stretch of viaduct mentioned above, roughly representing a 10km route, eight 1km x 1km frames have been distinguished. Each of them deals with one overarching topic of interest aligned with the vision included in the brief.

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[AC.01] Final Degree Project.

[10/2013]

Nature Observatorium in Fuenfría River Valley

Graduated with Honors (FDP 10/10)]

The Observatorium imbricates in the landscape as a single trace, gathering all paths that walk the valley.

The representation of the opposition and difference among the parts constitutes the design method, both in plan and section.

The Observatorium is placed along the Roman Pathway of Cercedilla. It connects with that route, anchoring to both sides of the Descalzo Roman Bridge, in the most natural way possible.

In plan, La Venta River functions as the axis that separates the buildings. On one side of the axis lies the Center-Residence of Scientific Research, on the other side sits the Center of Exhibition for Visitors.

The Observatorium aspires to blend in with the surrounding landscape as if it had been lying there since the Roman times, or even since the awakening of the Alpine formation that gave birth to the Fuenfría Valley, in the Cenozoic Era, 45 million years ago. The Observatorium is composed of two separate buildings. The distinction between the two main functions of the program -research and exhibition- is the engine for all the design decisions.

In section, the walking level over the Roman bridge is taken as the reference ground level, the Research Center is built over that level and the Exhibition Center is developed under it. That way the path is always a continuous one, the visitor walks under the first building and above the second one, contacting the surroundings through the promenade– the granite rock interiors and the tree tops.

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[OT.01] Faceless in the tube Digital painting project This is a collection of 108 digital paintings that I produced in london from 2017 to 2019. The following is the introductory text to the collection catalogue: ‘I have spent a couple of hours daily in the London underground for the last two years. In this period, my understanding of this environment has become part of the reflection of myself as an element of the city and its dwellers. I remember that, particularly for an introvert, the lack of interaction felt extremely alienating at first. That shock lasted for several months after I first started my travels. That was one of the reasons I resorted to drawing. My first sketches started with exhaustive reference lines on a colour background, to which I later added further detail with stronger digital brushes, carefully reflecting the individualities in the coach. Some of those guidelines still can be seen in the finalised drawing. The works were colourful and lively, in a way therapeutic, but they were never a reflection of the place I was living in. They were too happy, humane and circumvent. Progressively, I started to feel more prepared to face the livid monochrome passengers, and slowly began to forget the subtleties of the travellers. I no longer cared to find a prospective eagerness for interaction, only noticeable in brief eye contacts, apparently casual body posture corrections and momentary judgemental facial expressions.

Their initial stiffness and apparent disregard was no longer a seductive barrier to break. I no longer had the impulse to draw imposed colourful and fictitiously vibrant scenes. I was able to dwell into their emptiness. I now avoided the reference lines, I could just start painting the faceless without thinking on the choice of colours, the tools or sizes of brushes. I was starting to come to terms with my new ecosystem. By the end of this catalogue, I feel my most recent drawings are a much more accurate reflection of what the London underground represents for me -a place of surrounding solitude, spectrality and homogeneity- where only a vaguely sympathetic glimpse or a brief rest away from the smartphone episode reveal the internal despair and -perhaps imaginary- need for connection that make these characters alive. I don’t even need to sneak out from my ipad screen anymore. I can now sense the loud and pressing feeling of Londoners pouring from their grey interface in full colour while I wear my headphones and keep my head low to draw, pretending noone is paying attention.’

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Alejandro de Miguel Solano alejandro@demiguelsolano.com www.demiguelsolano.com London / Madrid 07754146926 / 609611513

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