Alejandro Plasencia Tapia
Topics and projects REVIEW 2009/2011
TOPICS
alejandro.plasencia.tapia@gmail.com +34 606602872
Interfaces
Challenging the notion of
Artificiality
Working actively with
The well-being of
Aesthetics and Society The User
as the “reason to be” of architecture
Energetic and Economic Viability
DETROIT PROJECTS
TRANSFORMATION
ALTA GRACIA
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OFF-SHORE SURGICAL CLINIC
Polyurethane Moulds
PHOTO CREDITS: Phyllis Galembo [Baby Dance of Etikpe, Cross River, Nigeria, 2004], Francisco Javier Martínez [Parque Regional del Sureste 2008], Santiago Falcón [Ephesus Arthemis, 2009], Steven Meizel [Makeover Madness, 2005].
Alejandro Plasencia Tapia
Topics and projects REVIEW 2009/2011
TOPICS
alejandro.plasencia.tapia@gmail.com +34 606602872
Interfaces
Challenging the notion of
Artificiality
Working actively with
The well-being of
Aesthetics and Society The User
as the “reason to be” of architecture
Energetic and Economic Viability
DETROIT PROJECTS
TRANSFORMATION
ALTA GRACIA
flux
OFF-SHORE SURGICAL CLINIC
Polyurethane Moulds
PHOTO CREDITS: Phyllis Galembo [Baby Dance of Etikpe, Cross River, Nigeria, 2004], Francisco Javier Martínez [Parque Regional del Sureste 2008], Santiago Falcón [Ephesus Arthemis, 2009], Steven Meizel [Makeover Madness, 2005].
The expanded telephone SEPTEMBER 2008
Fully functional mechanism of a rotary dial phone. When the device receives a call the vibration of the ringer causes the mesh to vibrate.
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ALDEANUEVA DE LA VERA. MAY 2009. Fluvial Instalation. Food colorant (water), natural clay (rocks), galvanized steel cable and tulle neting.
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Construction Project The aim of the course was to design a building in full constructive detail. From the metal bars inside the reinforced concrete at the foundations up to the metal cladding in the faรงade.
MAIN AXONOMETRIC
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ALTA GRACIA
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Salas de Postoperatorio
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Plataforma de antiguo Helipuerto
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Desalinizadora Big Blue [MyCelx]
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Válvulas de entrada a los reactores
Depósitos. 22,00 litros
28,7m
ALTA GRACIA
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Prosthetics
STRUCTURE HIERARCHY Structure Slabs Electricity Vertical communication LEVEL 3: ENERGY CAPTURING DEVICES
LEVEL 2: MEDICAL SERVICES
LEVEL 1: ROOMS & LEISURE FOR POSTOPERATORY PACIENTS LEVEL 0: STRUCTURE & SERVICES CORE
WATER LEVEL: STRUCTURE & SERVICES CORE
THE CLINIC
OPERATING ROOMS STRUCTURE
ARDUINO PROTOT YPE HAMMOCK WITH SOLAR TRACKER
UV SHIELD
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WATER LEVEL
FIBERGLASS MOUNTAIN RANGE COVERED WITH A NEOPRENE SKIN.
Silicon Joints Neoprene upholstery
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Servo S30N 9V
FIBERGLASS MODEL
LIGHT, WATERPROOF, FOSFORESCENT 1. Foam Structure 2. Acrylic Paint 3. Epoxy resin 4. Fiberglass 5. Polyester resin with fosforescent pigments
SUSPENDED STRUCTURE CONNECTS THE MAIN DECK WITH THE WATER LEVEL.
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Water Level ANIMATION VIDEO [03:08] High density leisure platform. The outdoor areas are sepparated by a mountain range made out of fiberglass and epoxy resin with a neoprene skin. This topography defines a set of spaces with diffrent levesls of temperature, sun radiation, humidity and privacy.
The Clinic ANIMATION VIDEO [06:40] Off-shore clinic designed to help patients overcome a deep body transformation. The rooms are organized depending on the intensity of the postoperatory care required for each person. The facilities are designed to promote leisure and outdoor activies in the recovery period.
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Riverbanks are populated by a kind of animal The Regional Southeast Park is a vast area of 31,522 hectares around Jarama and Manzanares whoch is also half natural - half artifical. rivers occupied by a peculiar mix of abandoned When a tree falls into the current it starts industrial complexes, shaft lagoons, europe’s largest capturing matter that flows in the current. Broken dump, gigantic quarries and residential areas. branches, leaves, bottles, papers, plastic bags, This site defines a new kind of landscape, in garments, ropes and all types of waste slowly form a the midpoint between a post-industrial site and gigantic jumble. degraded nature. I would say it is post-natural. Birds fly here, but they nest around factory chimneys, they are lit up by night and it makes it easier for them to capture flying insects. Fish live on the riverbanks, but they swim in polluted water with industrial debree.
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#1 Unused buildings and ruins are finally demolished.
#3 New parking lots and biodigestor plants are built on the empty lots surrrounding de CBD.
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Debris is withdrawn and deposited in Belle Isle to form new spawning beds for sturgeons.
#4 Maize fields are planted, they work as gigantic ad displays and leisure venues, the crops feed the newly built biodigestors.
MOSQUITO <CULICIDAE>
AMERICAN LOTUS <NÉLUMBO LUTEA>
#5 Empty unusable lots are flooded to create a new ecosystem.
ESTURIÓN <ACIPENSER FULVESCENS>
The new ecosystem integrates various endagered spacies from the region in an artificial wetland.
Energetic and Economical Transformation
[DATA FROM THE SWEDISH GAS CENTER] Source: Åke Nordberg, Biogas from crops, JTI. Presentation at ”10th year Anniversary for Biogas in Trollhättan” May 31st 2006. Methane production from cereals is re-calculated assuming 400 l/kg VS, DW-86 %, VS-97%.
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CASE STUDY: COMPUWARE HEADQUARTERS
2000 workers
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