Design Portfolio by Alvaro Almada

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BORDER ORDER STATION TATION COLUMBUS, NM - PUERTO PALOMAS, CHH, MEX

THE 2014 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition consists of designing a border crossing in a controversial environment. The site chosen was between Columbus, New Mexico and Puerto Palomas, Mexico. Each morning, 400-500 students cross the border from Puertos Palomas to Columbus to attend elementary, middle and high school. Born in the United States due to the lack of a local hospital or clinic on the Mexican side of the border, these children carry dual citizenship. As one educator puts it, “Here you will find two cultures separated distinctly by a border; but the ebb and flow of culture across the line blurs the social-psychological separation”. As you come upon Puerto Palomas you immediately notice the impending impact of the road to the border. The idea behind the Border Station is to soften the impact and reroute with ease the path through the border,

BUILDING TYPE:EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL LOCATION:COLUMBUS, COLUMBUS, NM DATE: SPRING 2014 INSTRUCTORS: KREVLIN, JOAN HILLARY BROWN |SUSTAINABILITY 01 | ALVARO ALMADA

CURRENT CONFLICTING AXIS

BEGINNING OF DIVERSION BREAKING X AXIS

FINAL OUTCOME

BORDER STATION | DESIGN STUDIO 4 | JOAN KREVLIN | SPRING 2014 2014 |

1 STEEL MESH CANOPY

STEEL SUPPORT COLUMNS

2 STEEL MESH WALKWAY & 2ND LEVEL REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB

1 LOAD BEARING RAMMED EARTH WALLS & GROUND LEVEL REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB

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SUB-GADE LEVEL CONCRETE FOUNDATION

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3 CORTEN STEEL RETAINING WALLS

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1| STAIRS TO 2ND LEVEL 2| NEUTRAL ZONE 3| RAMP TO MAIN STREET

KCC DORMITORY BROOKLYN, NY

The dormitory at Kingsborough Community College is part of a master plan for the college that would be carried out in the next couple of decades. Since Hurricane Sandy exploited the vulnerability of the waterfront campus, a design was needed that had urban resiliency in mind. This design also encompassed a vision for a water front park to attract the local community. Thus resiliency by nature was born. Resiliency by Nature is an attempt to protect the KCC campus from storm surge and prepare the campus from future sea level rise. By creating a 3 level defense strategy; Dune, Extension of beach, and berms, that also create a destination.

BUILDING TYPE:EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL LOCATION:MANHATTAN MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN, NY DATE: FALL 2013 INSTRUCTORS: YEREH SUH HILLARY BROWN |SUSTAINABILITY 05 | ALVARO ALMADA

PHASE | REMOVE ALL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM CAMPUS AND BUILD MULTI-USE PARKING STRUCTURE WITH NEW TRAIN STOP

KCC DORMITORY | DESIGN STUDIO 3 | YEREH SUH | FALL 2013 | 06

PHASE || BUILD UP BERMS THAT EXTEND TO NEW EXTENDED BEACH

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PHASE ||| FINISH EXTENSION OF LANDFORMS WITH DUNES JUST BEYOND THE BEACH LINE

KCC DORMITORY | DESIGN STUDIO 3 | YEREH SUH | FALL 2013 | 08

1ST FLOOR

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1MEZZ FLOOR

3RD-5TH FLOOR

ROOF

KCC DORMITORY | DESIGN STUDIO 3 | YEREH SUH | FALL 2013 | 10

EAST SECTION

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PASSIVE VENTILATION

KCC DORMITORY | DESIGN STUDIO 3 | YEREH SUH | FALL 2013 | 12

NORTH SECTION

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KCC DORMITORY | DESIGN STUDIO 3 | YEREH SUH | FALL 2013 | 14

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HARLEM ARLEM SCHOOL CHOOL OF THE ARTS RTS MANHATTAN, NY

The design challenge for the Harlem School of the Arts was to remodel the building from its current brutalist state. The main architectonic move is to take the desolate courtyard in from the back and reactivate it in the front thus giving new life into the building.

BUILDING TYPE:EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL LOCATION:HARLEM, HARLEM, MANHATTAN, NY DATE: SPRING 2013 INSTRUCTORS: FABIAN LLONCH HILLARY BROWN |SUSTAINABILITY COLLABORATOR:CHRIS CHRIS CAMACHO | ALVARO ALMADA

EXISTING COURTYARD MOVED FROM BACK TO FRONT OF BUILDING

OUTCOME OF SWTCHING COURTYARD

HSA RENOVATION | DESIGN STUDIO 2 | FABIAN LLONCH | SPRING 2013 | 18

1ST FLOOR

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2ND FLOOR

HSA RENOVATION | DESIGN STUDIO 2 | FABIAN LLONCH | SPRING 2013 | 20

3RD FLOOR

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WEST SECTION

HSA RENOVATION | DESIGN STUDIO 2 | FABIAN LLONCH | SPRING 2013 | 22

SOUTH SECTION 1

SOUTH SECTION 2

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WEST ELEVATION

HSA RENOVATION | DESIGN STUDIO 2 | FABIAN LLONCH | SPRING 2013 | 24

BUSHWICK USHWICK RESIDENCES ESIDENCES BROOKLYN, NY

The Bushwick Residences are a pair of homes located in a neighborhood in the process of gentrification. The use of greenery and rusted materials on the facade fuse thus reflecting the evolution of the neighborhood through time. The homes are set on a North-South axis thus sitting on an angle in comparison to the city block. This is to set it apart as a residence in the former heavily industrial neighborhood.

BUILDING TYPES:SINGLE SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOCATION:BUSHWICK, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NY DATE: FALL 2012 INSTRUCTOR: IVAN ROSA

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PARTI

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1ST FLOOR

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2ND FLOOR

WEST SECTION

SOUTH SECTION 1

SOUTH SECTION 2

BUSHWICK RESIDENCES | DESIGN STUDIO 1 | IVAN ROSA | FALL 2012 | 28

SOUTH ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

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WEST ELEVATION

EAST ELEVATION

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POOL OOL HOUSE HOUSE HARLEM, NY

The public pool/bath house on Convent Ave and 128th St conveys the idea of the city inside the building. Other than the pools on the ground level, the other programs are stacked to emphasize verticality along with a shaft that emulates the light/air shafts around the city.

BUILDING TYPE:RECREATIONAL/SPORTS RECREATIONAL/SPORTS LOCATION:HARLEM, HARLEM, MANHATTAN, NY DATE: SPRING 2012 INSTRUCTOR: NANDINI BAGCHEE

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WATER STUDY Looking at kinectic movement in water and using plaster to capture a moment of interest.

POOL HOUSE | COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOP | NANDINI BAGCHEE | SPRING 2012 | 32

EAST ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

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POOLS |1

CHANGING ROOMS | 2

ENTRANCE | 3

ADMIN | 4

SUND DECK | 5

WEST SECTION

POOL HOUSE | COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOP | NANDINI BAGCHEE | SPRING 2012 | 34

NORTH SECTION

WEST SECTION

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SUN DECK PERSPECTIVE LOOKING SOUTH

POOL HOUSE | COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOP | NANDINI BAGCHEE | SPRING 2012 | 36

WINGS INGS OVER VER MIAMI IAMI MUSEUM USEUM SOUTH FLORIDA

The Wings Over Miami Museum currently houses a small private collection of war planes at Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport. The project consist of a new building that can be used to expand the collection. The entrance of the museum arrives abruptly into the side of the building as if forcing its fusion with the building. This disturbance attracts the user to investigate. As the user walks towards the building he/she will feel the sense of propulsion walking by the steel columns and beams as they become more numerous.

BUILDING TYPE:MUSEUM MUSEUM LOCATION:MIAMI, MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE, FL DATE: SPRING 2011 INSTRUCTOR: HENRY LARES

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The Wings Over Miami Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s layout was inspired by the wing plan of an F-14 Tomcat Fighter Jet. The only jet to have adjustable wings. When expanded, the two sections of the wing create a boomerang outline.

Grumman F-14 Tomcat

WOMM | DESIGN 4 | HENRY LARES | SPRING 2011 | 38

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WOMM | DESIGN 4 | HENRY LARES | SPRING 2011 | 40

METROMOVER ETROMOVER STATION TATION SOUTH FLORIDA

FIGURE 1: These 12”x12” mat board fold-outs are a series of explorations into manipulating folded planes to create spaces of kinetic forces. FIGURES 2-4: As a follow-up to the kinetic forces models, an 18”x16” model was designed with pedestrian, automobile, and the Metromover forces in mind. This model integrates all three; A pedestrian bridge that cuts across the station provides less traffic for the station, A side road on the west side of the stationprovides easy access for drop-off and pick-up for motor traffic, and, last but not least, The Metromover Station itself provides a larger platform that will be able to receive more passenger cars at one of the busiest stops on the Metromover rail which includes close to a 100,000 passengers a day. FIGURE 5: The next phase in design of the Metromover of pedestrian traffic from the previous design, this stairs leading into the park. In doing so it keeps a park tourists as well as coming and going sport fans Airlines Arena.

station. Keeping with the flow model implements a main set of steady flow of traffic from from the nearby American

BUILDING TYPE:PUBLIC PUBLIC TRANSIT LOCATION:MIAMI, MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE, FL DATE: FALL 2010 INSTRUCTOR: MARIO ORTEGA

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FIGURE 1

The Metromover Station at Museum Park is a proposed station set to open with inauguration of the Miami Art Museum and Miami Science Museum at said location. In 2009, Dawntown held an international design competition for the proposed new station.

METROMOVER STATION | DESIGN 3 | MARIO ORTEGA | FALL 2010 | 42

FIGURE 2

FIGURE 3

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FIGURE 4

FIGURE 5

METROMOVER STATION | DESIGN 3 | MARIO ORTEGA | FALL 2010 | 44

DOWNTOWN OWNTOWN SPA PA SOUTH FLORIDA

The 2010 ACSA / AISC Steel Design Student Competition challenges architecture students to design a public urban center dedicated to reconnecting people with their authentic selves, others, and nature. Peace approaches this challenge by setting itself in downtown Miami. With its monolithic concrete columns surrounding the structure, Peace masquerades its functional purpose. As soon as you step inside you come about a reflecting pool where you can meditate and relax. To the right lays the music room where you can lose yourself in song. To the left you will find atop a sun deck where you can lay and enjoy the view of the pool.

BUILDING TYPE:RECREATIONAL/SPA RECREATIONAL/SPA LOCATION:MIAMI, MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE, FL DATE: SPRING 2010 INSTRUCTOR: HENRY LARES

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1ST FLOOR

2ND FLOOR

3RD FLOOR

EAST ELEVATION

DOWNTOWN SPA | DESIGN 2 | HENRY LARES | SPRING 2010 |

PERSPECTIVE FROM SOUTH EAST

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PERSPECTIVE FROM NORTH WEST

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LABYRINTH ABYRINTH LIFE IFE & DEATH EATH LOST OST IN TRANSLATION RANSLATION LABYRINTH :A 8”x4”x4” confined space; this tower consists of a decreasing path that circulates the entire structure revealing different vantage points of the structure. Once at the bottom, the final vantage point rewards with a full view of the structure horizontally as well as vertically. LIFE & DEATH: A 12”x12”x2 ½” wall divided by a ½” gap, Life and Death uses asymmetrical and symmetrical visual connections to bridge the gap separating these two sides. LOST IN TRANSLATION: A 12”x12”x12” cube that serves as a sacred space for a civilization of jumping beans. A circulating path throughout leads to the four rectangular cubes at the top that serve as viewing galleries for the deceased. Also, there are spaces dedicated to intimacy as well as a path on the bottom for celebratory rituals.

DATE: FALL 2009 INSTRUCTOR: HENRY LARES

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AXIS

INTERSECTING PLANES

HIERARCHY

TOWER

LABYRINTH/L&D/LIT | DESIGN 1 | FALL 2009 | HENRY LARES | 50

WALL, DEATH SIDE | (LEFT) WALL; LIFE LEFT, DEATH RIGHT | (RIGHT)

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CUBE

LABYRINTH/L&D/LIT | DESIGN 1 | FALL 2009 | HENRY LARES | 52