Interior & Arch Portfolio

Collection of Works

Professional and Academic Portfolio.

Andrea María

Miranda Catalán

IAbout me.

phone. +39 349 2519552 e-mail. amirandac2@gmail.com linked in. andrea-miranda address. Currently living in Mannheim, Germany

Hello there, I am Andrea, an interior designer from Guatemala with a background in Architecture. I am driven by passion, and that makes me a permanent student, one who is always eager to learn, enthusiast to try, discover and connect ideas to expand my vision.

Andrea María

Miranda Catalán

Work Experience Languages

1 year Mar 2021 - Jan 2022

2 years 10 months

Oct 2016 - Jun 2019

2 years 8 months

Jun 2014 - Sep 2016

Albera Monti Architetti, Italy

Junior Architect + Interior Design Internship

■ Interior design and 3D visualization.

Darcon - Taller de Arquitectura

Junior Architect

■ Design process of interior spaces.

■ Corporate, commercial and residential floorplans development 3D visualization with photorealism of interior and exterior architecture.

Arkterra

Junior Architect ■ 3d Artist

■ Interior design and 3D visualization.

■ Producing photorealistic images of comercial, residential, hospital and urban projects.

German

A2.1

Currently attending

Deutschkurs at Abendakademie

English

High Proficiency

Test of English as Foreign Language

TOEFL, 2019

Spanish

High Proficiency

Mother Tongue

Italian

Working Proficiency

80 hours of Italian Language Course

Politecnico di Milano, 2020

2months

Apr 2014 - Feb 2014

EOS Power

Junior Architect

■ Design and analysis of sun behavior to optimize, through solar panels, the use of renewable solar energy in residential projects.

Education

Software

Windows OS

Microsoft Office

Modelling

3DsMax

Sketchup

Sep 2019 - Jul 2021

Msc. Student in Interior and Spatial Design

Politecnico di Milano ■ Italy

Jan 2009 - Jun 2015

5-Year Bachelor in Architecture

Universidad Rafaei Landívar ■ Guatemala

Drawing

AutoCad

Editing

Photoshop CC

Indesign CC

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My Journey.

3D Visualization Artist

On going freelance activity

Guatemala & Italy

Finalist New European Bauhaus

Category - Buildings in The Spirit of Circularity

European Union Iniciative

Architecture Assistant

Darcon - Taller de Arquitectura

Guatemala

2020

Interior Designer Jr.

Albera Monti Architettura

Italia

2019

Internship

Albera Monti Architettura

Italia

Msc.

Politecnico di Milano

Italia

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2023

Interior & Spatial Design

Academic experience

Concept and recent works.

Adaptive re-use. Villa Arconati, Italy.

2.1

Adaptive re-use. Old Operating Theater, London.

2.2

Re-activation and landscape design.

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy.

2.3

1.1 Penthouse.

year. role. location. company.

2018-2019. Interior designer, floor plans drafter, 3D artist & construction supervisor. Guatemala. Grupo Darcon.

Main dinning room.

Exterior living room connection to exterior kitchen.

a

Living room and exterior deck connection.

b

Main kitchen and pantry.

c

Main dinning room.

Upper level interior design.

Materiality & furniture selection.

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a

Exterior living room connection to exterior kitchen.

b

Exterior living room connection to exterior kitchen.

c

Exterior living room connection to exterior kitchen.

Lower level interior design.

Materiality & furniture selection.

The transformation of two independent apartaments in different levels became into a 380sqr m. penthouse. The addition of a staircase to connect both levels lead to suit a high-end residence containing three living rooms in the upper level, and two in the lower level, two bedrooms with its own studio and a master with private walk-in closet and its own bathroom. To suit all purposes, the clients need where being able to host indoor and outdoor gatherings with cooking, entertaintenment, and jacuzzi environment.

1.2 Golf Club.

year. role. location. company.

2017-2019. Interior design collaborator & 3D artist. Guatemala. Grupo Darcon.

Golf Club main lobby interior.

Golf club.

Interior, materiality & furniture selection.

A large scale of designed has been developed throughout the high-end golf club, located in zona 16, in Guatemala City. Being the first golf club of this size, the requested environments designed is made to fit a sober, elegant and integrating materiality in the entire facility. It hosts seven kitchens, including a 'sous vide' principal cooking kitchen, men and women spa areas, gymnasium, inside tennis court, indoor and outdoor pool, business center, exhibition areas, among othe facilities to fit great amount of functions.

The interior intervention design was developed in parallel with the construction of the place, due the amount of interior spaces to design, standardized materials, shapes and dimensions where used to optimize the production of the furniture inside. The selection of bought furniture was carefully choosen along with golfers, regular users, chefs, and architects; as they would be fitting various users.

1.3 Residence.

year. role. location. company.

2016-2017. Interior design collaborator, floor plans drafter & 3D artist. Guatemala. Grupo Darcon.

Street View Front façade.

Perspective view. South façade.

Floor plans.

Distribution of requested program.

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Section plans.

Distribution of levels according to provided topography.

Designed suitable for a family of four, this habitational unit is the main base models of an eight houses master plan. It is designed to fit steep topography sites in the Golf Club residiental area. Inspired by Olson Kundig materiality honest perception, the concrete walls are used as statement of private areas inside the house, yet keeping the lighting entrance with industrial I beams and use of large windows to keep the connection between indoor and outdoor spaces. These set of eight houses are a result based upon private condominiums regulations and quality standards of the overall Golf Club.

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1.4 Business Center

year. role. location. company.

2019. Interior design collaborator & 3D artist. Guatemala. Grupo Darcon.

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1.6 Personal Practice

Throughout my professional journey I have dedicated a portion of my career to the three-dimensional representation of architecture and interior design. The power of communicating through still images and projecting spaces that does not yet exists, is fundamental to create and inspire architects and clients in every project.

My vision is provide a tool to see the “unbuilt” side of a project, collaborate and embrace a design not only for its tangible architecture, but the untangible side of an experience.

Offering high quality 3D imagery of architectural and interior designs, in a true, honest and realistic way, is my key aim to set the first steps of the vision of a design. Therefore, this annex is dedicated to the projects I have had the honor of representing in 3D imagery, along with visionary architects and creative minds.

More projects here.

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Academic.

2.1 Remnant.

year. location. fellow group members.

Traces of the past, gestures of tomorrow.

2020-2021 Italy

Ciprian Alessandro Fiorentini Ilaria

“Remnant” is an architectural studio project that aims to give credence to the Meridiana building, situated inside the grounds of Villa Arconati alongside Castellazzo di Bollate, fronting the Borgo quarters on one side and the Cider court on the other. These set of building have hosted differents typologies of functions and are entirely representative of their own single architecture style. The fundamental point of this project is a creation of a bold contrast between the old and the new.

The project is based on a process of, due subtraction, exposure and addition, guided us in the creation of an intervention strategy that could be as versatile as it is respectful to the existing site and surroundings. The functional activation process of the Meridiana was developed in conjunction with an aesthetic characterization linked to the re-development and re-use of the current structure both from a functional and aesthetic point of view.

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Zoning and general distribution floor plans.

Transversal sections and main façade.

Exploded axononometric, Entrance area.

Elevator to bridge view, Entrance area.

Existing staircase and addition elements.

Interior overview, Entrance area.

Academic.

2.3 Unwyred

year. location. fellow group members.

2020-2021

Italy

A project created purely for the reactivation of the world renowned Monza Autodromo, focusing on the idea of sustainability and the concept of temporary solutions. Through the creation of an effective system, we have involved existing aspects of the site with the introduction of new features. Whilst understanding the available space, we have considered existing characters of the site, such as paths, buildings and visitor daily-based activities. The intervention is completely user centered, concenctrating on how it navigates throughout the site, understanding the benefits of a nature surrounded environment. The lack of wayfinding that currently Parco di Monza has, was the main motor to ensure every user inside the park may roam around it without questioning their next step or sense of direction.

The main focus of the project was drawn to the training and entertainment aspects that concerns the people in Monza, engrossing and enriching those desires to take part into physical activity, the division of sports courts and exercise circuits embedded within the paths of the park, allowing nature to compliment and flourish amongst it. Needing to enhance both the day and nightscape of the park, a focus was considerately placed on the Old Granstand inside the Autodromo area, representing the largest landmark of the park. Distinguishable and easily identifiable to the public, it is used as an iconic, interactive feature with a second skin of the façade that will also double as a projector screen to ignite the nightscape. In response to the challenge of designing spaces relative to the user scale, within such large site, the derivation of an imaginary grid creating a subdivision of different scales os activities and proportion the space within the smaller area for a single user. This has lead to a rational and more accessible use of the site for the various activities the park willl host in the upcoming future.

Ciprian Alessandro Mudgal Shreya Prabhash Thompson Danielle

Tactics to connect soft and hardscapes scenarios.

Zoom In: Serraglio dei Cervi. Old Grandstand Area.

Masterplan Intervention.

2.2 Metamorphosis

year. location. fellow group members.

2020 Italy

A project based on the perception of taste and looking for an improvement of it through the development of the perfect texture for big food companies. The research takes place inside a specific laboratory supported by a kitchen. Selected visitors are here involved in a direct and symbiotic way: they will play a role of being feedback providers, after a formative 5 sense experience. A change will happen in their way of perceiving food, making them more accurate “tasters” and the products developed here will have a new and better taste and textures.

The strategy is to wake senses through a journey experimentation and feedback. Starting up with a tactic adittion of synchronized creating an experimentation of a specific product studied food professionals at the installation.

Experience strategy and tactics

Bagnacani Marta Yordanova Dicheva Ivanka

SOUND

Sound installation. To create several scenario to match with one of our product texture

TASTE

Food displays. A comparison of flavors originating from the same product.

up our five journey of food feedback. and by the synchronized tactics experimentation path studied by the same

SMELL

Pipe isolation areas. Experimentation of food smells.

TOUCH

Electropolymers surfaces. To activate curiosity of hands.

VIEW Projection surfaces. A visual magnification of the upcoming journey.

Frontal façade.

Kitchen and food Laboratory.

Axonometric overview level 3.

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Collection of Works

Portfolio

Andrea María Miranda Catalán

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