ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN
PORTFOLIO ANDREA SAENZ
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paces are not just inhabited places, but serve a greater purpose; they tell the story of human progression from which we learn to create better environment for the future. I believe that architecture affects the quality of life in which architects have the capability to influence social conditions in a manner that benefits humanity. For instance, a great university campus does not itself teach but can provide a better environment for learning. For this reason, I believe that architecture is one of the major contributors to our social framework which I aspire to be a part off. Through exploration comes creation, consequently, architecture provides boundless possibilities that allow for the development of a design context. One of the central aspects of The UF Masters of Architecture program, which is of great interest to me, is the focus on developing innovative ideas through critical thinking. Innovative design comes from the exploration of aspects such as understanding the connection between the constructed, the natural environment and how sustainable design plays a role in this balance. The influence that sociological patterns have creates a program that functions successfully. Thus, recognizing that an individual or societies as a whole are constantly exploring possibilities which entail making mistakes and learning from them. As a result, this reflects on the architecture of eras throughout. With the growth in population the urban context is in the process of further realization. While in some cities it has been continuously developed, in other places around the world, its foundation is still being molded. This diversity allows further understanding of the dialog, in which each area engages in with the history, culture, and needs that a specific place might have at the time. The UF CityLab Architecture program sits in the middle of downtown Orlando, a diverse area that serves as a type of inhabited organism. City Beautiful provides the opportunity to analyze its components, understand the mechanisms that function effective, and develop the parts that need improvement with innovative ideas. The possibilities for growth are what make design an exciting challenge! Whether it's a sky scraper or the renovation and preservation of a historic site, projects of all sizes play an important role, not just as an individual component, but as a piece of the puzzle that contributes to creating a successful urban fabric. In this manner, society can benefit from the progression in design and can look back to use present time ideas as references for the architecture of the future, joining the past, present, and future.
SELECTED WORKS
04 HIGH RISE Design VII
14 ADAPTIVE REUSE Design VI
20 CIVIC BUILDING Design VI
24 COMMUNITY Design V
32 ARTIFACTS Design III
34 MORPHOLOGY Design VIII
40 NEW URBANISM Design VII
REACTION TOWERS
414 LIGHT STREET BALTIMORE, MD. 21201
FOCUS: HIGH RISE DESIGN VII PROFESSOR DR. MCPEEK PARTNER: TREVOR STEPHENS (PARTI AND SELECTIONS OF BASIC BUILDING SHAPES DISPLAYED WERE CREATED BY ANDREA SAENZ PRIOR TO PARTNER PORTION OF PROJECT)
PARTI Artistic, natural and terrain components were the source for the action reaction parti. The bay is mostly known for its seafood production, especially blue crabs,clams and oysters. The harbor’s shore line seems to naturally react in an organic form of both sides reacting to one another Baltimore Federal is a large-scale sculpture, brightly colored organic forms created areas for seating and shelter.
SITE CONSIDERATIONS OTTERBEIN AREA
The area is the last remaining site in Baltimore’s inner harbor. The site is bounded by West Conway Street on the northern side; Light Street on the eastern side; Barre Street on the southern side and Saint Charles Street on the western side. All of Otterbein including the new infield housing, was designated a historic preservation area in 1983. From 1978 to 1986 all of the property on the east, west and north boundaries of Otterbein was developed with houses, a high rise, condominiums, and the Federal Bank.
SUSTAINABILITY INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM URBAN AGRICULTURE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM GREEN ROOFS
POSSIBLE BASIC BUILDING SHAPES
BUILDING COMPONENTS: CORES MECHANICAL RESIDENTIAL GOOGLE OFFICE OTHER OFFICE PARKING/RETAIL HOTEL
TOWER ONE OFFICE HOTEL MECHANICAL
TOWER TWO
RESIDENTIAL MECHANICAL
8 - 28 29- 35 21/36 8- 26 16/27
SHARED AREA
RESIDENTIAL/AMENITIES 7 GOOGLE OFFICE 5- 6 PARKING/ OFFICE 2- 4 PARKING/ RETAIL 1 PARKING
b1- b2
JUNE MORNING SOLSTICE
SOLAR STUDY INFLUENCED THE APERTURES AND PLACEMENT OF THE HIGH RISE STRUCTURES.
JUNE EVENING SOLSTICE
DECEMBER MORNING SOLSTICE
DECEMBER EVENING SOLSTICE
LEVEL 8
GOOGLE OFFICES RESTAURANT
LEGEND
PRIMARY SPACE CIRCULATION
LEVEL b1 PARKING
LEVEL 1
PARKING RETAIL
LEVEL 29
TYPICAL HOTEL FLOOR PLAN
PENT HOUSE UNIT
HOTEL SUITE UNIT
LEVEL 9
TYPICAL OFFICE FLOOR PLAN
3 BED/ 2 BATH UNIT
1 BED/1 BATH UNIT
LEVEL 9
TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL FLOOR PLAN
2 BED/ 2 BATH UNIT
4 BED/ 2 BATH UNIT
ADAPTIVE REUSE 55+ 4500 LOWER PARK ROAD, ORLANDO FL 32818
FOCUS: ADAPTIVE REUSE DESIGN VI PROFESSOR JERONIMO
SITE CONSIDERATIONS BALDWIN PARK AREA
One of the few buildings left from the original Naval training center is a seven story building that once housed the incoming recruits. It is in dire need of reinvention. Positioned on the west side of Lake Baldwin, the location serves as prime real estate for the proposed function because it is in close proximity to the cultural center as well as several dedicated green spaces. The active-living facility needs to address a myriad of different design problems. The new design must make efficiency its number one priority. Vernacular design, passive technologies, and efficient mechanical systems must be utilized to reduce the carbon footprint as much as possible. In addition to the sustainable requirements, the building must address the needs of the community, maximizing the number of units without compromising the design intent of the structure. The building will be removed of every material except the post tension floor slabs, roof slab, and the structural columns.
INTERIOR OFFICE LOBBY RENDER
CENTRAL LOBBY RENDER
LEVEL 2-7
NORTH ELEVATION
STRUCTURAL ADDITION
LEVEL 1
ACTIVE LIVING FACILITY COMPONENTS I. The South Wing of the restored barracks is composed of six dwelling units per floor and central gathering areas for each level. II. The North Wing is separately fully functional boutique hotel within Baldwin Park. III. The central tower functions as the vertical circulation for the active living complex as well as for the adjacent hotel. IV. Outdoor courtyard spaces directly accessible from both wings of the building that link the main entrance to the adjacent parking deck. This space visually and functionally unifies the site with the surrounding context. V. Roof garden.
ROOF GARDEN
FIRE STATION #4 2400 EDGEWATER DRIVE, ORLANDO, FL 32804 FOCUS: CIVIC BUILDING DESIGN VI PROFESSOR JERONIMO
SITE CONSIDERATIONS COLLEGE PARK AREA
The site has egress possibilities from Vassar and Rugby St. that are immediately connected to Edgewater Drive. Furthermore Edgewater Drive is a mayor commercial intersection in College Park, Orlando FL making this a great but challenging site due to intersection nodes that create higher density and heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic while the adjacent back roads are of residential housing . The design of a neighborhood fire station must address the inherited contradiction of being a community building, and being a home for the firefighters. It must project a sense of civic pride while maintaining a comfortable environment for emergency personnel to live and rest.
SUSTAINABILITY
WATER COLLECTION AND GRAY WATER REUSE SYSTEM
GREEN ROOFS
GROUND LEVEL
CIVIC AREA OFFICES OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS
SECOND LEVEL
MAIN GREEN ROOF LIVING QUARTERS
THIRD LEVEL
GREEN ROOF SECONDARY SLEEPING QUARTERS
STRUCTURAL
DIFFERENT SYSTEMS FOR BUILDING AND BAY SUPPORT
MIXED USE COMMUNITY WICKHAM ROAD/ N. WICKHAM INTERSECTION, VIERA, FL 30308 FOCUS: MIXED USE, NEW URBANISM DESIGN V PROFESSOR DR. MCPEEK PARTNERS: DIANA ARIZA, ANDREA ESTRADA, LANCE BURGUIERE, JOSE JAMES, MATT KELLY, JAVIER RODRIGUEZ ANDREA SAENZ: DEVELOPED PART OF SITE PLAN AND GENERATED RESIDENTIAL TOWN HOMES PORTION
CONCEPT I
CONCEPT II
CONCEPT I
CONCEPT II
GROUND LEVEL
SECOND LEVEL
SITE CONSIDERATIONS
VIERA AREA
An opportunity for a mixed use new urbanism community project has been presented at the East coast of Florida in Brevard County, specifically located next to the city of Viera. The environment of an urban context consists of a variety of developments such as single family homes, duplex, town homes, Live work units, central main stream with retail in the lower level and residential in the upper level, a community center, parks and so forth. The ideal of our Urbanism concept is to arrange all of these components to create functional space for private and public use. Specifically, the residential town houses portion of the context will be divided into two locations relative to the site, allowing for diversity in design thus reflecting its affordability. Furthermore the setting embraces a semiprivate condition as one facade interacts with mainstream while the adjacent facade interacts with a more suburban context. CONCEPT I In the case of limited space creating a sequence of structures can be a challenging process. If the choice is limited to replicated units creating an interesting geometry produces unique spaces both internally and externally
The main objective for the residential design problem is to create a space that functions in a sufficient and seamless manner to its surroundings while maintaining characteristics that allow the structure to conserve a separate identity. Apart from the location of surrounding arrangements, the internal design should be taken into detailed consideration. In detail, the exertion should reflect a level of individuality while maintaining a unified form in relation to the community. In addition, the interior should take into consideration a plan for circulation in order to unify individual spaces. Taking into consideration the challenges the duplex in this context encounters a potential solution is to establish a clear language between the spaces this structure interacts with. First of all there should be clear boundaries that separate this edifice and gives it its own identity without out casting itself from its environment. An approach to this could be to use vehicular and pedestrian circulation to create implied boundaries while maintaining an engagement to its surroundings. In addition, there are two different levels of interactions that can be taken advantage of due to the location. There is a contrast between public and private through adjacent facades that can be taken advantage of through the consideration of noise control, fenestration and relationships through the appropriate spaces. Thus, it is important that the interior has intentional spatial transitions between the levels of interaction of the different levels of public and private spaces
CONCEPT II
The division of space in a sequence of town homes does not have to fit the standard replication of units. Instead each unit can have a sense of individuality through floor plans that respond to the exterior in a unique manner.
LEGEND
3 BED/2 BATH 4 BED/3 BATH 3 BED/3 BATH
DIVISION OF SPACES
GROUND LEVEL
SECOND LEVEL
CULTURAL ARTIFACT CITY DESIGN III
PROFESSOR TOWERS
Engaging the program of cultural sources as both utilitarian and poetic can translate into analyzing artifacts. The process of weaving sing language as wire construction, music as Plexiglas construction and literature as plaster construction is used to generate the program of city as a cultural source. Furthermore, this artifact begins to depict scale and measure relative to the human perception. Literature is intervened as a space for reading. Thus ,the rhythm of the stairs evoke the emotion of moving though the city and transitions to a private space. The song “floe” by Philip Glass is an intense musical composition that evokes emotion through rhythmic patterns and successions of repetition. This cultural artifact translates into layers of overlapping information in constant movement that transitions. The narrative “A Common Confusion” is a piece of literature that entails a sequence of events. This cultural artifact translates interactions through paths of movements, anticipation and trajectory. Thus, different sections of the context determine sequential levels of hierarchy established through a wide range of emotions.
EUCLIDATING MORPHOGENESIS PART I: RECONSTRUCTION
The in depth analysis through the reconstruction of the selected structure or section reflects in different scales the structural behavior embodied. The process of breaking down components of the Sondika Airport allowed the structural system to be noted. At a larger scale the pieces are supported by tension imposed by section of a cone. The mass model shows the circumference posing tension from one side of the structure to the other. The sectional model shows half that circumference but specifically exemplifies the tension carried through the wire. The detailed model depicts hoe each individual piece has a system of its own supporting its individual components through pinned connections.
MORPHOLOGY
FOCUS ON SONDIKA AIRPORT BILBAO, SPAIN SANTIAGO CALATRAVA FOCUS: MORPHOLOGY DESIGN VIII PROFESSOR DR. BARRIOS
MORPHOGENESIS
PART II: DISCOVERING THE SOURCE Through analysis and iterations of morphological principles the fundamental unit that governs the design of the original structure is discovered through morphogenesis.
METAMORPHOSIS/ DESIGN STEP III AND IV
Creating a design language through morphological transformations in multiple dimensions that translates into an original design.
SITE CONSIDERATIONS DOWNTOWN ORLANDO, FL
The intersection between Church Street and Orange Avenue is an area that lacks development in comparison to its surroundings. Thus, it has potential to become a great asset to Orlando city beautiful.
PROGRAM CIVIC SPACES
Civic spaces can be landmarks for the community. Places that serve as an extension to the community as a stage for peoples public lives were celebrations take place, people can find each other and cultures can intertwine.
POSSIBLE DESIGNS BASED ON MORPHOLOGY
THE GRID MIXED USE
2401 EDGEWATER DRIVE, ORLANDO, FL 32804 FOCUS: MIXED USE, NEW URBANISM DESIGN VII PROFESSOR DR. MCPEEK PARTNERS: NATALIA ZEA, TREVOR STEPHENS, SUHEY ROJAS ANDREA SAENZ: DEVELOPED PART OF SITE PLAN AND GENERATED PHASE ONE BUILDING AND PHASE FOUR
SITE STUDY
PHASE I
SITE CONSIDERATIONS COLLEGE PARK AREA
College Park is a pedestrian oriented community featuring interconnected street system, buildings oriented to the street and a mixture of residential and commercial uses. This is the depiction of the environment for the site that Developer Jim Kersey Brooke proposed, in which a mixed use development is to be created on Edgewater Drive, amid the intersections of W. Smith Street and W. Princeton Street. The developer specified the desire to create a Mixed Use building typology that serves as a landmark to the community. There is a need to produce and 60% for residential use, 20 % of total use for office space, and 30% for retail use. All of these categories must address parking at the correct ratio amount. Budget restraints to be addressed are that the building must be built in phases of separate components in order to allow for it to be built over time as contracts are facilitated.
PHASE II
PHASE III
PHASE IV
PHASE I
GRID PARKING GARAGE
PARKING GARAGE- TYPICAL LEVEL
SECTION- GRID COMPLEX BUILDING
The Grid parking garage is located past the existing building on the south east area. The order of the structure follows as such: Ground level retail, followed by parking from level 2 to 6, which provide adequate parking of approximately 300 parking spots for all the functions that the project provides throughout the phases. At the last level it contains a green roof for ventilation purposes.
FIRST LEVEL
SECOND LEVEL
THIRD LEVEL
GRID COMPLEX BUILDING Since hotel and commercial areas are the main source of income for mixed use projects phase one includes two buildings. Both making an impact on most of the southern boundary: The Grid Complex building occupies most of the area in south side. This structure contains the most portable components of the site. The order of the structure follows as such: the ground level contains retail, the second level provides a performing arts theater which includes the opportunity for multiple uses and commercial offices. Followed by a boutique hotel that occupies the third and fourth levels. The fifth level contains gathering spaces with multiple functions such as dining and recreational opportunities depending on time of day. All except level one contain roof garden terraces. FOURTH LEVEL
FIFTH LEVEL
PHASE II
GRID COMMERCE The next phase consists of Grid Commerce, the building positioned at an angle bordering the west side. Both levels offer commercial spaces with roof garden terraces on the second floor.
SECOND LEVEL
PHASE III
GRID RESIDENTIAL
FIRST LEVEL
Since acquiring financial gain from the first phase, the following phase consists of two parts: 1. Grid residential, the largest structure occupying most of the north side containing mainly residential typologies such as apartments, lofts and town houses with a pool at the 4th level. It also contains some retail stores on the first level. All except level one contain roof garden terraces. 2. Since most of the structures have been constructed by this point the second part is to landscape the area to enhance the nature of the area and bring people in with a water feature that invites pedestrian movement.
SECOND LEVEL
FIRST LEVEL
PHASE IV GRID CLUSTER The last phase is to demolish the existing building bordering Edgewater drive and building a three level structure that reads as one with the rest of the site. Taking fully to the principles applied otherwise to the project, this building consists of retail in the first level and commercial offices in the third and fourth levels All except level one contain roof garden terraces.
THIRD LEVEL
SECOND LEVEL
FIRST LEVEL
LEGEND
OFFICE PARKING COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL THEATHER HOTEL RESTAURANT
ANDREA TATIANA SAENZ saenzrojas@knights.ucf.edu 786-337 5116
Objective To expand my knowledge base achieving a Masters in Architecture and attaining the real life experience that an Architectural internship provides.
Accomplishments - Academic Dean’s List consecutively - Member of AIAS - UCF-Valencia West/Osceola Regional Research Event -Certificate of Participation - Community Service at Denn John Middle School in the Spirit Tutoring Program
Education BACHELOR IN DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Graduated with a 3.53 GPA (2010-2012)
Skills/Software - Adobe Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator - Autodesk: Revit, 3ds Max, , AutoCAD Architecture - Office Package: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel - Proficient with V-ray Experienced in Rhinoceros - Proficient in physical modeling, and hand sketching - Strong digital graphic design and layout organizational skills - Fluent in English and Spanish.
ASSOCIATES IN ARTS IN ARCHITECTURE Valencia College Orlando, FL Graduated with a 3.58 GPA (2008-2010)
Work Experience ASSOCIATE T. J. Maxx: Kissimmee, FL (6/25/11- present) - Impeccable time management skills derived through organization and planning - Convey opinions effectively to one or a group of people. -Able to work as part of a group LIFEGUARD Wet and Wild: Orlando,FL (5/19/10- 8/7/10) - Demonstrated excellent customer service in the context of high volume hospitality - Ability to continuously learn new skills in a fast paced environment - Ability to communicate to diverse public group
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