ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
ANDRÉS FELIPE MEDINA VARGAS
INDEX RESIDENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING HIGH-RISE HOUSING
URBAN DESIGN MASTER PLANNING
EDUCATION FACILITY POLYTECHNIC (EDUCATIONAL)
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ETHNO-HOTEL (THESIS PROJECT)
EXPERIENCE INTERNSHIP KITCHEN RENOVATION STUDIO DESIGN HOUSE RENOVATION
DWELLING UNITS Purpose of the project: Affordable housing for fami-
lies of 3-4 members and senior citizens. Number of apartments: 82 dwelling units, distribuited in two typologies. First typology of 78 m2 of private area all in first and second floor, second typology located only on the second floor and with an area of 110 m2 of private space and 236 m2 counting both patios. Distribution of the parcel: Divided into three equal parts in which the two lateral sides would be for the 82 units and the remain central section was planned for recreation areas.
DESIGN OPERATIONS 1) Apartments of 6x13 m on the first floor.
3) Addition of half a box for bigger apartments.
3-a) New forms on the second floor.
2) Projection of the vertical axis for more units.
4) Exploitation of the roof for gardens and solar panels.
4-a) Circulations and access points.
Design operations:
-> Creation of boxes of 6x13 meters for the apartments on the first floor. -> Projection of the vertical axis for the design of the apartments on the second floor. -> Addition of half a box to create bigger apartments with patios for the dwelling units on the second floor. -> Exploitation of the roof, for the small units this space will be used for solar panels and for the bigger units it will be another patio.
Apartments on the first floor are designed with two green spaces, one in the front court and a private garden in the rear. Unlike the first floor the parking lots for the apartments on the second floor are around the central section of the parcel next to the recreation areas.
PLANIMETRY
GROUND LEVEL
FRONT VIEW
UPPER LEVEL AERIAL VIEWS
ROOFTOP
HIGH-RISE HOUSING Purpose of the project: High-rise housing, no more
than 8 stores per tower (4 towers with recreation areas around them). Number of apartments: 174 units, distribuited in three typologies (58 apartments per typology). First typology of 63 m2, second typology of 75 m2 and the third typology of 97 m2, plus two elevators, staircase and fire escape. Each apartment have independent visuals between each other and the other towers in the parcel; two towers are of eight floors, one of seven and finally one of six floors.
Design operations:
-> Starting by creating an orthogonal parcel grid. -> Creation of a base cross form. -> Rupture and independence of cross form to allow access points plus referencetion of a central point in the parcel. -> Final modification of the rupture giving as a result “H” form towers.
For the facade, a ventilated construction system with open joints was used, this prevents condensation inside the wall and it’s composed of a plastic resin which gives the sensation of natural wood. Additionally this compound doesn’t require any treatment or maintenance for it’s preservation.
DESIGN OPERATIONS
PLANIMETRY: FIRST FLOOR AND SECTION A-A’
1) Orthogonal parcel grid.
2) Base cross form from the grid. A
3) Rupture and referensation of a central point. A’
4) Final modification; “H” forms.
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GENERAL PLAN
AERIAL VIEWS
FRONT VIEW
LATERAL VIEW
MASTER PLAN Purpose of the project: Master plan in Las Cruces
(Btá) that works as a connecting node between this neighborhood and the historic center of the city. Developed area: Three blocks of 4 hectareas in total where there’s gonna be high-rise housing, affordable housing, business center with a hotel area, low scale commerce, cultural and educational equipments; the heritage houses will be renovated and also will have a change of use to fit in with the project. Distribution of the parcels: The first block it’s destined for high-rise housing with over 200 apartments in towers of 10 and 9 stores, and a new mall for the sector. The second block it’s focused on a new school using some of the heritage houses plus the new business center with a hotel with 50 rooms. Finally the third block will have affordable housing with 140 apartments in towers of 5 and 4 stores and low scale commerce.
EXISTING CONTEXT
GROUND USES
Commercial areas
PROPOSED MASTER PLAN
Services
Heritage houses
New high-rise and affordable housing
Cultural equipments
Public space Connectivity
Nearby equipments Existing public space
CONSTRUCTED AREA PER USE
ROOFTOP VIEW
High-Rise Housing: C.A.: 28’966.4 m2 Affordable Housing: C.A.: 7’459.9 m2
Big and small scale commerce: C.A.: 38’525.8 m2
Cultural and educational equipments: C.A.: 4’057.2 m2
FRONT FACADE
Heritage houses (17 houses): C.A.: 3’114.7 m2
POLYTECHNIC Purpose of the project: Minimize the current pollu-
tion of this sector with the creation of a technological center for the student of Tunjuelito (Btá) this will teach them the proper use and handling of tanneries. There’s going to be over 25 classrooms and workshops for the students, plus recreation zones right outside the building. The project also counts with a library and an auditorium for the use of the entire community. Design operations: For the design were taken into account the diagonals axes that are into the parcel along with axes of wind direction; then proceeded to create irregular but functional volumes with the intersections that conformed these axes. The public space counts with several gardens, due to the lack of parks next to the parcel, these gardens are combined with water mirrors that will highlight details within the project.
Facade envelope: > Aluminium envelope: Blinds with an angle of inclination that allows to filter light indirectly and cut the wind. > Glass envelope: Glass panels attached to a metallic structure, this allows greater access of natural light. > Equitone envelope: High density fiber cement boards with different types of color termination, this protects the facade while keeping the spaces fresh.
DESIGN OPERATIONS
1) Isolation of future public spaces and gardens.
2) Diagonal axes and wind direction axes for the base idea of the volumes.
PLANIMETRY: FIRST FLOOR AND SECTION E-E’
3) Irregular figures based on the axes, and the level of each volume is determined.
AERIAL VIEW (IMPLANTATION)
AERIAL VIEW (IMPLANTATION)
AERIAL VIEWS (CLOSE UP)
AERIAL VIEWS (CLOSE UP)
PEDASTRIAN VIEW
ETHNO-HOTEL For the degree project, we worked in the middle
Guajira, thanks to it’s proximity to the capital (Riohacha), it’s flora, fauna and the presence of the ethnic community (Wayuu). The main problems of this region are the lack of hotel infrastructure and the loss of the Wayuu architectural identity. The intention of the project is to promote the relationship of the tourist with the Wayuu community with a low impact hotel based on the vernacular Wayuu architecture.
MAIN PROBLEMS
Lack of hotel infrastructure; large corporations such as Sheraton propose these huge hotel complexes that damage the local landscape.
LOCATION
There were reinterpretation of the typologies of the
Enamada (center of the social Wayuu activity) and the traditional cabin which is the habitable and most private part inside the Rancheria, so that within the project they function as the restaurant/bar and the rooms. The value of the fabric and it’s meaning for the community are also taken into account, in order to integrate them into the facades of the entire project.
Urban centers Connecting trails Sea Saltworks Desert forests
Manaure Parcel Sea Saltworks Desert forests
Pre-existing green areas Multi-use trails Sea Neighbors
Lost of traditional Wayuu construction materials; use of industrial materials that break the traditional local landscape.
DESIGN DETAILS
CONSTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE & REINTERPRETATION OF TYPOLOGIES
1) 2) 3) 1-2) Fabrics made from wood fibers impregnated with thermosetting resins (HPL). 3) Laminated structure composed of multiple splinters and wood chips that create OSB boards.
Cutting, drying and mooring process of the Yotojoro (local cactus used in the Wayuu construction), technique that we will use in the project for facade and roof panels given its qualities for thermal comfort.
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1) Reinforced concrete beam 2) Metallic joint (wood-concrete) CONSTRUCTIVE DETAILS 5 1 3) Metallic union (wood-concrete) in U 4) Wooden joist 5) Wooden beam 6) Tounge and groove wood deck 1
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1) Yotojoro sections (50x1300 mm) 2) Yotojoro rods 3) Belts (100 mm) 4) Alfardas (150x90 mm) 5) Teak wood beams (250x250 mm) 6) Teak wood columns (250x250 mm) 7) Rotating panels 8) Concrete slab (350 mm)
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1) Copper ridge 2) Teak bolted wooden truss 3) Wooden belts 4) Yotojoro fabric 5) Gutter 6) Coupling tube 7) Teak wood structural column 8) 45* elbow 9) Dry toilet
10) Tile 55.2x55.2 cm 11) 4” PVC pipe 12) Collection chamber 13) Camera drawer 14) Gate 15) Filter 16) Storage 17) 90* elbow 18) Urine separator
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1) Yotojoro sections (50x1300 mm) 11 2) Yotojoro rods 12 3) Belts (100 mm) 4) Alfardas (150x90 mm) 13 5) Joists (185 mm) 6) Gutter 7) Teak structure column 8) Pie derecho (90 mm) 9) Alucobond fabric (840x2180 mm) 1) Yotojoro sections 8) Teak structural column 10) Tounge and groove (50x1300 mm) (170x2890 mm) (20x190 mm) 2) Yotojoro rods 9) HPL laminated fabric 11) Mooring beam 3) Belts (100 mm) 10) Tongue and groove (185x90 mm) 4) Alfardas (150x90 mm) (20x190 mm) 12) Teak structural beam 5) Glutter 11) Welded mesh (90x120 mm) 13) Ceiling (20 mm) 6) Yotojoro panels 12)Foundation slab 14) Mineral wool (90 7) Braces (100x100 mm) 13) Concrete columns mm) 10
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15) OSB sheets (2500x120 mm) 16) OSB boards (120 mm) 17)Welded mesh (90x120 mm) 18) Foundation beam, reinforced concrete 19) Foundation slab 20) Pile
CABIN TYPOLOGIES
RENDERS
Type A: 79.86 m2 4 Cabins
ENRAMADA (Restaurant/Bar)
CABINS
RECEPTION
ROOM BAR
SERVICE AREA
PUBLIC SPACE
Type B: 70.00 m2 4 Cabins
Type C: 79.86 m2 4 Cabins
INTERNSHIP I worked at Cathedral Design and Construction S.A.S. for 7 months for my internship. My duty there was to design architectural plans for curatorship, renders and 3D modeling,architectural surveys and to have a wide communication with the clients and their design suggestions. On my time there I manage to work in the design of 4 projects located in three different neighborhood of Bogotá: 1) Primary school in Fontibon. 2) Grocery store with small high-rise housing on top of it in Suba. 3) Affordable housing project in Suba. 4) Factory of medical uniforms in Alcazares Norte.
BUILDING PLANS SMALL HIGH-RISE HOUSING
Level three Sca 1:100
Level four Sca 1:100
BUILDING PLANS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Sca 1:100
FACTORY VIEWS
KITCHEN RENOVATION First professional project on a building of 16 years old, the main specifications of the client were: - No high shelves - New design and color on the low shelves - New floor tiles - And no more tiles on the walls apart from the laundry room. Remodeling record: - Total area of the kitchen: 9.88 m2 - Budget: 4500 thousand euros - Total cost of the remodeling: 4490 thousand euros - Remodeling projection time: 3 weeks - Actual remodeling time 2 months
Process 1) Tile demolition, high shelving removal. 2) Patch of walls, floor demolition. 3) Low shelving removal. 4) First hand of paint, water point for dishwasher. 5) Installation of new low furniture. 6) New tile instalation.
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STUDIO DESIGN The project consisted of the design and distribution of a 8000 sf studio, demonstrating through 3D modeling the diferent areas within the studio such as the runway itself, fitting rooms, work room, makeup room and lounge.
AERIAL VIEW (DISTRIBUTION)
The open concept predominate with a mixture of industrial and modern design. The first step was to set a clear and functional circulation in the studio, then fraction this into two equal areas, giving more importance to the stage and opting for a non conventional form for it. Then the other half was easily distributed with the changing rooms right next to the wall that divide with the stage, makeup room at the opposite wall and the space in between is destined for the sewing/work room, finally the lounge is right next to the access closer to the stage.
WORK ROOM & LOUNGE
HOUSE RENOVATION The project is based on a 40 year old house where the client take a fancy to have an open concept on the first floor and use properly the second and third floor, without touching the kitchen area or vertical circulation. I focused on creating a clean circulation for the first floor, removing the walls that enclosed the spaces to give a feeling of spaciousness and order.
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Finally the third floor that was used as an attic was expanded and given a new bathroom to be used for a games and entertainment room.
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The second floor continued with this idea by expanding the three rooms and taking advantage of the free space within an exaggerated corridor and adapting the bathrooms for these new rooms.
NEW FLOOR PLAN
A. Living / dining room B. Kitchen C. Bedroom D. Bathroom E. Storage / closet F. Game room / lounge
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AERIAL VIEW (DISTRIBUTION)
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GAME ROOM