ANDRES PESTANA ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
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THE HIGH MARKET
The “High Market�, located in Guelph, Ontario, focuses on a holistic living experience providing users with spaces to live, shop, eat, exercise, entertain & hang.
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SAVANNAH PIERS
The concept of Savannah Piers is a proposed urban development that serves as a model neighborhood for the existing Historic Downtown Savannah to follow in the future.
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MUSEUM OF ART & DESIGN
The Houston Museum of Art & Design is an iconic museum for all things related to design & art, set to be located in the city of Houston, Texas.
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SAVANNAH F.C. STADIUM
The Savannah F.C. Stadium, home of the professional soccer team of the city of Savannah is a multi-purpose stadium set to be located in the Savannah Historic District.
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SINAIA TRANSIT STATION
The Sinaia Transit Station is a multi-function passenger terminal set to be located in the mountains of the city of Sinaia, Romania.
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CARACAS CLINIC
The Caracas Shoulder Clinic is an Outpatient Clinic for shoulder specialists with a specific focus on physical therapy, set to be located in the neighborhood of San Roman in Caracas, Venezuela,
THE HIGH MARKET The “High Market�, located in Guelph, Ontario, focuses on a holistic living experience providing users with spaces to live, shop, eat, exercise, entertain & hang. The market promotes a highenergy environment that is both refined and sophisticated in the form of a human showcase that builds on the social interaction generated from food, its consumption and the discourse about its effects on people.
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THE HIGH MARKET: PROGRAM The “High Market”, located in Guelph, Ontario, focuses on a holistic living experience providing users with spaces to live, shop, eat, exercise, entertain & hang. The market is designed to be accessed through all 360 degrees without the interruption of parking and service spaces, These spaces have been segregated to an underground structure that itself allows the creation of two different exterior levels through the manipulation of the site. The market space itself is designed to act as the heart of the building by tying up the various programmatic areas in the building through a grand, multi-story high open space. Divided up into two levels to support the diversity of products being sold, the market is then flanked by restaurant and retail wings to support its activities. Acting as a beacon to the west of the main entrance, a multi-story tower houses offices, educational spaces and restaurants at the very top. On the east side of the building, a 3 story class-A living space sits above one of the commercial wings, while towards the back of the building, an auditorium and a multi-story gymnasium serve the purpose of a human exhibition for health and active living.
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The building connects the different areas in terms of space, program and typology through a variety of exterior and interior environments.
The existing site is divided into two different levels to provide a variety of exterior support spaces and to allow the introduction of parking and service areas below the programmatic spaces.
Service & Parking spaces are segregated to street adjacent areas and underground spaces in order to reduce their effects on the walkability and enjoyment of the diverse programmatic areas.
The building’s glass clad façades are oriented towards the sun to passively heat the building in the cool climate of Guelph, Ontario.
The market’s roof structure is designed to collect water and passively support the residential and commercial spaces with the reduction of external grey water necessities.
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SAVANNAH PIERS The concept of Savannah Piers serves as a model neighborhood for the existing Historic Downtown Savannah to follow in the future. Some driving forces in our concept development include the intregration of water into the city, redefining the historic ward system and sustainability. The ward system is a major design influence currently within Savannah, we plan to improve the current standard and influence the rest of Historic Savannah. This urban area would be useful and attractive to all demographics, including but not limited to; local residents, tourists, students and staff of all business types.
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SAVANNAH PIERS: PROGRAM Savannah Piers serves as a model neighborhood for the existing Historic Downtown Savannah to follow in the future. Some driving forces in our concept development include the intregration of water into the city, redefining the historic ward system and sustainability. The ward system is a major design influence currently within Savannah, we plan to improve the current standard and influence the rest of Historic Savannah. This urban area would be useful and attractive to all demographics, including but not limited to; local residents, tourists, students and staff of all business types. The development includes four residential building blocks that conform two reimagined modern wards housing a variety of retail spaces, amenities and residential units. On the Sotheast corner of the development, a beacon acting as the entrance to the Savannah Piers provides an enjoyable covered exterior area along with a small office block for use by city officials. On the Southwest corner, the largest edifice in the development withholds a major parking structure that sits below a commercial hub that connects to the new Savannah Cultural Center on the water. As transitional elements in the center of the development, stand alone buildings serve for professional and educational purposes while connecting the residential blocks to the extending piers into the Savannah River.
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HOUSING PROGRAM
HOUSING VIEWS
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All of the residential units in the building are designed to house individual urban farming to add a selfsustainable characteristic.
The Modern Wards are designed to house all of the areas needed for residents to fulfill their basic needs while enjoying a diversity between public, semiprivate and private spaces.
The building blocks are designed for all of the apartments to have views towards the Savannah River and the reimagined “squares� in each of the modern wards.
The Urban Development follows a slope from the Highest point on the Southwest corner to the lowest on the Northeast corner at the Savannah River.
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By creating an organic river edge with extending piers into the Savannah River, the proposed development revives the relationship of Downtown Savannah to one of the Unites States’ most important waterways.
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HOUSTON MUSEUM OF ART & DESIGN The Houston Museum of Art and Design aims to put the city of Houston on the map by promoting contemporary art, design, style and fashion. The Museum’s goal is to boost Houston’s recognition in the United States and the World as a capital for all things related to design and art, allowing individuals the opportunity to thrive in a well-rounded creative environment. The Museum takes inspiration from Houston’s abudant street art and aims to recreate this scene within an architectural composition that will define a cultural identity for the city and develop into an icon.
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HOUSTON MUSEUM OF ART AND DESIGN: PROGRAM The Houston Museum of Art and Design is a 80,000 square-foot building that is divided into three stories which withhold diverse programmatic areas. Located on the bottom floor, the lobby, restaurant, gift shop, offices and service spaces take up most of the building’s perimeter areas while the changing galleries conform the center of the structure. The second floor conforms only a smaller area located on the perimeter of the west and south of the museum where part of the restaurant and gift shop share the space with staff offices. On the third floor, the auditorium shares the space with the primary galleries and a central courtyard that allows the display of different outdoor exhibitions and acts as an outdoor intermission area. The museum is intended to be experienced linearly. Visitors will travel from the main entrance on the first floor, to the primary galleries on the third floor through a 50-foot-tall lobby located to the right. The primary gallery sequence ends with the auditorium on the northernmost area and the courtyard at the center of the structure. Visitors will then exit onto the courtyard and make their way down to the changing galleries on the first floor. The changing gallery sequence leads back to the lobby, thus entering and exiting the museum from the same space. The Museum also features a two-level underground parking structure that holds up to 250 vehicles and is complemented with exterior areas that will act as support spaces for the museum galleries, auditorium, restaurant and gift shop.
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Allowed area to build in within the limits of the site in Houston, Texas.
The northern corner of the building is lifted to generate an architectural condition that creates intreague while serving as the main entrance to the Museum.
A central space is cut out from the building form to create a courtyard that serves as an intermittent space in the journey throughout the exhibitions.
The Houston Museum of Modern Art serves as an iconic hub for the city of Houston where all things related to design can be displayed to the public..
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SAVANNAH F.C. STADIUM Savannah F.C. Stadium is the proposed home for a professional league soccer team in Savannah, GA. The stadium is set to be located on the site of the Savannah River Street Landings, a proposed future expansion for the downtown historic district of the city. The stadium establishes an identity for the first professional sports team of Savannah with the aim of creating a diverse attraction for all generations of the Savannah population.
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SAVANNAH F.C. STADIUM: PROGRAM The Savannah F.C. Stadium, home of the professional soccer team of the city of Savannah is a multi-purpose stadium set to be located on the grounds of future downtown historic district expansion, the Savannah River Landings. The Stadium is designed to host a vast array of sporting events and large-scale musical performances, as well as provididing the space for a perimetral shopping center. Divided into three levels, the Stadium encompasses two rings of bleacher seating along with private boxes for team executives and sponsors.
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The Stadium’s main circulation is located on the four corners of the structure, providing sufficient means of egress for the large scale assembly.
The Stadium hosts a perimetral shopping center, providing a year round use for the structure.
A service entrance located on the south-east corner of the Stadium provides access for large scale vehicles into the stadium.
The Savannah F.C. Stadium provides a perfect destination for users of all ages to come together and enjoy various entertainment related events.
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SINAIA TRANSIT STATION: PASSENGER TERMINAL The Sinaia Transit Station is a passenger terminal set to be located in the mountains of Sinaia, Romania. The building is designed to act as a pathway from Calea Brasovului and Bulevardul Carol I, two streets that are separated by a 32-foot tall slope, and as a terminal for passengers arriving to and leaving from the mountanous city. The building is divided into three levels that host diverse programmatic areas, all vital for the successful performance of the building.
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SINAIA TRANSIT STATION: PROGRAM The Sinaia Transit Station is a multi-functional passenger terminal that is designed to fulfill two main purposes. The building’s main purpose is to serve as a terminal for tourists arriving to and leaving from the city of Sinaia, either by bus or train. The building is also designed to provide a quick connection for pedestrian circulation between Calea Brasovului and Bulevard Carol I, two streets close by to Sinaia’s train station. The terminal hosts a central vertical circulation shaft in order to easily transport tourists from the bottom of the slope to the top, and viceversa. The Sinaia Transit Station is made up by three levels. On the first level, an information desk is located on the left while a designated waiting area is located on the right. On the second level, a double height waiting area takes up most of the space which is conveniently complemented by a café. Lastly, the third level also provides a smaller waiting area located next to a full service bar, while also hosting offices for Transit Station staff members.
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Allowed area to build in within the limits of the sloped site in the mountainous city of Sinaia, Romania.
The concept of the building was born from the shape of the traditional two-way train platform.
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The program is divided into three levels, all of which provide seating areas for tourists and connect the adjacent streets. LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3
The Sinaia Transit Station provides an optimal connection from both ends of the slope while creating a cabin-like atmosphere for travelling tourists.
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CARACAS SHOULDER CLINIC The Caracas Shoulder Clinic is an Outpatient Clinic for shoulder specialists with a specific focus on physical therapy, set to be located in the neighborhood of San Roman in Caracas, Venezuela, The clinic is designed to accomodate doctors and physical therapists in one same location in order to provide a smooth process for patients with shoulder injuries, from initial consultation to discharge from therapy. The clinic’s design is based on the concept of “Positive Distraction” and the subsequent effects that it can have on patients’ recovery process.
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CARACAS SHOULDER CLINIC: PROGRAM The Caracas Shoulder Clinic is divided into three main programmatic areas that have specific purposes. On the first floor, the main lobby is located closest to the entrance in order to guide patients and company to their destination within the clinic. This floor hosts the indoor physical therapy area along with a staff entrance to the north of the building. The sub-level hosts the exterior physical therapy area in which patients can go through therapy in an open air environment that includes a covered exercise space, an infinity pool and an uncovered grass area. On the second floor, doctors’ offices and consulting rooms share the space with interior and exterior waiting areas. These spaces are connected through a vertical circulation tower that serves as a beacon for location purposes.
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Allowed area to build in within the limits of the site in San Roman, Caracas.
Shifting spaces create an exterior terrace overlooking the site and an overhang covering the entrance, distributing the programmatic areas.
The various programmatic areas are separated and oriented diversely to meet the programmatic requirements. A tower encompassing the vertical circulation acts as the link.
The program is divided into three activity specific sectors. Staff area, Consulting Rooms and Doctor’s Offices, and Therapy Areas.
The Caracas Shoulder Clinic overlooks the city of Caracas while incoporating “Positive Distractions” to aid patients’ recovery process.
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“The Caracas Shoulder Clinic, an outpatient shoulder clinic, with a focus on physical therapy. is designed based on studies conducted on positive distraction and it’s effects, merging the concept with the architecture.”
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