ANGIE FIGUEROA ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
4TH YEAR 3RD YEAR 2ND YEAR SUMMER JOB
MIXED USE CULTURAL CENTER PROJECT THE PURPOSE FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO DESIGN A CULTURAL CENTER AND A HOUSING CENTER. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN WALNUT CREEK, CA, IN AN URBAN SETTING. MY MAIN DESIGN ELEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO CREATE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF PRIVACY THAT INTERACTED WITH THE PEDESTRIEN LEVEL.
THE PROGRAM THE PROGRAM WAS SPLIT INTO TWO BUILDINGS. THE FIRST BUILDING WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AS A CULTURAL CENTER. IN THE PROGRAM, IT CONTAINED: OFFICE SPACE, A RESTAURANT, GALLERY SPACE, AND A BOOKSTORE THE SECOND BUILDING WAS PRIMARILY USED FOR HOUSING. tHE PROGRAM CONTAINED: APARTMENTS. HOTEL ROOMS, A LOUNGE, A GYM, OFFICE SPACE AND A LOBBY.
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN BENTON HARBOR FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WORKED WITH PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A SITE FOR A CLIENT. WE TOOK THE SITE AND CREATED A PLAZA THAT WAS FORMED BY THE PLACEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS. ONE OF THE PRECEDENTS WE USED WAS PIAZZA NOVONA, ITALY
PERSPECTIVE FROM THE MAIN STREET
PROGRAM THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO DESIGN A MARKET THAT ALSO INCORPORATED A RESTAURANT AND OFFICE SPACE. ALTHOUGH WE HAD TO DEVELOP THE WHOLE SITE, MOST OF THE STRUCTUAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN WAS FOCUSED ON ONE BUILDING. BELOW IS AN ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING WE DESIGNED.
INTERIOR PERSPECTIVES THE FOLLOWING INTERIOR PERSPECTIVES ARE TAKEN FROM THE MAIN BUILDING WE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING.
RESIDENTIAL HOME, NEW EMPIRE,MI FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WORKED IN ARESIDENTIAL SITE THAT HAD EXISITING HOMES AND HAD LOTS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR DESIGNING A HOME. MY PREMISE FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO ALLOW AS MUCH LIGHT INTO DIFFERNT SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDING. THE LOT I WAS WORKING WITH WAS FACING TWO MAIN ROADS SO THAT ALLOWED ME TO DEVELOP BOTH FACADES IN DETAIL
EUROPE TRIP: WATER COLORING THE FOLLOWING PAINTINGS WERE PAINTED IN EUROPE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FIND REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO IS WATER COLORING. THESE FINAL PAINTINGS DEMONSTRATE THE END RESULT OF WHAT TOOK FOUR WEEKS TO PERFECT.
SUMMER JOB: REDESIGNING EXISTING HOME dURING THE SUMMER, i WORKED WITH RG CONSTRUCTION AND HELPED HIM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE EXTENSION HE WILL BE DOING TO HIS HOUSE. THE HIGHLETED FLOOR IS THE PART THAT i DESIGNED AND ADDED TO THE EXISTING HOUSE.
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