Antonio Corral PORTFOLIO
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Thesis design
Unboxing the mall
Autonoma UABC (Universidad Baja California)
Otay Commercial Center Analysis of the site reveals numerous obstacles preventing students and others from using the site. There are only two main entrances and two main exits. People living facing the back of the mall cannot enter from their houses. There is a lot of noise since the two main highways surround the site. The site is in need of a connection to the students and the neighboring houses. There is a lack of housing in Tijuana and with the population increasing, a lot of people are moving to the outskirts of the city. It will be important to create different typologies of housing surrounding the strip mall to keep people from sprawling. At the same time, providing housing for students and amenities is a key to creating a successful masterplan.
USA International Border Airport
UABC
Otay Commercial Center
Fig. 4.12 - Existing Conditions
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SORIANA
HOSPITAL SEARS
WOMEN’S CENTER
RECREATIONAL CENTER
LIBRARY
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Residential/civic buildings Commercial/mixed-use buildings
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The Masterplan: The final masterplan shows how the Otay Commercial Center was unboxed and made into an open shopping center. The Otay Commercial Center was transformed into an enduring, walkable, and integrated open-air, mixed-use development. The primary design focus is on pedestrians. The masterplan adds smaller blocks and many open spaces to encourage walkability and help with people’s health. It will be anchored by retail, dining, and vertically and horizontally integrated residential and office uses. It will include a central plaza and parks that will host different activities.
Ultimately, the program creates a dense, selfsustaining, walkable community that has a strong residential component and a strong connection to its surroundings. The Otay Commercial Center will be a place where people can live, work, and play. The shopping center itself is designed to have commercial in the first floor and residential on the second floor. The building uses local materials such as steel, concrete and wood.
Existing Conditions Commercial: 608968.8 ft2 - 14 ac Residential: 334540.8 ft2 - 7.7 ac Proposed Masterplan Gross Floor Area: 5176199.62 ft2 - 119 ac Built-up Area: 2000240.73 ft2 Required Green Area: 1034635.68 ft2 Net Floor Area: 3623339.73 ft2 Mean Number of Storeys: 2.59
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Program goals and objectives The objective is to create a livable complete community for students and neighboring communities. Ideally, students and other residents will work and cycle to the site, enjoying retail, dining, and recreation opportunities. The program will also include a variety of typologies that will create density in the area. LAND USE DATA - MIXED-USE Gross Floor Area: 629501.82 ft2 - 15 ac Built-up Area: 214193.96 ft2 Net Floor Area: 440651.27 ft2 Mean Number of Storeys: 2.94 Total = 12 Buildings LAND USE DATA - SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES Gross Floor Area: 367,947.24 ft2 - 8 ac Built-up Area: 347808.44 ft2 Net Floor Area: 243465.91 ft2 Mean Number of Storeys: 1.0 Total = 237 Houses LAND USE DATA - TOWNHOUSES Gross Floor Area: 607134.54 ft2 - 14 ac Built-up Area: 303567.27 ft2 Net Floor Area: 424994.18 ft2 Mean Number of Storeys: 2.0 Total: 338 Townhouses LAND USE DATA - PARKING STRUCTURES Gross Floor Area: 775194.1 ft2 - 18 ac Built-up Area: 193798.52 ft2 Net Floor Area: 542635.87 ft2 Mean Number of Storeys: 4.0 Total = 8 Parking Structures
Currently in Tijuana, population is growing on the outskirts of the city. Rapid growth has created a need for housing. The new project will provide housing to the center of the Otay community. By incorporating single family housing, townhouses and apartments, the project will create a place for people to stop sprawling.
LAND USE DATA - COMMERCIAL Gross Floor Area: 389851.43 ft2 - 9 ac Built-up Area: 389851.43 ft2 Net Floor Area: 272896.0 ft2 Mean Number of Storeys: 1.0 LAND USE DATA - CIVIC BUILDINGS Gross Floor Area: 1290106.81 ft2 - 30 ac Built-up Area: 252236.86 ft2 Net Floor Area: 903074.77 ft2 Mean Number of Storeys: 5.11 Total = 7 Civic Buildings LAND USE DATA - APARTMENTS Gross Floor Area: 854953.56 ft2 - 20 ac Built-up Area: 233160.62 ft2 Net Floor Area: 598467.49 ft2 Mean Number of Storeys: 3.67 Total = 19 Apartments LAND USE DATA - OFFICES Gross Floor Area: 281909 ft2 - 6.5 ac Built-up Area: 65623.63 ft2 Net Floor Area: 197154.25 ft2 Mean Number of Storeys: 4.29 Total = 10 Offices
LAND USE DATA - GREEN AREAS Gross Floor Area: 1500468 ft2 - 34 ac
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AERIAL PERSPECTIVE PROPOSED MASTERPLAN 10
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE EXISTING CONDITION
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RENDER - NEW OTAY COMMERCIAL CENTER 12
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PERSPECTIVE SECTION 15
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Repurposed
Industrial Building
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Perspective Section
Section showing the designed restaurant with a bar on the basement and an outside plaza. Originally the building was a powerhouse. It was repurposed as part of a revitalization in Dogpatch, San Francisco.
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Storage
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Bathrooms Kitchen n
Walk-in Cooler
1st Floor Plan 14'-7"
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2nd Floor Plan / Office 20
10'-10"
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8'-8" 14'-4" 20'-8"
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13'-11"
56'-0"
16'-10"
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20'-0" 129'-0"
Basement Floor Plan
Outside Perspective
Outdoor Perspective 21
Clay Tile Roofing For the roof on top of woood
Stucco For Main Walls on the outside
Wood Flooring For the space where tables are, outside patio and indoor areas.
Concrete Floors For basement and 1st floor.
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Steel Beams Beams to support the interior and used on ouside eating area.
Steel cables Tension cables to support the outside structure hanging from the wall.
Stone For outside patio on the basement, facing the street.
Exploded Axonometric
Exploded axonometric shows how the building has been structure. It shows the materials that are being used and how the outside and inside were repurposed. I designed an outside structure that can be used as an outside eating area looking out to the plaza. Basement was made into a gathering space and a bar. Double Windows Higher efficiency for all the taller windows and bottom doors.
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Elementary School
Yantalo Peru
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Aerial Perspective
This project was done between myself and Stephen Graham. The purpose was to design a simple school for a community in Yantalo, Peru for kindergarden, first grade, and second grade students with plan on expanding the school to have more students. The simplicity of design creates an unabrasive addition to the Yantalo community by arranging the classrooms around a central courtyard.
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2nd Grade and Library Windows in classrooms facing towards the central courtyard are placed higher as awning windows primarily to solve visually seeing the distraction from people walking outside or having recess.
Kindergarden and 1st grade Classrooms
The Classrooms are color-coordinated by grade to create an outside learning environment for the students and to allow for a subtle hierarchy between the classes.
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Vignette 1
Vignette 2 29
Top View
Perspective 30
Aerial Perspectives
The central courtyard has many purposes similar to the stage and the soccer field. It acts as a social gathering space for students and teachers, an outdoor cafeteria, and the trees in the central courtyard offers an additional view of nature in a safe setting.
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Gliderport
Torrey Pines
Site Plan
Gliderport designed in Torrey Pines. Included Glider storage, public gathering, store, and reception.
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First floor plan 35
Second floor plan 36
Sections 37
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Entrance to the Forum
Rome, Italy
Perspective View 40
Exploded Axonometric 41
Section 42
Shadowing Circulation Diagram 43
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Sketches
& Models
Sketches
Top -Temple of Poseidon. Right - Etruscan Temple.
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Sketches
Right - Falling Water Bottom - Villa Savoye
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Models
Models that I have built throughout architecture program.
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