ANDREA GONZALEZ
Architect. Interior Design – Furniture Design.
My passion for nature, arts and technology defined me; the ambitious of taking any design to its minimal radical expression, breaking existing boundaries defined my style. An enthusiastic, creative and responsible Architect who enjoys when design goes a bit further. Let’s design the world we want to live in.
CONTACT: Cleyburchstrat 36b, 3039 DE Rotterdam. arq.andreagonzalez@gmail.com +31 0647764715 https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/andrea-gonzĂĄlez-marquez/100/a51/554
ANDREA GONZALEZ
Architect. Interior Design – Furniture Design.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Construction Volunteer with a local team in North Vietnam. Helped to placed parts of a handmade bamboo bridge in a rural area. April 2015 Got involved with properties and utilities of bamboo in a great team.
Spanish / Venezuelan. Eligible to work in EU. Date of Birth: 08.10.1987.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Feb 2015
Construction Volunteer in low-cost villages projects. Thailand Volunteer Network. Bungalow design with bamboo as a natural resource in Southeast Asia
Aug-Nov 2014
Caffeine Conscious Interior design. Coffee store renovation project. Construction details and budget. Freelance. Via Verdi, Florence. Italy.
July 2014 Current
Ucchi and Friends. Lamp collection design. Furniture design thesis FIDI. The products are being prototyping in collaboration with Arch Lapo Binazzi from UFO Radical Group.
Furniture Design Bachelor’s degree. 2013–2014 Florence Institute of Design International (FIDI). Florence, Italy. Thesis is being prototyping in Italy.
May-Aug 2014
Loggia dei Rucellai Exhibition. Interior and lighting design. Design competition.. Beauty and elegance concept for an sculpture exhibition in Florence city centre. Included furniture/stands design, electrical specifications and construction details.
Architect Degree. 2005-2011 Táchira Experimental National University (UNET). Venezuela. For Academic qualifications: http://arquitectura.unet.edu.ve
Feb-May 2013
Peckham Memorial Gallery. Restoration project 195m2. London, U.K. Abandoned Chapel as a potential public space. Proposal community project .
TECHNICAL SKILLS
LANGUAGES
AutoCAD 2D and 3D – Excellent. 3dStudio Max – Excellent. Sketch Up – Excellent. Maxwell Render – Excellent. Corel Draw – Excellent. Photoshop – Good. Revit (BIM) – Intermediate. Illustrator – Intermediate.
English - Fluent Italian - Fluent Spanish - Native Dutch – Intermediate (in lessons) French – Basic
Nogarq Architecture Studio. Margarita, Venezuela. Resident Architect. March 2011- Residential and commercial projects. Planning, interior design, electrical Sept 2012 and mechanical facilities. Meetings with clients. Isla Verde Condominium, Venezuela. High scale residential project under construction. Design and Management assistant. Architectural representation for Pellizzari’s sales department. 2010-2011 Three towers of 7 floors each. 72 apartments with common areas. Structure, planning, interior design, lighting and furniture details. Preacero Pellizzari Construction company in Venezuela. Architect Assistant. April 2009- Planning schedule, technical specifications, statutory regulations. Dec 2011 Connecting with clients. Handmade scale models. Site Supervision.
Master of Architecture in Interior Design. 2013-2015 Florence Institute of Design International (FIDI). Florence, Italy. For references and qualifications: http://www.florence-institute.com/
OTHERS Immediate availability. References available on request.
SELECTED PROJECTS 1. PUBLIC PROJECTS 1.1 PECKHAM MEMORIAL GALLERY Restoration proposal. Location: Caroline’s garden Chapel, Peckham. London, U.K. 1.2 LOGGIA DEI RUCELLAI EXHIBITION Interior design competition. Location: historical centre. Florence, Italy. 2. COMERCIAL PROJECTS
2.1 YAKINIKU RESTAURANT Architectural project Location: Isla de Margarita, Venezuela. 2.2 HOTEL DELLA’ REPUBBLICA Interior Design. Location: Piazza della’ Repubblica, Florence, Italy . 2.3 CAFFEINE CONSCIOUS Interior Design. Renovation project. Location: Via Verdi. Florence, Italy.
2.4 SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO Interior Design. Location: Borgo Ognissanti. Florence, Italy.
3. RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS 3.1 ISLA VERDE CONDOMINIO. Architectural project Location: Tachira, Venezuela. 3.2 TORRE DEL GALLO CONDOMINIO Interior Design. Location: Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
4. FURNITURE PROJECTS 4.1 UCCHI LAMP COLLECTION 4.2 BASTET SOFA 4.3 EASY SOFA DESIGN
4.4 QUAVER EASY CHAIR DESIGN 4.5 SHINE ON STOOL DESIGN
P E C K H A M M E M O R I A L G A L L E R Y. 2014. Restoration proposal. Interior design.
Location: Caroline’s garden Chapel, Peckham. London, U.K. Software: AutoCAD, 3DsMax, SketchUp, Photoshop. About project:
Founded in 1827, Caroline’s garden chapel, forms the heart of London’s largest complex of almshouse, originally known as Asylum. In the interior walls are placed several tablets to the memory of benefactors who helped build the chapel. Most of these carved stone memorials are still there. During the second world war, Asylum was bombed and chapel was almost gutted by an incendiary device, with exception of its important stained-glass windows and carved stone funerary monuments. Although the cottages still in use as social housing, the chapel was abandoned.
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The aim of this restoration proposal is to focus on the chapel as a potential public space that can be use for art projects, exhibitions, or as a social place. The project take over the 195 m2 on each level to welcome on the ground level to a reinforced altar as a memorial gallery, to a mezzanine with the essential furniture or to connect with the restored basement that offer a coffee area, toilettes and bookshelves.
. ACTUAL CONDITIONS CHAPEL EXISTING CONDITIONS
MEZZANINA WAS DESTROYED ON WWII.
GROUND FLOOR. REINFORCED ALTAR. MEMORIAL MONUMENTS GALLERY
BASEMENT RESTORATION. EXISTING STAIRS. COFFEE. BOOKS. TILL. TOILETTES
VIEW FROM ALTAR. REINFORCED WALLS
VIEW FROM MEZZANNINA. RESTORED ALTAR.
MEZZANNINA. BALANCED MATERIALS. OPEN SPACE
GROUND LEVEL. OPEN SPACE
STAIRS TO BASEMENT. SEMI PUBLIC SPACE
COFFEE AREA ON BASEMENT
PECKHAM MEMORIAL GALLERY
BASEMENT SOCIAL AREA / BOOKSHELVES ARE PART OF THE WALLS
READING AREA. MINIMAL DESIGNED FURNITURE.
PECKHAM MEMORIAL GALLERY
LOGGIA DEI RUCELLAI EXHIBITION 2014. Interior design. Furniture design, construction details.
Location: Centro historico da Firenze, Florence, Italy. Software: AutoCAD, 3DsMax, Photoshop. About project: Florence is a walking art gallery by itself. Most of the museum are private and there is certain need for public art galleries that are connected directly from the street. This project is the solution for a summer exhibition in the main street of the city, reason why a square is restored with two benches that welcomes the visitor juts by taking a look from outside. The concept is the ideals of beauty and elegance in its minimal expression working in function of the proportion of the space and the geometrical bases of Italian Renaissance. Glass faรงade is in contrast with a dark mate element that work as captation to the entrance. The project includes furniture details, the stand box for statues details with electrical specification and the metal gate with sliding doors details as well. The statues to be placed are Apollo, Diana, Aphrodite kneeling, male and female torsos, an entablature and a sarcophagus.
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ENTRANCE
LOGGIA GLASS FAÇADE. PIAZZA DESIGN.
AXONOMETRIC VIEW WITH SECTIONS.
PROPORTION OF RENAISSENCE. ELEGANCE AND BEAUTY IDEALS. MINIMALISM
5cm BLACK GRANITE -TILES LAYER OF BONDING ADHESIVE 2cm LAMINATED WHITE GLASS LED BACKLIGHT SYSTEM
IN-SITU CONCRETE BLOCK ELECTRICAL WIRES
BENCH DETAILS
BLACK MATE PAINT STEEL TUBULAR STRUCTURE 4cm STEEL PANELS PAINTED SLIDING DOORS SYSTEM STEEL TUBULAR STRUCTURE STEEL SOPPORT HOOKED TO PANELS
METAL GATE DETAILS SUPPORT LAMINATED GLASS CUTTED 2cm RADIUS METALLIC SUPPORT 2cm LAMINATED WHITE GLASS LED STRIP BACKLIGHT SYSTEM 3cm FROSTED GLASS ELECTRICAL WIRES
5cm BLACK GRANITE
STAND DETAILS BLACK MATE PAINT 4cm STEEL PANELS PAINTED STEEL TUBULAR STRUCTURE STEEL SOPPORT HOOKED TO PANELS LED BACKLIGHT SYSTEM
2cm LAMINATED WHITE GLASS
ENTRANCE DOORS DETAILS
SALA TORSOS, ENTRANCE. CRISTAL BOX.
SALA APHRODITE. WELCOME BUSTOS. BASIC GEOMETRY.
ENTRANCE DOOR. FADING BOX DECOMPOSITION
SELF ILLUMINATED STANDING BOXES.
LOGGIA DEI RUCELLAI EXHIBITION
YA K I N I K U R E S TA U R A N T
2011. Planning, interior design. Lighting, mechanical and drainage facilities.
Location: Costazul Shopping centre Isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Software: AutoCAD, 3DsMax, SketchUp. About project: Located in a business area in Margarita Island, Venezuela; Yakiniku restaurant is taking over of 463 m2 which allows a delicate interior design and satisfy the requirements for 198 seats in the restaurant area. Encloses a VIP room, an intern garden, toilettes and an industrial kitchen with the measures and commercial specification. The drainage facilities plans are included, mechanical and electrical installations and furniture detail plains as well.
Built project.
Hanging lamp concept
YAKINIKU FACADE
ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING
MECHANICAL PLANNING
ELECTRICAL PLANNING
YAKINIKU RESTAURANT
H O T E L D E L L A’ R E P U B B L I C A 2013. Interior Design, Lightning.
Location: Piazza della’ Repubblica, Florence, Italy. Software: AutoCAD, SketchUp, 3DsMax.
SOCIAL
About project: PIAZZA
An academic contest in Florence compelling Hotel Della’ Repubblica, an elegant and classical hotel in the city centre searching for a renovated focus on the interior design of the rooms. Standards, suites and a main suite are required in two levels of 335 m2 each, taking in consideration a minimal interior design based on the perception of the city, without adding extra elements to the existing rooms, keeping the vertical circulation and making a direct reference of the visual elements getting by the tourist.
PRIVATE
MAIN SUITE LEVEL
Florence is Renascence, is about Brunelleschi’s perspective, pure geometry with grey and white soft colours, narrow corridors leading to the piazza, terracotta floors and natural light that showers the space in its total elegance. PIAZZA
STANDARD AND SUITE LEVEL
STANDARD ROOM
SUITE ROOM
TRANSITION CLOSET-ROOM-BATH
MAIN SUIT BALCONY
MAIN SIUTE SOCIAL AREA
HOTEL DELLA’ REPUBBLICA
CAFFEINE CONSCIOUS
2014. Interior Design, Lightning, logo, furniture, budget. Location: Via Verdi, Florence, Italy. Software: Revit, 3DsMax. About project: Caffeine Conscious is a designed coffee store with seating area and kitchenette, based on the Italian style of taking the morning coffee as a fast-social interaction. The project takes 52 m2 which are adapted to the functional and commercial requirements. The name is a proposal that goes together with a fresh modern environment.
SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO 2013.Restoration project, Lightning.
Location: Borgo Ognissanti, Florence, Italy. Software: 3DsMax. SketchUp. About project: The project takes place in an abandoned chapel in Borgo Ognissanti with the influences of Baroque Italian style. Nowadays is property of a hotel complex that bought several properties leading this chapel as the reception because of its original historical character. The idea is organize the space with the minimal amount of changes to the building, organize it around one elemental piece of furniture working as the reception without blocking by any way the complete view of the lobby. A main painted is relocated to its original place and several walls are cleaned up and working with plaster to cover up additions made trough the years.
ENTRANCE
ACTUAL CONDITIONS
PROPOSED RECEPTION. BALANCED COMPOSITION INCLUDING NEUTRAL COLORS AND SOFT MATERIALS WORKING WITH TENUE LIGHT CREATING THE DRAMATIC SHADOWS THAT REPRESENTS THE ITALIAN BAROQUE.
ISLA VERDE CONDOMINIO
2011.Architectural project, planning, structure, lighting and electrical planning.
Location: Tachira, Venezuela. Software: modelling in Revit Autodesk. Render in Maxwell Render. About project: Isla Verde is a residential deluxe building, conformed by three towers, 7 floors each. The project includes 72 apartments with a smart design, including the development of common areas like the swimming pool, gym, social room, leisure room and parking basement. The architectural representation of Isla Verde includes the 2d CAD plans coloured in Corel Draw, the entire modelling of the project in Revit Autodesk, photorealistic images rendered in Maxwell Render and a detail scale model. Going beyond the basic two-dimensional design, starting from the Virtual Modelling System under the concept of BIM (Building Information Modelling) project management, I was able to perform the modelling in Revit and exporting to Sketch Up, to design custom furniture and obtain photorealistic images in Maxwell Render.
ARCHITECTURE
BIM MODEL
REAL SCALE MODEL
ISLA VERDE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT
ISLA VERDE WEBSITE: http://www.islaverdecondominio.com/site/islaverde/
TORRE DEL GALLO CONDOMINIO 2014.Restoration project, interior design.
Location: Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. Software: 3d StudioMax. SketchUp. About project: An abandoned square shaped structure in the peripheries of Florence bought to build a condominium with several apartments, all including natural light and private entrance, without make any change to the external walls that work as a box. The proposal includes 2 floors with duplex apartments and a terrace working as a studio.
EXISTING STRUCTURE
SECTION
SECTION
PROPOSAL
1st FLOOR DISTRIBUTION PLAN TWO DUPLEX APARTMENTS.
2nd FLOOR DISTRIBUTION PLAN MEZZANINA DUPLEX
DUPLEX
3rd FLOOR DISTRIBUTION PLAN 2 STUDIO WITH TERRACES
DUPLEX
UCCHI AND FRIENDS. LAMP DESIGN 2014.Furniture project.
Software: 3d StudioMax. Photoshop. About project:
Ucchi and Friends is designed for the busy-life people, those who don’t really have the time to own a pet, but they like the idea of companionship when they get home at night. Companionship from a pet when you enter your home or when you are taking a tea before going to bed.
UCCHI is the main character of a lamp collection based on animal playful shapes, resembling puppies in its cute cubical body made of furnished wood. The main idea is to play with the routable legs that allow you to adjust the direction of the light wherever you like.
SIDE VIEW
FRONT VIEW
The final product is an static animal in the minimal expression of the shape, providing you light and sounds, including a sound recorder device on the bottom so when you turn on the light it gets activated and you can hear your dog barking, your Miaw’s cat or the beginning of your favourite song.
Sketches
Energy-Efficient lighting. Diffused LED Bulbs / Low powered light. The LEDs are covered by a dimpled lens which spreads the light out over a wider area (there is no need to covered the spread of light). Have a standard base which fits common lamp sockets. Can remain on for extended periods with a minimum heating inside, reason why the low panel (the belly) is left open so the heat can circulate.
UCCHI LAMP
B A STET SOFA
2014.Furniture project. Modular sofa design.
Software: 3d StudioMax. About project: Bastet takes reference in the Goddess of cats, the God of protection, love and joy. Is a modular sofa based on simplicity and comfort, build in a geometric composition, with foam and steel structure, inspired by the shape of a cat, a Goddess animal that always gives you the sense of resting.
TOP VIEW
FRONT VIEW
SIDE VIEW
EA SY TR IA NGL E SOFA 2013.Furniture project. Easy sofa design.
Software: 3d StudioMax. About project:
Easy Sofa is designed thinking ahead in comfort. Comfortably shapes, indulging yourself to lay down in it. Lost of foam covered in synthetic leather or colorful fabrics. A classical shape with a few innovated details breaking the typical sofa idea,a geometric shape that wraps the sofa as a whole.
SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND STOOL DESIGN 2013.Furniture project. Easy sofa design.
Software: 3d StudioMax. About project: Based on a Pink Floyd cover, the triangle prism shape takes a glamorous touch, playing with its vertices the stool gives a visual impression of sitting down on a diamond. The cushion relays on the aluminium structure and the sitting down becomes an exquisite experience. The stool is conformed by an aluminium structure covered with 5 flat panels made in Dichroic Plexiglas allowing the passage of light.
TOP VIEW
Shine.On
FRONT VIEW
SIDE VIEW
QUAVER. EASY CHAIR 2013.Furniture project. Easy chair design.
Software: 3d StudioMax. About project:
Quaver is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of the whole note. The concept is to design a comfortable and low chair that can be use 1/8 of the duration of the day based on a Quaver shape, using the fewer components as possible. The seat becomes the backrest and the armrest elements provides stability. Quaver is based on simplicity, is a divider of the space, curved elements define the shape of the chair. One element for sit and backrest and another element for armrest and stability put together by 2 screws in each element interception.
ANDREA GONZALEZ
Architect. Interior Design – Furniture Design. Cleyburchstrat 36b, 3039 DE Rotterdam. arq.andreagonzalez@gmail.com +31 0647764715 https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/andrea-gonzález-marquez/100/a51/554