portfolio
armando romero jr mando8811@gamil.com (512)939-1487
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prada store
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prada store proposal 2nd year studio
eixample block
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urban intervention in barcelona 3rd year studio
vervela
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social mediator 3rd year studio
artfarm compound
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studio+ residential development 4th year studio
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resume 2007-2012 6406 Dorchester Dr. Austin. TX 78723 512-939-1487 mando8811@gmail.com
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education
Texas A&M University College Station | TX Bachelor of Environmental Design | Architectural Studies August 2007 | May 2012 Architecture Studios: Designed house model | Prada Store | Civic-center | Social-Sustainable High-rise | Fire Station | Art-farm Compound GPA | 3.10 Pursuing Masters in Architecture.
study abroad Universitat Politecnica De Cataluyna Barcelona | Spain Spring Semester 2010 Architecture Studio: Urban Design
travel Barcelona | Amsterdam | Rotterdam | Utrecht
publications
Prada store | featured in THEOREMAS Social Mediator | Multi-Program Building for the Favela | featured in THEOREMAS Experimental structure | featured in ARCHONE
interests
skills
languages
Sustainability Digital Design Commercial Design Residential Design Materials Architectural Tectonics
3D Programs: Maya | Rhino Drafting:
AutoCAD
Rendering:
V-ray | Mental-ray | Maxwell-Render
Graphics: Craft:
Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign Woodworking | Digital Fabrication
English and Spanish
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prada prada store proposal
prada store houston, texas by armando romero jr this project was about a proposal of a new prada store located in downtown houston. this project was all about the exploration of curved geometry to generate the sensuality and elegance of prada. the black exterior was the reflection of a new prada bag. with a red interior for the perfect atmospherically condition. this model was design digitally and physically fabricated. The model composed of a series of sections that were laser cut, and join together to form a single piece building.
prada aerial + perspective
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prada exterior & interior images + sections
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eixample block urban intervention in barcelona
eixample block urban intervention 22@ barcelona, spain by armando romero jr & marcia gibson
this project is about developing one of cerdà ’s eixapmle blocks to generate social sustainability by designing a civic center.
this project began by analyzing and mapping sun and shadow projection. the amount of sun and shadow were mapped and number based on the direct exposure. the two maps were overlap to generate a new map. the map was used to manipulate the geometry of the building and site a civic center with a green roof that tapers down into the central courtyard to maximized the amount of sun and public space the civic center provides
eixample block mapping + process
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Grass
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Study Room Association Rooms
Exhibition Hall
Mediateca Reception
Polivalent Space
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eixample block site + plans + sections
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vervela
social mediator
vervela multi-program building for the favela paraisopolis, sao paolo, brazil reviewed by gabriel esquivel, mark gage, brennan buck, alex pincus, paul preissner, and cody davis by armando romero jr
this project confronts the issue between the community and the city and the city to the world through the implementation of a highly affectual skyscraper. a social mediator, a programmatic high rise attach to the favela, with the city’s social services and cultural programs in the hearth of sao paulo merging a slum to the city. this mega high rise is all about skin as structure, an exoskeleton system that supports itself and the interior system, these tube structures will also inhabit all mechanical systems and vertical circulation. the skyscraper will merge into the favela’s existing infrastructure generating a continuous favela
vervela site + relationship to the community
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Main Mech. Room
Markets Main Electrical Room
Banks
Cafeteria
Social Servises Storage/ Mech/Elec
Athletic Facility
Indoor Soccer
Elevators
School
Culture Facility
Mechanical Floors
Clinic Elavtors/ M-E Sys.
Parking
vervela program |systems diagrams + wall sections details
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art farm compound studio+ residential development
artfarm compound serenbe community in georgia by armando romero jr & emau vega
this project was about developing an art compound, composed of artist’s studios and living modules and the integration of mixused service facilities that both the artist and public could enjoy the concept is about the form language and the message that the building is given to its users. the concept began with a simple cube. then divided into hamlets derive from their program relationship, these connected with a central courtyard based on the building type requested. circulation and architectural language began manipulating the form. the site steep topography was a major influence in the orientation of the compound. the relationship between private and public program reorganized the form. using the guides from the axis created, the housing was dis attach but integrated into the final artfarm compound design.
artfarm compound
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artfarm compound floorplans + wall section & details
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