Selected Works by Astrid.Mayak

A S T R I D

B.ARCH / M.ARCH / M.U.P

M A Y A K SELECTED WORKS //

2009 - 2019

// ARCHITECTURE / URBAN PLANNING

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TABLE OF CONTENTS p.20-27

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Housing Together

Saving is Buying

Urban Planning Core Studio

Option Studio Abroad at OMA Rotterdam

Fall 2017

p.28-37

Kay Idantite Architectural Association Haiti Visiting School AAUK

Spring 2017

Barbie House Pavilion

Summer 2016

p.14-29

reCYCLO: Architectures of Waste Option Studio Fall 2018

p.48-65

My Grove

Other projects

Urban Planning Option Studio

01. Manzana 02. A Toll on the Environment 03. Three Houses

Fall 2016

resume/cv Contact Phone: +1 (215) - 767 -3567 E-mail: astrid.mayak@gmail.com acamaguinaga@gsd.harvard.edu

Work Experience Office of Metropolitan Architecture

Address: 3 Sumner Rd, Apt. 33 Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

Jan 2017 - May 2017

O.M.A./A.M.O. Rotterdam - Research Assistant Research Studio led by Rem Koolhaas and A.M.O. for the upcoming Countryside exhibition and book (NYC Guggenheim Museum 2019).

Spanish

Level: Native

English

Level: Advanced

French

Level: Beginner

Education Harvard University GSD

Aug 2016 - May 2019

Urban Planning - M.U.P. Masters in Urban Planning Graduate School of Design (2 yr professional program) Architecture - M.Arch II

Harvard GSD Design Discovery LinkedIn: - LinkedIn.com/in/Astrid-Cam30a81177 - Issuu.com/AdiCam - Archinect.com/AstridCam

Language

Masters in Architecture Graduate School of Design (2 yr post-professional program)

Apr 2018 - Jun 2018

Volunteer

Program Assistant Provide assistance with the Design Discovery program outreach, planning, and organization. Responsibilities included general office and other miscellaneous duties as required.

Architectural Association AAUK General Coordinator Peru Trek 2018

Harvard College

Oct 2016 - Jan 2017

First-Year Programming Intern Responsible for helping to plan and run social events for the Class of 2020, which allow students community-building opportunities in coordination with the Fellow for First Year Programs.

Norristown Area School District

Oct 2014 - Jun 2016

Coordination of travel details, itinerary, scheduling tours and meetings with government officials; as well as tourism activities during the trek. Harvard University Association of Peruvian Students (HAPS) May 2018

Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

AA Visiting School Haiti Bamboo Core House design with an emphasis on sustainability, earthquake and hurricane resilience and workshops between Port-auPrince and Marmelade. Complementary Course

University Ricardo Palma

Mar 2009 - Dec 2013

Architecture - B.Arch Bachelor in Architecture School of Architecture and Urbanism (5 yr program)

Bilingual Community Liaison

Skills Microsoft Office

Assisting the district with its overall goal of effectively communicating with students, parents and other constituencies, for whom English is a second language.

Rhinoceros

AutoCAD 2D & 3D

Sketch-Up + VRAY

Photoshop

InDesign

Illustrator

ArcGIS

Grupo Icono S.A.C.

Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

Architectural Intern

Ladybug

3D Printing

Grasshopper

Model making

Assist in all aspects of architectural design such as presentations for clients, to drawing and correction/modification of residential and commercial projects, maintaining project files and submit them for permit evaluation.

Oficina Lista E.I.R.L.

Jan 2012 - Mar 2012

Design Assistant / Draftsperson Using design software, to draw and edit furniture models upon client request. Assist in the design of melamine furniture and supervise the assembly in the workshop.

Architecture for Humanity

Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU

Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

International Studio Lima Megacity

Project: Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home (Vineyward Community of Hope)

Workshop/Urban Research

Location: Andhra Pradesh, India Architect/Volunteer in team design and outline. Philadelphia Chapter July 2014

Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

Collaboration between NTNU and the URP (University Ricardo Palma).

Temple University IELP Intensive English Language Program English as a second language course Bridge program

Jan 2007 - Mar 2007

7 Awards Research Travel Grant

Activities

Nomination for Submittal of “My Grove” Project for 2016 Platform GSD

Climate Leaders Program at Harvard University

Harvard Graduate School of Design - Publication

Harvard University Asia Center

Member of the Inaugural Cohort 2018-2019

Funded research trip to Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Phillipines and Thailand) for work related to study grassroot responses to flooding and climate change.

The Climate Leaders Program for Professional Students at Harvard is a new student-led, faculty-advised program for Master’s and professional doctorate students across all Harvard graduate schools, developed in partnership with the Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE).

August 2018

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Funded research trip to Puerto Rico as part of a student group effort to study the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and Irma in the Caribbean. January 2018

Best Studio Student Basic Studio Group 3 Arq. Carlos Salas del Carpio University Ricardo Palma July 2009

October 2018 - May 2019

https://www.climateleadersprogram.com

Event Coordinator of the Harvard University Association of Peruvian Students (HAPS) Harvard University Student Group Executive Board (Elected)

Sept 2016 - July 2018

Serve as Event Coordinator and Director in the Executive Board of the Harvard University Association of Peruvian Students, which is a nonprofit university-wide organization composed of students, professors, alumni and researchers from all schools of Harvard University interested in Peru.

Jan 2017

Interview to Harvard professor Daniel D’Oca and graduate design student Astrid Cam Aguinaga to discuss a recent project to undo legacy of segregation in St. Louis through urban design projects. http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/harvard-class-takesunusual-approach-designing-solutions-segregation-housing-stlouis#stream/0

‘Next City’ interview feauturing “My Grove” Project ‘Designers Offer Fair Housing Ideas for St. Louis Region’ [article]

Nomination for submittal of Urban Planning Studio ‘Affirmatively Further: Fair Housing After Ferguson’ Final Project Work for Harvard GSDs annual publication and exhibition.

Founder of the Research Group in CEA (Student Center) at the School of Architecture University Ricardo Palma Student Organization

Dec 2012 - Dec 2013

Working alongside other student organizations and conducting academic research in topics such as The Rimac River Project (Rio Verde) and its surrounding neighborhoods.

President of the Student Council of the School of Architecture and Urbanism

Nov 2012 -Nov 2013

University Ricardo Palma - Student Representative (Elected) As part of the School of Architecture’s council, which contained representatives of professors, students and the Dean working together to create projects, organize events and serve as a school government unit.

St. Louis Public Radio 90.7 FM Interview with Don Marsh St.Louis on the Air radio interview about the “My Grove” Project

Dec 2016

Jan 2017

Interview with Jen Kinney for a written piece on NextCity.Org https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/fair-housing-ferguson-harvardgraduate-school-design

9 The project looks to tackle any material wastage with the bamboo onsite. The upstairs ‘galri’ (gallery) space and the project has options of both internal or external vertical circulation to allow for one or two occupants in the finished house.

kay idantite ‘Identity House’ (in Haitian Creole) Bamboo as a means for improvement on the built environment Architectural Association Haiti Visiting School Critics: John Naylor, Rose DiSarno, Nancy Leconte Summer 2016

Group work Astrid Cam (Architect - Design and Rendering), Jupille Facile (Haitian Civil Engineer - Structures), Presna Parnel (Haitian Construction Worker - Advising)

Kay Idantite

Summer 2016

01/ Subtitle.

Metal Sheet Roof Cover

The task was to design a 25sqm â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;core houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with a structural system which can be constructed with a minimal variation of components. This home was to be earthquake resilient, and resistant to hurricane winds of 80 m/s.

Bamboo Stick Inner Roof

The home must utilise a species of bamboo which grows in Haiti, however not limited only to using bamboo for the rest of the construction. This house was intended to be replicable by others in the community who can learn from the construction and use the finished building as reference.

Bamboo Core Structure

Balcony Screen Variation

Bamboo Section Screens

Bamboo Floor

Concrete Foundation

Bedroom

Bathroom

Kitchen Area

Gallery/Balcony

Kay Idantite

Summer 2016

Rainwater Collection System.

Secondary Collection Point

House Level

Side Elevation

Interior View from the Gallery

Interior View from the Balcony

Primary Collection Point

Filter Ground Level

Water Collection Tank

Access to water tank from the outside of the house

Close up view of the panels

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MY GROVE Use of the Additional Dwelling Unit as a means to fight gentrification Urban Planning Option Studio - Harvard GSD Critics: Daniel D’Oca Fall 2016

Fall 2016

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21 Housing Together AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP THROUGH HOUSING COOPERATIVES

3 ...Dreaming of your own home? Love living within a supportive community of neighbors?

The American Dream is now affordable!

housing together Promoting affordable housing through housing cooperatives Urban Planning Core Studio 1 - Harvard GSD Critics: David Gamble, Ana Gelabert-Sanchez, Lily Song and Sai Balakrishnan Fall 2017

Housing Together

Fall 2017

01/ Description. The Housing Together Project is part of a proposal to create a non-profit organization within the community that would advocate and assist with the formation of Housing Cooperatives. The project consists of an innovative way to implement limited-equity housing cooperatives on land leased from the “Housing Together” initiative ‘s community land trust. In the diagram below, the four major stages of the Housing Together process are outlined and explained.

STAGE 2 Residents who want to participate in the program partner with their local CIC to start the process.

STAGE 3 The CIC acquires land through a community land trust process and assigns a 99-year lease for the coop.

STAGE 4 Through the partnership between the CIC and the coop-residents, a housing cooperative is formed and the apartments built, allowing for people to access an affordable scheme of homeownership.

STAGE 1 Local residents who are interested in forming a housing cooperative get together and organize.

Housing Together

Fall 2017

Developers build houses and sell them to either property investors or directly to owners

DEVELOPERS LAND HOLDERS

OWNERS

02/ Objective. Treating housing as a commodity means that we see it as something that can be traded like other commodities – we see it as a kind of money, like diamonds or gold. We treat housing as something that has more value in its trading potential than its use potential, which is wrong when we think of housing as something we need to live. But because we see housing as a commodity, a property investor will purchase a set of properties in order to sell them and make more money later on. That’s what’s driving the property market higher and higher. Housing as a commodity means that we’re seeing ridiculous developments in apartments and houses – inefficient and short-lifespan glass-walled condos, because they have better views and increase the commodity-value of the housing unit. All kinds of material improvements that drive the cost of a house higher, while not changing its use-value – and the use-value of a house is relatively stable, since everyone needs a house.

Prices in the current housing market are driven higher and higher because of all the layers of profit built into them

Land holders own land and sell it to developers for a profit

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Snap commodified housing and wait for the value to appreciate, and then sell it for a profit By de-commodifying the land acquisition process through community land trusts we can increase affordability

Reduce level of profit built into housing and make it accessible and affordable

Housing Together

Fall 2017

Community Investment Cooperatives

Technical assistance/ Development Management Finance Plan

Design a new ‘Model’ of co-habitation

Family 1 4-5 members Shared Common Spaces

Family 2 4-5 members

03/ Model. It is also possible to suggest a ‘new’ model of cohabitation within the housing units. Taking from the Co-housing movement, two families could potentially share the same apartment. Sharing the kitchen, living/dining room and other communal spaces, while maintaining some spaces of their own, and most importantly their privacy. It is possible to imagine what these new apartment units would look like if we arrange the spaces in a way which would promote communal living without taking away more private spaces for each family.

Shared Green Spaces

barbie house pavilion Creating an architecture pavilion using problematic un-recyclable materials, using waste as an architecture material reCYCLO: Architectures of Waste Option StudioHarvard GSD Critics: Caroline Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell Fall 2018

Barbie House Pavilion

Fall 2018

01/ Plastic toy lifecycle.

02/ Anatomy of a Barbie.

Vinyl

(hard vinyl compound)

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Sale

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The approximate number of Barbies gone to landfill in the past 40 years.

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Barbie House Pavilion

Fall 2018

03/ Photographic Studies.

First iteration

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Module Complete back

Axonometric exploded view of the module

Barbie House Pavilion

Fall 2018

03/ The Module. The premise of the studio was to utilize problematic materials (un-recyclable) as a building material for the design of an architecture pavilion. For this particular project, the Barbie Pavilion, Barbie dolls had to be disassembled first, as each part of the doll represents a different type of plastic that while together would be impractical for the recycling process. Using each part of the doll as a metaphor for layers of a construction material, the legs were first assembled to provide structural support for the basic construction module. Later, the bodies and heads would be installed as the layer of the facade, and lastly the remaining arms and heads for a weaving rich texture that will denote the interior layers of the block.

Barbie House Pavilion

Fall 2018

04/ The Pavilion. The pavilion then becomes assembled by a lego-like building blocks array of the basic module, creating a varied texture both for the interior and exterior of the pavilion. It was modeled after a typical doll house aiming to become an architectural representation of a Barbie house (a house made of Barbies). Its look remains â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;unfinishedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as any other lego-like toy set would be in the hands of a playing child. It aims to represent not only the goal of continuously collecting material (un-recyclable Barbie dolls) but to create an awarenesss of the problematic mass production of these toys.

Close up look of the Barbie House Pavilion rendering

Creative rendering of the Barbie House Pavilion

COUNTRYSIDE Future of the World

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saving is buying Exploring the trend of private land conservation while taking a closer look into the future of the countryside as the scenario where it develops. Research will be part of the Countryside exhibition by OMA/AMO. Option Studio Abroad at OMA Rotterdam Harvard GSD Critics: Rem Koolhaas Spring 2017

OMA /AMO Countryside Studio Research Harvard GSD Spring 2017 Astrid D. Cam Aguinaga

Mount Fitzroy, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina Source: Patrick Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien (2015)

Saving is Buying

01/ Nature Conservation.

02/ Protected Areas.

The conservation of nature and its resources have taken many forms throughout history. However, in times when global warming is rapidly changing ecosystems around the planet and forests are being devastated by human activities, alternative initiatives seem necessary in order to halt the destruction of nature. and individuals respond. The current trend of conservation in Latin America shows how wealthy foreign individuals seek to save areas of wildlife by buying up land in one of the world’s most remote places: Patagonia.

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This situation allows for the proliferation of private conservation schemes, that show a rich variety of models, all of which (individually or in partnership with local communities or government agencies), are equally interesting to explore for their level of success and innovation in protecting nature.

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Photograph: Chilean Patagonia Fjords near Pumalin Park (2017) Author’s photograph (Astrid Mayak)

Spring 2017

John Malone

Terrestrial protected areas: (% of total land areas) Totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientiﬁc reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use.

As for nature conservation efforts in South America, there is evidence pointing to the fact that the current trend of wealthy individuals acquiring land to protect it is mostly concentrated in the Patagonia region between Chile and Argentina.

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Saving is Buying

Spring 2017

03/ Foreign Land Conservation.

DESIRED CONSERVATION SCENARIO

The amount of land acquired for conservation in South America, that we have data on, shows an incredible 5.6 million acres which would be equivalent to a little over half of a country like the Netherlands. At the top of the list is Douglas Tompkins and wife Kris Tompkins, with over 2 million acres (as part of individual landownership and their foundations) followed closely by the Benetton group and George Soros.

SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION?

ACADEMIA CONSERVATION FOUNDATIONS

DEEP ECOLOGY CONSERVATION ECOLOGICAL ACTIVISM

What this account of foreign landowners aims to do is to show how varied the actors in this trend are, how different their visions of what is an eco-friendly use of their land is (from more efficient sheep ranching to mere philanthropic conservation) and how much land is actually now in foreign hands, raising concerns over national sovereignty within local government officials and the public opinion.

PHILANTHROPIC CONSERVATION LAND ACQUISITION

ECOPHILANTHROPISTS

PRIVATE CONSERVATION (SAVING=BUYING)

CONSERVATION NGOs

CONFLICT-FREE PRODUCTS

PRIVATE PROTECTED AREAS ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE

LAND DONATION FOR NATIONAL PARKS

Private Land Total = 5.6 million acres

BIODIVERSITY/ NATURE PROTECTION LAWS

Co-founder of The North Face and Esprit (Tompkins) Former Board member of Patagonia, Inc. (McDivitt) Net worth: $xxx million Nationality: United States Land: 2 million acres in Chile and Argentina Land use: Conservation

The Benetton Group Net worth: $xxx million Nationality: Italy Land: 2 million acres in Argentina Land use: Sheep Ranches

George Soros Founder, Soros Fund Management LLC

Johan Eliasch Head N.V.

Net worth: $600 million Net worth: $25.2 billion Nationality: Sweden and Nationality: Hungary and United United Kingdom States Land: 400,000 acres in Brazil Land: 1 million acres in Brazil Land use: Carbon Offsets and and Argentina Logging Land use: Biofuels and Ranches

GREEN MARKETS INTO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

STATE PROTECTED AREAS

STATE DEBT FORGIVENESS

UN-STATE/ GOVERNMENT CONSERVATION

Luciano & Carlo Benetton

MORE EFFICIENT AGRICULTURE

BIOFUELS

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCIES

Douglas Tompkins & Kris McDivitt

REDD+ PROGRAMS

ECOTOURISM

John Malone

Ted Turner

Liberty Media

CNN

Net worth: $7.6 billion Nationality: United States Land: 100,000 acres in South America Land use: Ranches

Net worth: $2.3 billion Nationality: United States Land: 100,000 acres in Argentina Land use: Raxx

Joseph Lewis Tavistock Group and Hard Rock Cafe Net worth: $5.6 billion Nationality: United Kingdom Land: 37,000 acres in Argentina Land use: Ranches

Sylvester Stallone Celebrity (Actor)

REFORESTATION CARBON OFFSETS

WORLD CONSERVATION

Joe Wells TBD

Net worth: TBD Net worth: $400 million Nationality: United States Nationality: United States Land: 21,000+ acres in Land: 30,000 acres in Argentina Argentina Land use: Ranches Land use: Ranches

Saving is Buying

Spring 2017 Sylvester Stallone

Ted Turner

CHILE ARGENTINA George Soros

John Malone

Douglas Tompkins Luciano Bennetton

04/ Private Patagonia. The Patagonia region is one of the ares of highest concentration of foreign land ownership for conservation purposes. It is a vast geographical region, mostly kept wild until only a few decades ago, when national governments tried to expand their agriculture frontiers into the deep south. One of the first questions that arise from this finding, is: “What makes this area of South America so attractive to these eco-philanthropists?” In areas where the state shows little interest in conservation, and great interest in bringing them into the country’s economy, private conservation initiatives are trying to transform former sheep and cattle ranches into national parks. This is the case with Chilean and Argentine Patagonia.

Joseph Lewis

Joe Wells

One of the most notable figures in this conservation movement in the south of the continent, is Douglas Tompkins and wife Kris Tompkins (former McDivitt), closely followed by the Benetton brothers and George Soros. With more than 1 million acres of land owned by each one of them, they are at the center of neocolonialist concerns by the local communities and governments of such areas.

Satellite View of the Region Source:Google Earth (2017)

Saving is Buying

Spring 2017

Bubble diagram for key word frequency and intensity for the news articles revised from 1999 to 2014, highlighting category of source; local or international. (n=7) Own elaboration (2017)

A Gated Community (The Atlantic) -1999

Millonarios compran ecoimperios - 2007

The great green grab (The Guardian) - 2008

Save the Planet? Buy It (The Telegraph) - 2008

El Nuevo Mapa de Conservacion (Que Pasa) - 2010

Confesiones de un millonario atipico (Revista Noticias) - 2011

05/ Analysis.

The entrepreneur (The Atlantic) - 2014

It is possible that wealthy philanthropists in the 21st century are increasingly growing concerned about the environment. Perhaps, some of them are indeed trying to keep the world ‘green’. Some, might go even further, and invest in protecting nature’s most valuable forests by creating private parks. And some, will try to save what remains of nature by buying it.

property/propiedad government/gobierno Investment/inversion Struggle/Lucha Park/parque Tompkins environments/medioambiente forest/bosque nature/naturaleza economic/economico People/personas/gente/pobladores Buy/compra Patagonia

Key word frequency bar graphic for news articles revised from 1999 to 2014. (n=7) Own elaboration (2017)

energy/energia pristine/pristino land/tierras ecology/ecologia conservation/conservacion development/desarrollo

Photograph: Pumalin Park, at the Caleta Gonzalo entry point (2017) Author’s photograph (Astrid Mayak)

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other projects Miscellaneous projects I have worked during the course of my studies both undergraduate (B.Arch) and graduate (M.Arch II/MUP). 2010 - 2017

Manzana

Undergraduate work - 2010

Each individual project was assembled together to display its location within the neighborhood studied.

Manzana. Mapping the city (Lima) and The housing project Second Year Undergraduate Studio University Ricardo Palma Critics: Arq. Freddy Valdivia and Arq. Rafael Rios 2010

The analysis of the typologies of spaces found in the area was important as every space in the project was influenced by them.

Manzana

Undergraduate work - 2010

01/ Description. Manzana takes place in the context of the city. The assigned task is to map a specific designated area of downtown Lima. The exercise consists of taking measurements and drawing urban and architectural plans. Through this experience, we familiarize ourselves with the surrounding environment; learning the different characteristics and routines of the neighborhood and its residents. The exploration of the city serves as context for the rest of the semester and it is the main component of every project throughout the studio.

Manzana

Undergraduate work - 2010

Plans of the project. 1' 2'

03/ The Design.

1' 2'

There are four types of apartments in this housing project in the plans above. They vary mostly in the number of bedrooms and the size of the shared spaces. Individual Project

Ground Level

Level 3

1' 2' 1' 2'

Section 2 - 2’ 12 12

Level 1

Level 4

1' 2' 1' 2'

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Section 1 - 1’

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Level 2

02/ The Housing Project.

Level 5

Front Elevation

The idea behind the Housing Project is the relationship between the “container” and the “contained”. Its design consists of a big container that just like a big tree it holds the contained spaces in its structure, leaving ample space for neighbor’s interaction, playspace and with most of the apartments enjoying 360 degree views. Individual Project

Highlight of the Individual Project within the assembly

A Toll on the Environment

Graduate work - 2018

Greater Lowell Area Mapping Lowell’s Industrial Era Settlements

An Industrial Utopia

A Toll on the Environment Mapping Lowell’s Industrial Past Legacy Massachusetts Urban Planning Core Studio 2 - Harvard GSD Critics: Daniel D’Oca, Stephen Gray, Kathy Spiegelman and Frederick Merrill Spring 2018 Map key:

Industrial site Walking radius Immigrant settlements

Air Pollution Economic Benefit

CO2

A Toll on the Environment

Graduate work - 2018

Greater Lowell Area Mapping LowellÊs Post-Industrial Era Urbanization

Greater Lowell Area Mapping LowellÊs Projected Future Urban Development

The Deindustrialization Legacy

A ÂCleanerÊ Growth Machine

Map key:

Industrial site

Map key:

New Industrial sites Industrial site Transportation radius New Industrial sites Immigrant settlements Transportation radius Immigrant settlements

Air Pollution Economic Benefit

CO2

Air Pollution Economic Benefit

CO2

Three Houses

Undergraduate work - 2013

three houses Designing new housing typologies and spatial relationships Memoria Studio Fifth Year Undergraduate Studio University Ricardo Palma Critics: Arq. Juvenal Baracco 2013

The design considerations taken into the Three Houses project intend to portray a new housing typology for mid-density in the city.

Three Houses

Undergraduate work - 2013

01/ Description. The purpose of Memoria Studio was to be able to take relationships and translate them into spaces. With Three Houses it is perfectly accomplished, by assuming the task of designing three different houses for three different types of families all within the same plot of land.

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First Level plan

Hand-made model of the Three Houses Scale: 1/100 A’

Section A-A’

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Second Level plan Section B-B’

Three Houses

Subtracting overlapping quadrilaterals to create the contrast between built mass and open space

Undergraduate work - 2013

Family Type: Young couple with small children Two Story House: Spaces are suited for the type of lifestyle of the users, with ample double height spaces in the social areas. Shared Spaces: There are two distinct areas in the house; the ‘living’ area and the ‘leisure’ area. Implemented with a guest room, play room, indoor garden and library.

Family Type: Senior couple One Story House: Avoiding the need for star and maximizing accessibility for seniors. Shared Spaces: Kitchen, dinning room and living room are guaranteed to have views to the outside and distributed for optimized circulation.

02/ Transforming typologies. The Three Houses have the same architectural language and have been fitted inside the plot with precision, according to each of it’s owner’s needs. Inspired in the house typology called ‘Quinta’ -very popular in Lima in its republican years- it emphasizes its design in the semi-public spaces it shares in between the limits of the private property of each house, thus creating interesting social opportunities for the neighbors to relate to each other without any competition for space but in harmony.

Family Type: Married Couple with teenage kids Two Story House: In order to place more emphasis in the privacy of the older kids and the parents, as well as to create a higher space to guarantee views to the street. Shared Spaces: Controlled and contained spaces create situations where relationships can be kept strong within the family members.

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