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Belén García-Izquierdo
“Architecture is what nature cannot make. Architecture is something unnatural but not something made up.� Louis Kahn
BELÉN ANTONIA GARCÍA-IZQUIERDO CARMENA vvlwmn@hotmail.com__(0034) 680650200__(0049) 17687764541 Birth: 13 June 1992, Spain Place of Residence: Hamburg,Germany
PERSONAL PROFILE A highly motivated and creative fifth-year student of architecture with work experience. I am an enthusiastic, reliable designer, with great knowledge in CAD programs, graphic design and video programs as well as good communication skills. I am used to work in a team or independently, taking responsible decisions when needed.
EDUCATION 2014: Exchange Program at Hafen City Universität in Hamburg. 2010-2014: Bachelor inArchitecture (5th year, ongoing). Technic Superior School of Architecture of Madrid. Main speciality: Architectural Analysis graded with Honors. 2008-2010: Baccalaureate in Scientific. Final grade 9.4 out of 10 at Colegio Ntra. Sra del Buen Consejo in Madrid. State exam to give entry in Architecture with final grade 12.51 out of 14.
AWARDS 2012
Metion for the Participation in the International Architecture Competition Instant House.
SKILLS Graphic Design
Able to work with PC and Apple. For Design: InDesign, Office Packet and Autocad. High command in Photoshop and Illustrator. For 3D model: Revit and SketchUp. Hich command in Rhinoceros. For rendering&animation: Artlantlis and Cinema 4D. For Video: After Effects.Knowledge in digital&analog Photography. High command in PremierePro.
Language
Spanish English German Italian
Leadership 2011-2014: 2012-2014: 2014: 2010-Now:
Native language Advanced certified with C1 level. Certified with B2 level Certified with B2 level Student representative for the Composition Department at ETSAM. Cloister UPM Student representative for the meeting of the Correspondents Membership of assotiations as Madstock in Madrid or Kampnagel in Hamburg.
WORK EXPERIENCE 2014-Now: 2012-Now: 2011-Now: 2007- Now: 2007-Now: 2014: 2012-2013: 2011-2012: 2008-2011:
Video designer for Final Project’s presentations. Photographer Assitant in “ZQQZ” architect studio. Maths, Physics and Technical drawing teacher to prepare students for the state exam to entry to a degree. English teacher for children with Attention Deficit. Typing transcriptions. Designer of the entire image of “Skyline club”. Model for Llongueras and Daniel Canogar. Event organizer
OTHERS 1997-2009: Professional Grade on Piano studies. 2012-2014: Sport: Rugby Team player
COLLECTIVE PROJECT ROUND M30 Covering approximately 400m, the biggest problem was the fact of crossing the m30, starting on one side and ending up in the opposite one. The Sao Paolo Museum Lina Bo Bardi has been used as main reference to set the basis of the most important point of the project: the creation of a mega-structure that will save a distance of 130 meters. This structure consists of a truss of 13 meters, on which platforms are hanged. A series of holes gives daylight. Because of the distance between each platform (10 m), we can put on them duplex flats. Furthermore, since the residences around that area have a high density, this project tries to make the neighborhood breathe, creating a community full of green zones and light areas. In short, this project is an improvement to the neighborhood and solves the problem of communicating both sides of the m30 for the continuation of the joint project.
UP-M30-HOUSING
Madrid
2010
COMPOSITION PLAZA DEL REY The first hurdle in this quiz is to build an underground parking whose configuration allows the pedestrian flow to Gran VĂa Street. With the intention of giving consistency to the scheme requirements, the solution revolves around the construction of cylindrical structures. A group of four platforms will end up with the slope of this surface. Therefore, the museum is built beneath the square, so the entrance to the gallery hall could be reached going down the stairway of the biggest cylinder. This underground area creates an atmosphere of being in a maze. One of the main bullet points in this project is the connection between the ground floor (the square) and the museum underneath it. The cylinders have two features: some of them can be used as urban furniture meanwhile all the cylinders allow daylight to enter into the lowest level. The copper contributes to create an amazing game of reflections and shadows.
SQUARE+MUSEUM
Madrid
2011
FISHMARKT IN ESSAOUIRA The project is located in the Moroccan city of Essaouira. The aim was to create a new market to replace the previous one. Since the old fish market is built on an artificial platform, take the sea as a point of reference in our project. Analyzing the planning of the city's, the first intervention recreates the act of "sewing", thereby sewing the streets to the sea it generates the geometry of the platforms proposed in this project. Leaving the traffic on the ends we can find a completely passable on foot market, where the loading and unloading of goods does not block the pedestrian traffic. The gateways allow us to get into the sea, main point of this project. The water provides light, reflections and connects the whole internvention with the true nature of the city.
FISHMARKT
Essaouira
2012
HOSTEL IN LISBON The project requires the creation of a hostel in Alfama neighbourhood. It is taken the structure of an abandoned industrial building. The complex consists of two zones: a public one (3 ships) for concerts, exhibitions, etc. and the private one (2 ships) exclusively dedicated to the hostel.
As we have seen in other famous projects, such as the Matadero of Madrid, taking advantage of the existing structure, coupled with a new one, a series of platforms are added on which the housing modules can be slid. We will use a hydraulic valve to perform this action. The distribution of the hostel is divided in two parts. The first part corresponds to common areas including bathrooms or kitchen. Stairs and offices also occupy this fixed location. The second part is basically dedicated to bedrooms. To do so, they are going to be designed a group of rooms, which can be joined one each other to create continuity among the rooms to give space up to 30 people, depending on the needs designed.
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HOSTEL
Lisbon
2013
INHABIT BRIDGE, OPORTO Always approached from the structural standpoint, we face the challenge of accommodating the dwelling house within a mega structure. Location, type and structure are at our discretion. Thus it was decided to locate the project in Oporto, a city with a high population density, and place the housing within the megaestructura left to our design. Its structure consists of a triangular parabolic arch, on which rests the upper platform and hangs the lower one. Over this first platform a subway track crosses it, while the second is intended for automobiles. In both platforms we can find walkways for pedestrian traffic. On the other hand, the housing posed is a zero energy home. Facades and groundcovers transform these containers in passive houses with constant views to the city river.
MEGASTRUCTURES
Oporto
2014
URBAN INTERVENTION IN BATAN The project is located in a strategic area of Batan neighborhood. Analyzing the neighborhood, it was concluded that there was a high population density so it was decided to make a series of constructions above the existing towers of Saenz de Oiza. This radical idea, however, has a fairly conventional column structure, with the difference that they have about 40 meters high and are external to the towers, serving these as a timely support to reduce sagging. In addition to the network perimeter pillars, two communications towers are projected as two major structural cores that also allow the access to the building. The main feature of these buildings is to collect the public space of the neighborhood, which is scarce and poorly organized, and to concentrate it above the towers. They are projected the most diaphanous plants which allow the program that harbor, being able to find open spaces like green zones or an aviary, as well as endowments that the district does not have like a library, kindergarten or sports centers and others.
ON TOP
Madrid
2014
MIXED SKILLS CONTEST: Instant House, Milan Located in the city of Milan as a project to house students within the campus, a buried house is proposed to save on cooling costs. A basic single room was designed whose ground level roof implied the possibility of a topographic variation. GRAFIC DESINGS Project designed as a renewal of the Skyline's Club image in Madrid. It is intended to give the room a personal nature which may be easily recognized not only by the young audiences but also for consumers looking for dinners, private parties, etc. VIDEO CHANNEL In the youtube channel "BelĂŠn Antonia GarcĂa-Izquierdo" you could find a selection of animations and videos made in both university and work domains. It coversthe fields of filming, animation and postproduction.
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CONTEST
INSTANT HOUSE
Milan
2012
GRAFIC DESIGN
Madrid
2013
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