Bernal Pérez - Portafolio 2022

Portfolio Bernal Pérez Gálvez bernal.ftw@gmail.com / bernal@o-ru.mx +52 442 206 8481 IG - VSCO

① Personal

2020

¿Dónde está El Bajío? (Where is El Bajío?)

Graphic excercise through data analysis (GIS) and urban representation.

2021

Periférico a nada, centro de todo (Peripheral to nothing, center of everything) Graphic excercise through analogue photography and editorial design.

② Academic

2018

Observations and recommendations towards public housing Graduation project

③ Professional

2019-20

Medium-Scale Redevelopment Districts as a Model for Sustainable Water Management in Mexico City Water-driven applied research in Mexico City funded by Harvard's DRCLAS

2020

Chapultepec Forest Master Plan Master plan for the Ministry of Culture of Mexico and the Ministry of Construction and Services of Mexico City

2021-22

Pre-feasibility for three projects in the metropolitan region of Bogota Design consultancy for the Inter-American Development Bank and Bogota's Chamber of Commerce 1

① Personal

¿Dónde está El Bajío? (Where is El Bajío?)

Data analysis (GIS) Digital illustration

A piece of land in north-west-central (?) Mexico. From east to west, it starts in Querétaro (or Hidalgo?) and ends in Michoacán, Aguascalientes or some part of Jalisco. It produces the same wealth as the Asian powers and has an accent, It has its own songs and is north of the Lerma River.

An undefined piece of land with a choral history. Inhabited by Chichimecas, Purépechas and, more recently, Mexicans, Koreans and Japanese. Where there used to be hills, now there are automotive assembly plants and housing clusters.

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Pedazo de tierra en el centronorte-occidente (?) de México. De este a oeste, empieza en Querétaro (¿o en Hidalgo?) y termina en Michoacán, Aguascalientes o alguna parte de Jalisco. Se produce la misma riqueza que en las potencias asiáticas y se habla con acento, tiene canciones propias y está al norte del río Lerma.

Pedazo de tierra indefinido y con historia coral. Habitado por chichimecas, purépechas y, más recientemente, mexicanos, coreanos y japoneses. Donde antes había cerro ahora hay ensambladoras automotrices y vivienda en clúster 3

① Personal

Periférico a nada, centro de todo (Peripheral to nothing, center of

everything)

Analogue photography Editorial design.

I grew up surrounded by hills and grass on the outskirts of Querétaro (Mexico's central semi-desert) during the explosion of NAFTA and the automotive industrial corridors. My imaginary of city and landscape has been built by twenty years of inhabiting this condition of indefinition and periphery, of suburban life, territorial exploitation and public-private conflict.

This photographic series and fanzine is a visual essay that seeks to acknowledge the present of the conditions that ground my understanding of common, personal and private space.

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Crecí rodeado de cerros y monte a las afueras de Querétaro durante la explosión del TLC y los corredores industriales automotrices a principios de siglo. Mi imaginario de ciudad y paisaje ha sido construido por veinte años de habitar esta condición de indefinición y periferia, de vida suburbana, explotación territorial y conflicto público-privado.

Esta serie fotográfica y fanzine es un ensayo visual que reconoce el pasado y el presente de las condiciones que cimentan mi entendimiento del espacio común, personal y privado.

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② Academic

Observations and recommendations towards public housing Graduation project

(in collaboration with Miguel Cervantes)

A recycling experiment in the biggest social housing development in the state of Querétaro. As an answer, the exercise proposes a decalogue of good practices for social housing based on habitability, common sense and provocation.

Graduation project with honors (available here)

The exploration is driven by an understanding of its constraints: a spatial approach to a complex and multi-thematic problem. How powerful is spatial design when it is not the protagonist of the discussion?

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③ Professional

Tacubaya

Historic Center

Runoff Tubed runoff Historic city (1857) Highlands Transition soil Lakebed

Medium-Scale Redevelopment Districts as a Model for Sustainable Water Management in Mexico City (with Anita Berrizbeitia (Harvard GSD), ORU and ARZOZ) Research assistant Data analysis (GIS) 3D modeling Urban representation

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The Tacubaya Hydric District is a model for decentralized urban water management in Mexico City; an alternative focused on raising public awareness, informing multi-sector participation and promoting the sharing of responsibilities among stakeholders.

Unlike large-scale conventional gray infrastructure and small-scale green infrastructure, hydric districts offer a more informed and coordinated framework for addressing the water crisis in the Valley of Mexico.

Current water management A linear model of water extraction, pollution and drainage

Groundwater Residual water

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Future water management A decentralized and circular model to store, delay, retain, treat and reuse urban water

Groundwater Residual water Treated water Rainwater Water harvesting Green infrastructure 9

③ Professional

Constituyentes Av.

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Lira Park Av.

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Circuito Interior Av.

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9 10 Peripheric Ring

7 Viaducto Av.

Hydric District strategies: Reveal history Consolidate and expand green space network Urban water as a resource, not as waste

Medium-Scale Redevelopment Districts as a Model for Sustainable Water Management in Mexico City (with Anita Berrizbeitia (Harvard GSD), ORU and ARZOZ) Research assistant Data analysis (GIS) 3D modeling Urban representation

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1. Tacubaya River linear park.

2. Hydric and connection corridors.

3. Interventions in historic buildings’ context.

4. Historical gardens and public spaces.

5. Tacubaya north-south connection project.

6. Lira Forest.

7. Water treatment plants.

8. Market system.

9. Public facilites that produce and recieve treated water.

10. New housing developments (producers and recievers).

Rain and gray water harvesting Treated water use Permeable green space Historic building Viaducto Av.

Circuito Interior Av. Ermita Building

Becerra Market

Belén Mill

Tacubaya Dam

Morelos Park

Patriotismo Av.

Peripheric Ring Lira Park

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12 Bioswale

Observatorio transport hub

Belén Mill

Heat island mitigation

Water harvesting

Bioswale

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Becerra market

Recycled water

Heat island mitigation

Water infiltration

Bioswale

Water treatment plant

③ Professional

Chapultepec Forest Master Plan

(with ORU, the Ministry of Culture of Mexico, the Ministry of Construction and Services of Mexico City and the National Autonomous University) Conceptualization of design strategies Data analysis (GIS) 3D modeling Urban representation

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A fourth section is added to the largest urban forest in Latin America raising questions about its management, protection, cultural centralization and its role (as a cause or consequence) in the strong socio-spatial inequality in the west of the city.

The Chapultepec Forest Master Plan is an exercise of public coordination towards the consolidation of the forest as a living heritage that promotes social, environmental and cultural justice.

Neighborhoods division Density per block (hab/m2) 0.04 - 2.8 0.02 - 0.04 0.014 - 0.02 0.004 - 0.014

State division Municipal division Street network Water bodies Runoffs Environmental Value Area (AVA) Chapultepec Forest

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③ Professional

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Tacubaya River 20

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Vasco de Quiroga Av.

Tacubaya Dam

Chapultepec Forest master plan is arranged in five Environmental Education Circuits.

By preserving the cultural and environmental identity of each section, the circuits connect the forest to the interior (new and existing cultural program) and exterior (public transportation nodes).

In parallel, connectivity and accessibility actions enable the urban fronts of the forest to ensure its impact beyond its administrative boundaries, especially at the southern end.

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Peripheric Ring

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Chivatito Rd. 12 M 10

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9 Constituyentes Av.

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Lira Park Av. M

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Circuit 1:

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Circuit 4:

Circuit 5:

Historic Chapultepec

The Lakes

Parks and Ravines

Tacubaya River

1. Cencalli: House of Corn and Food Culture 2. Lazaro Cardenas House 3. House of Political Culture 4. Molino del Rey Road and surrounding area Casa del Maiz y Cultura Alimentaria (House of Corn and Food Culture) 5. Contemporary Mexican Pavilion 6. Jadín Escénico Acoustic Pavilion 7. Existing Cultural Venues Infrastructure 8. Chapultepec Zoo

9. Environmental Culture Center 10. Natural History Museum

15. Clausell Park and Paso del Conejo 16. Cri Cri Park 17. Urban Culture Park

18. Vasco de Quiroga Chapel 19. Surroundings of the Spring and exteriors of the Vasco de Quiroga Chapel.

20. Pavilion Ex-factory of Gunpowder 21. National Warehouse of Art 22. National Cinematheque Chapultepec 23. Powder magazines

Circuit 3: Dolores Cemetery 11. Memorial Walk 12. Restoration of equipment 13. Restoration of the perimeter fence and accesses.

14. Waste program

Connectivity and accesibility 24. Redesigning of Constituyentes Av. 25. Inner Sustainable Transportation Circuit 17

③ Professional

La

Caijcá

Chía

Chía Park

Pre-feasibility for three projects in the metropolitan region of Bogota (with ORU and Taller Architects) Conceptualization of design strategies Data analysis (GIS) 3D modeling Urban representation

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Due to real estate and urban pressure from Bogota, the northern Sabana (conurbation zone) faces the dilemma of providing urban services to new developments and protecting the ecological structure that articulates the region.

The consultancy to develop three metropolitan projects (a regional network of bicycle mobility, a system of metropolitan parks on the Bogota River and an agro-park) is a link between private initiative and municipalities to imagine a water-sensitive, productive and fair regional future.

Zipaquirá

Ecological Agropark

Neusa River Park

a Cruz Creek Park

Street network Water bodies Runoffs Cyclist network Metropolitan Parks Ecological Agropark

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Portfolio Bernal Pérez Gálvez bernal.ftw@gmail.com / bernal@o-ru.mx +52 442 206 8481 IG - VSCO

Credits

Observations and recommendations towards public housing Photographies by Miguel Cervantes, Adriana del Castillo and Bernal Pérez.

Medium-Scale Redevelopment Districts as a Model for Sustainable Water Management in Mexico City Image selection and photographies by ORU (Office for Urban Resilience).

The view of Tacubaya from Chapultepec, 1864 (Author: Casimiro Castro. Source: The New York Public Library) Miguel Aleman Viaduct openning, 1950.

(Source: Mediateca INAH - National Institute of Anthropology and History) Casa de la Bola Museum (Source: Office for Urban Resilience)

Chapultepec Master Plan Image selection and photographies by ORU (Office for Urban Resilience).

1925 Map of Tacubaya Municipality. (Source: Mapoteca Orozco y Berra) Anthropology Museum under construction, 1963.

(Source: Fundación Televisa) Los Pinos Cultural Center.

(Source: Local MX) Ahuehuetes in Chapultepec, 1875 (Author: José María Velasco. Source: National Museum of Art)

Pre-feasibility for three projects in the metropolitan region of Bogota Photographies by ORU (Office for Urban Resilience) and Taller Architects.

Fonts (Neue Montreal and Editorial New) by Pangram Pangram.

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