Design Works

CARIDAD CÁCERES

DESIGN WORKS

CARIDAD CÁCERES ACADEMIC BACKGROUND WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS [WUSTL] | 2014-2016 Master of Architecture │ Honors

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | 2011-2014

Bachelor of Design in Architecture │ Cum-Laude honors

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | 2013

Preservation Institute | Study Abroad |Mexico

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE FREELANCING │CHINANDEGA, NICARAGUA │ 2016-2018

Branding/Design/Development/Construction Hotel Los Zorros Interior design & branding for “La Pasadita Café” Graphic design including business logo design & restaurant menu design

MONTY’S BEACH LODGE │JIQUILILLO, NICARAGUA │ 2016-2018 Hotel & Social Project Manager

Social Project manager and coordinator for Monty’s Beach Lodge, a hotel based on sustainable tourism. Responsibilities included project proposals, design of facilites, construction supervision, coordination of volunteer activities and social involvement.

WUSTL │GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT │ 2015-2016 International Housing-Niseko │ Fall 2015 Environmental Systems │ Spring 2016

HOK | STL │ SUMMER 2015 Architectural Intern

Construction documents for NFL Stadium Proposal in St. Louis Space planning and design solutions for local business - RefabSTL 3-dimensional studies, renderings, and plans for schematic design

WUSTL │ ALBERTI DESIGN TEACHER │ 2015-2016

Selected to teach a creative problem-solving studio to fourth grade students from St. Louis elementary schools. Lessons include model making, sustainable strategies, recycling methods, etc.

WUSTL │ RESEARCH ASSISTANT │ FALL 2015 Assistant for Professor Gia Daskalakis

Research of land use and proposals for the St. Louis North Riverfront Analysis of environmental conditions of the Mississippi riverfront

GSE ENGINEERING │ SUMMER 2013 Intern │ Drafting/AutoCAD

Develop high quality construction and field drawing documents for geotechnical reports, including site plans, building damage plans and floor elevation surveys. Used gINT software to produce SPT, Borings, and soil classification charts specific to a site

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA│ DESIGN TEACHING ASSISTANT │ 2012-2014

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MINORITY ARCHITECTS

St. Louis, MO

NCARB, IDP

May 2015-Current

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SKILLS 3D MODELING

│Rhinoceros 5.0 │Grasshopper │Paneling tools │T-Splines │Diva Analysis |AutoCAD │Google Sketchup │Revit

RENDERING & DESIGN │V-ray │Brazil │Maxwell │Adobe cs6 │Photoshop │Illustrator │Indesign

ANALOG│OTHER │Modeling │Hand-sketching │Drafting │Watercolor │Lasercutting │3D printing

LANGUAGES | ENGLISH |SPANISH | PORTUGUESE

AWARDS│RECOGNITIONS WUSTL FREDERICK WIDMANN PRIZE IN ARCHITECTURE│ 2016 A $2000 cash prize awarded to the Top graduating architecture student.

NOMA DESIGN COMPETITION │ 2015 │ 2ND PLACE New Orleans, Louisiana

AIA-STL │ 2015 │ HONOR AWARD

Das20 Architectural Studio | St. Louis, MO

WUSTL DEAN’S FULL-TUITION SCHOLARSHIP │ 2014

Recipient of a full tuition scholarship given to only one incoming graduate student.

Selected based on academic record, portfolio, and highest professional promise

UF LUMINAIRE COMPETITION │ FALL 2013 │ DESIGN EXCELLENCE UF SOA PIN-UP EXHIBIT │ MAY 2012 | DESIGN EXCELLENCE | TOP 10

LEADERSHIP WUSTL │GRADUATE ARCHTITECTURE COUNCIL Officer of Student Life

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | STUDIO CULTURE COMMITEE Event Coordinator Chair | Aug.2013-Jan.2014

HOBBIES DRAWING | GRAPHIC DESIGN | ZUMBA INSTRUCTOR | HIKING | FISHING

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Degree Project Context - North Riverfront Park. STL Degree Project - Spring 2016 Critic - Adrian Luchini

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Engaging the palimpsestic field

Engaging the Palimpsestic field is a proposal for a Natatorium and therapeutic center that negotiates the conditions of a shifting terrain, and suggests an architecture that becomes part of the unfolding of the ground. The underlying concept of this proposal is to provide opportunity to occupy sites in which the architecture would be challenged. The chosen site for the Natatorium is North Riverfront Park, located north of the Chain of Rocks canal within the floodplain, this site is unlike other riverfront amenities; there are no levees, flood walls or other river infrastructure that disable access to the river.

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Palimpsestic field

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investigating ground

Context - North Riverfront Park. STL Research based on the activation of the ground as an operative field, and how it can be manipulated to be more than just Research + Degree Project- Fall 2015 a site, rather a platform that promotes a spatial interweaving with the building intervening on it.“While a figure only exists Critic - Jesse Vogler within a background field, an architecture is always framed by the ground it occupies: it is the ground in its broader sense that allows us to recognize the traits of architecture as a figure...” -Operative Topographies

major flood stage 40’ moderate flood stage 35’ flood stage 30’ action stage 28’

hide layers

1993 flood 49.58’

layering

remnants

fragmentation

unmasking erasure

ground as measure of TIME

overlay

build up

normal stage 25’-28’

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blite │ delmar divide

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self-discovery youth center

Given the existing socio-economic conditions in St. Louis, this project proposes a youth center that provides opportunity to children and young adults to learn and discover their interests. The architecture speaks of the extension of public space from street to building, allowing to visually connect the occupant of the space with the outside.

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Context - St. Louis, Missouri Architectural Design 512 - Spring 2015 Critic - Javier Maroto

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stitch.puncture. extend.

Context - New York, NY Architectural Design VII - Fall 2013 Critic - Thomas Smith

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new york city block

Located in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan. The project mediates the Highline and the ground level public spaces of the block. Due to the on-going socio-economic transformation of this neighborhood, the block holds a Fashion Publishing Complex, with a combination of living and working arrangements. Emphasis is placed on public spaces on the ground level.

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light vessel Context - Jaliscco, Mexico Architectural Design VIII - Summer 2014 Critic - Alfonso Perez-Mendez

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place-making in rural communities The Chapel in San Martin de las Canas is specific to the site and its surroundings, its design serves as a mediator between the landscape and the people of San Martin. Strategically, it becomes the landmark, and the gathering place of the town. The main gesture of the Chapel is to serve as an envelope that wraps the public into the “light vessel”, which translates the space from public to worship.

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Nexus

the backbone

Fashion + Architecture Performance Enhancing Critic - Chandler Ahrens In collaboration Garrett House

Nexus utilizes advanced techniques in Maya, Rhino, and Grasshopper + Kangaroo Physics, while understanding the scale of the human body. Individual modules are designed for locations on the figure based on formal and structural performance. Variations of the 3d-printed PLA modules begin to morph and blend to fit the contour of the human figure. Elastic cabling is articulated to form a structural webbing connection system. This wearable becomes a spectacle of the human evolutionary phenomenon.

STRUCTURING THE WEB

1 vertebral body

PROCESS

2 inter-vertebral discs

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luminaire Lamp Design Competition Environmental Technology II Critic - Lucky Tsaih

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Texturing light This reading lamp design involves the integration of three seperate volumes, each one made with different materials and with different ranges of opacity Each volume is layered differently, ranging from three layers of opacity in the outer volume, to one layer in the center volume. With a variance of pattern and texture, the shadows produced have an organic appearance.

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charleston Context - Charleston, South Carolina Architectural Design VI - Spring 2013 Critic - Stephen Bender

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institute of fashion design and photogrpahy Taken from the rich artistic and creative culture in Charleston, the project introduces an institute of Fashion and Photography. With gallery an, performance spaces, such as the Runway, it becomes a hub of culture and art.

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univer[CITY] Context - St. Louis, Missouri Architectural Design 511 - Fall 2014 Critic - Catalina Freixas

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Activating the vertical field The Univer[CITY] project proposes a transformative reconfiguration to the use of the vacant Railway Exchange Building in Downtown St.Louis. Occupation occurs in individual vertical slabs that eradicate the horizontality currently existing, and promote vertical movement.

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Roux | Tremé Context - New Orleans National Design Competition 2nd Place Team Collaboration

nomas national design competition

The Roux Tremé is an invigorating proposal to the current problematic caused by the presence of highways along the main street of Clairborne in the Treme neighborhood. This proposal’s main goal is to reconnect two disjointed communities by implementing gathering areas and community activities under the highway. Simple aspects of landscape, materials and form mix together to create a versatile use of the space.

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Strategic Pixelation Context - Miami, FL Environmental Systems II Critic - Chandler Ahrens Team Collaboration

Strategic Pixelation is a prototypical facade design solution to the typical glass facade office buildings. Located in a hot, humid climate. the parametric design mitigates solar heat gain. By analyzing and evaluating current interior environment conditions with DIVA software, performative goals were determined; through iterative design processes the parametric facade was implemented.

Automatic Window Casement Hinge Alum. Shading Panel White Alum. Panel Insulated Glass Assembly Closed Cell Rigid Insulation Thermal Break Sun Shading Frame

Steel Frame White Aluminum Panel Closed Cell Rigid Insulation Moisture/Vapor Barrier White Alum. Frame White Aluminum Panel

Solar Analysis | Generic

Solar Analysis | Design Implemented

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