Carla JULIĂ€ XERCAVINS [http://cjulia.carbonmade.com/]
Carla JULIÀ XERCAVINS Architect [] Kronprinzenstr. 48 aprt. 28 40217 Düsseldorf [Germany] T: 0157 793 644 60 / +34 670 72 84 65 E-mail: carla_jx@hotmail.com Born the 8th of April 1986 in Barcelona, Spain [http://cjulia.carbonmade.com/]
CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION & TRAINING [09/2004–06/2011]
WORK
EXPERIENCE
[01/2010–09/2010]
Bauwerk, s.l. Architecture, Renovation and Restoration (Barcelona, Spain) *Collaboration [R]+[ID] *Collaborator of the Preliminar design and Masterplan of the Renovation of a house from the modernisme movement, Barcelona
Udk [Universität der Künste Berlin] Berlin, Germany
[01/2008–08/2008]
Autocad Sketchup Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Microsoft Office Corel Draw Archicad Rhino Microstation
[06/2007–09/2007]
Dani Freixes & Varis Arquitectes Architecture, Renovation and Interior Design (Barcelona, Spain) *Internship [R] *Tibidabo Park Attraktion, Barcelona [R] *Cinema BBK, Bilbao [H] *Collective Housing, Barcelona [ID] *L9 metro, Barcelona [ID] *Hotel Diagonal 0, Barcelona ASDZ Athelier du Architecture Architecture, Renovation and Interior Design (Geneva, Switzerland) *Internship [ID] *United Nations Lecture Hall, Geneva [H] *Collective Housing, Geneva [H] *single-family house’s extension, Geneva
Master Degree in Architecture ETSAV [Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès] UPC [Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya] Barcelona, Spain
[09/2008–09/2009]
COMPUTER
Master Degree in Architecture [Erasmus exchange]
SKILLS
LANGUAGES [Spanish] [Catalan] [English] [German]
[06/2006–09/2006] Mother tongue Mother tongue Fluent [Advanced] Intermediate[B2]
Arkkitehtiruutu Oy Architecture and Logistics (Tampere, Finland) *Internship [ID] *Idea-Park Suomi, Tampere [H] *single-family house’s extension, Spain
SELECTED WORKS ACADEMIC PROJECTS [1]
La llagosta Urban Plan, Station and Besos River renewal [Urban Planning] + [Landscape Architecture]
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[90] m2 dwelling + [40] m2 dwelling / [130] m2 house. Collective dwelling
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[Housing] Professor: Joan Lletja
“The University of Architecture”. Abstract City [Public Building]
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Professor: Daniel Calatayud, Josep Ricard, Amadeu Santacana, Jordi Claret
Professor: Bettina Götz, Oliver von Spreckelsen
Barcelona’s promenade and Industrial Park renewal [Urban Planning] + [Landscape Architecture]
+ [Refurbishment] Professor: Carles Llop, Franc Fernández, Rosa Rull
[Public Building] + [Landscape Architecture] Competition in collaboration with S. Cruells and P. Purroy
Museum of the Volcanoes, Lanzarote Island. [IMOV] “The reflected Landscape”
MASTER DEGREE PROJECT [15]
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District [Urban Planning] + [Refurbishment] + [Public Building]
Tutor: Carles Llop, Franc Fernández, Rosa Rull
WORK EXPERIENCE Renovation of a house of the “catalan modernism”
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[Renovation] + [Interior Design] In cooperation with P. Salazar Rückauer, Bauwerk S.l. [Basic and Master Plan]
[UP]+[LA]
La llagosta Urban Plan, Station and Besos River renewal
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[Barcelona, 2006]
La llagosta is a town located in a controversial spot close to the motorway that interconnects Barcelona and Girona. It is surrounded by a large industrial area, whose most important activity is the automotive industry. In the present state of art, it acts as a barrier between different green areas. The project aims to make green expansion possible by organizing, grouping and placing commercial and industrial facilities. It would also enable a connection from the town to Besos river acting as a bridge.
STRATEGIES grouping CAR’s industry makes possible: *GREEN’S expansion *horizontal to vertical = in less space, more activity
MIXED USE: CAR’s + STATION *BRIDGE from the town to the river *relation car’s industry and citizens activity
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[UP]+[LA] PARK *park’s restructuration in order to connect river and streams *standard section: stream, pedestrians path, bicycle’s path VIEWS *car’s activity looking comercial activity: mixed use *vertical’s car storage, with different colours, facing the motorway
3D IMAGE *MIXED USE ACTIVITY orange: comercial activity, yellow: car’s activity *interchange station as a public transport but also as good’s transport of the car’s activity *the car park of the car’s activity is also the car park for the users of the station *the station acts as a “PARK & RIDE” *bridge that connects the different green areas, streams and Besos River *the car’s storage stays connected to the station
La llagosta Urban Plan, Station and Besos River renewal
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[H] [Abstract site, 2007]
Two state subsidized housing blocks facing a crowded pedestrian street and equally surrounded by woods. The tram drives in from the top of the street. Below ground level a public car park is located. The project deals with a 130 m2 dwelling that interacts both with nature and the daily rat race. It has to enable a distribution of 40m2 studios and 90m2 dwelling. In terms of architecture concepts, tackling with inner-outer views and environment in order to achieve the best inner space.
3D IMAGE *view from the top of the main street, where the transport’s line is located PLANS *sreet’s main section green - street - green *housing elevation car park, street’s level with shops, office’s floor, 4 housing’s level the dining room of the dwelling faces the street *street’s site plan pedestrian’s street, shop’s size and entrances to the housing’s levels and office’s floor
[90] m2 dwelling + [40] m2 dwelling / [130] m2 house. Collective dwelling
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[H]
[90] m2 dwelling + [40] m2 dwelling / [130] m2 house. Collective dwelling
CONCEPT Driven by the aim of achieving the best inner conditions, straight walls lead to less efficient use of space. Therefore the strategy was to place/build transversally oriented walls. Placing the kitchen in the middle of the house creates a free space acting as a unique combined room (Living room, Dining room and Kitchen) from north to south.
40m2 90 m2 130m2
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1 130m + 130m2 90m2 + 40m2 2
located as a puzzle in order to make possible the public entry 2 inclination of the walls in order to improve the relation north-south 3 reorganization of the space according to the inclination
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[130m2]
[LR] Living room opened to south [K] Kitchen in the center [DR] Dining Room opened to north [LR] + [K] + [DR] as a unique space
40m2
90m2
90m2 40m2 [130m2]
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[H] DIAGRAMS *views & circulation *ventilation & service’s equipment *sun interior light *visual interior relation according to the unique space PLAN *130 m2 housing *40 m2 and 90 m2 housing *street - green *public entrance through the center *PUZZLE’S STRATEGY rooms and bathroom system’s integration *kitchen, Living room and Dining room as a unique space
[90] m2 dwelling + [40] m2 dwelling / [130] m2 house. Collective dwelling
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[PB]
“The University of Architecture”. Abstract City
[Abstract city, 2009]
How would the ideal Architecture University look like? Designing without context and site, looking for the best connections between the different uses: inside-outside, public-private, solid and void. The Project is sculpted starting from the perfect shape of the Cube. It deals with the Interaction between solid and void volumes.
CONCEPT *CUBE = ABSTRACT SHAPE *Size = 25m x 25m x 25m *SOLID - VOID *activities relation’s study *gradation public-private
3D MODEL *working model of the different activities relations *SOLID - VOID *4 elevations that show the “sculpture” work *structure & opaque
CUBE = 25m x 25m x 25m
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[PB] 3D IMAGE *building’s view the building is connected to an asbract city, this is the reason why it makes possible the multientrance through different bridges, that at the same time connect to other public buildings of the abstract city.
PLANS *main section 1 *main section 2 *ground floor
PLANS DIAGRAMS *groundfloor *first floor *second floor *third floor *fourth floor *fifth floor
“The University of Architecture”. Abstract City
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[UP]+[LA]+[R]
Barcelona’s promenade and Industrial Park renewal
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[Badalona, 2009]
The train connection between Barcelona and Badalona, acts as a barrier between the north towns and the sea. In the old Thermal Power Station, with 3 Chimneys, will be located the Energy’s Museum of Barcelona. The Project consists of restructuring the main station, transforming it into a public facility (market, hotel and offices), reorganizing the industrial area and combining residential and industrial’s activity in different levels. It is also extended up to the sea creating a new promenade leading to the energy museum.
2010
2015
ANALYSIS the train acts as a barrier between the town and the sea CONCEPT *industrial’s reallocation’s strategy *train long distance *tram short distance STRATEGY *mixed use = logistic’s activity + residential *station + public buildings as a bridge to the sea *old factory into Energy’s Museum *sea’s promeande restructuration *Future: Current train’s rails as a lineal park
2020
[UP]+[LA]+[R] PLANS *masterplan: Industrial’s area reorganization, mixed between residential and industrial area, new station with the different equipments that connects the pedestrians to the sea, new promenade that connects to the Energy’s Museum DIAGRAMS *main axis *main traffic *logistic’s traffic *edification’s establishment under grid *green under grid
Barcelona’s promenade and Industrial Park renewal
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[UP]+[LA]+[R]
Barcelona’s promenade and Industrial Park renewal
3D MODEL *Intevention’s area Residential + Logistics area, station , hotel, equipments, Energy’s Museum and new Promenade
ESTABLISMENT’S STRATEGY *mixed use system *interaction logistics and residential PLANS *first floor = housing and public facilities *ground floor = logistics streets *main system’s section
HOUSING
GREEN
LOGISTIC
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[UP]+[LA]+[R] 3D IMAGE *sea’s promenade restructuration and new Energy’s Museum in the old factory
Barcelona’s promenade and Industrial Park renewal
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Museum of the Volcanoes, Lanzarote Island. [IMOV] “The reflected Landscape”
[UP]+[R]+[PB] [Lanzarote, Canary Islands, 2011]
A new International Volcanoes Museum [IMOV] will be placed in Lanzarote’s main volcanic area. The project consists of building the museum with the minimum environmental impact. This is achieved by minimum contact to the ground. Its covering reflects the shocking and impressive landscape surroundings.
CONCEPT The volcanic landscape understood as the exhibition of the museum. Consisting on 5 different , stopping at the last one, the main building. The landscape expresses its identity, the museum reflects it.
stations
*museum’s skin = mirror = geographical’s feature’s REFLECTIONS
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Stations]
ARTSCAPES 01
the landscape is the 02 museum. the route as the main exhibition room. transport with a platform-orchestra over rails the stops, at the 03 landscape stations, as an artistic system that makes an interacttion between the human and the landscape to put seats 04 on the landscape
Landscape stations to... 01
de lo onírico... 02 mis músicas dejadas...
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en movimiento...
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cómo vivir lo irónico... 01 vacios de lava
04 cómo mirar, oler, escuchar el paisaje...
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] 3D IMAGE
Museum of the Volcanoes, Lanzarote Island. [IMOV] “The reflected Landscape”
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*exterior render *mirror’s reflection system
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03 Landscape reflected the
5th Station]
*museum’s skin = mirror = geographical’s feature’s REFLECTION
PLANS *main section *first floor *siteplan
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auditorium - 01 exhibition room offices-services core 02
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main access 03
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geyser’s garden 04 auditorium’s 05 viewpoint route viewpoint: carpark + 06 restaurant
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auditorium-museum planfloor
ALINEACIÓN MONTAÑAS DEL FUEGO
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site plan
VALLE DE LA TRANQUILIDAD
05 TIMANFAYA
PROGRAM
[MASTER
DEGREE PROJECT]
[UP]+[R]+[PB] [Barcelona, 2010-2011]
The 22@ district is the new high-tech and media-design area of Barcelona. New facilities, universities, R&D companies, housing and shops coexist. This area was the old 22a, where all the industrial activities were located until 1990. Its grid has the characteristic Cerda’s plan, which is superimposed on the old factories plan, a landscape of chimneys. All these old factories are now considered common interest/ historical buildings to conserve, and most of them are already refurbished. placing inside Art Museums, Universities, Schools, etc. This project consists of refurbishing an old textile factory, located in an empty site. A Drama School is the new activity inside. The rest of the site is designed for public facilities such as Theatre, Student’s Residence and a Sport’s centre. The old factory was strongly damage, due to a fire in 2005.
URBAN CONCEPT There is a modification of the pedestrian’s path of one of the streets in order to keep the totally of the old factory.
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] URBAN STRATEGY The different activities are located in the site in order to have the best interaction and relation with the public space. The most scenic space is the open-air theatre, which lies in the middle of the patio. The different positions of the buildings have a ground level relation, but also a second level relation (red colour). This second level enables a more private communication for students. DIAGRAMS *Factory &
Eixample & public space
*program in relation to the street *second public space level *alingment to the context *people’s density & circulation *public & private mobility *permeability publicprivate *volume’s shadow VIEW View from the factory to the Patio, looking at the amphitehatre. PLAN Juxtaposition of the different diagrams, edification’s strategy
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] 3D MODEL Urban plan and strategy model. The amphiteatre Patio and chimney are the most representative space of the proposal.
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] REFURBISHMENT’S STRATEGY As the old factory was heavily damaged, the first decision to take, was to keep the old brick walls and to demolish roofs and inner pillars. Due to the instability of these walls, the new construction will be supported by new pillars adjacent to the old walls. The old walls will structure the space and live together with the new architecture. The main program and services are placed in one of the two premises. The space between them is used for circulation purpose. The other premise holds a cafeteria and the Foyer in order to be connected directly to the public space. The dancing rooms are located on the top of the building, because of its dimension requirement. This volume covers the most representative part of the school, the Foyer. It is placed in the south entrance, and it communicates all the different program areas by means of new footbridges as well the entry to the theatre through two opposed impressive stairs. The cafeteria, placed in the north entrance, turns its axis towards the chimney in order to enable visual contact as approach to it. Different terrace platforms are placed over the cafeteria, which make possible the entrance of sunlight .
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] PLAN Urban’s establishment proposal. The main school program is placed in the old factory, at the west side. On the north, the Sport’s center and student’s residence face the wide avenue. on the east, the Scenery’s Construction Atelier are and the Theatre’s storage entrance are placed and connected to the avenue and the street on the south. On the south, the theatre closes the island and makes a dialog with the old factory, through a passage from which is possible to see the foyer of the school and the theatre. In the centric space the amphitheatre faces the theatre and makes possible the entrance to one of the school’s levels through a ramp. From the north avenue there is a entrance to the basement, where a public car park is placed.
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] School’s Foyer The old brick walls structure the space. The new structure makes possible to pass through the basement to the theatre’s entrance. The footbridges connect the different levels of the theatre to the facilities and services of the school. The roof is made up with different retroiluminated sheets that make possible to have a space with diffused light. Over them are located the dancing rooms.
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] ELEVATION Elevation of the south entrance to the Foyer of the school and the theatre. The facade is composed of different metallic elements that are in dialog with the old brick facade of the factory. SECTION Main section of the school. Services and facilities, Connection corridor, Foyer, dancing rooms and theatre.
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] 3D MODEL Sectionated Model through the Foyer.
*View of the basement connection between Theatre and School *Main section *Facade’s material composition *north’s entrance view
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] 3D IMAGE View from the north entrance. Cafeteria’s turn and increase of the chimney perspective. Terrasses as a roof, that make possible that the light shines through the cavity between the different levels.
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] 3D MODEL View of the relation of the different materials of the intervention.
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] TECHNOLOGICS STRATEGY The service and facility requirements have to react to opacity, privacy, thermal conditions and get along with the old structure. The dancing room requirements have to respond/(answer)? to flexibility, opacity, transparency and high dimensions. For the main program activity, dark microperforated steel is chosen. This material makes possible to see through from inside but not from outside. For the dancing room, it is used a microperforated taut canvas, that besides protecting from the sun, makes possible to see from the inside. At night it turns into lighting box.
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] DETAILS Section through the connection of the old brick wall and the new structure. New metallic facade, climate requirement of the new metallic facade. The new facade creates a ventilated facade which makes possible a reduction of the interior temperature due to the radiation. Construction process in order to not damage the old brick walls. *Micropiles as a perimetral retaining wall. *exterior facade and chimney skaffolding *new foundations tight the old foundations and appear 2 perimetral retaining walls adjacent to the old brick walls. *anccorages to the terrain *new strucutre on new foundations
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[UP]+[R]+[PB] DETAILS Section through the dancing rooms. The new microperforated taut canvas protects from the direct radiation and through a ventilated facade makes possible a reduction of the interior temperature. The skylights produce a difuse interior light very suitable for its requirements. The dancing rooms also make possible flexible ceiling that depending on the requirement, it is possible to make lighter or darker the interior light. The structure is composed of a big triangulated beam of 6 meters high in order to use the greatest space.
Performing Arts School in an old factory at 22@barcelona District
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[WORK
EXPERIENCE]
[R] [Barcelona, 2010]
The project consists of renovating an old flat from the beginning of the 20th century, designed during the “catalan Gaudi’s modernism movement”. The project adapts the new requirements respecting the old building space distribution and the pre-existing constructive elements. The old natural airventilation system of the house is conserved as the Cerda’s Eixample Plan was envisaged.
PLANS The ceiling has 3,69 m high, and conserves its decoration, which allows enjoying the space in a different way The doors are made of Flandes pine and the windows have silk screen nature’s drawings The structure consists of retaining wall made of brick the bathrooms, kitchen and the windows that face the street are in a bad condition the electricity, water and heating have not been renovated since they building was built. *The corridor and the rooms that face the streets are the main and impressive parts of the flat
Renovation of a house of the “catalan modernism”
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[R] CONCEPT The main strategy consists of placing a new wall adjacent to the old wall, made of two carton-plaster and rock wool in order to protect from the cold and warm exterior temperature, the acoustics between rooms or different houses and to be able to integrate all the electricity and water installations inside, in order to not touch any of the old structure walls. In the most important room of the house, it is integrated, in this double wall, an indirect lighting system in order to illuminate the entire old flower decorated ceilings. As the corridor is very high, the air warm and cold climate installation is placed in a new ceiling that runs through up to down of the house. As the house is 30 meters long, the temperatures on both sides are very different. This is the reason why it was decided to use two different air-machines in order to make the sustainability as a priority. The KITCHEN is the most characteristic room of the house. It is conserved the old chimney with its closet. The old ceiling and the walls are stripped in order to emphasize its old construction, the old brick walls and the old vaults. The old window is replaced by a window with the same geometrical shape but in aluminium. The old and the new are mixed in a constant dialog that has the essence of the past and the present.
Renovation of a house of the “catalan modernism�
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[R] BEFORE AND AFTER The main windows and doors were restorated. The corridor floor was replaced by a oack wood parcket. The arc-doors and the high of the corridors produces a very impressive effect. In the living room, the marble chimney was restorated to be the axis of the room. The old flower decorated ceiling was restored and discovered the old colours. The strategy was to keep the original colours without repainting it.
Renovation of a house of the “catalan modernism�
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