A COLLECTION OF WORK CARLOS ARNOLDO GAMEZ
CARLOS ARNOLDO GAMEZ CGAMEZ @ RISD . EDU 12 ROGER STREET, APT 3 PROVIDENCE, RI 02906 956 . 592 . 0979
EDUCATION
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD) : PROVIDENCE, RI Master of Architecture June 2013
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY : COLLEGE STATION, TX Bachelor of Environmental Design : Art and Architectural History Minor Cum Laude Graduate December 2008
UNIVERSITAT POLITĂˆCNICA DE CATALUNYA (UPC) : BARCELONA, ESP Urban Design and Architectural Studies August - December 2006
EXPERIENCE
TEACHERS ASSISTANT, BROWN UNIVERSITY : PROVIDENCE, RI Assisted professor Dietrich Neumann teaching his Architecture Design studio at Brown University, as well as critiqued students design proposals on a weekly bases. January 2013 - May 2013
GRAPHIC DESIGN/DESIGN INTERN AT NAHM : NEW YORK, NY Assisted the sales, communications and design department of the fashion company NAHM. Designed the SS13 Collection invitations as well as the studio warming e-flyers. June 2012 - August 2012
DESIGN BUILD, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN : PAWTUCKET, RI Assisted in designing and building the Garden pavilion for CCCRI as well as the gathering pavilion for the YMCA of Pawtucket Rhode Island. January 2011 - August 2011
ARTIST APPRENTICE, FOSTER STAINED GLASS : BRYAN, TX Assisted artists with autocad designs of windows, cutting glass,cementing windows, leading final windows together and installing windows. April 2007 - August 2010
HONORS
PUBLISHED PORTFOLIO Portfolio published in the 4th edition of Architectural Drawing: "A VISUAL COMPENDIUM OF TYPES AND METHODS" by John Wiley & Sons July 2012
RISD ASSISTANTSHIP RISD Academic Assistantship September 2010 - June 2013
WOODEN SPOON FEATURED ON NOTCOT Redesigned wooden spoon featured on the design blog NOTCOT.ORG January 2011
DIGITAL
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Autodesk (autocad 2009-2012), Rhinoceros 5.0, Vray for rhino, Sketchup, Adobe CS5 & CS6 (Photohop, Indesign, Illustrator), Microsoft Office Suite
Model Fabrication & documentation, Hand Drawing (measured, sketch, watercolor)
LANGUAGES
ENGLISH & SPANISH
REFERENCES
PETER TAGIURI
professor Architecture Department RISD 617 . 721 . 8831
DIETRICH NEUMANN
Royce Family Porfessor at Brown University 401 . 863 . 3254
SILVIA ACOSTA
professor Architecture Department RISD 401 . 823 . 2425
RICH ROSE
creative director at Pop Kitchen 401 . 441 . 4981
CARLOS ARNOLDO GAMEZ CGAMEZ @ RISD . EDU 12 ROGER STREET, APT 3 PROVIDENCE, RI 02906 956 . 592 . 0979
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CONTENTS A COLLECTION OF WORK CARLOS ARNOLDO GAMEZ
ARCHITECTURAL WORK
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THE LAND IN BETWEEN (MASTER THESIS)
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LABYRINTH FOR A MINOTAUR
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RE - CONNECTING PROVIDENCE
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PROPOSITIONS INGUATEMALA
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URBAN DESIGN
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DESIGN BUILD
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READING HAVANA CUBA
GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK
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MUSEUM BRANDING
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CAMPAIGN RE-BRANDING
FURNITURE WORK
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WOODEN SPOON
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CHAIR
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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THE LAND IN BETWEEN RISD / ARCHITECTURE MASTER THESIS SPRING 2013
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ABSTRACT Boundaries divide and separate, they ignite an activity between two forces without directly being affected. They are seen as the extent or termination of one plane and the beginning of another. Boundaries are a demarcation in space that acts as a physical or mental limit. As well as being a limit they also have the capability of transcending and becoming a threshold and a place for new beginnings and a place that allows for progression from that point forth. Boundaries have many guises and many ways of being represented but ultimately carry a constant core of principles that are applicable at countless scales. Rivers, as an example, can be physical demarcations as well as a limit, they can ignite activity on either side of them or completely restrain it. They are life sources that continue to provide modern cities with stable economies, sufficient growth, and connectivity with the world. But in the case of the US/Mexico border it is the river that serves in part as a method of fortifying the city, almost separating and suffocating it from its surroundings. Its surreal existence is contrasted with the reality above it, a trickling flow people meandering across a bridge forming a perpetual cross current against it.
^ map shoing agricultural land use along california mexico border
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SOFTENING VISUAL BARRIERS The following images are apart of an exercise that attempts to soften visual boundaries. By placing the vanishing points of the distinct spaces on either sides of the interrupted canvas one can begin to bridge and make those connections mentally.
Shifting Perspective graphite on bristol
Shifting Perspective II charcoal on bristol
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Shifting Perspective III
Shifting Perspective IV
charcoal on bristol
graphite on folded sheets bristol
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SOFTENING LANGUAGE BARRIERS The following are a series of exercises that soften the language barrier. By overlapping the two languages of English and Spanish certain forms begin to appear that belong to neither language but are a result of the both.
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hello hola how are you como estas good and you bien y tu overlapping translations
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SOFTENING INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES & BARRIERS The following are a series of exercises that soften international barriers. By overlapping countries as they are defined together the form a density that isn’t defined by one but instead by all.
Europe
Europe
Africa
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European Cross Sections
African Cross Sections
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BRIDGING The following are a series of excersies that soften international barriers. By overlaping countries as they are defined together the form a density that isn’t defined by one but instad by all.
^ Gallery of the Iena bridge collaged over a railroad bridge in Laredo Texas. This collage begins to explore the possibilities of how a more permeable and flexible border between the two countries could possibly feel and appear.
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^ The bridge in Porto Portugal over the border fence that separates the United States from Mexico depicts an effort from both sides wanting to remedy the unfortunate reality of the border fence. The unfinished quality of this image provides that the effort is almost a realized and one. CARLOS ARNOLDO GAMEZ | 15
3 CONDITIONS Focusing in on the border between the United States and Mexico and specifically looking and examinnig three conditions. San Diego/ Tijuana, Nogales/Nogales and Brownsville Matamoros
San Diego / Tijuana
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Nogales / Nogales
Brownsville / Matamoros
BORDER AS A RIVER Examining the border at these three specific locations one discovers three completely different conditions. First is the border as it meets the Pacific Ocean and separates two completely different urban settings as is the case in San Diego and Tijuana. Second is the Border as a line, or marked by the fence in the middle of the desert in Nogales and Nogales. Finally, the border as defined by the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo that is constantly shifting in its course. After further legal investigation into this matter, the river defined by the river, it is stated in the treaty that ended the MexicanAmerican War that the boundary between the two nations lies directly at the center of the river and that the river is subject to a “slow and gradual� shift along its course, but would a change would not be recognized should it be a result of avulsion. Avulsion, in this context, meaning a drastic flood that changes the rivers position or physical removal of earth in over to gain territory on one side.
> Map illustrating the border between the towns of Brownsville and Matamoros, the blue being the river, the yellow line representing the border fence and the orange lines the interstates. > The orange fields depict the land that has been acquired by the United States and the Maroon are lands that have been acquired by Mexico
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MEETING DENSITIES The following map illustrates the areas in which the two cities meet. Bookended by the old railroad bridge at the south and the new bridge to the north of the site. The orange fields depict the land that is on us territory, maroon the residential side of the mexican site and the magenta are the two international bridges.
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Brownsville, Texas USA
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Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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Diagrams illustrating different ways in which programs could begin to weave from one side of the border to the next
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MASSING STUDIES Building on opposite sides of the river is a way in which architecture can begin to soften the boundary that currently exists between the two nations. Following are studies that illustrate a morphing of the two city grids as well as areas in which programmatic elements would be situated.
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MEANDERING STUDY Instead of restricting the building to one block that lied on both sides of the river I chose to utilize the entire space that is book ended by both the old and new bridge. Each programmatic element of the structure has a base in each country with a connecting ramp for circulation.
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ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSAL In order to provide a cultural exchange as well as an economical and educational exchange between the two countries a building whose program reflected those ideals was essential. An open market in which the two countries can sell goods to one another , a bilingual school, auditorium/library, chuch/ meditation space, as well as a pharmacy clinic are all programtic elements that make up this building as well as serve to soften the boundary between these two nations.
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United States Brownsville, TX
Mexico Matamoros
PROGRAMTIC AXONOMETRIC Axonometric depicting the areas of different programatic activity. The library/ auditorium on the southern portion as well as the security entrance. The church, pharmacy, bilingual school all on the center above the market and on the opposite end the entrance with security.
ROOF PLAN AXONOMETRIC Drawing illustrating the roof and how it is a mirrored image of the river below it and the relationship it has with the building below.
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ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSAL The following are a series of drawings of the axonometrics that were shown previously that begin to illustrate how the building functions and meanders over the Rio Grande.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN A
RAMP SECTION A
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MEANDERING SECTIONS The following are a series of sections depicting the movement of the river and how the building will begin to respond over time to the meandering river.
CURRENT SECTION river at its current placement between the two countries
SECTION 2 river meandering toward the unites states
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SECTION 3 river meandering toward mexico
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LABYRINTH FOR A MINOTAUR RISD / ARCHITECTURE 1st CORE STUDIO FALL 2010
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KNOT Knots are relatively simple but involve an intricate construction that uses both the mind and the hands. They can be concrete in their materiality and abstract in their geometry and can be understood in mathematical terms and be classified in a variety of ways. The class began with the tieing of a knot. Tying it and un ty ing it multiple times in order to understand it. Then representing it in order to understand its appearance, topography and its sequence.
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RESPONDING TO CONTEXT
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TRANSFORMATION
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TRANSFORMATION
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LABYRINTH The final structure was made for two distinct Characters, the occupant and the visitor. The occupants means of circulation is secluded, mysterious and dark and ends at the occupants resting area which has a view out to the sea. The other path is much more pronounced,obvious, well lit and very direct and leads the visitor to a gathering space at the bottom of the labyrinth . The strips that make up the circulations paths also interweave between the tall structural forms providing lateral support as well as defining different programmatic areas.
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Ground Floor
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RE-CONNECTING PROVIDENCE RISD & BROWN UNIVERSITY/ ARCHITECTURE 3RD ADVANCED STUDIO FALL 2012 GROUP MEMBERS MERIC OZGREN CONNOR MCMANNUS
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RE-CONNECTING PROVIDENCE The removal of the I-195 highway left providence with a massive scar at the core of its existence. It shut off any sort of movement and connection to the city’s old industrial center, the jewelry district. Located directly opposite of fox point and college hill, and adjacent to the downtown/financial district this area is in desperate need of a revival and the connection it once shared with these other districts.
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PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
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MOVEMENT & THE CITY Tracing the movement of people was something we wanted to measure and use as a tool to the development of this project. We first identified specific programs across the city and how people would move from one location to the next at different parts of the day/week. we noticed that the connection between college hill and downtown was the strongest but that the jewelry district was left in complete and total isolation.
Weeknight movement
Weekday movement
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NODES In an effort to connect the rest of the city to the jewelry district we proposed a path that runs through the heart of the district with several moments of pause. These moments of pause we came to refer to as nodes or piazzas, areas that were surrounded by an dense urban fabric but at its core were open and activated by people at the ground level. NODE 1: The first was a node for the Jewelry District which was surrounded mainly by commercial buildings. NODE 2: The second was a node that is defined as a university green in the center of the Brown Medical School Campus. NODE 3: The third and final one is a node for the city a node that not only serves to connect the two sides of the city but also utilizes and activates the river.
Node 1
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Node 2
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^ View of the Providence River and the proposed bridge connecting downtown to Fox Point and Jewelry District
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^ View from Providence River, the new proposed parcels are lit in white while the existing are in orange
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^ View from College Hill (Brown University) the new proposed parcels are lit in white while the existing are in orange
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PROPOSITIONS IN GUATEMALA RISD / ARCHITECTURE 1st ADVANCED STUDIO FALL 2011
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WATERCOLORS Drawings is a repetitive and selective process marked by a series of particular operations through which something begins to appear. The process encourages the eye to wonder beyond to pass from the visible and literal. Even though drawing stems from the act of encounter with reality it does not tend or try to replicate in any way. On thick gessoed pages of a sketch book and with a sign pen we began to capture experiences and certain architectural compositions of guatemala in our sketchbook. With different techniques involving, sumi ink, watercolors, gesso, a roller, a water mister, and stiff paint brushes we were able to capture and alter the reality that was being experienced.
Ruinas
Dome
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Tiles
Santa Teresa de Avila
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Ruinas
Plaza San Felipe
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Plaza Santa Monica
Pieta
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Consulado Espa単ol
Iglesia San Felipe
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DESIGN PROPOSAL Many young indigenous children in guatemala are subject to work in order to help their families with finances. As a result, many of these children are left with a mind-set of a working individual instead of that of a child. The design project chosen was influenced by these children and was aimed at creating an art school for them that provides them with an area where they are taught the basics of drawing and painting. In addition to classrooms, the space will simultaneously function as a gallery where the children can sell their work to locals and tourists thus generating an income for their families. The site for the project is situated behind the union tanks, a public outdoor clothes washing pool where many families gather to wash clothes in the mornings.
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SITE The site given to us was a small park in the rigid grided city of antigua guatemala. Situated at the north end of the site are the tanques de la union. It is at these tanks the the local indeginous community come to wash their clothes.
BRICK Brick is a common building tool that is readily available locally sourced and easy to construct with.The barrel arch is a commonly used structure that can be easily achieved with brick. The following model illustrates the brick placement for a barrel arch that tapers.
SCHOOL One of the key components that is important to the way a classroom functions is light. Tapering one end of the barrel arch allowed for a large uninteruppted plane that would allow light to flood into the classrooms. The two internal wedges are utilitarian and provide additional storage to the classrooms and provide ventilation to the bathrooms below.
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Ground Floor Plan
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Subfloor plan
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Cross Sections
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Longitudinal Sections
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URBAN DESIGN RISD / ARCHITECTURE 3RD CORE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO FALL 2011
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PARCELS With the scale of work progressively getting larger the beginning of the second year focused on the scale of the city, the neighborhood and the block. In an exercise to become acquainted to the larger scale we were given a hypothetical parcel with a surrounding context that was to be divided up by the students in the section.
existing context proposed buildings easements public space site selected
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easement extensions neighbor thirty foot set back property line offsets connection to exsisting site
mid-density residences medium density mixed-use residences
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GROUND LEVEL typical town home plan
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LEVEL 7 typical town home plan apartment plan & loft
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Cross Section A
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CITY Rhode island was the city that we would be focusing our attention to for the next proposal. A deep analysis was conducted on each of the neighborhoods and districts in the area. A specific site was then given to us located in the jewelry district, which sits across the river from college hill and adjacent to downtown. In an effort to revitalize the area, brown university has begun the process of moving labs and other medical class rooms to the area.
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NEIGHBORHOOD The jewelry district used to be the costume jewlery capitol of the united states and as a result many red brick factories use to line the streets of this area. Factories are still present but have since then been converted to housing or have been demolished. The program for this specific project called for a hotel, elderly housing as well as student housing for the med students. Each was to be addressed individually but needed to be executed on the same parcel of land.
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BUILDING The building respects the existing structures on the site and is unobtrusive to the historic ones by tapering in and allowing them to be viewed from the street edge. The ground level of the building is completely permeable allowing those walking along the edge with a visual access into the space. The hotel portion is located on elbow street and is the tallest, matching the height of the factory lofts directly across it. The elderly housing and dormitory are located along the edge of richmond and ship street providing residents an exterior view of the city on one side and a view of the courtyard on the other.
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UNIT All of the units share a structural core that also doubled as service core. These service cores allow for an open plan and large openings that view either the city or the courtyard. The unit for the elderly housing and the hotel are located and aggregated on one floor, whereas the unit for the student housing is stacked.
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DESIGN BUILD RISD / ARCHITECTURE 2ND CORE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO SPRING 2011
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FOLDING The second semester began through a series of paper folding. By folding specific patterns on a sheet of card stock one is able to unearth a specific logic that makes the paper behave in a certain manner. With each specific fold comes a reaction or a consequence to the initial fold.
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INDIVIDUAL CHARRETTE Using the same logic and principles that was applied to the paper in order to achieve specific formations, I applied those to an existing site. The site is situated along the Blackstone River in Pawtucket Rhode Island and was to accomidate a bike path, farmers market and small gathering space.
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FIRST PROPOSAL After an extensive analysis of the proposals we applied all of our design intentions to a new, much larger site. The new site belonged to the Chinese Christian Church of Rhode Island and was also along the rivers edge. The main difference was that this new site would be acomidating a vegetable garden for the property owners as well as a gathering pavillion for the ymca of Rhode Island.
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UPPER PAVILION The upper pavilllion, shown, as a gathering space for the community of the as well as the vegetable garden.
LOWER PAVILION The lower pavilion sits by the rivers edge in close proximity to the ymca and serves as a gathering space and a look out to the river.
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GATHERING SPACE The lower pavilion is assembled by using a series of pressure treated 2”x6”that were left behind by highway construction and are being repurposed. < Shown is a detail of the pavilion that sits along the water and would act as a gathering space for the YMCA community.
GARDEN PLANTERS The upper pavilion is intended to be full of benches where the elderly could sit and tend to their plants. < Shown is a detail of a planter trellis and bench, all to be made from pressure treated 2” x 6” lumber, which is readily available in Pawtucket Rhode Island.
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GROUP PROPOSAL Once the seven proposals were reviewed all seventy two students worked together to design and develop one cohesive design that would be built on site. The final design drew key conpets and ideas that each of the proposals contained. At the end the final design didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t belong to just one group but to all of the students.
CONSTRUCTION Once the design development and construction documentation phases were completed the students went out to the site to begin the construction of the structure.
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BLOSSOM Seventy two students worked together over the course of five weeks to construct two pavilions. The upper, which is a community garden, serviced the Chinese Christian Church of Rhode island, and the lower was a gathering pavilion for the YMCA of Pawtucket. with the guidance of the critics, the students constructed the project from design development to substantial completion and was used for the final presentation at the end of the year.
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Upper Pavilion Community Gardens and Gathering Pavilion
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Lower Pavilion Gathering Pavilion which sits near Blackstone River
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READING HAVANA CUBA RISD / ARCHITECTURE 2ND ADVANCE ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO SPRING 2012
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OUR MAN IN HAVANA What are the threads that connect buildings with their city, their territory, their culture? If we can “read” the city then we can “write” the city in the design of buildings. This studio explored that question thorugh three strands of work focusing on maps, stories and the design of buildings. Havana has an extraordinary wealth of narratives: it has layers and layers of history from Pre-Colombian to Spanish colonial history, from African to North American. Our Man in Havana, by Graham Greene, is just another example of the many narratives that that expose this city specific to the characters and their relationships.
OUR MAN IN HAVANA
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MAP MAKING The three dimesnional map of Cuba, based on the novel, carried the same principles that the two dimensional map illistrated. With the use of string and changing topography levels the relationship of the characters is clearly illistrated and becoms a new map superimposed on the existing on of Havana.
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MAP MAKING The relationships of the characters in the novel was used to alter and change the topography in this map. In addition to the shifting planes, facades of the streets that were continously described are placed at their specific locations to give a sense of the vernacular/local conditions at each locations that the characters were mentioned in.
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HAVANA HILTON & THE REVOLUTION Now that the city had been â&#x20AC;&#x153;readâ&#x20AC;? one can begin to write the city with the designs of the buildings. The Havana Hilton is one of Havanas Iconic and most luxurious hotels. It was funded by Fulgencio Batista and located in one of the most wealthiest parts of the city. But the lavishness of this hotel chain came to an aprupt hault when it came into the hands of Fidel Castro. The hotel was transformed into his personal headquarters with penthouse as his residence.
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Fulgencio Batista at the opening gala as the Havana Hilton is being presented.
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NEW FACE at PLAZA DE LA REVOLUCION Since the “old” Hilton fell in the hands of Fidel Castro I took this as an opportunity for the Hotel to seek revenge on those that directly opposed it and its opulent existence. What better place to locate a beacon of capitalism than Plaza de la Revolucion, Fidel Castros podium to his constituents. It is at this plaza that every revolutionary has been immortalized with their face preeminently etched on the facades of major government buildings.
Che Guevara Ministero del Interior 122’ 1955
Plaza de la revolucion
Camilo Cienfuegos Ministerio de Comunicaciones 126’ 1960
Jose Marti Biblioteca Nacional 125’ 1955
Paris Hilton site for the new Havana Hilton
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A HOTEL with TWO FACES The following illustrates the process which took the total square footage of the existing Havana Libre Hotel and applied it to its new location at Plaza de la Revolucion. One side of the hotel spoke in opposition to the plaza by creating a visible obstacle while the other side speaks to the community of Centro Havana.
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Monumento a Jose Marti
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Plaza de la Revolucion
Ministerio del Interior
Ministerio de Cominicaciones
Havana Hilton
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First Level
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cross section
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View from Plaza de la Revolucion
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View from Centro Havana
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View to Plaza de la Revolucion
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The museum of sciences principe felipe, is one of the many buildings that make up the city of arts and sciences in valencia spain. The current logo is a simple out line of the building that completely negates the purpose or collection of the museum. The new logo draws on the shorthand icons for chemical elements on the periodic table. Since the title of the museum is so lengthy the title was left as an acronym, thus treating the name of the museum as if it were its own element.
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! Special events: Awards Gala ! Educational courses for audults and children ! Early childhood development classes ! Nobel Prize Lecture series
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LOGO APPLICATIONS
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follow me!!!! you are here: plaza de toros
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Moscow, Russia London, England Warsaw, Poland Vienna, Austria Seoul, South Korea
Valencia, España
Toronto, Canada
Los Angeles, CA
Houston TX
Shanghai, China
Tokyo, Japan
Monterrey, NL Cairo, Egypt
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Hong Kong, China
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Quito, Ecuador
Santiago, Chile
Buenos Aires, Argentina Sydney , Australia Johannesburg, South Africa
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CAMPAIGN BRANDING RISD / GRAPHIC DESIGN BRAND-IDENTITY STUDIO FALL 2011
RE-DESIGNING THE LOGO Doctors without borders is a non profit organization aimed at aiding those who are victims of natural disaster, famine, and warfare. Naturally the cross, regardless of nationality is read as a sign of aid. In this case i chose to overlap it with another one at a lighter color to give the logo a limitless or “border less” effect . The colors closely resemble that of our earth and the further one gets from the logo the more the two crosses blend and look like the planet earth.
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LOGO APPLICATIONS The logo was applied to various articles of medical equipment such as tents, medicine boxes, utilitarian vehicles, lab coats and other forms of equipment doctors would use or need in order to get themselves to victims in rural areas. In addition to being applied to service equipment, several posters were made using in different languages in order to achieve a universality amongst those who could volunteer for this organization.
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SPOON RISD / FURNITURE WOODWORKING STUDIO WINTER 2012
REDESIGNING THE SPOON The spoon is a utilitarian tool found in many cultures who’s origin can be dated to the times before christ. Many civilizations have altered and adjusted this tool to fit their needs. One aspect of this design that I specifically wanted to concentrate on was the handle and how one holds and interacts with the spoon. The final spoon is one that requires the user to pinch the large handle in order for it to be used. The handle is made with groves so that the spoon doesn’t slip and feels comfortable to the touch. The spoon shown was completely hand carved out of cherry wood.
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CHAIR RISD / FURNITURE WOODWORKING STUDIO WINTER 2012
SEATBELT CHAIR I wanted to create a chiar that perfectly filled in the void that is made when a person is sitting or in the pose of repose. Using my measurements i was able to create a seat that perfectly conforms to the area from my thighs all the way down to my ankles. Looking at it from above, the seat also widens to allow for one who uses it to either open their legs or cross them. In addition to being a chair the user can also sit on the floor and use the lower part of the seat belt webbing as a back rest. The chair shown was hand made from hard maple, seatbelt webbing and copper tacks.
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BAG RISD / FURNITURE DESIGN FOR PRODUCTION SPRING 2012
LEATHER &FELT ACCORDION BAG I wanted to fabricate a bag that could be used in formal as well as casual occasions and that could be utilized by a diverse audience. My initial response was to redesign an object that is commonly found in an office and that adequately adjusts itself to respond to the amount of material in it. The accordion folder has proven to be useful but only in the context of a file cabinet, and while that may be of use to some it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as readily available to all. Taking the basic principles and logic that the accordion folder holds I applied them to a bag that can be made in multiple sizes and could be held as like a brief case or worn as a backpack.
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PHOTOGRAPHY PERSONAL
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PHOTOGRAPHY Photography is a way for one to capture the way in which they experience their surroundings at any given place or time. Not only is time frozen in the image but thoughts as well as emotions are all bound together by the simple push of a button. Photography has been a personal interest since childhood which began with simple portraits of family and friends. Recent trips to Spain and Guatemala have lead this simple style to evolve to something greater which encompasses modern portraits as well as architectural and landscape photography.
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