ARCHITECTURE | PORTFOLIO CARLOS A. MIRANDA
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Information:
Carlos A. Miranda
E-mail:
carlosmdsz@hotmail.com
Cell Number:
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(915) 316-4023
CONTENTS PROFESSIONAL WORK SAMPLES: 1. COMMUNITY COURTYARD
Landscape | Architecture | CD
2. RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR RENOVATION
Architecture | Interior | SD
3. BARKLET
Architecture | CD
4. CHILDCARE PLAYGROUND
Landscape | Architecture | DD
5. ROOF TERRACE - DOG AREA
Landscape Project | SD
ACADEMIC WORK: 1. FOSTER HOMES Housing Studio, CCA | M.ARCH 2. CULTURAL EXTENSION Buoyant Ecologies Lab Studio, CCA | M. ARCH 3. HIGHER GROUND Thesis Studio, CCA | M. ARCH 4. UNDERWORLDS Digital Craft Lab Studio, CCA | M. ARCH
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Community Courtyard Professional Work Landscape Project CD Phase
Landscape project where the scope was to designed a common area only to residence of the building. This space will be located on the street level of a multi-family residence. Assisted on the schematic design of the wood seating area and final renderings of the overall space for client presentation. Softwares used: Rhino, Revit, Lumion and Photoshop.
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LIGHTING ELEMENTS FESTOON LIGHTS
WOOD COMPONENTS KEYBONY WOOD CLEAR
HONEY PORCELAIN CONCRETE FRENCH GREY
STONE AZURE LIMESTONE
STONE - BLACK BASALT
EMBER PORCELAIN
PAVERS
CONCRETE FIRE PLACE
Material presentation for client.
Material Palette: Looking Inside The Den 6 1567 California St
08/04/2021
ARTIFICIAL TURF
CHIEFCLIFF
SOUTH BAY QUARTZITE
BOULDERS NATURAL WOOD LOGS
WOOD PAVERS
NATURAL WOOD ELEMENTS
Material Palette: Looking at Dog Run + Fitness Patio Area 1567 California St
08/04/2021
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Residential Interior Renovation Professional Work Architecture Project SD Phase
An interior renovation on a private residence. Worked in developing 3D model in Revit, preparing schematic design presentation for client by producing perspective renderings and rendered elevations to get a sense of texture and materiality. Assisting architect with conceptual ideas to arrive to the final design.
Softwares used: Revit, Lumion, Illustrator and Photoshop.
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ENRTY AND 2ND LEVEL VIEWS
GARDEN LEVEL VIEWS (BASEMENT)
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Barklet Professional Work Architecture Project CD Phase
A parklet for dogs! A small project that I worked on from conceptual ideas all the way to construction. Producing renderings for community outreach and construction drawings for city permit. Assisted architect on building a 1:1 mockup model for parking day.
Softwares used: Revit and Photoshop.
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Detail drawings produced for construction documents.
1:1 Mockup model for Parking Day
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Childcare Playground Professional Work Landscape Project DD Phase
Landscape project where the scope was to designed a playground for a childcare facility. Coordinating with Architect thinking about fence heights, materiality and functionality of the space for kids. Worked on the whole process of Schematic Design and Design Development assisting on conceptual ideas , precedents and producing presentation for client review. Softwares used: Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator and Lumion.
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Roof Terrace - Dog Area Professional Work Landscape Project | Hand Sketch Drawings SD Phase
DOGGY OASIS
PERIMETER PLAYGROUND
Landscape project on level 7th roof terrace dedicated for dogs following code guidance, constrain by the occupable square footage allowed by code. Proposing three different schematic designs options to client by hand sketching using Copic markers. Worked on producing all conceptual hand sketches and irrirations of design.
Tools used: Copic markers and tracing paper.
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FOSTER HOMES Academic Fall 2018 Antje Steinmuller
This residential project focused in bringing more living spaces and unify families. Addressing foster families, the purpose of this design is to provide spaces to foster children and give them the opportunity to be part of a family setting. Through different spaces where they will collide with other spaces, at moments in the unit where they will be forced to interact with others as well in the exterior spaces that connects each unit.
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CULTURAL EXTENSION Academic / Group Project Fall 2019 Margaret Ikeda & Evan Jones
This project will translate the behavior of Maldivians on land, such as sharing and having more community spaces. Creating an extension line on the south-west of the island, this line will represent the future continuous grow straight towards a Harbor which will be their primary economy for their culture. This project is designed with the anticipation of future sea level rise, the project creates a new economic model of the island of Dhangethi in Maldives. Which works to foster underwater ecology while also recognizing the importance to the land which is the foundation of the culture and traditions. A new harbor is integrated with floating housing to foster new connections to neighboring islands and put forth a new model for how to create new economies and sustainable networks. With the help of new integrated systems such as solar energy, water collection and anaerobic systems, this project will become less dependent on inputs and projected to last and adapt for the future.
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Site Plan
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Floor Plan
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Rooftops views looking at the proposal harbor
View from the shore
Physical model showing one cluster
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HIGHER GROUND Academic Spring 2020 Nataly Gattegno
This project shows my thesis exploration, extracting the ground upwards. A new ground created above the existing ground, in a city where vehicles dominate the road and buildings act independently with no connectivity. This new ground will be extracted upwards creating new levels becoming the arteries and membranes of the city. Reconnecting the city in a new way with a higher ground, bringing elements of the horizontal city such as open markets, public spaces, exterior dining restaurants, etc. The organic and curvilinear design proposes a contrast of the current verticality and linear shape of Dubai. This type of architecture would reconnect and build a new system allowing a better connectivity in the city.
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First iteration of the Higher Ground | Concept Design
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Market place inside the Higher Ground | Concept Design
First iteration of the interior space | Concept Design
Abstract Illustration | Concept Design
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Overall project
Operable apertures at the exterior envelope
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Interior space at one instance of the project
Interior space in the Higher Ground
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UNDERWORLDS Academic / Group Project Spring 2019 Jason Kelly Johnson
A collaboration project worked with SF Planning exploring a creative strategy to activate Dogpatchs underpasses. Using lightweight structures, this installation functioned as an exploration on how we can rethink and reuse the underpasses by activating these spaces. Using digital projection mapping and other technologies, this small installation allowed us to understand the complexity of a project and the organization required to achieve its completion. Thinking of materiality and developing our own custom joints for specific connections our project needed.
Photograph by: James Bueti
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Full physical model on site - No panels
Working on first prototype
One corner connection
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