CLARA MASEDA JUAN
PORTFOLIO
Internal perspective for ‘Shell of the Commons’ Fab Lab
CONTENTS ABOUT ME
04 CV
ARCHITECTURE
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10 Shell of the Commons
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Théâtre à Pantain
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Uncertain House
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A New Community
36
Allium
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RESEARCH
40 Street Permeability in Paris
PHOTOGRAPHY
42
44 Afrique Sténopé
BRANDING
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50 Texxcoco
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04 ABOUT
CLARA MASEDA JUAN Architectural Assistant BA (HONS) ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING RIBA pt.1 & RTPI Accredited D.O.B. 15-03-1993 MOBILE: +34 660 175 500 E-MAIL: cmasedajuan@gmail.com
CONTACT www.claramasedajuan.com https://es.linkedin.com/in/claramaseda https://issuu.com/cmaseda https://es.pinterest.com/adebruja/
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ABOUT ME My work tends to explore the different ways in which sociability can be achieved in cities. These explorations are driven by an interest in how emerging systems and self-organisation works in cities. My work also focuses on generating simple solutions to solve segregation problems, these solutions range from ephemeral structures to creative laboratories that gives the local users the tools which enables them to modify their spaces, achieving much more public participation. My dissertation, titled ‘Street permeability in Paris’, proposed that depending on the street permeability between internal and external spaces sociability could be more or less welcome to take place. The study was based on obsrvation, thus was focused on case studies of street permeability in Paris (my residence during the Erasmus Exchange programme). My final year project, ‘The Shell of the Commons’, focused on exploring all these areas of interest. As a result I proposed the re-use of an existing industrial structure to become a creative social centre that allocated a Fab Lab, a digital fabrication laboratory. The building had different experimental methods of construction, all aiming to be apparently complex but actually available to everyone, not only in terms of its construction, but also cost wise. The project also aimed to provide the public with the tools needed to continue generating more experimental structures as needed.
06 CV
EDUCATION ARB/RIBA/RTPI PART 1, BA (HONS) ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING Second Class Honours (Upper Division) 2011-2015 Bristol, England ECOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE D’ARCHITECTURE DE PARIS LA VILLETTE Year -long Erasmus exchange 2013-2014 Paris, Frace COLEGIO ARENAS ATLÁNTICO IB - International Baccalaureate and National Baccalaureate Done simultaneously with a scholarship 2009-2011 Gran Canaria, Spain
WORK WORKSHOP FACILITATOR University Carlos III of Madrid 2015 Madrid, Spain Gave the workshop ‘An emotional tour of Madrid’ about collective and emotional mapping (Part of the module ‘Tourism and innovation: Creative Cities’ of the Masters in Tourism Management of Natural and Cultural Resources). RESEARCHER IN FUNDACIÓN CÉSAR MANRIQUE (FCM) Fundación César Manrique - FCM 2015 Lanzarote, Spain Three weeks internship related with the planning side of the FCM, developing a registry of such information. LASER CUT TECHNICIAN University of the West of England 2014-2015 Bristol, England Working for other students laser cuting their files and helping them to properly prepare them. PAL LEADER ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING University of the West of England 2014-2015 Bristol, England Leading a group of students twice a week to support them with any doubts regard to their projects, drawings or representation techniques. VIDEO RECORDING SERVICE FOR THE WORKSHOP ‘INTUICIONESCONEXIONES’ EspacioGuia 2012 Gran Canaria, Spain
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LANGUAGES
SPANISH/ Native ENGLISH/ Full professional proficienc FRENCH/ Professional working proficiency ITALIAN/ Elementary proficiency
COMPUTER SKILLS MS Office Autodesk Autocad English Autodesk 123D Make Google Sketchup and Layout Rhinoceros Revit Aps Ethos Series Photoshop InDesign Illustrator Premiere Pro After Effects Final Cut Pro
OTHERS RAUMLABOR BERLIN. NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATION WORKSHOP. COLLABORATIVE CONSTRUCTION OF DEVICES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATION IN VALLECAS. Nov. 2015 IDYS, Vallecas, Madrid, Spain CROWDFUNDING PRACTICAL COURSE 2ND EDDITION PROMOTED BY THE SPEGC 2015 Gran Canaria, Spain STUDENT AMBASSADOR AT UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND (UWE) 2015 Bristol, France BELLASTOCK WATERWORLD 2014 Paris, France THEATRE GROUP 2013-2014 Paris, France WAITRESS AND COOKER IN ‘KFET D’ÉTUDIANTES’ (STUDENT CAFE) OF THE ENSA DE PARIS-LA VILLETTE 2014 Paris, France VOLUNTEERING IN THE KITCHEN OF THE ‘FESTIVAL OF STONE’ 2013 Bristol, France INSTRUCTOR AT ‘TALLER DE EXPLORACION CREATIVA’ (4-12 YEARS OLD CHILDREN) AT COLEGIO ARENAS 2009-2010 Gran Canaria, Spain
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TRAVELS OSLO 2014 (Study Trip) VENICE 2014 (Trip to see the Architectural Biennale) ITALY 2014 (A month traveling by car across the country experimenting a different way of doing tourism: avoiding hostels and staying over with all the friends we made during the Erasmus year, getting a better understanding of place) PARIS 2013-2014 (12 months student exchange programme) BARCELONA 2013 (Study Trip) LIVERPOOL 2012 (Study Trip) BRISTOL 2011-2013/2014-2015 (3 years of university) EUROPE 2011 (Interrail – backpack around Europe for 20 days) BATH 2005 (3 months student exchange programme)
TAKES PART MADSTOCK www.madstock.es Nov. 2015-Today COLECTIVO LIMPIARTE www.espacioguia.com/espacioguia/Limpiarte.html Fev. 2010-Today RED ESPACIOGUIA www.espacioguia.com Fev. 2010-Today
REFERENCES
ELENA MARCO Head of Department Architecture and the Built Environment University of the West of England (UWE)
JOHN COMPARELLI Senior Lecturer: Planning and Architecture University of the West of England (UWE)
E-MAIL: Elena.Marco@uwe.ac.uk
E-MAIL: John.Comparelli@uwe.ac.uk
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Internal perspective of scaffolding for ‘Shell of the Commons’ Fab Lab
ARCHITECTURE _
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SHELL OF THE COMMONS FAB LAB TUTORS: John Comparelli, Peter Clash, Lucy Inder, Sanaa Shaikh & Robin Wilson ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Elena Marco SITE: Sharpness, Gloucestershire PROGRAMME: Fab Lab YEAR: 4
IMPORTANT MENTIONS: Project was selected to be exhibited in the UWE Architecture Graduate Show in the Candid Arts Trust in London. Also selected (together with other 5 projects) to have extra space and a description in the Graduate Year Book. DESCRIPTION: The proposed building is a ‘Shell’ where the community can develop their creations. It allocates a laboratory of digital fabrication (Fab Lab) for common use. Fab Lab’s open a way for personal fabrication contasting the ‘possession of technologies’ to the ‘share use’ and ‘the commons’. The building itself is built using digital fabrication techniques. The internal layout (scaffolding) and landscape structures are mobile and adaptable structures that allow change.
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GENERATOR SMALL SCALE: CNC machine The CNC machine will allow the self-production of the different parts needed to build the SHELL OF THE COMMONS (FAB LAB).
GENERATOR BIG SCALE: FAB LAB – The Shell of the Commons The FAB LAB will allow the regeneration of Sharpness as a whole. It will provide the space and machinery needed to start producing diferent structures to parasite the industrial spaces in decay. It will allow a democratization of production and public space.
Total price for the building (aprox.) = Total embodied carbon (aprox.) = 1.800
£ 290.000 tones CO2
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CONSTRUCTION
ARRIVAL OF MATERIALS AND MACHINES
BEGINNING OF EXPERIMENTAL STRUCTURES
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CONSTRUCTION OF EXPERIMENTAL STRUCTURES WITH HELP OF
ARRIVAL OF ‘EURBAN’ INSOLATED SOLID TIMBER PANELS & BEGINNINGS OF HOUSES
FINAL HOUSES/ ACCOMMODATION AREA
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All
Cut!
No metalic bolts! Easy to assembly! Modifiable & reproducible!
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Cover
Vertical ribs
Horizontal ribs
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2x Termotherm 25mm insulated fabric Adjustable lip Pole system – actuator Horizontal rib Tension member Waterproof Existing reinforced concrete slab Slot gutter
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Double glass Window frame Rubber Actuator Retaining ring 2x Termotherm 25mm inuslated fabric Horizontal rib
Natural ventilation takes place through a stack effect across “The Shell�. The structures provides shading during summers and allows more sun in during winters.
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Sole plate
T–wall joint
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EXISTING STRUCTURE NEW COVERING MATERIAL: Polycarbonate panels. SMALL HOUSES MATERIAL: Eurban solid insulated timber panels. Easy to assemble!
Natural ventilation system to generate stack effect. Shading curtains placed as a part of the system to reduce heat gains during summers.
Angled joint
Roof joint
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52mm
216mm
18mm
450mm
LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES 590mm
Walls
Plan pots
Chairs
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The landscape structures will be organized and developed by the users. The users can improve the modular structure according to their needs; allowing them to generate different types of spaces through collaboration and sociability.
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Existing shed/ New cover Material_Polycarbonate
Cover Material_24mm Insulated Tensioned Membrane_Tensotherm - 2 layers Experimental CNC structures Material_25x3050x1525mm WBP plywood Scaffolding/ Experimental houses Material_Eurban_100mm Insulated solid timber
Movement of people Machines for self-production Existing shed/ Scaffolding/ Experimental houses Material_Eurban_100mm Insulated solid timber
Ephemeral_changing landscape structures
CNC new bridge_connecting communities Material_25x3050x1525mm WBP plywood
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28 Théâtre à Pantain
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THÉÂTRE À PANTAIN THEATRE TUTORS: M. Mazlouman GROUP PROJECT/ PARTNERS: Elisa Targetti & Daniele Oliva SITE: Pantain, Paris PROGRAMME: Theatre YEAR: 3 Erasmus Exchange
Ground floor
DESCRIPTION: Our main precedence was Louis Kahn. The theatre plays with light and also with its materiality and the thickness of its walls. Double walls and natural light play an important role within the theatre. All services and circulation spaces are within these double walls. The concept of the ‘double wall’ has been extrapolated to the exterior spaces. The visitor is guided between green spaces and towards the building in a similar way as light guides the visitor inside the theatre.
2nd floor
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Horizontal acoustic timber
Vertical concrete texture
Seat for main room
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MODULAR ROOM/ TAKES OVER OUTSIDE SPACE. DESCRIPTION: The modular theatre room can allocate a total of 250 people. The space can be organized in variable ways, as the seats are modular and mobile. This room can also be opened completely towards the exterior, as one of its sidewalls is in fact mobile acting as a big door. This allows the room to open up towards the gardens outside to organize other events such as concerts, outside theatre or summer cinema between others.
Section E-E
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Seat system
Option 3
Option 1
Option 4
Option 2
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UNCERTAIN HOUSE TRANSGRESSIVE HOUSE TUTORS: David Littlefield SITE: University of the West of England (UWE) Frenchay Campus, Bristol PROGRAMME: Transgressive house for 6 students YEAR: 2 DESCRIPTION: Two floors with a very strict grid of panels that can be moved up or down. All walls are movile. Uncertainty and disorder generates vulnerability and insecurity.
The moving panels generates uncertain spaces, forcing the inhabitants to socialize
Possible plan layouts
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Accepting human vulnerability “creates connections as a result of authenticity� (Brown, 2011). The changing panels generates sociability through collaboration and agreement between the inhabitants. This project embraces uncertainty and transresses it to encourage sociability within the house.
Ground floor plan
FURNITURE UNIT DESCRIPTION: Each room o the building is specially measured to allocate a total of 5x5 modules of furniture.
Chair and table Total number of modules for chair: 1 for table: 2
Bed organisation example Total number of modules: 10
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FURNITURE UNIT
DESCRIPTION: Each inhabitant: total of 15 modular structures and one rolling mattress to generate their spaces. Allowing them to have a bed, chair, table and storage space. The common areas (also mobile): 20 modules. There is a need to achieve agreements upon not only the walls of the building but also the furniture generating much more communication and sociability between the users.
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The dimensions for the module are based on a chairs height dimension (450mm) and takes the shape of a perfect cube so it can be placed in any of its faces allowing it to take any position.
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A NEW COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TUTORS: David Littlefield SITE: Long Down Avenue, Filton, Bristol PROGRAMME: Housing development YEAR: 2
IMPORTANT MENTIONS: Project selected and exhibited in the RIBA Love Architecture festival in Bath. Only 6 projects selected from second year students in UWE. DESCRIPTION: Part1: GP surgery including two terrace houses and 4 flats as a single building. Part 2: use the same typology of buildings and flats for the southern site including a pharmacy, grocery shop and a cafe. I also included a small community building, minimum parking and two main central spaces to socialize.
P1: internal shared courtyard
Section A-A
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Gp surgey Corner shop Pharmacy Pub – cafe/ restaurant Community shared building
Master plan
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ALLIUM INTERPRO COMPETITION TUTORS: Nicholas Smith, Milica Vernon GROUP PROJECT/ PARTNERS: Antonia Myleus, Babalola Yusuf, Max Jones, Josh Bryant, Ndabezinhle Mthethwa SITE: Former diesel depot, now known as Arena Island, Bristol PROGRAMME: Interprofessional practice with team members from different degrees/ competition YEAR: 2 IMPORTANT MENTIONS: Top 8 projects out of 46 projects.
DESCRIPTION: Groups of 6 students from: Architecture, Marketing, Construction, Planning, Property Investment/ Management and Construction Management. Proposing a mix used site, with offices, shops and a residential area.
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RESEARCH _
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STREET PERMEABILITY IN PARIS DISSERTATION TUTORS: Juliet Jain PROGRAMME: Dissertation YEAR: 3 – Done during the Erasmus Exchange/ Tutored in the distance
IMPORTANT MENTIONS: This dissertation was done in the distance achieving a First Class grade.
Avenue de Flandre, 75019, Paris: 3 case studies/ 3 types of permeability
DESCRIPTION: Sociability in cities has been reduced due to the hyper specification of spaces. Different studies and solutions have been developed to solve this problem. These solutions include shared surfaced roads, usage of abandoned spaces and the mix of the usages within cities, between others.
‘going and coming back’ but with no interaction between them. Nonetheless, a greater permeability between public and private spaces will make the public spaces places where to stay and socialize (Whyte, 1980).
The objective of this dissertation is to understand the problematic of sociability in cities as well as the solutions already made by others. This dissertation proposes a possible solution for this lack of sociability. It is proposed that a higher level of permeability within the private-public border will allow more interactions to take place, and thus more sociability.
A permeable city is a city that allows spontaneous interaction between people. A city that is interconnected, with no dependency on the car, not standardized and that allows flexibility and multiple choices within its public spaces. It is also a city with a closer and permeable relation with its abandoned spaces; spaces that by being used will not only reduced the feeling of abandonments in cities but also provide extra spaces for sociability.
When there is a clear boundary between the inside and outside spaces the street becomes just a place lack of interactions where to walk through (Gil Lopez, 2007). The understanding of the border private-public is one of the most important factors to generate life and socialization in public spaces. A border that does not have permeability will only create a street with people
A methodology based on observation has been developed to be able to proof this dissertation’s hypothesis. Observation allows the creation of an organic perception of cities. Cities are dynamic systems and as dynamic systems they should be understood and studied through observation. As dynamic systems cities have the power of self-organization and spontaneous organi-
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Visual and physical permeability
Visual permeability
No permeable border zation, which is a contrast to hyperspecification or excessive planning that takes place when cities are understood as infrastructure or are not observed but just studied theoretically (Johnson, 2001). Observation also allows understanding the city as a space for experimentation and investigation. Is only though observation, trial and error that it is possible to understand cities and therefore provide a right solution for its problems. It is important to understand the value of observation as an architectural practice.
Types of communication (The senses and communication, n.d.)
Chapter 5 of this dissertation proposes three case studies within the Avenue de Flandre, in Paris, that will help understanding the different levels of permeability and its relation with the level of interactions. This chapter collects all the observations and helps drawing the conclusions to verify the hypothesis.
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AFRIQUE STÉNOPÉ IMAGINED JOURNEY DESCRIPTION: A series of toy animal pictures done with a hand made curved pinhole camera. The curvature on the back of the pinhole camera helped increasing the distortion of reality. These photographs represent a dreamed world, a traveling experience without leaving the room.
Danza de la muerte “Era la gran reunión de los animales muertos, traspasados por las espadas de la luz; la alegría eterna del hipopótamo con las pezuñas de ceniza y de la gacela con una siempreviva en la garganta.” Federico García Lorca
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L I O N + (every dream has two sides)
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– N O I L (every dream has two sides)
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01 TEXXCOCO GROUP IDENTITY DESCRIPTION: Texxcoco is an alternative music band from the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
T-shirt 1 recto
T-shirt 2 recto
T-shirt 1 verso
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FIRST EP: Design Texxcoco’s first EP
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LISTEN TO THE EP ONLINE AT: http://texxcoco.bandcamp. com/album/blu
T-shirt 2 verso
DECEMBER 2015