ANA RODRÍGUEZ Architecture
M Y W O R K / 2010-2017
WANTING TO BE AN ARCHITECT
(ABOUT ME / ESSAYS FOR MASTERS APPLICATIONS)
Wanting to be an architect is something I had very clear in my mind since I was a child, and the fact that both of my parents are architects made it really easy for me to grow fond of the profession; At the beginning it was the amazement of seeing how each of my dad’s projects evolved, week after week, then I began to understand better what the role of an architect in the society really is. I realized it was not only about designing and building houses…it went beyond. I was fascinated about the possibility that an idea could become something tangible and habitable. I had no question about it… a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, just like my parents, I knew this was what I wanted to do. It was then that I began to study Architecture in my hometown. While the area of structures and installations resulted a little complicated for me, I started developing strong design skills during the firsts semesters of my career, occasionally winning first places in the internal competitions organized by the University and representing this in national competitions of architecture students. Thanks to an education of great humanitarian sense, I got involved in a lot of social, non-profit programs such as “a roof for my country” and “missions” which both had the aim to support poor communities and promoted awareness and social action. The first one was about providing emergency housing with a concrete and a short-term achievable solution. These extracurricular activities and experiences were a turning point in my life and helped me choose the theme for my thesis, a development of social housing, with an alternative of evolutionary and flexible housing, economically viable in a community neighboring my city.
Over the last years I have worked for different architectural firms in Mexico City. The first one called EDAA, where along with my two bosses and a single project, we were able to set up the office. A project in which I was actually able to put my theoretical knowledge into practice was “Casa Meztitla, Tepoztlán” (“Meztitla House,Tepoztlán”) , which this year (2015) was awarded the gold medal at the first Biennial of young Mexican architects and the silver medal in the second Architecture Biennial in Mexico City. In the last firm, Colonnier y Asociados (Colonnier and Associates) where I worked for about 3 years and which is also this year’s winner of the gold medal second Biennial of Mexico city, my practice took a new turn on the typologies I was used to. I went from working in a team of only 3 people, to working in an office with over 40 colleagues. I went from the world of houses and small-scale projects to the world of large buildings and big scale projects, (Mainly corporative and commercial).
Those that are somehow noticeable in the city. Despite my previous approach and interest in small-scale projects, this office sparked my interest and gave me a new perspective on the large-scale projects, reaffirming my idea that architecture is not a tool to cause amazement, but a means that offers a stable background for the everyday life. That we must work for the meaning and not for the beauty itself. Colonnier and Associate’s philosophy understood this manifesto perfectly. For some time I have been working in different kinds of projects. The diversity of projects in which I have participated has made me realize that architecture is not enough, that we have to be nerds of many trades, masters...
PROJECTS Hunan Headquarters
(Colonnier y Asociados)
La casa del migrante
(Arquine competition)
Thesis project
(College)
HV Headquarters Casa Meztitla
(Colonnier y Asociados)
(EDAA)
BeGrand Alto Polanco Elizondo Tower Yacatas 243 Recife 611
(Colonnier y Asociados)
(Colonnier y Asociados)
(EDAA)
(Colaboratorio)
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Casa Tlaquiltenango
(Colaboratorio)
Apartment 813 Casa de Playa
Casa CS (Colaboratorio)
HUNAN HEADQUARTERS (2014) SCHEMATIC PROJECT BY: Colonnier y Asociados DESIGN TEAM: Jean Michel Colonnier Ana RodrĂguez
The project Its a 5 story building in a xx sqm plot with commerce in its ground floor level. The façades have a system of rectangle modules, arranged in overlapping manner, made from stainless steel, which along with clear glass and white concrete, invite maximal daylight, transparency and openness. Being a side-core building, office spaces are designed with flexible office layouts.
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LA CASA DEL MIGRANTE
(2012 ARQUINE COMPETITION) DESIGN TEAM: Ana Rodríguez José Luis Chong
Political, social and economic changes are some of the factors that have determined people to begin journeys in search of new opportunities; Mexico has been the prelude to the American dream for many migrants. Emigrate, more than a shift of place, is an act of survival that the humanity has done throughout time. “La Casa del Migrante” is the stop spot where the illegal acquires a legal sense, in which architecture intervenes to humanize the road. Its about a composition of elements that reflects mobility but evoke shade and shelter, shutters playing with the natural light of the spaces provoking pure and humanized architecture, mostly --- around a central courtyard that surrounds with a sense of social and spatial protection.
1.access 2.lobby (reception area) 3.public restrooms 4.luggage storage 5.chapel 6.women and children dormitory 7.laundry area 9.men dormitory 11.courtyard 12.workroom 1 13.nursery 14.dining room 15.kitchen 16.almacĂŠn 17.depĂłsito general 18.depĂłsito de mantenimiento (acces control) 19.access + parking 20.volunteer dormitory 21.administration 22.restrooms 23.workroom 2 24.community room 25.2nd floor men dormitory
TERRA
( PUBLIC HOUSING 2010 THESIS PROJECT)
_HOUSING DEMAND
Knowing the need for housing demand has become a must in the meantime, Construction is a major cause of environmental problems, and thus architecture. It is noteworthy that sustainable architecture is not an instrument to stop climate change, but an option to reduce the impact of these, is under this statement that buildings can contribute to the reduction of environmental problems during its life cycle, meaning life cycle, the anterior and posterior process of habitability, achieving sustainable development if they use practices and environmentally friendly materials, from site selection and location of housing development, design, construction and operation, to its demolition. Environmental quality associated with the comfort of human beings and sustainable development of natural resources, applied to housing, requires the incorporation of new requirements throughout the entire construction process. Ecotechnologies integrate the architecture of social housing, not as an additional cost but as an short-term recoverable investment, it is a benefit to improve the quality of life of their inhabitants, being a possible architecture tool to tackling proverty. The creation of a community center within the housing development invites the sum efforts and joining of wills, contributing to social integration, cultural, and community by combining the individuality of a private urban retreat and social relations full of life. The main criterion of these ideas is to integrate all aspects rather than any kind of segregation. The methods to make these investments could be recovered to reformulate the vision of the housing problem as an expense for the government and consider it as a social investment, valuing the benefit of families, with a property which, along with its environment and urban infrastructure, could improve their quality of life with a sustainable approach.
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INITIAL PHASE 45 sqm
GROWING POSIBILITIES 60 sqm
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If to make more efficient the use of land , the size of the lot is reduced to match it with the house, we get, more than efficiency, overcrowding. If for density , we build height, the resulting buildings do not allow growing posibilities.
ALTAMIRA COMUNITY CENTER THESIS PROJECT (2010)
The creation of a community center within the housing development invites joint efforts and joining of wills , contributing to social integration , cultural, community and labor by the mixing the individuality of a private urban retreat and social relations full of life. The main criterion of these ideas is to integrate all aspects rather than any kind of segregation.
HV HEADQUARTERS (2014)
SCHEMATIC PROJECT BY: Colonnier y Asociados DESIGN TEAM: Jean Michel Colonnier Ana RodrÃguez
Located in the south of Mexico City, HV headquarter Campus consist of a set of 4 office buildings, each of approximately 22,000 sqm, giving a total of a 90,000 sqm of construction project. Building materials used include brick cavity wall, exposed concrete, steel truss, and low-E insulated glass. Together they relate the interior functions to the exterior and therefore enhance the liveliness of the façade. The project leads place to open pedestrian circulation within and through the project leaving the story parking lots in its basements. The buildings are comunicated by a “linear park” to offer a pleasant enviroment.
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CASA MEZTITLA 2012 (BUILT 2015)
PROJECT BY: EDAA DESIGN TEAM: Luis Arturo Garcia Jahir Villanueva Juan Hernandez Ana Rodríguez Antonio Rivas Diego Ruiz Velasco
¨Casa Meztitla is an intervention of a natural scenario. It showcases the luxurious value of leisure, the tropical weather, the intense sunlight, the smells of nature, the over 500 year-old landscaped terraces and the ever-present rock mountain: El Tepozteco. It is context in itself. The house, built out of rough stone, crawls low under the trees, aligned with the vegetated-covered stone slopes. It is the creation of pure space within the natural space (Paz, O., 1987). It has an introverted living yet is continually open to its surroundings. Only two elements reveal its existence to the outside world: the colorful bougainvillea flowers showing randomly through the trees’ dense foliage, which mark the plot’s perimeter; and the massive and monolithic white box that emerges through the treetops.¨ L.A.G.
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BE GRAND ALTO POLANCO (2014 HOUSING COMPETITION)
PROJECT BY: Colonnier y Asociados DESIGN TEAM: Jean Michel Colonnier Teresa Pizano Ana RodrÃguez Eduardo De la Torre Fernando Leal
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Following a closed competition; which included practices like: Rodjkind Arquitectos, Taller de arquitectura X by Alberto Kalach and Edmonds International Colonnier y Asociados was selected to design the 3 remainging highrises of a existing masterplan. The developer called for 20 storey 130 unit 3 new residential apartment buildings. The three high-rises are all arranged around a central garden, having amenities in its lower floor plan. This project addresses the challenge of achieving liveability, urban dialogue and architectural aesthetic.
ELIZONDO TOWER (2014)
SCHEMATIC PROJECT BY: COLONNIER Y ASOCIADOS DESIGN TEAM: Jean Michel Colonnier Ana RodrĂguez
A project of Two buildings with different heights, a 20 storey and a 7, both with a central core which allows flexible office layouts. Lower floor is shop, leaving the rest for offices. Horizontally, each floor is combined with one or two above, creating a collective, sculptural impression of the building, transforming the facades to become the key element of the design.
YACATAS 243 2012 (BUILT 2015)
PROJECT BY: EDAA DESIGN TEAM: Luis Arturo Garcia Jahir Villanueva Juan Hernandez Hans Alvarez Enrique Villaon Antonio Rivas Ana Rodríguez
“How should architecture merge into an irregular facade-scape context, while generating character in a contextual yet contemporary proposal? Yácatas_475 seeks to answer this question while addressing the pressures of real estate development: high land value, densification, local construction regulations, consumer and market demand, and timing. A black-reflective square-shaped facade, is a response. It captures the neighborhood reflections and the surrounding lights, while building a special character. It impregnates itself with the surroundings while achieving a stylish and subtle black abstraction. It deals with the local architecture’s history as reinterpreting the modernist tiles facade. It uses this long lasting material not only for tradition and low-maintenance qualities, but also for achieving an absolute flash of the material´s aesthetics properties: color and light saturation. The architecture is about comfort living at affordable price. Luxury is achieved through continuous space, natural light, flexibility and carefully chosen materials. The 9 apartments are continuously open to the outside on the front and rear ends. Natural light and ventilation are constant. Roof Gardens, open corridors and generous terraces become a way of life. The geometry is simple, thus efficient and cost-affording.” L.A.G.
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RECIFE 111 2015 DESIGN TEAM: Juvencio NuĂąez Ana RodrĂguez
A 3 story 3 bedroom house in a small plot. A wall of perforated concrete blocks was designed in the main facade, forming an enclosure between the public and private, but also allowing light to filter through. To the street the building is a modest addition, yet upon entry the open-ness and scale of the property is revealed. The layout was conceived as a vertical sequence from public to private. IN the ground floor plan, open plan kitchen, dining and living space is designed as an extension of the outdoor area. In the first floor plan, the main bedroom, and a terrace; and in the 2nd floor plan, two more bedrooms, each with its own bathroom.
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813 IN REFORMA 27 (2016 - BUILT)
813 is an interiorism project, the intervention of a 120 sqm aparment, to transform, decorate and acclimate. We decided to extend the apartment by removing a wall, loosing a bedroom but gaining social area, and making a open space. The furniture selection and the color palette were chosen according to the clients wishes.
CASA DE PLAYA 2016 (ON PROGRESS)
DESIGN TEAM: Juvencio Nuñez Ana Rodríguez
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CASA TLAQUI 2017 (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
PROJECT BY: COLABORATORIO DESIGN TEAM: Ana Rodríguez Leonel López
“A weekend house” CASA TLAQUI is formed by 2 volumes around courtyards. Each volume defines it different function, dividing the social area and the private area, which are connected by a covered hallway. This hallway leads you to the main attraction of the house, the pool and the gardeen.
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3 PATIOS 2016 (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
PROJECT BY: COLABORATORIO DESIGN TEAM: Ana Rodríguez Humberto Rodríguez
3 PATIOS is an unifamiliar house with a simple arqhitectural program, ( 2 storys, 3 bedrooms, livinngroom, dining and kitchen ) There are 3 different ways to use the exterior : An entrance courtyard that provides life to the ground floor room, the garden patio, which is an extension of the social area, and the big terrace in the second floor . The main rooms of the house open onto the patios giving the residents a direct relationship to the exterior strengthened by multiple visual points.
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CASA CHAIREL 2017 (IN PROGRESS)
PROJECT BY: COLABORATORIO DESIGN TEAM: Ana RodrĂguez Humberto RodrĂguez
CASA CHAIREL is a 2 story unifamiliar house defined by continuous space, natural light, flexibility and carefully chosen materials. The orientation of the main volume of the house was fundamental to take advantage of the views towards the green areas of the landscape, avoiding views of nearby constructions and keeping privacy respect to other houses in the neighborhood. The lower level is made up of continuous open spaces which maintain a clear relationship with the external garden. flowing from living area into dining thru the long kitchen. An spiral staircase in the exterior connects the two levels with the exterior ending up in an habitable rooftop which has a privileged view to a lagoon. The architectural program is formed by the public area on the ground floor, which includes the main entrance, the kitchen, the big living-room, a doble height dining room, and the 2nd floor, which is formed by a tv room, and 3 bedrooms, each with its own bathroom and walking closets.
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_ABOUT ME
ANA FE RNAN DA RO D Rร G U E Z VALLE J O 04.06.87 (+52) 5549218772 anarodriguez@arquitecto.com
EDUCATION Universidad Anรกhuac del Norte. Universidad Anรกhuac campus Tampico. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015 - 2017 COLABORATORIO / Mexico City www.colaboratorio-tda.mx 2012-2015 Colonnier y Asociados / Mexico City www.colonniyeryasociados.com 2012 EDAA Estrategias para el desarrollo de arquitectura / Mexico City www.edaa.mx 2011 HOLER / Tampico, Tamaulipas. www.holler.com.mx
COMPUTER SKILLS Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Adobe Ilustrator Autodesk Autocad Autodesk Revit Google Sketch Up
_EXTRA 2014 Colaboration in editorial coordination in the published book “Jean Michel Colonnier 2005-2014” by Arquine Editorial. 2015 Colaboration in museographic project “Cabinet of Wonders” in the Baroque Museum, Puebla. 2013 Colaboration in photographic exhibition “En Concreto” by Josue Mejia, Muca, Unam, 2012 Cas Meztitla: winner of the gold medal in the first biennial of young Mexican architects. (2015) 2010 / 2011 Participation and 2nd place in ENEA: National competition of architecture students.
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