Cristina López Gienau Portfolio

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

Escuela Técnia Superior de Arquitectura (E.T.S.A.M) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (U.P.M)

- Art and Photography School

- Aviary - Community Living, Wood construction

- Membrane Structures

- Symbiotic performance - Professional

Art and Photography School

Madrid,P3 Spain

The project is based on the creation of architecture that becomes a piece of art in itself, with unique and flexible spaces, with a perfect fluidity that promotes movement and interaction.

Aviary

PeñonP5 de Gibraltar, Spain

Located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar and bordering Andalusia to the north. The resulting piece is in harmony coexisting with man and nature. The aviary is made up of four different levels.

Community Living, Wood construction Wörthsee,P7 Germany

The basic idea of the new residential area presented here is based in principle on an optimal integration of the already existing village center with the new residential area. Instead of creating a separate and new residential area, we standardize six differently oriented buildings to obtain more structural coherence and a heterogeneous social mix.

Membrane Structures

Chair of Structural Analysis Kaltenberg,TUMGermany

With this design, it has been decided to cover only half of the stadium, in order to be in harmony and not take the spotlight of the opposite structure. The new roof construction consists of a membrane structure with a total membrane area of 3208 m2 which covers a total ground floor area of 3087 m2. This membrane is hold in place by a structure of steel beams and cables.

Symbiotic performance

Rascafría,Master Spain

The project is based on the premise of having a total symbiosis character; conformed mainly by the already existing sawmill of the Pinares del Paular, a bird regeneration center and a cereal cultivation area, in addition to achieving a circular economy through a biomass energy plant.

Professional work

Rotterdam,Internship Netherlands

Some of the projects in which I have participated and collaborated during my internship in the Netherlands. Mainly using programs such as rihnoceros, enscape and illustrator. In addition I also show some mockups made during this internship period.

ART &

PHOTOGRAPHYSCHOOL

-Pº del Embarcadero, Madrid, Spain

- Programm: educational, music -Ud. Maroto

The project is based on the creation of architecture that becomes a piece of art in itself, with unique and flexible spaces, with a perfect fluidity that promotes movement and interaction. It also has a multifunctional character, since it is organized in four different platforms, each of which houses the following functions:

- The first platform is made up of a space with exhibition rooms of different sizes, freely accessible, and a restaurant-cafeteria.

- On the second platform we find an art and photography school, having fun in various specialized volumes, such as a workshop area, an auditorium ...

- Both the third and fourth platforms behave like a more private residential space, with common areas and a series of public

Inservices.addition, vertical communications are proposed, which are also structural and support the different isometric structure platforms.

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COMMUNITY LIVING

WOOD CONSTRUCTIONS

-Wörthsee, Germany

- Programm: residential -Ud. Kaufmann

The basic idea of the new residential area presented here is based in principle on an optimal integration of the already existing village center with the new residential area.

A smooth transition between the old and the new residential area is achieved by pedestrian paths, the center ( core element ) of the complex, which rises in the border area between old and new, forms a building of accompaniment, a space divided into two levels with different rooms which are available for social events and promote human interaction, it should serve as a meeting point and place of encounter.

Instead of creating a separate and new residential area, we standardize six differently oriented buildings to obtain more structural coherence and a heterogeneous social mix.

MEMBRANE STRUCTURES

-Kaltenberg, Germany

- Programm: stadium

-Chair of Structural Analysis TUM

With this design, it has been decided to cover only half of the stadium, in order to be in harmony and not take the spotlight of the opposite structure. The new roof construction consists of a membrane structure with a total membrane area of 3208,40 m2 which covers a total ground floor area of 3087,34 m2. This membrane is hold in place by a structure of steel beams and

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structure is a modular repetitive construction of two types of beams with two different inclinations reinforced with cables. There are ten beams with a length of 21 m each, which hold the structure at the front and ten beams with a length of 8 m each which hold the structure at the back.

Additionally, as a secondary structure there are various cables with different pre-stress levels which hold the structure in place in the different load cases which can occur.

Load path through structure

Detail 1: Lower bracing of the membrane to the ground with edge ropes and reinforcing straps

Detail 2: encounter between beam and membrane with their edge ropes and reinforcing straps

Detail 3: Membrane pocket with reinforcing straps

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SYMBIOTIC PERFORMANCE

-Rascafría, Spain

- Programm: residential, wildlife conservation, research -Ud. Aparicio

The project is based on the premise of having a total symbiosis character; conformed mainly by the already existing sawmill of the Pinares del Paular, a bird regeneration center and a cereal cultivation area, in addition to achieving a circular economy through a biomass energy plant.

Through a study of the site and analysis of the territory, it is discovered that the black vulture is mainly affected by the danger of extinction of other species in its food chain, such as the rabbit, the free and the partridge. In order to encourage the growth and reproduction of these species, it is necessary to increase the cultivation of cereals for their food. This in turn needs a series of compounds in its fertilizer which are obtained through the wood ash produced in the biomass plant.

The residues in the form of bark and wood chips are converted into biomass fuel to serve the power plant. In turn, the power plant generates energy in the form of heat to cover the energy needs of the sawmill and the new adjacent project. Thus the circle is complete.

The conceptual idea of the proposed program has an environmental conservationist spirit and therefore also assumes the pedagogical part, creating a visitor center with exhibition halls, workshops and classrooms, thus promoting the dissemination of the care of the fauna and flora of the environment. It is also a sustainable strategy, not only thanks to the biomass power plant fed with the remains of the sawmill itself, but also the new constructions are benefited thanks to the "wood production" in situ, which implies a more efficient waste management and a more efficient construction decomposed price.

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PROFESSIONAL WORK

MVRDV

-Rotterdam, Netherlands - Internship

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Some of the projects in which I have participated and collaborated during my internship in the Netherlands. Mainly using programs such as rihnoceros, enscape and illustrator. In addition I also show some mockups made during this internship

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part of my internship I was working on an office building in The Hague, for which I made both façade and floor layout drawings, as well as the design of the front park at the entrance of the building.

I then went on to work on an existing building in Apeldoorn, which originally contained offices. It was to be renovated and transformed into housing. I was able to participate in the new facade typology as well as to make a 1:50 scale model in order to make a better study of the building.

I also participated in a short project, where a student residence was developed in Eindhoven, this building would also serve as a communication between two university areas currently separated by a highway.

Apeldoorn, Netherlands

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