Architectural portfolio

PORTFOLIO Daniela Alcantara

CONTENTS Academic works (2011-2016)

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BAC MEXICO

TEC DISTRICT

SANCTORUM

LADOGA COMPLEX

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Architecture school in historical site

Library on campus extension

House for an artist

Urban revitalization through mixed-use

CONTENTS Professional works (2015-Current)

MEXICABLE PLAZA Recovery of public space

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DREAMS/SECRETS HOTEL Form follows site and function p. 19

ANTARA GATE

Park, recreation and culture

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BAC MEXICO

Final Render from North Perspective.

Using Vray for 3DS MAX and Photoshop.

School of architecture in historical site Third Year Studio (Fall 2014) Type: Educational/Residential (3,395 m2) Media: Revit, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Photoshop, Illustrator, Vray Team project with Oscar Belmont Morales As a team we equally contribute to the final design in terms of form, function and structure. After that, I was in charge of the graphics, including renders, diagrams and some of the drawings.

Site diagram

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Conceptual sketch

Design strategy diagrams

Heights

Circulation

Program

Sun path

Site The Boston Architectural College (BAC) offers all types of academic degrees in architecture. Mexico’s city campus is located in historical downtown, where stone buildings with classic elements can be found.

Concept The proposal focuses on contrasting the modern versus the classical. The program is distributed evenly, forming a box building. Parametric design is introduced as a means of attraction to architecture students, making evident a new architectural language.

Structural elements

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Floor plans

Lighting strategy In order to provide necessary lighting to all spaces, two main elements are proposed: a facade with hexagonal perforations which allows light to enter more indirectly to the rooms on the north side and an interior cone to illuminate the main foyer in every story.

Longitudinal section

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Building envelope

Facade development

The main space of the school is the exhibition gallery in the shape of a wide staircase, where the students’ work is displayed. This staircase outlines the facade, which is further developed with Grasshopper.

Contour

Loft

Divide

Connect

Offset

Thicken

Vertical garden

Wall section Third floor Gallery

Second floor Gallery

Close-up section in gallery

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Final Render from East Perspective.

Using Vray for 3DS MAX and Photoshop.

TEC DISTRICT

Library on campus extension Third Year Studio (Spring 2014) Type: Institutional (11,090 m2) Media: Revit, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator, Autocad, 3DS MAX, Vray, Cardboard

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Site diagram

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Section B-B’

Section A-A’

Section C-C’

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Student housing

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Restaurants and shops Library Cultural center

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Underground parking entrance Library pull-in area

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Pedestrian south access

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C 3

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Master plan The mixed-use complex integrates different platforms with green areas, to give students privacy from the rest of the complex. The proposal is connected with a tunnel to main campus. The library, located in the center, becomes the project to develop.

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Underground parking exit

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West pull-in area

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Tunnel

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Study models

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Design strategy diagrams

Sunlight control

Outdoor public space

Concept The library takes advantage of the different levels through two main entrances. The axes from the surrounding streets are taken in order to produce a building with several public spaces in the shape of terraces. A central glass void is created to have illuminated spaces. Also, all the curtain walls which show proximity to the main collection are covered with a patterned skin.

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Final Physical Model from North East Perspective.

Using rockite and basswood.

SANCTORUM House for an artist

Second Year Studio (Fall 2013) - USA EXCHANGE Type: Residential (121 m2) Media: Rockite, Basswood, Graphite, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator El Morro NM, is the site for the project. It is placed on the top of a mountain with a steep slope in desertic habitat. The building seeks to continue with the descending topography above the ground level supported by columns. The advantages of a “floating house� are the views and the thermal comfort that are provided to the user.

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Plan development diagrams

Main axes

Join

Push

Move

Pull

Floor plans N

Ground Plan: 1-entrance, 2-mechanical, 3-storage

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Plan B1: 4 -studio, 5 -kitchen, 6 -bathroom, 7 -deck

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Plan B2: 8 -bedroom, 9 -cistern 09

Design strategy diagrams

Circulation

Views

Sun Path

Wind

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Program and space The project integrates with the site through a spatial arrangement that moves with the slope. The studio, the most important space of the house, is expressed as a transparent double height space.

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The organization of the areas results in a volume that balances positive and negative space through materials and heights.

Section A-A’

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Drawings

North elevation

Entrance

Studio

Hand-rendered North West Perspective

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Final Render from North West Perspective.

Using Vray for 3DS MAX and Photoshop.

LADOGA COMPLEX

Urban revitalization through mixed-use Fourth Year Studio (Fall 2015) Type: Mixed-use (45,935 m2) Media: Revit, Autocad, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator, Vray Team project with Diana Rodríguez Perea and Juan Manuel Ruiz We developed the design as a team. After that, I was in charge of space programming, landscape design, some as-built drawings and graphics, including render and diagrams.

The mixed-use project, seeks to reactivate and densify “Pensil Neighborhood”, located across from the touristic and busy area of Polanco. Other than industries and houses, the derelict area is accompanied by one of the main subway stations in the city, which facilitates the change on urban scale.

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Density and Circulation

Circulation

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Green space

Zoning

Main roads

Secondary roads Bridge

Subway stations

High density

(130 inhabitants/ha)

Project site for master plan

Medium density

Focus site of phase II

Low density

(100 inhabitants/ha) (70 inhabitants/ha)

Site location

Residential Mixed-use

Retail Educational

Industrial Commercial

Community center Parks

The site analysis, shows five blocks with a big potential of development. A proposal for zoning is established, as a result of analyzing existing buildings, circulation paths and open areas. The chosen block for the project is the one that has minor restrictions in terms of zoning, and it is located across from San Joaquin subway station on the north and facing a main avenue on the south.

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E OFFIC

MALL

L HOTE

Lot Permeability

17 Retail spaces of 150 m2 each (Ground floor through Floor 1) Pool area of 440 m2 (Floor 15) Roof garden of 1200 m2 (Floor 17) 300 Hotel rooms (Floor 2 through 16)

Extrude

Curve

Slope

2 Restaurants of 200 m2 each (Floor 3)

2 Anchor stores of 900 m2 each (Ground floor through Floor 2) Roof garden of 700 m2 (Floor 9) 12 Rental office spaces (Floor 1 through 8) 1 Sports club of 1500 m2 (Ground floor)

3 Restaurants (Floor 1) 9 Retail stores of 90 m2 (Ground floor)

7 Retail shops of 70 m2 (Ground floor) 3 restaurants of 500 m2 each (Ground floor-Level 1)

Conference room of 500 m2 (Ground floor)

Vehicular access Pedestrian access Project components diagram

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Floor plans

Site plan

Office Floor Plan 2 -Rental office spaces: 2 (900 m2 each)

Mall Plan 1 - Retail stores: 8 - Anchor store: 1 - Terrace

Hotel Hotel Floor Plan 14

Shopping mall

-Rooms: 22 (40 - 80 m2 each)

Office building Sports club Restaurants Skate park Entrance to underground parking

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Main plaza and pull-in area 15

LEVEL 2 GF LEVEL -1, -2

Site section A-A’

OFFICE AREA

LADOGA ST.

SIDEWALK

SPORTS CLUB

GLASS CUBE

RESTROOMS

GLASS CUBE

LOBBY

STAIRS

MECHANICAL

AISLE RESTROOM

PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY

FAST FOOD

ANCHOR STORE

RETAIL SPACE

AISLE

SIDEWALK

HIELMAR L. ST.

RAISED MEDIAN

UNDERGROUND PARKING

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Photograph taken from Mexicable, South Perspective Editing using Photoshop.

MEXICABLE PLAZA Recovery of public space

Professional work (INGENIA EDMX - 2015) Type: Public space (1,746.7 m2) Construction: Fall 2015 - Summer 2016 Media: Revit, Autocad, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator Team project with Francisco Acosta and Luis Antonio JimĂŠnez We developed the design as a team. After that, I was in charge of specifications on pavement and vegetation, lighting design and also some of the as-built drawings.

Mexicable is a public cableway created to provide a mass transportation system in areas that are difficult to reach for conventional public transportation. Located in Ecatepec, State of Mexico the project includes seven stations. Mexicable plaza is located at the rear of Station 7, between a primary school and a church. The goal was to promote social encounter by having a flexible space for markets, community meetings and events.

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Lighting

Drawings

Pavement and vegetation N

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3

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Finish Plan 2

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Section A-A’

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6m 3m

9m

0m 15 m

Light post

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Cableway station

Bollard

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Podium

Recessed floor light fixture

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Flagpole

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Water channel

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Exhibition panels

Beam angle

Radius: 2.5 m.

Section B-B’

12 m

6m 3m

Existing trees

12 m 9m

15 m

Cactus

Height: 8 m.

Height: 1-3 m.

Maguey

Eucryphia milliganii

Height: 0.50 m.

Height: 3-5 m.

Lavander

Public entrance

Height: 1 m.

Concept The plaza explores simplicity through symmetrical shapes and four main entrances, including ramps in three of them. Painting is promoted as a means of leisure and to promote cultural heritage, by including some painting panels on the north wall. Different type of pavements are used in order to divide the main areas and also to attract people’s attention when arriving to the station from above.

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Rendering from South perspective (Bahia de Banderas) Produced by Ignacio Herrera

DREAMS/SECRETS HOTEL Form follows site and function

Professional work (Sordo Madaleno Architects 2017-Current) Type: Hotel (600 rooms and 80,000 m2) Current Phase: Design development Construction: It will start in November 2018 Media: Revit, Autocad, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator Project Leader: AndrĂŠs Cajiga From inception until construction drawings I have been working on this project first individually with multiple revisions with my project leader and then with a teammate.

Design was developed as a team and my responsibilities included development of design proposals, Autocad drawing, 3d Modelling, follow up with contractors and client, presentation making and architectural program analysis comparing areas.

This complex is divided into 2 hotels run by the same operator, AM Resorts. The first one, Dreams is meant to be for families and Secrets is the honeymoon hotel. The biggest challenge was to accommodate 600 rooms in such an irregular site. After that, we divided the two hotels, with its own amenities, but sharing the Back of the house.

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Site conditions

Topography

Beachfront

Trees

Design strategies

Runoff

Concept

The form of the hotel arises from analysing the site topography and it results in the creation of a “spaceship� building, where 70% of the rooms have views to the ocean and the rest have views to the forest. The creation of bridges is necessary in order to allow water to flow below the building and fall into the beach.

Site vs Building

Views

Sun path

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Program

Secrets Rooms (200) Level 34.975 and 38.65

Dreams Rooms (400) Level 16.60, 20.275, 23.95, 27.625, 31.30, 34.975 and 38.65.

Lobbies Dreams Level 20.275 Secrets Level 27.625

Circulation cores and paths Dreams Secrets Emergency stairs

Parking garage Level 17.275

Back of the House Level 11.675

Theatre and Ballroom Level 20.275

Amenities (Restaurants, bars, spa, kids club, corezone, beach clubs) 21

Level +20.30 m

In this level, motorlobby can be found so the user is dropped off at this level or also there is a ramp to the parking garage. In the North side, this level includes mostly amenities for both hotels colored in pink and purple: a theatre, ballroom, shopping area, business center. In the south the Dreams Hotel Lobby can be found with some of the rooms (baby blue) that have ocean view.

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Level +38.65 m

This is an exclusive level for Secrets Hotel, where the presidential suite and four master suites can be found in the center facing the ocean view. Other than that, junior suites and restaurants for this users are included in this level.

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ANTARA GATE

Park, recreation and culture Internal competition (Sordo Madaleno Architects 2018) Type: Park (4,270 m2) Media: Revit, Autocad, Rhinoceros, Vray for 3DS Max, Photoshop, Illustrator As a team of three people (Roselía Marroquín and Laura Daniela Martínez) we developed this proposal where the main focus was to promote the local culture and serve as a space where not only people during weekdays can enjoy, but also during the weekend families can come to do many recreational activities. It was important for us to include green areas as this area is mostly surrounded by high-rise buildings and shopping centers.

Rendering from South perspective Produced by Laura Daniela Martínez 24

Design process

Site

Access to cultural corridor

Inclusion of arts and new entrance to mall

Platforms below sidewalk level

Green areas

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Moliere St.

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1 Pavillion

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2 Resting area 3 Sculptures/Botanical garden 4 Outdoor cinema 5 Connection to Antara Fashion hall 6 Amphitheater

Access 4

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10 m

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Section A-A’

Section B-B’

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10 m

Section C-C’

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