Graduate Architecture Portfolio
DANIELA PAOLA REY
CONTENTS contenido
Artist Statement
Propósito
Sculpture Museum
Museo de escultura
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Racines Musée
Museo Raíces
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Artist Studio
Estudio de Artista
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Kyudo Arena
Arena de Judo
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Summer Internship
Internado de Verano
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Habitat for Humanity
Hábitat de Humanidad
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Artisan Toy Factory
Fábrica de Juguetes Artesanales
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James Monroe Library
Libreria James Monroe
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Museum of Visual Arts
Museo de Artes Visuales
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A stage in the graphic Process
Una etapa en el proceso gráfico
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STATEMENT DANIELA PAOLA REY
I live to design, To deconstruct pieces In my mind. To put them together To formalize idea. My mind is not linear, My Architecture cannot be. The rigor in design is not about culmination It is about process, about solving a narrative While finding truth in the graphic essence In the lines, in the personal thought, In the passion That lies behind it.
Note on terminology Narrative- The events of a design process observed to define solution Deconstruct- To analyze the parts of a narrative and solve as a whole.
work by author
The hierarchy of spaces is the fundamental base for an early architecture understanding. It is the relationship between spaces, that which provides an experience that pleases the human among the architecture when relating to the sensibilities of the scale. La jerarqu铆a de espacios es la base fundamental de inicio en la arquiectura. Es la relaci贸n entre los espacios y lo que provee el placer al ser humano de poder relacionarse con las sensibilidades de la escala.
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SCULPTURE MUSEUM Museo de Escultura
Left, Initial Diagram Photographs of Final Model
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RACINES MUSﾃ右 Museo Raﾃｭces
I do not think of architecture as a definite image or ideal render, I obtain the meaning of the work through the understanding of a graphic process involving all the senses. This studio focused on the site sensibilities that developed an architecture of place. An architecture that only belongs where it is developed and understood through the process that involves what is existing in the context.
Mi arquitectura no es sobre una imagen definida ni una recreaciﾃｳn ideal, Mi arquitectura es un entendimiento del proceso que envuelve todos los sentidos. Este estudio se enfocaba en la sensibilidad del lugar donde pertenece. La arquitectura se entiende por medio del proceso que envuelve lo que existe en el contexto.
left sketch, by author Photograph by author, Lacoste, France.
Physical model with economic, found materials
The concept was based on the steps and marks people leave in an unknown place through emotion. The program allowed for the user to observe nature in an elevated platform through transparency.
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El concepto era basado en los pasos que deja la gente en un lugar no conocido y las raíces que se plantan según se atraviesa un lugar. El programa permitía que el usuario observara la naturaleza por medio de la elevación de la transparencia.
Physical models with cardboard and recycled materials
From the influence of Kandisnsky to define Cartesian spaces, to the study of music and influence of the first introduction to a client, demonstrated how our perspective of architecture changed and allowed us to understand that the client is the main drive of a project, and by evaluating their movements, their activities and social behavior, the architecture transforms into an architecture of the user. 9 10
Con la influencia de Kandinsky se definieron planos cartesianos, a la vez que con el estudio de la musica y la influencia de la primera introducciĂłn a un cliente, demonstrando como la perspectiva de la arquitectura cambia segĂşn comprendemos al cliente como el enfoque mayor del proyecto al evaluar sus movimientos, actividades y comportamiento social para transformar un diseĂąo para el usuario.
ARTIST STUDIO Estudio de Artista
How does the user move through the architecture?
C贸mo nos movemos en la arquitectura?
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An architecture does not only need to be a squared surface, but even when taking on different forms that have an artistic, or musical approach; An order, balance and dialogue with the human body must exist. In the end, a design is capable of encapsulating the human desire in a space they will inhabit.
La arquitectura no tiene que ser representada por una superficie rectangular, pero aún cuando toma una forma por inspiración artística o musical, debe permanecer bajo un order, un balance y un diálogo con el cuerpo humano. Al final, el diseño es capáz de encapsular el deseo del ser humano en un espacio al ser ocupado.
Physical model, cardboard and illustration board
FRAMES Marcos
“ IT IS NOT ABOUT ITS IMAGE AS MASS, NOR THE OBJECT ITSELF, IT IS PURELY ABOUT THE CONTEXT. IT IS ABOUT THE DIALOGUE ARCHITECTURE CREATES WITH ITS CONTEXT, AND IF THE SKY IS LIT THEN SKY IS THE NEW SURFACE.” Quote by author
“LA IMPORTANCIA DEL DISENO NO ES LA MASA, O EL OBJETO POR SU CUENTA, SINO TODO LO QUE LE RODEA. ES TODO SOBRE EL DIALOGO QUE LA ARQUITECTURA CREA CON EL CONTEXTO. SI EL CIELO ESTA ALUMBRANDO UN VACIO, ENTONCES EL CIELO ES LA NUEVA SUPERFICIE”.
Photograph by Author, Picasso Museum, Barcelona, Spain
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KYUDO ARCHERY Archería de Kyudo
The spirit of the place involved the sentiments of what I thought was pronounced in the site,the marks of antiquity that craeted edges for the exterior walls of my design would provide a strong support both conceptually to the essence of the toy factory. El espíritu de un lugar envuelve todos los sentimientos que a este lo pronuncian. Las marcas existentes de la antigüedad crearon barreras y paredes exteriores para sostener el diseño conceptual y realisticamente.
Photograph of Final Model on Site Delray beach, Fl.
The player understands where the goal is in a way which is lived rather than known. The mind does not inhabit the field, but the field is inhabited by the knowing body. An architect gradually learns and internalizes the meaning of landscape, context and functional requirements through the practiced skill, similarly the Kyudo practitioner and other users internalize the process to reach a target is purely mental.
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El jugador comprender donde estรก su meta de forma vivida, no concida de inmediato. La mente no habita el campo de juego, pero el campo de juego es habitado por el cuerpo conocido. Un arquitecto gradualmente aprende e internaliza el significado y concepto de Paisaje, contexto y funciรณn para la prรกctica, similarmente el jugador de judo practica y los usuarios internalizan el proveso hasta alcanzar la meta final, mental.
NOSTALGIA Nostalgia
“ REMINISCING OF A PLACE CALLED HOME IS A NECESSARY PAUSE TO EVALUATE WHAT HAS MAINLY INSPIRED ME IN MY CAREER, I ALWAYS SEEK A RETURN TO THE ROOTS WHERE MY PASSION AND INITIAL PRACTICE IN ARCHITECTURE OCCURED.” Quote by author
“ RECORDAR UN LUGAR LLAMADO HOGAR ES UNA PAUSA NECESARIA PARA EVALUAR LO QUE ME HA INSPIRADO EN MI CARRERA, SIEMPRE ANDO EN BUSQUEDA DE LAS RAICES QUE EXPONEN LA PASION Y COMIENZO DE LA ARQUITECTURA”.
Photograph by author, Viejo San Juan
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SUMMER INTERNSHIP Internado de verano
Physical Model for existing project Exhibit
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Hábitat de la humanidad
The habitat for humanity collaboration was an experience that provided a design-build perspective. We were engaged in the design charrette but also in the construction of the Habitat for Humanity exhibition space. La colaboración de “Habitat For Humanity” fue una experiencia que nos enseñó mucho sobre la colaboración. Fue un proyecto que además de tratarse del diseño, se trataba de la construcción de un espacio de exhibición.
Photography By Author
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ARTISAN TOY FACTORY
Fábrica de Juguetes artesanales
Genius loci , Spirit of Place
The spirit of the place involved the sentiments of what I thought was pronounced in the site. The marks of antiquity that created edges for the exterior walls of my design would provide a strong support both conceptually to the essence of the toy factory. El espíritu de un lugar envuelve todos los sentimientos que a este lo pronuncian. Las marcas existentes de la antiguedad crearon barreras y paredes exteriores para sostener el diseño de manera conceptual y realística.
Left Photograph, Conceptual Model of Genius Loci
Factor’s Walk, Savannah, GA.
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“An Architecture that seeks to resolve through the making of Communicative art.” “Una Arquitectura que busca resolver por medio del arte comunicativa”.
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Physical model, cartdboard, grafite and illustration board
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Being able to communicate the idea, not only through representation, but through the evocative communicative feeling, that allows people to understand a sentimental aspect of architecture.
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Hay que comunicar una idea, no tan solo por medio de una representaci贸n exacta, sino por medio de la comunicaci贸n efectiva, que permite a las personas entender un lado sentimental de la arquitectura.
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DIALOGUE Diálogo
“THERE IS A DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND A CITY ON ITS ENTITY BY COMPREHENDING THE DIALOGUE BUILDINGS CREATE WITH EACH OTHER AS WELL AS WITH THE STREETS, THE EDGES AND THE ALLEYS; THEY ARE THE REASON THE BUILDINGS EXIST.” Quote by author
“HAY UNA NECESIDAD DE COMPRENDER UNA CIUDAD EN SU TOTALIDAD AL RECONOCER EL DIALOGO QUE LOS EDIFICIOS CREAN EL UNO CON EL OTRO, ADEMAS DE CON LAS CALLES, LAS ESQUINAS Y LOS CALLEJONES; ESTOS SON PARTE DE LA EXISTENCIA DE ELLOS”.
photograph by author, Gothic Quarter, Barcelona, Spain
This studio concentrated on the importance of creating a relationship within the urban context. The beauty of belonging in Site, from the connection of the urban life to the functionality of the design. Este estudio se concentr贸 en la importancia de crear una relaci贸n (de la obra ) con el contexto urbano. Crear un dise帽o que no s贸lo sea funcional en el interior, si no que forme parte del lugar al que pertenece por su entorno. Washington D.C
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JAMES MONROE LIBRARY Librería James Monroe
The eclecticism in Washington D.C allowed for my architecture to respond to its characteristics and formulate a relation to the particular qualities of the existing context and its relation to the tripartion and orders of hierarchy that related to the human scale.
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El eclecticismo en Washington D.C permitió que la Arquitectura respondiera a las características existentes del contexto y relacionara su exterior con la tripartición de los edificios clásicos para enfatizar la relación con la escala humana.
Final physical model on site
reinforced structural concrete frame
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floor slabs
recessed windows
Upper Image, Photgraph of Final Model on Site, Longitudonal Section and floor plans
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Adult reading
Technology
Lobby
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MONUMENTALITY Monumentalidad
“ THE MONUMENT IS DEFINED BY SCALE, AND THE REPEATED EXPECTED TYPOLOGY OF WHAT A BUILDING SHOULD BE IS NOT AS POWERFUL AS WHAT A BUILDING MAKES US FEEL AS HUMAN BEINGS WITHOUT THE EXPECTATION.” Quote by author
“HAY MONUMENTOS QUE REPITEN Y SE RECREAN SOLO SEGUN LA TIPOLOGIA EXISTENTE, PERO ESTO NO NOS HACE SENTIR LO MISMO QUE UN EDIFICIO QUE SE LEA SIN EXPECTATIVA Y RESPONDA A LA CIRCUNSTANCIA ACTUAL”.
photograph by author, Paris, France
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VISUAL ARTS MUSEUM Museo de Artes Visuales
Jacksonville is a temporary stop. People only pass by and do not stay. The Museum of Visual Arts would evoke a feeling of return with the exposure of the people, while exhibiting experience and providing a new face to transform Downtown. La ciudad de Jacksonville es una parada temporera en la que la gente solo pasa y no se detiene. El museo de Artes Visuales provocará el sentimiento de regresar al exponer a las personas y exhibir experiencia al proveer una nueva cara para transformar el “Downtown”.
Jacksonville, Fl.
Photograph, Sketch by Author
Studio 6 Concentrated on bringing the conceptual work of the designer into a comprehensive language. The balance between the handwork and computer detail work is necessary to understand both an aesthetic pleasure and realistic perspective for the architectural practice. Estudio 6 se concentró en transformar el trabajo conceptual de diseñador a un lenguage comprensivo. EL balance entre el trabajo a mano y la computadora es necesario para comprender la estética y la perspectiva realista para la práctica de la arquitectura.
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Site and Floor Plans, Detailed Section for Screen Wall
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Concept Models that lead to the final executions
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Upper Image, Render of exterior, view towards Water, Lower Drawing, Longitudonal Section with Lightwells filtering the exhibit spaces
PHILOSOPHY filosofía
“ ARCHITECTURE CAN NO LONGER LIMIT ITSELF TO THE ART OF MAKING BUILDINGS; IT MUST ALSO INVENT THE POLITICS OF TAKING THEM APART. AN ARCHITECTURE THAT DISMANTLES THE OBSESSIONS WITH INTERIORITY AND AUTONOMY OF BUILDING OBJECT. ” Jill Stoner
“LA ARQUITECTURA YA NO PUEDE LIMTARSE AL ARTE DE CREAR EDIFICIOS, DEBE ADEMAS INVENTAR LA POLITICA DE DECONSTRUIRLOS. LA ARQUITECTURA QUE DESMANTELA LA OBSESION DE INTERIORIDAD Y AUTONOMIA DE UN EDIFICIO COMO OBJETO”.
Photograph by Author New York, New York
“The meaning of a parking lot is defined by the collective analysis people have formulated through seeking an exit.�
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A STAGE IN THE GRAPHIC PROCESS Una etapa en el proceso gráfico
The Thesis Investigation is about Rethinking the Parking Lot by framing a void through the context of the human interaction. The definition of one possible solution is to be found through the site specifics and dialogue of a new thought process for construction. Within San Juan, there is a sector called Condado, which lacks the Identity of the puertorican, with the exception of the temporal events. Condado is defined by the edges disrupting a long lasting experience that is obscured by the fleeting reaction, surplus of massive construction and an “image” of buildings that do not belong in Place. The Dialogue of process and design will rethink the typology on which design may develope, while framing the existing with a new conversation that seeks an identification of place through the reevaluation of people and different stage sets that are to recuperate a Lot. Thesis Abstract
La investigación de tesis se trata sobre Repensar el estacionamiento mediante la formulación de un vacío a través del contexto de la interacción humana. La definición de una posible solución se encuentra a través de los detalles del sitio y el diálogo de un nuevo proceso de pensamiento para la construcción. Dentro de San Juan, hay un sector llamado Condado, que carece de la identidad puertoriqueña, con la excepción de eventos temporales. Condado está definido por los bordes perturbadores de una experiencia de larga duración que está oscurecida por la reacción fugaz, excedente de construcción masiva y una "imagen" de los edificios que no pertenecen en su lugar. El Diálogo de procesos y diseño será replantear la tipología en la que el diseño puede desarrollarse, mientras que la elaboración de la existente por una nueva conversación que busca una identificación del lugar a través de la re-evaluación de las personas y las diferentes escenografías que se van a recuperar un lote vacío. Photograph by Author
" in our daily fleeting reactions, we conform to ideal images and neglect what occurs within the frame." “ Nos hemos conformado con las reacciones automáticas y hemos negado lo que ocurre más alla del marco visual”.
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Void
/void/
Noun An empty space that demands closer attention.
Object
/ob-jekt/
Noun Something that can be seen or unseen, but requires no context to exist.
Stage
/stj/
Noun or Verb A point in progression that does not define an absolute solution, only portrays a series of events to narrate a story.
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The glass, the wall of interiority, the obsession with object in field; blurs the social psychology of the Puertorican and the natural way of interacting and relating to corners, edges and faces of streets. Architecture cannot limit itself to making masses of buildings, but it must re-interprete the process of functionality that allow for different phases of design to be understood. If not, We will only add another blurred layer of unclearity of place.
El cristal, La pared de interior, la obseción de objeto en el campo, desdibuja la sicología social del Puertorriqueño y su estado natural de interactuar y relacionarse a las esquinas, a los bordes y las caras de la calle. La arquitectura no debe limitarse a crear masas de edificios, pero debe reinterpretar el proceso funcional que permite diferentes fases del diseño a ser entendidas. Si no, solo se crea otra idea desdibujada e incierta de un lugar.
Aereal Photgraphy and Specifics of Site Analysis
noise
movement
shadows
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circulation
approach
This investigation is not about what a design will be, but why and how we may utilize the produced work to convey emotions within spaces, where people want to articulate and create contact not only within them, but are in contact with the travelled space (environment).
plateaud staircase
pathways
pavilion
core
230 ft.
Esta investigación no se trata sobre la definición del programa del diseño, se trata del por qué y de cómo podemos utilizar espacios para provocar emociones, espacios donde el ser humano articule y cree contacto no sólo entre ellos. pero además con el medio ambiente.
The Void, Communicative Art
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the artist
the musician the travel
= the loiter
to make a journey of length
the spectator
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the event
void object event
vacĂo objeto evento
The user and the Program
Macro, Micro Conceptual Drawing
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Conceptuales de viento, luces, sombras y calidad de espacio.
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Extension to plaza
Artist Wall
vendor space
The Common Stair
Common Ramp
The Shadow Quadrant
Main Stage
Site Plan
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Description of Spaces Extension to Plaza, A catwalk that is extending the dialogue with existing buildings or spaces that are lacking their use.
Artist Wall, Murals formalize communication between the artist and public Spectator
Vendor Space, For the spontaneous buying and selling of local goods which provide street action and scenery of reflection.
Common Ramp, A slant that allows for the public man to view the scenario without determining a standardized sitting area.
Common Stair, These public steps are not for viewing the Main Stage, but for Capturing the Public Act.
The Shadow Quadrant, A small Boulevard that allows for small temporary gatherings, where ground is utilized as a surface for picnic and casual pauses.
Main Stage, For Artists and Public Actors, The Space is for the pure act of seeing and seeing seen; As a cultural distinction, Active social behavior does provoke change.
Perspective of Vendor Space, North and South Section-Elevations
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Perspectives of Common Stair and Main Stage during the daytime, East Elevation
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