Designalter®Foundation Portfolio

Portafolio 1999-2012

DESIGNalter Foundation is a non�profit organization based in Miami, Florida. The foundation offers a variety of academic programs that pretend to establish alternate ways to relate art, design, space and marketing to the contemporary notion of heritage and community formation.

The foundation`s interdisciplinary approach aims to integrate different audiences locally, regionally and internationally. The financial revenues of such programs in Miami and abroad will be dedicated to promoting the foundation`s signature Heritage for learning project, which focuses on documenting, diagnosing and proposing rehabilitation and adaptive reuse initiatives for historic landscapes and built sites in the united states and any country where this knowledge is needed.

INDICE I.

WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS

The Heritage for Learning Project: Research center The signature initiative focuses on the relationship between cultural landscapes and community formation.

DOCUMENTATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS DOCUMENTATION OF HISTORIC SITES II.

ACADEMIC WORKS: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLIED DESIGN STUDIO: IADS – A RETROSPECTIVE

RETROSPECTIVE-INTERDISCIPLINARYDESIGNsTUDIOS 2008 RETROSPECTIVE-INTERDISCIPLINARYDESIGNsTUDIOS 2009 RETROSPECTIVE-INTERDISCIPLINARYDESIGNsTUDIOS 2010

Ethnic landscapes, intangible heritage and cultural diversity are all analyzed in terms of authenticity, singularity and the power to be universal. This program is to be applied in any community that wishes to exhume, expose, exhibit and communicate its heritage with the purpose of using its intrinsic power to educate, transform and promote.

RETROSPECTIVE-INTERDISCIPLINARYDESIGNsTUDIOS 2011 ITINERANT STUDIOS OF ARCHITECTUREINDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROJECTS & FURNITURE COLLECTIONS:INSTRUCTION, DESIGN & FABRICATION RETROSPECTIVE OF ISOLATED DESIGN STUDIOS & EVENTS CHILDREN PROGRAMS III.

OTHER PROGRAMS, SERVICES & COLLABORATIONS

ORGANIZATION OF FORUMS & EVENTSRESEARCH INITIATIVES AND PUBLICATIONS ALLIANCES: MISIONES COLONIALES DE CHIHUAHUADAFMEMBERS-PORTAFOLIOS PRESS

I. WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS

Baptist Church, Tallahhassee, Florida In this particular project, we focused on the general history and physical description of the church. The study covered the various phases of construction and interpreted the significance of the building at the present time. Other aspects of the building history and condition were treated separately in additional sections, which paralleled in substance and ordered the categories of the Construction Specifications Institute for those topics which were relevant of this particular structure.

D O C U M E N TAT I O N O F H I S T O R I C B U I L D I N G S

Craker Architecture, North Florida This project was conducted for the Unites States Forest Services under a challenge grant.

The structures: a house and a barn, date back to the 1920´s. both of the structures have been abandoned and vandalized, so the park service wanted to document them in order to have a record before the structures were taken apart for safety reasons.

Moore Houses, St, Augustine, Florida Historical research was conducted for the St. Augustine Historical Society and The St. Augustine Historic Preservation Board. The report addresses each site separately and concluded with recommendations based upon the Secretary of the Interiors Guidelines. The objective of the analysis was the imminent restoration of the site in order to be occupied by the Historic Museum Center of St. Augustine and the Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences

Veracruz, Mexico The founding of Veracruz is of great significance because it was the first port of the new Spain and point of entrance for the conquest and colonization of Mexico. As the third temporary settlement of Puerto de Veracruz, la Antigua has been considered with special attention due to its historic role in this great enterprise that meant the integration of three cultures: natives, Spaniards and Afro-Americans. Two important structures were documented: La Casa De Cortes and the Ermita. The history of the town was also our focus, for it was closely inked with the development of the major civic and religious structures of the town.

Xalapa, Mexico Prepared for Preservation Institute: Caribbean, this project includes a study of a very important part of the already defined historic district. The analysis had to do with understanding the significance of a district based the sense of time and place in history that its individual components collectively convey. This sense may relate to the developments during one period or through several periods in history. Some district buildings will be pivotal to the significance of the district; still others may actively detract from the district's overall historic significance.

Art Deco district, Miami Beach Worked closely with the city of Miami Beach to expand the ongoing study of the Historic Art Deco District. Through an intense survey, the inventory of the post war era structures was expanded, Methods of archival research, preparation of data bases, analysis of a building age through methods and materials of construction, as well as photography were applied as a survey tools to carry out the task.

DOCUMENTATION OF HISTORIC SITES

Ceiba Mocha, Cuba The Ceiba Mocha, Cuba, project was the culmination of five years of historical and archaeological research at the Fort Mose site in Florida as well as in Spain. Starting with the exodus of African born slaves who risked their lives to escape the English colonies in the Carolinas to their eventual evacuation to Cuba, the Fort Mose story captured the lives of these runaways as they sought freedom among the Spanish living at St. Augustine. This study traces the move of the Florida refugees to their new Cuban homestead, San Agustin de la Nueva Florida, in the province of Matanzas.

Coconut Grove, Greater Miami Charles Avenue, together with its immediate context of Coconut Grove, is one of the most important sites illustrating Bahamian American History in Dade County. The study also deals with the humble dwellings of the people that settled here; some of the homes still standing, representing the most basic domestic architecture transferred from the Western Caribbean to be inserted in the young city of Miami.

Exuma, Bahamas At the request of the Antiques, Monuments and Museums Corporation of the Bahamas, the team began a study of the islands. The focus of the study was t establish boundaries for a historic district. Guidelines for determining a historic district in the United States require the district be a defined area that possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development. The same guidelines were used for setting the criteria to conduct a survey plan to identify historic resources in Exuma.

Henequen Haciendas, Merida, Yucatan Mexico After traveling along the hacienda route to the South East of the capital city of Merida, it was evident that these collection of agricultural complexes had a very important story to tell.

Once the survey was completed, one was able to understand the historic importance of these rural institutions to the historic development of the region; now the haciendas repose in ruins and waiting to be looked at.

Hollywood Beach, Fl The Broadwalk Historic District is the principal axis of Hollywood Beach, Florida. The district consists of residential/commercial properties located along the Atlantic Ocean. Joseph Young’s vision of a resort city coincided with the Florida Land Boom of the 1920’s. The Broadwalk is an integral part of the beach community and has a rich history to the development of Hollywood Beach. There are 18 contributing buildings and 6 noncontributing buildings, a contributing ratio of 75%. This was the result of a study conducted

by Florida Atlantic University school of architecture.

Key West, Florida The key West historic district is one of Florida´s most important urban settings. With approximately 190 blocks, the district contains the greatest and most important concentration of wooden building in Florida. Contained within the boundaries of the district is a collection of about 3,100 building noted for their consistency of general features and their diversity in details. The project done in key West was part of the documentation and preservation project supported by the Monuments of the Greater Caribbean presented to the organization of America States.

Nassau, Bahamas An important first step in defining the project was made by conducting an inventory of over six hundred buildings. The survey focused on the buildings' condition, location, use and architectural significance and took place in the oldest part of the center of Nassau, Bahamas.

The company was involved in the task of defining the Historic District, producing the inventory and in the development of the master plan. The master plan recommendations were produced to provide a revitalization strategy, to utilize historical resources as amenities, and to support a dynamic approach to a sustainable tourism oriented community.

Parham Town, Antigua West Indies The Parham inventory and design guidelines were not intended to maintain the town as it currently exists, rather they were intended to be the means by which to nurture the town´s positive attributes, culture, tradition, and architecture, while allowing the town to grow. Seen holistically, then as a fabric, the historic district takes into consideration the entire process of making and inhabiting a town. As such, cultural and historical events are woven together, held in place by the provision, and integrated in order to generate a new urban organism.

The Interdisciplinary Applied Design Studio: IADS: The experience A branding strategy: the studio, as a pedagogically rich environment choreographs, a deeper richer experience for designers and other related and non related professions by creating memorable and tangible experiences.

Design is a key component in successful branding heritage environments. Without design that reflects core values and strategies, interdisciplinary design studios can forge critical connections, or worse, they can carry the wrong message. The best way to achieve positive results is to create a series of touch points. Every time a designer or IADS participant “ touches a product” or service, he or she engages in a scripted and meaningful part of the overall story of our brand. Our touch point comes in model‐built form.

The applied studio has evolved into a cultural expression with impressive cross‐disciplinary range‐that has fostered a growing web of partnerships, friendships and ongoing projects among mentors and participants. By gathering current and past participants together for occasional meetings, events and performances, Designalter Foundation has spawned a worldwide artistic exchange.

II. A C A D E M I C W O R K S : I N T E R D I S C I P L I N A RY APPLIED DESIGN STUDIO: IADS – A RETROSPECTIVE 2010

R E T R O S P E C T I V E INTERDISCIPLINARYDESIGNsTUDIOS 2009

R E T R O S P E C T I V E INTERDISCIPLINARYDESIGNsTUDIOS 2010

R E T R O S P E C T I V E INTERDISCIPLINARYDESIGNsTUDIOS 2011

ITINERANT STUDIOS OF ARCHITECTURE International Encounters

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“The design intention behind the design studio allows the evolution of dynamic fluid grids. When wrapped around the shape of the body, these expand and contract to negotiate and adapt to it ergonomically. In doing so a landscape emerges, undulating and radiating as it merges seamlessly with the body."

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RETROSPECTIVE OF ISOLATED DESIGN S T U D I O S & E V E N T S Miami Beach, Key West y Gainesville, Estados Unidos; Xalapa y Mérida, México, Nassau y Exuma, Bahamas; Antigua, West Indies, Kingston, J a m a i c a , C a r t a g e n a , C a l i , B o g o t á , M o n t e r í a y A h o r a M e d e l l í n ,

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Arquitectos, Diseñadores y Criticos Arte y Diseñadores Invitados: Miguel Cifuentes(USA), Luis Carballeda(Panamá), Alejandro Rivera(Mexico), Guillermo Bravo(Colombia) Intensidad Horaria: 30 horas Lugar: Para más información: www.designalter.com Contactos: mcifuentes@designalter.com o guillobravo@hotmail.com Cel Colombia: 3178454936 o 3005007000 Promueve: Fundación Designalter en alianza con Grupo GNeuronacolombia

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Con el apoyo de la Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico

CHILDREN PROGRAMS

III.Other programs, services & collaborations

ORGANIZATION OF FORUMS & EVENTS

Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño

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RESEARCH INITIATIVES AND P U B L I C A T I O N S

Visual Perception of Instants

ARCHAEOLOGY EDGAR TESIS Y EDGAR PERCEPCIONES

Crafted Appearances This monograph is the first to document the Interdisciplinary Applied Design Studio, IADS by Designalterfoundation, a Miami based non for profit organization and one of the most influential design driven education and research initiatives of this kind.

The book is comprised of bold, documentary-style colour photographs of more than 30 completed design studios presented in an almost cinematic layout. The book publishes a compilation of the works generated by the international design studio encounters, from the early gatherings in Cartagena, Colombia to the most recent large-scale work produced in Mexico, Panama and the United States.

Written by Miguel Cifuentes and with a prologue by Josep Mias from Barcelona, the book combines a variety of design disciplines with the foundations methods and design studio philosophy, reflections, theories, convictions, and inspirations.

ALLIANCES MISIONES COLONIALES DE CHIHUAHUA

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CLAUSTRO DE SANTO DOMINGO- CARTAGENA COLOMBIA A 1579 religious structure in the hearth of Cartagena's historic district was restored in order to house the Agencia Espa単ola de Cooperacion Internacional and its Centro Iberoamericano de Formacion. Both offering cultural activities, the cloister needed to be converted and rehabilitated. The original spaces were to be reconfigured and the building brought up to date with new technology and efficient spatial relationships to accommodate its complex but clear programmatic agenda, in a simultaneous and balanced designed intervention.

Miami and the DAF > Environment.

The city, known for its diverse culture and ethnicities, is the gate to and from Latin America and the rest of the world, attracting a tremendous amount of foreign born people; it is prominent worldwide cultural hub.

Participating in the learning programs of the foundation in a context such as Miami, you will find inspiration, relaxation, fun and friends in an energizing and supportive atmosphere that complements your creative explorations.

In addition to the initiatives in the USA and abroad, the foundation supports research, learning, exposing, exchanging and exhibiting the outcomes of the foundation multiple programming.

By consolidating world�class academic programs based on the North American and worldwide historic preservation experience, the foundation pretends to attract participants and interested institutions from Latin American and the Caribbean to participate, so the foundation will help position Miami at the center of intellectual creativity and cultural exchange between the regions.

In the same way, Miami will serve as a platform to bring Latin America and Caribbean cultural heritage experiences to interested individuals and institutions to Florida and North America. This multiplicity of intentions is essential for the foundation to continue to build the academic and research programs that will prepare participants to improve their existing knowledge on thinking, enhance their skills on making and enrich their experience in the creation of innovative ways to understand and act on the diverse worldwide inventory of historic cultural heritage sites.

The DAF > Environment is about learning and making connections with friends and future clients and partners.

Initiatives affiliated to the foundation:

Designalter.studio Architecture Designalter.boutique Art & Design Designalter.text Publishing A world class academic experience in art, design, space, and marketing and how these have the ability to empower heritage based communities around the world designalterfoundation.com iadstudio@designalter.com USA. Miami: 305.3008974 New York: 678.4996118 Col: 57.3173832654

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