CV + portfolio booklet

Adoracion Marco Vidal BSc (Hons), MA arch, ARB

Architect

Flat 8, The Cedars.

44, Galsworthy Road.

Kingston upon Thames.

KT2 7BS 078 2118 8551 domarvi@gmail.com

Personal Profile

Professional Experience

I am a passionate ARB registered Architect with a can-do work ethic and always willing to learn. I am a sociable teamworker with also the ability to work independently, feeling comfortable with deadlines and working under pressure. My studies in Spain have provided me a good range of technical skills that have given me the capacity to work at different stages in the development of a project, from its conception to its final details.

I believe that Architecture belongs to its time and place, where contemporary can harmoniously coexist with the heritage.

The goalof the architect should be to conceive efficient buildings capable of providing pleasure to the five senses of their users and foster local communities.

Education 2014 - 2015 2004 - 2012 Nov 2010 2009 - 2010 Oct - Nov 2009

MA Architecture. Kingston University. London. UK. Bachelor’s + Master’s Degree in Architecture. (Level 7).

Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). Spain.

Graphic Design course. Adobe Illustrator and InDesign (50h). UPV. Spain.

ERASMUS scholarship at Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy.

Workshop developed in Turin: Green Art - District in Vercelli. Italy.

Other Skills

CAD skills Autocad Photoshop InDesign 3D Studio Max Illustrator SketchUp Ecotect Rhinoceros Revit

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Model making Sketching Printmaking Photography

2012 - Present Miguel Marco Architecture. Freelace Architect.

I occasionally work as freelance Architect for a small practice in Burriana, Spain. I help in different project stages: Concept and massing, research, building blue prints, bay studies and 3D renderings.

2009 -2011 Part-time

Aquidos Architects Valencia S.L. (www.aquidos.cat) Assistant Architect I worked as an Assistant Architect in a small architectural and urbanism practice while completing my studies in parallel. Working in Aquidos as part of the design team helped me to gain a rich experience in architecture.

During this period, I improved my team-work abilities and the capacity to work with tight deadlines.

April 2011

Competition for an industrial complex in Algeria.

The competition required the development of the main warehouse with cold and distribution areas, an administrative building with offices and gym, a restaurant, a cafeteria and the director house in 5 different locations and sizes. My role was to design a first approach to all plans and sections which would serve as preliminary base of design for the main architect. I also produced final drawings, elevations and sections for the competition.

Dec 2010

Competition for a Radio Museum in Ponferrada.

I took part in the competition to extend an existing museum with some members from Aquidos Architects.

June - Sept 2010

Evaristo’s House. Burriana.

My role in this project was to collaborate with the design of this stand alone family house. During this period I assisted to client meetings and site visits. I also familiarized myself with urban regulations, plot limitations, team work design and final blue prints production.

Casa Xiqui façade design. Burriana.

I participated in the design of a new façade for a three stories corner flat.

Corporate identity.

I designed the room plates for the new Aquidos Valencia office and liaised with the company in charge of producing the plates.

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Language skills

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Spanish Catalan English Italian

Professional Memberships Registered ARB Architect n° 082107A

Native Native Advance. IELTS certificated level 7. (2014) Advance

June - Sept 2009

Residential building: 61 apartments in Burriana.

I developed the bill of quantities of the project. To do so, I learnt the software that the studio used for that matter and went through all the technical and architectural blueprints, counting all the elements in the project for an economic estimation.

Additional Experience Interior design project for a stairway (2009).

I collaborated in the design for a stairway in the new Aquidos Architects Office. The stairway had to connect the architects room with the attic.

PORTFOLIO 01

Evaristo’s House Assistant Architect. Aquidos Arquitectes Valencia

Aubaine restaurant Hampstead and Wimbledon, La bottega, Italian delicatessen. Waitress. (2012 - 2014) My experience as waitress in London has let me gain excellent customer care skills, always providing a high standard service. It has taught me the importance of team work, specially in busy environments where efficiency is compulsory. It has also provided me the ability to work under pressure and multi-task.

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Extension for Radio Museum in Poferrada National Competition

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DEVICES, TOOLBOX FOR CIVICNESS. Design Thesis + Course Project. Kingston University

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Green-Art District Vercelli Course Project. Polytechnic University of Torino

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Intergenerational dwellings and civic centre Final project. Polytechnic University of Valencia

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Evaristo’s House Assistant Architect. Aquidos Arquitectes Valencia

Evaristo’s House

Assistant Architect. Aquidos Arquitectes

Evaristo’s House. Family House in Burriana.

Assistant Architect.

Aquidos Arquitectes Valencia.

Evaristo is a retired man who wants a new small single house in a new development area in Burriana. As client, Evaristo has very clear what type of house he wants: Simple, accessible and economic.

As Assistant Architect, I collaborated with the Design team to produce ideas and drawings for Evaristo’s House. I worked in the project from the first stage until end of construction. During this period, I assisted to client meetings and site visits. I also familiarized with urban regulations, plot limitations, team work design and final blue prints production.

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DEVICES, TOOLBOX FOR CIVICNESS. Design Thesis + Course Project. Kingston University

Site inspiration Monoprint

Model making: The colonnade

Plan. Mass and Void

Schematic views + Elevation

River night view

Piazza view

The Flat

Interior - Exterior relationship between devices

Bay Study Detail

Based on the course theme: “Domestic buildings as civic architecture�, this thesis takes place in Florence.

After a walk across the streets of Florence, one can begin to recognize in the buildings certain common elements which are catalyst of civicness: Loggias, colonnades, courtyards, galleries, etc. I recognize civicness where there is an act of concession to the city.

This thesis is based on the idea of those elements that are special for its character and nature and that can be used as tool for designing. I believe that these devices, utilized in the correct position, scale and proportion, are creators of civicness. Therefore the title of this thesis: Devices, toolbox for civicness.

The residential building explores the relationships between its users and the neighbourhood.

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Intergenerational dwellings and civic centre Final project. Polytechnic University of Valencia

03. Intergenerational dwellings and civic centre

Young people flat

Old people flat

Details

The project is formed by a Civic Centre with facilities for young and old people with a new open public space and a residential building. The site, currently private, contains a large garden. The main idea of the project is to keep the maximum of trees. Therefore, it is built were less damage is caused. The main building keeps the alienation with the surrounding buildings, dividing the site in two areas: piazza and garden. Both lateral sides of the site are built, providing continuity to the faรงades and closing the isle.

The residential building is based on the idea of relationships between young and old people and how both social groups can give a positive experience to each other. The wide gallery access opened towards the garden works as an extension of the private flat. In the same way, large terraces that can be combined between them, are the principal elements of the front elevation of the complex.

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Extension for Radio Museum in Poferrada National Competition

04. Extension for Radio Museum in Ponferrada

Above ground: Three different volumes

Under ground: One unified volume

Interaction: Pre-existence + New Extension

Ponferrada city hall launched an open competition for The extension of its Radio Museum Luis del Olmo.

The three persons team agreed to extend the current building, restoring and reusing the pre-existences, rather than propose their demolition, in order to keep the city heritage.

The proposal connects the current museum with its extension through an underground passage which works as new exhibition space. To do so, the former conference room is moved to the new building.

The extension is hosted by two stone existing buildings from the beginning of the nineteenth Century, currently in very bad conditions. We propose to keep the existing walls and complete their original shape with pitched roofs and curtain walls, to differentiate the new from the existing. This decision becomes especially relevant in the tower building, keeping a close relationship with the castle towers behind, which will be reflected in the glass surface.

The access to the extension is through a new patio located between the two buildings. A cherry tree, which is the representative tree of the region, presides this access space.

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Green-Art District Vercelli Course Project. Polytechnic University of Torino

Shopping Centre

Residential Tower

The Master plan aims to revitalize the area, introducing new low density housing, a commercial area and an extension for the pre-existent industrial area.

A pedestrian pavement crosses diagonally the master plan, joining the residential area with the commercial and industrial areas. The tower, situated in the core of the master plan, is established as new Vercelli landmark.