|Eduardo
Nuñez Luce
portfolio
2022
Throughout the pages of this book, you will discover a window on my journey into the world of architecture, and at the same time take a look at my way of thinking about space. The selected projects show the process and results in the academic and professional environment. You will know an architect specialized in lightweight structures, passionate about technology design innovation and its application into manufacturing and construction always looking for new knowledge. I invite you to read my portfolio.
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EDUCATION 2021-2022_ M.Arch Architectural Design | Bartlett School of Architecture | UCL 2017-2018_ Specialist on Lightweight Structures Design | UNAM 2013-2014_ Master 1 Architecture at ENSAP | Bordeaux 2010-2015_ 5 year degree Architect | UNAM WORKSHOPS 2021 Biomorphic Networks V2.0| Design Morphine| Madalin Gheorghe 2020 In Vivo In Vitro In Silico | ACADIA 2020 |Martyn Dade-Robertson 2020 Laminar Segmentation in Structures using Machine Learning | Digital Futures 2019 Digital Tailoring | ACADIA 2019 Austin TX | UNstudio 2018 Talk to a wall neural networks and robotic fabrication | ACADIA 2018 | ZHAcode,Runway ML , Autodesk Generative Design Team, 2018 LEED Green Assosiate course 1 | 2016 Parametric & generative architecture | UNAM 2016 Budget planning and project management | UNAM 2015 Architecture & perception | Juan Albert | UNAM 2014 Digital Fabrication | UNAM 2013 Green Urban Space Systems | UNAM EXPERIENCE 2020- Designer | -www.dematelier.com- | D’EM atelier 2020 - Lightweight Structures Architect - UNAM | Project liaisons office 2018 - 2020 Teaching proffesional UNAM _ Rhinoceros3d and Grasshopper 2019 - FR-EE - Fernando Romero EntrerpisE _Parametric Designer 2019 - Workshop Leader UNAM “Design , Simulation and Robotic Fabrication” 2018 - C.O.S.A & PhD. Juan Gerardo Oliva Salinas _Project designer / computational designer 2017 - 2018 UNAM Lightweight Structures Laboratory _Development of design research / Parametric Designer 2017 - Somma Spazio _Construction site supervisor 2017 - OTTER render _ 3D Modeler, architectural visualization 2016 - 2017 - DGOC (Directorate General of Building and Conservation) _Junior Architect , design and documentation of projects
CONTACT arq.enluce@gmail.com 07763667830 +5215533329715 SKILLS Autocad Rhinoceros Grasshopper Photoshop Indesign Ilustrator C# rhinocommon 3Ds Max V-ray Archicad Revit Processing Robotic fabrication
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RECENT AWARDS Shortlisted Finalist for Merrell’s ‘beacon’ installation on Foula competition https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/kevin-kelly-architects-wins-5k-foula-beacon-contest
LANGUAGES _Spanish _French B2 _English C1
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INTERESTS _Building Technology _Modern-Contemporary art _Robotics
Winners of best Profesional Indsutrial Product Design jewelry 2021 DEM Eduardo Luce & Mariana Estrada
https://a.com.mx/portfolio/joyeria-y-accesorios-2021/ PUBLICATIONS
Proceedings of IASS Annual Symposia ISSN 2518-6582 (Online)
Versatility in the design of form-active bamboo Grid Shells.
Authors: Gallegos, Francisco; Oliva, Gerardo; Luce, Eduardo N; Gomez, Fernando pp. 1-8(8) International Association for Shell and Spatial Sructures(IASS)
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INDEX Labyrinth Meta-Ludus Tensegrity rain water colector Laminar segmentation Preston Mosque Bus Stop Canopy Hanging Tensegrity Dome reconstruction Biological Patterns Applied growth pattern Retractable structure Bamboo geodesic Beacon project
Research colaboration Volunteering / Workshops
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LABYRINTH META-LUDUS
BARTLETT B-PRO / INTERACTIVE ENTITIES / PROJECT TITLE : LABYRINTH META-LUDUS WORKSHOP TUTORS: VAMSI KRISHNA VEMURI, Mümün Keser, AREK KESHISHIAN PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS: SURAPA PHATARAPRASIT, ELENI LEFTHERIOTI, EDUARDO LUCE, ESRA OKSUZ
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Labyrinth Meta Ludus, defined as an irregular passageway through the metaball game consists of platforms that present the notion of gaming levels; for the visitors to explore and interact within the pavilion, each floor is like a tubular labyrinth, allowing gamers to decode the platforms to walk up and down the levels. Movement.... fluidity .... motion... this pavilion creates these spatial languages for the visitors to explore the motion of virtual gaming, created by stimulation of excitement and realism.
The players are teleported onThe entrance of the platform, which is level 1. The player then will have to find their way up towards level 2 and so on and so forth to explore the pavilion. With this interaction, the player will have to spatially solve and move in order to find their way up the levels, like a puzzle.
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Project: Tensegrity rainwater colector Status: Built Design Team: EDCL UNAM & LATE Place: CDMX/MEXICO Year:2018
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TENSEGRITY RAIN WATER COLECTOR mextropoli 2018
The purpose of this object is to provide potable water service in case of emergencies. It is bamboo and steel cable structure, which carried a textile membrane that had the function of collecting rainwater and t a k i n g i t t o a p u r i f y i n g f i l t e r. I n t h i s p a g e w e c a n s e d i f f e r e n t I T E R AT I O N S VA R I AT I N G T H E N U M B E R O F B A M B O O B A R S .
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LAMINAR SEGMENTATION Status: Academic Project Design Team : Eduardo N. Luce Professor: Pablo Baquero + Ariel Valenzuela UIC Barcelona Year: 2020
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Nested material segmets needed to build the structure arraged in a planar position .
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f characteristics of 100 different geometry iterarions, where properties such as weight or ese data was used for neural network training.
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A catenary based geometry optimized used machine learning , to get the lightest & strongest form also reducing the material sheets used for its construction. An exploration to laminar segmentation on structures done during the Digital Futures workshop 2020. In this porject I worked from concept to model creation and analysis with the guidance of Pablo Baquero and Ariel Valenzuela.
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Project: Preston Mosque Status: competition Design Team: Mariana Estrada & Eduardo Nunez Year:2021
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PRESTON MOSQUE RIBA competition
As an aesthetic and functional attribute, we proposed a pattern on the building envelope, based on the displacement a n d r o t a t i o n o f b r i c k s a c o r d i n g t o t h e l u n a r c a l e n d a r, g i v i n g a contemporary Islamic appearance.
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The dome is a common characteristic among the mosques, which we take up for its structural efficiency to generate the main prayer room, giving i t a g r e a t h i e r a r c h y. I n s p i r e d b y t h e g e o m e t r i c complexity of Islamic roofs, we opted for a double curvature roof that allowed us to optimize and reduce the number of supports in our structure, We symmetrically distribute the spaces for men and women, proposing isolated routes with independent vertical circulations on opposite sides of the building.
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T h e m e n’s p r a y e r h a l l i s l o c a t e d d i r e c t l y o n t h e compositional axis within a circular boundary covered by a dome, creating a triple-height space that accommodates more than 300 worshipers. T h e w o m e n’s p r a y e r h a l l i s l o c a t e d o n t h e u p p e r floor covered by a geometrically optimized curved ceiling with a 25% translucency to create a column-free naturally lit space with a capacity of more than 150 worshipers
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BUS STOP CANOPY Projet : MetroBus Stop Status: Project for 2019 Design team: Eduardo Nunez Luce PhD. Juan Gerardo Oliva Salinas Place: CDMX, Mexico Year: 2018
The proposal for a new bus stop for the MetroBus typolgy network,consists of a modular element of the “umbrella” type of 6.5 m x 6.5 m on each side, which Through its repetition, it generates a continuous canopy on the waiting platform of the Metro-bus station. The suppor t system was solved using a central embedded post that distributes the load of 4 steel articulated arms, which pull the textile membrane. This model can be easily replicated on multiple stops along the network routes for a quick construction.
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Elevation The membrane has an inver ted cone-type g e o m e t r y, p u l l e d a t 4 u p p e r p o i n t s T h e total surface of the membrane is 26.3 m2 which gives a total weight of 19.75 kg of membrane. A wind speed of 120 km/h is considered therefore resulting in a total of 1,158 kg for design due to wind effects.
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F o r t h e d o w n s p o u t o f r a i n w a t e r, a f u n n e l type plastic piece was designed to direct rain water down a double tube, which consists of a tube outside the structural steel post with a diameter of 25 cm this allows to conceal the drain and to direct the water towards a deposit for later usage.
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Projet: Hanging Tensegrity Status: Permit approval Design team: COSA & PhD. J. Gerardo Oliva Salinas Engeneering: Hyparch Place: CDMX, Mexico Clients: INAH | UNAM Year: 2020
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HANGING TENSEGRITY
T h e Te n s e g r i t y geometry designed to cover the patio of an historic building in downtown Mexico city was part of a rehabilitation project done for the Law School at UNAM. In this project i was part of the team in charge of analyzing and optimizing the geometry tensile forces to get a structurally rigid form that could stand heavy weight winds , and capable o f d r a i n i n g r a i n w a t e r i n e x t r e m e s t o r m w e a t h e r.
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Slope analysis for water drainage
I also run simulations using Kangaroo to see the behaviour of the bars and cables under load and stress forces. The lightness of the overall geometry allows it to sit on top of the historic building without requiring big alterations on the existing structure.
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Project: Dome reconstruction Status: Built Design Team: COSA & Dr. Juan Gerardo Oliva Salinas Engineering: Hyparch Place: Axochiapan,México Clients: INAH Year: 2018 E d u a r d o N u ñ e z Lu c e
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DOME RECONSTRUCTION
Result of the strong September 2017 earthquake, the main church of the town of Axochiapan, suffered the collapse of the dome, leaving at least one injured person, It was with the whole town efforts that they managed to control the remaining structure temporarily. When the restoration work begun , the main goal was to redesign a steel dome (as wanted by the town council) covered with copper.
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The army and town people helping in the church after the earthquake
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BIOLOGICAL PATTERNS
Project: Self growing helmet Status: Academic project Design Team: Italia aguilera, Shuho Jiang & Eduardo N Luce Year: 2019
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Physarum growth simulation , images created during the Talk to a wall ,ACADIA 2018 workshop.
Natural patterns that I have explored thanks to some workshops , where Diffuse Limited Agregation and growth are the chosen methods to simulate particles agglomeration. The firsts attempts where done in the 2018 ACADIA workshop replicating the Physarum growth. (top series of 3 images) Later this method was applied to a self growing protective helmet design ( bottom images) the helmet has 3 growth layers each one thinner than the previous one making a strong structure to protect the head. Finally this patterns explorations continued on the 2020 ACADIA workshop, where the Diffuse Limited Agregation was replicated using processing to simulate an InVitro particles aggregation.
Diffuse Limited Agregation pattern created using Processing, Project advised by Professor Martyn Dade-Robertson
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APPLIED GROWTH PATTERN
Project: Wearables Design Status: On Sale Design Team: Mariana Estrada & Eduardo N Luce Place: México Year: 2020 Website: dematelier.com E d u a r d o N u ñ e z Lu c e
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3D Growth simulation where a container box limited the geometry size and external points served as attractors and directors of growth.
Jewelry production designed replicating the growth process of algae. the geometry was created by a starting point (seed), an area available for growth, and atractor points representing light sources avoiding colitions. We worked to develop several iterations of growth and selecting the best ones that could be manufactured at a medium scale production on molds for silver and gold. The designed products are available for sale.
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RETRACTABLE STRUCTURE Projet : Mechanical Dome Status: Project for 2020 Design team: COSA & PhD. Juan Gerardo Oliva Salinas Engeneering: Hyparch Place: CDMX, Mexico Clients: INAH | UNAM Year: 2018
This retractable dome was designed for an historical building located at Mexico downtown attributed to architect Manuel Tolsá. Throughout some analysis the team chose two basic geometrires to explore: the Hypar and the Catenary with a camera shutter movement to open/close over the patio. For this project I proposed the hypar geometry iteration based on the 1970’s Felix Candela Hypars in México creating a contemporary optimized interpretation with a mechanical shutter-like movement to open.
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I was part of the design team from early stages , with the goal of creating an optimized structure in order to reduce its weight and impact on the existing building. This iteration consists of 4 hypars divided in the middle that adapt to the shutter movement, the geometry takes advantage of its own strength in a Candela inspired way.
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Tak Kuji Eco Hotel Project: Eco hotel geodesic Status: On construction Design Team: Eduardo N. Luce, Sebastian Sandoval Saltijeral Year : 2020
Tak Kuji is an ambitious project in the village of Pichucalco in Chiapas, Mexico. https://takkuji.com/#about For this project I was in charge of the design of the main lobby building a geodesic bamboo dome covered with a tensile membrane.
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Focused on Eco friendly building , this dome uses bamboo as its main structural material, the geometry of the dome is defined by a starting hexagon on the top of the sphere , wich creates six identical segments that can be assembled separately. The membrane follows a pattern almost like a football with a elevated center point to assure that water can drain and increase the tensile stress of the textile. The initial analysis of this dome was done using kangaroo physics on Grasshopper.
Isometric of Bamboo structure
The bamboo structure was analysed and simulated to find the optimal diameter and strenght of the bars. On the simulation diagrams below we can see the a fail scenario due to the lack of strenght on the foundation belt of the dome.
Section Structural simulation diagrams showing on red the compression stress and on blue colour the tension stress
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Merrel Beacon Project Project: Beacon Cabin Status: Shortlisted finalist Design Team: Eduardo N. Luce Year : 2022
In partnership with Mind, the mental health charity, outdoor clothing and footwear brand Merrell, launched The Beacon Project to create the perfect temporary structure that completely complements its remote natural surroundings and provide a peaceful haven away from the stresses and strains of modern life
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This Human-built nature extension for hikers seeks to pay homage to the iconic rocks formations on the Island, in a way that creates a dialogue with the surrounding landscape, the main material proposed for this structure is wood, a warm natural material that gives a sense of connection between humans and nature, this is accentuated by the porosity of the envelope that is intentionally left with gaps between the vertical wood in the walls to allow for any visitor to have visual contact with the outside while at the same time feel a sensation of protection and calm.
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The facade of the structure incorporates wood pots that can host local greenery and that will help it blend even better with the landscape and also bringing nature into this place of rest and shelter making it a passive companion for any hiker
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RESEARCH COLLABORATION
Plastic injection joint
Bamboo research project
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UNAM FACULTAD DE ARQUITECTURA LABORATORIO DE ESTRUCTURAS LIGERAS "Diseño y construcción de estructuras ligeras hacia una arquitectura e ingeniería sustentable"
ÁREA DE COBERTURA: 45.75 m2 ÁREA DE BÓVEDA: 159.96 m2
BÓVEDA DE TABIQUE RECARGADO II
1.- TODAS LAS ACOTACIONES EN METROS Dibujo: Rodolfo Rodríguez Muñoz 27/06/18
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Bamboo Model
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For almost two years I collaborated at the Lightweight Structures Laboratory where geometry optimization projects take place , using bamboo and natural fibers such as “yute”. Here I worked on the Bamboo catenary geometry joints, and on the cutting pattern for the “yute” cover, allowing me to learn about plastic molds design and bamboo structures . Also brick vaults were under research using the traditional mexican brick laying pattern under directions of Alfonso Ramirez Ponce , with this projects I was able to deepen my knowledge about compression structures, graphic statics and bricks. This experience showed me a research method to approach different design problems.
Brick vault building guides
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FREE TIME /VOLUNTEERING/ WORKSHOPS
Appart from academic an professional projects , I enjoy to keep on learning and developping skills. Taking workshop, aquiring knowledge and sharing with a community also passionated is always a great experience
Even If the main subject may seem a bit far from architecture, like the Digital Tailoring workshop, where, this workshop inspired me to think about how the human body also is a way for creating space and serve humans for enviromental adaptations.
Some more explorations about wearables like rings or even clothing pieces, and other non architectonic object, were I worked during free time.
ACADIA 2018 workshop
Some sculptorical “games” like this nails sphere was created throughout a digital and physical scale model variations in a free time exploration. Material and geometry explorations have also been of great interest , like in this silicon and water cooling experiment (images to the right) to create a self suporting structure. In a more social aspect, the opportunity to volunteer and help in diferent projects and situations has been also a part of my life.
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I have been able to volunteer at some cultural activites such as exhibitions, lectures and help on the diagnosis for the restoration of the “Los manantiales“ building by Felix Candela, after the 2017 earthquake, It was an enormous learning experience, not only at an academic level , but also at a social and community support level.
Hypar Shell after 2017 earthquake
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THANKS
Eduardo Nuñez Luce 2022