E D U A R D O
G A R C I A
Eduardo Garcia
EDUCATION 2008
Macarthur High School
eegarci4@gmail.com 409-332-1013
Vounteer/Leadership I love service and especially when it is design lead. For my church I have been given multiple opportunities to apply freedom of design in order to accomplish projects for church members.
High School Diploma 2009 - 2011
Lamar State College-Port Arthur
SKILLS
Associate of Arts
2011 - 2018
University of Houston-College of Architecture and Design Bachelor of Architecture
EXPERIENCE 2014 - 2015
Ross Stores Job roles included: cashier, floor management of specified area, and team work assignments given for change of season wear.
A. Computer
B. Personal
Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Vectorworks Sketchup Rhino ArcGIS
Organization Team Player Public Speaking
Excel Word PowerPoint
English Spanish
C. Language
INTERESTS 2003 - 2019
A&J Construction Brought up in the world of construction and remodeling I have worked under my father’s buisness learning the ins and outs of the trade; from the foundation of a house to the shingles on a roof I have learned the basics or construction/remodeling.
Photography
Music
Videogames
Writing
Tree House Center
Merging Shophouses
Crossing: Buffalo Bayou
Deep Ellum
Tree House Center Imagine a neighborhood resiliency center placed in a park location? How would the community react to such a placement? The project challenges such questions and especially the vernacular setting outcome. Placed in a park setting, the program is stripped of only essential elements. From there the playful application of each program is condensed and placed vertically for distance from flood and viewing opportunity. The end result becomes an additional jungle gym to the park, mixing the use of program and park setting during a disaster event and during normal use.
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Design Intent
? Home to park setting
Added Neighborhood Resiliency Center in a park setting
NRC GYM
Custom Resiliency Center Fitting Local Needs
Model Process
Models are shown from arial view to give understanding of site to program layout. Here the study of space and planes is explored. exploring playful and practical
exploring playful and practical
These study models exlore the possible mixing of large and small programs in relation to site views and elevations.
final understanding of programs to site context
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Herman Brown Park
Site
Parks for Joseph and US
Songwood Park
Site Diagram
Play/ Refuge Community
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Exercise
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East Section
Merging Shophouses
Ho Chi Minh City- Vietnam
District 4:
Ho Chi Minh CIty
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N Ascending roof reflecting programs
Frame Structure
21 individual meditation spaces along with two levels for group practice and one major space on main floor level
Library with private reading space above
Dining, coffee, and kitchen spaces along with two more levels for added privacy and added view
Since the studio took place abroad during the summer, model making was not available and proccess is then shown digitally
Vertical circulation: HCMC, Vietnam
21 individual meditation spaces
Public meditation space
Cafe/dining along three floors for viewing and privacy
Many of the spaces that Vietnam had as result of the shophouse architecture was many floor levels. As a result, what became is many spaces that had an ability for privacy with friends or individually. The architecture of the project is highly inspired by these vernaculars.
Crossing: Buffalo Bayou
LIVING
Drinking Water Exercise/Fitness Boat Launch B&B/Tower/Bridge Handicap Access Stairs Parking B-cycle Station houston.bcycle.com METRORail Station Hiking & Biking Trail Future Trail Pedestrian Bridge Nature Trail
.01 miles
SOURCE: BUFFALO BAYOU .ORG
T h e fo c u s o f th e p ro j ect w a s to q u e s ti o n th e ty p ol og y o f a to w e r, b ri d g e , a nd h o u s i n g a n d th e me rg i n g of th e th re e to c re a te a h y b ri d a rc h i te c tu re th a t q u e s ti ons p ri v a te a n d p u b l i c s p a ces a s w e l l . T h e s e tti n g ta kes p l a c e i n B u ffa l o B a y o u’s El e a n o r Ti n s l e y P a rk fa m o u s fo r i ts h o s t o f e v e nt g a th e ri n g s a n d o p e n v iew to w a rd s d o w n to w n . T h e p ro j e c t a c ts as b ri d g e , v i e w i n g to w e r, and b e d a n d b re a k fa s t fo r th o se w a n ti n g to c ro s s , v i e w, or l i v e a l o n g th e p o p u l a r h i ke a n d b i k e tra i l s th a t run Bu ffa l o B a y o u .
Initial ideas:
Apply new path
create bridge
Can a grid allow for order?
create tower
Apply housing Apply grid/remove housing Apply housing
Apply housing Apply housing grid
Can programs be removed and substituted
Early study models
Site: N
Eleanor Tinsley Park
Buffalo Bayou
Site
Multi purpose room
Given Program:
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tower x
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apply rules
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reactions caused?
1 unit
bridge
x
unit to tree
unit to route
unit to height
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bed and breakfast
N
site + boundary
Site
N
N
chosen generation
height reduction for context
overlapping erased
path simplified
distinction of path
path simplified: end result
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apply module/structure
module removal for context
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end result
apply found path
Site Plan:
Section 2
Section 1
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Deep Ellum
The early models became an investigation of prgram size and program seperation: what is service and served.
Going back to the drawing board the true spirit of organization of program and circulation come about.
These parti model became the investiagation of the outlined sketch above. True understanding of context to architecture was achieved as best as possible.
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Elm
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Context icons
Black box to programs
Lobby/ Cafe
Theatre
Black box Main Circulation
Admissions/ Changing rooms/ tickets/coatroom
Green room/ Feight elevator
North Elevation
3/32"=1'
South Elevation
3/32”= 1’
Section through North 3/32"=1'
East Section- Main Circulation 3/32”=1’
Stage Scene Shop
Mechanical Room
Black Box Black Box
Cafe
N
Sub-level Floor
N
Grade Level Floor
Stage
Green Room
Auditorium
Dressing Room
Administration Dressing Room
Public Restrooms
Control Room
Public Restrooms Coat Room/ Tickets/Concession
Theatre Lobby
N
Second Floor