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CV + ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO elena gámez miguélez

2016

elena gámez miguélez ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

c/ Algorta 21, C-3ºB 28019 Madrid, España

+34 689 46 20 43 elena2mad@hotmail.com

EDUCATION

RECOGNITION

Escuela Superior Técnica de Arquitectura de Madrid, ETSAM

Awards

[Grado en Fundamentos de la Arquitectura] Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ES 2011-Present

Politecnico di Torino [Master Architettura Construzione e Città]

[24H Syria] Ideas Forward Competition, 2016 [This tower is a bridge], Honorific Mention [International Wildlife Centre] Arquideas Competition, 2015 [KRGRZPPLN], Selected Finalist [Cebada Community Centre] Archie Competition, 2014 [CCC], Selected Finalist

Torino, IT 2015-2016

Exhibits Colegio Arcángel Rafael [Scientific Baccalaureate, Final Grade 10] Madrid, ES 1996-2011

NAAB selection National Architectural Accrediting Board for the “Substantial Equivalency” accreditation for Spanish architects to work in th United States of America.

With Honours 2014/2015 Open sample, Etsam Hall, Ud. Ruiz Cabrero

Academic 30 CUM LAUDE, (Proyectos 7) Design Unit [Architecture and urban space] with M. Bonino Written sociology and geography paper, “Prologue to urban design in new China: a particular, small and optimistic understanding of place” MH 10/10, Proyectos 5 [Valdeluz] with A. Soto and P. Montoya MH 10/10, Urbanism Atelier [La ciudad y el medio] _Outstanding qualifications: 30/30, Design Unit [Architecture and structural forms] with C. Deregibus Learnt Philippe Block software, RhinoVault 30/30, Restoration Atelier [Docks Dora] 9/10, Proyectos 4 with C. Espegel and A. Cánovas

SKILLS

EXPERIENCE

Intellectual

Undercover Agents: International Workshop with Federico Soriano

Concepting, organizating, collaborating, communicating, writing, investigating.

Biennale di Venezia: “Reporting from the front” Venecia, IT 2016

Technical 2D drawing Rhinoceros ***** Autocad ***

IFAC, International Festival of Arts and Construction

3D design Rhinoceros ***** Grasshopper **

Covarrubias, Burgos, ES 2014

Image and Graphic Design Photoshop ***** Illustrator **** InDesign ****

Omniocio, WorkandLife Group

BIM Revit *** Others Microsoft Office Package ***** gvSIG ***

Madrid, ES 2011-2016 Free-time Instructor / Coordinator Providing companies with custom-designed solutions to help them manage projects for children and facilitate measures to balance work and family life.

Language Chinese [A2] 2015, HSK-2 by the Cunfucius Institute Italian [B2] 2015, Certificate by Pass it 365 English [C1] 2011, Advanced (CAE) by the University of Cambridge French [B1] 2009, DELF Title by the France’s Ministry of Education Spanish Mother tongue

Complementary Full drive license Advanced Photography Course Keltia School of Madrid Formation in Visual Arts Arte M.A.S Academy of Madrid

About me: I am 23 years old and I am a final year student of Architecture at Etsam. Having little teaching load I am looking for an opportunity to begin the working experience, that would allow me to complement everything I have learned at university, but in a real work environment.

I like teamworking, which I consider essential component of our profession, although I would also say I can be an independent person. Besides, I am used to handle high-pressure and liability situations, based upon my own experience of working with young children.

In addition, I am interested in education and research field related with architecture. Personally I travel as much as I can; I enjoy painting, cinema and reading.

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[Chengdu new Science City] _2016

FRIEDMANN: In this “world of places” it is important to understand how to make “a place”. They are to be defined as the small spaces of the city where ordinary stories of life are played out.

The difficult point when building a new urban fabric – like our science city – is that it is not directly to create places, but to design first some landmarks that can become places with time and use. When a sociospatial bound is forged the space start being a thing itself; it becomes, in words of David Harvey, an absolute space.

This is the opportunity to work-leisure-residential activities to be mixed into the same urban fabric, and letting social life occur beyond commercial purposes or strictly defined-sites only. By activating nodal points of public services at different scale levels (city, neighborhood, megablock), we achieve this,[...]

We propose a gradual scale system of interconnected projects located in a focal point for publicity in the new city of Chengdu, where the high vertical congestion of the financial zone converges with the zero-scale of the lake.

walkable radius

connections

typology distribution

continuity of ps

basic services network

superblocks

key urban diagrams

green space hierarchy

buildings providing nodal ps

roads hierarchy

street character

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1:200 plan

neighborhood axo

We are not accepting collective spaces where social life is inexistent as public space [...]

On the contrary, we seek for some not so imposed spaces of (not) socializing, but for those pocket pubic spheres used by everyone at everytime.

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The first part of the atelier was developed the geography and sociology investigat

Then each of us continued with its individu and the category of the “game (following

d in group as a common project regarding tion, as well as the urbanism decisions.

ual design according to the previous rules scales�; mine was the smallest. g pages)

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[Kindergarten + Botanical Garden] _2016

A small scale project is developed within a new “science city� in Chengdu, China. This combination of programs seeks to promote social mobility and equal oportunities into accesibility to public space with a flexible schedule.

The traditional chinese siheyuan type is studied in order to create something new based on its geometric rules: the relation between building and courtyards.

perspective plan

built-unbuilt axis

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children-only vs auxiliary functions

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general plan + collage

Chinese gardens create an idealized miniature landscape, which is meant to express the harmony that should exist between man and nature. “Smallness enhances the object itself �.

flexibility

osmosis

habitability

epigenesis

identity

performance

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[Docks Dora Torino restoration] _2016

Docks Dora Magazzini’s structure is made of reinforced concrete. Being one of the first examples in Italy to apply the so-called Hennebique system. The structure system incorporates the following elements: 1. A series of main paralel beams with a span of 3.5m.

2. Joint by a system of joists perpendicular to the main beams with a span of 1.5m.

3. This horizontal system is supported by a 0.5x0.5m pillar grid of 3.5x5m.

3d structural analysis

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decay analysis + intervention

_cleaning

_liberation

_reintegration or repair

_protection

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reuse design

The main idea is to take advantage of a structure that was already there; at first view it seemed very strict and regular but eventually we were able to play with some more flexible programs and distribution.

Our aim in the central piece of the compound is to make it permeable in order to be the new public space.

The insertion of the program inside the boxes highlights the importance of the original concrete structure; by contrast between the lightness of the new and the massivness of the old in the inner space.

_invade _reproduce

_connect

relation between old and new

The relation between the old architecture and the new one is treated in many different ways. We tried to develop both a compatibility and distinctiveness process.

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[Cumulonimbus Market] _2015

linearity

tool’s specification

sth is happening!

controlled mess

“A cloud is a new image for architecture�

Obviously a cloud is not constructed solely of a cloud. The set of pieces that gives form to the covering proposal is the result of a variety (and not variation) of one structural form. Variety means difference whereas variation means selfsimilarity. Difference, or the possibility for difference, is produced as an answer to program.

A cloud is made up of small particles, it is the air that support these. The atmosphere in its entirely forms a huge structure.

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RhinoVault One of the pieces of the design has been chosen in order to be defined in an structural way, aproaching the problem of the geometric definition.

general plan

The trustnetwork has a geometry which becomes very close to the one for a perfect barrel vault, but still have a vaulted profile instead of a circumference...

It is the thickness of the barrel vault (20 cm) that allows to stick to the original design.

design transversal section

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technological details

d1: barrel vaults’ joints

d3: compound brick structure

d2: continous rubber pavement

children playground The piazza needs to be more than a market. It needs more fun!

The proposal is to give a space to the neighborhood’s children, taking into account the proximity of the school, which makes it perfect to be used also at breaks in the morning or after class, in the afternoon.

The willing is to give value to the public space and the relations that occur in it. It is not only a space for the youngest, but also a meeting point for the rest of the family.

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[Energetic evaluation +retrofiting system] _2016

Orta House From the analysis of the current situation of the building and the needs of the clients, different packages of retrofitting scenarios are proposed, including some basic and advanced measures: according to the energy savings and the economic invest.

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HVAC system

sensitivity analysis

payback period

energy class results The cost optimal analisys gives at the lowest point of the curve the best option regarding energy performance / price.

Although if we also want to take into account comfort and design, along with the final market value that would be obtained, the client could be interested in investing on the most advanced retrofit for some little more money.

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[La Central de La Central] _2015

“Reutilization of the existing towards a more ethic architecture� is the main idea for working at PMOV; a 70.000 m 2 building previously used for parking, and whose structural and spatial characteristics have great potential.

A big complex devoted to paper is proposed: from collecting, elaborating, and investigating to the architectural apllcation in the new building itself.

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manage + programmatic system

The new activity cluster wants to be a closed system, and therefore self-sufficient. Different economic and social models are studied in order to propose one that fits into the legal framework: a coooperative of relinquisehd property.

To define the specific programs and how to match them, a “compatibility by spatial characteristics” SISTEMA DE ORGANIZACIÓN test is carried out, giving us unexpected synergies cooperativa de cesión de uso autogestionada of possibilities.

área útil

altura suelo-techo

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área total

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volúmen

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extensión

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proporción

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capacidad

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relación interior-exterior

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dimensión

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proporción de fachada

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elementos protección solar

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intensidad incidencia solar

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temperatura

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ventilación cruzada

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vías conexión int-ext

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vegetación

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aislamiento acústico

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intensidad de sonido

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ascensores

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escaleras

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cercanía a la calle

acceso discapacitaos

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permeabilidad

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conexión electricidad

privacidad

wifi

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calefacción

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distribución

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estructura

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almacenamiento

mobiliario

impacto visual

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protección

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negociación

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duración

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textura

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color

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transparencia

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adaptación

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invasión

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comercio administración comunicación biblioteca sanitario

aseo

vivienda

N.METÁLICA N.HORMIGÓN

estancia digital

restauración

exposición deporte

experimentación transporte

ESPACIO LIBRE acceso

reunión

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cardboard tubes

anchor elements

nodes

The combination of the three parts of the catalogue produce different paper structures, based on the work of Shigeru Ban. Skilled labour is not needed, which leads to neighborhood involvement in the construction process; reactivating public space, giving it cohesion and a new cultural character.

intervention set of devices

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postcards from “La Central”

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[Valdeluz housing stydy] _2014

If we could detach ourselves from tiem and reality, and suddenly we appeared in this city, we could be anyhwere: an urban environment created by a repertoire architecture which has been turned into an abandonment structure due to the real state crisis.

Architecture cannot be, never again, just “space�. Another factors are to be handled.

urban growth potential

New programs to reactivate the city are not a single action, but a system to be reproduced along time. The nodes which are going to be invaded are the concrete structres of unfinished buildings.

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materiality and program ideas association

To start facing housing problem, it is not wondered the form issue, but interaction between people and their immediate surrounding, as an abstract exercise. These are complementary conditions to the city needs, asociated with: duration, asociated space, influence or outreach capacity, and time simultaneity.

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time mutating proposal

Secciones

Estructura de hormigรณn inacabada

One of the present unused structures is selected as the model to turn into reality the previous work. Different stages of developement along years are represented.

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Planta 2023 ; estado 2

Planta 2016 ; estado 1

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This is to show the evolution of the perce to the closest scale of a single housing A document that gathers every previous propo

chronogram

entages of different land uses, according structure as well as the final city image. step, giving an overall picture of what is osed.

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[This tower is a bridge] _2016, Honorific mention 24H Syria_Ideas Forward Competition Together with: Javier Peláez García

“On this exercise we pretend to invert established concepts and ideas. Extend its limits to other realities once disregarded.

A tower, a symbol of capitalism, only accesible for the elites. It pretends to elevate man to another level.

Reach the sky and observe the world from above, in a top view, an omnipresent status.

Why don’t think and design a tower for those that most need it? So we intend to reverse this concept and modify the rules of the game.

The combination of a tower to a social use, rather than purely economic interests and power!”

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[_KRGRZPPLN] _2015, Finalist International Wildlife Center_Arquideas Competition Together with: Ana Alirangues López Javier EstebalaAlández Javier Peláez García

“Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa. Covering a total of 18,989 km², it extends 400 km from north to south and 60 km from east to west. Tourism is without a doubt the greatest hope for the survival of the species, since money generated by visitors who want to view this magnificent animal along with the other large animals of Africa, motivates the countries affected with this issue to invest resources in protecting these species.

The goal of this competition is to create a visitor centre and accommodation for tourists and volunteers, whose main objective is to collect funds for animal protection.

The IWC will receive tourists interested in a learning experience that includes direct contact with the species that live in Kruger National Park, as well as professionals, volunteers linked to the veterinarian studies and the care and protection of animals and nature, who want to broaden their knowledge of these species, as well as contribute to the protection of their habitat.”

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[A shelter for the mind] _2014 Re-considering shelter_Shelter International Architectural Design Competition Together with: Ricardo González Ortiz Javier Peláez García

“When we hear the word ‘shelter’ we think of something like a tent, a mountain shed, an air-raid shelter, or a nuclear shelter. A shelter is architecture that is made for a very simple purpose - to protect human beings from harsh nature and from our enemies. While we are there we are protected from storm & rain, wild animals and missiles, and our peace of mind is secure. It is a place of security and safety.

If the conventional idea of a shelter is a place that protects us from nature and enemies, what new type of shelter might we need in the future? In what ways would a re-considered shelter be different from the conventional idea of a shelter, and in what ways would it be the same?

The size and structure of your shelter can be freely decided, and you can locate it in a city or in the wild, but you must clearly describe its context and the ways in which it is used. You must re-consider the purpose of a shelter.”

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[CCC] _2013, Honorific mention Cebada Community Centre_Archie Competition Together with: Ricardo González Ortiz Javier Peláez García

“The Mercado de la Cebada (Barley Market) opened in 1962, but the proliferation o shopping malls meant it had to close after a few years later. The plot has been used since 2011 by the neighbours as a place to hold all sorts of civic and cultural activities.

The market has a great potential as a node for generating activity, not only through economic means, but also as a social centre, aspects that should be taken into consideration when planning the intervention.

The point is to investigate what solutions are usefull for the area, and which might reactivate it. The neighbours miss the old sports centre and swimming pool, as well as a dedicated home for elders.”

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