Elisa Vintimilla Portfolio by Elisa Vintimilla

ELISA VINTIMILLA

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ELISA VINTIMILLA about me I am an Ecuadorean architect and engineer with passion for technical details and structural design. During my educational and professional experience, I gained expertise in architectural design, building product innovation and technical detailing. I am available to work in the Netherlads with no restrictions with the Zoekjaar visa starting September 2020.

A rchitecture degree projects

B uilding technology projects

1 Buenos Aires Public Space (p.4-7) Role: Architect (individual thesis project) Hard skills: Technical detailing Architectural conceptualization Structural design Project Visualization Date: 2016 Area: 24,000 m² Program: Multi-use public space Software: Revit, AutoCad, Sketch up

3 DiaLink (p.10-11) Role: Facade designer (group project MEGA) Hard skills: Technical detailing Structural design Project Visualization Date: 2019 Area: 200,000 m² Program: Mix-used, residential/commercial Software: Revit, AutoCad, Rhino

6 Stand (p.18-19) Role: Product designer, supervisor Hard skills: Visual programming Product design Technical detailing

2 Collective Housing (p.8-9) Role: Architect (individual) Hard skills: Site research Architectural conceptualization Technical detailing Project Visualization Date: 2015 Area: 30,000 m² Program: Mix used, residential/commercial Software: Revit, AutoCad, Sketch up

4 Bustan (p.12-13) Role: Architect, parametric engineering Hard skills: Visual programming Structural desigs, simulation Technical detailing

7 Rooftop (p.20-23) Role: Product designer, supervisor Hard skills: Technical detailing Architectural conceptualization Structural design Date: 2017 (built) Area: 30m² Program: Commercial Software: Revit

15 . 05 . 1993 Delft, The Netherlands elisa.vintimilla@gmail.com +31 06 17202139

hard skills Technical detailing AutoCad, Revit, Rhino, on site supervision

education Master of Science - Building Technology TU DELFT fall 2018 I spring 2020 Delft, the Netherlands Cum Laude, Ingenieur degree focused on structural mechanics and design and building product innovation.

Project Visualization and graphic design Adobe Design Suite Visual programing, optimization Grasshopper Structural and Climate simulations: Ansys, Karamba 3D

languages Bachelor of Architecture Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador fall 2011 I fall 2016 Quito, Ecuador Five-year architect degree completed with a grade of 9/10. The project was made with focus on technical detailing and materiality.

Allgemeinen Hochschulreife Deutsche Schule Quito fall 2009 I spring 2011 Quito, Ecuador German high school diploma (Abitur). Final grade 2.8 (good)

P rofessional projects

spanish native speaker english proficient C2 IELTS german advanced B2/C1 Sprach Diplom dutch notion A1

soft skills Team work Leadership

Date: 2014 (built) Area: N/A Program: Sells-fair product design Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD

experience Architect, Project Leader RaizDem architects march 2017 I june 2018 (1year, 3 months) Quito, Ecuador

Assistant Professor Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador february 2016 I june 2016 (4 months) Quito, Ecuador

Date: 2020 Area: N/A Program: Residential Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Karamba

Junior Architect Proaño I Proaño Promotora Inmobiliaria august 2014 I november 2015 (1.5 years) Quito, Ecuador 5 Bamboo Connected (p.14-17) Role: Product and structural engineer Master’s graduation thesis Hard skills: Technical detailing Visual programming Structural design, simulation Technical detailing Date: 2020 Area: 45 m² Program: Residential Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Ansys

Steel Detailer JVJ Ingeniería Civil june 2014 I july 2014 (2 months) Quito, Ecuador Architecture Internship Glockner Architekten june 2010 (1 month) Müllheim, Germany

Detail oriented Creative thinking Problem solving Willingness to learn 2

Concept

Context

Buenos Aires Public Space Project type: Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Graduation Thesis Location and year: Quito-Ecuador, 2016 Role: architect, annalist, drafter Software: Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp Awards: Finalist TIL, Honorable Mention BIC Supervisor: arch. Gabriela Naranjo gabrielanaranjo@gmail.com As a result of the context analysis, the idea of synthesis between social welfare, recreational space and cultural equipment was announced. Whereas, the main design aim was to work with the construction as a conception of the architecture rather than a technical element.

Main path

The image formed by the master plan structures six morphologically autonomous but spatially related buildings, which are linked by a main path that highlights the entrance of each building. The topography was solved by ramps, bridges and terraces, which merge into the circulation of the project and link the neighborhood trough the public space.

General floor plan

The form of the building is a result of the construction of a created modular building system, which makes the project easier to build. The construction time decreases because of the steel and the precast concrete; this aspect also mean a precise and effective use of materials. The facade design were the result of the function and climate conditions of each individual building. The material is chosen to create a quality of spaces for a specific user, and the openings on the facade responds to the height of the user, the illumination needed and the views.

Construction process

Facade design and optimization Sections and paths 4

Wall section precast concrete

Concrete facade detail

Wooden facade detail

Modified master plan

Goals

Collective Housing

Modular facade

Project type: Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academic project Location and year: Quito-Ecuador, 2015 Role: researcher, architect, drafter Software: Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp Awards: Honorable Mention PUCE Supervisor: arch. Kenny Espinoza espinozacarvajal@hotmail.com

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General floor plans

The project started with an analysis of Solanda, the first large-scale affordable housing project in Ecuador built in 1980. 37 years later, Solanda became the home of more than 80000 people. The families expanded their houses creating a precarious living situation and if a natural disaster occurs it could be devastating.

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The project focused on an architectural design based on the previous analysis of Solanda. The new project considered the successes and failures of the original Solanda Plan. The housing units were design with four lines of thinking: -SOCIETY: adjusting the units to different family groups, accessibility, dehierarchization of kitchen and bathrooms and storage. -TECHNOLOGY: the design considered the structural and building systems, the wet areas are grouped and there is adaptability of spaces. -RESOURCES: the facades consider orientation and are ventilated; there are active advantages like a green roof, water collectors. -REHABILITATION: the new design preserve the original urban master plan of Solanda, focusing on pedestrian areas. The project adapts to the nowadays commercial circumstances and provides public and green areas.

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Circulations, main structure and facades D4

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Facade details overview

General perspective

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DiaLink

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Tower facade and structural concept 200

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Project type: Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academic project Location and year: Delft, 2019 Role: Facade Designer Software: Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino Supervisor: Ir. Stephan Verkuijlen S.H.Verkuijlen@tudelft.nl

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Facade design guidelines

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The main aim of the MEGA course was to design an integrated project for the European Commission in Brussels. The DiaLink was the result of Group 9, in which connecting the city trough public space was the main goal.

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To integrate the project, the facade and structural designers worked together as one in order to develop a facade that is coherent with the architectural concept and at the same time structurally efficient. The first approach as a facade designer was to provide the team with a set of guidelines based on theory research. These principles set a path for the project and gave different design measures that should be considered for all disciplines.

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Structure as part of facade: defines project language

To embody the architecture concept, three different structural systems -therefore facade elements- were chosen, so that every part in the project can be structurally efficient and at the same time provide spatial flexibility. The chosen system for the towers was the diagrid, so the interior has more flexibility. This diagrid is the base of the facade design of the towers. A truss system was used for the bridges because of their long span. The truss system was developed so, that had the same angle as the diagrid of the towers and therefore both facade appearances appeared to be similar. Finally, for the plinth, a rigid frame was proposed in order to represent the heavy existent content. This system is of concrete and will be represented in the facade.

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Facade Details

Three structural systems: program adaptation Thermal insulation Airborne sound insulation Burglar resistance Air permeanility Watertightness Wind load resistance

0.7-1.2 W/ (m2/k) Rw= 48 db WK 3 Class AE Class RE 1200 2.5 KN/m2

Impact resistance Class I5/E5 Tower facade design and specifications

Transition heavy to light structure: embodies architecture

Facade construction system

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Bustan

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 Step 3: For the ease of constructability, the form    was simplified by drawing catenary arches on  both sides and get the form through extruding them. The results of the structural analysis were unformed and within the allowable range.

Project type: Master’s group project  Location and year: Delft, 2019                 architect,      Role: parametric designer, drafter               Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Karamba                  Supervisor:        Dr.ir. P. Nourian       P. Nourian@tudelft.nl 

   

   

   

 

  

 Programmatic 

     

   

 design guidelines (Input) 

Optimized design options (Output)

 

 

BUSTAN was developed for Zaatari camp refugees in Jordan, looking at opportunities that could be taken from their immediate context and merging it with their traditional housing typologies and culture. The aim was    to create a co-housing system that adds value   to the land, enhances living conditions and  economic development through agriculture. Within the projects a diversity of topics, ranging from programming to the construction and structural design were addressed. One     major challenge was the construction of all these projects with what was available at the site, mainly earth.

   

   

 

 

 



    

  







Structural forming and validation

 

BUSTAN became a set of guidelines for the refugee to build their own house. The configuration for the housing design was establish in a programmatic way to facilitate its construction on site with developed details. The project goes all the way from the detailed elements such as a catalog for the openings or the adequate way to lay each adobe brick; as well as the proposal of an urban configuration that grows with the camp and finally becomes a city worthy of their culture.

 

 

  

Wall Section

Bricklaying process

Public space view

B 





5 mm

5 The Linked Bamboo concept

Bamboo Connected

0.5 mm

 

Project type: Master’s Graduation Thesis Location and year: Delft, 2020 Role: product and facade designer, structural engineer Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Ansys Supervisor: Dr. ing. Marcel Billow, M.Bilow@tudelft.nl; Dr. ir. Fred Veer, F.A.Veer@tudelft.nl

local stress in joints



distributed stress





Structural validation and adjustments

Bamboo can be food, fabric, decoration, furniture, architecture; with the proper joining system, bamboo can be the future.

125 105

A1’

125 105

1 1 60 68

B1’

1 1 60 68

3 6 4 4 3 2 2

B2’

64 64

60 68

A2’ 64

1 60 68

A2’

60 68

4 3 2

4 3 2 64

B2 34

5 4 4 3 3 2 2

5 4 3 2

125 105

1 1

5 4 3 2

B1’

3 4 2 50

125 105

1 60 68

DetailsB2’

5 4 3 2

6 6

125 105

5 4 3 2

2 64

1 B1’

B1 64

5 4 3 2

To validate the design, several prototypes and simulations were made, which resulted in adjustments to establish the final design, which included a detailed production and assembly process for each design.

125 105

A1’

A2 A1

1 A1’

3 4

Elements 1

125 105

4 3 2

125 105

4 3 2

4 3 2 50

4 3 2

B1 64

5 4 3 2

4 3 2

B1 64

Two standardize connections for bamboo structures were designed in this project with the aim to develop a system that facilities the construction of bamboo houses and therefore increase use of bamboo as a structural element. With the goal of simplicity, expansion and size adaptability, an already simplified hose clamp was adapted to connect bamboo as a first option. With this design, called The Linked Bamboo, the assemble sequence can be done easily, fast and it can be dissemble with ease. The same guidelines were followed to create the other concept. ‘The Strap’ uses a composite of bamboo fibers and epoxy that can be produced in the form of a strap, which is wrapped around the bamboo creating a connection with the material itself; showing the potential of bamboo. Both connections provide prefabrication in the construction system with bamboo and were used to create a hybrid system in which a systematize bamboo construction can be generated.

3 phase: main floor beams (parallel conection prefabricated with the strap). Joint on site to the columns with he linked bamboo Hybrid construction system 



60 mm

20 mm



biomass 



1mm

biomass

The Strap concept

       

4 floor structure: perpendicular connection to thecolumn and the main beams with the linked bamboo

 

   

extraction

biomass

on site

long fibers

non crimp composite 



oo fibers bamboo fibers



low capital cost

on site short fibers high labor intensity diameter between diameter between explsion+ steam explsion+ laminate/non-crim laminate/non-crim 100-250 µm treatment alkali treatment100-250 µm e/non-crim laminate/non-crim debatable quality

high labor intensity   debatable

non woven composite

quality debatable quality

debatable quality debatable quality

Structural validation and adjustments

high qualityhigh quality high quality

1 phase:1 prefabricated join of columns (the strap) phase: prefabricated join of columns (the strap)

5 phase:5 prefabricated diagonals and seconary columnscolumns phase: prefabricated diagonals and seconary

average capital average costcapital cost average capital cost average capital cost prefabrication prefabrication in in high labor intensity prefabrication in low labor intensity low labor intensity prefabrication in factory factory low labor intensity factory low labor intensity BF-EP BF-EP 50-70% fiber 50-70%factory fiber 50-70%high fiber quality fiber vacuum bagging 50-70% content content vacuum bagging high qualityhigh quality content content vacuum bagging vacuum bagging high quality high quality

BF/PLAfillers

average capital cost

prefabrication in factory

high labor intensity high labor intensity



high quality



extraction

l based fossil based

80 MPa

on site

low capital cost low capital cost capital hand low lay-up hand cost lay-up low capital cost hand lay-uphand lay-up prefabrication prefabrication in in prefabrication in high labor intensity high labor intensity prefabrication in high labor intensity factory factory factory high labor intensity factory

BF/PLA



y biobased partially biobasedthermoset thermoset BF-EP BF-EP



high labor intensity

on site

low capital cost



d lay-up dust obased biobased thermoplastic thermoplastic prefabrication in BF/PLA BF/PLA factory



on site

low capital cost low capital cost

low capital cost MPa low capital220 cost

340 MPa

pre-impregnated pre-impregnated composite composite

low labor intensity

long fibers

m bagging

pre-impregnated pre-impregnated high capital cost high capital cost compositecomposite

low labor intensity prefabrication in in low labor intensity prefabrication prefabrication in prefabrication in factory factory factory foulard system factoryfoulard system foulard system high quality foulard system high quality

high quality

high capitalhigh costcapital cost low labor intensity low labor intensity high qualityhigh quality

extraction

Production Process

2 phase:2 foundation joint (thejoint linked phase: foundation (thebamboo) linked bamboo)

high capital cost

pre-impregnated 3XD

6 phase:6 prefabricated beams beams phase: prefabricated

composite

longcomposite fibers non crimp

prefabrication in factory

d system

low labor intensity high quality

laminate non crimp structure of bamboo fibers

see specification a

4xD

 non crimp composite

12xP

1.5xP

D bamboo culm

Details

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7 phase:7 prefabricated roofs roofs phase: prefabricated

of bamboo fibers

Design results



P 8.00 1.90

4.10

.90

1.00 .30

1.50

2.00

2.00 .40

1.50

1.10

.40

 

.50

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

.20

1.50

.20 .30

.80

.30

1.50 .40

 1.50

1.90

.80

.70

.20

.30

Project type: Professional project Location and year: Quito-Ecuador, 2014 Role: architect, construction and production supervisor Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD Supervisor: Joan Proaño, gerencia@provivienda.com.ec

1.70 1.90

.20

.50

Stand



2.10

4.00

 .20 .40



1.70 .90



.20

2.00

.90



.40

1.10

.50 2.00

  2.00

2.00

 .45

.80

1.45

.50

.80

4.00

8.00

Electrical plan

The aim of this project was to design the Proaño I Proaño sells stand for the Quito Sells Fair. The space was limited but it had three possible entrances. The requirement was to design a stand, which represents the green terraces that the Studio developed in their buildings. It was essential to show the projects of the Studio, therefore the stand is designed with different spaces for images. Another guideline was lighting; the light leads the client through the stand and it helps to determinate the entrances. The totems needed to have enough indoor lightning for comfort. The sizes each item were parametrized to optimize the pattern of the lighting that generated a pattern with attractor pints, reducing the material waste. A electrical plan was detailed to provide the path of the lightning.

Main facade detail

The stand needed a detachable, mobile and easy to build structure because it is used for a limited amount of time each year; therefore the chosen material is ACM (Aluminum Composite Material), which is moldable and light for easy transportation.

Input Size of panel X Size of panel Y Pattern size Pattern amount Output LUX levels Material waste

100

Pattern optimization

Built project

Floor plan

7 The Rooftop Project type: Professional project Location and year: Quito-Ecuador, 2017 Role: architect, structural engineer, construction supervisor Software: Revit

Existing wall and ducts Steel parallel columns with rectangle profile

The main aim of this project was to design a covered place where people can enjoy the view in the rooftop of a building. As the budget and the space were limited so the choice of material was the key of the design. Steel beams with a rectangular profile were used as a main structure, where the connection details and joineries were design carefully, as the structure would be displayed. Moreover, this columns had to serve as support of the facades. The gap between parallel columns provided a stronger connection of the columns and beams while allowing the necessary natural ventilation as no operable windows were allowed.

Strutting beam

The new installations were adjusted to the existing ducts of the building so the wet areas (the bathroom and the kitchen) of the rooftop were grouped to increase the efficiency of the design. A large seat was designed to cover the ducts that were on the site. The doors and the furniture were designed and built with OSB to make the project work as a whole.

Hanging beam

Ceiling joists

Main column connections detail 21

Door detail