architecture portfolio
elizabeth gรกlvez
content & wayfinding
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alignments
education
home
water
being
s 2011
f 2010
s 2010
f 2009 undergraduate
f 2012 graduate
Tuition Fellowship MIT SA+P, 2012- 2016
Arizona State University B.S.D. in Architectural Studies Minor in Philosophical Studies Magna Cum Laude August 2007 - May 2011 experience
Architectural Intern Will Bruder + PARTNERS Will Bruder, FAIA Phoenix, AZ September 2011 - July 2012 Planning Intern City of Phoenix Planning & Development Phoenix, AZ May 2011 - August 2011 extracurricular
Treasurer Architectural Student Council, MIT SA+P February 2013- Present Student Ambassador Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts August 2009- May 2011 Build Lead Everlasting Marks Tempe AZ, August 2009 - May 2011 language
english, proficient español, proficient
End of the Year Show for “The Shared L, Urban Infill” ASU SALA, Summer 2011 Design Excellence Winner for “Movement, Light as Infrastructure” ASU SALA, Fall 2010 Design Excellence Nominee for “The Courtyard House” ASU SALA, Fall 2009 Design Excellence Winner for “Offset Parallels, Merging Agriculture and the City” ASU SALA, Fall 2008 hometown
Sahuayo Michoacan, México Phoenix Arizona, USA
elizabeth gálvez
honors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.Arch. Candidate August 2012 - [December 2015]
skills
AutoCad Rhinoceros T-Splines Grasshopper SketchUp Illustrator Photoshop InDesign Acrobat Revit Artlantis Keyshot
contact 235 Albany St. Cambridge, MA 02139 e_galvez@mit.edu 623.326.1105
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education
alignments meandering snake
location: MIT Cambridge, MA type: Academic, Core I Studio instructor: Cristina Parreño, Faculty Associate date: Fall 2012 The thesis for this intervention is to connect several interstitial lobbies through a single meandering pathway. The three main lobby’s are nestled between the interior program found behind the facades and the exterior space, where the circulation areas live. The goal of the project is to provide amenity spaces that can be accessed through one main circulation path in aims of addressing the main issues on the site, (1) the shortcomings of the existing vertical circulation and (2) the difficulty in accessing various adjacent programs from the interior of Buildings 7 and 9. While there are 3 “main” lobby areas: the new reading space for the architecture studio, a new cafe area in Building 9, and a more enlivened study area for Rotch Library, the connecting circulation pieces begin to blur the line of circulation and lobby by becoming a sort of topographic lounge. Here the stair itself engages the program disbursed within the initial 3 lounges. There are spaces that hint at the opportunity for less conventional reading, study, and lunch spaces. Lastly, the form of the winding snake figure is created through a simple triangulation method that allows for all of the zones to be formally similar, while adapting to the individual needs of each program. The opaque stainless steel cladding is pierced by windows at strategic locations to provide views, connecting lines of vision, and play with the idea of location and alignment within the snake. At day, the mill run steel gives off a gentle reflected light into the interior spaces. At night, the windows provide much needed light for the exterior of the site. an initial study model explores 3 initial lounge spaces connected by a single circulation path.
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1. student lounge 2. cafe 3. library lounge
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parti diagram: 3 lounges and an entry are connected through a single vertical circulation path. Under utilized programs hidden behind the existing facade are enlivened as student and faculty lounges.
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level 03 floor plan
cross section
cross section
level 04 floor plan
longitudinal section
“meandering snake� facade
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ghosted axonometric trough existing buildings
existing buildings & connecting circulation
topographic park space below the facade triangulation allows the snake to meander
exploded axonemetric
education the shared “L” the gate and the garden location: North-Central Phoenix Arizona type: Academic, Architectural Studio IV instructor: Marlene Imirzian, Faculty Associate date: Spring 2011 The studio sought to propose a progressive alternative to the current elementary school building practices throughout the city of Phoenix. Can architecture help us learn better? can a school building better a community? can it create a place children want to go to? can it give back something more? can it help to create a thread of social infrastructures? The project seeks to connect to the immediate context of the city and have a significant presence by becoming a center of community. The project accomplishes this by having a strong form at the street edge. The shared programs are pushed toward this edge and create a gate. The classroom buildings are pushed to the interior and intermingle with a garden, a circulation path, and play follies throughout. The interior “garden” becomes a didactic experience for students and remains a secure area for children. 1. rio salado riparian habitat restoration strives to restore lush cottonwood vegetation to the edge of the rio salado; phoenix, az 2. precedent study of porosity, University of St. Thomas by Philip Johnson, Houston, TX 3. hybrid sketch model showing catwalk development 1 10
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the school in the garden
11 education 1. shared gymnasium 2. public plaza 3. shared library 4. administration Lobby 5. nurse’s office 6. cafeteria | shared community room 7. exterior eating plaza 8. parking | aux. pavilion | farmer’s market 9. public plaza 10. parent drop-off 11. bus drop-off 12. day care 13. art classroom 14. exterior art courtyard 15. music classroom 16. exterior amphitheater 17. shared play space 18. play folly 19. water collection area 20. teacher’s lounge 21. computer lab
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images depicting the porous character of the school along the street edge, where community shared programs are housed
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context study The proximity of the site to multi-family housing and a working family demographic, exposes the potential for shared programs. The planning on the site allows programs to be accessed in the hours that students are out of school while parents may still be at work. Access to shared facilities maximizes building use during off-hours such as after school or summer months, while still allowing for a secure internal area. By increasing proximity and visibility of programs along Maryland Avenue and 10th Street, the project encourages the community to become more involved in the programs available to them, in the education of their children, and even become more pedestrian oriented. This dynamic relationship allows the school to have a visual connection to the community while providing amenities to all tax payers, even those that may not have school age children
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dynamic circulation
shared courts
play follies
the interior of the school reads as a garden filled with vegetation, courts, play follies and didactic forms of circulation between the classrooms.
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home harmon park prototype thresholds of mass location: Harmon Park Neighborhood, Phoenix type: Academic, Architectural Studio I instructor: Wendell Burnette, Professor date: Fall 2009 The Harmon Park Prototype is an attempt to revitalize the Harmon Park Neighborhood, in South Phoenix, while maintaining the essence of the community and responding to their immediate needs. Central to the heart of the project are ideals such as maintaining an economy and respecting the culture of place. The courtyard house consists of a series of mass walls, which help to create courtyards. The courtyards respond to solar orientation, climate, and encourage indoor to outdoor connections. Within the interior, mass walls carry these elements across the space. On the exterior, a series of open courts create connections within the neighborhood. The courtyards facilitate connections within the family, amongst neighbors, between the home and the street, and between the home and the community. cocopah street
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the house becomes flexible through the use of operable gates and sliding glass doors. These allow for adjustments in privacy an security.
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living court
efficiency unit
operable entry gate
street front
public court
entry court
entry court
revised alley
the living court expands onto the entry and family court aux. shade canvas
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shaded carport master bedroom
children’s bedroom
street front
private spaces occupy one band of the prototype home
children’s court
bedroom
shared courts
revised alley
courtyards provide natural light from above interior spaces can expand into courtyards, experientially and functionally mass walls hold the spaces and carry reflected light
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1 1. family court, dining and kitchen area 2. a shared children’s court allows for an exterior extension of the bedroom 3. the interior court serves as a major circulation and connectivity point within the household
citrus court
shared courts
multi-use court
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Harmon Park’s “missing teeth”
harmon park neighborhood
empty lots
government housing
shared alley
living court
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solar orientation
The prototype allows for an increase in density on wide corner lots. Two efficiency units share the side front, while the main house retains its full use of the street front. double efficiency unit
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The interior courtyards are designed to allow for a wide range of solar orientations delivering natural light into the interior spaces by means of top light and reflected light. The living court is oriented to receive the best southern exposure in each variation. The private sector of the house and the efficiency unit respond to this shift.
shared alley engaging street front
street front
efficiency unit
entry court
living court
family court
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water desert waterscapes arid pooling location: Tempe Town Lake Park, Tempe AZ type: Academic, Architectural Studio II instructor: David Newton, Lecturer date: Spring 2010 This public space is a system that pools water throughout its landscape as a reminder of water’s value within the Sonoran Desert during both wet and dry times. The project focuses on the dynamics of pooling at 3 different scales: site, building, and detail. At the site scale, both people and water are directed simultaneously through the use of gentle slopes, desert vegetation, and color. The building is derived by a series of shifts. These shifts are designed to pool light into the interior and create opportunities for intimate indoor-outdoor experiences. At the detail scale, a concrete modular system allows for desert particles to be collected from the wind onto the building facade. These collections of desert matter speak to the natural movements of water-pooling and reinforce the idea of aridity and the precious value of water in the Sonoran Desert.
1. final module prototype A 2. initial plaster models exploring the pooling concept
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water collection water is collected, then directed into two cotton wood bosques
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The site concept is derived from the different density pools visible throughout the phoenix metro area. The above aerial exhibits a dense housing pool to the west, juxtaposed by an abrupt change to its east. The close proximity of agriculture, along with the organic mountain topography is common along the Phoenician city edge. The organization of the city begins to suggest an interesting pattern of pooling effects and is a strong influence within the project.
17,000 sq ft.
circulation pedestrian circulation is merged with water movement throughout the site
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1. entry court 2. lobby 3. gallery 4. bookstore 5. supp. entry court 6. public plaza 7. collection area 8. palo verde bosque 9. cottonwood bosque
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elevation depicting the module assembly on the western wall. This wall receives the most direct monsoon winds and is designed to have the greatest density of particle collection, and thereby color. The facade is expected to change drastically between season, day and month depending on both climate and weather.
module variations The building facade is made of five basic module types, each of these consists of a different bolt configuration. These create different patterning on the facade and are designed to collect desert particles from the wind within their creases. A
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a simple wood frame holds fabric in place. The fabric is given constraint points varying in intensity.
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The mold is then turned over for the concrete module to be poured
facade assembly configuration
monsoon wind rose
The concrete is poured
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module assembly, achieved by rotation the four basic module types for greater variety of texture
The concrete module, still in the mold, shows how the fabric has allowed for its creasing facade bolt configuration
The pooling densities are designed to capture desert particles in the direction of the wind rose, especially during the monsoon season, bringing a special richness to this special time in the sonoran desert where rain and heavy winds intermix with our dry heat.
desert pooling in creases
being movement ight as Infrastructure location: Christown Mall, Phoenix AZ type: Academic, Arizona State University instructor: Mark Ryan, Faculty date: Fall 2010 The thesis for the project attempts to create and animate a connection between the light rail station and the Christown Mall in Phoenix through a control of light by focusing on the dynamic of pedestrian movement along with greater modes of transportation. The library seeks to become an infrastructural piece within the city as a catalyst for a greater mix of uses along the light rail, while providing civic and public space..
19th avenue at the lightrail
vignettes depicting the divorced zoning uses within the site context. The future lightrail expansion creates a potential for mixed use zoning along 19th avenue, as well as a solution to the isolated megablock that has become Christown Mall. disconnected use zoning 24
Is pedestrian circulation being given away to vehicular circulation?
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As Arizona’s first indoor shopping mall, the Christown district understands the importance of conditioned and animated pedestrian spaces. Through the use of building form and program the project seeks to revive the pedestrian experience and create a strong connection linking the mall to the lightrail station. The project creates a hub for mobility and uses and seeks to increase density by infilling the empty parking lot.
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create pedestrian corridor to connect the lightrail station to the new mall entry
lift building to allow pedestrian flow from vehicular users
bridge building over street to act as infrastructural connector
pedestrian corridor
library entry
services
new mall entry
retail
informal vending lightrail station
vehicular circulation
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1. light rail stop 2. pedestrian corridor 3. shaded plaza below library 4. shaded bike lane 5. informal vendor areas 6. main entry to library 7. gravel ground cover for roof drainage 8. flexible seating areas 9. corner cafe w/ exterior seating 10. retail and restaurant space
11. transportation center 12. aux. pedestrian corridor 13. main vehicular access 14. loading zone & garbage disposal 15. future light rail expansion 16. existing bank 17. existing parking 18. person drop-off 19. shaded parking 20. bicycle racks
21. public plaza 22. bus stop 23. new mall entry 24. interior mall corridor expansion 25. mall retail space
Light wells pierce the building mass and become a strategy for encouraging movement through the site by providing natural light during the day and artificial light during the night, as well as public art. Gravel areas below play with shadow and drain water from the library’s roof.
too much light or too little light?
library space looking into the summer sunset
phasing in The goal of phase 1 is to create a link between the lightrail station and the decaying Christown Mall in hopes to slowly begin reincorporating the megablock into the city grid. The phase would encompass the library building and an adjoining bar retail space. The library building creates an animated public space and a lightrail station at its street edge. Phase 2 would further continue the process of reintegrating the block into the city grid through the addition of multifamily housing. 29
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