Fabricio Vela Architecture Portfolio
Pieskower Weg 54 10409, Berlin Germany +49 162 8743796 fabricio.velacornejo@gmail.com
About me Born in Lima, I am a Peruvian Architect with experience in Design, Construction and Real Estate. I received my Bachelor Degree from Universidad Ricardo Palma in 2008 and my Architect Degree in 2012. In 2017 I completed a Master of Arts in Architecture at the Dessau International Architecture Graduate School (DIA), working on a Rehabilitation Centre for Smokers as my Master Thesis project under the supervision of Profs. Joris Fach and Roger Bundschuh. Having studied and worked under renowned professionals, I am now looking to contribute with my skills in a design environment, working on challenging projects as well as extend my experience in a creative surrounding.
Professional Projects
Hello San Felipe VX2 Arquitectos
Peruvian Geology Society VX2 Arquitectos
Santa Teresita Park VX2 Arquitectos
BIM, Real Estate & Construction Büro Happold, Altagerencia, VX2, Altatorre, Tarika
Academic Projects
Quit It!
Maximum Stadium
Master Thesis Project
Studio Chermyeff - Hönig
Rein Raum
House for an Architect
Studio Kister
Studio Bonilla - X
Hello San Felipe Jesus Maria has been regarded as middle class area, but never fully consolidated until recent years, when new high density regulations made it attractive to real estate developers. This is why, many high-density high-rises have appeared, but its middle class status has decayed.
VX2 Arquitectos
Being Jesus Maria an appealing district for young people and families due to it’s high amounts of green areas, bike lanes and schools,, we wanted to create a highquality, low-density affordable mid-rise.
Project Manager Lima, Peru 2014 - 2015
Social Housing Project
University and School Cluster
Army Officer’s Club
Park
Hospital
Maximal volume Taking existing regulations we created the maximal buildable volume, which related with neither its high/low immediate context. Height context & views Thus, we presented a mixed height proposal, projecting future built context which in turn provided the building with a third partial facade.
Privacy vs exposure With North, East and South views, sun control and views were managed by combining open terraces and vertical blinders
Level 2-5 floor plan
Section
Level 8 floor plan
South-West Elevation
PENTHOUSE Setbacks make way to generous terraces, while flexible spaces allow future expansions and customization
MID RISE A lateral setback creates a North faรงade and privileged terraces, making way for mid-rise penthouses
LOW RISE South faรงade with terraces to protect from morning glare and open to green areas. East faรงade is less permeable to guard from summer sun.
GROUND FLOOR Lacking views, ground level apartments have large terraces and inner patios,.
Santa Teresita Park A project for luxury apartments was commissioned on a plot that presented a dual context on each front. On one side, park that can be directly accessed to from the property amidst a quiet residential area; and on the other, an avenue with intense public transport traffic across from a social housing project.
VX2 Arquitectos
Each situation required an independent strategy: maximize the relation with the park, while proposing a more private connection towards the avenue; seeking to harmonize with the consolidated urban profile.
Junior Architect Lima, Peru 2010 - 2011
Pacific Ocean
Beach Access
Future MixUse Project
Social Housing
Golf Course
Access & views Given the site‘s location between a park and a high traffic avenue, the project priorizes its views to the back while access is set on the front
Private gray to common green After setbacks, the resulting volume increases the division between the park and avenue. Creating an internal common garden provides natural light, views and relationship to the back rooms of the apartments
Structural flexibility In order to maximize distribution flexibility, the volume is divided into three bays, each housing a unit, which can be combined for duplex and penthouse aartments
Ground Level floor plan
Section
Level 3 & 5 floor plan
Park Elevation
Facade Detail 1
Facade Detail 2
Facade Detail 3
Peruvian Geology Society The Peruvian Geology Society required an extension for its headquarters, consisting of an auditorium, a library and a cafeteria. The challenge was to set the new program behind the existing building, a 1940‘s Tudor style house adapted to fit offices.
VX2 Arquitectos Junior Architect Lima, Peru 2008 - 2009
Pacific Ocean
The new program was set surrounding the back of the main building, creating a stone frame around it; contrasting with the wood and plaster façade. On the inside, the auditorium and the library were set as overlapping volumes, around an interior court.
Beach Access
Shopping Mall
Expressway
Plot & Access
Maximal volume
Atrium, Court and Archive
Ground Level floor plan
Elevation
Section 2
Level 2 floor plan
Section 1
Level 2 floor plan
BIM Projects
Büro Happold
Templiner Park
Revit model update Supervised structural analysis Multidisciplines coordination BIM Team Intern Berlin, Germany 2016 Status: Under Construction Architecture: Graft Büro Happold
Großmarkthalle BIM Team Intern Munich, Germany 2016 Status: Design Architecture: Ackermann Architekten
Real Estate Projects
Altagerencia
Hello San Felipe
Feasibility analysis Financial dossier elaboration Commercial preliminary planning Project Manager Lima, Peru 2014 Status: Completed Architecture: VX2 Arquitectos VX2 Arquitectos
Las Olas
Project Manager Lima, Peru 2013 Status: Completed Architecture: Carlos Srebot
Construction Projects Estimation and cost analysis On-site supervision and coordinaton Field and office operations oversight
Altatorre
Park Street Project Manager Lima, Peru 2013 Status: Completed Architecture: Samuel Cardenas Tarika
Naturale Project Assistant Lima, Peru 2011 Status: Completed Architecture: PRAGMA
BĂźro Happold
Zalando HQ
BIM Team Intern Berlin, Germany 2016 Status: Under Construction Architecture: HENN BĂźro Happold
Wave
BIM Team Intern Berlin, Germany 2016 Status: Under Construction Architecture: Graft VX2 Arquitectos
Trapiche
Junior Architect Lima, Peru 2012 Status: Preliminary Analysis Architecture: VX2 Arquitectos Tarika
Asuncion
Project Assistant Lima, Peru 2011 Status: Preliminary Analysis Architecture: JLVD Tarika
Vancouver
Project Assistant Lima, Peru 2010 Status: Completed Architecture: PRAGMA Tarika
PAD
Supervising Intern Lima, Peru 2007 Status: Completed Architecture: Jose Arosemena
Quit It! Quit It! is a rehabilitation centre for smokers, looking to provide treatment against tobacco addiction by means of medical, alternative and unassisted methods.
Master Thesis Project Dessau Intl. Architecture Graduate School Advisors: Joris Fach & Roger Bundschuh 2016 - 2017
Landwherkanal
Tempodrom
S-bahn Anhalter Banhof
Located in Berlin, a city with one of the highest percentage of smokers in the world. The amount of smokers seeking assistance is inversely proportional to the scale of the problem, hence the project will serve the needs of current patients ad contribute in the normalization of therapies, increasing current attendance rates. The project seeks to integrate patients, smokers and general public thus raising awareness and simultaneously breaking down the stigma that therapies carry.
U-bahn MĂśckernbrĂźcke
Ida-WolffPlatz
Willy-BrandtHaus
TheodorWolff-Park
Mehringplatz
The design approach responds to three objectives: maintain visual and physical connection between the square and park; react to adjacent and isolated neighbours and present a bold and attractive form
By recreating the pre-war building volume -adapted to the new block perimeter- the urban context is consolidated but breaks new relationships between future neighbours as well as green spaces
Lowering the south-east corner and creating a back garden creates a human-scale connection between square and park
The building’s footprint becomes public by creating an staircase doubling as a terrace, peaking with a smokers area, away from non-smokers at ground level but enjoying priviledged views.
Semi-public area : Cafe
Private area : Treatment facilities
Public area : Roof terraces
Public staircase
Smokers terrace
Common kitchen
Acupuncture Hypnosis Group Therapy
Management Private Therapy
Lobby Information Center CafĂŠ Pharmacy
Ground Floor plan
South East facade
South West facade
North East facade
Level 2 plan
North East facade
Site Model
Building Model
Rein Raum Lutherstadt Wittenberg is a city with immense historical relevance while possessing a clear urban and architectural identity but faces the “small town� problem: it keeps getting smaller. In such scenario, the search for the most appropriate typology of housing project is a delicate task.
Studio Kister Dessau Intl. Architecture Graduate School Tutor: Prof. Johannes Kister 2016
Lutherstadt Marktplatz
In a location where academia meets a park, the design looks to balance diversity while maintaining a clear identity: program, use, density, height, public space.
Green Belt
University
Train Station
The location of the plot is key for the continuity of the Green Belt and connecting CONNECTIVITY it with the Northern residential areas, as well as connecting the City Centre with the Haupbanhof
ENERGY
Although LutherstraĂ&#x;e being mainly a residential street, it‘s influence connecting the Hauptbanhof and the City Hall generates an interesting influx of activities, complemented with the flow incoming from the University, City Centre and Post Office
Both North and West areas from the plot present a consolidated, regular, medium MORPHOLOGY density urban situation, while the South-East region offers a disperse, low density composition; being the project located in a hinge position
OPEN SPACES
The determination of Public, Semi-Public and Private spaces surfaces from the potential activities that can be developed on different points of the project, focusing the most Public along the main streets, the Green Belt and connection paths
Ground Level floor plan
Section 1
North-West Elevation
North-East Elevation
Section 2
Level -1 floor plan
Level 0 floor plan
Level 1 floor plan
Level 2 floor plan
Level 3 floor plan
Level 4 floor plan
Maximum Stadium When it comes to places of gathering, a stadium is the largest architectural typology. Only the matter of scale by itself is enough to create intense common experiences, but to what point can design intensify such experiences?
Studio Chermayeff-Hรถnig Dessau Intl. Architecture Graduate School Tutors: Sam Chermayeff & Tobias Hรถnig 2015 - 2016
Westhafenkanal
Spree River
The project aimed to identify specific elements that affect both spectators and performers experience taking football as a catalyst. Density, steepness, access are some of the global concepts studied, attempting to enhance emotions.
Fritz-Schloร Park
Berlin Hauptbanhof
Disposition Maximal footprint within viewing distance to get largest capacity stadium
Maximal viewing distance
Optimal viewing distance
Steepness A steep tribune increase impact to the pitch, affecting players while a shallow tribune maximize density, improving the environment for fans. Both options are then included in the design
Stairs In attempting to achieve maximal visual density, linear stairs are blank gaps. Creating a zigzaging stair system minimizes the problem
No visual gap
Access Generally designed perpendicular to the tribune, access to the stands is proposed parallel, minimizing its visual impact
Corners Straight, tapered and arched corners are compared on grounds of views and comfort
First impression The stadium can be completely or semi sunk, but by fully exposing the structure, the impact for the incoming spectator is maximized while reducing the built footprint at ground level
No visual gap
Level -1 through Level 14 floor plans
Section 1
Level 14 floor plan
Section 2
House for an Architect The project starts from the premise that different Architects occupy a 15-lot block located in the Historic Center of Lima, an area recognized by UNESCO as Cultural Heritage of Humanity, to design their own Houses.
Studio Bonilla - X Universidad Ricardo Palma Tutor: Prof. Enrique Bonilla Di Tolla 2008
UNESCO Cultural Heritage of Humanity of Broder
Having carried a study on the context of existing monumental architecture, elements of reference were taken into account to maintain its identity. The proposals of adjoining projects were observed to work together in terms of profile, setting out to achieve a harmonious design.
San Martin Square
Main Square
Presidential Palace
City Wall Park
Rimac River
Plot The corner plot requires profile alignment to adjacent buildings. Given the elongated shape of the plot, it is divided in two segments, each one adapting to neighboring heights
Backyard
Inner Court
Contextual elements of design Downtown Lima‘s traditional houses and palaces are known for 3 main elements: Balconies, Inner Courts and Backyards; which are to be included in the project‘s design
Social
Balconies
Private
Programmatic enhacenment Due to the immediate relation between street and building, the ground floor programme becomes commercial space, elevating the private programme, while dividing it in strong, independent volumes
Commerce
Ground Level floor plan
Section 1 through Section 5
Level 1 floor plan
Section 6 through Section 8 & Elevations
General Skills Conceptual Sketching Rethinking hill-side informal settlements InDeSem 17 Application 2017
Digital Drawing Drawing Workshop Dessau Intl. Architecture Graduate School Tutor: Joris Fach 2016
Model Making Master Thesis Project Dessau Intl. Architecture Graduate School Advisors: Joris Fach & Roger Bundschuh 2016 - 2017
Collages Drawing Workshop Dessau Intl. Architecture Graduate School Tutor: Joris Fach 2016