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Architectural Portfolio Francisco Oliva NewSchool of Architecture and Design Bachelor of Architecture 619.382.8994 fco.olivam@hotmail.com
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COASTAL SERENITY a visual narrative of the Baja California Coast
FACADE RENOVATION DTLA Warehouse Facade Restoration
Shadow Glass with PV Cells
Aluminum Framing
Perforated Metal Deck
Steel Pipe Railing
Masonry Brick
Materials
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STAKKEN - THE UNINVITED GUEST Furniture design class Milan Italy
EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE Physics and Earth Sciences Building
INOVA - URBAN NARRATIVES Mexico City
COASTAL SERENITY
a visual narrative of the Baja California Coast Typology: Resort Site: Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico Date: Winter 2017 Studio Project Prof. Tom Mulica
Serene - the state of being calm or tranquil; a title of honor or respect. Coastal serenity is when a person is in sync with their own sensory perspective of the coast. The coast in many ways represents tranquility through the water, serenity through the sand, enlightenment through the sun, and views when all these elements combine. The research for this thesis began with the California coast and its protector the California Coastal Commission. The commissions mission to have authority on the marine and terrestrial resources. The research then led to an observation of the Baja Coast in Mexico, same ocean and land but different typologies and limitations. The Baja Coast went through a period of vast development in which developers constructed towers and high rises that created a metaphorical wall. A wall that divided the public beach’s nature to people. Therefore, this thesis proposes challenging the verticality of these developments through an architecture that is more in sync with the landscape and pushes the envelope of vernacular and contemporary Mexican architecture. Thus becoming an architecture of total Coastal Serenity.
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Ground Floor The ground floor depicts six entrances, three of which are public entrances created through the opening in between the buildings. The three buildings in the street facing facade are the Lobby, building “A” with rooms, and building “B” with rooms. The floor plan illustrates a restaurant with a pool in close proximity to the ocean, a gymnasium for leisure, as well as the rest of the room buildings. The entrance to the ground floor rooms is through the west facing facade.
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Lobby
Second Floor The second floor depicts the roofs of buildings “D” and “E” utilizing them as public spaces of leisure to enjoy the Pacific Ocean views. Unlike the ground floor the entrance to the second floor rooms is through the east facing facade; the entrances enable both east and west facades of the building to be in constant use.
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Recreation Public Space
Recreation Public Space
Recreation Public Space
Recreation Public Space
Walkway Render Rhino / 3DS Max / Photoshop
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Ocean View Render Rhino / 3DS Max / Photoshop
West Facade_scale Facade Renovation 1’-0’’=1/4’’ Abandoned Warehouse Renovation Typology: Warehouse Clean Technology Site: Downtown, Los Angeles California Date: Fall 2015 Studio Project Prof. Alicia Lafferty
The Downtown LA facade renovation project was to take an existing abandoned warehouse and incorporate a clean technology to it. The new facade incorporates ShadowVoltaic glass louvers angled to take full advantage of the sun rays. The louvers respond to external weather conditions calculating the position of the sun.
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evation
Old Facade
E 1st St.
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Downtown Los Angeles
Shadow Glass with PV Cells
Aluminum Framing
Perforated Metal Deck
Steel Pipe Railing
Masonry Brick
Detailed Wall Section Materials
STAKKEN - THE UNINVITED GUEST furniture design class Milan Italy
15.05 cm
52.00 cm
Stakken was created through a story involving the idea of two architects with cardboard from models having an unexpected call from an uninvited quest. Stakken was produced using cardboard triangles the would fit into each other to be put away or stacked to be in use. The production was a mixture of Rhino to create the form and laser cut cardboard stacked.
32.80 cm
Typology: Furniture Design Site: Milan, Italy Date: Spring 2015 Studio Project Prof. Odo Fioravanti
15.05 cm
52.00 cm
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32.80 cm
Orthogonal Dimensions in cm
EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE Physics and Earth Sciences Building Typology: College Building Site: East Los Angeles, California Date: Winter 2015 Studio Project Prof. Alicia Lafferty
East Los Angeles College was in need of a new Physics and Earth Sciences Buidling, the project had a detailed and specific program to incorporate. The new building approached landscape with the incorporation of an amphitheater. The facade elements incorporated wooden cladding in the second floor and brick on the ground. The concrete floor plates framed the building; these plates also shift to create openings, landings, and overhangs. The circulation inside the building revolves around a central courtyard.
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Entrance Approach and Amphitheater
Entrance Approach South
Courtyard
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Geology Lab
Rock Preparation
Equipment Elevator
Anthropology Storage
Anthropology Lab
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Elevator
Rock Storage
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Adjunct Faculty
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Office Department Chair Office Department Chair
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Geography Lab
Workroom
Map Storage
Small Lecture Room
Electrical Room
Tech Office
Computer Classroom
Office
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Office
Adjunct Faculty
Storage
G.I.S. Room
Lobby
I.D.F. Room
Miscellaneous C
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INOVA - URBAN NARRATIVES Mexico City
Typology: Market Site: Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City Date: Spring 2015 Studio Project Prof. Gregorio Ortiz
INOVA seeks to blend street limits in different scales to give its users an experience of a mixture of uses. The idea that the periphery is used as an urban strategy that offers a scope of spatial planning intended to urbanize its formlessness. INOVA is a space that gives access to its users into spaces of leisure and scales markets in which users exchange different dialects depending on the levels. The ground floor is a continuation fo the street at a smaller scale with vendors, as one goes up the levels they begin to experience a different scale of commerce. Finally the rooftop level has a public viewing deck.
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Layered City
Hungry City
Stained Glass City
South East Axo south east axo
SITE P LAN_16”=1’
ndon serapio re
ribera de san cosme Ribera
Site Plan
ROOFTOP_FLOOR
FOURTH-B_FLOOR
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THIRD_FLOOR
SECOND-B_FLOOR
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FIRST_FLOOR
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Floor p lans_1/16”=1’_N
o b s e r v a t o r i o
l a m e z c a l e r i a
la mezcaleria
boleria y sastre
mosaicos mexico
regalitos rafa
antojitos luz
C e n a d u r i a
imprenta san rafael
E S T U D I O DE A R T E
Dulceria chava
east Elevation East Elevation 0
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Panaderia reyes
tamales doRA
CAFE D E La olla
LIBRERIA SAN RAFAEL
Architectural Portfolio Francisco Oliva NewSchool of Architecture and Design Bachelor of Architecture 619.382.8994 fco.olivam@hotmail.com