Architecture Portfolio

Luis Fernando González Quezada Mexico City

EDUCATION

2020

2019 - 2023

University of Illinois Chicago

YArch Introductory course to Architecture

Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture

(Graduation in June 2023)

2022

Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey

Minor degree in Regenerative Design

2022

École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris la Villette

Semester focused on Adaptive Reuse and Heritage

COMPETITIONS

Pocket home, UNI

2021

Ongoing

Modular housing units in Manhattan

Rural Housing, Terraviva Competitions

Adaptive reuse of an Italian “Cascina”

PROJECTS

2020 - 2021

Single bedroom Renovation

Design and execution

SKILLS

AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Sketchup, Vray

Sketching, Conceptualizing, Model making

Adobe Suite (Ps, Ai, Id, Lr, Pr)

Microsoft Office Suite

Spanish - Native

English - Advanced

French - Advanced

SELECTED WORK

SCALA ROMA

SCALA is a mixed use project that is born from the opportunity to develop a site in the heart of Colonia Roma, in Mexico City.

The concept is born from the integration of the street park (or camellón) facing the avenue, creating a line that would link the public space and make it vertebral to the project’s identity.

The project consists of comercial space on the ground floor, one office level with amenities and a coworking space, while the rest of the levels host the building’s apartments.

Contributions:

Overall design, model making, production of plans, research.

Colonia Roma is a quarter filled with heritage and activity, it was crucial for us to make the most out of the area we are intervening on, while also adding value to the community in the form of dynamic public space.

The project enhances user experience by exposing the constantly to interior-exterior environments.

Veta is concieved as a response to the pandemic’s condition of working from home and spending more time within our home environments.

A renovation of my personal bedroom was something that had been on the plans for some time, and these circumstances created the perfect opportunity to kick it off.

The project works with a variety of textures, praising their materiality and natural patina. Also, the reuse of most of the existing furniture was crucial to accomodate design objectives and budget restrictions.

Along with designing all the furniture and built-in additions that would be made, meticulous plant and object curation was a big part of enhancing the user experience; the goal was as follows: only using mexican designers’ products to give life to the space.

Contributions:

Furniture design, execution, object curation, interior landscaping, lighting design.

Lighting was a fundamental part of the space’s concept, as how it would bounce with the natural fibers and wood veneers would enhance the tonal palette of the room.

Also, secondary lighting for work and study activities was added to new enlarged desk.

Sistema.E comes out of an integral urban strategy for the regeneration of the Pesquería River, in the northern part of the Metropolitan region ofr Monterrey, in northeastern region of Mexico.

This plan originated after extensive site research through several site visits, collaboration with the municipal government and workshops integrating the community for participative design.

In collaboration with the studio, we set the 6 principles of regenerative design, which focused on ecosystem restoration, green mobility, identity reinforcement, local and circular economy, better social coditions and accesible public space.

Contributions:

Deep site analysis, Master plan development, urban design, project design, sustainable principles, regenerative design.

Designing on a site in a periferal area of the metropolitan city came with great challenge. With site visits and research, we were able to see how the Pesquería River became a huge barrier, where the people living in its northern part were marginalized, having no good conditions to cross it or access basic services for their homes.

EQUIPAMIENTO

La mayoría de servicios esenciales tales como escuelas, clínica, hospitales y guarderías se encuentran en la zona sur del municipio, enlazadas principalmente a la zona metropolitana de Monterrey. Asimismo, esta zona concentra manzanas residenciales donde es posible encontrar servicios a una distancia peatonal, contrario a lo que sucede en la mayoría de las zonas en el norte de Escobedo.

VIALIDADES

El municipio concentra la mayoría de su movilidad al sur,enlazándose con la zona metropolitana de Monterrey; este mismo se interrumpe alrededor del Cerro del Topo Chico y a lo largo del Río Pesquería. Aunado a lo anterior, se encuentra poco desarrollo de vialidades pavimentadas alrededor de la nueva zona industrial al norte del Río, mismo que alberga en su mayoría caminos de terracería.

Carretera Saltillo - Nuevo Laredo Vialidades primarias y secundarias

SIMBOLOGÍA

Urban density and distribution

Vías férreas

primarias

SOCIAL

Social vulnerability

Definition of the study area was marked in association with governmental dependencies where important limits and borders were located, with about 400 meters to each side of the river.

An urban masterplan emerged from the research, where a link between north and south would be woven through the construction of a linear park, while also giving the area important equipment to manage their waste, water crises and to boost their rooting for their culture and surroundings.

PAVÓN

SECTION A

One of the proposals for zone 3 was a mixed-use building, with a children daycare module and nursery on the ground floor, while using the upper levels for coworking space that could be used by the community at different times of the day.

SECTION B

Safe public space with no fences, mimicking the mountains and rivers of the city of Monterrey, along with a building that gives a new face to the area.

Form and space

ÉCOLE PASTEUR

École Pasteur, my first rehabilitation project came as a challenge during an exchange semester in Paris, where the extension and reconditioning of the school’s facilities were the main focus.

Built in the 1930s, the school had a considerable value in terms of heritage, it was crucial to try to keep as much as possible, while making our intervention have a dialogue between the existing and the new.

During the studio, partial demolitions were alowed, though it was in my biggest interest to try restrict them to a minimum while still covering all the points and necessities of the 1700 square-meter extension.

Different from the rest of my classmates, the decision was taken that I develop the project by myself, and use the group critique to nurture my personal design process having dialogue with the teachers and invited architects.

Contributions:

Deep site analysis, Master plan development, urban design, project design, sustainable principles, regenerative design.

Educational, Rehabilitation Bondy, Paris

The solution seemed clear: join the existing and the new through their roofs.

FAÇADE SUD - AILE DORTOIRS

EXISTANT

OUEST - AILE CRÉE

FAÇADE SUD - AILE CLASSES

The link creates a continuity from one building to the next, imitating what happens on the main pavilion with the 3 classroom wings.

Sections

FAÇADE EST 1/50 North Facade

For the project to perform to the highest standard, it was chosen to use a CLT structure with a skin composed mainly of wood shingles, that will adapt to the curvilinear nature or the intervention.

The link between the two structures creates a double height space, additional to the requested program for flexible use by the school’s users. Also, it would serve as a natural light source for the space, highlighting the beauty of both the existing and the new.

The strategy implemented would allow new pavillion at the back of the site to merge seamlessly with the rest of the structure, creating a trident-like scheme, similar to the one the school haa on the opposite side.

Luis Fernando González Quezada

fernandoquezada.arq@gmail.com