Fernando Luis Rivera Architecture & Design
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; is something you design for the present.� Jim Rohn
What follows is a short selection of projects. They represent the range of experience in architecture and design that I have acquired through collaboration and practice. A small representation in the pursuit to develop the unknown.
INSTITUTION MULTI - FAMILY SINGLE FAMILY
DESIGN BUILD COMPETITION
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We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us.
Winston Churchill
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Evelio Pina & Associates Bayamón, Puerto Rico
This single family residence was designed to be located in a secluded mountainous region of Puerto Rico. By the owner’s request water was to be present in all spaces within and around the home. This pushed design to utilized water not just as a feature but as a driver and definer of space and circulation. A series of colonnades are used to delineated the presence of water and define an edge between exterior and interior. The main shared living space was given a double height curved ceiling. By elevating the ceiling and have glazing immediately under it access to the roof top garden and natural ventilation and light are maximized. To the client’s satisfaction the ever presence of water, the heavy use of stone facing and the abundance of vegetation gives the house a feeling of been built from a tropical pond.
The floor plan was to be organized with water not as a feature but as an intricate spacial condition.
C O N C E P T U A L S T R A T E G I E S t h e
shade & light
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roof garden
ventilation
Verticality was determine as dialog with nature: observe, contain, frame, occupy.
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above: south west perspective
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Design is everything between us and nature.
Kengo Kuma
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Harvest Tower University of Colorado D e n v e r
retail & plaza
location:
Denver, Colorado
office
This project was developed as a study into the concept of a self-sufficient living environment, a “Vertical City� capable of sustaining its own residents. Over a million square feet of program requirements of housing, office and retail within the constraints of the site determined its vertical reach.
residential
During the pre-design phase it was conceived that biophilic principles should be integrated and become drivers of function and design. The result is a high rise that intents to produce all the energy and food for its in-house population and a surplus for those participating in the commerce within the site.
farming
C O N C E P T U A L S T R A T E G I E S h
residential floor layout
maximum harvest production
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Integrating the production of the harvest into each residential floor increases quality of life, harvest efficiency and the oversight of the process by the resident consumer.
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Residential levels are designed with each unit having direct access to the daily harvest process.
The central plaza where additional harvest is integrated into daily live / work experience.
Perspective of the central plaza in relation to 16th Street Mall.
Dorado Valley affordable housing for the elderly
firm: location:
The Office of Marvel & Marchand Utuado, Puerto Rico roof garden level vista
This multifamily project was design for Path Stone, an organization dedicated to developing housing for the elderly to Energy Star and Green Communities Certification. The requirements for sustainability I f desired in the future it could comply with LEED certifications. The building has no A/C units since it is located in the central hills of Puerto Rico where temperature is adequate and natural ventilation is constant. The single loaded corridor connects 32 units, a multi-purpose room, offices, and amenities that include a roof top garden. Utuado, Puerto Rico
first level / typical floor plan
second level / entry
roof garden level
south perspective
roof garden level
entry / north perspective
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If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making he id not an artist.
Peter Zumthor
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detail: tadao ando
JRL Stadium b a s e b a l l t o s o c c e r
firm: location:
C O N C E P T U A L S T R A T E G I E S juan ramon loubriel stadium
The Office of Marvel & Marchand Bayam贸n, Puerto Rico
To change a decades old baseball stadium to a FIFA standards soccer stadium proved to be an exiting and challenging project. The Municipality of Bayam贸n has become the home of football in Puerto Rico. After its completion the field has hosted an array of renowned soccer leagues and teams. The Barcelona selection, one of the highest level of soccer playing teams tested to their satisfaction the grounds.
north - south The existing playing field for baseball did not followed a north to south axis. FIFA requirements determined the new precise orientation of the field along with the a new facility to house four teams simultaneously.
The project proved to be challenging do to the time constraint the Municipality had imposed. It was less than 8 months from design to completion. Thanks to the expertise of The Office of Marvel & Marchand Architects the task was completed to the satisfaction of the Municipality, the home team and its fans.
stadium campus
ground level facilities floor plan
existing conditions
after renovations
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Anderson Mason Dale Architects Golden, Colorado
One of several collaborations during a period of six months with Anderson Mason Dale Architects. This planning exercise was the successful effort of studying the existing infrastructure of the Colorado School of Mines campus and proposing a concise and effective growth plan. With supervision of AMD principals and coordination with the client’s existing documentation and studies the planning exercise was assembled and delivered through a series of diagrams. The result demonstrates the optimum capacity and conditions within the boundaries of the campus and the town of Golden Colorado and the possibilities for expanding their current campus and its impact.
MASTER PLAN S T A T E M E N T colorado school of mines study principles
proposed campus development
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Some people don’t like competition because it makes them work harder, better.
Drew Carey
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B a c a r d í Experience
C O N C E P T U A L S T R A T E G I E S p r o d u c t
p r o c e s s
N e w V i s i t o r C e n t e r
firm: location:
EDSA, Jonathan Marvel & The Office of Marvel & Marchand Cataño, Puerto Rico origin of rum throgh landscape design
70 % of the rum consumed in the United States comes from Puerto Rico, from that the most consumed brand is Bacardí. The company has always been an architectural patron and for their new visitor center they selected the top three architecture firms in Puerto Rico to compete. We understood the client’s whish to create an architecture that spoke of the product’s history and vision. To that we responded with a complete experience of product, process and place throughout the entire campus.
rest and direction through vistas
architectural dialog
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proposed campus development
image by EDSA
pavilion bat house visitor experience center aging building
P RO CE S S
The building where the rum is allowed to age was reconditioned through an ingenious new façade. The barrel’s wooden staves where used as the main material for the façade treatment. It speaks of the process inside with its shape and its ability to age as well.
aging building
PRODUCT
bat house
With more than 150 years as one of the world’s best producers of rum the product speaks for itself. The emblem and soul of the company has always been the bat. A 1960’s structure placed in the center of the campus was repurpose to house living samples of the company’s soul. Visitors get to see the logo alive.
P L A C E
Bacardi’s architectural heritage is continued with a series of new cutting edge designed buildings. They speak to the traditional architecture already in place and enhance the visitor’s knowledge and experience of the site. This pavilion placed at the top of a mound frames the spectacular view to the bay and keeps respect to the traditional buildings on site. pavilion
visitor experience center
Philadelphia bicycle transit center
team: location:
Randal Hatley, Micah Holroyd, Fernando Rivera Denver, Colorado
The Philadelphia Bicycle Transit Center Competition was initiated was created by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, traffic congestion, and noise pollution by promoting ridership. The goal was to develop a bicycle transit center for the city of Philadelphia for its expanding urban infrastructure and growing population of bicyclists. Having to meet LEED requirements and a very prescribed program teams were encouraged to think how the center would engage the city. The response from the team came as a diagrammatic organization to the offered program and its architectural transformation into a bridge. The structure behaving with parasitic architectural principals, anchored itself along side an existing bridge in the heaviest transit avenue.
C O N C E P T U A L S T R A T E G I E S b i c y c l e
t r a n s i t
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board walk
river elevation
bicycle cafĂŠ
C O N C E P T U A L S T R A T E G I E S
10up atlanta
10 up pavilion design challenge
pavilion design build challenge
team: location: award:
Randal Hatley, Micah Holroyd, Fernando Rivera Atlanta finalist
study models
The competition was design to challenge the designer not so much into developing program for a pavilion, but into the assembly process.
Gathering areas
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Existing circulation
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10’’ X 10 10’ base area
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Constraints for budget and assembly time where crucial B and limited. Conceptualizing shelter, circulation, site conditions and materiality into a A shape that allowed the end user to experience all of it through the entire pavilion. Nothing was out of reach, everything speaks of its materials, assembly and purpose.
Shaded canopy
10’’ X 10 10’ base area
10’’ X 10 10’ base area
program to form
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Expandable seating
Gathering / Connecting / Sheltering The main design drivers for the installation were to gather the adjacent areas into a central form and to connect to the surrounding activities, while providing shelter from the elements. Instead of creating an enclosed, self-contained form, it was opened up to allow for natural the lawn and surrounding event space.
Adaptable program / Movable seating
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Full scale module B1
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upper rib back rib seating rib removable seat connecting rods
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Cut sheets
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Cost estimate Materials: Plywood, 3form & aluminium
1 Off site module assembly
2 On site base-plate installation
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4 Fasten modules
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5 Attach canopy to modules
6 Attach 3form panels to canopy
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Full scale module B1
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upper rib back rib seating rib removable seat connecting rods
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Cost estimate
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Materials: Plywood, 3form & aluminium
Digital fabrication / Modular assembly
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The design also speaks to current practices in digital design and fabrication, allowing for 1 Off site module assembly
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2 On site base-plate installation
1 cross bolted rib seat 2 3form panel 3 solar cell - powering interior light system
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6 Attach 3form panels to canopy
waist, and the utilization of properties inherent in the materials. modules can then be transported to the site, and easily assembled by a team of two people. The connections between the modules are also designed to be easily disassembled after the MA events, which will allow it to be moved and rebuilt elsewhere.
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The only important thing about design, is how it relates to people.
Victor Papanek
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ilumitubo f l o o r l a m p
shades
for: location:
University of Colorado Denver Denver, Colorado
The design responds to certain principles of sustainable design as a possible “Cradle to Cradle� object.
light diffuser
With the exception of the actual lamp and electrical conduits, the entire objects is built from recycled 3form acrylic. Its shades are design to turn and direct light and to be replaced when desired. This is done by eliminating any requirements for screws or bolt joints. The entire piece is held in place by friction and weight from parts that interlock. base & lamp
bird house aia colorado selection
for: location:
University of Colorado Denver Denver, Colorado
Designed through a competition the final product was selected for auction in benefit of the Dumb Friends Foundation, Colorado. The objects was design to be sustain use and weather for at least three years but also to be able to perish and be safely discarded back into nature. The shape of the object is derived from the natural behavior of the white breasted nuthatch. It has two stages that allow the bird to observe, feed and rest without having to come to contact with the eggs.
profile e x p e r i e n c e
The Office of Marvel & Marchand Architects LLP
11/2011 - present
Architecture and Planning firm located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. With more than 30 years of combined practice, it is considered one of the most relevant, successful and prolific firms in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Position: Work:
Architectural Designer • Development and delivery of architectural projects from proposal to post occupancy. • Construction documents for single and multi-family housing, institutional, public and sports facilities, commercial and hospitality. • Creation of digital models, renderings and sketches for project proposals and design phase. • Feasibility studies. • Development of energy efficiency compliance.
FLR Architectural Designs
11/2010 - present
Architectural service provider for renowned firms such as Fuster + Partners, Evelio Pina & Associates and private clients. Position: Work:
Owner
• Development of physical scaled and digital models. • Design and development of construction documents for new and as-built projects. • Design development of Model Restaurant for a variety ofrestaurants in Puerto Rico. • Single family residential projects.
Anderson Mason Dale Architects
07/2010 – 10/2010
Architectural design firm located in Denver, Colorado specialized in projects of public nature with more than 30 years of practice and renowned projects such as Mount Rushmore Visitor Center. Position: Work:
Architectural Designer • Design and construction of physical scaled models. • Development of digital models. • Construction Documents. • Development of Master Site Plan for The Colorado School of Mines campus. • Presentations for project proposals.
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Happiness is when what you THINK, what you SAY and what you DO are in harmony. Masters of Architecture 2007 - 2010 University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning
Education
B.A in Humanities (Magna Cum Laude) 2001 - 2005 University of Puerto Rico International Studies 2004 Universitá Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
Awards
2010 AIA Colorado Award of Merit University of Colorado Denver Design Sustainable Urban Farm Design Build Studio Selection AIA Colorado Bird House Design 2010 University of Colorado Denver
Skills
Computer Macintosh & Windows AutoCad 3d Studio Max Adobe Creative Suite BEES
Revit Sketchup V-Ray iWork Energy Plus
ArchiCad Sketchbook Pro Rhino / Grasshopper Microsoft Office Open Studio
Languages Spanish, English, Italian Membership: USGBC Caribbean Chapter - Communications Committee - Chair 2013 College of Architects & Landscape Architects of Puerto Rico (CAAPPR) Academic: Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture, Guest Juror University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture, Guest Juror
Mahatma Gandhi
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flrdesigners@gmail.com