Gamv_worksample_04092017 by Gabriel A. Morales V.

GABRIEL MORALES Master of Architecture II Student Work Sample The City College of New York Spitzer School of Architecture

Gabrielmoralesvillegas@gmail.com

GABRIEL ANDRĂ&#x2030;S MORALES VILLEGAS Email: Gabrielmoralesvillegas@gmail.com / Phone: (787) 667-5588 / Address: 5805 Jefferson St. 406 West New York, NJ 07093

WORK Teaching Assistant CetraRuddy Housing Innovation Studio Second Year M. Arch.1 Students Prof. June Williamson & Prof. Fabian Llonch January 2017 - June 2017 _Provide design and technical directions to students on final reviews, desk critiques, pin-ups. _Prepare each studio with the required CAD/Rhino/GIS base drawings & 3D models. _Design all the graphics related to the CetraRuddy Housing Innovation Studio.

INDEX Undergraduate Thesis_Urban SYMBIOSIS

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FIRST SEMESTER M.arch ii_TRANSPORTATION HUB

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FOURTH YEAR UNDERGRADuate_AARP HEADQUARTERS

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Teaching Assistant First Term Studio First Year M. Arch.1 Students Prof. Brad Horn & Prof. Loukia Tsafoulia August 2016 - December 2016 _Provide design and technical directions to students. _Assist each studio Professor in preparing readings and background materials. _Communicate standards regarding formatting of deliverables. _Coordinate set up for studio pin-ups and reviews. Architectural Designer CSA GROUP NYC, Architects and Engineers August 2015 - June 2016 Project: Build it Back New York. _Worked hand in hand with the design director in quality control on construction documents. _Gained experience through concept, schematic and construction documents. _Collaborated with structural engineer on structural drawing set. _Coordinated structural and architectural drawings. _Produced mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural and architectural details and diagrams. _Familiarized with New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s zoning regulation and FEMA regulations. _Gained experience as Field Technician: a Thorough scope of a house.

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY & LANGUAGES - Autocad / Revit / Rhinoceros 3D / Grasshopper / Archicad / Artlantis / Sketch Up / Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Indesign / Microsoft Office - Native: Spanish / Professional working proficiency: English -

EDUCATION The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York Master of Architecture II August 2016 - May 2018 Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, School of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture June 2015 _Thesis exhibited for NAAB Accreditation visit as a distinguished Capstone Project.

urban sYmbiosis Loiza Street, a border between opposites, fails to work as mediator between two contrasting groups alienated from each other, creating instead a no-manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s land which lacks urban activity and accentuates otherness. The project strives to link and reactivate an urban tissue that has been deprived from social activity because of the widening gap between communities from different economical backgrounds -- the rich and the poor.

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site perspective

avenida las americas

parque barbosa

calle mc leary

calle casi que

a la playa

calle loiza

nuevo conector

call e ma ria i asa bel

Site plan sITE photomontage PLAN - fOTO MONTAJE GRAN PLAZA + CINE restaurante oficinas de gobierno

corredor gastronomico gimnasio

LA VERDE

AVENIDA IS

templo

biblioteca

Urban master plan

guarderia cafe

A dialogue between the city of space and the city of anti-space. The first phase of the project was to identify the reasons behind the lack of urban activity and the sense of otherness. In order to treat the sickness, I took the street between the two developments and re-zoned the area to be a mid-size urban scale typology allowing for comercial space on the ground and residential on top, using the term defensible spaces as a cure for the lack of activity. In the sorroundings of my site there was a lack of urban plazas, I used urban centers located in Puerto Rico as a reference. Thus for the second phase, the urban plaza concept became the parti for the overall development.

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Three-dimentional diagram

de retail nuevo รกreas loiza++re-zoning calleloiza Calle street

ciclovia bicycle path

รกREA DE OCUpaciรณn 111,000 pies cuadrados

programa

restaurante (2) 24,000 pies^2

restaurante

corredor gastronomico (2) 32,000 pies ^2

corredor gastronomico

biblioteca (2) 24,000pies^2

tintoreria

iglesia 6,400pies^2

lavanderia

farmacias (2) 20,000

farmacias

CALLE LOIZA

206,000 en total

roof plan N.T.S

fIRST FLOOR plan N.T.S

biblioteca

SECOND FLOOR plan N.T.S

รกREA DE OCUpaciรณn

programa

111,000 pies cuadrados

restaurante

restaurante (2) 24,000 pies^2

programa

corredor gastronomico

corredor gastronomico (2) 32,000 pies ^2

tintoreria

biblioteca (2) 24,000pies^2

oficinas de gobierno

lavanderia

iglesia 6,400pies^2

gym

farmacias

farmacias (2) 20,000

CALLE LOIZA

biblioteca

206,000 en total

site occupancy

fIRST FLOOR PLAN - pROGRAM DISTRIBUTION

guarderia

CALLE LOIZA biblioteca

sECOND FLOOR PLAN - pROGRAM DISTRIBUTION

HOMOGENIZING SPACES Beaches and movie theaters dilute the distinction of social classes in Puerto Rico. The core of this project is to bring together programs that remove the sense of otherness making the use of these spaces equally usefull for every citizen. Conceptualizing these public spaces resulted in the addition of an DIAGRAMS OF FORM - KEEPING URBAN DENSITY OF PROPOSED MASTER PLAN - AXIS AND EXTENSION OF PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION outdoor movie theater with a slight slope AXIS AND EXTENSION OF PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION - DIALOGUE BETWEEN URBAN CONTEXT which emulates the second public space, the beach.

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outdoor movie theater

pedestrian extension - west side

Architectural piece assemblage

library’s repetitive structural object An almost excessive use of a repetitive object throughout the library emulates the language seen on ‘the projects’. These buildings, seen from a mere volumetric point of view, are represented through this repetitiveness. Ruled by the mass production philosophy, they lack the ability to merge within their urban context due to their organization, resulting in an ambiguous interaction emmancipating themselves from their immediate sorroundings. The organization of these pieces created inhabitable spaces, however the repetitive object in the library, while emulating the existing condition was ruled by the activity in their sorrundings. When perpendicular to the street the space formed is thought as more public oriented and when parallel to the street the space is thought as a private reading place. The use of the piece/object in certain spaces provides shadow to pedestrians and even the building itself retracts to create public spaces.

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Exploded diagram of architectural piece

Wallsection photomontage

Library’s south elevation

south entrance perspective

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Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longitudinal section

west entrance entrance perspective

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Outdoor movie theater section

PREVIOUS SECTION STUDY

PREVIOUS ELEVATION STUDY Alzado-1 SCALE: 1/16" =

1'-0"0

16'

32'

PREVIOUS section STUDY Corte-C SCALE: 1/16" =

1'-0"0

16'

32'

PREVIOUS ELEVATION STUDY Alzado-4 SCALE: 1/16" =

1'-0"0

16'

32'

previous plaza / church perspective

past iterations / process

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hAND STUDY SKETCHES

tRANSPORTATION HUB

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site perspective

The team’s project was comprised of four students. Three of the students were undergrads and myself, a master student. The work was divided in such a way that each student had an roll into the production of the project. We all contributed equally into the design. I was in charge of the construction of the 3D model in a BIM software (Archicad) which was used to extract the pertaining drawings for a post-production phase (Illustrator - autocad) and to generate the renderings (v-ray photoshop). Also designed all the structural aspects of the project.

FLEXIBLE HOTEL & CONFERENCE UNIT W/ MODULAR PIVOTING WALL SYSTEM seat/storage

balcony

king bed balcony

LEGEND

conference room

bench storage

HOTEL / OFFICE

Scale: 1/16”=1’

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

COMMUNAL CAFETERIA / LOUNGE

WORLD’S FAIR UNISPHERE ARTHUR ASHE TENNIS CENTER OLMSTEAD CENTER

CASEY STENGEL BUS DEPOT MTA CORONA MAINTENANCE FACILITY 7 TRAIN STATION

CORONA, QUEENS CITI FIELD LGA AIRPORT

seat/storage

dresser

SHARED CAFETERIA / LOUNGE COWORKING SPACE OPEN TO BELOW FLEXIBLE HOTEL/ CONFERENCE ROOMS

W FOOD BARS OPEN TO BELOW

KITCHEN

vending machine

dresser

seat/storage

S A

+116’-9” - Hotel and Coworking Space

+116”-9” HOTEL & CO-WORKING SPACE

FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK LIRR STATION PEDESTRIAN PASSERELLE

16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

WILLETS POINT FLUSHING, QUEENS

WEST VIEWS

EXTISTING CONDITIONS DIAGRAM

EAST VIEWS

LEGEND HOTEL / OFFICE

willets yards, queens

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

BIERGARTEN FAR VIEWS: BROOKLYN, LOWER MANHATTAN

the gateway of new york

IMMEDIATE VIEWS: CORONA, RAIL YARD

IMMEDIATE VIEWS: FLUSHING

6 7

27 28

Within the placelessness of Willets Point, we want to create a humanizing wrapper through the synthesis of the people coming to events and infrastructure that is to be Willets Point.

34 x 6 3/4" = 19'

BAR / LOUNGE 39 SEATS ANTFARM LOUNGE

KITCHEN

KEY POINTS:

OPEN TO BELOW

BIERGARTEN

COWORKING SPACE

FLEXIBLE HOTEL/ CONFERENCE ROOMS

304 SEATS .K.O

.K.O

STAGE

Design with future developments in mind (WPD, LGA Airtrain) Create a sense of place. Humanize the rail yards. Design for fluctuation of pedestrian traffic. Welcome diversity of people (Age, culture, income, ADA, gender) Accommodate diversity of infrustructure (7 Train, LIRR, LGA Airtrain) Respect the existing (Passerelle, views, neighborhoods, events)

OPEN TO BELOW BIERGARTEN

COWORKING SPACE

97 SEATS

OPEN TO BELOW

KITCHEN

B vending machine

66 SEATS RESTAURANT 2

15 16

18 19

• • • • • • •

34 x 6 3/4" = 19'

S A

+101’-2” - Biergarten

+101”-2” BIERGARTEN & CO-WORKING SPACE

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16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

willets yards, queens concept diagrams Three primary forces (regional rail, local rail, and airtrain) converge onto a central location along the Flushing Meadows Park Passerelle. A pedestrian throughfare is maintained by pushing program massing to the sides. A central market loosely occupies the grand atrium on Passarelle level. An organically curving skin unifies the program by forming a single envelope for the all the programs. Program is distributed as a vertical gradient from public at ground to private atop. Sky lobbies serve as an intermediary between the public and private realms within the building. The slivers of program may be reproduced to continue the first proposed stage of building, or established further adjacent within the identified bounds of the site.

intersection landscape

transportation & events

maintaining the passarelle

humanized wrapper

circulation distribution

program distribution

phase II

program distribution

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willets yards, queens drawings The project establishes its base datum on a series of casons and shear-walls at the height of the passerelle walkway, 37’ above sea-level. Here, the building’s main space is occupied by a market hall, with landscaped fingers extending outward to provide an extension of the project. As the floors move up in height, the east side is occuped by a joint hotel and co-working space, while the west side holds the upcoming LGA AirTrain. At the 101’ level, the AirTrain is replaced with a biergarten and resturants, and the 116’ level is capped with a larger co-working space. Facades on the East and West are comprised of a series of movable louvred panels, allowing for fine control of the sunlight into the building. The roof is landscaped, like the finger extensions below, further emphesising the wrapper. There are skylights cut into the skin to bring in natural light to the hall below.

LEGEND_ LEGEND

HOTEL / OFFICE PUBLIC CIRCULATION BIERGARTEN / LOUNGE MARKET ZONES AIRTRAIN HOTEL / OFFICE

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

North Elevation

north elevation

COMMUNAL CAFETERIA / LOUNGE

16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

128'

256'

MARKET ZONES

North Elevation 0'

16' 32'

64'

SCALE_ Section A - A

0’ 32’ 64’ 0' 16' 32' 64'

128’ 128'

256’ 256'

North Elevation 0'

16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

East Elevation 0'

16' 32'

West Elevation

64'

128'

256'

128'

256'

128'128'

256'256'

128'

256'

East Elevation 16' 32'

64'

South Elevation East Elevation 0' 0' 16' 16' 32' 32' 64' 64'

16' 32'

64'

South Elevation 0'

south elevation

16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

LEGEND HOTEL / OFFICE PUBLIC CIRCULATION BIERGARTEN / LOUNGE MARKET ZONES AIRTRAIN

Section B - B

section b-b

16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

LEGEND HOTEL / OFFICE PUBLIC CIRCULATION COMMUNAL CAFETERIA / LOUNGE MARKET ZONES

interior perspective Section A - Aa-a section 0'

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16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

west elevation 16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

West Elevation

South Elevation 0'

64'

West Elevation

east elevation

16' 32'

128'

256'

16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

Hotel and Coworking Space “Antfarm”

Plenum for Mechanical Equipment and HVAC

Sheer Walls Structural Caissons Structural Support for “Antfarm” Truss System at South Facade ø 5’ Concrete Column for AirTrain

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structural axonometric

Calle del Carmen

DW UP

Oﬁcinas publicas para adultos de 70-80

seguridad

Oﬁcina de orientacion: cubiculos

Cafe

Farmacia

Core principal

telecomunicacion

sala de reunion

Core principal

Desperdicio

sub-estacion DN

diesel

telecomunicacion

Area de carga y descarga

Area de espera Electrico

Electrico

area de informacion

Drop-off

Oﬁcinas publicas para adultos de 60-70

A/C

terraza

Recepción

T. comunicaciones

Electrico

T. comunicaciones

Core Estacionamiento

Ave. R. H. Todd

Calle Condado

Ave. R. H. Todd

Calle Condado

Core Vivienda

Electrico

Core Vivienda

SOUTH EAST PERSPECTIVE

Ave. Fernandez Juncos

SOUTH west PERSPECTIVE Calle del Carmen

MIXED USED PROJECT

Calle del Carmen

Multi-usos

DN DN

terraza

Core principal

terraza

telecomunicacion

Oﬁcinas publicas para adultos de 80 en adelante

telecomunicacion

AARP Headquarters and housing development for the elderly.

Electrico

Oﬁcinas publicas para adultos de 50-60 A/C

T. comunicaciones

Core Vivienda

FIFHT FLOOR PLAN

Ave. Fernandez Juncos

Electrico

terraza

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Ave. R. H. Todd

ROOF PLAN

Calle Condado

terraza

Ave. R. H. Todd

Calle Condado

Gimnasio

terraza

A/C

Oﬁcinas contabilidad y auditoria

Ave. Fernandez Juncos

EAST entrance PERSPECTIVE

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west entrance PERSPECTIVE

north elevation

west elevation

CORTE A SCALE: 1/16" =

ORTE A

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ALE: 1/16" =

1'-0"

office section

1'-0"

CORTE C

office / housing section