PORTFOLIO GABRIEL VERGARA
00 PROJECTS INDEX
SOCIAL BORD KILTRO HOUSE (Susuka Architects)
2
15
HUAYLLAY SCHOOL 4
CHURCHITA
LANDING TREE
3
6
(Susuka Architects)
(Competiotion)
BASK
RESEARCH
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
ARCHITECTURE
ACADEMIC / GSAPP
OUT
URBAN FOREST SQUARE Talca University Workshop
KEEPER´S HOUSE
5
Degree Project
1
TOWERS IN
GABRIEL VERGARA G. E-mail: g.vergara@columbia.edu Address: 611W 137th St, New York, NY Phone: 917 246 1258 MSAUD, Columbia GSAPP
CITY
REGION
DER RIVER CITY (51-1 Architects)
9
KETBALL COURT (Civic Assistantship)
CHICHAYCOCHA CITY
16
12
LIMITLESS CHILE Susuka architects
13
T OF CONTROL
CIUDAD VALLE CENTRAL
(Columbia GSAPP)
7
AMPHIBIOUS CAN THO (Columbia GSAPP)
10
N THE -ACTIVE- PARK (Columbia GSAPP)
8
POST BIG BOX URBANISM (Columbia GSAPP)
11
(MVRDV + U.Talca Workshop)
14
SCOPE I ARCHITECTURE
01 KEEPER´S HOUSE
02 KILTRO HOUSE
03 CHURCH-ITA
04 HUAYLLAY SCHOOL
01 KEEPER´S HOUSE
2005 / Los Niches, CuricĂł, Chile / Author
How to generate architecture in a context where professional practice does not exist? To answer this question, it is necessary to turn to local referents such as local barns and traditional local houses of the Central Valley of Chile. Due to the fact that the house dweller will be a farm worker with his family, who will also run the farm, the house is thought out as a re-interpretation of the aforementioned referents or the combination of them. The available low budget had an impact on the choice of the materials for this project. For this reason, we made it our goal to use as many recycled firebricks from a closer cement factory as we could.
Sketch of local house
Curico
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Location
Cordillera
Local House
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Local Barn
Mix
Eaves
Interior view
Brick recycling process
1. Cement kiln
2. Rubbles
3. Selection
4. Walls
01 KEEPER´S HOUSE
East facade
North facade
West facade
South facade
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Plan
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Photo by Cristobal Palma
02 KILTRO HOUSE
2006-2008 / Talca, Chile / Co-Author
Susuka Architects: Juan Pablo Corvalan_Gabriel Vergara This project is a statement of how to accomplish architecture in Latinamerica. The process was so unsteady, that all posible architecture design resources available where exercised. Everything was in constant change: the program, resources, contractors even the view! The modus operandi is rather based on mistakes than certainties. The result: a mix, a bastardized design, a fusion, like a crossbreed dog, in chilean: a Kiltro.
Site plan
Concept
Terrace and patio
West view
The spatial organization responds to a grid of 3.6 meters. The central quadrate have been projected as a patio for natural light, ventilation and circulations. An additional roof structure reinforces main structure to prevent earthquakes damage and to provide a roof terrace that serves as a new place for being on the hill
Photo by Cristobal Palma
02 KILTRO HOUSE
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Plan Level 1
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West Facade 0
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North Facade
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Terrace Plan
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East Facade 0
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1
South Facade
02 KILTRO HOUSE ENTABLADO DE TERRAZA, CIPRES 6X2” VIGA DE ACERO IC 150X50X2mm
POLIETILENO DE 2mm OSB TRASLAPADO DE 10mm CUBIERTA DE ZINCALUM 5V
CANAL DE AGUAS LLUVIAS ZINCALUM
VIGA DE ACERO U 150X50X3mm
SOLERA DE APOYO VENTANAL, PINO 6X2”
LISTON DE CIELO, PINO 2X2”
POLIESTIRENO EXPANDIDO 70mm POLIESTIRENO EXPANDIDO 50mm REVESTIMIENTO DE CIELO TERCIADO DE 15mm
VIDRIO TERMOPANEL DE 6mm
PERFIL DE ALUMINIO XELENTIA LINEA AL-32
ENTABLADO DE TERRAZA, CIPRES 6X2”
ENTABLADO DE PISO RAULI 1X4” ESPUMA AUTONIVELANTE 5mm OSB DE 18mm
ENVIGADO DE PISO, PINO 8X2” VIGA DE ACERO U 200X50X3mm
PILAR DE ACERO OC 150X150X3mm
POLIESTIRENO EXPANDIDO 100mm CIELO INFERIOR, ZINCALUM ONDULADO 0,3mm
BAJADA DE AGUAS LLUVIAS POR PILAR REVESTIMIENTO DE PISO EXTERIOR, PIEDRA LAJA RECEPTOR DE AGUAS LLUVIAS
Detail section
Deck / Terrace
Roof structure
Base grid
Axo / Structure
VIGA DE ACERO U 200X50X3mm
BAJADA AGUA LLUVIA
VIGA DE ACERO IC 150X50X2mm
Deck detail / Terrace
Beams and columns joint
Foundations detail
Photo by Susuka
03 CHURCH-ITA
2005-2008 / Talca, Chile / Co-Author
Susuka Architects: Juan Pablo Corvalan_Gabriel Vergara In difficult neighborhoods a church is not only a place for cult. It embraces a social program. In this case, the budget was very low (60000 U$ for a 200 m2 chapel) and the site, small and irregular. A series of proposals evolved to a single torsion volume that avoids a front and rear faรงade, plus it evokes the reigning geometry; more a covered plaza than a building, a sign of optimism in harsh conditions; a light in darkness.
Location
Concept
Community border vs Place of worship
Future community spaces
Placita Access
The Saints, Place of worship
Existing community rooms
In accordance with its formal concept, the church has been located in the middle of the terrain for separating the cult act from community activities. In this way, intermediate spaces can be used as little places for ceremonies or social use.
Structure
Fundraising through a community Bingo
03 CHURCH-ITA
Photo by Cristobal Palma
A folding door in the south facade was designed for integrating inside and outside as a continuous space. Thus, the most attended ceremonies can be extended outward, to the outdoor plaza.
Photo by Susuka
Altar view
Mosaic detail
Since stones (and other objects) are constantly thrown, a ceramic-mosaic finish is projected; acting as an easy to repair, cheap, already broken wrapping, but also following a millenary religious technique
Mosaic design by Simรณn Fuentes
Photo by Susuka
03 CHURCH-ITA Meeting room Sala
Patio
Storage
storage Catechetics room 1
Sala
Multipurpose room
Bathroom
FUTURE EXTENSIO N
Catechetics room 2
Library
CHAPEL
ACCESS
ALTAR
Dining room
Saloon
Services
Bathroom
Churchita plan
Churchita section
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Roof plan
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04 HUAYLLAY SCHOOL
2016 / Pasco, Peru / Author
Huayllay is a miner town located in a region that has many natural resources; despite this, their population has high rates of poverty reason why many children suffer malnutrition, diseases and learning problems. This little school will be the result of an effort to bring mining industry, local authorities and community together to improve the space where children study, play and even eat. The project will be located in the same terrain where currently school works, some structures will be conserved but others should be removed. The new school has been thought as a place for playing, where many little spaces interconnected to each other will stimulate interactions between children and their environment.
01_Classrooms
Location
03_�Ludic Facade�
02_Circulations
04_Terrace
18%
33%
01_Child malnutrition rates
3 years old
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
3 years old
4 years old
27%
30%
5 years old
33%
Average
49%
3 years old
4 years old
27% of children (in the school) are malnourished and...
3 years old
Average
49%
4 years old
42%
38%
5 years old
Average
42% of children suffer anemia
ANEMIA
33% 02_Existing infrastructure
5 years old
ANEMIA 18%
33%
4 years old
27%
30%
42%
38%
5 years old
Average
The current school doesn´t have adequate facilities...
03_Community aspirations New spaces for meetings,
some structures will be demolished
Better and larger classrooms
computation and playground
A kitchen and dining room with a child nutrition program
04_Proposal
Ref 1: Local houses in Huayllay town The classroom pavilion has been projected according to local architecture
Ref 2: “Juegos Sonoros” by Pop-Arq, Argentina. Playground equipment has been projected as a piece connected to the interior facade.
Ramp
Plants Patio
Little bridge
Skylight
Mini-orchards
Access to playground
Ref 3: Bicentennial Children´s Park by Elemental, Chile. A steel and mesh structure generates a double facade, a place where children will play, run or climb, being related to circulation spaces such as corridors, stairs and ramps.
Ref 4: “Fuji Kindergarten” by Tezuka Arch., Japan. The roof of existing building has been projected as a new playground space for increasing green areas and play zones.
04 HUAYLLAY SCHOOL Storage
Ramp 10%
+1.85
Kitchen
+1.65 +1.20
Psychomotricity room Multipurpose
+0.80
+0.80
Gardens
+0.40
+0.40
+1.00
Patio
+0.40
Office
Waiting room
Bathroom medical room
Bathroom
Classroom Gotitas de Ternura
Classroom Gotitas de Esperanza
0.00
Storage
Teachers room
Access
0.00
-0.60
-0.85
-1.00
Cuadrado Perez street
First floor
0
2
Street facade
Classrooms
Street view
+3.23
+1.85
+3.23
+1.65
+1.20
+0.80 +0.80
Play terrace +0.40 +0.40
+1.00
+2.30
ade
Ludic fac
+1.36 +2.90
+2.90
Bathroom Classroom Gotitas de Paciencia
Second floor
Bathroom Classroom Gotitas de Rocio
Classroom Gotitas de Alegria
Classroom Gotitas de Saber
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2
Interior facade
Terrace view
SCOPE II CITY
05 URBAN FOREST SQUARE
06 LANDING TREE
07 OUT OF CONTROL
09 RIVER CITY
10 AMPHIBIOUS CAN THO
08 TOWERS IN THE ACTIVE- PARK
Photo: Gabriel Vergara
05 URBAN FOREST SQUARE
2009 / Talca, Chile / Teacher Assistant
Under the framework of August Workshop of Architecture School at University of Talca, Urban Forest Square is a project developed by students and teachers, which addresses the concern of incorporating temporality and management of the least possible maintenance resources before intervening in a semiabandoned public space. Thus, the proposed plaza, firstly recognizes the pre-existence of paths, a mini court and a produce shop to later plant a grid of 10 x 10 trees in a strict square. Initially, some lightweight structures of coligĂźes (local bamboo) would provide shade and protect the newly planted trees. Over time, these structures were set to disappear to give way to the growing trees. At night, the reflective tapes attached to the coligĂźes shined with car lights to generate a nocturnal presence of the Project.
Location
Axonometric
Layers of process
Grid
Arado
Paths
Little Trees
Artificial Trees
Natural Trees
CAÑAS DE COLIGUE CAÑAS DE COLIGUE
ENTUTORADO DE COLIGUE
UNIONES DE ALAMBRE GALVANIZADO
ARBOL INICIAL
MACETA O CEPELLON BOTELLAS HORMIGONADAS
Section
SUELO DE CORTEZA SUELO ARADO
05 URBAN FOREST SQUARE
Artificial trees plan
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5
Artificial trees elevation
Process
Working with the neighbors
Natural trees plan
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5
Natural trees elevation
Plaza by night
Today: Trees growing
06 LANDING TREE
2012 / Laussanne, Suiza / Competiotion
Team: Juan Pablo Corbalan_Gabriel Vergara + Nicole L´Huillier_Juaco Gonzalez + Claudia Barriga_Pablo Sepulveda Landing Tree is a design proposed for the Lausanne Jardins 2014 competition, which aims to implement POP-UP gardens adapted to urban context, transportable, and long-term viable. A search for new ways that incorporate green spaces in the urban scenery. The proposal is a tree suspended in the air by a helium balloon that shines at night, which would cover a plaza full of activities, surprises and metaphors. A place where the landing of ideas, creative exchanges and landscaping coexist in beautiful harmony.
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BALLON D´HELIUM Volume: 800m3 / Diamétre: 15m Toile textile de couleur argent
MAILLE EXTERIEURE Matérialité: Polyester
CABLE + ARROSAGE 1. Cable metallique ancré au sol 2. Arrosage goutte á goutte avec une pompe de 1hp
ENCORDAGE Systéme de cordes polyester
CONTENANT GEOTEXTILE Terre organique + racine Volume: 5 m3 10.50 m
TILLEUL Diamétre de l´arbre: 7m / Poid total: 1.5 tonnes Fleurs: Blanches et jaunes Floraison: mars - septembre
3.00 m
0.00 m
Section
06 LANDING TREE
1. Potagers : Nous proposons une place avec des plantations dans des cagettes et des pallettes de marché. A cette agriculture urbaine s’ajoute une apiculture expérimentale, et des workshop. Notre intervention temporaire est l’occasion d’expérimenter l’agriculture urbaine. Ainsi aux plantations dans des cagettes et pallettes de marché s’ajoute une zone d’apiculture et des workshops afin de sensibiliser la population locale.
2. Performances : Une scène en pallettes accueillera une programmation culturelle riche et variée : concerts, danse, théâtre... Activant temporairement un nouvel espace public, ces performances en garantiront le dynamisme et l’attractivité.
3. Cinéma : Installés sur un nouveau mobilier urbain amovible, les habitants pourront profiter d’un cinéma en plein air où sera projeté, en plus de différents films, un documentaire sur la génèse et l’évolution du projet.
Où comment atterrissent les arbres dans la ville ?
Il était une fois un jeune Tilleul au milieu d’un près…
Tout seul,
Très seul…
Un jour de printemps, un ballon argenté qui chassait un nuage s’approcha.
« Bonjour jeune Tilleul, veux tu venir te promener avec moi ? » demanda le Ballon
Le jeune Tilleul réfléchis à la proposition du vaisseau en silence…
« D’accord Ballon argenté, allons-y! » s’exclama le jeune arbre, et « hop » il sauta dans l’air…
et ils partirent en voyage au coucher du soleil…
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4. Cuisine : La physionomie de la place n’étant pas figée, celle-ci peut changer selon l’agencement spontané de son mobilier. Ainsi, tables et bars écloront lors d’ateliers culinaires en liaison étroites avec les ateliers d’agriculture urbaine afin de souligner le fonctionnement soutenable de la place, pareil à un microsystème.
5. Jeux : En parrallèle de la programmation culturelle, la place reste librement accessible aux citoyens pour des activités spontanées : pétanque, ping-pong, pic-nic...
Pour accueillir les invités ils organisèrent une grande célébration qui dura plusieurs jours ! L’arbre décida d’ancrer ses racines dans la ville. Le ballon, lui, continua son voyage, mais promis de revenir.
Le lendemain ils trouvèrent une belle ville au bord d’un lac…
« Allons-y Ballon survolons la ville » demanda le Tilleul.
« Regarde ! Il y a une place ou on peut s’approcher de plus prés » indiqua l’arbre.
« Oui, des gens nous font des signes et nous suivent » constata le Ballon.
« Venez nous rejoindre ! » crièrent les habitants de la ville.
Le ballon argenté, le jeune tilleul et les citoyens devinrent très amis.
« Merci beaucoup Ballon argenté, maintenant je ne suis plus tout seul, bon voyage et à bientôt !» Fit ses adieux le Tilleul qui avait déjà grandi.
07 OUT OF CONTROL
2018 / East Harlem, NYC / GSAPP UD Summer Studio
Team: Alexandra Burkhard_Huang Qiu_Gabriel Vergara We have analyzed a NYCHA long site that crosses transversally East Harlem. In this site, there are four public housing projects which are home of 10% of East Harlem population. Its greatest asset is its large track of open spaces. However, they create block-wide spans of mono-programmatic space. The site not only acts as a barrier along retail corridors but also faces barriers of its own, the most visible of which are its fences. The space between towers is overtaken with these uninviting barriers that often create confusion amongst the community regarding what is or is not public or private space. NEW YORK CITY NYCHA DEVELOPMENTS
NYCHA | NEW YORK CITY + EAST HARLEM FIVE DEVELOPMENTS BOUROUGHS NYCHA Developments
NYCHA Living Conditions
NYCHA LIVING CONDITIONS | 311 COMPLAINTS RELATED TO
NYC +East Harlem
311 Complaints Related to Commun
NEW YORK CITY
326 DEVELOPMENTS 176,066 APARTMENTS
“
[*8.1% OF NYC APARTMENTS ARE OWNED BY NYCHA]
“ The complaint released on Monday showed was. It built a case that NYCHA had failed in “decent, safe and sanitary” housing, and th Ne conceal the problems from outsiders. ” ---Agree
BRONX
HARLEM
MANHATTAN
97 DEVELOPMENTS 52,999 APARTMENTS
QUEENS
BROOKLYN
STATEN ISLAND
RANDALL’S ISLAND
EAST HARLEM
20 DEVELOPMENTS 15,000 APARTMENTS
30% NYCHA 30% GOV’T ASSISTED 30% RENT STABILIZED
Source: New York City Housing Authority, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and Oasis
“ The problems existed, Mr. Berman said, not because of any loss in federal funding, but because NYCHA was a dysfunctional operation and is funda mentally flawed and engaged in a culture of false statements and New York City Housing Authority, Amid Leaky Roofs and Lead Paint, Nycha concealment. ” ---Tenants Are Outraged and Hopeful, The New York Times, June 12, 2018
0-4 84 41 15 6 2
MOLD
Source: NYC Open Data
5-15 1249 634 236 65 14
16-43
HEAT/ HOT WATER
44-218 134 49 22 9 3
PEST
Site Barriers
Site Actors
East Harlem
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nity Health
East Harlem
EAST HARLEM | COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
EAST HARLEM | GANG PRESENCE
Community Based Organizations
Gangs Presence
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ew York City Housing Authority, Accused of Endangering Residents, es to Oversight, The New York Times, June 11, 2018
“How the NYPD is using social media to put Harlem teens behind bars” (2015)
City Health Works
The Henry Brother House Museum of the City of New York
“63 Gang Members Indicted in Massive East Harlem Overhaul” (2014)
El Museo Del Barrio New York Academy of Medicine Archcare Org
116 Street Block Assoc.
Lott Assisted Living Resident
Casa de la Herencia Puertorriquena Harlem Center For Education
Hope Community
Boys & Girls Harbor
Sinai Medical Center
2012, Asheem Henry arrested in a “Operation Crew Cut”
New Harlem East Merchants Association
Capital Prep Harlem School
Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice
GF GOODFELLAS
King Towers ADDICTED TO GREEN
Matthew Westerby Dance Company, Inc.
Positive Workforce
Carver Houses 6TH STREET NETWORK GANG
Lincoln Houses NFL N---AS From lincoln
100 Hispanic Women
NYPD 25rd Precinct House
Lexington Houses Lott Community Development Corporation
Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College Harlem Community Justice Center
Concrete Safaris
East Harlem Union Settlement Center for Comprehensive Health Practice NPower
Lehman Houses WHOADEYS
Johnson Houses TRU MONEY GANG
East Harlem Triangle Houses AK/NSGM (NO SLEEP GET MONEY)
“17 members of East Harlem crew busted for brutal war with rival gang” “The Goodfellas gang claims its terrain around E. 129th St. between Fifth and Sixth Aves” (2018)
Settlement Health
East Harlem Tutorial Program
COAD (East Harlem Community Associations Active in Disaster)
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Harlem East Plan Life
East Harlem Community Alliance
Carter Burden Center
Metropolitan Hospital
Jefferson Houses ALL BOUT MONEY
Washington Houses BROAD DAY SHOOTERS GANG
East Harlem Councial For Human Svces. Boys Club of NY
Assoc. To Benefit Children
NYPD 23rd Precinct House
Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) Operation Equivalency Exodus Transitional Community
Hunter East Harlem Gallery Community Navigator Program El Taller Latino Americano
Riverton Houses
Dare2Draw Inc.
Bailey House
Hot Bread Kitchen
“Teen killed in East Harlem shooting” (2017)
Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care & Prevention
Institute For Family Health
SCAN Lehman
Taft Houses AIR IT OUT
“NYPD, FBI bust gang-related drug ring during raid of East Harlem housing projects, arrest 32 including Broad Day Shooters gang leader” (2016)
Littel Sister of Assumption
Harlem RBI
Wagner Houses FBZ FLOWBOYS
Franklin Plaza EAST ARMY
El Barrio Operation Fight Back East River North Renewall
Randalls Island Park Alliance
219-729
HEALTH
NYCHA HOUSING
CONNECTION
EDUCATION JUSTICE
HOUSING
CULTURAL
ASIAN
WHITE
LATINO
BLACK
JOBS
GENERAL
GANG TERRITORIES
NYPD RAIDS
SOCIAL NETWORK
CONFRONTATIONS
Source: The Verge, New York Post, New York Daily News, NYC Informer and NYPD Juvenile Justice Division
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07 OUT OF CONTROL
Scenario Two_Mid Term 1-5 Years
While the open spaces are owned by NYCHA, the agency has underserved its tenants and failed to properly maintain the spaces both inside and outside the tower. As a result, three actors behave as “managers” of the public realm: NYCHA, Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and gangs. “Out of Control” explores the social and spatial relationships between the three actors and the ground floor.
Scenario One_Short Term 0-12 Months
However, how would the use of these spaces change if residents were in control? If NYCHA were to relinquish control of the spaces outside the tower, new opportunities could emerge for the effective management of the public realm while allowing NYCHA to focuses its efforts and resources on the living conditions in the towers. By giving agency to the people, how could these spaces evolve to better serve the tenants of New York City?
Scenario Three_Long Term 10 + Years
112th St.
3rd Ave.
COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Skate Park Dog Park Playgrounds
School
Church
Water/Ice Park
Playgrounds
Playgrounds
COMMUNITY STORE 115th St.
2nd Ave.
GREENHOUSE
08 TOWERS IN THE - ACTIVE - PARK
2018 / East Harlem, NYC
Team: Davaki Handa_Gabriel Vergara_Yanli Zhao
The open spaces in NYCHA developments are one of its greatest assets, yet underperforming as social or environmental assets for the community of residents and the neighborhood at large. These areas consist of more than 75% of the entire ground plane. However, the fenced off nature of these under-programmed green spaces make them unapproachable and underutilized.
Landscape Buffer Zone
Bus Stop
Corner Plaza_2nd Ave. and 115th St.
Building Thresholds
Seating Areas
MULTIFUNCTIONAL ROOF STRUCTURE
Vendors
Main Site Issues
HOUSING QUALITY / NO SENSE OF OWNERSHIP
76%
[Ranks 6th in NYC] renter-occupied homes with at least one maintenance defect.
33%
[Ranks 5th in NYC]
Obesity Precentage of adults who are obese.
75
[Ranks 6th in NYC]
Child Asthma Hospitalizations per 10,000 children ages 5-14.
!
HEALTH ISSUES
YOUTH / GANG MEMBERS
SOCIAL ISSUES
40%
143
!
Non-Profit Organizaions are in health
[Ranks 4th in NYC] non-fatal assault hospitalizations per 100,000 people.
King Towers
1,379 Units / 3,084 Inhab.
! Taft Houses
1,470 Units / 3,226 Inhab.
! Johnson Houses 1,310 Units / 3,144 Inhab.
! NYC SOIL: MAIN CONTAMINATS
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1,493 Units / 3,457 Inhab. HOW TO EXTEND SUMMER SEASON ACTIVITIES TO WINTER?
Cr Pb
LEGEND
ECOLOGICAL ISSUES
RAIDS BETWEEN 2014 - 2
SEASONS
SOIL POLLUTION
SPILLS AND TANK FAILUR
LOW RISK
NON-PROFITS IN HEALTH
MEDIUM RISK HIGH RISK
FLOODING
Actors and Strategies NYCHA NYCHA will be focused on building maintenance
ACTORS AGENCIES: Non Profit + NYC Government + Educational Institutions
YOUTH (Ex gang members)
3rd Ave.
Community Library
Skate Park
Dog Park
Basketball Court
School
Playground
Church Greenhouse
Basketball Court Playground
Community Store
Playground
Community Store
Community Store 2nd Ave.
SEASONAL GARDENS Native Plants + New Soil Nutrients + Seasonal Plants
ECO-STRATEGIES
BIOSWALES SYSTEM Water reservoir in the center of the project
GREENHOUSE / FARM A place for community gardening, education and research
08 GARDENS (flowers and plants) TOWERS IN THE - ACTIVE - PARK
COMMUNITY LIBRARY
BENCHES / TRASHCANS Less violence / More welcoming COMMUNITY STORES
More job opportunities Safer seat and table areas Cleanest spaces
More maintenance and better management MULTI PURPOSE ROOM
SPORTS AMENITIES
Memorial for people / Get together seniors, youth and kids More colors and beautiful flower gardens
More workout spaces
Story time for people and book borrowing place
More activities for kids and safer playgrounds
PLAYGROUNS / SPRINKLERS
GREENHOUSE
Diagram: Aspiration of Residents
PLAZA - MEMORIAL
DOG PARK
As a first project, we have used a singular housing block in East Harlem, Jefferson Houses, to redesign the grounds into a high-performing landscape, expanding the repertoire of active and passive recreational spaces, introducing strategies for stormwater management and soil remediation, and creating active street frontages and reorganized circulation to improve public safety and “eyes on the street.” We also look for strategies to extend the use of this new landscape across all four seasons. The purpose is to convert the current “Towers with no parks” into Towers IN the park.
FROM SUMMER
Playground Plaza Seasonal Gardens
Social Programmatic Plazas Playground Plazas Seating
Benches Plazas
Ecological Rain Gardens & Bioswales Green Space
Linkage Permeable Paving
Playground Plazas
Overlapping Social and Ecological Spheres
TO WINTER
Greenhouse Programmatic Plaza Water / Ice Park
Image: 51-1 arquietectos
09 RIVER CITY
2015 / Lima, Peru / Project Architect
Team: CĂŠsar Becerra, Fernando Puente Arnao, Manuel de Rivero with Gabriel Vergara, Paulo Afonso, Federica Padovani, Franco Vergaray Under the framework of Lima Urban Plan (PLAM). River City is a proposal of large-scale urban renewal in a specific area of the city. The relocation of a vast industrial zone will generate a vacancy of 837 hectares in the middle of the city. An unique opportunity for incorporating missing equipment, solving the housing deficit and incorporating new areas of public spaces for the city. Taking into account that in its pre-Columbian and rural origin, this area was widely irrigated by channels from the Rimac River, the proposal is planned along these original tracings. Those tracings will be the roads where the housing will be located, forming residential rings, whose green centers will have different urban facilities.
Current Situation
Proposal
Under the industries, it is the countryside
19th Century map: Rural area and irrigation canals
Current map: Industrial area
Future map: Relocation of industrial area
Housing?
Convention Center?
Business Center?
837 ha
Future map: Housing and equipment for a megalopolis?
09 RIVER CITY 9 KM
River City vs Central Park
4 KM
MASTER PLAN
Kindergartens Schools 43.400 m2 440.000 m2
Universities 168.600 m2
Educational Center 85.000 m2
Community Center 49.700 m2
Fire Stations 7.000 m2
Urban facilities
Commerce 640.290 m2
Hospitals Police Stations 110.600 m2 9.000 m2
Museum 2.700 m2
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4 Levels
6 Levels
8 Levels
11 Levels
Housing tracings and levels
16 Levels
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10 AMPHIBIOUS CAN THO
2019 / Can Tho, Vietnam / GSAPP UD Spring Studio
Team: Amanpreet Dugal_David Mauricio_Gabriel Vergara What if the edges of rivers and canals in Can Tho are reimagined as territories of transition between land and water that can adapt to the seasonal flux of the Mekong? The lower Mekong region of Vietnam is vulnerable to economic disruptions due to flooding. According to World Bank Report in 2014, Can Tho city of lower Mekong floods on an average of twice a day during the wet season. This figure is expected to increase greatly as the inundation of main roads is projected to rise to a staggering 270 days per year by 2030, leading to severe losses for land based markets. The floating markets, on the other hand, continue to function during floods and have evolved various ways to adapt to fluctuations in water levels. What can be learned from floating markets and their adaptable social and economic models, to re-imagine a resilient future for Can Tho and the entire Mekong Delta? “Learning from Floating Markets�
Cai Rang Floating Market
Site Analysis
10 AMPHIBIOUS CAN THO
The project proposes reimagining the edges of the floating market in Can Tho as territories of transition between land and water where the two synthesize to create an adaptable settlement for an amphibious community. These transition zones will be anchored around important riverine confluences and social institutions of the city that will be connected to waterways. Through the creation of inlets social services will become more accessible to the floating communities.
From “Anchor “ to “Floating”: Bouyant units as a local technology
Section sequence: Transitional edges
Moment 0_Embankments are not adaptable to floods
Moment 1_Soft structures to reshape the edges
Moment 2_Mangrove afforestation and floating units
Moment 3_Communities adaptable to flooding
05_AMPHIBIOUS CAN THO 10 AMPHIBIOUS CAN THO Site Analysis and Strategies
FROM DRY SEASON
TO WET SEASON
10 AMPHIBIOUS CAN THO
As an amphibious community both socially and economically resilient to flooding and the cascading impacts of climate change, the floating market communities will hold the key to the resilient future of the city. The implementation of this amphibious and dynamic edge adaptation will begin by empowering a marginalized population that possesses the invaluable traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of ‘living with water’.
SCOPE III REGION
11 [POST-BOX] URBANISM
12 CIUDAD VALLE CENTRAL
13 CHINCHAYCOCHA CITY
14 LIMITLESS CHILE
11 [POST-BOX] URBANISM
2018 / Hudson, NYC / GSAPP UD Fall Studio
Team: Zilu He_Tina Pang_Noah Shaye_Gabriel Vergara “Post-Box Urbanism” is a speculative investigation about rethinking the concept of civic spaces along the suburban big box corridor of Fairview Avenue just north of Hudson. Civic space is not necessarily just public space. Private spaces often performs as civic spaces. Big Box typology, for instance, provides a high levels of free access, but lack of interaction. The Fairview Avenue Corridor is a car dependent landscape surrounded by vast asphalted and underutilized surfaces. Hudson and Columbia County face the problem of a shrinking population. Within this context, What is the future of this [sub] urban typology in Hudson? What design opportunities emerge to transform it into civic spaces? Re-Shaping the suburban “Big-Box landscape”
Warren Street: Time line of interventions Market
Bus stop
Community facilities
LONG TERM | 20 YEARS Reuse of vacant buildings
Bus stop
Market Space
Plaza
MID TERM | 10 YEARS
Temporary market
Bus stop
SHORT TERM | 1 YEARS
Hudson: Transect from Warren Street (city center) to Fairview Av. (suburbs)
Walmart: Plan Intervention
Existing conditions
What is a Civic Space? Corridors like Fairview Avenue are common place country wide and serve a large percentage of the United States population. This strategy aims to reshape big boxes to provide community oriented services and civic spaces. The US is covered in these careless suburban design patterns and “Post-Box Urbanism� can begin to repair this broken system.
11 [POST-BOX] URBANISM
Walmart Interventions
We propose a network of civic spaces created by reshaping and connecting the array of big box and strip mall complexes along the corridor. We see an opportunity to implement several strategies to maximize the potential of the corridor. We propose an increase in mobility options by introducing a shuttle bus, shared car system and a network of pedestrian paths.
New Civic Spaces
Each complex will have a designated multi-modal stop where these services will be clustered. Within walking distance of each stop will be a primary anchor program along with access to a food markets, healthcare, and civic spaces. Our objective is to shrink the footprints of the existing big boxes, strip malls and parking lots through the introduction of several site specific techniques.
12 CIUDAD VALLE CENTRAL (CVC)
2003 / Chile / CVC Workshop
As student, I was part of the “Ciudad Valle Central” workshop developed by Winy Maas (MVRDV) and the School of Architecture of University of Talca. Thereafter, this workshop led to a research in which I collaborated mapping and generating images for KM3 book. CVC explored the potential of the Central Valley of Chile territory based on optimization of their resources such as forest, wine and agriculture. For that purpose, CVC should improve its current Infrastructure creating new networks and increasing its energy production. At the same time, could be a model of decentralization based on new ways of territorial settlements. PACIFIC OCEAN
CVC OCEAN PORT
CVC RIVER PORT Perales Port
Constitución Port
FOREST CITY Cities in the border of the valley
WINEYARDS MICROCLIMATES
AGROCIT
Wineyards located in the micro valleys of Costa Hills
DECENTRALIZATIO CVC AGROCITY
CVC GLOBAL TERROIR
WATER MAXIMIZATION
At the bottom of the image: The 6 pages of “Ciudad Valle Central” published on KM3 book, 2004
SANTIAGO
WATER TOWERS
ANDES MOUNTAINS
Malleco water reserve
CVC AIRPORT San Clemente Airport Colbún Hidroelectric
UDINAL
LONGIT
TY
ON
AYS HIGHW
TRANSVERSAL HIGHWAYS
POMACEAS MICROCLIMATES
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Pomaceas located in the micro valleys of Andes
Higway intersection
HIDROELECTRIC ENERGY AGROMAXIMIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENERGY
Public Services
Colquijirca
Stadium Hospital
Vicco 20.000 hab. 10 min. Ninacaca 10.000 hab.
Punrun lake
5 min.
15 min.
Carhuamayo 10.000 hab.
Colorado river
Nature Reserve Bosque de Piedras Huayllay
Agro Market
Junin Nature Reserve
10 min.
5 min.
Nuevo centro 15.000 hab.
Huaron lake
Facilities
To Lima
Farms
Hotel
Huascacocha lake
Hotel
15 min.
Ordones 5.000 hab.
Ecotourism Mining
Huayre 5.000 hab.
ro riv er
New urban areas
Chinchaycocha lake
Manta
Huayllay 7.000 hab.
Technical School
15 min.
15 min. Restaurant
Theater
University
Junin 15.000 hab.
Library
Mining Tailings Areas of mining exploitation To La Oroya
13 CHINCHAYCOCHA CITY
2016 / Pasco-Junín, Peru / Author
The Chinchaycocha region is a plateau at 4.300 meters above sea level placed in the regions of Pasco and Junín. It has the second largest lake of Peru called Chinchaycocha, which is a wetland rich in biodiversity protected as a “Nature Reserve”, despite this; its north area has water and soils polluted. In the North, this region has an intense mining activity, which is the economic engine of the whole region. Despite this, the vast majority of these resources do not generate enough benefits for local communities, but high levels of environmental degradation and social inequality.
Location
Region: Pasco pleteau
Yanacancha
Production: MS./ 2.156.266 Main activity: Mining
Simรณn Bolivar Production: MS./ 1.428.159 Main activity: Mining
Production: MS./ 1.088.031 Main activity: Mining
Production: MS./ 193.174 Main activity: Mining
Simรณn Bolivar
Tinyahuarco Production: MS./ 918.467 Main activity: Mining
Vicco
Huayllay
Yanacancha
Active population: 11.163 p. Main activity: Cars and Mechanics
Chaupimarca
Active population: 4.741 p. Main activity: Mining
Ninacaca
Production: MS./ 915 Main activity: Manufacturing industry
Production: MS./ 910 Main activity: Transport
Tinyahuarco
Active population: 2.025 p. Main activity: Mining
Vicco
Carhuamayo
Production: MS./ 6.500 Main activity: Otras Actividades
Huayllay
Active population: 4.779 p. Main activity: Mining
Ninacaca
Active population: 1.039 p. Main activity: Farming
Active population: 784 p. Main activity: Farming
Junin
Ondores
Production: MS./ 74 Main activity: Hotels and restaurants
Automotive trading and Mechanic 6846
46.045
Commerce
66.114
Administrative activities
34.833
Transport
32.451
Manufacturing industry
20.735
Other Service Activities Hotels and restaurants
Active population: 4.493 p. Main activity: Farming
(People)
5.531.377
Construction Commerce
Ondores
Active population: 924 p. Main activity: Farming
Main activities of the economically active population
(Thousands of Nuevos Soles)
Mining and Quarrying
Carhuamayo
Active population: 2.663 p. Main activity: Farming
Junin
Production: MS./ 15.283 Main activity: Commerce
Main economic activities
Chaupimarca
Active population: 11.292 p. Main activity: Cars and Mechanics
28.700
18.725
Mining and Quarrying Farming
Teaching
6377
5186
4670 3565
Transport
3166
Real Estate Activity
2006
Construction
2791
Source: statistics National Institute of Peru, 2014
Integrate towns and local economies (Carhaumayo town)
Environment: How to manage the mining liabilities?
People: An opportunity to invest in essential social services
Future: An opportunity to recover wetland ecosystems
13 CHINCHAYCOCHA CITY
Cerro de Pasco 70.000 hab
Rancas 1.600 hab
Sacra Familia
Villa Pasco
Colquijirca 3.320 hab
Ninacaca 2.033 hab
Shelby
Vicco 1.800 hab
Punrun lake
Cochamarca
Colorado river
Nature Reserve Bosque de Piedras Huayllay
Carhuamayo 6.853 hab
Junin Nature Reserve
Huaychao Huayre
Lago Chinchaycocha Chinchaycocha lake
To Lima
Huayllay 6.620 hab
Huascacocha lake
Railway
Manta ro riv
er
Huaron lake
Ondores 658 hab
Road
Junin 7.680 hab
Secondary roads Mining Tailings Mantaro river basin To La Oroya
Map: Main cities, towns and infrastructure The largest city in the Chinchaycocha region is Cerro de Pasco, Which has 70.000 inhabitants and concentrates around 60% of population in the region. However, its environmental situation is critical, because the city is located around an open pit mine, which has contaminated the air and water with severe consequences that have put at risk people´s life.
13.017 inhab.
Simón Bolivar
Tinyahuarco
35,8%
6.217 inhab.
23,4%
Ninacaca
3.679 inhab.
64,7%
Vicco
Vicco 39,3%
Carhuamayo 8.290 inhab.
Huayllay
42,4%
60,8%
Ondores
2.315 inhab.
Ondores
Junin
39,3%
11.242 inhab.
Population: 116.471 inhab.
42% of poverty
Population by district
Poverty rates
(nro. de habitantes)
(%)
1. Yanacancha
30.545
1. Ninacaca
3. Simon Bolivar
13.017
3. Chaupimarca
5. Huayllay
11.179
4. Junin
27.437 11.242
6. Carhuamayo
8.290
8. Ninacaca
3.679
10. Ondores
2.315
7. Tinyahuarco 9. Vicco
Carhuamayo
Huayllay
11.179 inhab.
2. Chaupimarca
44,6%
Tinyahuarco
Ninacaca
2.550 inhab.
Chaupimarca
36,6%
27.437 inhab.
30.545 inhab.
Simón Bolivar
Yanacancha
Chaupimarca
Yanacancha
6.217 2.550
2. Huayllay
64,7%
60,8%
44,8%
4. Carhuamayo
42,4%
5. Vicco
39,3%
8. Simon Bolivar
35,8%
10. Tinyahuarco
23,4%
5. Ondores
7. Yancancha 9. Junin
39,3% 36,6%
32,1%
Junin 32,1%
Cerro de Pasco Don Paco Planta Santa Rita y Lucero
Optimismo Hope
Fundicion Casablanca
Mina Pucpush Bad Luck
Cuatro amigos
Aurifera Aurex S.A.
Quilacocha Colquijirca
Junin Grebe In danger
Canchas de desmonte Carbon Oroya Antigua
Sacramachay - Ninacaca
Shelby Pumahuin
Canchas de desmonte Ex-Fundición Tinyahuarco
C.M. Las Camelias
Vicco
Punrun lake
Ninacaca
Pirahuana In danger
Cantera Tambo del Sol Colorado river Carhuamayo
Nature Reserve Bosque de Piedras Huayllay
Junin Nature Reserve Gallinetita de Junin In danger
Huayllay
Islay Salpo
Chinchaycocha lake
Fundición San Carlos Azulmina España
Manta ro riv er
Huaron lake
Giant Frog of Junin In danger
Ondores
Huascacocha lake
Nature reserves
Santo Domingo
Route of contaminants San José - Río Pallanga
Mining liabilities
San Marcelo
Mining Tailings
Andean Fox
Junin Carhuacaya
Areas of mining exploitation
Map: environmental conflict
Open pit
4,9%
Chaupimarca
37%
4,3%
3,9%
Simón Bolivar
Yanacancha
Chaupimarca
Yanacancha
Simón Bolivar
Tinyahuarco
34,8%
3,5%
50,8%
Tinyahuarco 28%
Ninacaca
Ninacaca
10,7%
37%
Vicco
Vicco
7,1%
36%
Carhuamayo 13,1%
Huayllay
Carhuamayo 23,9%
Huayllay 36%
3,3%
Ondores 5,8%
Ondores
Junin
31,7%
10,2%
6,7% of illeteracy
33% of child malnutrition
Illiteracy rates
Rates of child malnutrition
(%)
1. Carhuamayo
1. Chaupimarca
10,2%
2. Yanacancha
10,7%
4. Vicco
7,1%
5. Ondores
6. Simon Bolivar
5,8% 4,9%
7. Chaupimarca
4,3%
9. Tinyahuarco
3,5%
8. Yanacancha 10. Huayllay
17,7%
(%)
13,1%
2. Ninacaca 3. Junin
Junin
3,9%
3,3%
2. Ninacaca 4. Huayllay 4. Vicco
50%
37%
37%
36%
36%
6. Simon Bolivar
34,8%
8. Tinyahuarco
28%
7. Ondores
9. Carhuamayo 10. Junin
31,7%
23%
17,7%
Source: statistics National Institute of Peru, 2014
13 CHINCHAYCOCHA CITY Currently, local authorities are planning to relocate Cerro de Pasco city in a safe and non-polluted place. This could be a great opportunity for rethinking a new urban developing model for this region. If a large percentage of population does not depend directly on mining. Why not relocate and distribute people in the existing towns, thus promoting other economic activities? At the same time, would be possible improving local equipment on each town instead of concentrate the efforts in a unique new city? Local Producers: By strengthening local economies, new sources of employment would be created
Local workers: Mining would remain as an important activity, but complemented by other economic sources.
Farmers Entrepreneurs Muleteers
Wool producers
Miners
Bird W
Tailings Tailings management should avoid infiltrations to aquifers such as rivers and lakes.
Miner Town
Chinchay It´s very important t areas and bring b
Bird Watching
Ecotourism: After an environmental recovery, sustainable tourism would have great opportunities
Facilities: Stadium
Restaurants
Parihuanas
Local Gastronomy: The local gastronomy would have great potential if is accompanied by the improvement of tourist activity. Agriculture New Roads and public transportation
Pachamanca
Junin Grebe
Wool Livestock
Concentration of equipment
New Urban Center
VS
Relocation according to current authorities
Relocation proposal around Chinchaycocha lake
Local Activities: Both, new (trekking or bird watching) and existing (Local festivities or sports) activities would be an important factor for improving local economies.
Soccer teams
Watching
“Los Negros” Festivity
Children from Huayllay School
Bosque de Piedras (Stone Forest): This Nature Reserve would be part of ecotourism system. With improved infraestructure.
Funicular
Trekking
ycocha Lake: to recover contaminated back endemic wildlife.
Mining Industries
Natural Shelters
Mines: Must be managed under environmental criteria and away from local communities
Alpacas and sheep farms
Giant frog
Monument to “Maca” (Local agrocultural product)
Monuments: Church
Agriculture
New Architecture
New Towns: The imminent relocation of Cerro de Pasco, would be a great opportunities for improving existing settlements and towns.
Wool Products
Pisco
110.000 inhab. Similar number of inhabitants
Similar territorial area
Chinchaycocha System 116.000 inhab.
Lima
Huaraz
111.000 inhab.
8.500.000 inhab.
Tumbes
127.000 inhab.
Comparison with other cities
14 LIMITLESS CHILE
2012 / 13th Biennale di Venezia / Susuka Architects Team
Team: Jose Abasolo_Juan Pablo Corvalan_Renata Sinkevic_Gabriel Vergara Limitless Chile is one of the seven proposal that were shown in the Chilean pavilion “Cancha, Chilean Soilscapes” in the 13th Biennale di Architettura di Venezia. The proposal, which is summarized in this “historical-temporal” collage image, questions the limits and speculates on the role of Chile in a continental context. This vision is illustrated in three stages, each one with their own maps that refer to the “common ground”
01 The limits of invention
from the colonial outlined field to the nation state creation, Claude Gay’s original geographical sense.
02 Blurring
Globalization process, a psycho-econo Debord´s Psyc
02 g limits
o-geographical journey, based on Guy chogeography.
03 Mashup City
A psycho-magical projection, based on Alejandro Jodorowsky´s method.
OTHER EXPLORATIONS
15 SOCIAL BORDER
16 BASKETBALL COURT
Team: Gabriel Vergara, Jorge Pastrana, Paulo Afonso, Anthony Delporte, Francisco Lara
15 SOCIAL BORDER
2016 / Villa MarĂa, Lima, Peru / Co-Author
Team: Gabriel Vergara_Paulo Afonso_Jorge Pastrana_Anthony Del Porte_Francisco Lara Social Border is a project located in the periphery of Lima whose origin is to help an urban community to improve its public space. Many Settlements like this have a lot of deficiencies in infrastructure and urban equipment. For this reason we have designed this park using the current platform as a sport facility and social workshop. Due to low resources, the design considers local materials and local labor. With the help of the people, we are managing resources for building this project in the near future. +425
GRADAS
+425
SENDERO Y JARDINES
+418
ACCESO PRINCIPAL
CANCHA FULBITO
+412
+415 +415
TALLER COMUNAL
+410
+410
+410
SENDERO Y JARDINES
+405
PASEO +405
+402
+402
+402
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ACCESO 1
Cancha (soccer field)
ACCESO 2
ACCESO 3 +400
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Plan
16 BASKETBALL COURT
2019 / Wagner Houses, Harlem, NYC / Civic Assistantship
The Center For Court Innovation (CCI) is developing a community program in different NYCHAs development along New York City. The purpose of the program is to engage residents in communitarian activities as well as provide job training to the youth population, both as tools to decrease criminality rates. The program also includes participatory design to improve the common spaces. In the case of Wagner Houses, a damaged concrete surface of an old and underutilized basketball court was identified as an opportunity to transform the space into a meeting place. The future improvements will require the participation of residents for its implementation.
Basketball Court_Color design
Community meetings
Arquitectura Viva
Limitless exhibition
PLOT magazine
Archdaily
Epicentro
INedita, Susuka conference
PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITS AND AWARDS >PUBLICATIONS Magazine: Zona de Proyectos Nº 19. Content: Kiltro House, 2012, Argentina. Magazine: Arquitectura Viva Nº 139. Article by Susuka Architects: “Mixing Stripes, Kiltro House”, 2011, Spain Magazine: PLOT Nº 05. Content: “Nuevas Prácticas en Chile, Susuka Arquitectos”, 2011, Argentina. Magazine: PLOT Nº 02. Content: “Chapel in Chile 2: La Churchita”, 2011, Argentina. Book: Blanca Montaña, Puro Chile edition. Chapter: “Supersudaka: Kiltro House”, pp 472-475, 2010, Chile. Book: Architecture Now Vol.7, Taschen edition. Chapter: Supersudaka: Kiltro House, Talca, Chile”, pp 450455, 2010, U.S. Magazine Arquine Nº 52. Article by Susuka Architects: “Diseño Bastardo”, 2010, Mexico. Magazine: Summa Nº 105. Article by Susuka Architects: “Opera Prima, Unfinished Building”, 2010, Argentina. Magazine Arquine Nº 50. Content: “Church-ita”, 2010, Mexico. Magazine: Domus edition Nº 930. Article by Jose LLanos Loyola: “Supersudaka.cl, Chile”, content: Church-ita and Kiltro House, 2009, Italy. Magazine: De Architect, Vol 40, Nº 9. Content: “Kiltro House in Talca by Supersudaka”, 2009, Holland. Magazine: Mark Nº 24. Content: “Supersudaka, Church-ita”, 2009, Holland. Magazine: Mark Nº 21. Content: “Supersudaka, Kiltro House”, 2009, Holland. Magazine: Icon Nº 079. Article by Oliver Wainwright: “It´s hard to break a building that is already broken”, content: Church-ita, 2009, U.K. Magazine: Architectural Review Nº 1354. Content: “Church-ita”, 2009. Web: www.archdaily.com, Projects published: Kiltro House, Church-ita and Mirage House, 2009. Book: KM3, Excursions on capacities, Actar edition. Chapter by MVRDV: “Ciudad Valle Central”, pp 122-127, 2005, Holland. >EXPOSITIONS AND TALKS Exhibition: Area Santiago, 2013, Chile Procesos y transformaciones en diseño, arquitectura y arte [www.area.do]. Exhibition: Limitless Chile for curatorship: “Cancha, Chilean Soilscapes” Chilean Pavilion in the 13th Biennale di Venezia [www.canchachile.cl], 2012. Exhibition: XVII Bienal: “8.8 Re-construcción”, 2010, Santiago, Chile Project: “Kiltro House”. Exhibition: XVIII Bienal: “Ciudades para ciudadanos”, 2012, Santiago, Chile Project: “Escuela de Talentos, E.T.”. Talk: INedita 2008, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile. Talk about design process of Susuka projects. Talk: Talca Sessions 2007, Universidad de Talca, Chile. Degree Project presentation “Keeper´s House”. >AWARDS: Finalist, Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for Emerging Architecture (MCHAP), U.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, 2014. Project: Kiltro House, link: http://arch.iit.edu/prize/mchap/selected-works/project/kiltrohouse Finalist, “Landing” Competition, Switzerland, Lausanne Jardins, 2012. Project: Landing Tree, link: http://lausannejardins.ch/en/gardens/ 3rd Place, Social Housing Competition, Ministry of Housing, Chile, 2007. Project: Patio Vicinity. >OTHER: Epicentro: Participation in Fondart (Cultural funds from Chilean government) project in collaboration with Simbiotika Studio, which explored constructive possibilities of wood and earth materials after Chilean earthquake in 2010.