Portfolio 2019 by Gonzalo Navarro

Architecture Portfolio

Gonzalo Navarro

2014 - 2019

Gonzalo Navarro

Birthdate: 07/02/1991 Nationality: Argentino + Italiano Telephone: +54 2944917838 Email: Arqnavarrogonzalo@gmail.com Adress: C. 11 de Septiembre 2260, CABA, Arg. Skype: arqnavarrogonzalo@gmail.com Portfolio: arqnavarrogonzalo.wixsite.com/portfolio

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Born in 1991 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. I lived most of my life in San Carlos de Bariloche, attending a Bilingual school. I trained in Olympic Skiing, which encouraged me to participate in several ski exchange programs in different countries. At the age of eighteen, I moved to Tucumán, to study Architecture at F.A.U. - Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. In 2012 still a student, I traveled to Mammoth Lakes, California, to work as a Ski instructor for the season. In 2014 I became an intern in Coletti Construccion where I worked for a year in three High-rise buildings. In 2015 I began working as a Junior Architect in Estudio 430, in July of the same year I gained my degree of Architect. By 2016 I had traveled throughout most of America and Europe. Bafﬂed by the many shapes architecture had taken, informed by the different cultures and customs of each society, I decided to study abroad. Therefore in 2016 I went to Barcelona and attended a Masterclass in Contemporary Project at the ETSAB - UPC.

education

work experience

2016 - 2017 MBArch Contemporary Project: Master in advanced studies in Architecture in Barcelona. Tutor Dr. Arq. Eduard Bru Bistuer ETSAB Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona - UPC.

2018-2019 Architect at Martin Gomez Arquitectos, Buenos Aires: Residential housing, highrise and transport hub center. Architecture design, interior design, landscape design, graphic design, 3d modeling and rendering. Active participation between lead architects and clients.

2008 - 2015 Bachelor in Architecture: F.A.U. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Tesis tutor Arq. Patricia Rodríguez Anido 2002 - 2007 Bachelor Bilingual in Sciences and Languages: Instituto Don Emilio Frey, San Carlos de Bariloche

2015-2016 Architect at Estudio 430, Tucumán: Residential housing. Architecture design, sanitary and electrical installations, interior design, furniture design, graphic design, 3d modeling and rendering. Active participation between lead architects and clients. 2014- 2015 Intern at Colleti Const. Tucumán: High rise residential apartments. Architecture design, interior, exterior and andscape design, graphic design, 3d modeling and rendering.

courses

workshops-competitions

2017 Curso de Autodesk Revit: Fundació CIM, Barcelona Tech

2015 Architectural Visualization workshop: Experimenting new ways of 3D architectural rendering. F.A.U. Universidad Nacional Tucumán

2015 Contemporary Art and Collecting: Fundación de Estudios Avanzados, San Miguel de Tucumán. Tutora Dra. Carolina Coppens. 2014 Parametric Architecture Design. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo - UNT Introduction to parametric design using the Grasshopper plugin for Rhino. Generation of complex geometries through self generated deﬁnitions.

2014 The Scenic Space workshop: Scenic space, lightning and sound design. Tutor Architect - Theatrical Director Ricardo Salim. 2013 Indiana Dunes Lakeshore Resort: International competition for architecture students: Honorable Mention

softwares

languages

Sketchup + V-Ray Autodesk 3ds Max + V-Ray / Corona Autodesk Revit Autodesk Autocad Adobe Photoshop Adobe Ilustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Lightroom Vectorworks Rhino 3D + Grasshopper + V-Ray Microsoft Ofﬁce

Spanish Native Speaker English + Architectural Technical English Advanced level, written and spoken. Cambridege FCE: Levle B2 (2007) Cambridege IGCSE: AS Level Biology (2007) Italian Basic communication skills

“In a few decades, nature was cast as another type of woman, in these case a virgin, in desperate need of male guardianship. A damsel in distress who needed to be protected from the ravages of industrial civilization.”

Nature, has become a damsel in distress, as exempliﬁed by Diana. When thiking of sustainable or ecological design, we have distanced ourselves from the Primitive concept of Nature Category: as The Mother, as nurturing creator. What is the role of architects UPC - ETSAB: Contemporary Project as mediators of built and green spaces in the city? Master Thesis “But now sustainability is such a political category that it’s Year: getting more and more difﬁcult to think about it in a serious 2017 way. Sustainability has become an ornament. Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally Program: green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill. Architecture Theory .... it’s become an empty formula, and because, for that reason, Urban Intervention it’s getting harder and harder to think about ecology without Neighbourhood Market becoming ironic...” Location: Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain.

How can design be respectful to Mother Nature withought falling Authors: in this “empty formula”? Contemporary Primitivism seeks to Gonzalo Navarro reinstate our primitive attitude to nature in todays urban context.

In order to design an object which takes in account the necessities of both plants and humans, we had to supply certain demands for both plants, humans and the architectural spaces. The system consists of three main elements: A basic plant module which may have 3 different sizes of pots, a water tank module and a light system. Each module has a base of 40 x 40 centimeters with 60 centimeters high. Category: The basic module consists of a supporting structure which UPC - ETSAB allows for the interlocking of other modules, raising the plants Project from the ground and giving enough space for the flow of air and Year: light intake. Made out of hollow water pipe tubes, from which 2017 water is constantly flowing. The pots are in the middle of the module, from the metal tubes a flexible plastic tube which has a Program: water regulator in order to supply the plants with water. A similar Atmospheric Generator tube placed at the bottom of the pot gathers the leftover water, Location: channeling it back to the structure and the water flow. The pot of Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain. the plants is in the center of the structure. It consists of a plastic material which is porous in order to allow certain interaction with Authors: Gonzalo Navarro the air. This is because to purify the air, the microorganisms in Natalia Winnicka the earth must be in touch with the environment. Jaehuan Lee Laura Ruiz.

The GLULAM System is a project for a flexible and transportable structural system, where the main material is GLUe LAMinated wood. The approach towards the system was aimed at prefabricated and pre-mounted units which could be easily transported, assembled, and reused.The project also focussed omn generating a structure which could morph, adapting to account different topography, climates and the many possible functions it could shelter. Category: UPC - ETSAB This was accomplished by the the structure’s design which is Project based in the Japanese art of Origami. Each junction grants an specific angle of opening which consides the complexities of Year: 2017 the forces withstood by each. Program: The system is a morphable structural system designed with no Adaptable Pavilion fixed form.Based on the assembly of one unit to its twins, which Location: repeated and joined, focusses on the composition of temporary Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain. reusable structures. Authors: Gonzalo Navarro Arthur Calliari

Located in the center of the city, previously known as Terminal Mitre. “El Bajo” is an improvised market which resulted from the existing urban void after the relocation of Tucuman bus terminal to the south in 1994. An extensive metal roof was left behind, by the local government, generating an vacant covered space which was informally appropriated by the public and transformed into a market. Today the abandoned bus terminal roof is collapsing slowly due to the lack of maintenance. Category: UPC - ETSAB This project seeks to generate a park system in the city of Project Tucumán. Generating different promenades and pedestrian streets with green continuity. And most importantly linking Year: 2016 Plaza Independencia and Parque 9 de Julio together, where El Bajo exists. To generate this green street, a minimum amount Program: of shops will be relocated, Gaining 1770 m2 of green open

Urban Intervention - Market

urban spaces. A new market will be built in El Bajo, hosting the

Location: existing informal markets and the relocated shops. Granting S.M. Tucumán, Argentina. better conditions for the local commerce and gaining 1770 m2 Authors: Gonzalo Navarro

of green open urban spaces. Proposed cultural promenade: buildings with most cultural and historical value are surrounding Plaza Independencia. This project will generate a new promenade which will give new value to Iglesia de la Merce, which due to its location it is segregated.

The challenge consisted in the design of a structure that would not require any adhesive or joint and that would be rich in spatial and visual grammar. A vague proposal which due to its lack of definition would become the fertile foundation for our work. The concept is based on the idea that everything is inter related and dependent on each other. A systemic view allows us to understand at which chosen scale elements are interrelated, Category: but if we don’t choose a specific scale we find out that all things UPC - ETSAB interact and lean upon one and other. Our structure consists of Project three main groups of elements: Year: 2016 1: Three columns which are standing not static, they are in motion, falling. Program:

Ephemeral pavilion

2: The second group of elements are three strings which binds

Location: the columns, allowing for the fall of each individual column to

Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain rise the one behind it.

Authors: Gonzalo Navarro 3: A balloon constrained by both the columns and strings which Josefina Carrau grant the structure flexibility due to the fact that the inflation of the balloon is what assists the structure with its final shape and stability.

After participating in the design and construction of several suburban houses in San Miguel de Tucumรกn Estudio 430. I was tasked to study different ways to include green shading in the typical suburban housing, as a means of protection from the sunlight and heat of the subtropical climate of Tucumรกn. The proposal consists of a house for a family consisting of two parents with their two children. inserted in a typical suburban Category: land, the terrain of 15mts x 20mts with the necessary setbacks Typology Study of 1.5mts on the sides and 7.5mts in the front. Year: 2017

The house is covered by a metal structure which will host the green ivy. A game arises between the private and social spaces

Program: of the house, as the ivy protects the intimacy of the rooms and

Suburban house service areas, while opening the livingroom and kitchen to the Location:

views. The semi-enclosed spaces serve as garages and or

S.M. Tucumรกn, Argentina social areas, according to the needs of the user. Authors: Gonzalo Navarro

In the interface of opposites lies the fertile ground for experimentation. Through the generation of a constructive solution with the available technologies and materials of San Carlos de Bariloche. A ďŹ ve meter spatial module is created. This becomes the frame for natural and cultural life. Dwellers populate the structure according to the present needs and capabilities. Serving as an interface between forest and building, including the natural Category: processes in its common spaces.

FAU-UNT Final Thesis This module will be implemented in strategic locations of the Year: city. Serving different activities required by the community, and 2015 adapting to their needs through time. The following analysis of Program: Bariloche, its population and activities serve as guidelines for

Urban acupuncture the selection of different sites. Mixed used center Location:

S.C. de Bariloche, Argentina

Authors: Gonzalo Navarro

The national park of Indiana Dunes Lakeshore called for an international competition in 2013. The program required students worldwide to design a ďŹ ve star hotel with fourteen independant cabins. These lodges had to be accessible by car, secluded in the natural landscape operating parallel to the hotel activities. The main hotel would foster most of the services and activities. It also had to be designed in such a way to reduce its footprint in the National Park if possible considering sustainable strategies of architectural design. The end user would be the traditional american family consisting of two adults and three children. Category:

FAU-UNT- Taller 5 The hotel and cabins organized all the functions around a service Architecture Competition nucleus of bathrooms and/or kitchen. Allowing to generate Year: a free plan adaptable for each family it hosts. This module is 2013 seen all throughout the masterplan, facilitating the construction process by the use of similar prefabricated industrial elements Program: which are then assembled on site. Segregated this module in

Hotel Lodge nature will generate one cabin While its stacking will generate Recreation the hotel. assembling up to ďŹ ve ďŹ&#x201A;oors. Location:

700 Howe Rd. Chestertone. Indiana, USA Authors:

Gonzalo Navarro Alberto Adera Ignacio Calveyra

Design studio which created fourinture of simple, clean form. Seeking material expression and rationality, the goal was to make the assembly process as elementary as possible, lowering its costst of production while keeping the value of the material.

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Design practice Year: 2015 Program:

Furniture Interior design

Location:

S.M. Tucumรกn, Argentina

Authors: Gonzalo Navarro Alberto Adera

The workshop at Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo of Universidad Nacional de Tucumรกn, dealt with the generation of geometries in Autodesk 3ds Max and its later rendering utilizing the engine V-Ray. The goal consisted on the generation of images representing virtual models of architectural buildings we conceived during the course.

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UNT - FAU Workshop Year: 2015 Program:

Modeling and rendering practice Location:

S.M. Tucumรกn, Argentina

Authors: Gonzalo Navarro

01 l Puerto Madero Hub - Tienda Leรณn

Year: 2018 Program: Transport Hub Authors: Martin Gomez, Gonzalo Navarro, Rocio Saganias

Principales Avenidas

Ubicada en el centro de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Dársena Norte acopla el barrio de Retiro con Puerto Madero. Punto estratégico que articula los sistemas de transporte masivo a nivel local y nacional. Combina pasajeros provenientes de la Estacion Ferrocarril Mitre, Estación de Retiro, Zona Portuaria, Aeroparque y Linea C. Puerto Madero Hub enfatiza las vias de comunicación existentes alojado un helipuerto con hangar, terminal de bus y estacion ﬂuvial.

Zona Portuaria

Retiro - Puerto Madero

El ediďŹ cio, es un volumen aislado de 6 plantas y dos subsuelos que sirven de estacionamiento para 288 vehĂculos. Su programa se divide en dos funciones elementales: Terminal de bus y helipuerto con hangar en las dos primeras plantas y oďŹ cinas co-work en las plantas superiores. La obra se corona con una terraza verde que aloja restaurantes y bares con vista panoramica al Rio de la Plata y Puerto Madero.

Teniendo en cuenta las condiciones climáticas del emplazamiento y buscando reducir el impacto del ediﬁcio al medio ambiente. Se envuelve a la estructura de hormigón con un parasol móvil que protege al interior de la incidencia solar y sirve de piel exterior bioclimática. Construida a partir de sistemas industrializados, es posible mejorar de manera natural el confort lumínico y térmico.

PLANTA BAJA

PLANTA ALTA

PRIMER PISO

PLANTA TIPO

TERRAZA

02 l Asunciรณn - 22 de Septiembre

Year: 2018 Program: Housing Authors: Martin Gomez, Gonzalo Navarro, Rocio Saganias

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03 l AsunciĂłn - Maria CastaĂąa

Year: 2018 Program: Housing Authors: Martin Gomez, Gonzalo Navarro, Rocio Saganias

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04 l Asunciรณn - Vestido de Cristal

Year: 2018 Program: Housing Authors: Martin Gomez, Gonzalo Navarro, Rocio Saganias

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05 l Uruguay - El Chorro

Year: 2018 Program: Housing - Authors: Martin Gomez, Gonzalo Navarro, Rocio Saganias

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05 l Tortugas - La Quinta

Year: 2018 Program: Housing - Authors: Martin Gomez, Gonzalo Navarro, Rocio Saganias

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Estudio 430 I participated with its founder Arq. Leonardo Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Agostini and Arq. Federico Zurita in the design and construction of ďŹ ve suburban homes of approximately 200m2 and a group of homes of 2400m2. In this small studio, I had the opportunity to participate in a more intimate design process with its founder. I actively developed with clients in meetings and with contractors and operators on site. My work consists in the design of the projects, the presentation to clients and the generation and delivery of the graphic material according to their entities for the habilitation of the works. While solving the problems arising from the constructions in process. Thanks to Estudio 430 I understood the operation of a study of architectures in a holistic way and managed to strengthen my role as an architect in a real and immediate work environment.

01 l Casa Zxurita