HUMBER TO MALDONADO
PORTFOLIO
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
<<<<<<<< “Danish licensed architect with international experience in sustainable projects and wide communication skills”
HUMBERTO MALDONADO MA Arch. Energy and Green Architecture | MAA
2
CONTACT Email: hm@artektonica.com Mobil: (+45) 9360 6469 Skype: hsmaldonadob Web:
artektonica.com
I am a passionate architect for sustainable and innovative architecture. In addition to my interest for functional and harmonious design, I focus on integrating design with sustainable strategies in order to develop high performance outcomes from small to large scale projects, whether is a lamp, a pavilion, a house extension, a retail space, a housing complex or an urban master plan. I have designed a wide range of projects in Mexico and Denmark. My area of expertise is the optimisation of buildings trough environmental design (solar radiation, shadows, daylight, thermal performance, energy, air flow), implementation of greening solutions and rooftop architecture. I graduated as Architect from the University of Guadalajara (Mexico, 2005) and I obtained a Master in Energy and Sustainable Architecture (Denmark, China, 2011) by the Aarhus School of Architecture in Aarhus and Tsinghua University in Beijing, I am a member of the Danish Architectsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association (MAA). HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
3
SELECTED
PROJECTS.
â&#x153;ª
PIHUAMO
4
HORTUS APERTUS
MEGA
EUROPAN
HIMMEL HAVEN
GREEN WALLS
✪
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
KØGE
✪
TRUSTRUP
OR
EYE SHOWER
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
LIGTHING
5
Living room.
ROOFTOP EXTENSION Rooftop Apartment Location: Zapopan, Mexico Status: Built Year: 2015 /EN Space optimisation is a premise for the project. The commission from the client consisted on building a private apartment on the top of a single family house. The strategy was based on increasing the space by reducing the use of walls and creating an open, light and confortable environment at the same time. The space is planed in order to house an independent entrance, a living-cooking space, a bedroom featuring a full bathroom and open-air rooftop terrace; as result the space was optimised with 70m2 of useable floor area.
Living room.
Cooking area.
In relation to construction and materials, it was important to build a light structure with prefabricated materials that could be supported by the existing house. As result, I created an ultra-light roof system weighting 150 kg/m2, compared with a traditional masonry roof that weights 600 kg/m2; thus reducing the use of materials and its impact on the environment. The transformation was executed in a sum of 15 weeks, including the reinforcement of the loading-bear structure underneath.
Built Apartment @Monarkiet
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
16
Pavilion Location: Mexico City, Mexico Status: Competition Year: 2012 These are the elements that turn the Archivo garden into Hortus Apertus, the open garden. The proposal incorporates the functional requirements of varying human activities, a range of donated materials and temporality by asking; how does body, nature and architecture meet each other in the Archivo Pavilion? It was clear that the furniture, its temporal usage and limited space required special attention.
MDF furniture and Wall.
/EN
By playing with the idea of the stackable chair combined with an enthusiastic approach towards the given materials we developed the idea of the furniture wall. Here, circular holes are cut into plates of MDF that are then layered and put side by side to form a wall. Chairs and tables made of MDF are then pushed into position on the wall when not in use, leaving the floor surface free for different people and different activities. The MDF wall splits into two parts leaving an opening to enter through. The wall and its surrounding space is covered by a green roof, lifting up the garden foot print, supported by reflective and translucent materials ensuring a strong relation with the surrounding garden. The area around the wall is served by a moveable kitchen.
A roof in the garden, supported by slim columns and overhanging a hard surface that is framed by translucent drapes, creating a space for the two main characters; the furniture wall and the kitchen cylinder. HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
@Monarkiet - SURO 17
Axonometric.
Overview from main entrance.
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
Sailing
Herring
Eel
Rowing
Crab
Sunbathing
Garfish
Boats’n’Crafts
Submarine Springeren Kayak
Volley
Music
Swimming
Hiking
Alternative Energy Development
Butterflies
Small Hills
Sailing
Fishing
Dog walking Song Birds Camping
Gardening
Recreation Fitness Parkour Sea Trout Wifi
Bike
Outdoor concerts
Bike Pump
Café Library
Football
Pétangue
Running
Shopping Train Connection
Swimming
Tennis
Living Playing
Football
Bike Wifi
Running
Entrepreneurship
Tai Chi
Train Connection
Strolling
Travelling
Carnival
Conceptual plan.
12
E U R O PA N A Col l e c t i v e St o r y lin e
Urban planning Location: Aalborg, Denmark Status: Competition Award: 2º Prize Year: 2013 Strengths of Vestbyen Vestbyen is characterised by its strong connections to the dense urban city centre of Aalborg in the east, the villa neighbourhoods and cultural establishments in the south, the open fjordland greens and allotment gardens in the west and the fjord coastline in the north - a geographically compressed city landscape with its centre along Kastejvej. Within Vestbyen the most noticeable green area is that of the Fjordpark. Frequently used by both locals and visitors it stretches along the fjord bringing the western landscape area into the city creating a green buffer zone between the city in the south and the water in the north.
found in the neighbourhood seems scattered and unable to unite in a collective framing. The area is physically well connected but visually detached and the streets are worn down and overrun by cars leaving bicycles and pedestrians under prioritised. Though there are some high quality green areas in the neighbourhood their green environment seize to unfold into the streets that connects them. The immediate qualities of being close to the water and the recreative features of the Fjordpark are dominated by the experience of these qualities not being fully visible or accessible throughout Vestbyen.
Challenges When developing Vestbyen over a long time span it is important to ensure that fixed decisions early on does not intervene with future possibilities. At the best there is a certain amount of flexibility incorporated into the whole of the project but still maintaining the ability to make and carry out important decisions at different stages. It is also crucial that the existing local identities with their architectural and historical values are strengthened through preservation as well as addition. New stories are oftentimes best told when they evolve from what has already been told.
Potentials Vision
Over time the development in the area has generated a range of buildings with high architectural values as well as historic and cultural values. The area’s mix of building typologies and variety in functions tells the story of a multifunctional city. Whether Vestbyen gives the impression of a dense city enriched with suburban qualities or the other way around it is a place that generates unique qualities in terms of diversity through it’s functions, it’s inhabitants and their different needs. Weaknesses While Vestbyen succeed in being a varied city it lacks an overall experience of hierarchy. The many identities
The planning of a new light rail along Kastetvej that connects through the city centre introduce new interest and attention to the neighbourhood. It will bring Vestbyen evencloser to the rest of the city and strengthen the whole of Aalborg’s recreational connections. As Kastetvej is strengthened as the main entrance to Vestbyen it could support for a new hierarchy where Kastetvej becomes the backbone in the neighbourhood where all the different identities of Vestbyen can relate to. At the same time Vestbyen will benefit from a more green infrastructure with strengthened connections as well as new programming throughout the area.
Kastetvej turns into a strong backbone of Vestbyen. When you are on Kastetvej you know that you are in Vestbyen, this is the street on which you both enter and exit Vestbyen and where the most important features of the neighbourhood are made accessible and visible. As Kastetvej becomes the strongest line in Vestbyen this is where both new and existing identities will hinge themselves on to and thus become dependent on Kastetvej and Vestbyen but maintain the ability of being independent of each other. This makes Vestbyen able to adjust to different changes at different times and in different places as Kastetvej becomes the Collective Storyline of Vestbyen”. @Monarkiet
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
Strategies’ overview.
Storyline Strategy 1. “A new beginning”, 2. “Come closer”, 3. “The places we live”, 4. “Next Stop”, 5. “Know-How and Education”, 6. “New wawes”, 7. “Central Park”, 8. “Night time & day time”, 9. “Up in the Air”, 10. “High Living”, 11. “Next to water”, 12. “Take me there”.
Perspective from Haraldslund Plaza.
✪
JURY’S ASSESSMENT
“The project is commended by the jury for its holistic and com- prehensive approach to Vestbyen, covering all the competition criteria satisfactorily. There is a measure of care and emphasis on the development of public spaces across all scales of this project that the jury finds interesting. Trying to answer all possi- ble aspects relevant to the development of Vestbyen with equal care, making them equally important in the strategy, is the great strength of the project - but also the potential weakness, risking a lack of hierarchy and clear momentum, making the totality of the strategy a bit predictable. Nevertheless, the project strategy of storyboarding a catalogue of possible identities for different subareas, whilst remain- ing within the specific context of each area, and then linking them together at Kastetvej, is a robust way of providing an open toolbox of examples, ideas and possibilities that can inform the further development of Vestbyen and therefore the jury points it out as a runner up.”
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
DESIGNING FOR COOLING
Greening integration in high-rise building.
ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRATION OF GREEN ROOFS Location: The Tropics Status: Master Thesis Year: 2011
12
13 11
10 8
9
7 5
6 4 2 3
1 ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRATION OF GREEN ROOFS AND PASSIVE SOLUTIONS FOR COOLING
Due to the ecological benefits that vernacular design principles and green roof technology can offer to architecture in the tropics, is therefore a motive to identify and perform the elements involved in the quest for integrating buildings and green roofs. It is then that greening of buildings can become an ecological strategy that not only could mitigate the environmental impact but it also could benefit the structures that support the vegetated surfaces.
ties that green roofs have for cooling are - Reduce the quality of social areas. 1. Vegetation is extended from the ground to the rooftop, 2. Elevated constructions from the ground, 3. The veranda integrates investigated; thereforea network it is ofalso sugges- Need vastsouth/north, areas5. Green to place mechanical circulations among the levels, 4. Long canopiesof orientated roof system plance on the overhangs, 6. Evapotranspiration effect from vegetation, 7. Deep overhangs grant of shading and reduce heat gains, 8. Open ted optimal possibilities for performing in windssystems. gallery around living areas, 9. Dominant promote cross ventilation for channeling of cool breezes, 10. Combination of roof surfaces: Flat, pitched or sloped, offer vast range of variables for geometries, 11. Thermal insulation from vegetation, 12. Light buildings. weight construction, 13. Green roof in the open space can promote social interaction and enhance the natural environment. What can be done? The quest for approaching a successful architectural integration of green roofs is ...Because of their ecological benefits, defined by masterly developing effective green roofs technology and passive solutions that combine elemental builcooling design could be implemented to ding design principles in the tropics with improve the ambient conditions for the efficient green roof systems. users and reduce the energy demand for cooling, while encouraging respect for the Background natural environment.
This thesis explores building and green roof elements that can improve the ambient conditions for the users, while encouraging respect for the natural environment. The building elements, precisely rooftops, by their geometry, are presented from the morphological point of view and different possibilities for their effective integration with green roof systems are suggested. On the other hand, possibili-
Unfortunately, several contemporary building models have adopted alien design principals and forms, which performance is limited into the warm and humid climate because they have been designed to perform under different circumstances. Consequences: - Increase the energy demand for cooling. - Raise maintenance cost due to artificial climate.
/EN
Architectural integration of green roofs is the result of simultaneously master green roofs in coherent integration with the functional, constructive and formal aspects of architecture.
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
@Aarhus School of Architecture
Variaty of areas on the rooftop.
ROOFTOP ARCHITECTURE Himmelhaven Location: Aarhus, Denmark Status: Project Year: 2011
/EN
Himmelhaven is located in Mejlgade 39, Aarhus, Denmark. The project hosts a mixed program with a wide variety of activities, such as recreational outdoor areas, educational and working indoor areas. The site is located in the Latin Quarter, which accommodates housing, educational and cultural amenities, entertainment and business enterprises focusing on innovative development. Thus, it is a premise for the project to be available to reflect spatially the spirit of the community.
The project is inspired on the principle of rooftop acupuncture. The idea is to reactivate trough a punctual urban intervention the roofscape in the Latin Quarter, where the project´s rooftop is currently a wasted land. Thus, it has been a premise to explore the sustainable potential that the top surface on the existing building has for improving the built environment in downtown of Aarhus. Due to magnificent location within the local context, the project offers a wide variety of possibilities to refurbish the rooftop by implementing two basic strategies: stacking (placing new functions
on the top) and greening (providing of area for urban farming). In consequence, the rooftop becomes an important element to rejuvenate the neighborhood and promote certain development among social, economical and environmental aspects. Nevertheless, the combination of these two main strategies can grant of wide benefits, such as harvesting and reducing the volume of storm-water runoff, preserving biodiversity, improving aesthetic value, lessening air pollution, maximizing noise reduction, sustaining urban agriculture and conserving energy, just to name some. The creation of new activities promotes the implementation of roof structures for urban farming and agriculture. The goods produced there can be exchange or be sold to other residents or shops within the community. Food production can benefit residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health, by avoiding polluted food consumption. Therefore local organic food production can ensure freshness and health on the table of the community.
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
@Monarkiet
Vertical garden.
GREENING SURFACES Green Walls Location: Guadalajara, MX Status: Built Year: 2013 /EN Vertical gardens have the ability to optimise and harmonise spaces naturally, through a fresh and innovative concept in landscape architecture and interior design. Every space can be transformed into an experience that will bring you to enjoy the benefits of nature, delight in its aesthetic and environmental benefits, such as producing oxygen, sequestering carbon, distilling water, accumulate solar energy as fuel, creating micro-climates, changing their colours with the seasons and producing food.
@ i green it!
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
SOLAR RADIATION
ENVIRON
ANAL SHADOWS
I run Computer Simulatio
every project. This tool allo
solutions and possibilities in
integrate state-of-the-art
ENERGY USE
DAYLIGHT
N M E N TA L
LY S I S THERMAL PERFORMANCE
ons to test and improve
ows me to decide the best
n terms of performance by
t processes in daily work.
WIND FLOW
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
Living room.
BACK ON THE ROOFTOP Single Family House Location: Køge, Denmark Status: Built Year: 2013 /EN The family house in Køge has being designed for maximizing the use of its rooftop. Due to the site situation is being possible to locate the program of the project among different levels that follow the sloped terrain. The spaces have being inverted from the traditional concept by placing the day areas on the top floor, just above the night areas of the house, being located in the first floor.
Dinning area.
The rooftop is the main core of the spaces. This area modulates the rest of the program by its visual and spatial connectivity. The project strives to be developed from the concept of rooftop architecture. The rooftop space is arranged by combining the flat and pitch geometries. Which allow the space to be use in relation to the climatic conditions. This element in the dwelling is able to recreate a private and protected domestic space, but one that is also exposed and outdoor, from where to enjoy the benefits of the sun, the breeze and of a starry night.
@BjraneFrost DesignOffice Sketched Dwelling.
Built Dwelling.
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
LETTER FROM A SATISFIED CLIENT:
that has to be different or it is not working. It is just as it should be! We were all the summer by the terrace - it is brilliant! And there’s plenty of room for having guests over. The first floor is just as you described it at once as the space that we will not go down! And it’s an amazing feeling of almost being on the water, when we sit down and do not see either roads or coastline. So it has been well thought! There is enough room for the whole family, friends and colleagues, and a great kitchen, which provides of the space for everyone’s culinary experiences.
✪
We have lived in our house for a good half a year; therefore it is the right time for us to tell you how much we appreciate it. We simply think that you have designed us a fantastic house! And we’re just so happy to live here. We never imagined that it would be so pleasant to live here. If the purpose of an architect is to draw beautiful houses that can thrive and meet the everyday people’s demands related to function, then you have reached completely the goal with our house! It’s actually a little hard to say with words how happy we are for it. Daily, our house gives us extraordinary comfort that it almost gets completely into the body and soul by bringing us joy, peace, energy and harmony. There is nothing that needs to be changed,
You should hear all the “wow”, “yeah” and “yes” from our guests when they go upstairs for the first time to the first floor and see the room and the view – so it has happened what you mentioned that they would. The first floor has been a TV-free zone alone! Besides the daily enjoyment of the water and the light, we have seen beautiful sunsets; bird migration, the moonlight and the Big Dipper trough the triangle section in the window while hanging out late at night, and this morning we saw a seal, which took a rest on one of the stones at the beach. Nowadays, during the dark winter, however, we also go downstairs, where we have created a cozy corner with comfortable sofas, books and
a big screen. We enjoy the beautiful natural light throughout the house, which constantly amazes with seasonal changes. During August mornings one stands up under the shower while watching the sun coming up over the horizon, then you know that it can only be a fantastic day! Of course we move up and downstairs a lot, but it is so beautiful that it is actually just pleasant. Here, there is a wonderful indoor climate, warm and comfortable, and not to forget, well isolated! During September, we put the handrail on the terrace and it got painted in anthracite gray, as you can see in the picture. We think it looks really good. We have also created a large terrace facing the garden; there is grass, and we set a beech hedge next to the neighbor. We have not finished yet the main stairs and the drive-in, because we are still waiting for a reply from the local authority regarding to what will be done with the water from the drain. There should be an answer by 2014. We look forward to that! We hope one day you will want to stop by us and see how it goes with the house. You are always very welcome! Now we want to wish you a very happy and exciting New Year 2014. All the best! Tonny and Hanne
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
North-east facades.
PASSIVE HOUSE COMPLEX Housing Complex Location: Trustrup, Denmark Status: Built Year: 2008 /EN
Single family house.
While respecting the idyllic surroundings of Djursland, Denmark; which is known as a privileged area due to its fantastic environment; a housing state has been developed and it will contain 22 friendly environmental dwellings, which have been designed to use less energy and promote the use of renewable energy. The housing project becomes the perfect answer for the contemporary family, offering 5 different types of houses, situated on 500 m2 plots. The houses vary from 110 m2 to 165 m2 and all are formed to enhance the quality of the existing views on the site. The houses are designed in order to eliminate unnecessary use of energy by optimizing the passive heat, airflow and insulation. By integrating these factors in the design, we create a house with great comfort and low energy cost. The interior space is designed over two axes, where the main one belongs to the living area which opens toward the landscape, while the secondary one crosses the living area, here the service areas are located. Thus the house is divided into two sections, the private and public area; both connected to the central service room.
@BjraneFrost DesignOffice HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
Terrace.
Housing state plan.
Housing complex overview.
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
Living room.
PROTOTYPING VILLAS O ne R oom
Working area.
Single Family Houses Villa.
Housing State.
Location: Several, Denmark Status: Built Year: 2007 ---> /EN A type of villas created for offering tranquility as enjoying them with optimal comfort conditions; family houses that let the sky, light and nature to come inside. Individual and unique concepts developed to the particular needs of the users. OneRoom has being design as a reinterpretation of the typical family house, while it sets new standards for the modern families. The idea is to create an exciting architectural experience by innovative design, beautiful use of light and high quality materials. OneRoom houses are equipped with heat recovery, geothermal and other energy saving systems. Houses have been built around Denmark, while new ongoing projects moved forward in different phases of the projects. The house is developed in two stories, where every house meet different variations in space conditions and materials. OneRoom is designed within a wide variety of dimensions, from 140 m2 to 240 m2, where in all the cases, there is a central core articulating the different zones in the house according to their own functions.
Living area.
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
@BjraneFrost DesignOffice
S E V E R A L PROJECTS
Mix-use building Status: Project Location: Skejby, Denmark Year: 2010 Team: MEGA
Single Family House Status: Project Location: Vedbæk, Denmark Year: 2011 Team: BjarneFrost
Bavnehøj Bibliotek Status: Built Location: Aarhus, Denmark Year: 2015 Team: Monarkiet
Retail Container Status: Built Location: Zapopan, Mexico Year: 2014 Team: Monarkiet, Dam162
Ecocity - Urban Quarter Status: Project Location: Skejby, Denmark Year: 2010 Team: MEGA
Vertical Dwellings Status: Built Location: Guadalajara, Mexico Year: 2007 Team: ELIAS ESTUDIO
Summer House Status: Project Location: Mallorca, Spain Year: 2009 Team: BjarneFrost
Social Housing Status: Competition Location: Bio Bio, Chile Year: 2010 Team: SURO
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
Eye shower with a single 45ยบ head.
EMERGENCY SHOWER SYSTEM Product Design Origin: Odense, DK Status: Produced Award: Winner-Red Dot Design Year: 2013 /EN The Broen hand-held eye shower has been developed especially for emergency situations in modern laboratories and industrial environments. Grasping the eye shower firmly activates soft jets of water, which provide optimum flushing of the eyes. The consistent use of plastics has produced a hand-held shower that is both light and well-balanced.
✪
STATEMENT BY THE JURY
“This hand-held eye shower impresses with its ergonomic and functional form, which is complemented by a distinctive but calm colour scheme”.
@BjraneFrost DesignOffice ... and the sketch became real.
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
LIGHTING DESIGN @BjraneFrost DesignOffice
PHILIPS - ModuLED Status: Produced
PHILIPS - ModuLED MAX Status: Produced
Alfred Priess A/S - Plektar Status: Produced
ModuLED is an outdoor luminaire developed for residential paths and small plazas, especially designed for use with LEDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.
Luminaire for road and urban lighting developed especially for LED.
The mast is characterized by its soft triangular shape. Plektar is widely directional, thus it is located according to the place and its application.
ModuLED is more lightweight and compact than traditional solutions. The design is based on 3 main objectives: Miniturization, the reduction of materials used in the production, optimizing the luminaire for use with LEDs.
The lightness of the luminaire design represents a clear destinction from todays traditional products seen on the market. Origin of the design has been to limit the number of parts and materials used to a minimum and to utilise the LED optimally.
There has being designed a wide variety of accessories, such as side hanging arms for mounting fixtures, which can be mounted on the sides and/or the top of the mast structure.
Alfred Priess A/S - SolarPlate Status: Prototype Solar cell unit is placed on the mast top. It is possible to place the Solar cell unit on every single mast, while it respects and continues the direction of the street. This is the result of its circular shape and the tilt solar units. Due to its circular shape, it is possible to rotate the solar elements, so they are facing the right direction by following the sun path. The same applies to the angle of the lamellas, which are located in relation to the angle of solar incidence.
ITS Teknik A/S - trafficLITE Status: Produced The aim of the trafficLITE design is simple and easy expression which exudes design awareness and new ways of thinking. A product that naturally meets all the functional requirements for a modern signal transmitter. trafficLITE is built around an aluminum frame that visually ties the LED inserts together. The signal is minimally sensitive to wind impact and excels with lightness and simplicity as well as detail abundance, which make trafficLITE a modern traffic light.
HUMBERTO MALDONADO | hm@artektonica.com | (+45) 9360 6469
HUMBERTO MALDONADO Email: hm@artektonica.com Mobil: (+45) 9360 6469 Skype: hsmaldonadob Web:
artektonica.com