As an architect and designer, my vision centers around working with the many multiscalar variables in the design process, and creating integrated design solutions.
This holistic approach considers the urban fabric -the macro context- harmonizing with existing structures, historical and social elements, while also addressing urban challenges. The building or space serves as the -physical container- for all human activities, balancing form, function, and aesthetics, and -the content- all spaces that creates sensorial and emotional experiences, enhancing spatial qualities, generating a sense of place.
2013 - ACADEMIC WORK - LIC. ARCHITECTURE FINAL PROJECT AV. 3, SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA
COLLABORATION WITH DESIGNER ARIANA ROJAS, DESIGN DIRECTOR RAQUEL FISCHEL
CONCEPT
Contemporary urban museum project: experimental, recreational, educational and participatory, through a thematic route of the city as museum.
El Paseo de las Damas, holds several declared architectural heritage buildings and spaces, such as the avenue itself. It represented the East entry to the city of San José, an iconic walkway in the identity of the historic urban fabric.
SOLUTION
The project raises the possibility that visitors participate in the use and production of urban space in a historic and symbolic area of San José, where the idea of the museum is reinterpreted not as a place but as a concept to turn the city into a museum space that works as a didactic environment, a narrative of the city and its cultural heritage, thereby recovering a deteriorated area that has lost its identity.
Morazán Park City Museum
URBAN MUSEOGRAPHIC ROUTE
PASEO DE LAS DAMAS
Diagrams of urban relationships
B COMPLEMMENTARY PROJECT
Commercial & recreational module
CArtistic & commercial night life module
URBAN GAP
“The city is interpreted as a museum of architectural works, spaces, urban tissue and ambients as a museum of memory”
SCENARIOS
The center is designed as a spatial journey along the urban axis, allowing visitors to ascend “steps of knowledge.” By exploring the city’s history, they connect with the urban space, with the museographic route serving as an extension of the museum.
is hidden under the layers that contain the fingerprints of our history”
Minissi Franco and Sandro Ranelucci
MUSEUM
ARCHITECTURAL LAYOUTS
URBAN PLAZA
URBAN PLAZA
urban | mobility
RUTA 84º81 | MODULAR STATION
2013 - COMPETITION | FIRST PLACE SPACES FOR COMMUNITY PAVAS, SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA
COLLABORATION WITH ARCH. YARA TORUÑO
From a gesture born from the language of the railway line, a space platform for the Urban Train PavasCurridabat line is configured with a modular character: an efficient, accessible and flexible space for growth and repetition, able to adapt to any place, to the needs and the volume of users along the route. The volume is placed in an urban plaza where the connection and spaces of social cohesion are promoted in the community.
The module is configured from 8 steps. Its born from a segment or linear plane until it gets to an integral volume that functions as shelter and waiting space for train users, including advertising space and schedule information and cultural events in the area. Materials used to resume the industrial character and language of the railway line as primary structure, ensure long durability and low maintenance for greater efficiency and lower costs.
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS
Details & Urban Furniture
CEILING PLAN
ARCHITECTURAL FLOOR PLAN
ELEVATION
Lámina acero
Junta de dilatación
KEY WORDS
Lámina policarbonato
Lámina acero
Junta de dilatación
Tubo cuadrado 1x1”
Lámina policarbonato
Tubo cuadrado 1x1”
Tubo estructural 2x6”
Tubo PVC 50mmø
Tubo estructural 2x6”
Tubo PVC 50mmø
Losa concreto 5cm
Losa concreto 5cm
Malla electrosoldada
Malla electrosoldada
Tubo estructural 2x6”
Tubo estructural 2x6”
Tubo estructural 2x8” prefabricado
Tubo estructural 2x8” prefabricado
Losa concreto 30cm
Losa concreto 30cm
ACTIVATE [communal spaces]
INTEGRATE [users dynamics]
MAXIMIZE [appropriation of spaces]
DESIGN [relationship context & scale]
URBAN SCENARIO
Las Pecosas Station
urban | landscape 03
ECOTONO CULTURAL
ECOTONO CULTURAL
UMBRAL DE LAS AMERICAS
CONCEPT
The border stops being the blockage and conflict zone, and is displayed as a bridge of mediation, as a space of transfronterity. Where by the transgression of the boundary the edge is blurred as a platform of physical, social and cultural convergence, an icon of the busiest border in the world. The Ecotono as a symbiotic area where the highest points of interaction and contact between them are gradually generated .
SOLUTION
The Platform uses the structure of Tijuana River channel, to generate a topography that is born from the same ground, where the volume does not obstruct or emphasizes the edge visually or physically.
Looks for the exhibition of culture and identity as a reflection of the other. Generates confrontation from the void, as the element that unifies us, as a space "of everyone and anyone."
"The Boarder as ECOTONO should not be considered a dividing line, but rather a connection line: an area of symbiosis"
Podertti. A
urban | renewal 04
VETTA WATER VENUE
2017 - ACADEMIC WORK | MASTER INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
MILAN, ITALY
COLLABORATION WITH RCH. VIPUL AURORA - DIS. MICHELE CAPONIGRO
CONCEPT
Quartiere Ripamonti, in the south area of central Milan, has become an area overpowered by traffic, and abandoned or un-used spaces. Taking this as an opportunity for the city to attract new activities, users and commerce the project studies from a macro scale an area of intervention that unifies growing areas and new projects into a pedestrian water venue, incorporating new architectural and urban elements to the site.
SOLUTION
The project seeks to re-conceptualize the meaning of “Navigli” or rivel canal traditional to the city, transforming its functional condition for transportation to a recreational pedestrian area for enjoyment of the citizens. It creates an urban axis that mixes public transportation, recreation and services to connect two main access points of the area and responds to user demands from the urban scale to the human scale.
SYMBIOSIS
AMPHITHEATER/EVENTS
VETTABBIA WATER CANAL
URBAN FURNITURE
punctual scale
restaurant/cafe/bar spaces
GASTRONOMIC VENUE
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Design Management | Finishes Book | Marketing Sales Plans | Client Point Person Pre-Construction Phase
LANTANA RESIDENCES | LAS CATALINAS
2023 - PROFESSIONAL WORK | DCL LAS CATALINAS
PLAYA DANTA, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA
COLLABORATION WITH PRE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ARCH. JUAN DIEGO MOYA
CONCEPT
Nestled into the hillside, Lantana’s stair streets provide a pathway for visitors and residents to explore and connect the lower and upper neighborhoods. The Lantana residences designed by Arosemena & Way Arquitectos, is located on El Prado, second development phase of the beach town Las Catalinas. The project consists of 30 units of residential and commercial spaces, nestled among common areas. Completion is set for July 2025.
SOLUTION
As Design Manager, the finishes book was carefully curated for using sustainably sourced materials that harmonize with the local climate and provide authenticity. Given the intricacy of the project, every layer of information was thoughtfully incorporated using Building Information Modeling (BIM). Furthermore, to ensure a seamless transition for each owner, a unique onboard process was tailored specifically to guide them through the design and customization journey.
building| restoration 06
ATENAS TRAIN STATION
2015 - COMPETITION DESIGN | HISTORICAL HERITAGE CENTER
RÍO GRANDE, ATENAS, COSTA RICA
COLLABORATION WITH ARCH. YARA TORUÑO
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Beyond the preservation of a building there is a historical legacy that is proposed to disclosure . It is inclined to intervene the work in which is evident the past and present action, two actors in the same Past architecture is the one who hosts the content and the story you want to tell. Present architecture seeks to strengthen and highlight these elements, in a dialogue of harmony.
The project involves reprogramming the operational space of the museum to rehabilitate and enhance its exhibition halls. The goal is to create a clear museological narrative by designing areas that effectively display the history, tools, photographs, and elements from the period. Additionally, the project will integrate entertainment spaces and a commercial boost the site's value, longevity, and significance as both a tourist attraction and a cultural landmark.
RAIL MUSEUM
Río Grande de Atenas
Railway experiences items that tell the story of the experiences of the time, using photographic documentation and articles.
Agricultural activities items related to the work activity and the economy the area.
SCENARIO
NARRATIVE SPACE - EXHIBITITION
The train and its tools items related to the train, from weighing stations that remain, including parts and tools.
economy of
Ticketing and communication items related to original tickets, as well as inventions of the time.
NEW PHASE | LYCEUM VARGAS CALVO
2014 - PROFESSIONAL WORK | ARQUITECTURA TOTAL SAN PEDRO, SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA
COLLABORATION WITH ARCH. LUIS AGUILAR - ARCH. FEDERICO SALAS
CONCEPT
When it comes to public educational infrastructure, the prefabricated concrete structures have been a technical- aestethic tradition implicating socio-economic factors around different comunities of the country. Given the lack of spatial and social qualities of this pattern, the project seeks to brake with this paradigm and reinterpret the spatial relationships between the two main elements: classroom and aisle.
SOLUTION
Seeking not only to solve the new functions required, but to create an input to educational infrastructure, the project separates the classroom from the aisle with bridges to potenciate noise reduction, natural lighting and ventilation in the interior as well as allowing the halls to become an area of reunion, study and social interaction between students. The built environment, designed as organic spaces becomes the third teacher, a space of appropiation.
ARCHITECTURAL LAYOUT
modular configuration
ARCHITECTURAL SECTION
privacy & sustainability concept
BRIDGES
AIR CHAMBER
passive cooling system
PARASOLS
shading system accesible connections
CONTROLLED VISIBILITY
reduced noise and distractors
RAIN COLLECTOR
sustainable irrigation
VOID / BRIDGE
transition space
MAIN STRUCTURE
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
spatial relationships
building | cultural
COMUNNITY CENTER | GUARARI
2015 - PROFESSIONAL WORK | ARQUITECTURA TOTAL
GUARARI, HEREDIA, COSTA RICA
COLLABORATION WITH ARCH. LUIS AGUILAR - ARCH. FEDERICO SALAS
CONCEPT
An iniciative given by the Costa Rican goverment and IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) has proposed the development of Civic Centers for peace around different areas and communities of the country in search for prevention of violence and social inclusion in areas of social risk, creating public and accessible projects where members of the comunities can have a healthy social interchange for future generations.
SOLUTION
CCP - Guararí is born as a simbol of social inclusion and public space mixed with new opportunities of development for a mix of users, a place of enjoyment. Given security is a main issue in this conflictive urban settelment, it is divided into 3 main volumes that act as a screen or window where the private and public areas overlook each other, obtaining a symbiosis between the people and the spaces Space where kids, adults and seniors can be the main actors of the project.
architectural layouts & facade
cultural axis
MODULE 3
mixed axis administration house of C.E.C.I library multiuse area FINAL CONSTRUCTION
FIRST FLOOR
MODULE
music classroom
theater classoom
C.E.C.U.D.I
games area dance classroom
GROUND FLOOR
building | recreational
Building Analysis | Conceptualization | Schematic Design | Furniture Design | Materiality | 3D Modeling | 3D Rendering
NOSTRU TAORMINA
2017 - ACADEMIC WORK | MASTER INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
TAORMINA, SICILY, ITALY
COLLABORATION WITH ARCH. DAVID FREIRE - ARCH. INDIRA PAMBUDY
MODULAR STRUCTURE
human scale
TREE AS THE CENTER OF LIFE
A modular structure that unifies both natural planes
structural platform roofing system hanging nets + + +
NOSTRU
ARCHITECTURAL LAYOUTS
CONCEPT
Taormina, Italy it’s known for a very particular mix of culture and architecture influenced over the years by a variety of immigrants from all over the region. It is known as a top turistic attraction for its food, culture, people and amazing sceneries. The project seeks to restore an abandoned building in the waterfront maintaining its original structure and incorporating temporary structures that allow more flexibility and temporariness.
SOLUTION
The proposal aims to focus the beach facilities space as a gathering area , allowing users to engage with local culture and its authentic character. By incorporating the design of modular structures, it seeks to create diverse spatial qualities and connect or extend the spaces into the landscape. This approach ensures that users can enjoy the activities and facilities throughout every season of the year.
SPATIAL SECTIONS
building | residential
CORTEZA VERDE
CONCEPT
Corteza Verde is envisioned as a place where the stresses of life disappear and the wonders of nature reconnect us with ourselves and our true passions. This physical space, harmoniously blended with its natural surroundings, is designed to enhance social and personal activities. It is a place to enjoy with family, friends, your other half, or in the comfort of your own company. The topography will dictate the shape of the development, allowing it to adapt to its unique form. Trees, scenery, and built environments will work together in harmony.
SOLUTION
It is conceived as a house in the tropics that flows with the landscape, featuring light structures mounted on stilts that allow nature to continue its way. The under-floor spaces let vegetation thrive and interact with the project, much like moss interacts with tree bark. These floating spaces play with the land’s topography to enhance airflow, views, and interactions. The design layout integrates various spaces, all accessible from central common courtyards and connected by wooden paths that follow the natural contours of the land.
Conceptualization | Moodboards | FF&E proposal | 3D modeling interiors
LA SODITA | LAS CATALINAS
2021 - PROFESSIONAL WORK | DCL LAS CATALINAS
PLAYA DANTA, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA
CONFIGURATION & SCENARIOS
CONCEPT
Las Catalinas is an exclusive private beach town resort located along the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Its design focuses on a car-free, and a fully walkable town, based on the principles of New Urbanism to enable an environment that favors human connection and interaction with numerous urban facilities. As a town resort and work place for over 300 collaborators, there came a new need for a main restaurant and gastronomic center, carefully chosen to ensure easy access from the main street and nearby public spaces, in the 2nd phase, El Prado.
SOLUTION
La Sodita’s location was During the day, it functions as a buffet-style eatery for all collaborators, while in the evenings, it transforms into an à la carte restaurant. The design of the space intentionally opens up to Central Park, creating a seamless connection with its open terraces with great views to the rest of the town. Given its urban context, the restaurant’s appearance harmonizes with the surrounding environment, adopting a language consistent with other nearby buildings with a timeless architecture.
