Architecture Portfolio - 2019

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P OCZORO ZERREITUG AIRAM AINAVI

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I VANIA M ARIA GUTIERREZ O ROZCO IMGO Portfolio - UNIVERSIDAD VERITAS ivymgo@gmail.com

Nicaragua

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- FUNDAMENTALS

- INTRODUCTION

- BIOCLIMATIC

- COMMERCIAL

- ARCHITECTURAL

- ARCHITECTURAL

- INSTITUTIONAL

- PRINCIPLES OF

- EDUCATION,

OF DESIGN &

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ARCHITECTURE -

DESIGN

DIGITAL

DIGITAL

DESIGN

URBANISM -

CULTURE AND

ACCLIMATION

ARCHITECTURAL

Thermal Analysis

WORKSHOP -

WORKSHOP II -

WORKSHOP II -

WORKSHOP -

Urban

SPORTS DESIGN

AND SCALED

DESIGN -

and Strategies

Raices Pop-Up

Parametric Tower

Digital

San Juan Del Sur

Components

WORKSHOP -

MODEL

Espira La Espora

Fabrication-

Bus Station

Analysis

Economic Offer

WORKSHOP -

Cultural Centre

Co-Living Housing

Store

Parametric Tower

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- EDUCATION,

- EDUCATION,

- TOURISM

- TOURISM

- TOURISM

- TOURISM

- TOURISM

- TECHNOLOGY

CULTURE AND

CULTURE AND

DESIGN

DESIGN

DESIGN

DESIGN

DESIGN

AND ENERGY

SPORTS DESIGN

SPORTS DESIGN

WORKSHOP -

WORKSHOP -

WORKSHOP -

WORKSHOP -

WORKSHOP -

EFFICIENCY -

WORKSHOP -

WORKSHOP -

MUMENI-

NALI Boutique

NALI Boutique

Single Room

Double Room

NALI Boutique

MUMENI

Reflection

Eco-Lodge

Hotel-Volume

Hotel

Interior Design

Interior Design

Hotel-Energy

Garden

Study

Efficiency Plan

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F UNDAMENTALS OF DESIGN & ACCLIMATION AND SCALED MODEL WORKSHOP Born from the basic form of a cube and using different processes of transformation and moulding, one principal volume and 3 secondary units were developed around the concept of creating a housing proposal for students that enables living in community -by hinting a suggestive circulation path-

but maintaining independence as

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Scale Model:

Co-living Housing Proposal

Scale: 1:100 Material: Crescent carboard, foam cardboard, wooden dowels, copper wire and sawdust.

Dimensions: 23.4 in x 16.5 in (base).

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Materials Axonometric:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

North Facade Perspective View:

Bus Station Proposal

Floor Plan:

Co-living Housing Proposal

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Scale: Indicated

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NTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Proposal for a cultural centre that embodies the different activities organized by Espira La Espora, an organization that promotes art in Nicaragua.

Scale Model:

Espira La Espora Cultural Centre Scale: 1:200

Material: Crescent cardboard, foam cardboard and

Workshop # 12:

transparent slides.

Intersection of Pyramid - Prism

Dimensions:

Elevation: Espira La Espora Cultural Centre Scale: 1:200 Media: Pen ink, permanent marker and colored pencils on paper.

Dimensions: 7 in x 4.13 in

Espira La Espora Cultural Centre Location: Monserrat, Managua, Nicaragua.

In Collaboration With: Espira La Espora's Board of Directors.

Espira La Espora is a non-profit organization based in Nicaragua. Its associates are visual artists and cultural ambassadors from the Central-American region. Espira develops artistic education programs and cultural activites with a OILOFTROP

focus on context. They aim to place art among the culture of a place, making it a matter of everyday nature.

Taking in consideration that Espira La Espora is an organization that promotes contemporary art among a society that is not familiar with it, this proposal for a cultural centre searches to tackle barriers between pedestrians and artists by

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showcasing contemporary art on the exteriors of the building through built-in niches. This intention of making art more approachable to human contact is a direct result of setting to remain true with the organization's vision and philosophy.

The continuation of the public circulation into the surroundings of the different buildings is a further action proposed to invite pedestrians inside the centre as a way of invitation.

Scale Model:

Espira La Espora Cultural Centre

Scale: 1:200 Material: Crescent cardboard, foam cardboard, transparent slides.

Dimensions: 13.1 in x 6.2 in (base)

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Materials Axonometric:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

North Facade Perspective View:

Bus Station Proposal

Perspective Section Drawing:

Espira La Espora Cultural Centre

Dimensions: 10.5 in x 4 in (original drawing)

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Media: Pen ink, permanent markers and colored pencils on paper mixed with digital media.

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ARQ0240

B IOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE Starting with an initial volume for a housing project, a thermal analysis (supported data provided by Autodesk FormIt software) was done to analyze the heat temperatures reached in each of the facades of the house. Different periods of the year were considered to record an average temperature in the tropical weather.

Through experimentation in materials selection, orientation, volume transformation and the implementation of design strategies, a final volume resulted with changes in the temperatures recorded.

Initial Volume Scale Model-Thermal Analysis:

House Proposal

Scale: 1:200 Material: Crescent cardboard, foam cardboard, carton paper and acrylic paint.

Dimensions: 12.2 in x 9.7 in (base)

Resulting Volume Scale Model-Thermal Analysis:

House Proposal

Scale: 1:200 Material: Crescent cardboard, foam cardboard, carton paper and acrylic paint.

Dimensions: 12.2 in x 9.7 in (base)

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Materials Axonometric:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

North Facade Perspective View:

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Bus Station Proposal

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Solar Irradiance Units Scale:

963.2

Scale Volume Thermal Analysis

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Information provided by: Autodesk FormIt (software)

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ARQ0350

C OMMERCIAL DESIGN WORKSHOP Raices, a nicaraguan handcrafted-shoes store, is on the search of reaching more consumers by participating in pop-up fairs. By working along the owner of Raices we were able to recompile valuable information that allowed us to create an object that reflects not only the brand's concept but also the young entrepeneur's vision for her brand.

Raices Container Pop-Up Store Location: In Collaboration With: Workshop # 12:

Las Colinas, Managua, Nicaragua.

Martha Garcia and Valery Juarez (BARCH students).

Intersection of Pyramid - Prism The design for the container store results from the concept of opening the store in half and inviting pedestrians to walk along a showroom hall that displays the products. The interior design looks to evoke the personality of their target customer, a "young, intellectual and traveler" person.

Perspectives 1 & 2: Parametric Tower

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Volumetric Process:

Raices Container Pop-Up Store

Color Palette:

Raices Container Pop-Up Store

Interior Design Moodboard:

Raices Container Pop-Up Store

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Materials Axonometric:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

North Facade Perspective View:

Bus Station Proposal

Exterior Perspective View:

Raices Container Pop-Up Store

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ARQ0229

A RCHITECTURAL DIGITAL WORKSHOP II BIM Model of a tower that follows parameters based on experimentation of mass and its resulting forms. The tower was also designed around a vertical central axis that functions as the vertical circulation core and its structural central line. A repetition of the designed hexagonal curtain-wall panel is what encloses the tower, making the mass-like form readable from the outside.

Workshop # 12:

North and South Elevation:

Intersection of Pyramid - Prism

Parametric Tower

Perspectives 1 & 2: Parametric Tower

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Floor Plans per Level:

Parametric Tower

Isometric Views:

Hexagonal Panel

-Designed on a basic structure of 8 reference points that form a "steel-like" frame enclosing glass panels. The result is a standardized curtain-wall panel that is later installed following the mass form of the parametric tower.

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ARQ0229

A RCHITECTURAL DIGITAL WORKSHOP II Digital fabrication practice in which the parametric tower was transformed into a scale model through laser cutting. The shape of the tower was achieved by slicing the mass into layers of laser cut pieces and assembling them through slotted joints.

Digital Fabrication:

Parametric Tower

Material: Wood and spray paint Dimensions: 12.3 in x 4.4 in

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ARQ0352

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NSTITUTIONAL DESIGN WORKSHOP This bus station for the town of San Juan del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua, emerges from the analysis of how circulation (pedestrians, vehicles and bycycles) should flow on the site, avoiding traffic jams and confusion. The station's horizontal and discrete volume results from this flow, with two main facades that work as a "welcome" and "goodbye" screens. The only element that disrupts its regularity - a bay viewpoint- was added to state the obvious: welcome to the port town of San Juan del Sur.

Materials Axonometric:

North Facade Perspective View:

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San Juan del Sur Bus Station

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Volumetric Process: Bus Station Proposal 1. Disposition of main volume area and bus parking bay area 2. Addition of 2nd floor - administrative area 3. Addition of second wing: division of "Welcome Wing" and "Farewell Wing" 4. Connection of bus parking bay area and addition of hierarchical element:

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bay viewpoint.

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Floor Plan:

San Juan del Sur Bus Station

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Materials Axonometric:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

North Facade Perspective View:

Bus Station Proposal

South Facade Perspective View:

San Juan del Sur Bus Station

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ARQ0373

P RINCIPLES OF URBANISM Urban analysis of the Historic Center of Managua, Nicaragua. Historical chronologic events were taken into consideration- as well as political, cultural and economic aspects- to determine the challenges and potentialities in each urban component of the site.

Natural Environment

Urban Components Analysis:

Land Use by Zoning Map

Urban Components Analysis:

Road Infrastructure Map-Offer

Urban Components Analysis:

Road Infrastructure Map-Demand

Urban Components Analysis:

Urban Infrastructure Map-

Urban Components Analysis:

The Image of the City (Kevin Lynch)

Urban Components Analysis:

Economic Activities Map

Urban Components Analysis:

Municipal Services Map

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Urban Components Analysis:

Usage Zoning

Urban Components Analysis:

Urban Infrastructure Map-

Energy and Transportation

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ARQ0351

E DUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS DESIGN WORKSHOP To develop MUMENI, or Museo de la Memoria de Nicaragua (Memory Museum of Nicaragua), my partner and I started the process by designing our own architecture studio. The studio was created based on an ideology and principles that comprise our views on architecture. Just as any real studio would do, we pitched our economic offer to "the client" through physical means that would project the essence of our studio.

Economic Offer - GJ Estudio de Arquitectura In Collaboration With: Valery Juarez Leiva (BARCH student).

GJ GUTIERREZ - JUAREZ Estudio de Arquitectura is a nicaraguan studio founded by the young architects Valery Juarez and Ivania Gutierrez. Focused on the core of architecture - users - GJ aims to attend clients' needs in terms of functionality and provide the added value of user's experience design. By being aware of the impact architecture has on its users, GJ studio hopes to achieve architecture that becomes a positive change tool on its surrounding area. GJ studio shows deep interest in respecting the sense of belonging each project has, whether it being to the society or the site of the project.

MUMENI, a museum dedicated to the twentieth-century history of Nicaragua, should be based mostly on its sense of belonging to the nicaraguan people and its culture. Based on the nature of the project, the Economic Offer was presented in media that transmits the essence of nicaraguan architecture: earth-related colors, wood and craftsmanship.

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ARQ0351

E DUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS DESIGN WORKSHOP How do you tell the history of a country that has been marked by numerous events of catastrophe, death, disasters and scarcity? MUMEMI is born from the idea of providing a place where reflection and awareness is fostered, rather than focusing on the open wounds of the catastrophic history.

MUMENI In Collaboration With:

Valery Juarez Leiva (BARCH student).

By creating "pauses", which are transition spaces between the exposition galleries, the museum gives its users the opportunity to reflect on what is learned in previous galleries, discuss with fellows and prepare the mind to what continues. These "pauses", which are four different in total, are designed to instill emotions according to the period of history; sometimes making the transition lighter and peaceful, sometimes making it nerve-racking. Each of the pauses' phenomenology is based on distinctive use of color, materials, light and space dimensions.

Interior Perspective of Bridge between Galleries 2 & 3:

MUMENI

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Interior Perspective of Museum Gallery #3:

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Interior Perspective of Museum Gallery #4:

Diagram of Transitions in Museum Galleries:

MUMENI

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Materials Axonometric:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

North Facade Perspective View:

Bus Station Proposal

Perspective View:

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North Elevation:

MUMENI

Exhibition Galleries Elevation:

MUMENI

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ARQ0351

E DUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS DESIGN WORKSHOP One last space was created at the end of the exhibition galleries' path: a Reflection Garden. The position of the garden makes it almost mandatory for users to experience a spot of peace at the shore of Managua's Lake. The garden's landscape design intends to give closure to the museum experience by creating an atmosphere that encourages the absorption of information.

Site Plan-Reflection Garden:

MUMENI

Perspective View-Reflection Garden:

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Perspective View-Reflection Garden:

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SYMBOLS - Site Plan

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1. Eucalyptus (natural mosquito repellent).

2. Mint/Menta Piperita (natural mosquito repellent).

3. Lavender/Lavandula (natural mosquito repellent).

4. Citronella

Due to its proximity to Managua's Lake and the tropical weather, vegetation with natural mosquito repellent properties was

Floor Plan-Reflection Garden:

picked to ensure the comfort of users; thus making it a space that will remain fit to human use.

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ARQ0353

T OURISM DESIGN WORKSHOP Eco-lodge proposal located in Maderas Beach, in the Rivas department, Nicaragua. The site is set to fit a program comprised of accommodations subsystem, gastronomic subsystem, leisure subsystem, administrative subsystem and a service subsystem.

Materials Axonometric: Location: In Collaboration With:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

Eco-Lodge Madera Beach, Rivas, Nicaragua.

Natasha Campbell Waters and Valery Juarez Leiva (BARCH students).

The eco-lodge follows a philosophy of respecting the environment and minimizing its presence on the site.

Hence, the design of the cabins as well as the rest of the buildings was thought out to start their living process (construction) by using naturally-extracted materials from the site, like wood and natural fibers (straw). The use of pile foundations allows the standard cabin to adapt to the irregular land and avoids major changes in the land.

Previously existing trees are being kept in the site, assuring the direct contact of users with wildlife and

Floor Plan:

nature in the area.

Eco-lodge cabins

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North Facade:

Eco-lodge cabins

East Facade:

Eco-lodge cabins

South Facade:

Eco-lodge cabins

West Facade:

Eco-lodge cabins

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Materials Axonometric:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

North Facade Perspective View:

Bus Station Proposal

Perspective View:

Eco-lodge's restaurant

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ARQ0353

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OURISM DESIGN WORKSHOP

Volume study of ten different forms for the NALI Boutique Hotel, in Managua, Nicaragua. All variations were proposed according to previously selected parameters, which focused mostly on multi-faced forms, openings to the inside and outside, stacking and angular perspective view points.

10 Volume Study - NALI Boutique Hotel Material: Green Styrofoam Blocks

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NALI Boutique Hotel Location: Historic Center of Managua, Nicaragua.

In Collaboration With: Adriana Lopez Abdalah (BARCH student).

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NALI Boutique Hotel starts with the volume experimentation. The core idea is to conceive a volume with a disposition on the site that will allow users to understand from the outside a building offering various activities in its program.

Form itself was set to be the element that transmited a sense of

dynamism, reason why block forms and towers were avoided from the beginning. The intention behind the experimentation through form was to achieve a multiple-faced building that remained connected at different levels.

Option 1 & 2 - NALI Boutique Hotel Material: Green Styrofoam Blocks Dimensions: 10.2 in x 6.5 in Scale: 1:300

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Genealogy of Form:

NALI Boutique Hotel

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ARQ0353

T OURISM DESIGN WORKSHOP A boutique hotel located inside the Historic Center of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Based on its important position, the hotel is developed around the idea of attracting 21st-century users to an area that is desperately needing dynamism. Hence, the profile of target guests is that of young adults who are hungry for experiences, interactions with locals and involvement in the daily makings of an unknown city.

NALI Boutique Hotel Location: Historic Center of Managua, Nicaragua.

In Collaboration With: Adriana Lopez Abdalah (BARCH student).

NALI Boutique Hotel focuses on bolstering the guests' experience in one of the city's most iconic reference points through the creation of a continous relationship between natural spaces and built paths. The dissemination from interior to exterior -and viceversa- is done through the "raccord", a series of spaces that just like in cinematography intend to create continous shots even if a linear narrative is lacking. The purpose of the proposed path is to present the users with a dynamic itinerary, while also making the hotel to be understood as a whole.

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Program Axonometric -

NALI Boutique Hotel

Program Legend

Site Plan -

NALI Boutique Hotel

Program Relations Diagram -

NALI Boutique Hotel

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Materials Axonometric:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

North Facade Perspective View:

Bus Station Proposal

North Facade Perspective View:

NALI Boutique Hotel

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ARQ0353

T OURISM DESIGN WORKSHOP Just as in any boutique hotel, the bedrooms of the NALI Boutique Hotel were designed according to a interior design line that relates to the concept of the hotel as a whole. Both bedrooms were designed to transmit a sober yet colorful vibe, with influences of mid-century modern placed on a contemporary and tropical setting such as Managua.

Interior Elevation 1:

Single Room - NALI Boutique

Interior Elevation 2:

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Single Room - NALI Boutique Hotel

Single Room Interior Design - NALI Boutique Hotel Location: Historic Center of Managua, Nicaragua.

In Collaboration With: Adriana Lopez Abdalah (BARCH student).

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seemed necessary to respect the "old" 20th-century vibe of the buildings surrounding the hotel. This was one of the guidelines of the interior design, focusing mostly on presenting the hotel's users a room with

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clean yet noticeable textures, pops of color in certain details of the room and furniture and lighting with a hint of mid-century; all this with an overall influence of tropical architecture visible in the colors of the wood,

Interior Elevation 3:

Single Room - NALI Boutique Hotel

Interior Elevation 4:

Single Room - NALI Boutique

a few warm colors and vegetation.

Hotel

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ARQ0353

T OURISM DESIGN WORKSHOP Just as in any boutique hotel, the bedrooms of the NALI Boutique Hotel were designed according to a interior design line that relates to the concept of the hotel as a whole. Both bedrooms were designed to transmit a sober yet colorful vibe, with influences of mid-century modern placed on a contemporary and tropical setting such as Managua.

Interior Elevation 1:

Double Room - NALI Boutique

Interior Elevation 2:

Hotel

Double Room - NALI Boutique Hotel

Double Room Interior Design - NALI Boutique Hotel Location: Historic Center of Managua, Nicaragua.

In Collaboration With: Adriana Lopez Abdalah (BARCH student).

Given the location of the hotel among a historic site, it OILOFTROP

seemed necessary to respect the "old" 20th-century vibe of the buildings surrounding the hotel. This was one of the guidelines of the interior design, focusing mostly on presenting the hotel's users a room with clean yet noticeable textures, pops of color in certain

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details of the room and furniture and lighting with a hint of mid-century; all this with an overall influence of tropical architecture visible in the colors of the wood, a few warm colors and vegetation.

Interior Elevation 3:

Double Room - NALI Boutique Hotel

Interior Elevation 4:

Double Room - NALI Boutique Hotel

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ARQ0360

T ECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY The Energy Efficiency Plan designed for NALI Boutique Hotel comprises a series of considerations that go from matters of orientation and solar/wind analysis to material selection for the interior and exterior of the building. Equipment for climate control, lighting and automation systems were also proposed, assuring a building that will perdure through time in matters of sustainability and resources management.

Pixel-by-Pixel Study:

NALI Boutique Hotel -Energy Efficiency Plan

Materials Axonometric:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

Pixel-by-Pixel Study: NALI Boutique Hotel - Energy Efficiency Plan Location: Historic Center of Managua, Nicaragua.

In Collaboration With: Adriana Lopez Abdalah (BARCH

NALI Boutique Hotel -Energy Efficiency Plan

Student).

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Floor Plan-Zoning:

NALI Boutique Hotel -Energy Efficiency Plan

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Materials Axonometric:

Bus Station Proposal

Scale: Indicated

North Facade Perspective View:

Bus Station Proposal

South Volume - Section:

NALI Boutique Hotel - Energy Efficiency Plan

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