JANET DIAZ
Bachelor of Design In Architecture Undergraduate Portfolio University of Florida Selected Works 2017-2021
CONTENTS Contact Info janetdiaz20@gmail.com (786) 339 - 2285
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Project 01 | Delancey Arts Center
Delancey Arts Center Site: Lower East Side in Manhattan, New York Design 7 | Fall 2020 In Collaboration with Charlotte Atwill The Delancey Arts Center is located between the Tenement Museum and the Essex Market. The history of the museum and the Lower East Side (LES) culture within the market inspired us to bring the LES community into our hotel. Many immigrants and migrants gravitated toward the LES for job opportunities and affordable housing. Surrounded by open streets which are strictly open to pedestrians, cyclists, and emergency vehicles at certain hours, our site is near a very densely populated block, along with two parks: Sara D Roosevelt Park, and Allen Malls. With the New York Housing Authority nearby, the hotel is easily accessible to lower income community members. The hotel is a center for the community it exists in, as our generation values the importance of arts in education more than previous generations. New York City is the hub for talented musicians and artists. By implementing artistic programs in the hotel, we could fascinate tourists with a taste of NYC’s culture while educating and allowing the diverse community members to express themselves artistically.
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Project 01 | Delancey Arts Center
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interior lobby
Programs
The three protruding volumes of the building are where the main community-oriented spaces are, these include educational spaces at the top, a theatre and social gathering space in the middle, and the bottom makes up the lobby which has a large open art exhibition space as the focal point, a lounge for visitors, and a restaurant. These amenities allow for many different reasons to visit the hotel, and creates a sense of community where visitors can spend an entire day. The skin of the building is made with metal horizontal rails, with some balconies to allow occupation of the space between the exterior of the main structure and the separated mesh surface.
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education center detail of theatre + gathering space
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theatre + prefunction space
lobby + exhibition gallery restaurant
Delancey street section drawing
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Project 02 | microUrban Biome
microURBAN BIOME Site: Chelsea, Manhattan, NY Design 7 | Fall 2020 In Collaboration with Charlotte Atwill Our proposal, microUrban Biome, aims to advance technological innovation in health and mental wellness while providing direct access to leisure, living, working opportunities. Our analysis of Chelsea encouraged the concept of creating a block that serves as a hub for education, technology, and wellness. The idea of a microUrban Biome is to bring together different occupants of the programs that the block provides, including the communities that work within the block. In our city living generation, we intend to highlight the importance of health education.
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Project 02 | microUrban Biome
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People make the place in terms of social, economic, and environmental factors. To emphasize this, we focused on housing and how it relates to the block as a greater whole.
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Project 02 | microUrban Biome
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Project 02 | microUrban Biome
To fully commit to and provide for those interacting with the block, public space is crucial. The public space provided includes a plaza and a park, both of which allow for different interactions with the block itself. The plaza allows for circulation to and from the busy programs accessible from the ground floor. The Park gives relaxation space for those in the surrounding busy city.
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Project 03 | Orlando Public Library
Orlando Public Library Site: Orlando, FL Design 6 | Spring 2020 The Orlando Public Library is located in the heart of Downtown Orlando, in front of Lake Eola Park. The library invites the lively nature of downtown with exterior stairs and a glass facade. The interior provides spaces such as study pods for local residents, students, and visitors to allow for learning, education, and communication.
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Axonometric collaborative spaces
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public + administration
Project 03 | Orlando Public Library
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The concept of the library comes from the idea of shifted boxes along a datum. As seen in the concept model images below, the bolts and wood blocks create voids in between. These voids were translated as thresholds in the final digital
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model and emphasize the vertically shifted boxes shown on the exterior. The idea of boxes that appear to be floating along the central datum is brought inside as study pods that float above an atrium and main circulation.
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1. lobby 2. gallery space 3. cafe 4. restrooms 5. pre-function/ public forum 6. auditorium 7. event storage 8. workshop 9. administration 10. individual study rooms 11. teen library 12. children’s activity 13. group discussion rooms 14. media storage 15. lab spaces 16. group rooms 17. reading space 18. focused research rooms 19. reading space 20. lab spaces
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Horizon
The spaces of the architectural typestract represent a private residence, art studio, monastery, and gallery. Dsh’s typestracts influenced the spatial relationship with the horizon and the overlapping system of linear elements and shadows. The monastery is placed below the horizon to emphasize solitude and sacredness as the gallery is placed high above the horizon.
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Project 04 | Desert
Desert Design 4 | Spring 2018 Investigating spaces inside the horizon began with the constructed textual compositions of Dom Sylvester Houédard’s (dsh) typestracts – a combination of the words ‘typewriter’ and ‘abstract.’ The English concrete poet was a former monk, theologian, and Benedictine priest. These typestracts’ sporadic and permeable compositions of meticulous textual forms influenced the representation of architectural spaces.
dsh’s “typestracts”
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physical model medium: mylar, baswood, plaster, mesh tape
perspective drawing of monastery
longitudinal section of monastery
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Project 05 | Mozambique Preschool
Mozambique Preschool Competition November 2019 Country: Mozambique, South Africa Site: Xai-Xai District (Gaza Province, Mozambique) Project: Build a center for children with disabilities and affected by social exclusion
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Project 05 | Mozambique Preschool
1. steel sheet roofing 2. waterproof
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Description In the area , a preschool for vulnerable and disabled children, are known as “escolinhas”, and there are only a few that depend on the State and some that depend on private entities, which leaves the vast majority of children without access. Pre-school education in Mozambique is a luxury that very few can enjoy. The materials are to be locally sourced and mainly handcrafted since the school will be built by volunteers and construction workers with no help of heavy equipment like excavators.
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1. classroom 2. covered schoolyard 3. playground 4. teacher’s room 5. principal and secretary office 6. infirmary 7-8. adults bathroom 9. storage space 10. children’s bathroom 11. janitor and management 12. open kitchen 13. dining room 14. orchard 15. kitchen 16. pantry 17. multipurpose room 18. storage 1 19. storage 2 20. solar thermal collector 21. water tank
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