Joel Rios Portfolio by Joel Rios

JOEL RIOS PORTFOLIO

9714 Appin Falls Spring, Texas 77379 joel.n.rios@gmail.com 713.822.2707

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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN ALBANY DORMITORY .3 UNIVERSITY OF Sﾃグ PAULO: CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM .5 /

SMART SKIN: FACADE FOR TORINO APARTMENT .11 /

CERAMIC MODULE FACADE .15 / /

EXPANDING THE GRID .17 PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIES .23

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN ALBANY DORMITORY 2nd Year The project was to select a pattern found in nature and develop it into a dormitory. The pattern that my partner and I chose to explore was a school of fish. The school of fish has a bottom-up organization, in which a single form is made by many different fish weaving in and out of the school. The initial idea was to create the dormitory with individual dorm rooms popping in and out of the school. In the next iteration, the popping gesture turned into weaving bands. Each floor was created by various bands. Every band was raised or lowered following the next one, making the circulation rise and fall while traveling through the floors. In this project we both worked on all the models and split the drawing in order to complete the. demands of the studio.

site plan

basement

floors

initial exploration

floor 1

iteration 3

section

structure

circulation

early render

final model

iteration 3

iteration 4

final render

final model

UNIVERSITY OF Sﾃグ PAULO: CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 3rd Year This studio asked for a redesigning of a conceptual project through questioning its primary ideas as well as addressing fire code restrictions and structural components. My partner and I chose the Contemporary Art Museum at the University of Sﾃ｣o Palo in Brazil designed by Paulo Mendes Da Rocha in 1978. We were selected to work with two engineering students to help address the structural issues. Our alteration of the museum became a large raised concrete structure that created vast open spaces below grade, between the floors, and within the structure. The museum is a solid mass floating at tree height over different levels of campus and park. The interior of the project is cavernous and contains multiple. planes. The building extends as a canopy towards the viewer blurring the boundary between city and art. One slips into the building hardly noticing the transition of space. The ramp ways between the shifted levels enable various views, not just of the art work, but also of the people and space. The extenuated views suggest new relationships in which people and space emerge as a part of the artwork. My role in the group was to help in the development of the concepts and details, while completing the final diagrams and renders. The other architecure student created the final drawing set and contributed to the details and concepts also.

interior ramp render

facade 1

section 1

facade 2

Interior ramp render

columns and ramps

shell

sketch model

facade study

UNIVERSITY OF Sﾃグ PAULO: CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 3rd Year The major alterations include a ramped circulation connecting every level, variation of floor shapes, changing floor heights, a copper faﾃｧade, addition of fire stairs, and a reorganization of program. The material palette includes darkened copper panels for the facade, black volcanic stone for the fire stairs, board form concrete for the columns, and concrete for interior flooring. The addition of three fire stairs caused a clutter of vertical members. Therefore to lighten the appearance, we decided not to use the fire stairs as structural members, allowing a difference of material between structural and nonstructural.

section 1

UNIVERSITY OF Sﾃグ PAULO: CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 3rd Year The roof is made of glass and concrete panels, with an open air interior courtyard. Louvers were added to diffuse light throughout the ceiling. Upon entering the museum from the school, one is guided to enter a large courtyard and continue to the sculpture park. Ramps take visitors from the park level to the third floor of the museum. There are no stairs outside the emergency fire stairs. The third floor uniquely weaves through the large trusses, allowing for another change of scale.

[Academic use only]

section 2

site plan

floor 1

interior ramp render

floor 2

floor 3

roof

SMART SKIN: FACADE FOR TORINO APARTMENT 4th Year This is a 2 person 4 week project, in which the concept for this design derives from the study of frog respiration and my previous facade study. Frogsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; blood circulation is next to the skin, allowing for osmosis to exchange water, oxygen, wastes, and heat. Some frogs even survive without lungs, using their skin to obtain oxygen. The new facade has tubes which penetrate the new and old facade to increase air circulation. The tubes also adapt to the sun to allow for shading, lighting, and windows. The current modules have a difference in densities of tubes and a difference of transparency to allow for various shading and lighting effects. The air circulation can also vary when opening and closing the circulation of the tubes. When open,. the ventilation is maximized, and when closed, the facade acts as an insulator for the building.

high transparency panel

summer and winter sun angles

open air circulation panel

fully opened air circulation

low transparency panel

winter sun angle

closed air circulation panel

semi-opened air circulation

high transparency

low transparency

assembly

facade pattern

facade transparency

high transparency

low transparency

SMART SKIN: FACADE FOR TORINO APARTMENT 4th Year Our new facade concept is placed on a 1980s apartment complex just outside historical Torino, Italy. The building has two extreme facades; one only receives sun in early mornings of July, while the other facade receives intense solar radiation year round. This as well as the program layout determines the density and transparency of the panels on each facade. The facade with intense solar radiation has frosted glass panels with high density tubes, while the facade receiving less solar radiation has clear glass panels with low density tubes. This new facade is also pulled away from the original to allow for human circulation space and air circulation space. I produced all diagrams and renders, while my. partner focused on the grasshopper file and the general 3D model.

apartment structure

two apartment program

apartment circulation

first floor store

kitchen

first floor circulation

living areas

bedrooms

low solar radiation

high solar radiation

store Transparent

summer condition

winter condition

Translucent

circulation

process

street view

CERAMIC MODULE FACADE 4th Year This ceramic wall was completed in my fourth year with a team of three students. We were interested in creating a hand crafted module that played with depth and texture. We first experimented with plaster and plastic bags to engage texture to the piece. We eventually added water balloons to the investigation that led to the final product. We created a cast by placing water balloons and pinning them down with a plastic covering. As we poured the plaster, stress marks were created connecting the balloon forms. The cast allowed us to have two extreme sides of the module, bulging egg figures on one side and a smooth inverse of the same shape on the reverse side. We created several different casts of two different. modules. Each module connected to the inverse module creating a free flowing pattern.

c’ c

D e’

A E e

a’

interior and exterior modules

tessellation water balloons

plaster casts

slip clay

stress marks

drying clay

dried clay

fired interior texture

initial study

wall

organization of the wall

patterns within the wall

EXPANDING THE GRID 5th Year The water crises in México City begins with the over consumption of the México City aquifer, the wealthy use 600 liters/day while the poor only use 20 liters/day. The poor also pay 500x the price for bottled water. The over use of the aquifer is also related to the 4% of rain water that is eventually drained into the aquifer during the wet season, May to October. To further the problem, the slums are now invading the ecological reserves that surround the city, which are the critical areas that filter water to the aquifer. The south west region of the city, near parts of the ecological reserves is known for the highest number of legal wells, which supply a very large portion of the city. It is very reasonable to believe that the largest numbers of illegal. wells are also located there. The site I investigated is located on the hillside of the México City valley. Slums are invading the current farmland and ecological reserves. The site’s hilly terrain has natural watersheds that are being invaded by urban sprawl, causing major flooding and mud slide issues.

1985 confined aquifer (red) free aquifer (blue)

2003 confined aquifer (red) free aquifer (blue) legal wells illegal wells site

ecological reserves POPULATION DENSITIES 0-4,000 4,000-8,000 8,000-12,000 12,000-20,000 20,000 + méxico city metropolis 100 meters

mexico city population density and ecological reserves

méxico is the 2nd largest consumer of bottled water

wealthy residents average 600 l of water per day

site location

poor residents average 20 l of water per day

38% of all water in mexico is lost through leaks in supply systems

8 in

private water vehicles

high water need rain water capture

4 in

high cost for water house use

long blocks J

roofscape

smaller blocks

local farms

grey water recycling

rainfall in méxico city

cheaper food poor quality

local markets

poor save money

poor stay poor

reservoir

illegal connections

conceptual park development

stronger community

poverty causes violence

current social order

projected social order

100 ft

ecological reserves

conceptual housing development

slum

roads

farming

current slum / farm relationship

ecological reserves

farming

roads

housing

resevior

projected slum / farm relationship

5,000-10,000 an additional 20% is lost through illegal connection leaks

only 6% of méxico’s sewage and water runoff is treated

4% of rain water is naturally filtered to aquifers in méxico

5,000-10,000 illegal wells exist within méxico city

water bought in informal areas can cost 500x the regular price

EXPANDING THE GRID 5th Year The site currently consists of flattened land for farming that is being invaded by the slums. Since slums are affecting the efficiency of the farms, I am suggesting to redevelop the site leaving specific areas of farmland, while developing a new city grid with pockets of reservoirs. This new city grid would be developed with a more informal logic than what currently exists in the Colonias of MĂŠxico City. There would be a primary car circulation along with a secondary pedestrian path circulation throughout the new slum morphology. The slum morphology will be based on hydrological flows to capture and maximize rain water for the community, gardens, farming, and filtration to the aquifer. The focus of . design is the roofscape that captures water while transporting it though pedestrian bridges that connects the overall roofscape. Rain water flows into storage locations through a series of tilting roofs. From the storage locations, water is also sent to reservoirs and farms.

reservoir territory

farmlans reservoir grid martix

ecological

urban

current site

hydrological distribution

canopy module

horizontal planter module

bridging

stairs

water flow

rain capture module

walking path stairs

vertical planter modules

block plan

grid transition module

module mapping

farmland reservoir new city grid road wetland wetland park

community

constructing framework gardens

reservoir wet season farms

wetlands

site circulation

rain water collection

reservoir dry season

horizontal planter

canopy

water priority

vertical planter

filtration

EXPANDING THE GRID 5th Year Preventing evapotranspiration is a crucial part of the design since 73% of rain water is lost though this natural means. Thus repeatable panels would be devised in order to create a inexpensive roofscape that would allow for the collection of rain water. Water would be captured through the roof during the wet season and stored internally throughout the year for use to prevent from evaporation. This internal bladder would help maximize the rain water shortages during the dry season. Nearly 8 inches of rain falls per day at the peak of the wet season while only half an inch falls during the peak of the dry season. The faรงade would allow for the filtering of water. This module is based on a similar design. of the water cone, which uses evaporation to filter water.

wet season

chinampas

facade

section

dry season water storage gardens vines

rain storage

evapotranspiration prevention filtered water accessibility

evaporation filtration

water table

PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIES 4th-5th Year Photography is my favorite way to personally engage and study different aspects of architecture. Capturing moments that inspire and tell stories through a single image is very powerful. Projects can be made by just one incredible image, be that a render or a photograph. Detailing the spacing, texture, and light help me further understand ways to create similar moments in my architectural designs. These photos were taken with my D5100 Nikon SLR camera and edited in Photoshop and Lightroom.

guggenheim, nyc, usa

brooklyn bridge, nyc, usa

church ruin , antigua, guatemala

lago atitlan, guatemala

atlantic city boardwalk, new jersey, usa

church ruin, antigua, guatemala

lincoln center, nyc, usa

eastern state penitentiary, philadelphia, usa

PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIES 3rd-5th Year Photomontage is another way I have studied architecture throughout my education. The possibilities of merging art in different ways architecturally through installations, design and studies really excites me. The first image is an exploration of architecture, graffiti, and murals in Latin America and was completed in my 3rd year. My focus was to create an almost seamless texture by connecting spaces and merging different types of art and architecture. The second image was a study for my thesis, looking at México City and its untamed growth. The urban growth seems to have no limit, from valleys and steep slopes, people find ways to reside in extreme areas. This endless city has had major effects environmentally because of . the population. The third collage was done in my 4th year. I was exploring ideas of creating a more natural and vibrant Brasília. In the project my partner and I redeveloped and extended an existing park in the spine of Brasília and intergrated a new bus station, which was at the heart of the original design of the city.

graffiti and muralism in architecture

mĂŠxico city urbanism

rethinking brasĂlia

9714 Appin Falls Spring, Texas 77379 joel.n.rios@gmail.com 713.822.2707