Jose Cruz Work Samples

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SELECTED WORKS

JOSÉ LUIS CRUZ Architecture is a vehicle through which I ask questions of our everyday existence, questions of the built environment, of human nature and how these two conditions intersect. Thus, for me, architecture is both the science of analyzing all that surrounds us as well as the art of curating our highest ambitions into these surroundings as a designed reality. 1

the evolving role of the urban street

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dissecting structural PURITY

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free as air

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modular configurations

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columbia university, gsapp

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architrave 19, student publication

east harlem, new york

building analysis of the ingalls hockey rink

urban exchange: education + city dwelling

new york housing

naab accreditation 2013 curation

university of florida, editor-in-chief

columbia university, gsapp

advanced standing admission, march ii , 2012 - 2014

university of florida, soa

bachelors of design in architecture, 2009 - 2012

joselgcruz@gmail.com | 386-212-0889 515 w 111th street new york, new york 10025

WWW.JOSELUISGABRIELCRUZ.COM

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EAST HARLEM, NEW YORK

THE EVOLVING ROLE OF THE URBAN STREET It was Jane Jacobs in her book, The Death and Life of

American Cities, who identified the qualities of a performative street as a catalyst for ideal urban living. More than fifty years after her diagnoses it seems that cities continue to grow, forcing streets to accomodate increasing performative stresses. Furthermore, in Manhattan the streetscape has evolved into one in which the only way to grow is “up.� This semester-long project, sited in East Harlem, questions how living, shoping and the role of the street as an urban thread might evolve within 100 years from today if the street was forced to grow vertically. PARTNERS

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BLES S YEE + MILES FUJIKI


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WHERE TO BEGIN: ANALYSIS OF CONTEXT

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE ELEVATED STREET: PROGRAM ZONING + CIRCULATION INFRASTRUCTURE


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A GROUNDLESS NEW STREET


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VERTICAL ORGANIZATION OF COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL + PUBLIC SPACES ALONG NEW STREET


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THE ELEVATED STREET INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTS NEW FORM OF REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPMENT


INGALLS HOCKEY RINK

dissecting structural purity The Ingalls Hockey Rink, completed in 1958, sits within the Yale University Campus, as a clear example of adventurous engineering and is even claimed by some, to be Eero Saarinen’s most successful attempt at mixing visual excitement to create his own interpretation of modern architecture. I, together with three other peers, worked on a semester-long scavenger hunt to reconstruct and analyze the unique structural qualities of the “Yale Whale.” P ART NER S

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RECONSTRUCTING AN ANALYTICAL MODEL OF EERO SAARRINEN’S INGALLS HOCKEY RINK, 1953

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ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL SYSTEMS


URBAN EXCHANGE

FREE AS AIR Based on Peter Cooper’s belief that an education should be as “free as air and water,” the proposal seeks to embody this concept into architectural fact. It is constructed with varying degrees of opaque, translucent and transparent layers that exhibit the diverse systems within a university setting to the adjacent urban street. This dialogue results in an interplay of interior visual connections that invite the curiosity of the pedestrian while establishing a defined tectonic edge that contributes in demarcating the urban edge. PARTNER

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FREE AS AIR

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CRITIC: AlfONSO pEREZ / pARTNER: TIM bEECKEN / yEAR fOUR

URBAN ADVANCEMENT: HIGHER LEARNING + SOCIAL HOUSING CREATING pUblIC OASIS Other than the High Line, minimal public spaces are offerred to the residents of the immediate residential areas. SITUATING WITHIN THE MANHATTAN blOCK The site, situated within an industrial area of Chelsea, is two blocks from the Hudson Yards and the Hudson River.

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APPLICATION OF TRANSPARENT TECTONICS + PROGRAMMING

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EMBEDDING EDUCATIONAL + DWELLING SPACES WITHIN AN EXISTING URBAN FABRIC


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LAYERED TRANSPARENCY IN BOTH TECTONICS AND SPACE ARRANGEMENT


NEW YORK HOUSING

MODULAR CONFIGURATIONS The concept of the Module as a generator spawned from the study of Le Corbusier’s Unite d’ Habitation in which he utilized the L-shaped unit as a strategy to maximize dwelling space. The study of the module, combined with the Manhattan site, led to an exploration of new formless typologies which would seek new modes of urban dwelling. PARTNER

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VISUALIZATION OF URBAN DWELLING + ACTIVITY


HOUSING dISTRIbUTION MATRIx

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HOUSING IN THE SKy The playful manipulation of units within an irregular system of organization creates tertiary recreational spaces that enable the inhabitant to freely explore within their own community.

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dISTRIbUTION 4pROGRAMMATIC MODULAR CONFIGURATIONS

EXPLORATION IN LIVABLE MODULE AGGREGATIONS + TOWER OPERATIONS


NAAB ACCREDITATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GSAPP Every six years, the National Architectural Acredditation Board conducts an external quality assurance review to guage the school’s overall performance and to report these findings to the students and public. Earlier this year, I was asked to design and direct efforts in preparation for this review. My responsibilities were expanded and involved ensuring a comprehensive exhibit of student and faculty work, lectures and events at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation from the past six years. PARTNERS

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GSAPP

DAVID BENJAMIN + GEORGE VALDES


BOARD TYPES + SIZES

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CONTACTS

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COORDINATOR: GEORGE VALDEZ FLOOR LAYOUT: JOSE CRUZ GRAPHICS/LAYOUTS: ALEJANDRO STEIN DAVID HECHT

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ALL SIX POSTERS ARE DONE. THEY SIMPLY NEED TO BE PLOTTED. CONTACT JOSE OR GEORGE FOR FILES.

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EXHIBITION TEAM: ADAM BANDLER

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WORK WAS COMPILED BY JOSE CRUZ BUT IN NEED OF STUDENT HELP TO POPULATE BOARDS.

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VISUAL STUDIES ALEJANDRO STEIN WILL PREPARE VISUAL STUDIES TEMPLATE. HOWEVER, WE MUST FIND STUDENT HELP TO POPULATE BOARDS WITH CONTENT.

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EVENTS + EXHIBITIONS EVENTS DEPT, PLEASE POPULATE YOUR ZONE WITH LECTURE SERIES POSTERS + EVENT POSTERS. FOUR TV MONITERS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO ZONE 5 TO DISPLAY PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. 1.5” GAP BETWEEN TYPE #4 BOARDS 1” GAP BETWEEN TYPE #2 BOARDS

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LABS ALEJANDRO STEIN & CO. WILL PREPARE TEMPLATE. HOWEVER, WE MUST FIND STUDENT HELP TO POPULATE WITH CONTENT. CONTACT JOSE CRUZ FOR IMAGES. 1.5” GAP BETWEEN TYPE #3 BOARDS

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ORGANIZE WORK, DESIGN LAYOUT + OVERSEE COMPLETION OF MAIN FLOOR EXHIBITION FOR NAAB GSAPP ACCREDITATION, 2013


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SNAPSHOTS OF THE DIVERSE RANGE OF STUDENT WORK, EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS + PROGRAMS AT GSAPP REPRESENTED IN THE MAIN FLOOR


UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

ARCHITRAVE 19 STUDENT PUBLICATION After being selected as Editor-in-Chief of Architrave, a long-standing student publication at the University of Florida, I was tasked with recruiting a team of peers that would spend the next year collecting, editing, designing, promoting, financing and ultimately publishing a book that would best represent UF’s studio culture and curriculum. The endeavor quickly evolved in form, organization and content that, in hindsight, renewed a sense of enthusiam for the undergraduate architecture program at Florida among students and faculty. PARTNERS

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ARCHITRAVE 19 STUDENT PUBLICATION

DERRICK ARCHER, ANTONY DARCE, ROLANDO LOPEZ, MIGUEL CASTANEDA, CORINA OCANTO, SARAH GLASS, DAN ADAMS + VOLUNTEER STUDENTS


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ARCHITRAVE 19 STUDENT PUBLICATION

IMAGES OF THE ARCHITRAVE 19 ISSUE


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