Julia torrubia aznárez

graduate architecture portfolio Julia Torrubia Aznรกrez

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E3 CITY

ENERGETIC, ECONOMIC & EFFICIEN CITY Degree in Architecture · Thesis Project Urban regeneration · Civic & event centre

2PERCEIVED ENVIRONMENTS IN OFFICES THE OCCUPANTS’ COMFORT PERCEPTION AS A DESIGN GUIDE FOR WORKING SPACES.

Master in Architecture · Dissertation Project Design guide for offices · Office building refurbishment

3PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Julia Torrubia Aznárez REFERENCE PERSON: Simos Yannas:

simos@aaschool.ac.uk Herman Calleja

herman.calleja@gmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam: I am Julia Torrubia Aznárez, Spanish architect and MArch in Sustainable Environmental Design.

During my Diploma in Architecture and MArch in Sustainable Environmental Design, I have focused my studies on three main aspects: Architecture for humans: A design based on how the space and internal conditions are perceived by the users. My MArch dissertation, under Simos Yannas’ supervision, is a research on how physical conditions affect the occupant’s comfort perception and behaviour. Using this as a tool to reduce the energy performance of buildings.

http://issuu.com/jtorrubia/docs/julia_torrubia_aznarez_dp?e=4644912/34632788 Buildings’ context: in terms of urban morphology, local climate, and history. Architecture should respond to the specific climatic and contextual conditions in order to improve the inhabitant’s comfort while creating a relation within the city and its history.

Interdisciplinary integration: every discipline affecting architecture, such as sociology or engineer, should be integrated, creating a unified and solid proposal. I especially explored this matter during the design process of my thesis project. https://www.behance.net/gallery/12205149/E3-City-Energetic-economic-Efficient-City I am an open-minded, passionate and committed architect, excited with challenges. On top of this, I consider that working with an interdisciplinary team, like yours, enrich the architectural project.

Professionally, I worked during a year as an environmental consultant for Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU, in Madrid. In this position, I developed technical reports and had to deal with clients, suppliers and consultants.

While being an intern in Estudio Lamela, I participated in large-scale projects such as the refurbishment of the Zaragoza Expo into City of Justice, elaborating constructive details and working drawings. I also volunteered in Solar Decathlon Europe and worked in the UK during a summer on an international company, integrated in the Human Resources team.

Currently I am not registered in RIBA, but, as a Spanish architect I can register as Part-III without examination if you consider it neccesary.

I would appreciate the opportunity to meet and discuss how my work and capabilities are of interest for your company. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any other information.

Yours sincerely,

Julia Torrubia Aznárez

E CITY 3

ENERGETIC, ECONOMIC & EFFICIEN CITY 2016 Undergraduate Thesis project E.P.S CEU San Pablo Current cities’ challenge is to become self-sufficient. This can be achieved through a 3d urban design, adding a thermodynamical layer. The aim of this thesis project is to upgrade the city of Madrid (Spain) under this hypothesis. Four holistic networks are developed: - Water network: collect and recycle naturally the runoff water in order to use it for recreational elements, irrigation and raising the humidity levels of problematic spots. It also raises the relative humidity levels and decreases the heat island effect.

- Biomass network: green channels for the movement of flora and fauna are created along with compost spots. It also reduces the heat island effect.

- Energy network: the wind, solar and geothermal energy are generated in the nodes of the network and used for the public electrical expenses.

- Socioeconomic network: business and equipment required by the neighborhoods are placed in order to dissolve inmigration ghettos and mitigate social problems.

The node of “Cuatro Caminos”, in which the four networks match, is developed. The area suffers from a lack of cultural services and green areas, it also has high percentages of immigrants. Therefore, a civic centre is developed on a public square with businesses and green areas. The building is a sustainable construction

URBAN RESEARCH The aspects affecting to thermodynamic processes whithin the city were explored to define problematic spots. These areas were located and transformed into “active nodes� responding to the social, environmental and economic needs of that area, and connected by the urban networks ( water, biomass, energy and socio-economic)

URBAN NERWORKS 路 CUATRO CAMINOS ACTIVE NODE WATER NETWORK

BIOMASS NETWORK

WIND

SOLAR

ENERGY NETWORK

SOCIO-ECONOMIC NETWORK

The morphology of the building is conditioned by different thermodynamic factors, especially the solar angle and the prevailing winds.

VIEWS Allow the views to interior and exterior stages

WIND Creates tunnels to drive the wind

HUMIDITY Creates movable barriers to either content or let pass the humidity of the park to the centre of the building

SUN Creates barriers for higher solar protection and areas eposed to the sunlight

SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION

RAIN WATER COLLECTION

WINTER SUN ANGLE

MOVABLE TEXTILE PARTITIONS

SUMMER SUN ANGLE

CLIMATICED SPACES

The building is developed on an helicoidal ramp 100% accessible. A series of towers are spread along it as vertical connection hubs. They also function as solar and wind energy collectors.

WIND ENERGY GENERATION AEROESLASTICITY TURBINES

SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION

PERCEIVED ENVIRONMENTS IN OFFICES THE OCCUPANTS’ COMFORT PERCEPTION AS A DESIGN GUIDE FOR WORKING SPACES.

2016 Graduate Sustainable Environmental Design MArch Dissertation project Architectural Association School of Architecture Current office design vastly ignores environmental factors and the inhabitant conditions. As a result there is a global typology that offers uncomfortable and high energy consuming spaces that exclude and isolate the occupants. A poor perception of the working space drives the user to a negligent adaptive behaviour, degraded mood and deficient productivity rates. Climate, context, new working trends and occupants’ perception and behaviour towards the space are essential to design or upgrade office typologies.

This dissertation was developed with the aim to provide a design method that takes the occupants’ comfort perception and response into account for working spaces. The proposed strategies are tested on an existing office building in Madrid. The key points of the developed methodology focus on offering freedom to the occupant to choose their preferred working atmosphere, allowing adaptive, easy to use and accessible control strategies that may be managed by the building and/or the occupant in a free running mode.

Humans are affected by the physic conditions of the spaces they inhabit. They impact on us on a psychological and physiological level. The environmental parameters that drive the physiological reaction must be granted, as the health depends on them. While they remain constant, the atmospheric parameters can vary and enhance the perception of the space increasing the comfort, job satisfaction or productivity. Both categories of parameters must be adapted to the working patterns developed, and depending on the physic conditions of the spaces they should be located in different parts of the building.

PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTION Temp PHYSIC CONDITIONS

Comfort perception Job satisfaction Productivity

ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS

(Perception)

RH Illum

PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTION

Sweat Headache Stress

ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS

(Health) INHABITANT

WORKING PATTERNS

LOCATION OF THE ATMOSPHERES

WORKING SPACES

SOCIAL AREAS

MEETING SPACES

The design guide proposed suggests a series of steps that should be followed during the design of an office.

- Location of the atmospheres.

- Volume and construction.

- Window to wall ratio specification.

- Solar protection.

- Confirmation of the comfort conditions.

ORIGINAL BUILDING.

ORIGINAL BUILDING.

NEW VOLUMETRY.

FINAL PROPOSAL WITH EXTENDED SHADINGS.

REDUCTION OF THE GLAZED SURFACE.

FINAL PROPOSAL WITH EXTENDED SHADINGS.

RETRACTILE MECHANISM Post Support of three fabrics on the corners

Retractil structure

Fabric. Recycled canvas.

Joint of the awning and the facade module

Fabric. Recycled canvas.

Steel post Facade module Concrete slab

SHADING DEVICES MODULES

MOVABLE MODULE 1

MOVABLE MODULE 2

FIXED MODULE

The distribution and amount of the glazed and operable surface are decided depending on the daylight and thermal levels desired in the different atmospheres.

Different shading devices are designed in order to avoid overheating, glare and over-illumination, offering comfort for the specific conditions of each space.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Almost two years of professional experience.

Undergraduate internships: - Estudio Lamela.

- Collaboration with Javier S谩enz Guerra.

Public area in Alcobendas. Contest. Elaboration of graphic documentation and constructive details - Collaboration with Vicente Enguix Navarro.

Residential developments. Graphic documentation, models, renders, constructive details, budgets.

Volunteering: - Solar decathlon Europe 2012: Communication volunteer. Control of the test that the houses had to pass and communication between the teams and the visitors.

Architect: - Fundaci贸n Universitaria CEU San Pablo. Architect and energy consultant Others: - HR assistant. Merial Animal Health UK. - LABgrade competition (First prize).

Summer internship during the undergraduate studies.

Participated in the projects: Europan contest: a museum in Poland. Elaboration of the master-plan and graphic documentation.

Basic project: courts in Guinea. Elaboration of graphic documentation.

Refurbishment Zaragoza Expo in City of Justice: Elaboration of constructive details of the facade elements and technical plans.

Architect and energy consultant. 1 year.

Responsibilities: - Constructive details.

- Energy evaluation.

- Contact with clients and suppliers.

- Assisting and running different projects simultaneously.

- Writing a specification.

- Dealing with legislation and regulations.

- Site visits.

Sustainable international contest elaborated in three days.

Refurbishment and extension of a hotel in Cernobbio, Italy. The main target was to reduce the energy consumption. The new activities were organized depending on their requirements and heat production.

The shape of the extension is the result of these processes.

Julia Torrubia Aznárez Nationality: Spanish

CONTACT:

Date of birth: 1st of July 1987

Gender: Female

Spanish architect and MArch in Sustainable Environmental Design with almost two years of experience. Recently graduated from the AA School of Architecture.

07518997203 Julia.Torrubia@gmail.com Flat 1A Lanark Mansion, 12 Lanark Road.

W9 1DB London https://uk.linkedin. com/in/julia-torrubiaazn%C3%A1rez-28316432/en

LANGUAGE: English (High level) Spanish (Native)

EDUCATION: 2014 - 2016 MArch. Sustainable Environmental Design AA School of Architecture.

London UK 2013 Accredited Assessor “Verde”.

Green Building Council españa (GBCe).

Madrid, ES. 2005 - 2013 Dipl. Architecture EPS San Pablo CEU Madrid, ES

COURSES: 2014 Title on Energy efficiency and sustainable constructions.

EPS San Pablo CEU. Madrid, ES 2013 Energetic performance. Grasshopper.

Algomad 2012 Madrid, ES 2012 Rhinoceros & Grasshopper EPS San Pablo CEU Madrid, ES 2009 Sketchup pro & V-Ray Studio Banana Madrid, ES 2005 Modelling EPS San Pablo CEU Madrid, ES

EXPERIENCE: 2016 INVITED LECTURER AA School of Architecture. SED Graduate program.

Cernobbio, What else? First prize in LABgrade international contest.

2013 Energy consultant. (1year) Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU. Madrid, ES Developed technical reports and deal with clients, suppliers and consultants during the refurbishment and design of different educational offices.

2012 Communication volunteer. (1month) Solar Decathlon Europe. Madrid, ES Control of the tests performed on the prototype sustainable homes based on solar energy during the Solar Decathlon competition to prove their energy efficiency and viability.

2011 Human Resources Assistant. (2 months) Merial Animal Health. Harlow, GB Document management, event support, graphics improvements in presentations and language support.

2010 Architectural Assistant. (1month) Estudio Javier Saenz Guerra. Madrid, ES Collaboration on the restricted contest for remodeling Artesanía Square’s facade at Alcobendas, Madrid, ES. Outcome: Finalists 2009 Architectural Assistant. (2 months) Estudio Lamela. Madrid, ES Support on: - Europan Competition (Poland) - Blueprint for the courts in Guinea - Construction Project for the conversion in Business Park buildings in the Expo Zaragoza water.

2008 Architectural Assistant. (3 months) Estudio Vicente Enguix Navarro. Madrid, ES Graphic documentation, infographic, modeling assumptions, models and 3d development.

COMPUTER SKILLS: Autocad- Profficient Sketchup pro- High level Rhinoceros- Medium level Grasshopper- Medium-High level Adobe creative suit: High Revit- Low level

DIVA- Medium-high level EDSL TAS- Medium-high level Rayman pro- High level Ecotec- Medium level Flow design- Medium level Microsoft office: High

AWARDS: 2016:LABGRADE Sustainable competition 2016. (First prize) Milan. Internation contest http://www.labgrade.net/ 2011:Schindler National Contest (First prize) Schindler group.

2009:3ºTravelling notebook contest · Drawing category (First prize) EPS San Pablo CEU. Madrid, ES 2008:2ºTravelling notebook contest · Drawing category (First prize) EPS San Pablo CEU. Madrid, ES 2008:2ºTravelling notebook contest · Photography category(First prize) EPS San Pablo CEU. Madrid, ES 2003:City of Ávila Quick paint Contest. (Distinction) Council of Ávila. Ávila, ES

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