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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT 2010/2014 Juliana Vélez Duque

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT 2010/2014 [juliana.vd@hotmail.com]

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Juliana Vélez Duque

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT 2010/2014 Juliana Vélez Duque

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CURRICULUM VITAE ABOUT ME Name: Juliana Last Name: Vélez Duque Date of Birth: 21 september 1990 Place of Birth: Medellín, Colombia Cityzenship: Colombian Portfolio: http://issuu.com/juliana.vd/docs/ undergraduate-portfolio

CONTACT Adress / City: Telephone / Cellphone number: E-mail:

Cra 35 # 5 Sur 350 Apto 10-01 / Medellín, Colombia (+57 4) 311 38 31 / (+57 312) 287 97 14 juliana.vd@hotmail.com

BASIC EDUCATION [ 01/1995 - 12/2008 ]

Gimnasio los Pinares School, Medellín, COLOMBIA Elementary and high school

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES [ 01/2009 - 06/2010 ]

EAFIT University, Medellín, COLOMBIA. Product Design Engineering.

3 terms.

[ 09/2013 - 12/2013 ]

Napier University, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND. Exchange student, 1 term

[ 07/2010 - To date]

Pontificia Bolivariana University, Medellín, COLOMBIA. Architecture 4th year

COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION [ 01/1995 - 12/2002 ]

Marymount School, Medellín, COLOMBIA. English Courses

[ 01/2008 - 12/2008 ]

LEXICOM English School, Medellín, COLOMBIA. Advanced English Courses

Juliana Vélez

[ 01/2002 - 12/2007 ]

Alliance Francaise, Medellín, COLOMBIA. Cursos de francés

[ 01/2011 - 06/2012 ]

National Learning Service (SENA) Basic Construction Courses

[ 03/2013 ]

WORKSHOP: Laura Spinadel (BUS Architecture) + UPB “Housing that builds future”

ACADEMIC HONORS [ 11/2011 ]

Honorific Mention for Academic Excellence Best Project: Acuatic Herbarium Pontificia Bolivariana University, Faculty of Architecture

[ 11/2011 ]

Recognition: Sense of belonging and collaboration in faculty transformation processes Pontificia Bolivariana University, Faculty of Architecture

[ 11/2011 ]

First place in faculty’s 75th year commemoration Workshop with project: “Traffic Jam Living” Pontificia Bolivariana University, Faculty of Architecture

[ 10/2012 ]

People’s Choice Award in the Workplace of the Future Competition with project: “Space without Space” Fentress Global Challenge, Fentress Architects.

[ 03/2013 ]

Second place in “Housing that builds future” Workshop Laura Spinadel (BUS Architecture) + UPB

[ 07/2014 ]

Gold in the “Architecture and Interior design” category with project: “Rivering” The Creative Conscience Award 2014

SKILLS Languages

Spanish: Native Language English: Fluent (TOEFL 112) French: Basic Understanding

Software Skills

Computed Aided Design AutoCAD 2013 Architecture Graphich development Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign Adobe Premiere, Corel Draw X5

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Modelling 3D & Rendering Rhinoceros 4.0 PRO Engineer Wildfire Lumion 2.5 Programming & Hardware Processing Arduino

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE [ 11/2010 ]

Ctrl G Lab. www.ctrlgarquitectos.com/ Collaboration with MAMM project.

[ 12/2011 ]

Architect. Carlos Molina.

Collaboration with Masters dreegre investigation “Conexión Río”.

[ 08/2012 ]

Obranegra Arquitectos. http://obranegra.com/ Carlos Pardo + Juan Manuel Pelaez Collaboration with Pacific Rubiales Private Competition.

[ 12/2012 - 05/2013 ]

INDISA S.A - http://www.indisa.com/ Design team development of the project “Litoral Estrella” (Children Playground) and it’s graphic support.

[ 04/2014 ]

WUF7 - World Urban Forum Part of the logistics team in Networking Events.

[ 08/2014 ]

Opus Studio. http://www.opusestudio.com/ Collaboration with “Civic Center” competition.

PERSONAL REFERENCES Name: Contact number: E-mail:

Obranegra Senior partner and head of design department Architect Carlos Alberto Pardo (+ 57 4) 311 6700 carlospardo@obranegra.com

Name: Contact number: E-mail:

International Relationships advisor at UPB Miguel Ángel Betancur (+ 57 4) 3544546 miguel.betancur@upb.edu.co

Name: Contact number: E-mail:

Head of design department at Planta Baja studio.

Architect Juan David Botero (+ 57 4) 3667305 juandavid@plantabajaestudio.com

PROJECTS The following projects are a showcase of academic development from my undergraduate studies in architecture. The selection shown in this portfolio portrays my identity as an architect by highlighting my research interests and showing how I have conceptualized various design challenges.

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A.1/ Arts and Crafts school for communication technologies A.2/ “Rivering” A.3/ 6 degrees of separation: Housing Project A.4/ “Traffic Jam Living”

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R.1/ SAP “South American Project” Atlas R.2/ I “Slot”Casino: Research on a Strip

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P.1/ Space Without Space (FGC 2012) P.2/ Litoral Estrella: Children playground

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ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL: COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FORMAL STRUCTURE: COMPOSING ELEMENTS 1. PLATFORM

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LOCATION: Oleoducto Neighborhood, Medellín, Colombia PERIOD: 01/2014 - 06/2014 TEAM: Juliana Vélez COORDINATOR: Carlos Andrés Betancur

The objective of the project was to design an arts and crafts school that responded to the context.

After studying the location that was assigned in class, it was found that there is a strong tendency to communication networks along the area. This is reflected in a series of local actions that create a network of broadcasting and telecommunications.

Because of this, the project proposes a school that attends to this need, and provides knowledge in broadcasting, networking, and other technologies that involve communication.

The area in which the project was located is one of the former oil storage zones, and contains two abandoned tanks. These objects were the central core in which the project was conceptualized.

As the entire neighbourhood is distributed with oil tanks, the projects seeks to mimic this characteristic and uses the modular structure of cylinders to create and relate the program of the school.

The ceiling of the project is a walking platform that becomes a living square.

The purpose of this is to create a continuing public space in the direction of the slope.

2. THE CYLINDERS By dividing the spaces in several volumes, the building becomes a network in which the nodes are the spaces and the circulation paths are the links.

3. THE BRIDGES Tangent bridges connect the spaces creating a diffuse sensation between the inside and outside of the building. the also help connecting the various levels in the slope.

4. NATURE Being a very green area, the building allows the vegetation to pass through the building and onto the other side of the park.

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URBAN PLAN

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AUDITORIUM/ MULTIPLEX

ACCESS RAMP: OUTDOOR THEATER

INNOVATION CENTER AND LIBRARY

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On the other hand, “Oleoducto” neighborhood is next to the greenest area in the city. Accordingly, the project must attend to this circumstance and in this sense, proposes a spatial structure in which nature can pass freely along the project, making the relationship between the inside and outside a diffuse appreciation.

The section shows the interior of the school and the main access, being one of the most important features of the project. This entrance hub is thought to engage students in the

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MAIN ACCESS/ FORMER FUEL TANK

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STUDENT SQUARE AND CAFETERIA

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It should create a sense of excitement about learning.

Spaces that benefit academically from social interaction with peers.

to accommodate both current and evolving pedagogies.

to look beyond tried and tested technologies and pedagogies.

BROADCASTING CENTER

CONNECTING BRIDGES

CLASSROOMS

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learning experience.

The stepped slope in which the building is placed allows various levels to be created. The platform that is shown above, intends a continuous public space that resembles the rest of the neighbourhood in which the tanks spread widely across the terrain.

The circular distribution of the spaces promotes a more innovative environment in which everyone works as a team instead of one person owning the entire knowledge of a subject.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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RIVERING: ECO-FRIENDLY POP-UP SHELTER

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PROJECT BRIEF

LOCATION: Unspecified, Chocó, Colombia PERIOD: 09/2013 - 11/2013 TEAM: Juliana Vélez - Mónica Suárez.

COORDINATOR: Scott Gowans - Ian Lambert.

“The Creative Conscience Awards is a not-for-profit awards scheme, which encourages students from different creative disciplines across the globe to use their talents to make a difference”1 Rivering is a shelter strategy that provides various yet controlled, grouping patterns that respond to the territory. As it is located in rivers, this type of settlement offers the inhabitant safer relocation options, in case of flooding or localized violent outbursts. 2 As it is a floating shelter, it can adapt easily to the different conditions that the Chocó territory implies. It is thought to respond to different scenarios that can present when living in shelter: 1. Getting Drinking water: Being Chocó the region where it rains the most in the world, lack of water is not a problem. Each Rivering shelter has its own system to collect rain water.

There is also and special moving hub that provides drinking water.

2. Landing/Intervention Hub: The main cities of the region are 1 http://www.creative-conscience.co.uk/home/about-us/ 2 http://www.creative-conscience.co.uk/home/portfolio/ monica-suarez-juliana-velez-2/

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Rivering LIVING ON THE EDGE

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located beside the river. That is the reason why in each one of them an intervention hub is located. Rivering shelters can constantly be landing there to get supplies.

3. Navigating: Rivering shelters can easily ungroup and navigate through the river in case of any emergency. The navigation system imitates the common and simple way in which the people from the region move around in their rafts.

4. Floating village: It is safer and more profitable to live in a community.

In that sence, Rivering presents multiple possibilities to join the platforms together and create a

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Border Road River City/Town Coca Plantation Indigenous Afroamericans Intervention HUBS

MAP KEY

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Context WHERE IS IT?

WAR IN COLOMBIA

THE SOLUTION

THE PROBLEM

WHO is being affected?

THE PROBLEM WHERE is it?

Colombia has been in a civil war for over 50 years.

The conflict is mainly located in the rural part of the country.

THE PROBLEM HOW is it funded?

Cocaine is the main income of terrorist groups.

Coca leaf is mainly grown in forgotten territories.

THE SOLUTION

In the beginning it was about socialist ideals.

Nowadays it is only about money and power.

THE PROBLEM

WHAT is it about?

Indigenous people, afrodescendants and peasants are the main population being affected in this war.

THE SOLUTION HOW do they live?

They live in simple houses, usually near the river or the sea.

Their activities are mainly related to water.

THE SOLUTION WHY the river?

Choc贸 is one of the richest places in the world in water resources. It is also known for major floods.

Rivering LIVING ON THE EDGE

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GROUPING STRATEGIES: FLOATING SETTLEMENT

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2 families (8 people) floating together Diverse configurations bring identity to each settlement.

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3 families (12 people) floating together floating settlement.

Either if there is a Guerilla threat or a flooding disaster, Rivering allows people to navigate through the water and find another location to settle safely. the multiple possibilities in which the shelters can be joined together, allows groups of families to base their life in a community.

Once the families have joined, they can ask for additional platforms that increased the space of interaction.

There are different types of these platforms such as bathroom, fishing

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POP UP SHELTER: TRANSPORTING AND BUILDING IT.

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Rivering is built with a simple structure of tubes and panels. This Pop-Up system allows it to be built in a very short period of time.

Materials used for the parts are easy to find in this region and guarantee a good response to the climate Using the platforms and the outriggers as storage containers, it is easy to transport the components of Rivering. As the system allows these parts to stack up, transportation across the area can be faster and more manageable.

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Concept HOW IT WORKS

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6 DEGREES: HOUSING PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LOCATION: COMPOSITION

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TERRACE The ceiling is adequated so it can be a usable space within the house. It can conect to the neighbor house depending on the slope.

OUTSTANDING VOLUME A higher residual volme appears when the slope changes within the street.

There is an opportunity to connect the different houses with it.

LOCATION: Castilla Neighborhood, Medellín, Colombia PERIOD: 07/2013 - 11/2013 TEAM: Juliana Vélez COORDINATOR: Juan David Botero

As an academic exercise, the design of a colective housing project is proposed in the Castilla neighborhood, on a specific block.

After a conscious study of the entourage, the findings highlight a high complexity and richness in the spatial configuration of the typical houses of Castilla. Even though this constructions have technical and architectonical difficulties, they create gaps that promote social relationships and give identity to this area.

Tunels, stairs, bridges, terraces and patios, are found among the houses and small buildings. These places are the ones that allow a permanent visual relationship between the inhabitants of the area. It is easy to reconize each other and relate to the space where they interact.

Accordingly, the intention of the project is to recreate this conditions while guaranteeing quality architectural housing that solve the major problems that are found today in this spaces. As a result, a building of 5 different housing typologies is created along with a public ground floor that integrates the project with the urban surroundings.

“STREET LEVEL” HOUSES “UNDERGROUND” HOUSE They are located according to the “street It appears as a consecuence of the level”, but need the existence of a bridge change in slope as the street or external stairs to salvage the height of progresses. It is possible to access such the “underground house”. houses because the street is elevated.

TYPOLOGIES: THE IDENTITY OF THESE HOUSES Niches

Patios

Tunnels Niches

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The composition of the different apartments is created according to the inclination that creates either patios or stairs. These collective elements structure the network that conforms the building.

This is how, as the floor began to stack up, stairs, bridges, alleys and voids start to appear. All of these strategies, which are evident in the section, are provided to replicate the spatial richness that is already found in this particular neighborhood.

The target is to mantain their architectural identity.

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Longer facade orientated to the patios to avoid sunset and overheating of the apartment.

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Gardens that adress the lack of vegetation in the neighborhood.

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Voids that create diverse heights in between the different floors of the building.

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Pierced walls that allow ventilation and control the entrance of light.

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Exposed stairs that encourage social interactions between the inhabitants.

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Public ground floor that stimulates the social interactions of the entire block.

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Opaque glass that use the indirect component of light for illumination.

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Joined patios that promote activities within the building.

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The facade of the building responds to the different connections that are seen in the section. It is possible to creaty connectivity by different elements. In this order of ideas, it is possible to spot 3 different configurations in the facade: Stairs, Patios and voids.

The 5 different typologies that compose the building adress a diversity of users that are already in the area. This is how a collaborative community is projected to conform an eclectic building with diverse senses of the ocupation of space.

BY VOID

VISUAL RELATIONS ALONG THE BUILDING

CONECTION LINKS BETWEEN FLOORS

BY STAIR

SPACES FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

BY PATIO

FACADE STRATEGIES: CONNECTING

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As a result, the project is a building that tries to integrate the city with a mix of public, collectiva and private T3 spaces.

T3 The use of patios and stairs as a meeting point, replicates the sense of neighborgood that is often found in this particular block. It is way of preserving the social interactions that already exist in this place.

Finally, it is thought to be a social network that builds the city from the collective interactions that come from within the project.

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“TRAFIC JAM LIVING”: URBAN LEISURE SITUATION AT HAND: UNBEREABLE TRAFFIC

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PROJECT BRIEF

LOCATION: “El Poblado” Park, Medellín, Colombia PERIOD: 09/2011 TEAM: Mónica Suárez, Carlos Daniel Montoya, Juliana Vélez.

COORDINATOR: Pontificia Bolivariana

For the 75th anniversary of the Architecture faculty, UPB proposed a three day workshop in which the student body had to come up with different interventions inspired on urban leisure.

“Urban Leisure” is based on the concept that a person who lives in the city (Homo Ludens) seeks to maximize joy in urban living.

The challenge here was how urban spaces should respond to this need, and how might joy be materialized with a spatial proposal.

The idea behind “Traffic Jam Living” was to reinterpret the time wasted in regular traffic jams, and make it a fun and enjoyable experience.

In order to change the notion of this particular situation, it was necessary to establish a chaos condition among the streets, where citizens were obligated to participate in the proposed interaction.

What if we were pushed to enjoy being stuck in traffic? By creating a physical blockage on the streets, leisure would be imminent.

The intervention consisted in closing

IDEAL SITUATION: ENJOYING THE TRAFFIC JAM

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GENERAL PLAN

several streets with different car typologies that, once grouped, will compose diverse party experiences.

In that order of ideas, by putting together a pool car, a bar, and a music car, people would get a pool party.

If there was a grass car, a food car, and a bed car, people would create a camping area, and so on with the rest of the activities.

The result of the proposal was a net of leisure situations, all possible by the compilation of simple elements that could be recreated in the inside of a car.

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TYPOLOGIES OF THE INTERVENTION CAR TYPE ACTIVITY

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HOW MANY CARS DO YOU NEED?

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Camping

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SPACE WITHOUT SPACE : FGC 2012 WORKPLACE EVOLUTION: SPACE PARADOX OUR GRANDPARENTS [ The cublicle empire ]

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PROJECT BRIEF

LOCATION: Unspecified PERIOD: 10/2012 TEAM: Mónica Suárez, Juliana Vélez, Sebastián Vélez.

COORDINATORS: Fentress Architects Fentress Global Challenge

Fentress Architects proposed a contest about what would the workplace of the future be like, in terms of space. “The international competition was created to give the global design community an opportunity to showcase their talents”.1 200 student submissions participated and “Space Without Space” was within the 11 finalist that where chosen, and was awarded with “People’s Choice Award” with the video entry “Space Without Space”2.

While designing the workspace of the future the design team encountered a space paradox: The crescent wave of telecommunications has enabled workers to connect themselves to the cloud without requiring physical interaction, which has undermined the value of a working environment.

Accordingly, the future will be a freelance era. The freelancer was chosen as a subject of study because of their working dynamic. They work 1 Fentress Architects official page: http://www.fentressarchitects. com/edge/global-challenge/2012/winners/ 2 Video Entry Link: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=MAdiV6y07UA

OUR PARENTS [ Working by departments ]

NOWADAYS [ The little office ]

FUTURE [ The freelancer era! ]

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HOW TO DO IT?

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Destroy the cubicle

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People working isolated Metro Station

Boulevard

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Park Street France

Airport Spain

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under their own schedule, rules and disposition. They have been taught to market themselves thoughout the net and are used to working by specialized areas. The freelancer is its own brand.

The existence of a network has obliged people to live under a metaphysical state of mind, in which they have to be in two different sensitive planes. Based on this circumstances, it was decided to approach the architecture project from a virtual sense of space. This would enable people to connect themselves without the need of a material working environment.

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Working environment...

What do you need?

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train station

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By creating an interconnected web of actions and places, users can choose their working conditions according to their needs and preferences. The proposal was to provide spaces with continued availability that generated a flexible working network.

People are accustomed to being connected 24/7, which has changed the way users relate to their jobs and obligations. Being reachable every second is a new way of living.

In order to supply the productivity levels that this demands, there must exist a physical infrastructure that enables the web to be materialized.

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HOW DOES IT FEEL LIKE How does it feel like

HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE

People Diversity, colaboration, interaction, multidisciplinary

Fluid Workplace Eliminate physical barriers, dynamic spaces, changeable and adaptable.

Pay and Productivity The network allows you to be fully connected all time, everywhere.

Technology Virtual net materialized with technological elements.

Employee Wellness Workers choose their ideal working environments from a large selection of options.

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“LITORAL ESTRELLA” : CHILDREN PLAYGROUND

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LOCATION: Cartagena, Colombia PERIOD: 12/2012 - To date TEAM: Mónica Suárez, Juliana Vélez, COORDINATORS: INDISA S.A Ing. Fabio Vélez.

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Litoral Estrella (star coastline) is a kids playground that is created to materialize the fantastic world of “Captain Star”.

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Located in Cartagena, Colombia, the park is near the beach.

Surrounding the park is set of buildings that are destined for accomodation.

The Client brought the story and the characters, and it was responsibility of the design team to develop the spatial design of this imaginary world.

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After revising the tales of the captain and his friends, several fictional places where established and a map for the park concept was created.

The park is divided in 3 different areas, that respond to diverse age stages. A wet zone in the center of the park helps regulate the temperature of the complex and provides a lot of entertainment.

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SAP : DARIEN: COCAINE DREAM 1-2

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LOCATION: Darién region, Chocó, Colombia PERIOD: 01/2012 - 06/2012 TEAM: Mónica Suárez, Juliana Vélez.

COORDINATORS: Felipe Mesa, Miguel Mesa, Maria J, Sanín

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Invited by Harvard GSD, as part of The South America Project (SAP), teachers Miguel Mesa, Felipe Mesa and Maria J. Sanin, propose an investigation that researches the connectivity difficulties between Colombia and Panama through the “Darien Gap”, based on the different situations that affect the area.

Each group of students chose a controversy to map its physical and social implications in the territory.

Cocaine processing and distribution is one of the most renowned Colombian problems, and has earned the country a pejorative image in the international community.

Being that Chocó is one of the poorest regions in the country, it has been destined to the harvesting of coca leaf, cocaine production and distribution.

Throughout the investigation process, the research team established the main causes, facts and consequences of cocaine production.

Mapping exercises resulted in the overlap of different situations that helped portray the complexity of the problem.

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Research conclusions determined that the harvesting of coca leaf in the Darién region has perpetuated a violent situation between the guerillas and the indigenous population.

The growth of this product doesn’t represent a significant profit for the people in the production process, but escalates in exponential proportions in the trafficking and dealing stage.

Eradication policies threaten the biodiversity hotspot that is located in the Darién Gap. Any solutions need to take this into consideration in order to preserve the endangered species that inhabit these territories.

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COMO SE HACE LA COCAÍNA / HOW COCAINE IS MADE Todos los productos químicos utilizados para la fabricación de la cocaína tienen sustitutos que influyen en su calidad.

Every chemical product used for the cocaine process has its substitute which affects its quality.

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1 Se maceran las hojas de coca partiendolas en pedazos mas pequeños, añadiendo cal, y en algunas ocasiones cemento.

Coca leaves are reduced to smaller pieces and mixed with quicklime for the maceration process. It may also be used cement.

Se agrega queroseno a la sustancia resultante para extraer el alcaloide de la coca.

Se retiran los restos de las hojas y se obtiene la pasta cruda.

A la pasta cruda se le añade acido sulfúrico disuelto en agua y permanganato de potasio. Posteriormente se le incorpora amoníaco disuelto en agua.

kerosene is added to the mix in order to separate the alkaloid.

Resting pieces of leaves are removed leaving the raw paste.

Sulfuric acid diluted in water is added to the mixture along with Potassium permanganate. later, ammonia dissolved in water is incorporated as well

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Despues de filtrar y secar la mezcla se le da forma de ladrillos para su transporte. Esta se conoce como la pasta base

La pasta es diluida en acetona y se filtra una vez mas. Despues de este proceso se le agrega ácido clorhídrico.

After filtering and drying out the blend, it is given the form of bricks for easier transportation.

This is what is known as the base paste

The base paste is diluted in acetone and it is filtered once again. hydrochloric acid is put into the blend afterwards.

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6 la base diluida se seca al sol o en una estufa. El polvo blanco que se obtiene es el clorhidrato de cocaína. Este producto es lo que se conoce como cocaína de alta pureza The diluted base is dryed out in the sun or on a stove. the white dust obtained by this process is the cocaine hydrochloride. this product is what is called “high purity cocaine”

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Los desechos químicos restantes del proceco se utilizan para hacer drogas mas baratas como el crack Chemical waste left from the process is used to elaborate cheaper drugs such as crack Fuente: Gendarmería Nacional / Sedronar. Argentina

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I (SLOT) CASINO : RESEARCH ON A STRIP

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LOCATION: Las Vegas, Nevada Medellín, Colombia PERIOD: 06/2012 - 11/2012 TEAM: Lucas Arango, Mónica Suárez, Juliana Vélez.

COORDINATORS: Natalia Uribe

While conceiving the topic of study, the main concern of the research team was to portray a building which responded to its function in an honest way.

Accordingly, it became very important the feelings that this kind of edification would have to create in order to attract inhabitants to those particular spaces.

After examining a number of case studies, the concluding referent that garnered most of the team’s concerns was the actual casino. This is mainly because it’s a building that devotes its conception to the comfort of the gambler.

The importance of casino design has been relevant to contemporary architecture, since Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown published their book “Learning from Las Vegas”.

I (slot) Casinos is a research that exalts the wonders of commercial design and its connection to marketing and spatial illusions.

As an attempt to communicate the value of this kind of architecture, the research project focused on Casino design from its urban implications to its interior design.

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT 2010/2014 Juliana Vélez Duque [juliana.vd@hotmail.com]