Portfolio Kevin Velasco
About Me To me architecture is life. It is my passion, blood, and soul. It is a drug that I am addicted too, and I love it. Whether its picking up a pen and throwing down some rough sketches or going to my studio and escaping from the world. Architecture is endless, in the sense that you can escape into a different reality, a reality you have created through your design. Like a great teacher once told me, architecture is never perfect. I believe that is so true in so many aspects. You can spend hours trying to perfect it, but it will never be perfect. Yet, that is still the bar to which I set all of my designs to, resulting in countless hours of using both logical and illogical ideas, combining both the left and right side of the brain, bouncing off ideas off of fellow students. It really comes down to pushing the boundaries and making the impossible possible. Architecture has no true limit thats why I love it and thrive off of it.
Kevin Velasco
Table of Contents
Resume First Year
-Spatial Design -Interpretive Design -Musical Design -Bug Design
Second Year -Redevelopement -Wellness Center -Event Center -Mixed Use
Third Year
-Viscosity -Eco-Home -Welcome Center -wh’Y’
Fourth Year
-SDSU S.T.E.M. Building -Tijuana Bridge
Thesis
-Tamoanchan - State Prison
Resume
KEVIN VELASCO SUMMARY
Designer skilled at 2D and 3D visualization, project management, and design development. Passionate about a variety of architectural areas including residential design. Enthusiastic about and incorporation of other cultures into design. Organized, detail-oriented, and capable of meeting strict deadlines.
SKILLS
Proficient in: Rhino, Revit, AutoCAD, Sketchup. V-Ray, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Mac/Windows platforms. Physical rendering, model making (Laser Cutting, Routing, all shop tools).
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
2012- Present
Kings River Ranch
Orovada, NV
Hay Sales/Technical Adviser § Revamped buyer/seller process. § Aided in creation of Access Inventory Database. § Increased sales and accountability. 2009- 2012
Fastenal Company
Reno, NV
Inside Sales/Freight Lead § Increased inside sales by 50%. § Expanded monthly actives by 75%. § Controlled inside sales and inventory of 2 main stores. § Managed and lead freight distribution of Northern Nevada.
EDUCATION
June 2016
NewSchool of Architecture and Design
Bachelor of Architecture July 2015 NewSchool Study Abroad Program
San Diego, CA
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May 2012 §
Truckee Meadows Community College
Associates of Arts - Architecture
805-944-8759 • KVELASCO.KRR@GMAIL.COM
Compostela, Spain Reno, NV
First Year 2009-2010 | TMCC
Spatial Design Problem Statement
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he Problem was to design a project from spatial organization. The design was to be composed of random picked shaped thrown randomly on blank sheet of paper.
Thus, allowing the use of addivitive and subtractive forms to be created.
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he building designed had to show the forms being added or subtractive and
still organized by some sort of circulation layout, whether that be radial, linear, or rectangular.
Interpretive Center
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he problem was to pick a site along the Truckee River. With that area we were to sketch and do a site analysis. With our chosen spot we were to create a system that consisted of elements that showed movement, transitions, and circulation. Thus resulting in an Interpretive Center.
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his design consisted of it being built right next to the river. It also has some docking area for people who want to get a closer look at the river or a place for people canoeing down the river to stop. the front facing the river is all glass so the view of the river is always available. the back had
a park theme to it. it has circulation for pedestrians and automobiles. big structure in the middle is for picnicking and family outings.
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he Building designed was a solid structure made out of concrete. The over form was
inspired from Tadao Ando’s building concepts. Concrete was one of his main materials throught his buildings. The windows were to brighten the inside up.While the musical influenceshowed in the landscape. The soothing water running down the middle of the two buildings, while the more aggressive movements in the musical piece are the trees various sizes and shapes. the building angles are to show the sudden highs and lows of the musical notes.
Muscial Design Problem Statement
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he Problem here is to design a building with the design influence of our given architect. In this case Tadao Ando was the architect. Another key aspect was to listen to Mozart’s Eine
Kliene Nachmusik. The four movements from the piece where supposed to serve us as inspiration.
Bug Design
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he problem was to select an insect of our choice. with that insect we had to make a kit of parts or a matrix. With all our knowledge and skills learned from our research. we had to develop a complex or community out of our matrix.
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he insect in this design is a hornet. The matrix was composed of all the Hornet parts. The landscape includes a water feature in the front to show the entrance. the legs of the hornet are the middle shaded area for picnicking and barbecuing. The back end is made into a green
house where fruits and vegetables could be grown year round for the community. Making it a more sustainable community. The hive is the main building and that is where the housing would be or where the living quarters for the community would be. The design is inspired from the hornet and its life cycle. Hence making the hive the center home like it is fore all real hornets. Also the hornets stay together. They work and live as a unit. Take care of eachother like an ideal community should be.
Second Year 2011-2012 | TMCC
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he path I choose to go was do an analysis of the area and try to figure out what
would be needed most in the area. After some research I came up with a mixed development building. The area is by the main bus station and the only surroundings are Lincoln lounge a local bar, and a market a couple of blocks up. My design was to create an uprise. The first floor would consist of a small market and food options. Whether they would be a coffee shop or a small food bistro. Lincoln lounge would be left as is too. The remaining floors are studios. The studios are only big enough for the necessities and each floor has a small lounge area. There is also a small garden in the back for living locals to gather. Parking would be on
Redevelopment
the East side. The actually building would be
Problem Statement
The roof is also green to catch water and reuse
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he problem was to redevelop an existing area. The area we were given was an empty lot on an abandoned area that is typically overlooked. We had the option to design something on
the existing empty lot or expanded the area by demolition. The goal was to grow the community and get more foot traffic in the area.
made of bricks to match the existing buildings. it for the garden.
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he building designed also had to be sustainable. Hence the south facing
roof tops have solar panels. Has windows on every side for optimal lighting. Also has a sky light in the center. The pool is located in the east side, so it can catch that early sun and help heat up. Apollo is the god of light. Thats why there is so much lighting features. Also the soft curvature of the building promotes healing and whats more healthy than a wellness center. The landscape is designed to promote harmony and peace like dionysus.
Wellness Center Problem Statement
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he Problem was to design a wellness center. the wellness center was to be comprised of our own amenities, but had to reflect our research. that research
consisted of the study of the great greek gods
with that I was still able to keep it translucent and sustainable. The building is completely translucent
Event Center Problem Statement
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he Problem here was to redevelop the Events Center in lake tahoe. Located at Kings Beach, Ca. We had the opportunity to keep the existing building or to redesign it. The only guidelines were that we had to keep the same footprint of the existing building. It had to be somewhat
translucent to show the lake and not hide it. Also it had to be sustainable.
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he design was made to stand out and draw attention. A design to break the typical native surrounding Lake Tahoe buildings. On this design I tried to step out of the box, but
from north to south faces. It has solar panels facing south. Glass window paneling also to catch as much sun as possible for heating and lighting purposes, but can also be opened to catch the lake breeze or maybe even capture the soothing sound. West and East entrance would be made of the old buildings recycled wood to show a connection or tie with the old center. Also rearranging the interior space, but keeping the same use or rooms for the Event Center.
Mixed Use Problem Statement
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o a case study and then find a local site and do a site analysis and design what you think would be
best for the site from the analysis you have created.
Third Year 2012-2014 | NSA+D
Viscosity
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he problem was to explore the endless possiblilities of the word given to us at random. The word I was given was Viscoity and with that I had to do endless amounts of projects trying to
define the word and what it meant, then I had to apply that word to the given site and design a house representing that word.
Eco-Home
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he problem was to create a residence in a local San Diego Community. The site was narrow and long. Thus, meaning we had to deal and address every aspect of the site. Sustainablilty
was a must and had to be the leading force throughout our design
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his project consists of developing a welcome center from a fairly large site
that is vast in space but not so ideal. The first three problems I encounter and feel like I have solved are sound, lighting, and transition. The main problem is the sound of traffic. The consist noise of the streetcars and not to mention the trolley constantly passing. So as you can see from the design process. Several attempts with blocking noise with walls and retreating the building from the street were all proposed and sounded ideal in thought, but once in plan I soon discovered they did not work out so ideally and encountered problems. Main factor all had in common was this idea of embracing
Welcome Center
the occupants and nearby observes. Thus,
Problem Statement
interior in a seamlessly manner. A seamless/
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rchitecture stimulates and triggers all our senses in more than one way, whether it be intentional or Unintentional. It appeals to our feelings, simply in the nature of architecture
itself. Thus, architectural main goal should be the comfort of the user.
transitioning them from the exterior into the subconsciously. The gallery spaces invoke and
Diego. Which led me to investigate San Diego, Ca. Why do people move to San Diego or why should people move to San Diego. Top 5 reasons were: 1. Weather 2. Breweries/Sea food 3. Beaches 4. Ocean - Wild Life 5. Health - Fitness Thus, those 5 factors are pretty much what makes San Diego. The iconic features or things you would think of when you think San Diego.
wh’Y’ - Mixed Use Dorms but why did they choose to pursue it at NSA+D. 8 out of 10 people said admission The question is wh’Y’ purposes was the number one Wh’Y’ Architecture? Wh’Y’ NewSchool of Architecture + Design? reason for choosing NSA+D. Collected data to answer the questions listed The second factor was location San Diego, Ca. All different above. Everyone had there own approach reasons but bottom-line San and reason for pursuing Architecture,
Problem Statement
private for the students. A place when they can go and catch some fresh air and relax. Get away from school and studio. A place where they can go kick a soccer ball around or throw a football. Get the blood pumping.
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wh’Y’ - Mixed Use Dorms
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orm came from site influences. The best and two main access to the site are from the two corners on F street. Whether coming from Downtown or from NSAD. Thus that lead to the two
main entrances at the 45 angle. Instead of avoiding or trying to block the trolley noise I choose to embrace it. By creating a courtyard in the front leading to the more noise areas of retail. So along Park Blvd it will be noisy and active. On the opposite side I embraced another courtyard, but more
xial Access - Form and Shape create Space
Fourth Year 2014-2015 | NSA+D
SDSU S.T.E.M.
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he tradition of SDSU’s style divulges its prominence and history. Fluid
is created. Taking advantage of line of site and topography will also
movement of curves pronounces expansive openness that provokes
enhance the experience. By allowing the views of the north façade to
increased collaborative educational environments. By encouraging
manifest, a moment will be created for a breath, contemplation and
the “sense of place”, the edifice establishes the new dimension for
communication. Pulling from both history and site, we established
experiencing educational spaces within the engineering program. By
a perimeter that was acted on by trajectories and existing campus
taking traditional style and melding it with the intricacies of Engineering,
forces.
special awareness and optical delight, a sense of destination and purpose
Thesis Year 2015-2016 | NSA+D
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Tamoanchan - State Prison
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his thesis seeks to explore, through design how architects can enhance
prison that believes losing ones freedom and being incarcerated is
the process of rehabilitation within inmates of the carceral system using
enough punishment and instead of further punishing the inmates, to
environmental and behavioral psychology to improve the experience and
rather try and aid them in their rehabilitation process. By designing
behavior of both inmates and staff. This design is following the principals
spaces that are more open providing access to nature, and offer
of philosophers that believe and insist that the built environment that the
more direct sunlight. There has been scientifically proven research
inmates are housed in plays a huge role in the rehabilitation of inmates and
that shows how certain light, color, materials, texture, air quality and
the reintroduction to the ‘real world’ after they are released. Designing a
acoustics affect mental and physical well-being.
Exercise - 7,250 sqft Open Spaces/Day Rooms Showers - 3,750 sqft Inmate Commissary - 625 Laundry - 1,875 sqft
Admin - 2800 sqft Healthcare - 2120 sqft Visitation - 3125 sqft General Housing - 33750 sqft Misc - 1700 sqft Vocational - 5100 sqft Food Services 4750 sqft
Classroom - 1,500 sqft Satellite Room - 1,500 sqft Workshops - 1,500 sqft Offices - 600 sqft
Food Receiving - 250 sqft Storage - 250 sqft
Vocational
Kitchen - 500 sqft
Out-Take - 500sqft
Inmate Waiting Room -200
In-Take - 500 sqft Clerical - 200 sqft Offices - 600 sqft
Dental Care - 240 sqft Bathroom - 100 sqft Break-Room - 500 sqft
Beds - 25,000 sqft
Pharmaceuticals - 120 sqft Doctors Office - 120 sqft Nurses Station - 120 sqft
Waiting Room - 500sqft
Admin Cafetria - 3,750 sqft
Digital Visitation - 625 sqft Public Waiting Area - 625 sqft Inmate Waiting Area - 625 sqft
Exam Rooms - 720 sqft
Non-Contact Visitation - 625 Contact Visitation - 625 sqft
General Housing
Healthcare
Food Services
Visitation
Basic Program laid out on site Observing and acknowledging all ends and odd corners formed from given site and program alone.
Core reformed Tree of Life Ying Yang Symbolic Rehabliatation
Expand program to scale with massing models of desired spaces
Program broken up Laid out from core
Program - 104,170
Campus style core Courtyard|Place of gatherings for both inmates and employees
Housing 1st- 4th Floors
Administration 1st floor Visitation 1st Floor
Employee Spaces 1st Floor
Underground Parking intake area
exercise 1st Floor
Administration 2nd Floor
Visitation 2nd Floor
Vocational 2nd Floor
2nd-4th Floors
Cafeteria
3rd Floor
Healthcare 2nd Floor
3rd Floor
2nd Floor
1st Floor
Site Plan
Second Skin
Roof
4th Floor
3rd Floor