Lore Burbano Selected Works 2013 - 2015
Personal Statement Through my architectural education I hope to positively contribute to the creation of inclusive and responsible spaces, in which individuals, communities and their supporting natural systems can thrive. I am eager to collaborate with people that are actively working to create a more equitable society by sharing knowledge and engaging the public.
Cover page- Topography of quito, ecuador The cover page represents my interest in the connection between human settlements and the natural systems that support them. In the case of Quito, my home town, the topography determined the development of the city, as well as the social and cultural interactions within it.
Pike place market expansion Urban and Market design
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A machine is a wetland for parking in Parking, museum & urban landscape
Architectural detailing [p. 37 - 40]
Urban design
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Building Enclosures
Reaching for the River
Ridgeline Montessori Outdoor classroom Design build
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Housing [p. 41 - 44]
Housing
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Housing Projects
Urban courtyards
Archaeological pavilion Pavilion
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Housing prototype for the amazon region Professional work/competition [p. 45 - 48]
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Pike place market expansion Project Type: Urban and Market design Location: Seattle, Washington Date: Winter and Fall 2015 Professor: John Rowell Group: Sebas Oviedo This studio focused on the design of a new market building connected to Pike Place Market. The project is related to a re-envisioning of the Seattle Waterfront developed by James Corner Field Operations. With the proposed removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the challenge was to create a comprehensive plan for redevelopment of the site, while creating a public connection to the water in addition to the market building and affordable housing for seniors. Our project grows from the idea that the expansion of the market should not affect or compete with the existing market. Rather, it should learn from its success and mimic its logic while still creating a larger urban connection. During the first term we decided to focus on the general scheming of the site and the urban connections, while in the second term we chose to focus and fully design the market hall expansion.
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Pike Place Market Expansion 1905
The project sits at the intersection of two opposite conditions. On one hand, the city of Seattle is transforming its back into its front by taking the viaduct down and reconnecting to the waterfront. On the other hand, Pike Place Market is a symbol of continuity and was developed over time though the addition of layers, as a response to specific conditions. 1910
The proposed expansion tries to respond to both conditions by creating a Market Hall able to connect to the future urban network that the redevelopment of the waterfront will create, while also using the fine-grain logic of the existing market. 1918
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A node in Seattle’s reconnection with the Elliott bay
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1971 - Demonstration against urban renewal plans 2015
Site
Support people and their independent businesses
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Historic addition
Site Plan
Site framework: complementary interventions at an urban scale
a temporary intervention allows for the future redevelopment of the heritage house site
21000sqft
Site Section Pike Place Market Hall
Affordable Housing for Seniors + Neighborhood Center
An architecture of topography: the market hall as part of a public connection
40 units
Community center + affordable housing: strengthen the market’s mission
35200 sqft
Temporary Intervention
Mixed Use Building Facing Elliot Way
Reclaiming space from the viaduct: a mixeduse building facing Elliott way
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Market Hall Desimone bridge
The design follows the slope of Western Ave. to integrate
Victor steinbrueck park Storage
Longitudinal Section
the market into the public realm in a front-back organization. The back is designed to house permanent stalls that require services (food production, flowers, fish), while the front is a big open space with expansive views, able to host semipermanent and temporary stalls (crafts, spices, processed food). The ground floor relates to Victor Steinbrueck park to the west, while the mezzanine level connects to the existing market.
Desimone bridge
Day stalls Shop
Roof garden
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Desimone Bridge. Level
Western. Ave
Retail
Retail
Garage Entry
Lobby
Retail
Market square
Victor Steinbrueck park
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Com m cente unity r
Restaurant
Market Square
Western Ave. Level
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1 Food Carts
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2 Market-sidewalk
4 Dry Market
Pike Place St.
North arcade
Market Hall Section: connecting Pike Place with the Elliott Bay Walk
5 Wall Section
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The design reflects the pragmatic function of the space. While creating a framework to support the market’s mission, the design aims to become a moment in Seattle’s experience.
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Reaching for the river
WASHBURNE
Project Type: Urban design
THEATER THEATER
MUSEUM MUSEUM
RETAIL RETAIL
ART
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VISITOR VISITOR CENTER CENTER
THEATER THEATER
ART FOOD
SCHOOL SCHOOL
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CITY HALL
MUSEUM MUSEUM
SCHOOL SCHOOL
RETAIL RETAIL VISITOR VISITOR CENTER CENTER
LTD
Group: Laura Levenberg + Sebas Oviedo
FOOD
ART ART
Professor: Nico Larco
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MARKET SCHOOL MARKET SCHOOL
Date: Fall 2013
JUSTICE CENTER
ART ART
Location: Springfield, Oregon
MARKET SCHOOL MARKET SCHOOL
WASHBURNE
The vision for downtown Springfield focuses on the successful pockets of energy in the area and strengthens them with a public space framework that creates a more vibrant and pedestrian-friendly urban core. Our project grows from what currently succeeds, so that the Springfield of the future is rooted in its unique identity. By intervening a critical area of the city and reinforcing it through street design, we believe that Springfield has the potential to become a landmark in the area, as well a very nice place to live.
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Site Plan - Springfield
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Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
4th Square Creating a square on 4th street, where all the current activity is centered, was key to this project. The square is designed to be a place for a wide variety of activities including day to day use for those who live or work close by. People can use it to eat their lunch or stop for a spontaneous cup of coffee on a Friday, on their way to the farmers’ market. It is designed to accommodate small/medium performances, as well as art exhibits. This new public space fits within an already successful network of popular businesses and the new library. Section - 4th Square
Plan - 4th Square
4th Square - Performance Space
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Seasonal Activities
Mill Plaza Perspective
Outdoors Farmers Market
The design of Mill Plaza connects people from the downtown area to the existing Riverfront Park. The plaza’s main role is to be a lively during lunch hours,and events. As well as a catalyst for new development on the surrounding areas.
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Use - Lunch hours
Use - Event
Quiet Areas
Main Street
River Street
4th Street
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Urban courtyards Project Type: Housing Location: Portland, Oregon. Date: Fall 2014 Professor: Michael Fifield
The housing project is part of eastern Portland neighborhood close to 83rd street. To the south of the site, a collector street determines higher density construction, while to the north of the site, single family detached housing are common. The project is thought of as a medium density development, that provides housing with the same amenities that a single family detached would have, while having the advantages of being in an urban context. A goal of the project was to create different units that would allow for a more diverse place with mixed income residents.
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Ground floor Plan
Facade
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Landscape Buffer
Shared Pathways
Used to transition from
Interior streets are design
public spaces to private
to be a shared space
spaces, including porch
for pedestrians, bikers
and yards, before entering
and cars, by providing
any of the units.
landscaping buffers.
Typical Suburban
Proposed Mid-density
Neighborhood
Neighborhood
9 Units
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28 Units
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Organization of the Units Units are organized based on solar orientation in order to maximize courtyard exposure to the south. One of the goals of the organization, besides responding to neighboring density, was to create different unit sizes in order to allow for mixed income residents. By creating a pedestrian street that divides the block into smaller clusters,units A and C can access their units through a more private area.
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Unit Type A - 1320 sqf •
6 Units per Block
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1 Bedroom Units
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15’x 20’Courtyard
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Unit Type B - 2740 sqf •
4 Units per Block
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2 Bedroom -1 Flexible Room
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15’x 20’Courtyard
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Unit Type C - 1400 sqf •
6 Units per Block
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2 Bedroom Units
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15’ x 20’Courtyard
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Unit Type D - 2890 sqf •
10 Units per Block
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2 Bedroom - 1 Flexible Room
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15’x 25’ Courtyard
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A Machine is a wetland for parking in Project Type: Museum, Research Facilities & Urban Landscape Location: Portland, Oregon Date: Winter 2014 Professor: Brook Muller Group: Nicole Ghiselli + Andrea Detweiler This scheme takes a parking garage, typically the bane of urban infrastructure, and uses it to address a broader reality of transportation. It exposes the past, present, and future of transportation and the energy and environmental systems related to it. To show what these systems are, the design is a microcosm of the regional watershed. It is organized around an axis linking the Tualatin Mountains with the Willamette River, pointing to where Portland’s water comes from and where it goes to. Our site is a link along that journey.
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Transportation Museum
Retail Spaces
Public
Plaza Boardwalk Wetland
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Willamette River
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Groundfloor Plan
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Maximum occupancy of the site
Response to the natural flow of water
South Facade
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Response to the flow of people
Transportation Museum + Evolution and Ecological concequences of transportation
Public Plaza + Water features
Boardwalk + Natural Water cleansing through wetlands
Algea Facade + Energy Generation
Final connection to Willamette River + Part of the salmon reintroduction efforts
Mechanical Parking + Building as Active Edges for Public Spaces Educational Feature + Seasonal Change
The project was shaped by its urban context, responding to larger forces affecting the site. By opening the building massing to the north, where a transportation node is, pedestrians are welcomed to a linear plaza that connects the transportation museum to the waterfront. The south facade is organized in a series of algae panels that produce North - South Section
clean energy when being exposed to sunlight.
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Upland
Grassland
The west side of the plaza is characterized by
The center of the plaza is characterized by open
evergreen trees, mimicking the essential elements
grass areas with some deciduous trees connected
of an upland forest.
to the rest of the plaza by a waterline.
The use of the area would be flexible and allow for
This area can be used for gathering spaces and
art exhibition areas connected to the museum’s atrium.
over the summer a wooden deck can be used for Winter
Summer
Upland
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outdoors performances.
Grassland
Wetland The east of the plaza is characterized by wetlands connected through a wooden boardwalk. Since wetlands are seasonally changing, the space would be more interactive and allow for natural appreciation in its different states. Winter
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Ridgeline Montessori Outdoor Classroom Project Type: Design/build classroom Location: Eugene, Oregon Date: Winter to Spring 2013 Professor: Juli Brode In collaboration with designBridge students and Ridgeline Montessori School The Ridgeline Montessori Classroom is an outdoor learning space developed as a participatory design collaboration with a group of middle schoolers. The space is designed to host different activities. It can act as a shelter to have lunch in a sunny day, or as an outdoor stage where students can have musical performances and other events. The structure was built over the course of a year with the help of different volunteers from a range of disciplines, making the learning experience richer.
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the Shop Design Charrete
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Master Plan - The master plan for the site focused on providing a variety of spaces along one main path, as well as creating a rain garden and bioswale to mitigate erosion and flooding during the rainy season. By terracing the slope to the west of the built structure, garden beds would be introduced in the future, to allow students from the school to learn more about food processes on site. The Shop - The butterfly roof directs rainwater to a barrel, where it is stored to then be used for gardening activities.
Existing Building
Introduced Terraces
Playground
The Shop
Compost
Existing Building
Terraces and Planters
Open Play Area
Bed Gardens
The Shop
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Rebar Cage Assembly
Knife Plates Placement
Part of the process was to develop a set of diagrams that
After placing the rebar cages and the framework aligned
clearly communicate to volunteers and middle schoolers
and leveled, we poured concrete on the foundations and the
how rebar cages come together.
placed the knife plates making sure they were in the angle.
Wooden Structure
Ribbon Cutting + Performance
Over the summer, we divided efforts by having a group at
On May of 2014 the shop was ready to be used. The middle
the shop cutting and drilling the columns, while another
schoolers and as other kids in the school prepared a musical
group worked on digging the swale.
performance for parents, volunteers and designBridge.
Double Column Assembly
Gutter Detail
Axon. Knife Plate
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archaeological Pavilion Project Type: Museum Location: Quito, Ecuador Date: Fall 2012 Professor: Inigo Urizar
The project is designed to mediate between two opposite conditions. The contrasting nature of the modern city and an archaeological site come together at this site. The proposed pavilion structure bridges over a ravine in order to connect people coming from the city to the archaeological ruins. The project’s unique placement generates two opposite conditions, where one relates to the city and the other one relates to the archaeological site and the landscape that surrounds it.
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Quito
Economic District of Quito
East Boundary of the City + Parque Metropolitano Project Site + Pichincha Volcano
Image by David Gliason
The design of the pavilion was driven by the two
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juxtaposed conditions, creating an upper platform directed towards panoramic views of Quito, while a lower platform intends to connect visitors to the
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b Terrace with view to the Archaeological Area
archaeological site and the surrounding natural areas.
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Second Floor Plan
Ground floor Plan
Facade
Archaeological Area
Roof Plan
View Point
Terrace with view to the City
Longitudinal Section
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Building Enclosures Project Type: Architectural Detailing Location: Eugene, Oregon Date: Fall 2013 Professors: John Rowell & Don Corner
These drawings were developed as part of a course focusing on detailing as a way to respond to different climatic conditions, as well as to reinforce the design intent of a building. By carefully considering material selection and assembly, high performance envelopes can also be expressive of the underlying principles behind a structure.
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Housing Projects Project Type: Housing Location: Eugene and Portland, Oregon Date: Fall 2014 Professor: Michael Fifield
The housing studio was organized so that students could learn about different housing typologies in a reduced amount of time. We started with the design and organization of a room and progressively moved up in scale to a single detached family housing with and accessory dwelling unit, to the design row houses and finally courtyard houses. The design for each typology was produced and presented in 9 day - creating a fast learning environment. The last project in the studio was a three week long courtyard housing design for two block in East Portland. The project was driven by the idea of creating housing that would be appealing to clients who would otherwise live in suburban areas.
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Single family + adu
Row houses
The goal of the project was to optimize
In a 60’x17’ lot I was challenged to create
a north-east lot to create a single family
2 different types of row houses. The
housing and an independent ADU. I was
design focuses on optimizing sunlight by
interested in creating private outdoor
arranging living spaces in both ends of
areas for each unit, while still sharing
each unit, as well as engaging the street
common open space.
with shared stoops and a front porch.
Model + East Facade
Axon. view
Alley Way Backyard Parking
Parking
Kitchen
Backyard Living Area
Kitchen
Resting Area
Living Area
Living Area
Front Porch Living Area
Open Kitchen
Living Area
Shared Open Area
Balcony
Front Porch
Groundfloor Plan
Kitchen
Studio
Living Area
Front Yard
Master Bdr. Front Porch
Groundfloor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
South Facade
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Second Floor Plan
Studio Master Bdr. Balcony
Courtyard houses In order to create denser cities, designing housing with private open spaces is vital. The goal of the project
Addressing the Street
Creating Community
Shared Open Areas
Minimal Circulation
Secondary Entrances
Transitional Spaces
was to create 6 housing units on a 200’x 200’ Portland block with parking, shared open space and green areas.
Front Street Perspective
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Shared Green Area Shared Open Area Private Outdoor Space Parking Spaces Front Porch
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Swale Landscape Buffer Street Landscape Living Area Resting Area
The project focused on creating a interior street that could be used for recreation though different landscape strategies. The units are design to have a public front connected to the living room and a private back for privacy.
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Professional work Project Type: Competition - Housing Prototype for the Amazon Region Location: Amazon Region, Ecuador Date: Spring of 2013 Firm: Colectivo Arquitectura - Jose Miguel Mantilla & Mario Cueva
The projects was developed as the result of a national housing competition organized by the UN-Habitat program in Ecuador. The competition was organized in three groups, which responded to the climatic conditions of the highlands, the coast and the amazon region. The project won the First Place Award for the Amazon region group. Colectivo Arquitecture is currently working on construction and budgeting phase. As an intern in Colectivo Arquitectura I was able to collaborate in a group of 6 with the design and representation of the dwelling units.
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Project Description The proposed housing prototype takes into consideration the unique geographic, climatic and cultural characteristics of the site and the people who inhabit it, while developing alternative construction systems. Structural System Each unit has only 5 points of contact with the ground, minimizing the use of concrete footings and the disturbance of the site. On top of the concrete foundation, a balloon frame construction with locally harvest bamboo allows for an open floor plan. The also wooden roof is build with reciprocal elements allowing for larger spans and grant good natural ventilation. Interior Distribution The creation of an open floor plan and the hexagonal shape with minimal divisions, allow for an internal distribution that respects the way local communities have lived for centuries. The internal space is divided in two: the Tankámash -day area- and the Eként -night area-.
Ground floor Plan A
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a. Entry Porch b. Tankámash c. Kitchen d. Balcony
e. Eként f. Restroom g. Area for future development
Site Plan: Clustering of dwelling units and productive land.
Ground floor Plan B
a. Entry Porch b. Tankámash c. Kitchen d. Balcony
f. Restroom h. Expansion of the dwelling unit - Eként
Section: Elevated dwellings.
Elevation: Timber structure and thatched roof
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Thank you
Lore Burbano 541.221.2859 Lburbano91@gmail.com
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