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Leonora Bustamante Sauma architectural design portfolio
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PORTFOLIO
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ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS 10
Incompatible Objects
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Surfaces to Flowers Masses to Flesh
alternative proposal for Emerson's College
2013-2015
house for an artist
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Withdrawn
mixed - use project
Upside In House
habitat for humanity
Captive Objects
mixed - use twin towers with an odd program
Plex Eco City
mixed - use project
2010-2011
Aliquid Novi
mixed - use complex
LT Center
school and public library
Care Village senior center
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INSTALLATIONS
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ADVANCED TECTONICS
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Digital Tapestries
Installation
Synthetic Landscapes Visual Studies
Moln Struktur
Design Development
Pterodactyl
Advanced Tectonics
Form Dependent Structures
Advanced Tectonics
introduction This Portfolio exhibits a selection of the academic work developed during the M.Arch II program at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and the professional architecture program at Universidad Latina, Costa Rica, The work is organized by sections and the "Architectural Projects" are divided, according to those two programs, into the dates 2013-2015 and 2010-2012, They are followed by other two sections, "Installations" and "Advanced Tectonics". The first two projects, "Incompatible Objects" and "Surfaces to Flowers. Masses to Flesh" are the most experimental in terms of massing and distortion, searching for new coherences through the generation of disturbing relationships between elements. Most importantly, both projects rely completely on animation as medium for representation. "Incompatible Objects" digitally alters pre-existing objects using strategies such as mutation, plastification, and the application of un-related textures. This produces new architectural objects that deceive and engage the observer through ambivalence. "Surfaces to Flowers. Masses to Flesh" departs from the manipulation of thick masses using butchery techniques, such as peeling and carving, and then evolves into an operative house where standarized industrial elements are embeded into highly convoluted and almost grotesque geometries. "Withdrawn" and the "Upside In House" combine slicing operations on prismatic volumes, projection techniques and scripted patterning into more realistic yet challenging design concepts, where the context and functionality are equally important as aesthetics and effects. The spaces interact with the user through volumetric gestures and transform according to viewing angles. The experience working with Habitat for Hummanity was extremely valuable and is a huge step forward into solving a family's housing needs using designs that go beyond the unsufficient prototypical houses. The following architectural projects are more flexible in terms of techniques, which allowed great individual freedom. As a result they reflect the personal desires and interests throughout the career, while providing feasable yet sensitive architectural solutions. "Captive Objects" is a project in development and beginning of the final academic thesis. The Installations consist of visual studies and compositions experimenting with 3D scanning, scripting and animation software that could potentially be applied into Architecture. The Applied Studies, on the other hand, reinforce structural, systematic, tectonic knowledge by providing technical solutions to highly complex designs. -Leonora Bustamante Sauma-
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INCOMPATIBLE OBJECTS Alternative Proposal for Emersons College Location: Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA This project interrogates the potential of the incompatible object in architecture. Rather than creating original forms, the design starts from a catalog of industrial objects and different families of textures that are plastified into a multivalent whole. Concepts of composition, symmetry and proportion are abandoned to engage an anti-aesthetic attitude that precludes beauty as a formal driver. The technique of collage serves to abstract the value of architectural vocabulary. The studio operates on the premise that architecture cannot be homogeneous and congruous, but rather it is messy and crossbred. The focus is on the aesthetic dimension of architecture and the possible production of new modes of being in the world. The building should "work" in the end but not rely on functional or programmatic innovation for its justification. That is a different project with a different set of problems. The aesthetic project can be seen as the extension of a certain breed of formalism that assigns more weight to product rather than process. The program and location of the project is the same as Emerson's College in Sunset Blvd,, project recently built and designed by Morphosis. Departing from recent characterizations of architectural heterogeneity that promote the simultaneous identification of the whole and the constituent parts to differing degrees, as well as a rethinking of conventional part-to-part and part- to-whole logics, the approach exploits the potential for intrinsic and extrinsic diversity to emerge through the presence of incompatible attributes of an object or the presence of multiple partial objects that are incompatible. Instructors: Ramiro Diaz-Granados, Marcelyn Gow, Florencia Pita Partner: Tara Costello 12
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Surfaces to flowers masses to flesh House for an Artist Location: Vienna, Austria The project is a house for an artist in residence and the transformation of the Secession Hall in Vienna. It focuses on the simulation of disturbing heavy matter, while generating new relationships out of contrasting elements.The documentary shows the life cycle of the new addition to the Secession Hall throughout a winter day in Vienna during the stay of an artist. Like the piercings on the exterior shell, the house is encrusted into the Secession Building. Its primary structural elements remain untouched and intersect into the house while the roof and walls are booleaned by the new addition. There is only one entrance through a bridge connecting to a back door of the Secession, which provides direct access to the main exhibition space. The split floor slabs and multiple stairs not only provide different levels of privacy but also stimulate circulation and surprise. A mixture of highly ornamented elements and intricate textures with recognizable industrial furniture and structural components produces a new kind of coherence. The 597 piercings on the exteriors, which connect the skins, become elongated structural columns, lighting fixtures, mechanical piping and furniture in the interior. The contrast between opacity and transparency, reflectivity and muteness, provides glimpses of alternative atmospheres within the same space, which provoke an uncomfortable ambiguity between fiction and reality. The glass transitions into patterns according to mood and light, generating theatrical effects while distorting the reading of the figure.
Instructors: Hernan Diaz Alonso with Ivan Bernal 22 surfaces to flowers. masses to flesh
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connection with Secession
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bathroom and kitchen
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sliced interiors
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dinning area
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interior skin and bridge
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WITHDRAWN Mixed-Use Project Location: Santa Monica, CA Responding to the overwhelming interest in digital craft and the homogenous surface, the project focuses on volumetric aggregation and formal disassociation, while engaging with material optics and the use of architectonical language in contemporary design. Following the boundary conditions given, the parti aimed for a heavy top volume that splits into three masses towards the bottom, liberating the ground to provide a semi-protected public space. The dynamicity of the context and the corner condition of the site become drivers of the project as the masses are given hierarchies, producing sequences in terms of presence, size, posture, and saturation. Additionally, the multiplicity of circulations and the introversive quality of the building encourage the spectator to move around the site and towards the main plaza. All commercial and cultural areas are located both in the ground level and around the underground plaza, for direct public access. The residential units are all oriented to face the ocean in the southern massing, while the offices are distributed in the other two masses in the middle floors. The hotel is positioned on the highest levels, providing the best views and direct contact from all the other areas, as the masses merge on the top. The optical effects, generated through the planar projection of textures and windows over the masses, are intensified through sculptural cuts that create multiplicity of viewing angles and distortions on the patterns, making the spectator engage more directly with the project. The main projection planes are leaning towards public space or the beach according to each massing. Beyond perforations on a fa ade, infiltration of light or openings towards views, the window becomes incidental to the form as it is extruded throughout the mass, generating intricate public spaces and interwoven masses while destabilizing the difference between interior and exterior. The type of window and its behavior varies within each mass, breaking the monotony related to programmatically similar spaces. The influence of the projection technique on the context, if not literal, will be present through reflections on surrounding windows and the views towards the city from inner spaces. Recognizable, pre-existent windows are selected and oriented in relation to the windows in the context, in terms of verticality or horizontality, proportions and rhythms, providing familiarity while at the same time exploring a new spatial role on the creation of inner space. The use of concrete and glass, fused with the digital patterns, provide a new architectural language that maintains a close relationship to its context. Through differentiation and integration, iconicity and contextualism, the digital and the familiar, this ambivalent building stands out and blends in the Santa Monica City. Instructors: Elena Manferdini, Marcelo Spina, Casey Rehm 48 withdrawn
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Elevation - 4th Street
Elevation - Arizona Ave
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Elevation - Santa Monica Blvd scale 1” = 40’ - 0”
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extrusions and projection planes
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massing and extrusions
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UPSIDE IN HOUSE Habitat for Humanity The Upside In House scheme is meant to challenge typical architectural elements or spaces, such as the attic, that have been taken for granted as a solution for storage and natural ventilation but that might not be the optimal solution for our current lifestyles. By taking two standard houses from the neighborhood, inverting one and placing it on top of the other, the idea is to give back, with a roof garden, the green area that is occupied by the footprint while, at the same time, provide a middle roof that replaces the common known attic with a more accessible and practical multiuse space. The middle roof not only isolates social from private activities or one unit from the other but it also allows the introduction of natural indirect sunlight, on the ground level, through skylights. The 1 ft. wall thickness and punched in windows are meant to reduce the solar heat gain on the interior spaces. On the other hand, the introduction of the courtyard, also used for vertical circulation, allows cross ventilation and release of hot air while providing natural light as well. Additionally, the middle roof and the roof garden act as capture elements for solar energy and rainwater. The pattern is both visual and performative as 2D tiles transform into 3D elements to increase the active area where there is more solar exposure. The controlled window sizes and disposition, in addition to the courtyard and the roof garden, for interior protected space, provide a safe environment within its surroundings. The flexibility of the scheme allows easy adjustments depending on the family needs and sizes, with models that can go from being super compact and for a single family to others that can accommodate extra rooms for extended families, or multi-family options with a duplex or even a triplex. The project aims for maximum use of the site, proposing 3 units, one single family residence and one duplex for an increased density.
Instructor: Darin Johnstone Team: Yixin Liu and Cathy Qu 66 upside in house
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form and site diagrams
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floorplans - level 1
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floorplans - level 2
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floorplans - level 3
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elevations
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sectioms
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Tiled middle roof with solar glass elements for energy capture
sustainability diagram
Solar glass elements for energy capture
Tiled middle roof
“Punched In� windows to reduce direct solar heat gain
1 ft Insulated walls
Insulated roof structure
Mexican Bush Sage, Salvia leucartna
California Sycamore, Platanus racemosa
Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium bellum
Aromatic Sage, Salvia Clevelandii
Purple flowers, Lavandula multifida
Long Grass, Nassella tenussima
Solar Panels
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Circulation courtyard for natural ventilation and illumination
Skylights for natural indirect lighting
Main water tank for rainwater storage
Interior Patio with grass tiles
“Punched In� windows to reduce direct solar heat gain
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axonometric duplex
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street views
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close up solar panels
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upside in house physical garage model
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sectional model
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CAPTIVE OBJECTS Mixed-Use Twin Towers with and Odd Program Location: Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA The act of secretly seeing and being seen is now more relevant than ever, in a society highly addicted to social media and ironically more and more detached from reality. It shows a need not only for attention but also for self-validation, to reestablish a social status through temporary stardom that is now accessible to all. It exposes our desire for surprise and admiration, to examine ourselves by observing others. According to Liam Young, "exaggerating our present allows us to reimagine ourselves, by exploring an alternative world it is possible to understand our own."[1] Architecture can trigger that self-awareness at both individual and social levels. The skyscraper's imposing scale and visibility opportunities increase its potential as semiotic medium. However, arrays of floor slabs and repetitive, monotonous facades no longer correspond or challenge the current political, economical, social and technological situation. The see/being seen dyad is now multiplied and trying to breach out of control. Architecture should be reimagined and reorganized to subvert total penetration and allow new freedoms within its boundaries. The facade, acting both internally and externally, can become a political instrument as it "assembles the interior while communicating with the external public realm."[2]. Objects within objects allow the insertion of program within program, a non-equal and irrational fictitious world within the world. Combining volumetric figures with superficial patterns allows a deeper understanding and creates new ways of engaging with the project. This thesis wants to explore the current significance of the envelope by disrupting the tectonics of the skyscraper through a stereotomic[3] approach were clusters of objects are casted within a monolithic translucent volume that gets excavated to create interior space. The envelope becomes a structural and tridimensional mass that fills residual volume between the exterior surface and inner objects, while displaying and distorting the interior program. Through mass and its density, the intention is to stimulate the perception of boundary and legibility of the object, while providing both visible and physical permeation between the exterior and the interiors. Reflections and transparency, on the other hand, exaggerate and distort reality, manipulating both image and form. Glass is no longer displaying the absolute truth but selectively revealing the content. The project will play with the dichotomy between the "interior" world and the "exterior" world, with some trying to get in, some trying to get out and others lost in the transition. [1] Liam Young, Architect. Lecture at Ange Vante. Vienna, 2015 [2] Zaera Polo, Alejandro. "The Politics of the Envelope. A Political Critique of Materialism". Volume 17, 2008. [3] Gottfried Semper defines stereotomics of the earthwork formed out of the repetitious stacking of heavyweight units. According to Frampton, framework tends towards the aerial and dematerialization of mass, whereas the mass form is telluric, embedding itself deeper in the earth. Thesis Prep Thesis Advisor: Elena Manferdini 92 captive objects
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proyect: mixed used twin towers location: downtown LA, wilshire blvd
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PLEX ECO CITY Mixed-Use Project Location: San Jose, Costa Rica The rapid growth of the population has made our cities spread towards protected areas. Towers and high-rise construction is not usual in Costa Rica, but there is no other choice to contain the urban spawn. This project is meant to visualize a global city for 2030 in Costa Rica. The area, mainly rural for the past century, is now flooded with suburbs, work centers and industries without following any urban plan. High dependency on cars and lack of any decent public transportation creates long, slow traffic all day long. The project wants to create a sustainable environment and a transition to vertical and high-density developments. Plex Eco City is a high-density mix use complex in which the typical towers are transformed into strips that resemble the surrounding mountains in their cross-section. The void strips become vertical hydroponic farms for intern consumption and thermic regulation while the solid strips are filled with offices, commercial units and apartments. Solar panels and rainwater harvesting help reduce the impact of the building on the site. All new trees and plants are native from the area and those existent are left untouched. The common areas include a movie theater, libraries, various restaurants, clubs and sports bars, pool area, a basketball court, markets and a kart-racing track. Parking spaces are built underground. Having mixed activities in a relatively small area helps reduce vehicle use and CO2 production. BRIEF: commercial units, library and cinema, sports facilities, medical services, apartments, offices, arts gallery, restaurants, cafeterias, clubs, bars, supermarket, pool, and common areas. PUBLISHED: HABITAR Magazine #75
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ALIQUID NOVI Mixed-Use Complex Location: Guadalupe, Costa Rica The 16-storey building consists of commercial units and common areas in the first four levels and apartments distributed in two towers in the remaining floors. Each floor had a maximum of 8 apartments and 4 lofts. Facades respond to the solar radiation, with double skins in spots with maximum ex- position. All common areas and apartments are naturally ventilated reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The prices of the apartments vary from $70 000 to $180 000 making them accessible to the 80% of the local population. The master plan and mixed-use buildings would boost a deteriorated urban area. BRIEF: apartments and lofts (1,2,3 bedrooms), commercial units AREAS Land= 5093 m2 Total constructed area= 13246 m2 Building footprint= 1281m2 Public areas exteriors= 2240m2 Public areas interiors= 3458 m2 Team: Mauricio Naranjo and Kimberly Yurica Instructor: Walter Hidalgo 118 aliquid novi
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LT CENTER School and Public Library Location: San Jose, Costa Rica The main purpose of this building is to develop creative capacity in the students, make them search different solutions for one situation. It pretends to recognize individuality, understanding that there are various ways of learning, while at the same time encouraging cooperation and solidarity as members of a society. Spaces are flexible for individual work or group work according to the necessities. Classrooms adapt to different subjects and activities. Groups are arranged by ages as any regular educational system but also groups may get mixed by blocks (ranges of 2-3 years) according to their affinities so kids with similar interests, and not only arranged by age, can be together in certain specialized learning activities. Besides the private school, with restricted access, there are plenty public areas including the library, plaza, commercial units, gallery, and a restaurant. Some of the green areas, including roofs, are open to public as well, so people can do exercise and park their bikes in a secure area. BRIEF: 1 kindergarten, 1 school, 1 high-school, 1 art gallery, 1 coffee place, 5 commercial units, parking spaces, green areas AREAS Building footprint: 2200 m2 Building footprint + parking area: 3600 m2 Terrain: 8100 m2 Total constructed area: 8550 m2 INVESTMENT Land: $ 8 100 000 Construction: $6 080 000 Indirect expenses: $ 1520 000 Payback period: 2 years
Instructor: Luis Diego Barahona 130 LT center
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CARE VILLAGE Senior Center Location: Moravia, Costa Rica Instead of designing separate blocks for each function, everything is integrated in a 5 story building in which levels can be reached from different places. The design adapts to the steep topography without constricting accessibility for its users. Activities and spaces are open and active or protected and passive according to their needs. They can choose their favorite activities without disturbance of others. The same happens with the common areas, some are family friendly, and others are not. The common areas are for residents and also for elder neighbors who live nearby. The auditorium is there not only so they can make annual shows but also so they can share experiences to the community and receive lectures about topics of interest. BRIEF: 1 library and computer lab, 1 ballroom , 1 gym (aqua therapy, pool, yoga, etc.), 1 auditorium, 2 food areas (1 private, 1 for family) reception, maintenance, administrative, and security areas 3 restaurants 1 radio station 5 classrooms 5 medical offices and 1 nursery Rooms (1-2 beds)
Instructor: Alfonso Masis 144 care village
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digital tapestries Installation Considering that tapestries rely on incorporating chromatic gradients and fine texture to achieve the perception of an overall picture, they can be understood as a digital medium in which every stitch is considered like a pixel. For this installation, selected photographs were scripted to produce a geometrical manipulation that resembles a tapestry and re-composes the reading of the figure.
Instructors: Elena Manferdini 156 digital tapestries
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SYNTHETIC LANDSCAPES Visual Studies Through the use of 3D scanning, using 1,2,3D Catch, and digital alteration, this installation explores new techniques and possibilities of representation. Everyday objects are first scanned and refined to a hiperrealistic level using Zbrush to then alter into fantastic objects that keep intruiging characteristics of the original objects, stretching the line between real and surreal. The fantastic objects, a piece of bread and a cabbage, are merged to create an ambivalent fantastic landscape.
Instructors: Elena Manferdini Partner: Tara Costello 164 synthetic landscapes
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MOLN STRUKTUR Design Development Instead of generating the typical set of design development drawings for a standard building, this project explores innovating methods of representation, such as the 3d chunks, peeling, and boolean cuts to show the construction logic and materiality in a revolutionary design. The project selected was designed in the 2GAX studio and required custom systems and materials to achieve the desired architectural effects. The main and secondary structures are proposed in structural steel framing systems with concrete cores. The facade materials vary depending on the area. The main facade is composed of cast acrylic and metal to achieve multiple layers of transparency, color- ation and difraction. Additionally, the area surrounding the auditorium consists of GFRP to produce a monolithic, cloud-like effect. Project: Emerson College Location: Los Angeles, CA Original Design: Adrian Cortez and Rachael McCall
Instructors: Herwig Baumgartner and Tom Wiscombe Group Members: Garet Ammerman, Rachael McCall, Asli Tusavul, Mimmi Van der Vliet 170 moln struktur
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CAST ACRYLIC SCREEN - BLUE, BLACK, SILVER ACRYLIC LAYERS LASER CUT AND ADHERED TO PANEL (8 MM THICK)
CLADDING - SATIN BLACK ANODISED ALUMINIUM SHEET (1.2MM THICK)
MOLDED SILICONE GASKETS
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CERAMIC TILE GRAPHIC PATTERN TO INTERIOR WALLS
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PTERODACTYL Advanced Tectonics This project focuses on the study of advanced tectonics through the analysis of existing complex buildings while, at the same time, exploring new ways of technical representation that originate from traditional techniques like axonometrics, hatching, and line drawing. The project selected for study was "Pterodactyl" by Eric Owen Moss.
Instructor: Marcelo Spina Team: Tara Costello, Tanveer Harun, Asli Tusavul 176 pterodactyl
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Instructor: Greg Otto, Stephen Lewis Team: Adrian Cortez and Asli Tusavul 180 advanced tectonics
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