PORTFOLIO Lorena Gomez-Farias
Lorena Gomez-Farias Blasco Bachelor of Science in Architecture 1750 Stargazer Pass, San Antonio, Tx, 78260 (830)-237-3632 lore_gfb@hotmail.com
10 Professional work -Intern work at Richard Mogas Architecture
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Downtown Condo BRT Station
-Condo “connectivity� -Bus rapid transit station with Transit Center
07 Park Intervention -Second Level Park in downtown SA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
06 Parasetic Intervention -Downtown restaurant/bar
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Center for Student Sustainability Ctr. living and health -Green Reach -Apartments and and Medical Center
Learning Center
03 “New Life� dorms
-Dorms for architecture students
02 Poth Restroom
-Stonework Restroom in Poth, Texas
01 Visual Communication -Marker -Pen sketches -Color drawing
VISUAL
VISUAL COMMUNICATION
L COMMUNICATION 01
MARKER
San Antonio College Nursing building sketch
Design project sketch
PEN SKETCHES AND GRAPHICS
Site Sketch
Frank Lloyd Wright study sketch
Falling waters sketch
Graphics-Pen Drawing
Barcelona, Spain sketch
PENCIL DRAWING
Class sketch Left: Pont du Gard Sketch in Italy Right: San Pedro park sketch in Texas
Project sketch
Painting with china ink
Project was to create a rest stop for the town of Poth, Texas. This project was a competition were the judges were the town council. The building requierements was to have a seating area, bicycle stop, water fountain, and built with local sandstone.
STONE First place in Senior competition Project to be built in Poth, Texas
STONEWORK RESTROOM
EWORK RESTROOM Prof. Pemperton studio 2012
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SANDSTONE RESTROOM
Concept
LAYERS OF DESIGN AND CURVES Three main spaces diagrammed in boxes and then layered and rotated together. The main focus was the sandstone, looking at its rigidity and linear character with a blend of curvilinear colors. Diagramming the main walls to correspond to the breezes and the light exposure. The building uses all natural resources.
Breeze and light diagram
Gutter Water Collection
Two main restrooms with a common plumbing chase. The entrance has a main gathering area and a wooden curved wall. Both sides of the walls have a bench and a drinking fountain. The back entrance is for the closet and the plumbing chase.
Skylight Natural Lighting
Green Gathering Areas Breezes
-1ST PLACE SENIOR COMPETITION PRESENTED AT THE POTH CITY HALL -TO BE BUILT IN SUMMER 2013 IN POTH, TEXAS
Structural plan
Radius for curved wall
Basswood Model
Corrugated steel roof Purlins Beams
4 Main foundation walls
Wood structure
Main Structure
Woman’s section
Men’s section Main walls
Composed of a corrugated steel roof with skylights, which are located against the sandstone walls. The structure consists of four load bearing walls with the beams and purlins on top. Sandstone was the main concern of the client, which is used as cladding for all the main walls.
CMU with block filler Exposed CMU
Concrete floor Wood 2x4 vertical wall Concrete bench Wood 2x4 benches
These views project how dynamic the building is. The curves of the ground-cover pull you toward the buidling and act as transitions from one space to the other. The two main sandstone walls contain all the movement and are at different angles to speak to each side of the site. The roof, the walls and the curvilinear walkways activate the site, changing a simple rest stop into a place of gathering. An EDC meeting will be held Feb 4, 2013 at the Poth City Hall at 7:00 P.M. to discuss preliminary costs for the project
Night front view
Interior view of Women’s restroom
Renderings
Construction details in section and floor plan. Plans show that the project is ADA accesible with 5’ radius stalls and following all minimum requirements. Drawings were sealed by an engineer in summer 2012. An EDC meeting will be held Feb 4, 2013.
Construction
Drawings
West east section
North entrance to rest stop
This project was to design dormitories for architecture students in downtown San Antonio. Using an old historic building and incorporating a new building, with a game room, dining room, studio and gym. Each room needs a kitchen, bathroom and four bedrooms. Needs to be ADA accessible.
ARCH
ARCHITECTURE DORMS
HITECTURE DORMS Prof. Hayes Studio 2012
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ARCHITECTURE STUDENT DORMS
Concept
Living in the geometry of new order. Incorporating the new building and rotating it from the old building. The building is bended and lifted up. This followed the concept of new type of living by rotating and using dynamic forms.
Concept shifting
CONCEPT- dynamic landscape in contained geometry
Circulation and corridors
Exit Circulation: public way, exit discharge, exit passageway and dead end
Second floor plan
First floor plan and ADA access
Third floor plan
RED: main columns YELLOW: the braces SILVER: beams
Interior beams through floor which is exposed in the hallway
Section Stairs and distance
Fire rating for Walls
ROOMS
STUDIO
GYM
GAME ROOM COURTYARD
Courtyard towards the water feature with picnic tables, barbecue area, and grass gardens.
Interior view of game room where the structure is beatifuly exposed. There is a sofa seating area, an area with pool tables, reading tables and an architecture bookshelf. At the end there is an entrance for an elevator and a bathroom facility.
Project was to design a center of sustainability in the dowtown San Antonio. The center would inform visitors of how to renew resources and become self-sufficient at their homes. It would include a museum, vertical gardens and apartments.
SUSTA Drawing published in “Architectural Drawing� by R. Yee
SUSTAINABILITY CENTER
AINABILITY CENTER Prof. Thompson studio 2010
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GREEN REACH LEARNING CENTER
Concept Concept shifting of grid
CONCEPT- Using green links, creating a green environment
This concept focuses on landmarks and connecting them through passageways. The landmark is a wind turbine, as a symbol of sustainability. The building creates a courtyard in the middle with two main grids, which would combine in the middle. The grid is transferred to the structure and the ground cover.
Basswood model- view of the front elevation
DRAWING PUBLISHED IN THE NEW EDITION “ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING” 2012 by Rendow Yee
Entrance perspective
First floor plan East Section
Basswood model Perspective of exterior passageway
Perspective of the outdoor walkway
Perspective in the main hallway
Perspective view of the courtyard
The Competition challenged to define a new relationship between S.A. College with its students and community. The focus was sustainability, urban planning and landscaping. It is a mix use apartment complex with a health facility, coffee shop, commercial shops and daycare center.
4th place sophomore competition
CENTER FOR STUDENT LIVING AND HEALTH Prof. Bohuslav studio 2008
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MIXED USE DORMS
Concept
The project acknowledges the environment, using sustainability as the main concern; using natural lighting, passive air circulation and water cisterns. The concept came from connecting the parks close by, and having this new building as the glue to join them all.
Concept sketches of the sections with the breezes and solar access Site concept-connecting two local parks
Plan studies: circulation, natural resources, views and zoning. Media: Watercolor Dormitory model
Media: Graphite
Axonometric with circulation
Axonometric with natural air ventilation
Medical Center
Edible Garden Restaurant
Commercial shops
Daycare
Coffee
Floor plan 2-6
Commercial shops
Develop an architectural intervention within the city of San Antonio that activates the space and creates new experiences for the people using the downtown area; after investigating the area with diverse mapping techniques.
PARASI
PARASITIC INTERVENTION
ITIC INTERVENTION Prof. McClellan studio 2011
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DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT
Concept
Design based on the overlapping of grids of the downtown San Antonio. The grid shifts from orthagonal to diagonal and use this to create an intervention to the Aztec Theater on Commerce street. The new addition will attach to the wall and create a restaurant/bar on the roof top and on the walls activating the area.
Urban discovery
Overlapping drawings to study the grid of the city East Elevation
North Elevation
The concept is defined by the grid of the city, with the curves of the river and the hierarchy of the buidlings in the downtown San Antonio.
Building skin studies, how it attaches itself and how the colors and movement interact within the city.
Exploded Axonometric
3D model created in the program Rhino using the paneling plug-in. The building is wrapped by a metal frame, with glass panels creating colorful curvilinear shadows. The frame creates movement between the spaces along the wall.
View of restaurant roof with wall patios and staircases South Section
Renderings Upper right: Roof restaurant Lower right: Front elevation South Section
Wall balconies
Project was to create a park in the downtown of San Antonio from the University of Texas to Hemisphere park. This park would have to create urban spaces where none before, and link the downtown area.
PAR
PARK INTERVENTION
RK INTERVENTION Prof. Hayes studio 2012
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DOWNTOWN PARK
Concept
Design solution was to create a second story park as link of UTSA and Hemisphere park. Main focus was to ceate vertical gardens as a green solution and to create a visual icon on the skyline of San Antonio. The park focuses on curves which represents the flowing motion of the riverwalk. These curves create a fluid motion for the walkways.
Overlapping drawings with the plan view of the park in the downtown SA.
Left: “look out� tower with vertical gardens for the community. Right: Upper level of the park with a bicycle route and several sitting areas.
This project was to design a BRT (bus rapid transit) station for the Medical Drive intersection. The project required two stations on both sides of the street with a shaded sitting area for a minimum of 10 people.
Prof. Bohuslav studio 2007
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BRT BUS STATION
BRT STATION
HELIX STATION
Concept
Design San Antonio's BRT station at Medical Drive street. The purpose of my project was to create a connection between both stations with the concept of DNA.
Shadows sketch
Site Montage watercolor
Concept Diagram Media: watercolor
Sketch perspective
Final Drawings Model on site focusing on the station’s wrapping curves
Final Section
Project required a transit and tourism center with a sitting area for the bus station. Accessible to all people from the street and river level. The accommodations are a condo/hotel with a spa and fitness center with 25 parking spaces, as well as a restaurant, deck area, pool, physical plant and offices.
COND Prof. McClellan studio 2011
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CONDO CONNECTIVITY
DO CONNECTIVITY
CONDO-CONNECTIVITY WITH TRANSIT CENTER
Concept
The main concept started with a bubble diagram to separate the spaces into private and public areas. The parti is a pinwill where there are four main spaces radiating from one main center. The L-shape form is also used to open to the downtown area and block from sunlight and create privacy. In elevation there is two main areas rotating along the main core circulation.
Bubble diagram
Concept Diagramming Massing
Green Link “Core�
1st Floor plan Structure: main core, with circulation, with main columns, and floors.
Parking Circulation
Final Drawings Room floor plan
bar
The site of the building was limited. My design has one main circulation tower as a core and two apartments per floor. The first and last floor plan started with a simple rectangle, and the other floors shifted shapes to open to views, light sources and breezes. The tower elegantly twists around the core to create a dynamic building and activate the site. The first floors have a commercial area, transit center, restaurant and lobby. There is a pool and lounge area in the middle of the tower to create a focal point, to channel the breezes and to manipulate the light and shadows to activate this space.
pool area
offices
restaurant
parking
Perspective of waterfront
Interior view of living room
Perspective of back entrance
View of restaurant, bus stop and game room
North Elevation
East Elevation
Perspectives are shown from the street level. The green link surrounds the spaces defining each area while giving them privacy. The bar/ restaurant is open to the riverwalk.
PROF Project manager intern at Richard Mogas Architecture in 2012.
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PROFESSIONAL WORK
FESSIONAL WORK
HOUSE RENOVATION
Construction Documents
House renovation at Olmos Park. The project description was to add a master bedroom, an exterior carport, a gate, a kitchen, a laundry room and a bathroom. I created the construction documents while coordinating with the contractor and engineer.
East elevation
Interior Elevations
Museum board and basswood study model for a residential project in McAllen, Texas