Jessica Barahona - Portfolio+CV

P O R T F O L I O architecture + landscape architecture JESSICA BARAHONA 2 0 1 3 - 2 0 1 8

Jessica Margarita Barahona Aragón architect, M.Sc. in landscape architecture email phone skype linkedin web

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portfolio

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work experience Seoul Metropolitan Government june 2018 - august 2018 Seoul, South Korea Internship.

Intern in the department of Urban Space Improvement Bureau.

E&Eistory december 2017 - june 2018 Seoul, South Korea English Thomas School july 2017 - september 2018 Incheon, South Korea Part time english teacher. Worked with several groups from preschool to elementary students to improve reading and conversational activities.

Seoul National University august 2017 - december 2017 Seoul, South Korea

DECORA january 2014 - july 2015 Tegucigalpa, Honduras

NACEL Honduras may - december 2013 Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Graduate teaching assistant.

Assistant for the Environmental Design and Digital Media course for the 2017 fall semester. Functions included aiding on coursework and in the development of students projects, as well for preparing the final exhibition montage.

Sales and design.

Costumer service and furniture design for kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living rooms, among others.

Paperwork for fabrication and importation.

Architectural Drafter.

Development of “as built” set of plans that reflected specifications and changes during the construction process of a storage cellar.

educational background Seoul National University september 2016 - august 2018 Master in Landscape Architecture. Member of Professor Wybe Kuitert’s Lab on Landscape in Seoul.

Seoul, South Korea

Sunmoon University, Korean Language Institute august 2015 - august 2016 Korean Language. One-year korean language program in preparation for the Test on Proficiency in Seoul, South Korea Korean (TOPIK).

Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, UNITEC january 2008 - july 2013 Architecture Bachelor Degree. Graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

research

september 2018 Cultural Narratives that lead to construct a sustainable development. Journal of Environmental Studies, Vol. 62. ISSN 2288-548X december 2017 Barriers to urban Integration: Social-Spatial Segregation by physical boundaries. A Case Study in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Research Gate. december 2017 Mongolia: Merging Environmental and Urban Planning for Mongolia’s Grasslands and cities.

Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University. july 2017 Honduras Indigenous Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Agroforestry and Shade-Grown Coffee.

Research Gate.

volunteering experience TECHO, Un Techo para mi País june 2012 - january 2014 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Volunteer. Elaboration of construction manuals, material preparation, logistics, and in-site housing construction. Participation on a regional level for a redesign proposal of the housing prototype.

interests research | sustainable development | landscape systems | regenerative design | culture | landscape literacy

Language Spanish Native English Advanced (Toefl 97) Korean Intermediate (Topik 4)

Technical skills OS Office 2D 3d Modeling Rendering Image Others

Windows Word, Powerpoint AutoCAD, Sketchup, Rhino5 Sketchup, Rhino5, Grasshopper, Artlantis studio, Rhino5, Sketchup, Lumion, Artlantis Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, AutoCAD Impression ESRI ArcMAP, 20-20 Kitchen Design, Ladybug

Qualities Workgroup Ability to work under pressure Responsability Punctuality Perseverance Honesty

awards and participations World Water Challenge 2018, Korea Water Week September 13th and 14th Participation. Participation and shorlisted as Problem Owner and Solution Provider for the final round of the World Water Challenge held during the Korea Daegu, South Korea International Water Week and hosted by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea.

Certificate of Commendation august 29th, 2018 Commendation. Research selected as excellent thesis by the faculty of the department of Landscape of the Graduate School of Environmental studies of SNU, Seoul, South Korea Seoul National University.

Specialized module on cities and climate change january 11th, 2018 Course certification. Two hour course developed by the One UN climate change learning partnership. Course focused on climate change in urban areas, online covering how cities are affected by climate change, how they contribute to it, and how they plan for it.

Korean Planning Association, Fall congress october 27th and 28th, 2017 Oral presenter. Oral presentation focused on Honduras Indigenous Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Agroforestry and Shade-Grown Coffee.

Daegu Hanny University, South Korea International Federation of Landscape Architects, IFLA august 2017 - september 2017 Student design competition. Participation under the theme “Landscapes of Power: Design for Social Justice�. Along with two more team members the Seoul, South Korea (online) developed proposal focused on the improvement in urban level and housing level of one enviromentally deteriorared Ger District in Ulaanbaatar.

4th International Conference on Agriculture and Forestry august 24th and 25th, 2017 Virtual Poster Presenter. Poster Presentation of Honduran Indigenous Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Agroforestry and Shade-Grown Coffee. Abstract Colombo, Sri Lanka published in the Conference Book of Abstracts ISBN 978-955-4903-74-6.

2017 International Conference on Spatial and Sustainable Development august 19th and 20th, 2017 Staff Committee. Staff for the management of the conference proceedings.

SNU, Seoul, South Korea

Red Bone Park Proposal, Excellence Prize june 2017 Excellence Prize. Prize granted by the School of Environmental Studies, Department of Landscape Architecture of the Seoul National University during the SNU, Seoul, South Korea Spring 2017 exhibition for the park proposal that was developed during the Landscape Form and Design Studio.

Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) 2015-2018 june 2015 Scholarship. Full scholarship for a two-year Master degree in Seoul National University and one-year korean language study in Sunmoon University.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras Recognitions. Available upon request.

Others

CONTENTS

Landscape

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Choluteca River Metamorphosis Ms Thesis

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Landscapes of Power Academic

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Mongolia’s Desertification Paths Academic

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The Red Bone of Hance Park Academic

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Honduras Indigenous Agricultural Practices Academic

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Urban Terrains and Ecologies Academic

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Mountain>River>City Academic

Architecture

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Macro Shelter Thesis TECHO Volunteer work Entrepreneur Gardens Academic

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3D modeling

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Mock-ups

L A N D S C A P E

CHOLUTECA RIVER METAMORPHOSIS: A Landscape Masterplan Scheme for River Regeneration

MS Thesis - Award granted Supervisor: Prof. Wybe Kuitert Location: Central District Region, Honduras Keywords: Landscape literacy, urban riverfront, landscape dynamics, watershed planning, informal settlements Abstract: Rivers have performed a crucial role in the foundation and development of cities. More importantly, they influence and confine the morphology, size, and functionality of a city. Tegucigalpa, as a city originated and developed along a riverside, is transected by the flow of the Choluteca River. However, since the city origins, the river seems physically separating and disintegrating its socio-cultural structure. As a result, the river biophysical environment was neglected and finally destroyed. The importance of this natural feature in the urban system is precisely why its regeneration is a catalytic factor for the transition to the sustainability of Tegucigalpa.

This research aims to approach river regeneration as a performing place of authentic local nature and as the only life - support system, which is an integral part of both city and landscape.

It defines the Choluteca River as an interacting process between

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environment, humans, and land-use, and provides the opportunity to conceive the first steps of a regenerative design proposal that pivots on the landscape systems and locational patterns.

Therefore, on one hand, using a combined method of landscape systems and map overlay, this research focuses on watersheds strategies with the aim to encourage regeneration through effective land and resource planning across the total catchment area. On the other hand, this research focuses on the establishment of a landscape masterplan to layout a comprehensive framework that provides performative functions that encourage guidelines for future implementation of regeneration, management or conservation methods. Moreover, it takes into account that Tegucigalpa is a self- constructed city that most likely will continue to grow through the process of informal settlement.

Hydrology

Soils

Elevations

Hydrogeology

Geomorphology

Geology

Rainfall

Evapotranspiration

Temperature

Landscape System Analysis

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Watershed issues

Forest fires

Agricultural overuse

Watershed planning

Agroforestry System

Environmental Banking

River landscape stratums

Typical forest

Typical vegetation

Magnet corridor strategies

MASTERPLAN

Planning components Transformative Patches

Protector Corridors

Stewards

The masterplan for the Choluteca River contemplates planning components that take advantage of the dynamic nature of informality to drive the growth of self-constructed cities, and try to respond to pressing needs of particularly those of the lower income groups, steering urban transformation to attain balanced cities intrinsically connected with their local conditions. The components can be organized into three main categories: Corridors, Patches, and Stewards. Each of them subdivides into several classes, which are determined by the performative function they fulfill.

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LANDSCAPES OF POWER: Design for social justice

IFLA Competition Collaborators: Seungmin Noh, Naa Adjei Location: Unur District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Abstract: The Unur district, in the Ger area of the city of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is the selected site. The two main issues identified in the Ger area are the extreme cold in winter and the flash flooding in the spring and summer. The Unur district is one of the worst areas for flooding. Other issues include inadequate infrastructure, lack of open space and community, and air pollution.

The project aims to improve the living standard of the Ger area.

Using the existing main waterway in the Unur district, an improved water channel system combined with streams and wetlands is proposed. This system will function as a waterway during the wet season and when flash floods occur. For the remainder of the year, the empty waterway will function as dry

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bed, becoming additional space for the community to use.

Footpaths were included for pedestrians, and a green buffer zone that allows native plants to be reintroduced into the area, while further preventing flooding to the housing areas.

To counteract the extreme winter cold, a modified version of the traditional ger house is proposed. Attaching a greenhouse to the gers provides a source of heat, reduction in air pollution, potential to grow fresh produce, and clean oxygen for the inhabitants. During the day the sun heats the greenhouse and is circulated into the ger by a common freestanding fan. The gers have also been raised above ground onto concrete stilts to prevent them from washing away in the case of larger floods.

Improved water channel

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MONGOLIA:

Tracing desertification paths and sustainable strategies for the reduction of land degradation in Mongolia’s steppe and forest areas 2017 International Development Workshop on Urban and Regional Environment Collaborators: Gabriela Jaramillo, Juri Kim Keywords: nomadic pastoralism, land denudation, pasture degradation, overgrazing, sustainable pastoralism Abstract: Mongolia has undergone extensive land degradation that is mainly explained by the adverse impact of climate change and economic socio-political patterns. Mongolia’s continental climate characterized by drastic changes in temperatures ranging 40 °C to - 40 °C and severe dzuds have contributed to the depletion of forest resources on account of uncontrolled logging activities resulting in land degradation. Additionally, human activities such as the Mongolian nomadic pastoralism are considered as some of the main contributors to land degradation and desertification.

Historical contextualization of such relevant economic activity is

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important to frame as socio-political changes from socialist to a capitalist society have had a great influence on the uncontrolled changes in the domestic livestock population which has caused large impacts on the diminishment of grassland and hence, desertification. The present research aims to explore Mongolia’s current status and issues of desertification and trace how natural and human factors have influenced on desertification. This article also suggests strategies and possible solutions that could contribute to the reduction of the extent of desertification and methods on how to utilize desertified areas in more sustainable ways.

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THE RED BONE OF HANCE PARK Design through pattern analysis

Landscape Form and Design Studio Location: Phoenix, Arizona Abstract: The first module of this studio consisted in searching and analyzing diverse patterns that can be found on the natural and manmade environments that surround us. As a first step, places such as markets, streets and parks where visited with the aim of capturing these interesting patterns.

From the initial pool of captured patterns, three were selected for further analysis and conceptualization, being these three a fish cut, dried vegetables, and an overused gas tube. Further on, these photographs were analyzed throughout several graphic representations with the aim of exploring more deeply the seen and unseen patterns of each of them. For this step, instruments such as pencil, pen, watercolors and markers where used for the making of diagrams that represented patterns of shadows, brighter areas, lines, voids, missing details, negative and positive spaces, and others. Later on, the obtained diagrams were re-interpreted into shallow models with different materials and methods.

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white space were arranged following rules of movement in order to create a series of frames connected by movement continuity.

Following the creation of these sequences, the second step consisted on the selection and interpretation of one square per each set for the making of positive and negative models, utilizing oil clay as material for the positive and plaster as material for the negative.

The third module consisted in the hybridization of the first two models. As result, new models were created from the special characteristics found on previous modules. From these models, first design concepts became more tangible and with them program proposal and site conditions. From unifying shape and flexibility characteristics from module A, movement and spaces between from Module B, a design concept for a canopy structure was developed.

Such structure is located in the city of Phoenix, Arizona since it has the most suitable characteristics applicable to the proposed program: extremely long and hot summers, sunniest region, very low annual precipitation and least walkability. The vision of the project is to redefine Hance Park as a vibrant urban park, key venue of cultural and entertainment and signature destination for the community.

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Module A

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Hybridization

Module B

Characteristics from each parent

Collaboration models

Site application

Margaret T. Hance Park, Dowtown Phoenix City

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HONDURAS INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGROFORESTRY AND SHADE-GROWN COFFEE Landscape System Analysis Keywords: slash and mulch, natural regeneration, smallholder agriculture, sustainable coffee, traditional agroforestry Abstract: As the very identity of indigenous communities is inextricably linked with theirs lands through collective knowledge of their sky and surroundings, they offer valuable insights that provide a crucial foundation for the development of sustainable agricultural practices. Several Central American indigenous agroforestry systems have been documented, however, among them; the Quesungual System is still a poorly documented system from Western Honduras used by Lenca smallholder farmers, which offers a promising opportunity for the establishment of sustainable agroforestry in Honduras. Due to the system distinctive features, it not only becomes

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a strategy to address the environmental issues such as soil erosion, depletion of resources and deforestation generated by the slash and burn intensive agriculture; but provides also an alternative to expand the production of environmentally friendly coffee, one that has been diminished by the rise of the sun-grown coffee industry causing a negative effect on the environment, communities and individual farmers. This research, through an overlay analysis of the Honduras Landscape Systems, examines the viability of the Quesungual Lenca traditional agriculture as a sustainable agroforestry system and its potential for the shade-grown coffee sustainable system.

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URBAN TERRAINS AND ECOLOGIES: TERRAIN 09 Environmental analysis through visualization

Environmental Design and Digital Media Location: Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea Abstract: As digital media is becoming an important tool in the area of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design profession, the course aims to give an introductory approach on how these digitals tools can be utilized to process data allowing applicable possibilities in the urban environment and design of open spaces. Furthermore, it intents to explore the interoperability between analog and generative processes of diverse digital mediums to investigate and test spatial design methodologies utilizing open source geospatial data.

The course was divided in four segments being the first an introduction of several digital mediums such as: Rhino and Grasshopper, ArcGis, Google Sketchup, AutoCad Flow Design and LadyBug Plugin for Grasshopper. In this first segment it was possible to understand the basics of each program and how they can be used for several purposes as well as the applications that each of them have in the design field and in the data obtaining process for design.

The second segment was focused on the environmental simulations through Rhino, Grasshopper plugin Ladybug, and ACAD Flow

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design in order to obtained data that can be used in the design process. For this process specific sites, located in Itaewon District in Seoul, became the workspace area. The analyses included specifics from zoning conditions to environmental properties such as solar, wind, hydrology, shadows, and radiance.

The third segment consisted on the analysis of the environmental data obtained on the second stage, and the development of a massing that could respond properly to the environmental conditions of each site. Moreover, the analyses also included pedestrian network through an Urban Network Analysis, and the impact of the proposed massing in the surrounding area.

The last stage was focused on the visualization and representation of the analysis and massing proposed in order to produce a booklet, animation and slideshow presentation.

As part of this representation, models were prepared for 3D printing for the making of a global 3D puzzle which contains all student sites with the resulting massing proposals.

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Grasshoper Pattern analysis

Terrain 09

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Existing site

Modified site

Solar envelope

Massing with total FAR

Proposed massing

Sun path

Radiance

Shadows

Water flow

Wind flow

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MOUNTAIN>RIVER>CITY The missing link

Urban Landscape System Studio Collaborators: Shamsad Firdous, Nouanseng Phonesaly Location: Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, South Korea Abstract: Urban fabric is not accidental, it is a pattern that sits on the substrate of a landscape. Landscape, then, is a system defined by climate, geology, soil, water, topography, vegetation, and patterns of human occupation. The studio takes part of Seoul city, the existing urban situation of Eunpyeong-gu as site. After a thorough research into the urban landscape system of this city ward, the second half of the studio is devoted to design taking

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advantage of the existing urban landscape system. The goal is, first of all, understand the urban landscape system. Secondly, to discover potential vegetation, derived from the urban landscape system, as a design tool.

Sustainable planning of urban open space can be set up, based on ecology and on slow life. The key is potential vegetation.

Site analysis diagrams

Watershed analysis

Corridors Concept

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A H E U

R I C R

C T T E

MACRO SHELTER PROPOSAL:

in the Metropolitan Region of the Central District, El Berrinche Bachelor Thesis project Supervisor: Prof. Edgardo Derbes Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras Abstract: Due to geographical conditions, environmental conditions, disorderly urban growth, the collapsed sewage system, high levels of pollution and other factors, Tegucigalpa presents a wide range of threats to landslides, land subsidence, and floods.

However, in spite of the above, there are no adequate facilities to locate evacuated and affected persons. As result, schools have had to assume the responsibility as shelters, depriving in many occasions the right to education. These educational centers are not designed as providers of services and space for the affected population, thus, during catastrophes people has to face overcrowding.

In response to this issue, this proposal consists of the design of a

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shelter model that responds to emergencies that guarantee both the right to education and the enjoyment of rights to people who are under a process of transition due to natural disasters. One that can also be used for the provision of recreational uses or other services. The implementation of a second use seeks the urban reconfiguration of Tegucigalpa in various aspects. It seeks to renew local activities on an urban scale, creating a sense of belonging in the people of the different communities.

In this proposal, the various components are considered as autonomous spaces but which in turn are part of a whole creating the feeling of an urban park and not a shelter, which helps the psychological recovery of people.

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Shelter’s higiene system

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5,000 LTS TANK WITH FILTER

To tank

To tank

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To tank

To Tank

To tank 5,000 LTS TANK WITH FILTER

MEN BATHROOM

WOMEN BATHROOM

To Tank

From reserve tanks (use only if required)

Cutoff valve Elevated tank with filter

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Solar Bomb

5,000 LTS TANK WITH FILTER

WOMEN BATHROOM

MEN BATHROOM

Toilets

Pergola proyection

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Biodigester

Irrigation

Fountain

Showers

Sinks

Reserve Tanks

Shelter capacity

System for family spaces (Shigeru Ban)

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SHELTER CAPACITY: 76 FAMILIES AREA: 2249.93 m² MODULE FOR A FAMILY AREA: 20 m²

Air circulation

Structure of shelters Maximum Width 2.00 m

2m 1.00 m

2.20 m

2m

Columns and Beams: Paper tube

Curtains

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TECHO:

Redesign of TECHO’s prototype for social housing Volunteer work Location: Honduras, Central America Abstract: In Honduras and Central America the housing deficit, both quantitative and qualitative, has been a constant concern.

As response, TECHO -a non profit organization- has offer for some years transitional houses for families living in poverty.

However, the initial prototype was not designed according to the reality of Central America and the Caribbean. Moreover, it has been and still is a transitory solution to the problem that Honduras and Central American countries are facing. The current prototype is the basis but not the final answer.

TECHO’s prototype is a module with four walls and roof that provides shelter for people who do not have it but that does not provide the minimum conditions to carry out daily activities.

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Therefore, there is need of developing a new prototype that can be transformed and remain in time.

With the aim to improve the quality of housing offered by TECHO, a team was formed at regional level to first, analyze the conditions and context of each country and second, to develop a new prototype for each country with the capacity to transform and grow according to needs of its users over time, and eventually become a definitive home. However, the new prototype needed to conserve several characteristics such modular, removable and transportable. It should allowed its construction in no more than two days, to be built by inexperienced volunteers with the use of basic tools, and be produced on a large scale with a cost that do not exceed the $ 2,000 USD.

Current prototype

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Proposed prototype

Thermal Comfort

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Prototype structure

Rainwater harvesting

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ENTREPRENEUR GARDENS: Academic proposal for low income housing

Collaborators: Claudia Paguaga, Johana Kafie Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras Abstract: This proposal focuses on the development of a housing project of social nature that targets the low income sector, and that intents to propose small business production as main livelihood.

The social housing of the proposal was designed so that all its spaces are comfortable, pleasant and properly ventilated and illuminated. For this reason, the house has been arranged in a U-shape to create an interior courtyard that allows ventilation and lighting of the different spaces.

On the other hand, the project consists of a housing complex of 137 homes planned in the first stage of construction and another

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54 planned for future growth. The design and layout of the rows and blocks that make up the housing complex was made taking into account the topographic features of the land available and the mechanisms for providing services such as drinking water and sanitation.

Likewise, the project also includes basic equipment and services as part of the fundamental components that give the character of sustainability to the whole. Therefore, it contemplates a market, crop area, a school, a health center, recreational areas, multipurpose areas, and vegetation areas.

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Model House

Housing complex

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3D MODELING

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MOCK-UPS

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Thank you for your consideration