Manuel M. Alcala mma775@yahoo.com 805.479.8812
ADDRESS: 1165 Irving Ave. Glendale, CA 91504 Apt. #A COMPUTER SKILLS: Operating System:
Windows and Mac OS
Design Programs:
-AutoCad 2004- 2014 -Revit Arch. 2008- 2013 -Rhino -Sketch-Up -Illustrator -Photoshop -InDesign
Rendering Programs: -3D Studio Max -Maxwell Render -Showcase
REFERENCES: Marques Fallejo
-Lead Production Mgr. at Brock Larsen Design mfallejo@me.com 805.402.5149
Mark Owen
-Woodbury University professor -IT Manager at Johnson Fain mrowen@pacbell.net 323.394.8605
EDUCATION: Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, August 2008 to May 2012 -School of Architecture and Interior Design -Bachelor of Architecture with Honors (Cum Laude)
Ventura College, Ventura, CA., August 2003 to June 2008 -Architecture classes + General education classes -AA Degree in Liberal Arts -AS Degree in Architecture Design
EXPERIENCE:
JohnsonFain, Los Angeles, CA, November 2011 to October 2013
Title: Junior Designer -Develop schematic designs through physical models and diagramming -Generate three-dimensional models and rendered views -Prepare sheets for schematic and design development for clients -Prepare construction documents including details and call outs
Sussman/Prejza & Co., Los Angeles, CA, October 2012 to February 2013 -Generate three-dimensional models and rendered views -Assist in presentation layouts and call outs -Explore materials and their affects as engaged by pedestrian’ viewpoint -Prepare construction documents for contractors and fabricators
FreelandBuck, Los Angeles, CA., May 2012 to October 2012
-Develop schematic designs through physical models and 3D models -Generate presentations for clients and contractors -Expand schematic designs into built construct -Meet one on one with clients and present ideas -Organize material/ pricing sheet call out and assist in installation
Woodbury University, Burbank, CA., August 2009 to June 2012 Title: Teacher’s Assistance -Assist instructor in helping students with questions or problems -Insure students manage drawings and programs with full knowledge -One on one mentoring over drawing techniques and board layouts
WROAD, Silverlake, CA., July 2011 to December 2011 Internship -Design and assemble steel molds for bending glass -Produce detail drawings for project -Assist in construction of installation
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS: University:
-Degree Project Award: Site/ Landscape Investigations 2012 -Award of Design Excellence 2008 -Deans’ List 2008- 2012 -KRob 2010 Delineation Competition Finalist- Digital Mixed Media -Photographers Forum 2012 Finalist- Open Design
ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE: University:
-A.I.A.S. Fundraising Chair Member -A.I.A.S. Active member for two years -Student Leader: Tutor in techniques, layouts, and new software
Personal:
Woodworking (12 years of experience) -Continue my interest in woodworking, specifically in furniture and cabinetry design along with experimental studies in form and finishing.
MANUEL M. ALCALA
Projects PROFESSIONAL: JAKARTA ICON COMPLEX: Facade Design_01 BLOSSOM PLAZA: Mix- Use Residential_02 TONFUXI: Walkway and Signage Design_03 SCHOOL: INTERFACING THE VALLEY: Re-thinking the urban block_04 MOT- Time and Space_05 STEEL COMPETITION- Homeless Shelter_06 HOUSING- Ascending Suburbia_07
JAKARTA ICON COMPLEX: Facade Study and Design JohnsonFain Project Manager: Dan Janota Project team: Alex Pijuan, Brian Knight The proposed project is a mix- use tower comprised of retail, offices, and residential units, located in Jakarta. The goal of the project is a cultural study that adheres to the site based on 01 patterns expressed on the facade.
Role in Project:
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Initial facade studies
My role in the project was the initial facade studies, designing patterns that can be translated into a grid that could be later turned into modules. After the first stage, the next step including taking the initial designs and develop them further through detailing and expressing the program and levels. Other duties included creating a revit file for documentation, physical model, three dimensional model, renderings, and design documentation; which include module details and vertical connections.
Ground Plan and Proposed Towers
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Further facade studies, including form and materiality
PROGRAMS USED FOR PROJECT ABOVE: RHINO, REVIT, REVIT RENDER, ILLUSTRATOR, IN-DESIGN, PHOTOSHOP
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North and East Elevations: Tower 2
Module Types
Curtain Wall Module Detail Final Concept Design (Pix-elated Gradient)
North and East Elevations: Tower 1
BLOSSOM PLAZA: Mix- Use Residential JohnsonFain Project Manager: Greg Verabian Project team: Jed Donaldson, Edgar Lopez The mix- use project is an unique situation in downtown L.A., in China Town, which connects to the Metro station. The design captures the platform of existing conditions and creates an 03 opportunity for pedestrians to have an experience as they walk downtown and make towards the metro line.
Role in Project: My role in the project was to help create the design documentation, draw the parking levels while figuring out the parking count, and re-work the ground level based on the architects changes. I was also in charge of designing the rear plaza, the parking and pedestrian entrance in the 3D model.
Retail Plan
Parking Level 1
Other duties included notating drawings, creating sheets for plans, elevations, etc., creating details, renderings, and a physical model.
Parking Level 3
Ground Level
Parking Level 2
Level 2
Ground Plan and Proposed Towers
Ground Plan and Proposed Towers PROGRAMS USED FOR PROJECT ABOVE: REVIT, REVIT RENDER, PHOTOSHOP
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Facade Detail
Elevations
Details
TONFUXI: Re-designing the Pathways and Signage
Master Site Plan with Pattern Overlay
Sussman/Prejza & CO. Project Manager: Miles Mazzie Hsin Hsien The large luxury home complex is a new addition of towers added to a small rural town in China, the goal was to produce light designs features that would fuse traditional Chinese de05 signs with modern designs. The project incorporates new walk ways, entry signage, seating, and the apartments logo’s, all to be visible from the pedestrian’s point of view and little with the passing cars.
Role in Project: For this project, I was in charge of designing a pattern that would be the definning language of the project. I design the landscape pattern and planned for the walkways and green areas. Helped create sheets for presentations, which included details and graphic displays.
Entry Totem Location
For the second face, I was i charge of designing the rear park which included a statue, water feature, and garden. Also, was designed the totem and light fixtures.
Park Diagrammatic Design Graphic Pattern
Project Strip PROGRAMS USED FOR PROJECT ABOVE: RHINO, MAXWELL RENDER, ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTOSHOP
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Totem Pattern and Design Studies Proposed Corner Sign
Main Street for Guests
Final Pattern and Design for Entry
Proposed Pedestrian Corner
Interfacing the Valley: Re-thinking the Urban Block
Program Distribution
Studio 5B- Spring 12’ Instructors: David Freeland This project explores alternative patterns of settlement by rethinking the urban planning of Los Angeles through hybridized zoning and variable density. The site for the project is a large existing pit along the Pacoima River excavated during the 07 construction of Hansen Dam. Taking advantage of the steep topography, the proposal creates a series of connections to the existing urban fabric while defining a new pattern of settlement. Parcel distinctions create new architectural opportunities, shaping public space and infrastructure. The pattern creates productive adjacencies between programs by eliminating setbacks and re imagining common spaces and circulation. Adjacencies allow for a closer relationship between neighbors the integration of income levels in the community, encouraging opportunities for social interaction that can lead to the increase of shared activities and employment.
Site: Pacoima Borrow Pit
Design Development PROGRAMS USED FOR PROJECT ABOVE: RHINO, MAXWELL RENDER, ILLUSTRATOR, IN-DESIGN, PHOTOSHOP
Site Plan
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Unit Layout 1
Site Model: Folded Paper
Unit Layout 2
Serial Sections
Longitudinal and Cross Sections
Unit Models
MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE REDESIGN: Time and Space
Studio 4B- Fall 11’ Instructors: Mark Owen and Philip Ra The studio project concentrated on the study of digital models and diagrams through the usage of BIM programs. The assignment focused on adding new program to an existing building, the Museum of Tolerance, and using the software to produce drawings, 09 views, and animations at a fast paced level that was not capable in the past. The program added was based on attracting visitors and integrating them with the surrounding neighborhoods. Level- Mezzanine
Skin Pattern: Aperture Manipulation
Level- Second Floor
Site Plan: Main Entrance PROGRAMS USED FOR PROJECT ABOVE: RHINO, REVIT, MAXWELL RENDER, ILLUSTRATOR, IN-DESIGN, PHOTOSHOP
Level- Third Floor
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Exterior View: Render and Line-Drawing
Cross Section
Interior View: Render and Line-Drawing
Longitudinal Section
Natural Light
Air Circulation
Garden View: Render and Line-Drawing
STEEL COMPETITION Homeless Shelter
Studio 3B- Spring 11’ Instructors: Daniel Rabin The goal of the proposal is to connect skid row with the main stream through digital communication and education. People who are homeless within skid row will be offered the chance to transition into main stream society, if they wish. Interactive 11 communication will bring resources currently unavailable to their finger tips. Jobs, networking (including disconnected family members) and educational opportunities are some of the unique resources offered through this proposal.
Site Plan: Park Entrance
Homeless Condition: Survival Guide
Cross Section
PROGRAMS USED FOR PROJECT ABOVE: RHINO, MAXWELL RENDER, ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTOSHOP
Study Models
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Detail Image: Unit Construction
Exploded Axon: Program embedded within site
Longitudinal Section
Park View of Shelter: Rendered Image
Physical Model: Final
ASCENDING SUBURBIA
New Housing Proposal for L.A.
Process Models: Composition Strategy
Studio 3A- Fall 10’ Instructors: Berenika Borbeska The proposal is to redefine and redesign a standard suburbia community that encases secondary programs for its occupants and neighbors. The design of the towers is based on the experience of moving horizontally though each housing and separate program, as opposed to vertically as on land. The design spreads through 13 the existing block taking over existing houses, converting them into parking structures, which retain the shape of the existing house. The design explores density and predicting what the housing situation will be when densified, occupying less land. Each tower connected provides support for a program such as a baseball field, basketball court, and a park, which can be accessed from the surrounding occupants or from the community below. Design Development: Sequence of Transformation
Site Plan Physical Model
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Exterior View 01: Rendered Image
Exterior View 02 : Rendered Image
Longitudinal Section
Growth Through Time
Cross Section and Plans
Crematorium/ Eatery
Material Exploration in Tahiti Studio 5A- Summer 10’ Instructors: Ingalil-Walhroos-Ritter Randy Staufer Bone as the study material in the Polynesian culture, detail connections were explored that incorporated the usage of the material, both esthetically and structural. Once the studies were completed on the material then those results would be translated into detail 15 connections for an exhibition for the island of Huahine. Upon the research, the best conclusion was to built a restaurant/ crematorium. Being a dual purpose program, guest would take part in two opposite activities and yet similar procedures. In making food, a furnace is necessary to complete the process of sanitation, as well in the cremation of a body, where the remains are sanitized. The two programs lay back to back, sharing the same furnace. The design behind the exhibition was derived from the shape and structure of bone. The round, cell shape structures are stacked together following the experiment conducted on the material.
Physical Model
Installation Detail
Bone Studies:
Zipper Bone Installation
PROGRAMS USED FOR PROJECT ABOVE: RHINO, ILLUSTRATOR, IN-DESIGN, PHOTOSHOP
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Cross Section
Exploded Axonometric
Longitudinal Section
Design Views: Series
Details: Unit Construction