MARGARET
SOBRINO ALMANZAR C O NTACT Gainesville, FL (813) 508 - 4874 margaretsobrino@hotmail.com @margaret.sobrino English, Spanish & Italian
SKILLS Team work Leadership Comunication Drawing/ Sketching Model making Graphic design
Photography Digital fabrication
E D U CATI O N 2010-2013 Josefina Barceló High School 2010-2013 Joined Workshop Slovenia-Puerto Rico Summer 2015 Study Abroad France 2013-2018 University of Puerto Rico, Bachelor of Enviromental Desing (3.90 GPA) Fall 2019 Study Abroad Vicenza, Italy 2018-present University of Florida, Master of Architecture (4.0 GPA)
INVOLVEMENT
EXPERIENCE Summer 2014 UPR School of Architecture Summer Camp / Teacher assistant 2014-2016 Deanery UPR School of Architecture / Dean Student Assistant 2016-2017 Fuster + Architects / Intern
COMPETITIONS 2014-2016 AIAS Recyclable Fashion Show (6th - 8th edition), participant 2016 AIAS Architecture Throught the Details, 1st Place The Architect Studio Prize 2016, participant MoOtopia, participant 2018 Casa Amparo, iINAS 1st Place Casa Amparo, AIAS Puerto Rico Honorable Mention 2019 Philadelphia New Library ACSA Steel Competition, participant
PU B LI CATI O N S Casa Amparo, 5to Encuentro Subgraduado de Investigación y Creación de iINAS Sistema Amparo, Casas Resilientes Sistema Amparo, Polimorfo N º 5 (Magazine) Architecture Students Display Work in Atrium Casa Amparo- Ingenioso Diseño de Vivienda “Reciben Galardon en Competencia de Arquitectura”, Vocero (newspaper)
SOFTWARE
2014-2015 UPR Student General Council, Member
Rhinoceros
Photoshop
V-Ray
2016 Habitat for Humanity Puerto Rico, Volunteer
Revit
Illustrator
Supodium
2016-present AIAS, Member
Autocad
InDesign
Grasshopper
Lumion
Microsoft Office
2019-present VORKURS, Editor
Sketchup
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STUDIO
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fragments, rp 2015 Fall Semester Profs. Miguel Calzada & Miguel Del Rio Mixed use (cafe- library / apartment units ) Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico FRAGMENTS is a mixed use building (library & cafĂŠ / housing) part of a master planning to revive the urban center of Rio Piedras. It provides all the basic needs of a dwelling unit and has the best facilities and potential sites, just around the corner. One of them is the University of Puerto Rico just 10 min walking, Paseo de Diego just 5 min and right in front of the Rio Piedras Urban Train station. Ideal for big families or single students. Also is an ideal point for meeting to enjoy a coffee and read. A place to stay, please different tastes and make people want to come back.
the site
the patios
the views
the facade
fifth floor
fourth floor
second floor
ground floor
bird view
interios
facade
short section A
long section C
short section B
long section D
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3’-6"
8’-0" 1’-8"
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elevation detail
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W-S A-1 60’-0"
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W-S A-1 132’-0”
south elevation
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60’- 0" TOP OF THE PARAPET 2’- 0"
CANT STRIP BUILT-UP ROOFING ROOF INSULATION STRUCTURAL CONCRETE S.C.P DRIP EDGE
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SLIDINGDOORS
RAILING 4 A- 1
SLOPE
CERAMIC TILES STRUCTURAL CONCRETE S.C.P
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50’- 0" SIXTHFLOOR
OPENENDBLOCKS THROUGHOUT
2’-6"
3/16" GLASS WINDOW
3’-6"
VERT REBAR
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S.C.P
CERAMIC COVE BASE CEMENT MORTAR HORIZT REBAR S.C.P
41’- 0" FIFTHFLOOR
DRIP EDGE
SLIDINGDOORS 4 A- 1
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RAILING
SLOPE
CERAMIC TILES STRUCTURAL CONCRETE S.C.P
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32’- 0" FOURTHFLOOR
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TYP VERT REINF DOWELS FROMFOOTING TO MATCH 5 A- 1 3/16" GLASS WINDOW S.C.P OPENENDBLOCKS THROUGHOUT VERT REBAR CERAMIC COVE BASE CEMENT MORTAR HORIZT REBAR S.C.P
23’-0" THIRDFLOOR
DRIP EDGE
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SLIDING DOORS
RAILING
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CERAMIC TILES STRUCTURAL CONCRETE S.C.P
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14’- 0" SECONDFLOOR
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GLASS
6 A- 1 CAULKING/SEALANT WITH BACKER ROD
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CEMENT MORTAR CONCRETE SLAB WATER PROOFING MEMBRANE 3" MIN. GRANULAR CAPILLARY BREAK SUCHAS 3/4" GRAVEL CONCRETE FOOTING
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STUDIO
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mediation of light + mediation on matter 2018 Fall Semester Profs. Lisa Huang & Lee-Su Huang light drawing materials study facade develop 1-1 scale construction MEDIATION OF LIGHT + MEDIATION ON MATTER is a project develop around i ssues o f light, materials and assemblye. L ight i s movement. The i ntent o f the composition drawing i s to capture that essence. I t also t alks about t he c oexistence between the light and dark, and how one needs the other to exist. In addition, the light constantly changes the perception of our eyes and how we see depends on the amount of light received (indirect or direct) to an object. By manipulating light we can shape and define spaces. This drawing, a lso t akes a s a precedent a rchitectural screens and brise-soleil, to express how to capture light and change its shape and intensity0 based on the points of view through the time (day/night). The experimentation part pursues the same idea, by creating shadows we can capture light and its instances. But specifically how the light interact with the surface. By manipulating plaster in a spandex fabric with a frame of wood and balloons, and other materials like concrete, plastic, etc. was able to create a piece that had different depths allowing a playfulness in the lights intensity. The use of an elastic medium in order create a piece that could be as fluid yet have the rigidity of light itself. The dialog between the light and dark is explored by a piece that produces both, showing how one cannot exist without
explorations of shapes
light drawing
materials studies
floor plan
axonometric
elevation
model
section drawing
1” x 2” wood lumber
aluminum sheet
plywood
pex pipes
2” x 2” wood lumber
cable
axonometric fabric
white spandex fabric
elevation
1’=1’ construction
STUDIO
1.1
bamboo folie, upr 2013 Fall Semester Profs. Mayra JĂmenez & Anixa GonzĂĄles Seating Area / Sculpture University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus The BAMBOO FOLIE is a spatial/sculptural project that seeks to recognize its surroundings and to obey it in a subtle but direct way. Is located in the middle of the natural reserve and the student residence of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. These place is full of bamboo and the piece is made with the material provided by the site and manag-es to camouflage itself. It is a space for students to connect with nature through their daily activities.
bird view
north elevation
east elevation
ground level
north elevation
east elevation
STUDIO
G.2
philadelphia new library
conceptual models
two volumnes (light vs opaque)
one volumn that holds the other
light volumes in the space
site strategy
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second level
undergroung level 1
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thrid level
ground level
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west elevation
south elevation
exploded axonometric
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long section
short section
cantilever detail
interiors
atrium
special collection
STUDIO
2.1
meditation space, sj 2014 Fall Semester Prof. Nataniel Fuster Meditation Space Chapell The MEDITATION SPACE without specific denomination is located in a bastion, very close to the wall in the Old San Juan. It defines the space through the use of light, works with natural ventilation and integrates the different urban sequences. It provides an environment of reflection, which disconnects you and seeks to transport you to another space. It aims to give that look to the sky and connect with the others through the contrasts between the exterior and the interior.
shape & views
volumetry
the ceiling
shadows
top view
east section
south section
axonometric
east elevation
south elevation
west elevation
north elevation
hand model
STUDIO
G1.1
terhmal bath, os 2018 Fall Semester Profs. Lisa Huang & Lee-Su Huang Terhmal bath (purification space) Oslo, Norway OSLO TERHMAL BATH is a purification space l ocated i n Oslo Winter Park, Ski recreative Center (in front of the Sognsvann Lake ). It is inspired in the knitting patterns a fundamental part of the histoy of fashion around Norway. It is also a decorative element t hat has transcended and has been traduce i n diverse a reas o f their live and cultural traditions (car cover seats ,wooden patterns, flags, etched in concrete and made as the facade of glass windows).
volumetry
circulation
respond to the terrain
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facade ryhtm
site plan
floor plan
model
short section A
long section A
long section B
wall section detail
entrance
interios
exterior
COMPE.
4.1
moontopia competition, mn 2016 September- November Moontopia, An out of this World Challenge. Self Sufficient Lunar Colony Partners Isais Rubert Hillary Morales Isaac Mangual “MOONTOPIA is Eleven’s first international ideas and design COMPETITON on Space Architecture”. To design something literally out of our world, means that we need to start from scratch. The Atom is the base unit that allows the development of everything around us. Mission IOTA behaves in the same way. Join IASA’s (International Aeronautics and Space Association) 6 brave astronauts, from the moment they set foot on the moon to the day they depart for their next expedition. Mission IOTA was conceived as a project of many phases:1 (crater selection, habitable spacecraft, shield protection, research facilities, and the exterior shield) 2 (underground experience) 3 (tunnel network, and gravity rings) and 4 (planetary exploration).
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exterior shield
shield protection
ring structure
comunity organization
gravity rings
building
module
research facilities
platform
ring acces
module
underground experience
STUDIO
4.1
Re-formulate a local Fence sj 2017 Fall Semester Prof. Humberto Cavallin Calanche Parametric facade San Juan, Puerto Rico Partner: Suzette Lopez The LOCAL FENCE is a Parametric facade base on a Puerto Rican common- existing fence located in the “Paseo de Diego� on Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico near to the new building. The main idea of this project is to choose a existing fence in the Urban center of Rio Piedras, analyzed the different conditions (lighting, wind, security and publicprivate) and develop a new facade that respond to this conditions. We go through the different scales and re-formulate this local architectural element. As part of this project we use the Grasshopper pluging for Rhinoceros. This tool help us to stablish a logarithm base on the different conditions found on the site, for example the aperture, depth, distance and enclosure of the pieces.
+ + + components
figure
site location
existing facade
grasshopper logarithm
changes in the facade
looking up- south elev.
east elevation
passage view
B.S
ROOFING ROOF INSULATION
S.C.P
STEEL ANCHORAGE TO ROOF
BI FOLD DOOR RAIL
CERAMIC TILES STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
CEILING
POLISHED CONCRETE WATER PROOFING MEMBRANE
GRANULAR BACKFILL
CONCRETE FOOTING
DRAIN
bedroom
lounge
cafeteria
STUDIO
2.2
bukovnisco path visitor center, slo 2015 Spring Semester Profs. Robin Planas & Blanquita Calzada/ Anja Juratz Puerto Rico/ Slovenia Joint Studio Visitor Center Bukovnisco, Slovenia Partners: Fernando Claudio, PR Macarena Fernรกndez, SLO Adrian Porto, SLO The BUKOVNISCO PATH VISITOR CENTER is a group project made in the joint studio Puerto Rico/ Slovenia 2015. The project consists in creating three hotspots around the lake interconnected. Those targets can work together creating a touristic complex able to afford any need, but without losing the previous values and tradition of the place, in fact the goal is to reinforce and improve them. To achieve that goal the architectural project has to be respectful with the precious place, taking care of the topography and greenery, trying to protect the site, being sustainable and taking approach of the energies and the views of the lake.
1- area
4- road
2- path
5- trees
3- space free around trees
6- volumetry
superior level
second level
ground level
hand model
firts level
second level
firts level
STUDIO
2.1
naval museum of puerto rico, sj 2014 Fall Semester Prof. Nataniel Fuster Museum ( naval ) San Juan, Puerto Rico The NAVAL MUSEUM OF PUERTO RICO is located in Puerta de Tierra, Old San Juan. The museum educate about the naval history of Puerto Rico and America. The building itself speaks about the experience of being on a boat which means enter through the bottom, move one way and cross it completely. The structure also makes use of cautious but potent natural light inputs as part of that same route. The project takes in consideration the powerful site where it is located and makes use of the current condition to open towards the water and frame the views.
the inspiration
the site
the volume
the route
superior level
third level
second level
ground level
inferior level
model
long section a
short section a
short section b
long section b
bird view
north elevation
east elevation
STUDIO
G1.1
pedra do moroca house, rj 2018 Fall Semester Profs. Lisa Huang & Lee-Su Huang House Rio de Janeiro, Brasil PEDRA DO MOROCA HOUSE is located on the top of Pedra Do Moroca Mountain looking to Ipanena beach and the coast. It is inspi red in the mosaics. Mosaics in Rio are a perfect representation of the density and diversity of the culture of Brasil. They are also something they adopt form his colonial past, but along time they had develop and made his own interpretation.
volumetry
circulation
facade ryhtm
conceptual floor plan
floor plan
model
short section A
long section A
long section B
wall section detail
facade
exterior
interios
STUDIO
3.2
home 114, nm 2016 Spring Semester Prof. Anna Georas Home (one family) Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico The HOME 114 has a central position in the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. It is located in the middle of two Plazas, and next to the ceremonial spaces. The location is used as a fundamental part of the concept, to produce a direct relationship between the interior and the exterior of the house with the surroundings. This works through a visual connection due to a brick latticework that over all connect the interior of the house with the Plazas and courtyard, and also have terraces to achieve those spaces views.
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LĂŠe Qwa (EasternPlaza)) PĂĄa we Bupingeh (Northern Plaza)
1- existing
4- views
Sun
Pa Patio
Wind
2- site analysis
5- bricks
3- masing
6- home
site plan
bird view
south- east ele.
terrace
superior level
second level
ground level
long section A
short section C
long section B
short section D
exploded axo NON SCALE
long section render NON SCALE
CANT STRIP BUILT-UP ROOFING ROOF INSULATION ROOFJOISTS G.W.B 5/8" G.W.B
3/16" GLASS WINDOW
MUD PLASTER MUD MORTAR 12" ADOBE WALL
5/8" G.W.B
FLOORFINISH JOIST FOR NEWFLOOR VIGAE.T.R COORDINATE BOXED LINTEL 2X6 FRAME PLATE
3/16" GLASS WINDOW
18" ADOBE WALL
5/8" G.W.B 2X6 FRAME WALL DRAINBOARD AND STUCCOSTOP
2X6 FRAME STILL PLATE WATER PROOFINGMEMBRANE 3" MIN. GRANULAR CAPILLARY BREAK SUCH AS 3/4" GRAVEL CONCRETE FOOTING
GRANULAR BACKFILL
adobe wall section
living room
dining room
master bedroom
STUDIO
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interpolated vain, np 2013 Fall Semester Profs. Mayra JĂmenez & Anixa GonzĂĄles Based in Student Residence, UPR -RP by Henry Klumb Sculpture The INTERPOLATED VAIN is spatial/sculptural project a based on four perspectives of the Student Residence of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus by the architect Henry Klumb. Those drawings where combined in a one composition and were located in a frame to extrude points about the drawings and make a threedimensional and create space between the solid and the vain.
hand model
STUDIO
G.2
urban analysis
2019 Spring Semester Profs. Mark Mcglothlin & Bradley Walters Partners: Verity Blevins Maxwell Hunold Mani Karami Maria Paredes Kyle Tonkins This URBAN ANALYSIS of the city of Philadelphia was developed on a nine by six feet long canvas. This one allows us to explore different graphics techniques (drawing, painting, stitching, transferring images) in order to represent our perception of the urban fabric of the city. When we were creating this mapping of the city in between two rivers, we use as starting point principal streets (Broad and Market) which meet in one point and organized the grid of the city. We also point out important spaces or landmarks of t he c ity w ith t he i ntention of understanding r elationships and scales. I t became a collage that helps us to understands the place and its densities.
FASHION
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recyclable fashion, arfs 2014 - 2016 Spring Semester AIAS Recyclable Fashion Show 8th, competition Reyclable pop tap dress (2016) AIAS Recyclable Fashion Show 7th, competition Reyclable screen textile dress (2015) AIAS Recyclable Fashion Show 6th, competition Reyclable screen textile & aluminium can dress (2014) The “RECYCLABLE FASHION” is a collection of dresses made for the yearly AIAS Recyclable Fashion Show Competition 2014-2016. The main idea is to achieve a piece that represents a fresh and youthful design, but without losing the essence that is made entirely with recyclable collected materials. The piece is capable of being used in daily living, example as a cocktail party dress. Also having close the person who wear it, will captures you and you will be able to noticed better the level of details based on the textures made with the materials.
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JEWELRY
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pieces, jewelry class 2015 Fall Semester Jewelry Class Prof. Gabriela Rodríguez We have a really special connection between our brain and our hands, I think every piece we made we our hands has a meaning and singularity. The selected “JEWELRY PIECES” are showing different techniques learned from the jewelry elective class. As a little girl I have always love making jewelry for my sisters and friends. In this class I could take it to a next level. It was very interesting to learn about the materials (cooper, bronze & silver) and their properties and how to give a form to my ideas. I also learned different techniques like fretwork and welding. Today I still use this pieces, I keep practicing and connect the things learned in my architectural works.
“eclipse” silver
“ring” cooper
“mermaid tail” cooper
“clouds” cooper & silver
“void” cooper
“trilogy” cooper, bronze & silver
“lasso” silver
“concrete” cooper
“noli” cooper
STUDIO
4.2
abstract watercolors 2017 Spring Semester The ABSTRACT WATERCOLORS where inspired in a deep investigation about the Puerto Rican Migration. My focus was the literature about migration, where becomes a reflection of the history based on the desire to the return of the longing of the lost good. I was also observing the identity contruction process through experiences and as a result we have a fragmented subject (which I feel very identify as an inmigrant). That is why I chose the puertorican poet Julia De Burgos, as a starting point for the development of the images, because she literally represent all of this. In her journey through the Caribean Island and differents states she started asking about “who she is?� and at the same time conceives her poetic voice. These drawings are my representation of the idealized space of Julia in her poetry. They talk about the fluidity and this is the reason why I use watercolors. Each of them are made with a different technique that reflects differents states of the journey. 01= Earth - representing what we left, made with watercolors and plastic bags. 02= River- representing the start of the journey , made with watercolors and just pure water. 03= Ocean - representing the interstitial space, made with watercolors and water with salt. 04= Sky- representing to fly away, made with watercolors and grains of salt. 05= Universe/Stars- representing the distance , made with watercolorsa and alcohol. These spaces or moments with different treatments but with a common medium t hat creates the identity (image) in the distance.
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SKETCH
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study abroad trip: france 2015 Summer Study Abroad, France Prof. Gabriela Flores These are a selection of sketches of the collection I made during the STUDY ABROAD TRIP TO FRANCE in summer 2015. A group of students and me were in different places in France like Villa Savoye, the iconic Eiffel Tower, Parc de la Villete, the Mont Saint Michel and much more. We were also learning about the culture and language. Stay in those architectural works of the biggest architects that I have learn in my Architectural History classes was an awesome experience. These are very “quick� sketches made in place with different techniques (pencil, micron, watercolors, etc).
PHOTO
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photography 2016 April - May 1st place AIAS Architecture Through the Details, competition Photography composition I have always like the ability of freeze moments for future generations or just to look back. I have participated and won 1st place on AIAS ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE DETAILS 2016 which is the annual AIAS photography competition. Consist in a composition of three to five pictures of architectural details. The composition that I summit is about the Foundation Louis Vuitton, by Frank Gehry. I took the pictures in the Study Abroad Trip: France in summer 2015. To continue developing this fantastic art I am taking classes, because I think the visualization of the world through the lens have a direct connection as how our eye perceive the world and the architecture. In the next pages I present some of the pictures I took in the past years of various places I visited.
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