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4. La Loma and Barranquilla’s T o w n H a l l
5. Bosque de Pinos 6. Helvetia School Mast e r P l a n 2 0 2 8 7. El ensueño School and Theater
MARIA FRANCISCA ECHEVERRI A. mariafranciscaecheverri@gmail.com 33 Fairbridge Road, N193EW London, UK Phone_ +44 (0) 7477168050 LinkedIn_ Maria Francisca Echeverri Aranzazu
EXPERIENCE MGP Arquitectura y Urbanismo http://www.mgp.com.co Bogotá, Colombia
MSc Candidate in Sustainable Environmental Design and architect with three-year experience in architectural and urban project design. Special interest in sustainable environmental design research as a way of informing the architectural processes in order to create spaces where people want to live in and promote well-being while in tune with its natural surroundings. Development of passive strategies to achieve both the buildings’ independence from non-renewable energies and an architecture able to adapt to the changing urban environments. Greatest strengths: research, planning and leadership skills. Committed, passionate and always eager to be challenged.
EDUCATION Sep.2014 - Sep.2015
Jan.2007-Mar. 2012 5 years
Aug.2010- Dec. 2010
LANGUAGES
Architectural Association School of Architecture London, UK MSc Sustainable Environmental Design Universidad de los Andes September 2014 – September 2015 DavidDelgado Arquitectos Bogotá, Colombia Los Andes University Bogotá, Colombia CUM LAUDE - Bachelor ‘s in Architecture. GPA: 4.45/5 RIBA PART II Escola Da Cidade – Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo Sao Paulo, Brasil Academic Exchange program
Spanish (Native) English (Good proficiency) TOEFL iBT SCORE 104 (Dec. 2013) IELTS 7.5 (May.2014) French (Fair proficiency) Alliance Francaise, Manizales, Colombia Intensive course (250 hours) CLA - Centre de Linguistique Appliquée de Besançon France (level B3) Portuguese (Elementary proficiency) Level 1 Portuguese at Universidad de los Andes Academic Exchange at Escola da Cidade, Sao Paulo, Brazil
FINDETER www.findeter.gov.co Bogotá, Colombia
Architect June 2013– September 2014 -Hired as a junior architect to collaborate on different projects. -Part of the team responsible for the Master Plan for Helvetia School 2028 project. Responsibilities: research and analysis of the existing facilities and the community’s needs. Production of the final report that included architectonic proposal by stages of intervention with new and refurbished buildings. Other tasks included modelling and rendering, synthesis diagrams, diagramming, Photoshop, and video making. - Part of the team responsible for 4Park residential building. Responsibilities: development of the architectural details. -Participated in the contest for the School and Theater El Ensueño in Bogotá were the studio won second place and was awarded the design of one public school for the city. -Other responsibilities: support other projects, drawing, modelling, video making. Architect, Coordinator September 2013 VISIONES FENICIA PROJECT -Hired to coordinate a team of 3 junior architects all directed by architect David Delgado. -The project consisted on the exploration of possible project developments based on the interpretation of the Master Plan elaborated by Los Andes University for the area of Triángulo de Fenicia as part of the extension of its main Campus. Responsibilities: the study of different possibilities for mixed-use distribution, plot occupation with volumetrics and public space areas proposal for the site, supported by images and a video of the project’s vision. Professional of the technical area February 2013– May 2013 Supported the technical VP ondifferent projects: -100mil Viviendas Gratuitas (100 thousand free homes) and Agua para la Prosperidad (Water for Prosperity), both initiatives of the Colombian government through the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory. Findeter was in charge of evaluating and supervising the projects. -Sustainable Cities, project created by the Inter-American Development Bank, IDB, implemented by Findeter in Colombia to support and finance the urbanization process of emergent cities under a sustainable path.
DavidDelgado Arquitectos daviddelgadoarquitectos.com
Bogotá, Colombia
Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, Colombia
Architect January 2011 – December 2012
AA Bursary -Started as junior architect and then promoted to project 2014-2015 Coordinator after one year. -Projects involved as project designer included: Bohio Housing (constructed), La Loma urban project in Barranquilla Colfuturo Scholarship (Design proposal) , refurbishment of Granados’ Apartment 2014-2015 (constructed). Responsibilities: design, design research, coordination as well as plan drawing, modelling, rendering, CUM LAUDE and image production. distinction -Projects involved as project coordinator included: Bosque de Pinos (design proposal) and Barranquillas’ Town Hall (design 2012 proposal). Responsibilities : design research, program proposal, coordination with technicians and with the project’s owners. Research Assistant March 2011 – June 2012 -Member of a research assistant team for the second part of CAMPUS project led by architect David Delgado and Alberto Miani, Dean of the Architecture and Design department. Responsibilities: the proposal of an evaluation method for future projects of the university’s campus at all stages, design, construction, and post occupancy of the building, based on 5 main principles (sustainability, memory, flexibility, integration, and pedagogy).
INDEPENDENT PROJECTS: Refurbishment of the Sports facilities for Aguas de Manizales’ employees Manizales, Colombia
AWARDS & GRANTS
Architect December 2013 – February 2014 Team: Irene Salazar, Maria Francisca Echeverri -Design proposal for the refurbishment of the Aguas the Manizales’ sports facilities. The task consisted on recuperating the abandoned courts located over water tanks and the design of a new building with all the complementary activities such as a small cafeteria, bathrooms with lockers and dressing rooms, as well as a parking lot and the landscape design of the site. Responsibilities: design proposal, plan drawing, rendering and video making, coordination with the project’s owners.
-Awarded by the AA School of Architecture to attend the Master programme on Sustainable environmental design. -Scholarship and grant for attending the Master on Sustainable Environmental Design based on academic achievements. -Awarded by Los Andes University for having an GPA of 4.45/5 (GPA 3% higher than the average of all graduates of the Faculty of Architecture in the five years prior to graduation).
SKILLS Design Design Research Environmental analysis ANALYTICAL TOOLS
2D & 3D MODELLING
EDITIING
Ecotect Radiance – DIVA TAS Autocad 2d & 3d Google Sketchup with V-Ray Rhinoceros Revit LUMION, Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5 Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel , Power Point
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ECOESTANCIA
2.What?
Graduating project january-december 2011 team_Alvaro Meza, Ma Francisca Echeverri tutor_Stefano Anzellini role_ participated in the whole process
1.Where?
site analysis
The rapid and disproportionate growth, the forced displacement, and poverty are the main characteristics of that city of the outskirts, that city of border that consolidates more and more and that grows tireless in the south of Bogotá. And even thought what causes this scenery was not our focus of research, the city that results from it, yes. Density, the lack of public and green space and the lack of consolidation were the main themes that gave origin to this project, ECOESTANCIA, and that describe in part the reality that Ciudad Bolivar locality lives, and in this specific case the upper part of it, UPZ Ismael Perdomo, in Altos de la Estancia.
N UPZ Ismael Perdomo, Bogo†a, Colombia
urban strategies
actual growth of the city where artificial imposes over natual
desired growth of the city where there’s an equilibrium between the natural and the artificial
To respond to the problem mentioned, we created a city system that being part of a bigger one (Bogota), couldn’t forget any of its principal components, the urban connections, relations with landscape, and the activities that emerged from the relation of its inhabitants with the city. By inserting a series of height dense buildings connected by elevated bridges, to gain first floor area and at the same time overcome the sloped topography by connecting the upper and lower city of the mountain, we could also cover the housing downfall problem. Likewise, with the bar and tower typologies we managed to attain a balance between nature vs. constructed areas, that way maintaining the relationship with the country side spirit that still remained in the site. The urban gardens were created as an economical, learning, nutritional and cultural strategy. The housing units were thought as growing cells that could be expanded horizontal and vertically, were the families could buy a volume with only a portion constructed and the rest to be self built as needed over time and as resources were gathered by them. Finally the system was also complemented with health, recreation and education facilities, as well as shops all in search of a city that could remain in constant change, movement and overall, equilibrium.
3.How?
tower-bar node
circulations
uses
tower-bar node
first floor plan
bar section
|... tension between the city and the country side, is the place where architecture and nature converge|
tower section
tower
bar urban section
facade modules
housing progressive growth
facade cross section bar type structure
tower type structure
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WALL - WICH
Term 2 project MSc Sustainable Environmental Design tutor_SImos Yannas, Jorge team_ Juanito Alipio de la Rosa., Maria Francisca E., Maria Teresa Sanchez., Mónica Toledo, Maria Francisca Echeverri role_Site analysis, Conceptual design, daylight and thermal simulations, images.
2.What? This project covers the study of a portion of the Royal Docklands, particularly North Woolwich, where a big potential was seen in the redevelopment of the site, the refurbishment of listed heritage buldings, and the possible reuse of existing materials (shipping containers). An attempt to orchestrate these three elements together in a way that can be sustainable is explored, simulating the building form and layout, daylighting, and thermal performances. After determining the project site, building typology, and the end-users, a design brief was made with both performance and atmosphere in mind. In terms of performance, a comparison with precedents and benchmarks play a good role in establishing targets and guiding simulations. In terms of atmosphere, predicting the use of space and ensuring the occupants can be comfortable most of the time in both indoor and outdoor spaces were the main goals.
1.Where?
design concept DISSOLVING BOUNDARIES
N London, UK
0°3’47.80”E
Woolwich
51°29’56.42”N
Ferry
Pedestrian Tunnel
Train Station
Victoria Gardens
River Thames
3. How?
EQUIPMENT
outdoor spaces
KWh/m²/yr
100 90
20 10 0
Railway Sta4on Ground Floor
energy consumption
HEATING LOADS
30
HEATING LOADS
40
LIGHTING
50
EQUIPMENT
60
OCCUPANCY
70
LIGHTING
OCCUPANCY
80
Railway Sta4on First Floor
before
after
solar pannel position
circulation inside the wall
DF: 4.84% U.R: 0.29
66.2%
32.5%
0.3%
% Total occupied hours a year
No mechanical means required Heating Overheating
imgage of the modules and roof circulation
76%
23% % Total occupied hours a year
Figure 4.45:Comparison between different possible envelopes with extreme situations.
ANNUAL HEAT LOADS MODULE THERMOSTAT SET POINT 18째c CORRIDOR THERMOSTAT SET POINT 15째c
DF% 4.86 U.R: 0.33
No mechanical means required Heating Overheating
1%
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REFURBISHING THE INFORORMAL CITY
Why?
Housing south of Bogota Wolfgang Sterneck. Available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sterneck/ 6606817663
street view - Bosa, Self Built houses in Bogotรก
MSc Dissertation Project 2015 tutor__Simos Yannas
1.Where?
Furthermore, because plots of the terraced houses are narrow and profound, commonly 6m wide by 12 meters deep, the roof appears as the largest surface of the building envelope exposed to the outdoor having a mayor role on the comfort conditions of the houses. Additionally, the materials used for the roofing do not protect them from the direct solar radiation and diurnal temperature fluctuation affecting the thermal comfort and wellbeing of the inhabitants.
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Settlements of informal Origin in Bogota. (Source: After :http://www.sdp.gov.co/portal/page/ portal/PortalSDP/POT_2020/POT/Anexo%20No.%209_ Cartilla%20de%20Habitabilidad.pdf.
The potential of refurbishing the roof was explored and different analytic studies were carried out to improve its performance. Insulating was found to be a solution to maintain comfort all year round on the spaces coupled. More over the possibility of a movable system of insulation was explored to permit an adaptable solution for the stage building reducing the cost of the investment. Lastly and knowing that resources and economic constrains can be an obstacle on the successful implementation, low cost solutions with local materials were given on different intervention scenarios.
Most used materials for Roofs in self-built houses
Geometry and urban form
Self-built housing has been and is a current practice in great part of the urban area of Bogota, and progressive building by stages is one of its main characteristics. Families expand their houses as additional space is needed and their economic capacity permits it, but most of the times with a total lack of guidance from an architect and engineer. Consequently, and despite the complex economic and social complexity around the informal origin developments, the built form presents various repetitive patterns that permit the study of the environmental performance of the houses, its challenges and opportunities.
analytic studies
Temperature fluctuation for the different occupancy and equipment variations and natural ventilation , typical week January (source: TAS EDSL, Meteonorm)
Annual loads for the different occuppancies and equipment variations (source: TAS EDSL, Meteonorm)
% of hours in the year on the different occupancy and equipment variations and natural ventilation (source: TAS EDSL, Meteonorm)
What?
Mean temperature and fluctuation difference on the different occupancy and equipment variations and natural ventilation (source: TAS EDSL, Meteonorm)
Temperature fluctuation for the different occupancy and equipment variations and natural ventilation,typical week June (source: TAS EDSL, Meteonorm)
How?
Comparison insulation possibilities and its embodied energy and embodied carbon (Source:Hammond g., and Jones C ,2011: Appendix)
Diagram of the movable insulation on the progressive construction Final roof systems with different insulation materials, final roof thickness and cost
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LA LOMA + TOWN HALL
DavidDelgado arquitectos. director_Arq. David Delgado team_Jeaneth Montenegro, Jhon Medina, Juan Carlos Ruiz, Julián Fernandez, Maria Francisca Echeverri role_ coordinator: town hall building:, site analysis, problem conceptualization, design, modelling, plan drawing, visualization Urban project: research, site analysis, modelling, design, visualization
1.Where?
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Colombia
Atlántico
Barranquilla
2.What? la Loma
The proposal for La Loma and Barranquilla’s town Hall public contest, were selected as finalists, consisted of the urban design 90ha of mixed use where the town hall building became the main point of reference. Its location was privileged, just a few meters from the historic centre of the city and touching one of Colombia’s most important water bodies, the Magdalena River. This condition gave the site not only a huge local importance but also a regional and countrywide one. The design concept then aimed for it become the “door” to Colombia through the sea and to the interior though the river, and had the strength to become an important commercial, touristic, housing, and entertaining centre. The site could be easily accessed by water or land. The town hall building was projected as an icon from where the city could be seen and the city could see it all times, and its volume reminding the “entrance” condition at all times.
3.How?
arquitectural details 5th floor plan
20th floor plan -the bridge
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BOSQUE DE PINOS OF. DavidDelgado arquitectos. director_Arq. David Delgado team_David Delgado, Julián Fernendez role_ coordination: analysis, plan drawing, normative process, technical coordination, modeling
1.Where?
2.What? Located on a privileged location in the east border of Bogotá, Bosque de Pinos proposed a housing project located in the mountain slopes of one of the city’s landscape icons, the Cerros Orientales. By taking advantage of the excellent orientation east west, to capture direct solar radiation in the mornings and afternoons to warm and illuminate the habitable spaces, comfort conditions could be attained and were one of the main targets. Likewise, the challenge to generate as more green spaces as possible and to capture rainwater that could be then reused was explored. The far view over the city was exploded and converted into the main attraction. The final design concept for the dwellings resembled more the idea of a house on top of a house than it of a traditional apartment building, were trough the half level plans we could overcome the level difference generating a series on terraces and patios that complimented each of the spaces bringing natural light to all interior spaces.
El lugar
the site
wind
El lugar
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Bogotá, Colombia
sun path
solar radiation 9:00 am
january22
5:00 pm
9:00 am
june 22
5:00 pm
september 22
3.How?
3.COMO?
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MASTER PLAN HELVETIA SCHOOL 2028
2.What?
MGP ARQUITECTURA Y URBANISMO -2013 director_Felipe Gonzales Pacheco team_Francisco Ascensio, Laura Caicedo, Maria Francisca Echeverri role_ Diagnosis of the existing infrastructure, architectonic proposal, renders, final images, and video.
1.Where?
actual school plan
The master plan Helvetia School 2028 emerges from the need to plan and organize the growth of an urban ensemble. Because of its scale and importance, (part of the campus’ buildings are declared architectonic heritage of the city), the task required the establishment of a group of actions that allowed solving in a coherent way its necessities of adaptation and development, according to its academic as wells as its urban demands as part of the city of Bogotá. The whole project consisted in a series of documents that showed in a programmed and estimated way how to improve, expand and consolidate the school’s physical plant between 2013 and 2028, in agreement with the geographical, urban and cultural spirit of the site where the school was located, in relation with its past, present and future.
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UPZ, Niza, Bogo†á, Colombia
memory
images_maria francisca echeverri and laura caicedo
3.How?
memory
COLEGIO HELVETIA 2NDO PISO
SIGLO XX
general images
SIGLO XXI
first floor plan
2013
image_laura caicedo section grawing_maria francisca echeverri photoshop_laura caiedo
2028
modeling and rendering_maria francisca echeverri photoshop_laura caicedo and m. francisca echeverri
before and after images
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EL ENSUENO SCHOOL + THEATER
2.What? El Ensueño Park emerges as a result of Bogota’s mayor intentions of creating a school and a theatear, and as a result a cultural campus- city node was projected. The proposal consisted in a multi-level and multi-scale campus that integrated with the surrounding city to generate a project that strengthens the community, improving the quality of its surroundings and hitching it with the necessities of the different social groups that will use the buildings. The proposal aimed to project a new life style, in a more egalitarian and less segregated city.
contest_2nd place
MGP ARQUITECTURA Y URBANISMO -2013 director_Felipe Gonzales Pacheco team_Francisco Ascensio, Alvaro Bohoe uez,Jose Coecha, Uriel Rivera, Maria Francisca Echeverri role_visulization,diagramming, diagrams, photoshop, site anlysis
1.Where?
urban analysis
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Ciudad Bolivar-Bogo†á, Colombia
urban strategies
The architectural strategies were: 1. To generate a park-campus, school and cultural project connected to the city. 2. Exploded and permeable occupation of the campus-park by a group of civic buildings. 3. Placement of a theatre that mediates between the city and the school converting it in an urban reference. 4. The generation of a school that shares its uses with the theatre and the park and that resolves the different group age’s space necessities at the same time. 5. The generation of a group of buildings that shape the school and the cultural centre from a multi-level campus that mediates between private and public spaces.
level -2.0m plan
3.How? bioclimatic
level + 1.5m plan
memory pre-school
middle shcool
high school
level + 8.0 m plan
insulation
section
santorini, greece
rio du janeiro, brasil
new ork, usa
salar uyuni, bolivia
brasilia, brasil
Maria Francisa Echeverri seven sisters cliffs, uk
sierra nevada, colombia
floating islands, bolivia
...nature amazed, city inspired, passionate worker, tireless traveller. madrid, spain
athens, greece
huacachina oasis, peru
(all photos are taken by me)
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