MARIA MARTINEZ-CONESA A R C H P O R T F O L IO
ABOUT ME “Build your own dreams, or someone el s e w il l hire you to b uil d the irs ” Farrah Gray
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ello and a warm wellcome to my world. With these few pages I want to show my own way of thinking. But this is not just about architecture. It’s about what I enjoy doing the most and everything in which I’ve spent my time and efforts the last few years.
Prior to letting you get inside my world I would like to say a few things about myself: I have just finished my degree in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. As long as I can remember I have been quite fascinated by everything related to construction and design. To be honest, I did not read The seven lamps of architecture when I was young. I’m talking about games, magazines and books. Driven by that interest, I orientated my education towards architecture. After my Erasmus scholarship in Milan, I discovered a new world where art, design and photography became importants sources of inspiration, and I developed a shared-blog that united all these passions. (www.clickmylook.wordpress.com) And here I am, eager to discover, learn and give my best on what I love. Enjoy reading!
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Personal Information + CV
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Final Project Coworking, Canyamelar
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Landscape Public Space, Milan
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Social Public School, Burkina Faso
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Photography
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PERSONAL INFORMATION + CV PE R S O N A L I N F O R M AT I O N NAME
María Martínez-Conesa Martínez
D.O.B
30 / December / 1990
TELEPHONE
+34 622 63 80 43
maria.martinez.conesa@gmail.com
S T U D I E S DEGREE IN ARHITECTURE WITH HONORS
Valencia, 2015
Intensification: Edification
ERASMUS SCHOLARSHIP
Milan, 2012-13
Politecnico di Milano
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
Murcia, 2008
Jesús María School
+ COURSES
Photoshop, Artlantis, Autocad, Architrave
EXPERIENCE INTERNSHIP
Modoloco Design, Milan (03-06 / 2013)
WORKSHOP
SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE
“Design and build in Basneere, Burkina Faso”
FREELANCE PROJECT
DESIGN & WRITTING
Shared art and architecture blog
LANGUAGES ENGLISH
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ITALIAN
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FRENCH
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SPANISH
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Autocad 2014 + Photoshop + Illustrator
GRAPHIC 3D
SketchUp (+VRAY) + Autocad 3D modelling + Artlantis
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InDesign CC
STRUCTURAL CALCULUS
Architrave
WEB DESIGN
Wordpress
PHOTOGRAPHY
Perspective control , light control and editing
/ 0 1 / C O W O R K I N G CANYAMELAR
R E G E N E R AT E A HISTORIC SITE “I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.” Oscar Niemeyer
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l Cabañal in Valencia is an old neighborhood in the coastal zone of the city. Even though the neighborhood is in bad shape, it still has a small fishermans’s town charm. In order to bring life back again to the neighbourhood, I regenerated a preexistent building.
The importance of this project lies in its relationship with the enviroment where it is developed. As a result of the uncontrolled urban growth in my intervention area, the starting point of this project is to use the conditioning urban factors to develope my work. The first thing I found were two badly deteriorated industrial buildings. I only maintained their façades as a monument of what they have been. A longitudinal building occupies the northern part of the project attached to the annex building’s party hedge. This long spine also covers the façade of a residential building, not modifying any structural element like Lacaton & Vassal did in Paris. Another distinctive element of this project is the use of four prismatic volumes that illuminate the environment.
/1 / FOUR VOLUMES ARISE FROM THE NORTH FAÇADE & DIALOGUE WITH ITS SUPPLEMENTARY VACUUM /2 / TWO LONGITUDINAL BUILDINGS APPEARS ATTACHED TO THE PREEXISTENT BUILDINGS TO COLLECTS THE VOLUMES /3/ THE VOLUMES ARE ADAPTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT’S MORPHOLOGY BY CONSTRICTIONS & WIDENINGS
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Work spaces Compementary coworking uses
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The system is able to e v a c u a t e r a i n w a t e r by itself and set up an attractive and c l e a r i n t e r i o r s p a c e . T h i s w a y, i t a d a p t s t o t h e complex morphology representing the p r o j e c t i d e a and to acts as a solar control. There are two closing methods. The first one is built for the work places with a d o u b l e s k i n consisting of a security glass and a per forated sheet. The second one, a sandwich panel solution, is designed for the conference room and the exhibition area, where a comprehensive solar control is needed.
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CONSTRUCTION L E G E N D : 1. Off-centre continuous concrete brake shoes 2. Concrete foundation HA-30 e= 10cm 3. Antoch plate 4. Jacketed tube 5. Air round duct grille 6. Metalic Plot h: 30cm 7.8. Square supply air and return air ducts 9. Raised Access Floor panels made of wood. 10. Caviti system for crawl space insulation 11. Concrete 12. Steel body 13. Perfil tipo 1 (montante fachada) 14. Security glass, Climalit 15. Perfil tipo 1 (funcion estructural) 16. Natural stone flooring 17. Mortar 18. Stone filling 19. Gravel pack 20. Double treated, water-resistant wooden battens 21. Croncrete morter 22. Two folded plates forming a drawer type beam 23. PVC drainpipe 24. Expanded polystyrene 25. Well-compacted lime-clay subbases 26. Forging in collaborating sheet metal. 27. Gutter system made of color-coated aluminum (Squared section) 28. Rectangular profile 29. Sandwich Panel deck 30. Aluminium flashing 31. Two folded plates forming a drawer type beam 32. Support profile.
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N E V E R B E F O R E : I T ’ S “ C O ” W O R K I N G
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/ 0 2 / PUBLIC SPACE MILAN, ITALY
TO WA R D S A GREEN CITY “ The city is a marvellous human emotion. His beauty, in invention of the man, consists of being a place of meetings and surprises.” Renzo Piano
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s cities grow, so does pollution, noise and climate change. Last century people dreamed about the idea of the “city garden”, but nowadays, most big cities have grown considerably without focusing on the development of their few green areas.
Milan is one of the world’s most polluted cities. It is particulary for that reason that improving the urban conditions becames mandatory. My project arises from a green area in the city of Milan, near Udine’s subway entrance. The zone had fallen into disuse due to lack of planning. I started the analysis trying to bear in mind what people could do in an urban green area. It had to be a place where everyone could develope its own activities without disturbing the others. This is why I designed a park where the different areas are separated by different heights. This creates a geometrical game that allows the views in some directions while preventing it in others.
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Views from the Maniago’s Park. Vegetation grows disordered.
Views from the Udines’ Square. At the bottom of the picture, my intervention area.
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/ 0 3 / PUBLIC SCHOOL BURKINA FASO
HAVE PEOPLE TA K E PA R T O F I T “ We have worked with the hope that our work cooperate in the great task of dignify human life through the beauty and help raise a dam against the swell of dehumanization and vulgarity.” Luis Barragan
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aasneere is a settlement of Burkina Faso, near the road between the cities of Kongoussi and Kaya. The project was started thanks to the organization “Algemesi Solidary”, which aimed to improve people’s live. .
The project’s idea was to build a high school for the village. I relied on the typical morphology of the dome, the traditional construction in certain areas of Africa, while trying to preserve the typical geometry of most of the houses at Baasneere. This kind of construction has some problems, related to the lack of knowledge of Baasneere’s people, that I will try to resolve. The associaton came to the Architecture school of Valencia in order to make this project possible. Using the ideas we gave, they are currently developing a final draft that will be built in the next few years. I find this project really relevant, not only for the final result but also for the difficulty of dealing with a new and unknown theme. The most important thing was to open my mind in order to understand their way of life instead of imposing ours.
Its c lim a t e i s cl a ssi fi ed a s hot sem i - a r i d (BS h). T hi s m ea ns e x t re mel y h ot s ummer s an d wa r m w i nt er s. T he cl i m a t e ex per i ences t he sea sona l effect s of mon s oon s an d h as a s h or t bu t wel l - d efi ned wet sea son. D u r i ng t he hot t es t m ont hs t h ere i s s can t y v eget a t i on, l ea vi ng sm a l l g rou ps of wood l a nd s a l one, m a i nl y Ba ob a b t yp e. T h e re ’re som e envi rom ent, soci o- cu l t u r a l a nd soci o- econom i cs su s tai n a bl e p r i n ci p le s th a t I t r yed t o a ccom pl i sh a nd t o i ncor por a t e t o t he proj ect.
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Integration Minimal impact Orientation Adaption to watercourses Local materials Natural lighting Natural ventilation Flood damage reduction Wall protection Identity Response to needs Beauty Singularity Link to the place Peace and well-being Self Building Food preser vation Collection and storage Local construction Apropiate scale Technical simplicity cuate
Bu r k i na Fa so i s a l a nd l ocked co un t r y i n W e s t A f r i c a . I t h as t wo maj or ci t i es, O u a ga d ou g o u (ca p i t al ) a nd Bob o- D i ou l a sso. T he ca p i t al of t he reg i on t o w hi ch Baas n eere b el ong s i s ca l l ed Ka ya.
P O P U L A T I O N
The number of habitants in Baasneer e i s a ro u n d 6 0 0 0 0 p e o p l e. We c a n fi n d m a n y c h i l d r e n a n d y o u n g people, while the population over 50 y e a r s i s v e r y l o w. F o r t h a t r e a s o n e l ders are consider the majors of the village so we would talk to them if we want to build something E C O N O M I C
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For the collection in the months of M a r c h , A p r i l a n d M a y, t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f b u i l d i n g s i s i n f e r i o r, a n d w e need to take it into account for the deadlines programming. Yo u n g p e o p l e w i l l h e l p u s w i t h t h e construction proccess if they ’re not collecting. P E R I O D S
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Rainfalls are concentrated in four months. They are ver y abundant a n d h e a v y. I n t h e s e m o n t h s w e contemplate that the construction works will be stopped. Therefore we’ve chose to work with independent modules. Domes are independent structures so we can build one after another and stop the construction if anything happens.
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/1 / LOCATE A FLAT AND WOODLAND AREA. /2 / USE VEGETATION TO PROTECT THE DOMES. /3 / PLATFORM TO PRO-
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My project is subject to any change by Baasneere’s people. My intention is to involve the people and give them the opportunity to establish the school in those places they wo u l d l i ke t o. I suggest a set of domed modules that they will be able to execute depend i n g o n t h e i r n e e d s. B u i l d i n g s t a ke advantage of woodland to protect t h e m s e l ve s f ro m h o t E a s t w i n d s. I tr yed with this work method to strengthen the connection between the p e o p l e a n d t h e p r o j e c t, a l l o w i n g Baasneere’s people to feel the school a s t h e i r s. T H E
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The structure is developed by two domes with an air chamber inside to protect the interior ambient from high temperatures. There are some openings displayed at the bottom and at the top of the dome to produce cross ventilation. I have also designed an exterior wall made of adobe (their traditional material) which reinforces the buildings’ protection against the warm w i n d o f t h e E a s t. My most important contribution was the idea of a platform that protects buildings from the strong summer rains.
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REINVENT THEIR SYSTEM My goal, as I have said before, was to build a school that reminds them home. Therefore I decided that the school must have a structure similar to the ones where they live. So based on their typical circular shape, I designed ever y single room they will need at school (Sanitary latrines, teacher ’ houses, even kitchens or offices. The general structure of the classrooms is made by one single dome, three domes or two domes linked by a intermediate element thought to develop social activities.
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