MARIA PIA GIRAUDO SELECTED WORKS
ipe to treatment
g wall
Public Space
architecture for humanity
Harvested rainwater used for agriculture irrigation
$
Provision of groceries for tourist accommodaction
March 2014 - July 2014
Sand filter
$
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Greywater filter
Septic tank
Air movement
$ Fly screen
Reservoir
Cover costs of
Waste
Managed and used as fertilizer by each household
Waste
Waste
Bubble and mixing
Inlet
Pit lining extends at least 1.0m below ground level
Îlet le Brouet bouyant
Complex substrates
Recycled greywater used for agriculture irrigation
$
Efluent Outlet
Flies
Liquids percolate into the soil Solid residue decomposes and accumulates
1.0 to 1.5m round or square
1.0 to 1.5m KaKok
DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSABILITIES: I was responsible for the proposals of Accesibility and Transportation, Water management and Sanitation. For each of them I would develop typlogies for the upgrading of existing situation, as well as Capacity Building and Implementation strategies. I would put together the proposals in a document with the necessary drawings and descriptions.
Trou Milieu Soulette
Mangle Grand Sable
Mme Bernard
Batelmie
Rav Pierre Marais Sale
Pradel La Hatte
Lan Palmiste
Gros Morne
Pointe de l’Est
Grand Barriere
Bois Bouton
Grande Plaine Dentelle Figuier Trou L’embara
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: The Community Action Plan for the community of Grand Ravine, a poor neighboorhood of Port-au-Prince, sought to elaborate strategies for creating decent and secure living conditions for the residents. DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSABILITIES: I was involved in the final stage of the preparation of the Document, and therefore my tasks were related to layout design and management, completion of existing drawings an text, ellaboration of explanatory diagrams, and others.
Calcium carbonate Rock layer
Urine diversion
Balairase
La Fortune
Carrefour Citron Cocoyer Anse a Canot
Impermeable clay layers
Caye Rubin
Urine outlet pipe to collection point
To secondary lagoon To fertilization
Compost transportation and treatment into fertilizer (at big scale)
Active solids
At least 2.0m
To Flare or Co-generation
Sold to farmers
Pierre le Nantais
At least 2.0m
Solid residue decomposes and accumulates
2.00
Biogas outlet
Waste
Liquids percolate into the soil
Access cover
$
Biogas meter Cayes a l’eau
Pit lining extends at least 1.0m below fround level (more if soil is unstable)
Organics
Reservoir
Latrine slab of wood or concrete at least 0.15m above ground level with hole
Gases escape into the atmosphere
Air (ventilation)
0.50
Tourists accommodation facility (Eco Hotel)
3.00
Add Vent pipe
Rebuild latrine shelter with proper materials
Mound of excavated soil to seal pit lining and to prevent flooding of pit by surface water
Vent pipe
Users fee
Vent pipe
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: Ile-a-Vache Is a small island lying off the south-west peninsula of Haiti that lags far behind in terms of access to basic services and necessities. The Strategy Document included several proposals on Capacity Building strategies aimed at sustainably developing the key areas detected for improvement (accessibility, basic services and economy).
Fly screen
Floating device
Individual rainwater harvesting system
School/ Housing cluster
ROLE: Intern as part of the Planning Studio. Involved in the projects of Ile-a-Vache and Grand Ravine
Biogas sold to cover cost of soccer field maintenance
Cover costs of
Turning and removal of composted material by hand
August 2011 - September 2013
DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSABILITIES: as Project Manager my tasks and responsabilites included: developing and monitoring the Work Plan; deciding and being responsible for purchases and contracts; follow-up of payments and coordination with Administration department; preparing and managing Cost analysis; preparing input for cashflow; approval of work progress certificates and coordination with Site manager; preparation of quarterly reports for investors; maintaining daily communication and meetings with contractors, suppliers and consultants. As Responsible for Project and Documentation I was in charge of designing common areas; designing interiors of standard units; designing constructive details; making draft renders; presenting the project to the directors for its approval; designing the layouts for sanitary, electrical and gas installations according to building codes; coordinating with structural engineer to adjust design and layout of structure; drawing, checking and handing to Site manager the entire Executive Documentation. I was also Responsible for the management of local administrative issues such as plans and permits (not only for Ravignani 2170 but for every project the studio had) This meant that I would centralize the communication with the respective consultant, keep track of the different procedures and help manage the filing of documents.
LOCATION OF PROJECT: Ravignani 2170, Buenos Aires, Argentina
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: 9 stories high appartment building consisting of 19 units plus ammenities, in urban plot between party walls; exposed concrete structure and masonry.
ROLES: Project Manager, Responsible for Project and Documentation, and others.
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
ATV arquitectos
Chapa acanalada y galvanizada
Loseta premoldeada
PROPIETARIO: JOSÉ IGNACIO GIRAUDO
PROFESIONAL: MARÍA PÍA GIRAUDO
Loseta premoldeada
Carpinterías de PVC blanco DVH 6mm+12mm+6mm vidrio float incoloro
DOMICILIO: INT. CARRERE 441, HAEDO, BS AS TELÉFONO: 154-174-5292 PREDIO N°: 158
CORTE BB Referencias/Notas:
independent 2012-2013 San Miguel del Monte, Provincia de Buenos Aires,
Chapa acanalada y galvanizada
Baldosa cerámica
Obra:
Carpinterías de PVC blanco DVH 6mm+12mm+6mm vidrio float incoloro Baldosa cerámica tipo gres color rosso
Argentina
Loseta premoldeada
Loseta premoldeada
CASA EN BENQUERENCIA Baldosa cerámica tipo gres color rosso
Porcellanato a definir
Plano:
Escala:
CORTE AA
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: individual family house in the argentinian countryside. With simple lines and a contemporary aesthetic the house also uses some of the traditional housing elements, such as inner courtyards and long external galleries. The plan distribution intends to maintain independency of all the functions and users; also it manages to assure good ventilation and lighting to every room according to its uses and to geographical and climatic conditions. The chosen materials show the combination of two constructive systems: thick masonry and light metal roof and gallery, which respectivley provide good thermic isolation and shadow where needed. DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSABILITIES: I designed the entire project, including the structure layout in collaboration with the engineer, and sanitary and electrical primary schemes. I made the necessary drawings and documentation for the bidding process and help the clients choose a construction company. I was involved in the election of all the materials and interior design elements, such as sanitary devices.
Fecha:
ARQUITECTURA CORTES 1:100 20/04/2013
A06
Universidad de Buenos Aires 2008 to present day Faculty of Architecture, Desing and Urbanism Career of Architecture SUBJECT: Introduction to Contemporary Architecture DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT: Introduction to Contemporary Architecture intends to provide the student with the methodology and tools to identify design operations, understand design processes, and comprehend the most relevant facts and lines of thought of modern and contemporary architecture. It is meant to be a support for the design activities the student develops in other subjects. DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSABILITIES: in 2008, while I was still an Architecture student, I started as a teacher assistant for workshop classes. Eventually I was put in charge of a group of students of my own. Every semester I am responsible for a group of 25 to 30 freshmen students. During the semester I am in charge of dictating workshop classes, evaluating papers and partial exams, guiding site visits to urban settings and architectural landmarks, assisting to the organization of activities and designing exercises. In the summer I attend examinations to evaluate and grade written as well as oral final exams.
MASTERS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
socio-spatial workshop
PROFESSORS: Carmen Mendoza Arroyo, Marta Benages, Iván Llach and Apen Ruiz DURATION OF WORKSHOP: two weeks TEAM MEMBERS: Barsha Chitrakar, Kartini Kasmuri, Chiara Pirro, Giulio Mandrillo, María Pía Giraudo DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP: contemporary European cities are facing a strong cultural and social mix in their peripheral neighbourhoods. Such is the case of the neighbourhood of Fondo in Santa Coloma de Gramanet in Barcelona. The workshop introduced us to a methodological approach in order to apply it through a spatial and social analysis of how a public architecture project, as the new Mercat de Fondo, was assessed by the community. Our group’s specific objective was to analyse the new market in Fondo as a social atractor and catalyst for social and spatial transformation. In order to do this, we used methods such as questionnaires and interviews, on-site observation and surveys, time-lapse video, participatory mapping with a model of the neighbourhood, and data interpolation. The findings involved Physical implications of the market, such as street uses, place identity and quality of open space, as well as Social implications, which were mostly related to the participation of the community. As a conclusion of our analysis, we made several recommendations in order to promote a better integration of the market to the social and urban life of Fondo neighborhood.
D2
Timber strips 121''x3''
D2
eco-low-tech
Zinc rain gutter
Zinc sheet Timber beam 3''x5''
D3
Zinc sheet Timber strips 121''x3''
Timber column 3''x3''
TEAM MEMBERS: Carla Betancourt, María Pía Giraudo
PET bottle (2 lts) filled with sand and soil Finishing: mud with pig fat Waterproof insulation NPT 0.00 Mortarbrick 1:6 Regular
+0.10 Lean NPT concrete subfloor 10cm 1 (4:1:6:3)
PET bottle (500 cc) filled with sand and soil
D1
D1
Regular brick Foundation: strip footing (rubble in trench)
Foundation: strip footing (rubble in trench)
0.12 0.19
0.13 0.60
DETAIL OF COLUMN AND BAMBOO Bamboo stick
NPT +0.10
Waterproof insulation
0.60
NPT 0.00
0.13
PET bottle (2 lts) filled with sand and soil
0.13
Timber column 3''x3''
Lean concrete subfloor 10cm 1 (4:1:6:3)
DETAIL OF COLUMN AND BAMBOO
images from research on the internet
Timber beam 3''x5''
Mortar 1:6
Finishing: mud with pig fat
Bamboo stick
Timber column 3''x3''
0.34
N
PET bottle (500 cc) filled with sand and soil
0.13 0.34
Timber column 3''x3''
PET bottle (2 lts) filled with sand and soil
0.12
0.76
Metal fixation
0.22
0.19
PET bottle (2 lts) filled with sand and soil
Timber beam 3''x5''
0.13
DURATION OF PROJECT: three days
Timber column 3''x3'' Timber beam 3''x5''
Zinc sheet Timber strips 121''x3''
0.19
Timber 3''x3'' DETAIL OFcolumn TIMBER COLUMN INSIDE WALL
0.22
Zinc rain gutter
0.19
PROFESSOR: Emili Hormias
Timber beam 3''x5'' Metal fixation
0.76
Timber strips 121''x3'' Timber beam 3''x5''
DETAIL OF TIMBER COLUMN INSIDE WALL
0.13
MASTERS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
In order to design a classroom in Cartagena, Colombia, we proposed construction with PET bottles filled with soil. This technique, apart from recycling an otherwise wasted material, presented several advantages. In order to understand the structural, spatial, and constructive possibilities of this technique, we did research on the properties of the material and the different ways to assemble it. Finally, a combination of PET bottle walls with a timber structure and metal roof, could assure the structural stability, spatial quality and thermic conditions most suitable for the context.
D3
Zinc sheet
0.60
0.60
MASTERS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
vernacular
B
PROFESSOR: Nathaniel Corum C
DURATION OF PROJECT: two days
Windows with removable furniture to allow future expansions
TEAM MEMBERS: Alyssa Juday, Kumiko Kasahara, María Pía Giraudo
A Materials are used according to the position of the facade.
Stone is used in walls with plant material to preserve the traditional architecture and straw bale is used for its outstanding insulation capacity.
A
2.15 mts
After carefully analysing the traditional Hopi village fabric and housing tipology, we found that currently the fabric had lost its original cohesiveness and density. Therefore we proposed a prototype for the construction of the new houses that could be adapted to ‘infill’ the empty lots and in this way reconstruct the original fabric. Other architectural elements and constructive innovations were also suggested in order to further promote the recovery of traditional living habits.
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MASTERS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Rio workshop INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER: Columbia University NY Graduate School of Planning and Preservation INSTRUCTOR FROM UIC: Carmen Mendoza Arroyo PROFESSORS FROM COLUMBIA: Alejandro de Castro and Marcela Tovar-Restrepo STUDIO CLIENT: Prefeitura Rio de Janeiro DURATION OF PROJECT: two weeks TEAM MEMBERS: Kartini Kasmuri, Alessio Ferrara, Rebecca Book, Chloe Liu, María Pía Giraudo DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP: the Rio das Pedras is one of the biggest slums in Rio de Janeiro. The City of Rio had plans to acquire a former factory land in Anil, 1,5km far from Rio das Pedras, to build Minha Casa Minha Vida Program (MCMV) inclusive housing units. Having the Mayor’s office as the studio client, we focused on exploring how to improve the existing life conditions of vulnerable families living in Rio das Pedras, and expand their housing opportunities by implementing a MCMV program in Anil. The objective was to develop an integrated plan for both sites: Rio das Pedras and Anil, taking advantage of potential/ existing synergies between the two. Our team was responsible for the Water management and Sanitation proposal. The favela already counted with a reliable water supply system, and in most parts there were underground pipeworks for disposal as well, but they led directly to the river. Therefore, we focused on the issue of waste disposal and suggested to turn the waste into an energy resource with a recapture plant in the Anil site. This plant would provide jobs to local people and also help Rio das pedras be part of a resource recapture system at regional scale. We also proposed interventions to existing housing in order to improve resilience to flooding.
COVER NGO’s OPERATING COSTS
MASTERS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Collection centers across the country (owned and operated by Haitians)
PROFESSOR: Marie Aquilino DURATION OF PROJECT: two days
with
TEAM MEMBERS: Sisavan Phimasan, Elizabeth Rivera, Kumiko Kasahara, María Pía Giraudo With the objective of providing shade in a rural school yard in Haiti, our team chose to work with the problematic of the material. We decided to use tensile structures with vinyl-coated poliester, and the resarch on this material made us look into the whole supply chain. We found an initiative involving different organizations in Haiti working on the recycling of PET bottles to turn them into fabric; however, the final production and commercialization was made outside Haiti. If this point of the supply chain could be diverted, it could mean an upswing to the haitian textile industry but also a possibility to innovate in the construction industry.
Haitian collectors of plastic bottles
stores, washes and shreds the bottles into flake
existing supply chain
Customers
sends to
Final consumers proposed supply chain
U.S. based production facility
FUNDRAISING
s u p p l y c h a i n r e s e a rc h
turns flake into fabric
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*
make bags, clothes and accesories
INVESTED IN
NGO
DONATION
make bags, clothes and accesories
(seeds, tools, salaries, etc)
Final consumers
? Haitian entrepreneurs
Haitian based production facility turns flake into fabric
INVESTOR
transition from Clothing Industry to Construction Industry
$
OR SERVICE
SOCIALSHADE Provides
BUSINESS
COVER OPERATING COSTS
masters thesis TITLE: Social Business in Haiti
(machines, equipment, salaries, etc)
ABSTRACT:
OR REVENUES
FUNDRAISING
DONATION
COMMUNITY
REINVESTED IN
(finance school, improve infrastructure, etc)
REINVESTED IN
NEW SOCIAL BUSINESS
OR
PAY BACK
(no dividends)
Investment covers business’ initial costs and start-up of operations
COMMUNITY
$
MASTERS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INVESTMENT
Research Lab
Final consumers turn it into vinyl-coated poliester for construction usesPROVIDES GOODS
$
The Development sector has been working for a long time on addressing the world’s most challenging social and environmental problems. One of its means is the work of Non-Governmental Organizations, which receive funding to provide services or other needed assets to vulnerable populations. In Haiti, the poorest country of the Americas, these practices have been going on for decades without succeeding in lifting the country out of poverty. At the same time, current world tendencies show an approximation between the Private and the Development sector. The use of market strategies with social purposes has evolved into the concept of Social Business. This thesis studies both an NGO and a Social Business in Haiti. It intends to show how the later’s financial sustainability can assure longer term impact; in this way, it becomes a model which existing NGOs can attempt to replicate in an effort to rethink their role and adapt to the current paradigms.
need to partner with . Government COMMUNITY . Investors
REINVESTED IN EXPAND BUSINESS
SOCIAL BUSINESS
(open franchises, make product more affordable, hire more employees, etc)
UNIVERSIDAD
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SUBJECT: Urban Project . 2010 DURATION OF PROJECT: three months TEAM: Lucía Mazzini, Yesica Orellana, Pía Giraudo ASSIGNMENT: Intervention in Constitución, Buenos Aires After carefully studying a specific area of the city, we found that the lack of proper public space, of the proper scale and on good conditions, makes it difficult for the inhabitant of Buenos Aires to properly develop their social activities. In order to improve this situation, we found that it was possible to work on the existing tissue. We propose the creation of new public spaces, by recovering deprived or misused lots, with public equipment and buildings that promote specific activities, in order to reinforce those already existing in the neighborhood: cultural and leisure activities, shopping, playing. Our proposal manages to incorporate public space without altering the qualities and scale of Buenos Aires tissue.
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project SUBJECT: Architecture Project . 2010 DURATION OF PROJECT: three months TEAM: Lucía Mazzini, María Pía Giraudo ASSIGNMENT: University building in Buenos Aires The project demanded the completion of the block of the Social Studies Faculty, with a building for diverse academic activities. In the surrounding area there were several academic institutions, and a big flow of pedestrians and transit. The only public space nearby is Plaza Houssay. Our proposal was to consolidate the block incorporating a Promenade that would allow public acces to the Educatorium, and to a new leisure zone of the building and the city. This Promenade therefore ends in a terrace, with different sectors dedicated to leisure activities. As it is away from the rapid transit and noise of the ground floor, it is a privileged space within the building. It is also on this level where the new building connects with the Social Studies Faculty.
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SUBJECT: research internship (optional). 2010 DURATION OF PROJECT: four months ASSIGNMENT: Reurbanization of west border of the City of Santa Fe Together with the rest of the interns, we made a thorough analysis of the existing situation of the city of Santa Fe, and the conclusions were that there were different city centres with different degrees of consolidation, an incomplete transport network, and a messy growth of the city to the north. Also, the risk of flooding was great from the south-west border. Therefore, my proposal was to consolidate existing city centres through an improvement of the transport network and increasing population density, as well as generating a new city centre that structured the city growth to the nort. This would also reinforce conections with other cities. The way to do this was with a densification strategy of identifying vacant lots and occupying them sistematically with collective housing projects. These dwellings had a design logic that allowed them to adapt to the different lots. The design of semipublic outer spaces was inspired by the habits of people from Santa Fe, and the constructive logic intended to industrilize the construction process, mantaining at the same time the traditional materials and aesthetic. This project was published in the book Experiencias Pedag贸gicas Creativas, compiled by Jorge Sarquis, Dise帽o Editorial, Buenos Aires, 2014
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SUBJECT: Architecture II. 2006 DURATION OF PROJECT: six months ASSIGNMENT: Collective housing Project: 40 housing units in Belgrano, Buenos Aires The project managed to contain the 40 housing units requested in a building no more than three storeys heigh, as the surrounding neighbourhood. This way, the complex became an “infit”. The tipologies ranged from 40m2 to 120m2 units, each with its own “patio” or balcony. Ground floor was mostly dedicated to common spaces and work spaces.
UNIVERSIDAD
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SUBJECT: research internship . 2008-2009 ASSIGNMENT: Analysis of Low, High and Average housing typologies for its application on social housing projects in Buenos Aires metropolitan area Hipotesis It is possible to design and build medium density popular housing projects with individual housing units, incorporating them to the urban fabric, rationalizing the construction of infrastructure and allowing the inhabitants appropriate the public space. Habitat definition (…) Thus, the concept of housing is entirely linked with the one of Urban development. Cities are conceived as habitats were housing services for its collective use are provided; at the same time, the set of services incorporates the systemic inter-relations of urban space configuration. The urban environment is part of a social system, and this is why housing must also be conceptualised and understood within the framework of a social structure
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research . project SUBJECT: Architecture IV . 2009 DURATION OF PROJECTS: four months ASSIGNMENTS: “Support” object and 36m2 space The “Support” exercise consisted of building a wooden structure to support a specific object: in my case, a 4 meter long cotton thread. The thread, if tightened, could deform the wood sheet and thus make it able to stand for itslef. When combining several wood sheets and articulating them only with the thread, the variety of possibilities broadened. This logic of articulated pieces and tightened strings was used to desing a 36m2 space with a specific use: a pigeon loft.
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SUBJECT: Architecture Project . 2010 DURATION OF PROJECT: two weeks ASSIGNMENT: House-Shelter The 75m2 House-Shelter exercise was an excuse for me to investigate the phenomenologic aspects of architecture, and meet the challenge of creating spaces and forms not dictated by it visual aspect. The House-Shelter is built underground and in brick, a material that allows to shape the mass and create corners and furniture according with each special necessity.
“The experience of home is structured by distinct activities (...) not by visual elements. A building is encountered; it is approached, confronted, related to one´s body, moved trought, utilised as a condition for other things. Architecture initiates, directs and organises behaviour and movement. A building is not an end itself; it frames, articulates, structures, gives significance, relates, separates and unites, facilitate and prohibits. Consequently, basic architectural experiences have a verb form rahter than being nouns.” “In our houses we have nooks and corners in which we like to curl up comfortably. To curl up belongs to the phenomenology of the verb to inhabit, and only those who have learned to do so can inhabit with intensity”, writes Bachelard. Extracts form “The eyes of the skin. Architecture and the senses” by Juahni Pallasmaa
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