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Egerstrom House, Luis Barragรกn Watercolor + ink

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Mariel Lozano Villarreal Undergraduate BA of Architecture Date of birth: 02-14-89 Nationality: American Hometown: Monterrey, México Contact phone: +52 (81) 80 13 60 80 Contact e.mail: mariel_lozano@hotmail.com

EDUCATION 8/04/08-Present

Technologic Institute of Monterrey Undergraduate School

8/15/05-5/27/08

Technologic Institute of Monterrey High School

Monterrey, México Monterrey, México

SPECIAL COURSES 01/10/12-Present

Cátedra Blanca CEMEX Professor: Agustín Landa Vértiz Assistant Professor: David Benítez Martínez

08/10/11-12/10/11

Cátedra Legorreta-Tagliabue (In collaboration with EMBT and Legorreta + Legorreta) Professor: Diego Rodríguez Assistant Professor: Vicente Tapia

Summer 2011

International Worksop of Architecture in Cartagena (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) Professor: Carlos Campuzano

Cartagena, Colombia

Summer 2010

[IN] LAND Program at the Summer [IN]stitute College of Environmental Design at University of Berkeley at Californa

Berkeley, USA

WORK EXPERIENCE 12/10/10-12/10/11 12/01/10-12/06/10

“Laboratorios Vaquero” Office (http://laboratoriosvaquero.mx/) Intern • Participated in interior design such as furniture design and blueprint production.

Sustainable Project “Crisálida” Voluntary Architect • Helping design and build a sustainable community center at Montemorelos, Mexico.

08/10/2009-12/10/2009

PROVS (Sustainable Living Program) Volunteer • Helped built a small concrete classroom for a Ecological School at Montemorelos, Mexico.

Monterrey, México

Monterrey, México 18 hrs/week

2 hrs/week 120 hrs/semester

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Monterrey, México

02/01/2012-10/03/2012

Festival Nrmal 2012 Art and illumination assistant (http://festivalnrmal.net/2012/)

08/01/2010-12/15/2010

International Symposium “Design Dot MX” (www.disenopuntomx.com) General Coordinator of Lectures and Panelists • In charge of the speaker’s contact, accommodation and hospitality.

08/20/2009-11/01/2009

Recycled Handicrafts Workshop Workshop Instructor (Volunteer) • Imparted workshop to the university janitors about recycling everyday objects into handicrafts.

08/10/2009-12/10/2009

“UNO:Cien” Architecture Congress Event Coordinator and Speaker’s driver.

• Organized the congress events such as Cocktail parties, award party, closure, etc.

08/01/2010-12/25/2010

Monterrey’s Book Fair Volunteer • Participated on the information booth assisting visitors.

HONORS 07/26/2010

1st Place Award at “International Internship Program” held at Tecnológico de Monterrey for Architecture Undergraduate students

01/10/2012

1st Place Award at “Revive MTY” Forum Contest about Urban Regeneration.

SKILLS & TALENTS Software

Autocad, Revit, Rhino, 3D Max, Sketch Up Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Photosop, InDesign, Staad Pro, Microsoft Office.

Languages

100% Spanish

Musical Instruments

Piano

Social and School Skills

Experience coordinating and leading student activities.

Hobbies

Reading, outdoor sports, hand- sketching, piano.

100% English

60% German

INDEX 9 x 9 Cubic House

Chipinque House

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Efecto Rarรกmuri

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School of Art

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Project: Babilonia

11. Immigrant´s Shelter Macro Plaza

7.

Vertical Orchard

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Bazurto Market

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Museum of Chucho Reyes

10. PMRKLB

6.

The 9 x 9 Cubic House is produced from an exercise suggesting the modification of a 3x3 orthogonal grid, developing a specific parameter for the alteration.

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The parameter chosen for this house is about rotating the vertical lines 60ยบ and then moving them 3 meters to the left. Therefore, a unique spatial composition is created, and every space can be adapted to the specific needs of a conventional house.

level 0.00m

Academic // DESIGN STUDIO I // 2008

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CUBIC HOUSE

FLOOR PLANS

9x9

P ROC ES S 3x3m

60ยบ

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CHIPINQUE HOUSE Academic // DESIGN STUDIO I // 2008

Located in the middle of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the site for this house is gifted with evergreen vegetation and a mild climate. The Chipinque House is conceived to strategically have all the principal rooms oriented to face the panoramic view of the municipality of San Pedro.

C ROS S S EC TION

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FLOOR PLANS

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LEVEL +3.20m

LEVEL -3.20m

LEVEL -6.40m

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SCHOOL OF ART Academic // DESIGN STUDIO III // 2009

The School of Art is conceived as a public space for the students artistic and academic development, as well as the a passage alternative for pedestrians to live and experience art when passing through.

Located next to the Paseo Santa Lucia, the School of Art is visited by hundreds of civilians that happen to walk through the area, giving them the choice to pass by quickly and have a glance of art, or perhaps to stay and enjoy the view of students performing and practicing diverse activities and learning something that will be valuable in their lives.

F O RM D EV E LO P ME NT People´s flow pattern through site

Open towards Paseo Santa Lucía

Open towards the neighborhood

F LO O R PL A NS

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LEVEL +4.00m

Building´s accessibility

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NORTH ELEV A TI ON

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PROJECT: BABILONIA Competition // Revive Monterrey// 1st Place // 2010 In collaboration with: Mariana Salido Aguilera

Colonia Industrial is a zone located in Monterrey’s downtown.

It’s known for having serious issues such as crime, poverty, abandonment, prostitution, drug dealing and segregation. All these caused by many factors such as the continuous arrival and departure of alien people due to the proximity of the Bus Station, the abundance of abandoned places like the former railway station, and localities nearby commonly known as “Coyotera” and Calle Villagran.

These, combined with the problem of illegal squatters and poor housing conditions, make Colonia Industrial a place that needs urgent rebirth.

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SOCIAL INTERVENTION

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MOBILITY

After an analysis of the area, three sectors of the population appear to be the most affected: youth (involved in two rival gangs in the same neighborhood), women (involved in prostitution and drug dealing), and immigrants that due to the proximity of the bus station arrive first at the neighborhood, installing temporarily and creating an informal housing problem and lack of identity.

Two critical points at Col. Industrial are the old railway station which is an outbreak of violence and riskiness that affects the entire vicinity and the bus station, that with its inefficient system of routes creates traffic chaos and confusion of foreign people arriving to the city, giving rise to other problems such as prostitution, drug retail or squatters.

PROPOSAL: - Community Center for youth located at the border of the two gangs.

- Center of Assistance for women.

- Immigrant´s Assistance Center.

- Bring down the wall that encloses the abandoned railroad site, for it restricts the vision encouraging people nearby to use it as a crime and violence scene.

PROPOSAL: - Split the Bus Station into three stations, strategically located in Santa Catarina (southern destinations in the country), San Nicolás (north exit) and the existing one.

- Building infrastructure at the abandoned railroad tracks and install a tram that connects to the rest of the metropolitan area.

- Construction of a linear park alongside the tram tracks, to encourage public activities, the interaction between the settlers and the tourist attractions, as well as inviting people to choose public transportation as an alternative the use of cars.

- Take advantage of the old railroad´s building to start a Community Center with a mixed program to help maintain the park.

- Restoration of sidewalks to encourage pedestrian mobility with the use of different textures and perennial native vegetation to reduce heat.

STAGES

3.

JUNCTION

Upon reactivation of the economy, the next step is about seeking the balance of various aspects of the vicinity; forcing encounters that lead to a greater exchange of cultures and ideas.

PROPOSAL: - Organizing the existing flea markets by giving them decent sanitary facilities and converting them into a tourist attraction.

- Clearing the site by creating green areas that block noise and maintain temperature around the Cerveceria Cuahutemoc.

- Make a pedestrian bridge connected to the subway station to have public space next to the northern market, encouraging trade and reintegrating the neighborhood´s community.

- Connecting the entire vicinity with three pedestrian streets with regional vegetation.

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VERTICALITY

Having reactivated all aspects of the neighborhood, the problem of squatters still remains. Monterrey can´t continue to expand horizontally, so we propose a vertical housing system which culminates on a urban regeneration plan merging cultures and creating community.

PROPOSAL: -Housing buildings are conceived to harbor the lifestyle and customs of different people found in the vicinity, parting from the idea of how settlers squatter and adapt their homes, grasping space the best they can with the few resources they have.

-Plantations, graffiti, and street art become the essence of this new detonator of vertical housing.

-This building model is strategically placed in the most marginalized areas and next to the walkways to function as watchtowers and likewise articulate the urban plan of Colonia Industrial. This proposal also intends to develop housing in vacant lots abound in this neighborhood that are source of infection and violence.

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EFECTO RARÁMURI Competition // Arquine// 2011 In collaboration with: Marisol González + José Esparza + Mariana Hernández + Ricardo Campos + Aurora Barajas

In the meaning of life lies identity.

In the north,El Paso Texas. In the south, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

Two cities, two countries, forming the largest border-community in the world.

The Rarámuris, Tarahumara communities, are known in Ciudad Juarez as those characters who began the origin of population.

The concept: the fabric they use to bind to and identify with, is the same fabric that is used to connect Ciudad Juarez.

Seeking to weave the city into a single pattern, respecting each of its parts, dismembering this fabric, thread by thread and sewing each corner of Ciudad Juárez.

There is no fixed route or liable, only spaces that are discovered generating meetings gradually promoting diversity.

PROC ES S Ciudad Juarez current situation

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Creation of squares for social interaction

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Tarahumara’s woven strings

Unweaving

Adaptation to the site

Program adaptation

Evolution of form

Final result: community

ISOM ET R I C S

NODOS DE CIRCULACIÓN VERTICAL E INTERACCIÓN SOCIAL

PISTAS DE CIRCULACIÓN HORIZONTAL

ATRIOS COMUNITARIOS

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MACRO PLAZA Academic // DESIGN STUDIO IV // 2010

Situated between the existing downtown of Monterrey, the Marco Plaza (Central Square) is an old and deteriorated urban center that if restored, would serve as a worthy public area for the citizens.

The recovery of the Macro Plaza, consisting on four targeted interventions at areas designed to combine architecutral programs with senses and population sectors, as to create new sensory experiences for visitors.

The proposal seeks to allow unobstructed pedestrian walk and give civilians the opportunity to live a rich experience full of diversity and cultural events.

POPULATION CHILDREN YOUTH ADULTS OLDER PEOPLE

PR OGR A M COM B I NA T I ON

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GRASS AVIARY LIBRARY

2

GRASS MARKET GRAFFITI PARK

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FOUNTAINS BOTANICAL GARDEN

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FORUM DANZÓN PAVILLION GRASS

PROGRAM PROPOSAL MARKET FOOD COURT BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNTAINS AVIARY GRASS DANZÓN PAVILLION LIBRARY GRAFFITI PARK FORUM

5 SENSES SIGHT

SMELL

EAR TOUCH TASTE

Library-Aviary Perspective

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GRASS AVIARY LIBRARY

The Library-Aviary, located in the center of the Macro Plaza, acting as the main organizer of the proposed scheme, becomes the heart of the project. Imposed as a passage for pedestrians, represents a link between the two neighborhoods that are on each side of the square. The combination of the architectural program calls for a merger between the rational and natural, allowing the visitor to experience new situations and encouraging he/she to mix activities that aren´t done together normally.

P ER S PEC T I VE S

“SCENARIOS” or follies

Another important aspect of the project are modules or “scenarios” proposed along the pedestrian route that can be occupied as needed by the users. Based on the “follies” of Tschumi, the scenarios suggest different patterns of journeys along the park to avoid monotony.

They promote awareness and social interaction harboring different types of activities that reflect the cultural diversity found in the heart of Monterrey.

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WALK ING O PT I O N S A T T HE SQUARE ACCORI NG TO TH E ACCO MMO DA TIO N O F THE FO LLIES

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VERTICAL ORCHARD Competition // Academia Nacional Arquitectura// In collaboration with: Mariana Salido Aguilera

What´s a vertical garden in a city so saturated by industry? No, we do not propose a vertical garden, because a tree does not grow if it doesn´t have roots that feed it. We propose a new system by which, using the identity that the Santa Lucia Walkway gives Monterrey, and the coexistence that is generated in that place, allows us to generate urban consciousness of both, the region’s economic activities as well as selfproduction of them.

Once you introduce awareness in the citizens, this scheme can be developed into vertical gardens that are not an oasis in the city but a model that can be repeated a number of times and thus gradually revive the metropolitan area.

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Flower cultivation

Food for fattening of pigs

Citrus

Eggs

Forage

“VERTICAL ORCHARD”

MAS T ER PLAN

Walnut

Honey

Vegetables

OPERATING DIAGRAM

3 Transportation of goods through the riverwalk to the different modules.

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VERTICAL ORCHARD

2 Harvest

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Self-sustaining system.

4 Exhibition and sale of the product as well as advice for autorproducción.

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Purchase of product.

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CONSTRUCTIVE DETAIL Project for Paseo Santa Lucía.

Small modules.

Program: fragmented

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Practice of selfproduction, setting example to others.

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It continues to spread the culture of selfproduction.

Double wooden pallet base of 1.20m x 1m x .15 m Main structure in steel structure 4" bolted, not welded.

Removable screens

1.20 m

.10 m

Nails (Screw, 1”)

CO N C EPT a.

Site

Riverwalk Sta. Lucia

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Riverwalk Sta. Lucia

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CART AGE NA DE INDÍAS , COL OMBIA

BAZURTO MARKET 2 Academic // DESIGN STUDIO V // 2010 Cartagena Workshop // Summer 2010

Cartagena de Indias, being a centre of economic activity in the Caribbean, as well as a popular tourist destination, has several features that make the city a very special place.

The Bazurto Market, located in the heart of Cartagena, reflects the amazing mixture of cultures thata coexist in this city. It is famous for its interesting architectural layout and the rich culture that exists in this place.

The project consists of proposing an extension to this important market, placing it on a lot within an area occupied by tourists and upper-middle class who need a special-needs market for them.

The site chosen for the expansion of this market is located next to the wall and has special features such as the abundance of tourism, boutique hotels, gourmet restaurants, historically valuable buildings found nearby, and so on.

The idea is to take the elements found in the traditional Bazurto Market and merge them with the most relevant features of the area to intervene, generating a new typology of market that meets the needs of customers.

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Tin roofs forming unique patterns.

BAZURTO MARKET ACTUAL SITUATION

Need for furniture to perform parallel activities than just the purchase and sale of products.

Narrow corridors and confusing routes.

Variety of activities.

Shadows and light contrasts.

CO N C EPT BAZURTO MARKET

SITE variety of scents

small spaces

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central courtyards

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traditional market grid

tourism people´s complex walking flow shadows

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people´s simple walking flow

A RC HI TEC TURA L P ROGRA M WALKING DECK GASTRONOMY SCHOOL

FOOD COURT

MEAT AND FISH ZONE

ADMINISTRATIO OFFICES

FRUIT, GRAINS VEGETABLES ZONE WALKING DECK WALKING DECK

STORAGE AND PACKING ZONE

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P ER S PEC T I VE S

In t e r i ors

Deck

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Deck’s v iew

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MUSEUM FOR CHUCHO REYES Academic // Cátedra Legorreta Tagliabue // 2011

The starting point of the project is the misticism and naiveness always present in the life of mexican painter Chucho Reyes. Given the site´s characteristics, the Museum of Chucho Reyes provides a place to exhibit his artwork, not only dignifying it but accepting any other kind of art that is present in Tacubaya and needs a platform to be expressed.

The Museum seeks to gove back the splendor and glamour once found in Tacubaya that over the years has been lost, returning the sense of identity of its neighboors.

Through the translucent facade, apart from making reference to the yellow windows used by Chucho for his house, functions as a membrane that shows the public in different ways what happens inside the building.

When the membrane is open at the multipurpose salons which are planned to accommodate any artistic program, one can observe what happens inside directly from the street, whether it is a piano concert, or a dance class.

When the membrane is closed, one can perceive diffuse and confusing shadows and movement happening inside the building, thus creating a bit of curiosity and mystery in the people that walk down the street and inviting them to enter and take a look at what happens inside and get to know the artwork of Chucho.

The Museum´s free floor plan seeks to merge its limits with its surroundings. Direct connection is established with the public square found crossing the street, creating a generous public area that can work as scenery for the variety of artistic activities found in Tacubaya.

Tacubaya: belle epoque.

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PUBLIC AREA

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STORAGE & PACKAGING

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IN T ER I O R VI E W

CALL E GRAL . CANO

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F LO O R PL A NS

CALLE LUIS G. VIEYRA

CALLE LUIS G. VIEYRA

ROOM A

EXHIBITION AREA

RECEPTION HALL

RESTROOMS

ROOM B

LEVEL +3.06m 4. Reception Hall 5. Exhibition Area 6. Restrooms

SECT I O N S

LEVEL +3.06m

LEVEL +6.12m 7. Multipurpose Salon A 8. Multipurpose Salon B 9. Patio

LEVEL +6.12m

CALL E GRAL . CANO

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CALLE LUIS G. VIEYRA

CALLE LUIS G. VIEYRA

EXHIBITION AREA

ROOF TOP CAFE EXHIBITION AREA

LEVEL +9.18m 10. Exhibition Area 11. Patio 2 12. Patio (De los Muertos)

LEVEL +9.18m

LEVEL +12.24m 13. Roof Top Café

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MUS EUM’S S TRUC TURE m ai n s t r uc t u r e

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s ec o n d a ry s t r uc t u ra l el eme n ts (s t e el b e a ms)

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PMKL PARIS MARKET LAB

Competition // Archmedium Paris Market Lab 2011// Finalists In collaboration with: Abelardo González + David Martínez + Marcos Almaguer

Walking through Paris without a map in hand is more amusing than just seeing it having a specific route that leads you to every monument without the feeling of really discovering it.

Imitating the Parisian way to discover the city, the PMRKTLB allows its visitors to wonder around with no precise destination.

Restaurants, cooking classes, and diverse food stands merge together to bring alive one of the most alluring proposals of the already demanding Parisian food industry.

Every experience the customer has in the PMRKTLB turns into a learning situation. Before entering or even seeing the building, one can grasp an idea of the atmosphere by smelling the dishes prepared at the market.

Even when walking around Boulevard Saint Germain and not even seeing the building, the scent of it let you imagine the wonders that await inside.

It is then that the path begins, the first approach given by the scent matches and complements the second one given by the sight.

When you finally see the building, the interaction with its surroundings is obvious. Its almost transparent structure enables the visitors and pedestrians around to see what is actually happening inside the market as well as behind it.

When finally entering the building the three remaining senses appear and mix with no specific order. The visitor is now able to enroll in diverse activities that vary from simply buying food ingredients, to watching a cooking process, taking a class, or even enjoying a gourmet meal.

The diversity of activities and the proximity among them makes it possible to conceive new ways of cooking, preparing or simply eating food. The advantage of the mixture of spaces in the PMRKTLB is that you can be buying meat or vegetables besides a cooking class, and without having to be in it, you can just listen how to cook the things you just bought; or maybe you have just learned how to cook a delicious “Confit de Canard”, so you can easily go up one or two levels and quickly get the ingredients, then return to the kitchen to cook it, and maybe later you’ll even want to sit and enjoy your new delicacy on the spacious terrace with a beautiful view of the Parisian skyline.

SENS ES ’ A C T I VAT I O N

P M RKT L B SE C T I O N

DIVERSITY, RANDOMNESS & EXPERIMENTATION...

ACTIVITY FLOW CHART

Restaurants Market Classrooms-kitchens

3 random situations at the Market-lab

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IMMIGRANT SHELTER Competition // Arquine 2012: Desplazamientos// In collaboration with: Marisol González + Liz Cerda + Ana Paulina Reyes + Karen Mendoza

TO SUFFER Suffering is the physical and emotional attrition that causes imbalance and disconnection between mind, body and spirit.

Taken to its limit it calls into question the existence of any human being, making him unable to be part of a society.

The body is the first place that man inhabits.

To be understood in a society and in the outside world alien to him, he should be at peace with himself.

“No, la vida es dura; así piensa uno: me voy a Estados Unidos y me voy a dar la gran vida; voy a hacer dinero, pero no, no es tan fácil” ONCE TV MEXICO – MÉXICO Tierra de migrantes.

Rosa Lemus // Immigrant.

TO HEAL: the project Seven patios limited by programatic blocks are translated into a sequence of patios where the route triggers the healing process. Each void, with architectural and landscape elements, acquires a special meaning by abstracting the essence of each of the steps required to complete the healing process.

The culmination of the system is solved in the deployment of a raised deck relatable as a space between the immigrant and community of “Lechería”, where the immigrant is able to look down and see from a different perspective the process that he just completed and that others are making.

This rooftop is designed for public use, in which people from “Lechería” can be in touch with immigrants in a neutral space which aims to dispel prejudices and barriers promoting harmonious coexistence with the members of the community.

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a. Entrance hall and storage for luggage and backpacks. b. Principal’s office, legal department and administrative.

Nursing, bathrooms and room for volunteers. c. Storage room for general maintenance. d. Public restrooms and two for workshops. e. Community room, kitchen and dining room. f. Dormitory for men, women and children’s bedrooms. g. Bathrooms for men and women. h. Chapel Healing Patios

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SUFFERING If you are of physical and emotional abuse, follow the road to the Healing Shelter.

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REFLECTION

Recognize the origin of your suffering from your own perspective. Look at the mirrors surrounding you and remember who you are and where you’re going.

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RESOLUTION Discharge all your containedemotions, leave them on the walls. Laugh, cry, shout, paint, etc.

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LIGHT Notice the energy that

surrounds you. Notice the sunlight coming in through the ceiling, connecting you with your surroundings.

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REALITY

Understand your existance on earth.Watch the sky, the ground and your walking trail that you leave when you walk across the earth.Now you can dwell.

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EMPTINESS

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At this point, you are an empty container ready to receive new and positive energy.

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ASCENT

Know that your goals and dreams are achievable.

Nothing stops you, there are no boundaries or prejudices.

When you are ready, simply walk to the exit.

COMMUNITY Exit and climb to the rooftop. Walk through the gardens and take a look down to the shelter’s healing patios, look at the people like you who have suffered and going through the healing stages that you just completed. Feel safe, this place is yours.

You are now able to make a decision on which way to go.

ARCHITECTURE AS A MEANS TO HEAL THE IMMIGRANT’S SOUL.

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