ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO MATILDE MARTINEZ BECERRA //LUZERN//SWITZERLAND MARCH 2016
CURRICULUM VITAE MATILDE MARTINEZ BECERRA ARCHITECT GRIMSELWEG 12//6005//LUZERN//SWITZERLAND 0041-788764626 matilde.mbecerra@gmail.com
PERSONAL INFORMATION Name:
MartĂnez Becerra
Surname:
MarĂa Matilde
Place of birth:
Llerena, Spain.
Date of birth:
02.07.1987
Nationality:
Spanish
Email: matilde.mbecerra@gmail.com A versatile and creative person who enjoys facing up different URL:
projects, I am highly motivated and used to working under pressure,
www.cargocollective.com/matildembecerra
facing every project as a personal challenge to push my skills forward. Despite being enthusiastic about my own ideas, I am an
LANGUAGES
analytical and self-critical person, open to different points of view. All these things considered, together with my organization skills make me suited to engage work-teams as well as to cooperate with a
Spanish
Mother language
English
B.2.2
German
B.2.2. Deutsch Zertifikat B.1.
multidisciplinary group.
COMPUTER PROGRAMMS
AutoCAD
Archicad
Rhinoceros
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Ilustrator
Revit Autodesk
3 Ds Max
Ca.5000 Working Hours
Ca 2000 Working Hours
Ca.750 Working Hours
Ca.500 Working Hours
Ca.500 Working Hours
40 Hours intensive course
60 Hours intensive course
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
October 2014 Architect assistant at Bosshard und Luchsinger Architekten - Present - Convent rehabilitation and change of use.
2013/2005
Architect, Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).
2013
Final Year Project
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Assistance on construction process, drawing construction
documents in 1:200 to 1:5 scale.
“Revitalization and restoration of Ahmedabad’s Historic Center (India)”
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Mark obtained : 9 (on a 0-to-10 scale)
Wet cells design according to the handicap regulation. Searching
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for products and revising the finals orders. -
the extreme weather conditions.
Taking part in urban design studies and Architecture competitions
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in Switzerland.
June 2014
Architect Assistant at “Lucas y Hernandez-Gil” Architecture Office, Madrid.
2012
Collaboration on architecture competitions.
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Design of temporary installation on a shop façade. •
Coordination of the project design and construction.
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Budget planning.
January 2014 Voluntary worker at Exit NGO. Madrid. www.fundacionexit.org -
Work as a graphic designer to improve the corporative image of the
Construction – Details and construction drawings on a 1:50 to 1:10 Scale.
Official Specialization in “Preservation and Restoration of Architectural Heritage” Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).
www.lucasyhernandezgil.com -
Technical facilities - The water and cooling systems were adapted to
2009/2010
Architecture Scholarship at the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische
COURSES 2014
organisation. 3 months.
Workshop “Restoration of Historical-Cultural Latin American Heritage" (Spain Institute of Cultural Heritage and celebrated in the Heritage School (IPCE)). Nájera, Rioja. 1 week.
Summer 2012
Voluntary worker at Jugendhof Godewin organisation, Hitzaker,
- Analysis of project methodology.
Germany.
- Results Presentation. (Results public presentation)
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Voluntary worker in the refurbishment of an old farm into a house. •
Construction of the foundations for an auxiliary building.
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Construction of a ventilated roof.
2012
“Habitat Design International Studio” (Ahmedabad Architecture University (CEPT) and Vastu Shilpa Foundation). Ahmedabad, India. 2 months. - Design a residential development for 1,400 people. •
Increasing 400% the density of an already consolidated area.
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Design based on traditional social communities and
sustainability.
SKILLS
2012
Course “Volunteering work and development cooperation projects”
2008
Workshop “Experimental Design” (Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)).
(Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)). 3 days.
Architectural Models, Scale 1:1.000 to 1: 10. - Made out of differents materials. - Large experience in the use of the laser cutting Machine – The use of this machine allowed me to achieve very good results on my Final Year Project. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH5MucBmOtA
Murcia, Spain. 7 days.
FL ORID A P A R K B U ILDING REHABILITATION, MADRID A RC HI TE C TU R E OPEN C O MP ET IT ION , L UCAS Y HERNANDEZ-GIL ARQUITECTOS, MAY 2015
STORE FA S S A D E TE M PO R A L I N S T A L ATION DECOR ACCION 2014, MADRID COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARCHITECTS, INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND COMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS FROM MADRID CITY CENTER, LUCAS Y HERNANDEZ-GIL ARQUITECTOS, MAY 2015
AHMEDABAD HERITAGE CENTER, INDIA FINAL YEAR PROJECT, POLYECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), OCTOBER 2013
Promoted by the municipal corporation, Ahmedabad Municipal Centre is an Institution dedicated to the restoration and rehabilitation of the historic heritage buildings of Ahmedabad. The complex includes not only the Municipal Institution, but also a 30-families re-housing program as well as bath and cooking facilities for the existing houses. It follows a modular vernacular yet innovative approach in response to its unique location, Ahmedabad historical city centre. By the use of a 6x6 modular structure and staggered platforms at the ground level, the Institutional building provides a continuous space that can be either filled by a single use or occupied by different programs. Due to mobile light elements the staggered platforms can be isolated and adapted to different shadows and privacy requirements.
The city main axes and the new buildings are joined through the conexion of various dead ends streets, creating a pedestrian pathway.
While the ground-level of the Institutional building works as a flexible and continuous space for temporal uses, the AHC key program organization is based on the traditional Ahmedabad Indian palace “Havelis” . The “Havelis” rooms can be divided into 3 different types depending on its privacy degree and the amount of sun-light that they receive. Due to this classification, protected areas, intermediate areas and exposed areas can be found at the AHC building complex. The protected areas, placed on the wood cantilever structures, offer a highly controlled environment with soundproof isolation and filigree screens to provide shadow to the inner spaces. The cantilever structures houses the offices permanent uses without interfering on the 6x6 ground level structure. The intermediate areas, facing the street under the cantilever structures, are protected from light and rain, though exposed to the street noise. This part is occupied by permanent uses related to public-users, such as office-secretaries or information points. The exposed-areas include the ground-level flexible area subject to temporal changes, and the always exposed entrance area, a place dedicated to the dissemination and awareness of the heritage conservation importance.
In response to the AHC changing program, a modular structure with mobile panels is designed at the heart of the building. By the use of the mobile panels, users are able to create different shading conditions according to the use requirements.
The offices need of a greater insulation is solved by the use of a double faรงade system. The outer enclosure consists of a porous timber faรงade to filter the light and noise, while the inner bamboo and glass faรงade protect the inside from the rain.
The cardboard model not only represents the project structure, it was made to maximize the possibilities offered by the toll to use, the laser cutting machine in this case. The model was built up without glue, fitting pieces together thanks to little grooves placed at the pieces upper or bottom parts. Thank to this, a faultless and detailed architecture model was obtained.
The building is adapted not only to the material availability of the site, but also to the Indian weather extreme conditions. The building distribution and faรงades were thought to allow passive refrigeration. An ecological water system was introduced to solve the water scarcity problem; this ecological water system includes a system to collect the rain water in tanks, so it can be used along the whole year, and a sewage treatment system, which clean the water through the use of a particular kind of plant.
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ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION, BOSSHARD LUCHSINGER ARCHITEKTEN, JANUARY 2015
SOCIAL SPACE AND MARKET IN CASABLANCA COLLEGE PROJECT, POLYECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), AUTUM 2011 The project is placed in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, within the Mohammadi lively neighbourhood, an area where an innovative and international Masterplan promoted by Michael Ecouchard and the team 10 was launched on the 50’s. Over time, the initially one-storey white houses of the development have been transformed; they have growth in height through unstable constructions. The aim of the complex is to replace the actual non functional local market, including social shared spaces, and cultural facilities as the “Instituto Cervantes” promoted by the Spanish government. Due to the traditional Moroccan Architecture a massive 3-storey concrete building delimit the vacant space. In contrast to this massive structure, a high-storey light structure houses the “Instituto Cervantes”.
The 3-storey massive structure act as a concrete skeleton which can temporally be filled by food or cloth stalls, its prefabricated V-shaped structure placed at the buildings façades provides shadow, and allows passive ventilation. A spiral ramp placed at the inner perimeter of the building works as a safe exit route, while giving access to the small-business. For a faster communication, elevators for clients are placed at the buildings corners, whose galleries are connected through light steel bridges. To create separate circulations, the goods flows network is placed at the centre of each gallery. In opposition to the market low-rise building, the culture programme placed at the centre of the site grows in height. An enclosed green space is created between both buildings, which can be colonized by uses related to the “Instituto Cervantes”. The twelve-storey building whose structure is made of stainless steel has a double steel mesh façade to provide shadow and privacy to the inner spaces.
These plaster and cardboard model was built to show the transformation of the housing masterplan. Initially the one-storey white houses, spread over the empty suburbs, looked as a sculpture on the desert.
Finally the houses have become a marginal and
unhealthy neighbourhood where the traces from the original design can slightly be recognized.
A RESPONSE TO BILBAO’S INDUSTRIALLANDSCAPE, BILBAO COLLEGE PROJECT, POLYECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), SPRING 2011
The multi-functional program which includes large-scale social amenities such as a commuter train platform and a sports centre, leisure spaces and a housing programme are set on a highly sloped and irregular plot, placed at the border of Sestao city. Sestao is an economically weak area with a strategic location thanks to its unique views over the Bilbao Estuary and the Blast Furnace monumental structure. The master-plan responds to the landscape contour, creating a 240 meter-long Axe, designed as a seafront promenade to draw the city life to the water-front. It provides a pedestrian route through the site linking the plot uppermost and lowest levels while structuring the multi-functional programme around it.
The shopping and housing areas remain at the upper level of the axe, facing Txabarri Street and keeping the building profile low in sympathy with scale of the housing surrounding buildings. At this section of the axe, the promenade has a traditional shopping scale, with lively work ateliers facing the street. The city train station, placed at the centre of the promenade is linked to the shopping areas and the ateliers, acting as the master-plan heart. ollowing the sequence of the promenade, we are driven through green spaces which combine nature and sports amenities, till we reach a 4-storey sports centre
To help us to integrate the architecture proposal on the site, a extremely appealing model built of soap and foam was created. The plot's terrain was built up
at the end of the axe.
with white rubber foam, giving a breaking point to the coloured volumetry of the new architecture solution made of soap.
WIRE CHAIR AACHEN SCHOLARSHIP PROJECT, RHEINISCHWESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (RWTH) AACHEN, SPRING 2010
Course made during my German scholarship at the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH). The goal of the course was to transform raw round steel into an useable chair. It was about shaping the material, thinking in a functional design, without forgetting the imagination. After 2 weeks working on the chair design, a scale model was made using wire cables and galvanized wire weldings, and tested. The course provided an introduction to material processing techniques such as cutting, cold forming, and welding.
MAKROBAUEN AACHEN SCHOLARSHIP PROJECT, RHEINISCHWESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (RWTH) AACHEN, AUTUMN 2009
Course made during my German scholarship at the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH). The aim of the course was to build a constructive form inspired on the nature, to make visible, things that are only visible using microcope or special cameras. The object chosen was a natural sponge, whose intricate spatial structure offered great posibilities. While modeling the sculpture, we learned different techniques to shape the clay, and differents ways to mix the materials obtaining differents kinds of klay.