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Melissa Marrero Burgos | Design Portfolio 2013
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512 S. Third 315 Champaign IL, 61820
787.361.5669 mrrrbrg2@gmail.com
urban planning
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Riverside Alley
infrastructure | landscape
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UNzipping Coasts
educational
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Children’s Art Museum
housing
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Affordable Housing for Artistis
religious
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Mount Nebo Baptist Church
technology
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Brise-Soleil
cultural
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Peace Pavilion
lighting
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ZipLamp
furniture
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Sitting Apparatus
Riv e r s ide A l l e y Fall 2011
We pro po s e a n a c tive f is s u re th a t w ill transform the alley into a p ath fo r th e c ity of Ch ic a go a n d th e Prin te r’s Row Neig hb orhood . Those mys terio u s a lley ways o r u rba n ga ps that exist b etween b uild ing s are u s u a lly n a rrow a n d u n invitin g in th e c ity of Chicag o. In p laces such as Eu ro pe, a lleys a re of ten w h a t is lef t of a med ieval street network or an a n c ien t fo o tpa th in a n u rba n s ettin g used for restaurants, retail or art w h ere peo le c a n ga th er.
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three urban fissures 8|9
occupying the gaps
connecting the program through briges
residence
hotel
offices library/ media labs retail concert hall
S Wells st.
metra communter rail subway rail lines & stations water taxi elevated rail lines & stations bus transit bycicle parking parking bridges
W Harrison st.
downtown mixed downtow service historical landmarks downtown core planned development river
zoning
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1 analytical design sequence:
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transit
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2 site approach + program
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UNDERGROUND PARKING
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OFFICES
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LUGGAGE
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MARKET
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ESCALATOR
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SHOP
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BAR
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CAFE
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RESTAURANTS
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DOG PARK
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BIKING
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KAYAK
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WATER TAXI
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mechanical residence
residential lobby mechanical
hotel
hotel lobby
mechanical
offices
retail / restaurants
underground parking
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residence
hotel
offices
library/ media labs retail
concert hall
program
structure
circulation
cavities
hotel floor plan
hotel floor plan
residential floor
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North view perspective, showing the boulevard and plaza proposal. The plaza transitions into a reflection pool that cascades down the board walk. The boardwalk allows pedestrians, joggers and bikers to enjoy the city and lake, as well as the parks and plazas connected by the boulevard
[UN]z ip p in g c o a s t s ... re-inventing flooding systems as a manufactured landsacpe for the city that would generate new qualities of public space at waters edge.
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Tokyo is famous for being one of the largest metropolitan areas and one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city’s urban composition is mostly conformed of tight spaces, small streets and reduced public space due to rapid population growth and poor urban planning. Tsukiji Market is one of Tokyo’s main public spaces and it’s the most well-known wholesale fish market in the world. This market is a complex physical, cultural and laborious environment, which cannot be understood apart from its placement. This construction of place connects the social structure to a meaning of identity and tradition carried out by the Japanese people and its processes. Tsukiji Market forms part of Tokyo Bay’s waterfront area, but being at the water edge brings many possibilities as well as many disadvantages. Tsukiji Market has to deal with high flood risk due to sea level rise caused by storm surges and global warming. Also, the waters of Tokyo Bay suffer from Hypoxia, a lack of oxygen, due to high pollution caused by land reclamation on the bay. Taking this research as a backdrop, Tsukiji Market renders many opportunities for much needed productive open public space for city life at large. Our infrastructural intervention strives to embed the market in its place and provide temporary relief against flood hazard while still attending ecological issues in Tokyo Bay, with the purpose of restoring and creating new ecosystems and providing safety measures for urban life at water edge.
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3-4 4-5 Hypoxic and Anoxic water in estua ry are known to be one of the causes of the coastal envi ronmental p roblems.
To rectify the bay as a thriving ecosystem, hydraulic structures were designed to treat the Tokyo Bay water. The zipper-shaped weir is a hydraulic structure that works as a barrier designed to alter the flow characteristics of water using a trapezoidal shape to oxygenate the water as it moves through the weir. By aerating the water, this infrastructure could provide sufficient oxygen to start restoring marine life in Tokyo Bay. This design strategy became a way of envisioning an intervention that would attend to the agendas of the site in a passive way. This ecological infrastructure is designed as a system formed by vast concrete structures, which inject themselves 50 meters deep into the ground and use the market as a catalyst for a larger coastal intervention that invades other water edges. By attaching itself to other sites it starts creating a buffer that offsets the water edge further back with the purpose of protecting city life for future water level rise. The zigzagging behavior of the infrastructure provides numerous possibilities of canals, lagoons, wetlands and aeration areas for the treatment of Tokyo Bay’s water and the growth of small ecosystems. Water tanks, spillways and wetlands are used for water management and for the temporarily relief of flooding that may occur around the coast. The new market is re-envisioned as an infrastructural system that links multiple components together to form a larger strategy for the market and sites beyond. Every component connects the wholesale area, storage and auction vertically. The outer Market (retail and shops) now spreads throughout the infrastructure like an exterior market bazaar that lets public life permeate throughout the site. Tsukiji Market would evolve into a new manufactured landscape for the city that will combat ecological realities and offer new possibilities for productive public space.
infrastructure
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adaptability
system
zipper-like behavior
urban space _ strategy
flood relief _ strategy
With the help of wetlands and the process of water aeriation, we will rehabilitate ecosystems in Tokyo Bay and bring more fish to these waters
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ecological _ strategy
Use of wetlands with purpose of decreasing flooding, removing pollutants from water, protecting the shoreline, providing habitat for wildlife , and serving important recreational and cultural functions.
High water current canal that agitates the water sufficiently to introduce oxygen in the bay water by creating bubbles.
“Spillway� structures used to collect and release water due to water level rise by flood.
Temporary water storage which can provide water for current and future needs
Provides area of shelter for birds.
Zigzagging canals that control the flow of water adequately with the purpose of increasing the marshes capacity to absorb pollutants in the water of Tokyo Bay
fi s h m a rket m a i n p ro g ra m a rra ng em ent i n 10 p i eces
e xist e n t t su k iji fish ma r k e t
wh o l e sal e sto rag e au c ti o n
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Tsukiji Fish Market
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Childre n ’s C re a t i v e A rt M u s e u m
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KALEIDOSCOPE GALLERY
MAKE-A-SOUND GALLERY EXHIBITION SPACE
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01 Entrance 08
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02 Lobby 03 Store
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04 Auditoriu 10
05 Ticket St
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06 Security
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07 Bathroo
08 Coat Sto
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10 Gallery S 11 Service
... A CHILD’S PATH
SURFACE MAZE
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HIDDEN COLORS - BRIDGE
SCALE DISTORTION
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02 READING A 03 LIBRARY
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Affordable Housing for Artists Spring 2009 The objective of this proposal is to provide affordable housing that acknowledges the art community and the different families living in the urban center of Caguas. This program is designed to accommodate a cafe theater and an art gallery that will provide a lieu for social network, art exposure and cultural festivities. My approach separates the functions by locating the residential use in the north building and the workshops in the south building with the purpose of keeping the user or the artist in constant movement.
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3 bedroom unit 1000 sf
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1 bedroom unit 600 sf
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2 bedroom unit 760 sf
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1 bedroom unit 580 ft
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2 bedroom unit 630 ft
4 bedroom unit 1400 ft
Mount Nebo Baptist Church Spring 2009 The objective of this project is to return to the community Mount Nebo Baptist Church by providing them shelter and ownership of what was once lost. The project is focussed on representing the union of the community and the church. The program is divided in two parts, the main worship space and community services. These two spaces are united by a folding plane that begins to fragment and divide the program according to the use while still allowing for the public space to infiltrate throughout the whole site.
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MAIN WORSHIP SPACE PUBLIC / PRIVATE SPACE COMMUNITY CENTER
Concept Diagram
Worship Space Structure
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1. main worship space 2. classrooms 3. offices 4. bathrooms 5. kitchen
Brise-Soleil Spring 2008 The goal of this project is to re-design the west façade of a police station in san juan, pr by providing a brise soleil. This is a simple system that serves the purpose of protection from direct sunlight, in order to reach an adequate comfort within a space. Using as a precedent M.C. Escher , who constructed the impossible by imaginary worlds, and the chevron, which represents the armed guardian, I created a brise soleil consisting of a simple rectangle displaced. This system, as a whole, provides the protection needed from direct sunlight and also creates an optical illusion depending from where it’s seen.
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Peace Pavillion Spring 2013 Facial scaring is deeply embedded in sudanese culture. Sudanese tribes mark their bodies with patterns to commemorate achievements - a mark of identity and distinction. The structure consists of pieces that fit into each other, with no need for secondary structure. Each module is of equal importance to the stability of the structure, symbolizing cooperation required to sustain the sudanese peace. The pavilion embeds the traditional scarification patterns into the piece. Shadows cast from the patterns are projected onto the visitors. This symbolically allows the visitors to identify themselves with the people of sudan, their social struggle and the universal idea peace.
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ZipLamp Fall 2012 A zipper is a commonly used device for binding the edges of an opening of fabric or other flexible material. We use this device everyday on conventional things like clothing, bags, sport gear, etc. The concept of the lamp emerges from the idea of using a habitual device, such as the zipper, in an unconventional way. The zipper as the main material for the design of the lamp would convey properties like flexibility, selfstructure and an opportunity for unique lighting effects. The arrangement of the zippers in the lamp creates a variety of lighting effects throughout the shade. This device provides the user a possibility of interaction with the lamp by zipping or unzipping different areas of the shade to reveal the light inside. The zip lamp uses a compact fluorescent light to create a warm effect that would not heat up the shade. The lamp creates an ambient light that could be used in a diversity of spaces and functions.
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Sitting Apparatus Fall 2007 The sitting apparatus comes from the analysis of the mechanism of an exiting joint. It consists of two semicircular wooden pieces intertwined, allowing a rotary movement and also to expand horizontally. A simple japanese joint is used to fix the piece transforming it to a different shape and height.
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