Sergio G Del Villar G
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SERGIO G DEL VILLAR EDUCATION ARCHITECTURE STUDENT
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2017 • PRESENT
UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO Bachelor of Architecture, Expected Graduation in December 2021 GPA 3.7/4.0 Elective Coursework: Biomimetic Architecture, Sustainable Architecture
SUMMER 2019
UNIVERSITÀ IUAV DI VENEZIA, VENICE, ITALY Architecture Studio 6 Study Abroad Class
FALL 2016
Atizapán de Zaragoza, Mexico memo.hecht@gmail.com +(52) 55 2536 8135
LANGUAGES Spanish - Native English - Fluent French - Beginner Japanese - Beginner
SOFTWARE SKILLS Adobe Suite AutoCAD Revit Rhinoceros Grasshopper Ladybug V-Ray Lumion 3Ds Max
PERSONAL SKILLS
Good Storyteller Fast Learner Time Management Team Leadership Interdisciplinary Approach To Architecture Empathetic
SUMMER 2015
2013 • 2016
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK Study Abroad First Semester Bachelor of Architecture CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORK Pre-Collage 6-Week Program, Architecture Completed Aug 2015 TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY HIGH SCHOOL, ATIZAPAN DE ZARAGOZA, MEXICO High School Diploma Graduated May 2016
EXPERIENCE 2019
LUCIANO GERBILSKY ARQUITECTOS, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO Worked as an intern architect on multiple commercial and residential projects, completed tasks including building physical models, modeling design on Rhino, and residential design in AutoCAD.
PERSONAL PROYECTS 2018
Took part in the comptetition “Lesotho Affordable Housing”
2020
Took part in the competition “HOME Competition“
2020
Currently working on the competition “Pavillion For Humanity: First Contact“
SERGIO G DEL VILLAR
SNØHETTA APPLICATION FOR ARCHITECTURE INTERNSHIP “A problem well defined is already half solved“ Today we face an increasing amount of crises, from climate change to social inequality. As architects we are in a unique position to address this issues, second only to lawmakers. But how do you define a set of problems so complex, and how do you design solutions for them, recognizing that the way we shape the built environment, although powerful, has its limits? In the last four years of my career I have asked myself this questions, and through personal and school projects, as well as countless books and articles I have developed skills to solve problems through the constant evolution and innovation of my own design process. On the interpersonal aspect of the process I have developed strong leadership skills and as a consequence, time management and orgnization skills as well. Through this skills I’ve managed to achieve great projects and high grades for the teams I work with so consistently that professors have asked me to take in peers that were falling behind, so that they might learn; and although I was annoyed at first, this helped me better understand people and team dynamics, as well as further develop said skills. And on the conceptual aspect of the design process, as you’ll see on my portfolio, I’ve tried to address social issues across projects, even when the established premise for it didn’t require it. And while working on these projects, I’ve also developed an analog and digital workflow that has impressed even my most technophobic professors, since it has allowed fast and creative iterations, and ultimately, designs. As an architectural intern, this workflow allowed me to finish tasks, from elevations to assisting with the design of a hotel thanks to a mastery of Rhinoceros, in close to half the expected time at no loss of quality. My work was so efficient that after two weeks in the job I was asked to become a full time intern, and when summer ended, I was asked to stay for the next semester. However, I haven’t yet met a group of people who view sustainable architecture as the only option, or who embrace the posibility tehcnology in architecture; but Snøhetta has consistently shown that high quality design and sustainable design can benefit from each other and set a standard for other practices, and that new technologies do not harm, but extend our design capabilities. And since architecture thrives on diversity, I’m also interested in the firm because of the variety of projects it handles, in both size and use, along with the multicultural work environment, and multidisciplinary approach for problem solving. Thanks to my skills in essential software, and ability to learn new ones in a short amount of time, as well as my social skills and commitment to sustainable architecture, I believe I can grow as an architect in this firm, and that I can help Snøhetta grow as well.
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PLAZA DE LAS TRES CULTURAS Fall 2020 - School Project Software used: Rhino, V-Ray, Illustrator, Photoshop.
TORRE CALMECAC Fall 2018 - School Project Software used: Rhino, Revit, AutoCAD, Lumion, Illustrator, Photoshop.
ATLAMPA CONNECTS Spring 2020 - School Project Software used: Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop.
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HANDSKETCHING Fall 2018 - School Project Software used: Concepts app on iPad.
BERND AND HILLA BECHER IN THE CITY Fall 2019 - Personal Project Software used: Lightroom, Photoshop.
BILLBOARD ARCHITECURE Fall 2019 - Personal Project Software used: Lightroom, Illustrator, Photoshop, AutoCAD.
01 PLAZA DE LAS TRES CULTURAS FALL 2020
Centered between Aztec Pyramids, a Colonial Church, and a Modernist Apartment building, “La Plaza de las Tres Culturas“ (Plaza of the Three Cultures) works as the bridge between the different periods of mexican history. This massive public square attracts thousands of people to skate, play, gather, and remember the victims of the 68’ massacre that took place in this very place; however, this vital space is now empty due to the ongoing pandemic. In that context, the premise of this project was to make public space safe for use in a post-Covid world by increasing the amount of public space available. The project achieves this by taking advantage of the height difference between two levels of the site, and introducing a fourth culutre of a globalized Mexico by modifying the topography of the plaza to create wheelchair acesible connections, and streamline circulation through the top level, while using the bottom as a general purpose space, and filtering people through a set of planes at the center, that also act as a memorial for the 68’ massacre victims. The space is nearly doubled, circulation is streamlined to prevent bumping into people, and a fourth culture is introduced.
Original condition
The plaza is split in two levels
The corners bend to create seamless transitions between spaces.
An oculus is carved into the top level and the new memorial is raised.
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RIGID INSULATION
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02 TORRE CALMECAC FALL 2018
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At the heart of the financial district in Mexico City, this building seeks to create apartments for one the most diverse parts of the city by creating apartments for couples, medium, and large families; as well as provide vibrant public spaces, open toward the main street. To achieve this, a common core rises to act as main structural support and circtulation; then, the different apartment units are stacked on top of each other getting progessively slimer toward the top. Finally, taking a modern approach to early mesoamerican terraced architecture, the units are shifted and rotated so that most apartments have access to a balcony. The placement of the units, guarantees equal daylight, ventilation, and 180° of views to the city. In every apartment.
Circulation
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Shifting & Rotating
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03 ATLAMPA CONNECTS SPRING 2020
In what used to be an industrial district north of Mexico City, a marginalized community now lives separated by the same infrastructure that prompted its growth. Even in this already marginalized district, some are better off than others. The mini comic on the right tells the story of the people who live besides the active train tracks, and the obstacles, from trains to highways, they have to cross to get to work, school, or just get food.
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
The basic premisePRODUCED of the project was create a greatSTUDENT amount ofVERSION affordable housing, but BY ANtoAUTODESK this project also attempts to connect this fractured district, and all the people in it.
Atlampa site plan and divisions PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
The first part of the project occurs at the urban scale, where layers of landscape cover vital road and train infrastructure, and leave an underground layer for the remaining industry, and parking. This landscape folds and falls toward existing affordable housing units, and the edges of the district. The result is a connective open space for parks, commerce, and affordable housing.
The housing units themselves are inspired by Matbuilding design, and Frank Lloyd Wrights definition of organic architecture, as one that connects in an interlocking fashion, rather than just superposition. The units are interlocked and rotate into serpentine patterns that create different sized courtyards on the ground plane. This allows for the reduction in scale, and specific uses for courtyards, like soccer fields for the bigger ones, and markets for the smaller ones; allowing each block to form its own identity. The apartments themselves are stacked in pairs, so that each circulation space serves four apartments at once. The circulation spaces are bigger than hallways and open, to allow the same social dynamic used in city blocks, on a smaller scale. CITY BLOCKS CLOSE UP
APARTMENT UNITS AND CIRCULATION
SUPERPOSITION
TENSION
INTERLOCKING
04 HANDSKETCHIING SPRING 2019
SUSTAINABILITY MINI COMIC I made this mini comic using some of Jan Gehls principles for design, as well as basic sustainability concepts so that non architects or people new to the concept could understand fundamental principles that drive the design of the built environment.
05 PHOTOGRAPHY FALL 2019
BERND AND HILLA BECHER IN THE CITY I was fascinated with the Becher’s work after a lecture about their photography that I decided to reinterpret their work in the context of the city in the 21st century. Whereas the countryside has water towers, silos and framework houses, the one element that presents itself accross all of the city is the billboard. This images present different typologies of billboards such as single and double pole, centered or shifted.
06 BILLBOARD ARCHITECTURE FALL 2019
PARASITIC BILLBOARDS Do billboards on buildings enhance or harm them? The very notion of “parasitic“ billboards implies benefit for the advertisements and detriment to the building. Following the previous photography project, I decided to develop and expand the concept of the billboard and its relationship with architecture. To extend the reach of the project, I looked for buildings abroad covered in billboards. Afterwards, I drew the selected building in illustrator and placed images of the billboards on top of it to strip it from any unnecesary context. Finally, following the commercial and pertruding nature of billboards, I made a postcard sized pop up model of said building and its advertisments.
POP-UP
ELEVATION DRAWING
CLOSED POP-UP
ENVELOPE
Sergio G Del Villar G memo.hecht@gmail.com | +(Mexico) 55 2536 8135 | Universidad Iberoamericana