ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
Michelle Hites Bachelor of Architecture Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem, Israel Selected works 2013 | 2016
Address Yosef Miloh 16A Tel Aviv, Israel
Michelle Hites architect
About me
Santiago, Chile Minor in Business Administration
Certified Architect (Chile), graduated from Universidad del Desarrollo (“UDD”), Santiago, Chile, 2017. Aliyah date – March 16, 2017.
2009
Experience
Ithaca, New York, United States Introduction to Architecture
May 2017 - Present
Contact Information m.hites@gmail.com +972-58-6793541
Cornell University
1995-2010
Ranni Ziss Architects
International School Nido de Águilas
2013-2017
Participations
Santiago, Chile Editor
2015
2015
Santiago, Chile / Jerusalem, Israel Representative for the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) Conference
Ramat Gan, Israel Architect
Plataforma Networks - ArchDaily
iDesign by Ashtrom Tel Aviv, Israel Professional Internship 2011-2016
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile Teachers Assistant (City and Territory, Observation Techniques, vocational workshops, Introduction to Art History)
Academic Studies 2010-1016
Architect
Santiago, Chile Academic Excellence Scholarship; maximum distinction in Studios Degree is equivalent to a Masters of Architecture in Israel as accredited by the corresponding Ministry of Education 2013/2015
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel Exchange Student 2010-2012
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile Primary, Middle and High School Education
Federation of Jewish Students
2015
II Concurso de Arte en el CIS: Encuentros / Desencuentros Santiago, Chile Representative for the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) Conference 2014
Uneven Growth - Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities | MoMA MoMA, NYC, NY, United States Group exhibition, in collaboration with Guy Elrich and Shamir Zalkin,MoMA, New York 2013-2014
Through the Lens — Taglit Photography Competition Israel First Prize. Work published in the Knesset 2012
Draw up a Chair
Battery Park, NYC, NY, United States Chair design competition, participated 2011-2012
SHAJATZ | Sheirut Chevrati Tchiliani
Santiago, Chile President
versidad del Desarrollo, Chile.
2006-2010
Doctor in Architecture. Coordinator of Innovation, Architectural and Urban Design at Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
SHAJATZ | Sheirut Chevrati Tchiliani Santiago, Chile Volunteer
Certifications 2016
CDC Academia | Autodesk Authorized Training Center Santiago, Chile Revit Architecture Level I Certification
Design Skills Revit AutoCad Archicad Twinmotion Artlantis Sketchup Photoshop InDesign Hand sketching
Personal Skills Language Spanish English Hebrew
Recommendations Sharon Rotbard
Architect. Senior Lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Israel.
Pola Mora
Head of ArchDaily Latinamerica.
Carola Contesse Strauss
Architect. Career Director at the Faculty of Architecture and Art, Uni-
Piero Mazzarini Watts
Thesis | Center for Inter-religious Contemplation year
2016
location
San Cristobal Hill, Santiago, Regiรณn Metropolitana, Chile
Configuration of a sensorial journey: The symbolic space; Significant and evocative, is born from experience and the act of walking. On the one hand, experience is understood as a circumstance lived by a person and the accumulation of sensorial information that generates a surprise effect on the person. The act of walking symbolizes exploration and, specifically the pilgrimage, represents a state of consciousness that forms a narrative Religion is a social phenomenon, linked to culture, therefore, to the Human Being. Religion brought with it the clash of cultures, which has generated two problems. First the lack of knowledge of certain religions and second, the knowledge of them but the lack of communication between different religions. There are governmental and private initiatives to generate inter-religious dialogue, however, this dialogue is carried out between representatives or leaders of religious groups and not between the groups themselves. Ten sensorial spaces, born from the break of a single body, are proposed. These create a journey, a pilgrimage, that forms a Center for Inter-religious Contemplation that ends, or begins, in a singular volume, a space for personal reflection.
Location
Site The project seeks to link two programs, Plaza AntilĂŠn and the Chagual Botanical Garden, and is planned on the terrain itself. First, in east-west direction the boundaries of the project are established throughout the existing infrastructure (Garden + Plaza), then in the north-south direction according to the main and existing paths.
Site Plan
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Atheism | Floor Plan
Atheism | Model
Atheism | Sketch
Atheism | Longitudinal Section
Atheism | South Elevation
4ø16
Mortero Impermeable e = 4mm
Canaleta in-situ ø10 a 20 Losa e = 20 Hormigón H30
Relleno e Hormigón Pobre Pendiente 1,5%
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Gravilla Blanca Grava
Radier e = 10cm Malla Central ø8 a 15cm
0.02 0.2
0.5 ø12 a 20cm 0.8
Hormigón H30
Bolones
Barrera de Humedad Polietileno e = 0.2mm Estabilizado de Ripio e = 10cm
ø12 a 20cm NSF = -1.70m Emplantillado Hormigón Pobre Barrera e Humedad Polietileno e = 0.2mm
2ø16 1.8
Taoism | Constructive Section
Mortero Impermeable e = 4mm Canaleta in-situ Losa de HA e = 20 cm
Drenaje Cañería PVC
Relleno e Hormigón Pobre Pendiente 1,5%
Muro HA e = 30 cm
Superficie interior de hormigón pulido + pintura epoxi transparente
Superficie exterior de hormigón expuesto
Foco Step Empotrado de Piso LED 2700 kW Perfil de Aluminio Línea LED 45° 6500 kW Superficie hormigón pulido + Pintura Epoxi Transparente
Muro de Piedra Tallada
Gravilla Blanca Grava Radier e = 15cm
Bolones
Barrera de Humedad Polietileno e = 0.2mm Estabilizado de Ripio e = 10cm Tierra Compactada
Judaism | Constructive Detail
The value of cultural and religious diversity is encouraged, cultural activity is renewed within the metropolitan park, abandoned sites are reactivated within the hill and it is possible to understand both the hill and the city from the different strategic points along the way.
Manquehue Norte / Los Militares Residential Building + Masterplan year
2015
location
Avenida Manquehue Norte, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
The Dispersed City - The Unsustainable City Santiago continues to expand but its center is not densified, this is understood in the scheme of Alison and Peter Smithson that shows that with a greater centrality comes a greater densification, however this decreases with the distance. On the other hand we can understand housing in two ways. The first there is the House, understood as the individual dimension while a building represents the collective dimension. Both dimensions affect the way of living. Bearing in mind that “The address is the point at which one always returns,� We must consider what generates living in an apartment or a house. A house represents sensory emotion. Influenced by the spontaneous perception of amplitude, its levels of luminosity, its flexibility, and autonomy, always present is the rooting to the ground. The building, on the other hand, is a symbol of urban life and modernity, it gives the possibility of opening up to public space and configure a fabric and/or urban complex, however, this is a shared place that can finally bring with it externalities.
Park
Financial district Residencial area Site
Commercial
Site
Expansion of Santiago
Alison and Peter Smithson scheme Permeability in relation to public space: Link the financial district and residential area through the opening of the ground floor and a gastronomic program, therefor reactivating the area out of working hours.
Typical urban response
New response based on the Japanese tatami
Masterplan + Civic Center Quilicura year
2014
location
Quilicura, Santiago, RegiĂłn Metropolitana, Chile
Quilicura is located in the northeast of the capital, Santiago. It limits to the north with the commune of Lampa, to the south with Renca, towards the west with Pudahuel and to the east with Huechuraba and ConchalĂ. Quilicura is a land with a little appreciable slope, consisting of flax and clay; the marshy terrain that does not allow construction in height. Its surface reaches 56.5 km2 and its population density is of 4111 inhabitants / km2. For every 9 houses there is an industry. The problem: Quilicura is a dormitory town resulting from its different uses (housing and industry) that cause the lack of communication between its inhabitants. Solution: Seek to create programmatic and public edges that articulate the constructive fragments generating a urban suture that connects the new area to the older part of the city.
Location
Green area and empty lots
New community-integrating border
Roads and transportation
Geomorphology
Nolli Dominance of the empty over the full
Morphology Residential vs industrial
Green areas
Existing circulations and accessibility to the block.
Existing train lane creates a strong limit within the two sections of the plot.
Addition of two shaded areas in the new park.
Addition of a commercial area to reactivate the plot, a new municipal building, and a new train station.
Sutures between the municipal park and plaza above the train line which maintains it street level.
HumaNesting year
2013
location
Hiriya, Park Ariel Sharon, Tel Aviv, Israel
The HumaNesting project focuses on the relationship between the habitat and the user. The research began by conducting a dérive through Hiriya based on the path of different birds. Inspired by the construction process of the Weaver Bird’s nest, all materials used were taken from the surrounding areas of the park, without any 3rd-party instruments such as nails or concrete, and weaved into a “nest” which provides up to 25 square meters of shade at mid-day during summer. HumaNesting is open to the public and allows visitors to enjoy the view while being protected from the sun. In collaboration with: Guy Elrich and Shamir Zalkin
Kitan Office Building & Facade year
2017
location
Hadar Yosef, Tel Aviv, Israel
Requested to design during a 2-day period a facade to wrap a future office building in the Kitan Complex in Hadar Yosef. The concept is based on a dynamic geometry that responds to the sun movement, providing shade in a glass box in order to decrease the use of mechanical cooling in the interior. The design blends with the existing project morphology throughout the creation of an exterior pergola on the roof-top garden which extends the use of louvers and pillars into the other plots. The structure does not appear uniform when seen from different angles and directions. This is due to the rhythm and movement which create a game of contrasts of light and shadow. The facade was approved by the head architect and developers. Its’ cost and construction are now being taken into consideration. The interior layout is currently in its final stages.
Thank you m.hites@gmail.com