Miguel Ă ngel Arana Santiago
Portfolio B.Des Architecture
Selected Works 2014-2018
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4 | 11 The Nona Piazza
12 | 19 UPR Village
20 | 25 MusAP
26 | 29 Farmscraper
30 | 33 Banksy House
34 | 37 The Wave
01 Nona Piazza Design Studio: 7 Professor: Joshua Treadway Project Type: Mixed Use Location: Lake Nona, FL
The public realm, more than a place is an experience. Every single public place is vital to the social development of humanity, be it a public city square or a small suburban park. Varying scales and interpretations of the piazza throughout the design provide places where sociability is both fomented and fostered. A main piazza surrounded by commercial spaces activates the ground level creating street life, not only for the design but for the adjacent communities. Social programs such as a public library, gallery, and theater are located in the second and third levels providing for both the enrichment and the social experience of the growing Lake Nona Community. Social Pockets are fused within the residential program allowing the residents to engage and form a strong sense of community and unity. It is through the embodiment of the public realm in this project, that the piazza rather than a place to be has becomes a place to live.
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The residential program is located in towers to provide privacy and separation form the piazza below.
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Multi-modal accessibility to the site is considered. To foment the use of pedestrian and mass transit access, a train station is proposed within the project and curbside parking is provided. There are three bus stops within a comfortable pedestrian shed, allowing further access to the site.
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Nemours Children’s Hospital
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Orlando VA Medical Center
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The various activity nodes adjacent to the project where analyzed. Various medical institutions means that a large liquid demographic might be expected. This validates the need for commercial spaces at ground level.
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UPR Village Design Studio: 6 Professor: MarĂa Helena Luengo & Cristina Algaze Project Type: Mixed Use Location: RĂo Piedras, PR
These student residences are to be located in a current parking lot near the Plaza del Mercado in RĂo Piedras. A proposed boulevard with bike lanes and pedestrian friendly practices will connect this project to the university and to other proposals around the city center. A public urban park is to be located at the street level providing a much needed green space and assembly space to the adjacent community. Retail space surrounding the public park will re-activate the urban fabric by promoting economic movement around the proposal. The residences are to always face into the park generating a moment of pause where the overbuilt environment of the city is phased out. By providing the community with a leisure space, and moving the student body into this portion of the city the project becomes an anchor and center of activity re-initiating the economic and social movement of the area.
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The site is recognized and key urban nodes in the immediate vicinity are identified.
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A portion of the volumetry is sheared off serving as a connection between the main city bus station and the city market. This also serves as an entrance gesture from the University.
Carve & Softening
The center of the volume is carved out providing an interior courtyard. The resulting space is softened through vegetation and made publicly accesible.
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RĂo Piedras Synthesis Diagram University of Puerto Rico
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10 Minute Pedestrian Shed
* Made with information obtained by studio members: Fernando Irrizary, Christian DĂaz, Ivian Donato, and Antonio Vazquez.
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Museo de Arte Privado Design Studio: 4 Professor: María Flores, Francisco Gutiérrez Project Type: Exhibition Location: Santurce, PR
Humanity has expressed itself through art, be it to record events, induce thought and emotions, or to simply convey ideas, art has been an integral part of human evolution. It is because of this exact notion that the design of this private art museum partly opens itself to the public through its form and negative space. The idea that art albeit privately owned contributes to the evolution of all human kind was the driving force behind this design. By setting back the building a plaza is created, this serves as a public sculpture garden and a transitional space that allows for a moment of pause to admire art. The abstentions façade generates a sense of mystery driving the public to want to experience art.
In the lower most level one can find the curation lab, black boxes, and exhibition medium format exhibition spaces, as well as a long term storage room. The four story atrium serves as a large scale exhibition space, large format artwork can be hanged from the ceiling or placed in the lowest level. The ground level has a reception area, medium and small format exhibition spaces as well as the administrative offices. The second floor has a 2 double height space also allowing for larger format exhibition space, a multi-display area that doubles as regular exhibition space or large format black box, depending on the need. The fourth floor houses a café overlooking an exhibition area below as well as small format exhibition space.
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Arlington® Self Flashing Skylight. Concrete Parapet.
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Spacepack® Compact 5” Diameter High Pressure Air Duct (TYP).
Equitone® Fiber Cement Façade, Tectiva.
42” High Glass Balustrade With Aluminum Round Cap, And Rail Support. Third Floor
1/2” Gypsum Dropped Ceiling With Smooth Rendered Finish (TYP). Exterior Wall Assembly (TYP).
Wood Flooring Finish (TYP)
42” High Glass Balustrade With Aluminum Round Cap, And Rail Support. Second Floor
1/2” Exterior Cement Board Panels With Smooth h Rendered Finish (TYP). 10’ Structural Double Pane Tempered Clear Visio on Glass With Inert Gas infill. Structural Reinforced Self Leveling Concrete Slab With Decorative Non-Slip Finish. Ground Floor
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Farmscraper Class: Digital Representation Professor: Matt Johnson Project Type: Agricultural Location: New York, NY
With the global population expected to reach over 9.6 billion people by 2050, we need to find ways to improve food production. The growing population is accelerating the industrialization and urban growth which are in turn reducing the already low percentage of arable land available in the planet. This project aims to create an urban farm capable of generating produce for markets, grocery stores and restaurants in an urban setting. If we integrate an agricultural production center within an urban environment we can achieve lower emissions and product prices by reducing the distance between farm and consumer. By inverting the verticality in which the city grows it is possible to create a farm, yet have space at ground level for green spaces and parks, allowing for breathing room within a highly constructed environment. Advancements in LED lighting and hydroponic technology means that we can grown food more efficiently, free of chemicals, and 30-50% faster. As the first building designed to serve as an underground farm in Manhattan, the project will include an educational center for the community, a green communal space at ground level and a loading and shipping center to ship products to local businesses. The project will not only show the benefits of controlled urban farming but will create a symbiotic union between farm and city providing the surrounding communities with fresher, healthier produce.
The inevitable exponential growth of our urban centers and population paired with the urgency of climate change calls for the radical re-imagination of the agricultural fields. It is my belief that the “Farmscraper� offers more than a solution to a major issue on cities. By growing produce in the city, the transportation emissions are reduced dramatically, if not eliminated. The life of the produce is expanded as less time is wasted from farm to supermarket to table. The use of hydroponics reduces water consumption and energy as well as increases production, things we will need to do for a growing population.
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Support Cup Water Pipe Nutrient rich water
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Public Park By inverting the verticality of an urban environment, we are able to provide an open green space to the people at street level.
Community Integration Center This educational center educates the community on hydroponic practices and the benefits of urban cultivation, and provides tours for visitors.
Pump and Nutrient Reintegration
Nutrients are replenished and reintegrated into the circulating water hydroponic system.
Hydroponic Crop Field Crops such as, lettuce cabbage, cucumbers, strawberries, and, tomatoes amongst others are grown cultivated using hydroponic and growth L.E.D. Technologies
Hydroponic Crop Field Crops such as, lettuce cabbage, cucumbers, strawberries, and, tomatoes amongst others are grown cultivated using hydroponic and growth L.E.D. Technologies
Hydroponic Fruit Tree Field
Small fruit trees are cultivated using hydroponic and L.E.D. growing technologies.
Main Water Pump and Management
Water is closely monitored for nutrient levels, aerated, and pumped throughout the whole system from here.
View up from below
Typical Crop Growing “Field�
Community Integration Center
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Banksy House Design Studio: 2 Professor: Gabriela Flores Project Type: Residential Location: Santurce, PR
Drawing inspiration from urban artist Banksy’s mystery identity, I decided to design a dwelling for the artist that would allow him to work on his art yet disappear in plain sight. Located in the heart of Santurce’s artistic community, this design incorporates a commercial space in the ground level and the residence is located on the upper two floors. Two courtyards provide sufficient natural light and air, something that is much needed in townhouses. The visual integration of the façade to its context provides a continuity in the urban wall that camouflages the design to its context, providing the anonymity that is so characteristic of the artist.
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Retail and studio programs are placed in the ground level of the plot.
The residential program is placed on the second and third level of the design.
Courtyards serve as light-wells to provide sunlight. A setback provides access to the commercial space.
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Wave Class: Digital Fabrication Professor: María Gabriela Flores Project Type: Concrete Digital Fabrication Location: PR
As part of a digital fabrication class we had to design an ornamental block, using techniques to make the mold such as 3D printing, C.N.C., and laser cutting. As part of the requisites for the final design the block had to be modular and allow easy prefabrication. I proposed a block that allows passive ventilation and allows solar protection in a matter that the block may be used in façades and/or in inner courtyards. This blurs the line between the outer space and the interior, not only making a reference to our tropical climate, but, corresponding to it. I decided to base the design on the waves of the beach, acting as a reference to some of the most iconic places in the tropical climate that we all enjoy. The block begins flat and as it reaches the middles it rises up and then goes back down towards the other end of the block, imitating the “trough, crest, trough” behavior of a wave. Concrete was chosen as the materiality of the block in order to resist the punishing sun and torrential rains the tropic has to offer. The end product is a block that when joined together it creates an undulating effect reminiscent of the ocean, due to the modality of the design it is possible to invert the blocks in assembly to create different undulating patterns.