Portfolio Nataly Dorado

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submerged house Architects Location Project year Project area Floor area Prize

The inclusion of a 4m high retaining wall developed over the 43.5m corresponding to the west division, made it possible to obtain a flat surface of 50% of the land mass and deploy the building there, and leaving the other 50% with the original slope, for use as a patio.

To complete the boundaries of the yard (already defined on two sides by the natural slope), the base was developed in an “L” inverted shape. In turn, it was located parallel to the retaining wall, creating a sort of “English garden pergola” which not only enriches the space, but also allows light and ventilation of the private area without it being affected by the western orientation.

The “burial” of a section of the house and treating it with a green roof system allowed the achievement of an efficient thermal insulation and it also allowed the recovery of a yard equal in area to the buried surface.

The project includes a landscaping office in the second level which is accessed by an external staircase differentiated from the access to house.

Nataly Dorado R, Luis Fernández de Córdova L Colinas del Urubo, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 2011 - 2012 739,44 sqm 1.698,65 sqm Winner, V Biennal of Arch, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (2014)

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The inhabitant’s desire to dwell with privacy in a neighborhood where dividing walls are not allowed, the topographic features of the field, the division caused by a ravine reaching 4m difference in height, and the attempt to achieve an efficient thermal control in such a warm city as Santa Cruz de la Sierra, were the ingredients that suggested the idea of “burying” the house.

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Nest house Architects Location Project year Project area Floor area

Nataly Dorado R, Luis Fern谩ndez de C贸rdova L Colinas del Urubo, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 2013 482,357 sqm 1.503 sqm

This project began due to the respect of the beauty and recognition of the vegetation of this area, allowing the home to blend with the environment, populated by trees up to 15 meters high, on a very undulating terrain.

The geometric shape contrasts strongly with the irregular shape of the land.

For this, a two-level block was designed with blind face to the street, allowing the privacy of the home and taking advantage of the best green views at the west side.

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Nataly Dorado R, Luis Fernández de Córdova L Colinas del Urubo, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 2010 616,685 sqm 1.659,28 sqm

Martin Heidegger affirms that the relationship of human beings with places, and through them, and spaces, is based on living. Dwelling is understood as in thinking and occupying places and spaces. Hence, this project was conditioned by its uneven and extremely irregular terrain; and its trees, the oldest inhabitants of the area, erected in ways and places that made it complex to find solutions for dwelling in thus place.

This project located on a “Hill” of a Suburban area in the city of Santa Cruz (Colinas del Urubó), with the main east view facing the Piraí river, were the starting points for the creation of this housing.

Its orientation facing west - east becomes a reference for the whole environment, featuring a variety of trees and flora.

The slope of the site, allows a three level accommodation connected by a linear staircase and an elevator. The ground floor is semi buried, allowing the building to be inserted in a harmonious way.

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The entrance to the house is partially blind, located on the west side. The ladder and bridge communicating the spaces are developed along this facade; sunlight enters the interior space through a ceiling pergola.

The north facade towards the street is defined by a volume and a flat, terraced by a glazed volume located on the axis of the ladder, ensuring the privacy of the residence.

The river view is enhanced with a green roof deck that works as a gazebo.

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ARCUS BUILDING, Total sa - bolivia national headquarters Architects Location Proejct year Project area Floor area

Nataly Dorado R, Luis Fernández de Córdova L North-west, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 2010-2012 4.114 sqm 1.136,538 sqm

In a terrain located in an upscale business district, surrounded by buildings of high standard, the office building “Arcus” project was conceived in two blocks of 5 levels interconnected with each other.

The floors designed using a modular system allows to flexibly organize the offices and their requirements. The outer enclosure, using a curtain system of laminated glass with air chambers, ensures comfort and energy saving.

The office building “Arcus” is endowed with an intelligent infrastructure, through a central control and monitoring system, which ensures its safety, an aspect increasingly valued in a growing city like Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

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Arca building Architects Location Project year Project area Floor area

Nataly Dorado R, Luis Fernández de Córdova L North, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 2010 - 2012 3852,86 sqm 5.000 sqm

To project means, largely, to understand and organize.

“But I think that genuine nuclear substance of architecture that we seek comes through emotion and inspiration. The precious moments of inspiration appear in the course of patience. With an inner image that suddenly makes its appearance, with a new line in the drawing, it appears to transform and collect a new way and in a split of a second the whole building is projected. “ P. Z. In this experience, the design of this project is developed in two main blocks based on the concept of an “Ark”, which allows a single morphological volumetric reading.

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In the first block, you can find all the administrative area, distributed on 3 levels, connected by vertical stairs and an elevator. The interior space is divided in two, connected by glass bridges that bring lightness and fluidity.

Next is the second block in which all the warehouse area is organized. The height of the block is according to the requirements or organization of the merchandise through class 6 pallets.

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Ramon Tahuichi Aguilera CITY Stadium Architects Location Project year Project area Floor area Prize

Nataly Dorado R, Maria V. Devia N, Hebert Vargas D, Alberto Menacho South, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 2007 - 2008 66.000 sqm 844.095,551 sqm 1st place, final draft project competition (2007) 2nd place, project category, II Biennal of Arch., Santa Cruz, Bolivia (2008)

The overpopulation of cities in Latin America is a problem that cannot be ignored in our city, Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Sporadic growth, without proper planning due to the migration from both the country side and the interior, clearly shows us that there is a need to create and reclaim public spaces, such as the Ramon Tahuichi Aguilera Stadium and its surrounding hinterland.

In the year 2007, the Government of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in an agreement with the Santa Cruz Society of Architects, decided to establish a contest for the project of Restoration and Complementary work of the Ramon Tahuichi Aguilera

Stadium. The qualifying Jury gave first place to the present project.

The project has as main objective the recovery and the renovation of the immediate surroundings of the stadium.

To accomplish this, a great esplanade was created on the South side, on Ana Barba Avenue, which works as a democratic and universal space of interaction of the activities related to the stadium itself and other popular urban uses, generating a sense of belonging in the citizen over a space that has suffered a great misuse over the years. This area, known as Autonomica Civic Square, keeps organic and

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flexible traces, creating playful spaces that allow people to engage in a variety of both diurnal and nocturnal activities that reflect how versatile this area is.

The main building lies on the limits of the terrain, on Soliz de Olguín Street. This placement doesn´t allow a proper entrance for both visitors and users of the stadium. Therefore, it has been decided that due to the current dynamic, it will be used as a pedestrian street anytime there are activities happening in the stadium.

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The East Area, on Ejercito Nacional Avenue, has a spacious green area which will be respected and enhanced, creating a water mirror that will work as an intermediate space between the Autonomica Civic Square and said green area.

The East Area, on Héroes del Chaco Avenue, has been made into a great sports area, with multi-purpose courts and fields equipped with synthetic grass. A green slope was designed to serve as protection from the avenue, as urban furnishing, as benches for the courts and fields and 27

as a bus stop on the side of the avenue.

The premise for Morphologic Criteria was to create a new image for the Ramon Tahuichi Aguilera Stadium that generates a new sense of formal identity that is recognizable, unitary and emblematic for both the citizens and the city.

This unity will be made possible through an integral coated structure that transforms itself from a laid roof to an evolving one. This covered facade supports itself, independent from the whole structure. This sense of independence is also reflected on the ground, since the covered facade doesn麓t make contact with it; it is composed of various lining elements that suspend it and keep it in a sense of weightlessness. This generates a continuously sunken socle that manages to change in just one step the monumental scale of the project to a pedestrian scale more sensible to the human ergonomics. From this unitary volume a big horizontal plane is opened over the Auton贸mica Civic Square that not only shows a great sense of sensuality with its random perforations, but also allows to establish a connection between the building as a volume, and the Square at ground level, creating multiple interaction spaces between the lower and upper level, leaving very interesting spatial sensations presented during the whole development.

For the Functional Criteria the idea of the elevated square becomes a great terrace that also serves as a watchtower, but in its most functional conception, serves as a necessary distributing and organizing lobby for the pedestrian activity that occurs during sporting events or during recreational activities taking place inside the stadium.

The civic square works as a stage with which the audience can interact in the lower level through the random perforations. The elevated square also works as a food patio and a nocturnal recreational area kept safe from the unfavorable climate changes by the Slab in the lower level. This design will favor the innumerable temporary urban interactions that might happen in the location.

An internal modification to the interior of the stadium was necessary to be done. The restrooms, access points, ticket booths, locker rooms, VIP areas and press conference rooms were either redesigned or rebuilt. Giant LCD score screens and bench sits were also placed to meet the demands of the FIFA requirements. Hence, the project revitalizes the exterior space and rebuilds the interior building, creating an integral solution that will benefit the Stadium in every possible way.

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Santa Cruz telecommunications cooperative (cotas ltda) headquarters Architects Location Project year Project area Floor area Prize

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Nataly Dorado R, Luis Fernández de Córdova L, Maria V. Devia N South-west, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 2008 - 2009 40.620,65 sqm 87.199,778 sqm 1st place, final draft project competition (2008) First Honnor mention, III Biennal of Arch., Santa Cruz, Bolivia (2010)

The rushing growth of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the constant changes of the contemporary cities worldwide have created the need of counting with optimal services for its citizens.

The Telecommunications Cooperative Santa Cruz, Cotas Ltda., cannot ignore this process and it is up to the new demands, by being a pioneer in many different areas, among them: internet, cable TV, mobile phone and public phone. These new services require new and appropriate infrastructures, since the ones we have nowadays can´t meet the demands required by said growth.

This is why Cotas Ltda. set up a contest in 2008 for the final draft project of designing the new Administrative and Warehouse building, in which we obtained first place and the following development of the project.

The Urban Criteria for the Project was the lining of the private street is modified to be adjusted to the natural topography of the terrain, respecting the 300 meters norm.

In the north section, a private street is incorporated to allow the accreditation and control of the visitors through the separation of the infrastructure and the parking lot generate a safe space that would permit the arrival and departure of people who use public transportation to get to this destination.

For the Functional Criteria the location adopted allows a fluid development of the program, and it looks for: and immediate lecture, a generation of an own identity, an orientation that would grant optimal lightning conditions, use of the available sightings avoiding having to look at the parking lot or the warehouses, a future growth in stages,

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isolation of the offices from the noise of the highway and adaptation and yield of the natural topography of the terrain. Related to this last premise, it was proposed to pay homage to the actual pond replacing it by a water mirror where the main building will levitate.

To facilitate and encourage the communication the building and the parking area, three blocks are proposed according to the requirements of the program: - Block A (Main building), Block B (external plant building) and Block C (warehouse) - Block A (Main Building) lies over a big water mirror, protected by two galleries that let the light go through, which in turn, separates itself into two transparent volumes split by an empty four-level-high space that becomes the “Plaza de la ComunicaciĂłnâ€? (Communication square).

This space serves as a casual meeting place, a lobby, and connection between both volumes and a starting point of the axis that connects this area to the main entrance and Blocks B and C. Two minor lobbies pressed the working areas, generating a gradual transition between the interior and the exterior.

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The information booths, two panoramic elevators and the stairs that join the lobbies with all levels are located here.

Conceived as a wide space, the working areas are set up along two parallel circulations around a lengthy and generously lit four-level empty space that makes orientation much easier by having a complete sight of the interior of the building. Stairs and runways join the levels and connect both halves of the building, becoming unexpected meeting points that invite visitors to stop and watch.

A strict modular system based on the working standards proposed by the architects solves the encounter between the walls, panels and post of the carpentry allowing total flexibility.

The supporting spaces, such as the active archive, conference room, day care center, museum and the restaurant (with sights to the natural unevenness) were located in the lower plants and they are accessible to visitors through the Communication Square or through the galleries that surround the water mirror.

The working conditions and the quality of the spaces are equal in Blocks B and C.

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