ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
NUBIA LLUVICELA GARCIA 16127 WATERING POINT DR SAN ANTONIO, TX 78247 210.323.3144
FROM THE SKETCH BOOK LEARNING TO SEE IS THE ESSENCE IN GAINING THE SKILL TO REALIZE THE WORLD WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL EYE.
FREEHAND DRAWING | CONNOR
FIRST YEAR STUDIO
PROPORTION A SQUARE IS STATIC, A RECTANGLE IS DYNAMIC AND PORPORTIONS CREATE A VISUAL ORDER AND HARMONY.
ABSTRACT METAPHOR OF THE HARP FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE HARP ARE IMPLEMENTED IN THIS PROJECT TO CREATE A THREE DIMENSIONAL ABSTRACTED FORM. THIS INSTRUMENT HAS ITS STRINGS POSITIONED PERPENDICULAR TO THE SOUND BOARD. THERE IS A MOVEMENT OF THE SOUNDS WAVE EXISTS IN THE STRINGS AS THEY FLOW IN THE AIR. THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VARIOUS CHORDS THESE STRINGS HOLD ARE SHOWN AS STEPS AS THE BEHOLDER TRAVELS UP FROM LOWER TO HIGH PITCH SOUNDS OF THE HARP.
DESIGN ONE | STERNER
STAIRS AND LADDERS
GRAPHICS TWO | BOHUSLAV
NARRATIVE AS SPACE TRANSFORM SPATIAL IMAGERY INTO ARCHITECTURAL SPACES WHERE THE FORM IS TO ADDRESS LIGHT, MOVEMENT THROUGH SPACE AND THE USE OF STRUCTURE TO CREATE THE “MOOD” OF A DESIGNED SPACE.
DESIGN TWO | GARCIA
THE NINE SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS IN THIS DESIGN PROBLEM WERE ARRANGED IN A HIERARCHICAL PATTERN WHERE THE SENSE OF MOVEMENT SIGNIFIED A FORM OF GRADATION.
DESIGN TWO | GARCIA
AS IS STRUCTURE, SO IS SPACE THE MAIN JOINT OF THE KANGAROO IS ITS LEGS AND IS BALANCED WITH ITS THIRD LEG, ITS TAIL. IN EXAMINEING THE WAYS IN WHICH THE JOINT MOVES IN THEIR LEGS, I FOUND HOW IT WORKED TOGETHER AS A WHOLE, A SPACE WAS REALIZED THAT EMBODIES THESE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KANGAROO’S LEG.
DESIGN TWO | GARCIA
SECOND YEAR STUDIO
PUBLIC ART BUS SHELTER SAN ANTONIO’S WESTSIDE CULTURAL CORRIDOR
DESIGN THREE |BOHUSLAV
ROLLER DERBY RINK THIS PROJECT ACTS AS A CATALYST FOR (RE)ACTIVATING THE WESTSIDE CREEKS OF SAN ANTONIO, SPECIFICALLY MARTINEZ CREEK AT W WOODLAWN AVENUE. INTEGRATING LIFE, NATURE AND THIS ART THROUGH INSPIRED ARCHITECTURE, DESIGNING A CONTAINER CAPABLE OF INSPIRING CHOREOGRAPHY OF MOVEMENTS.
DESIGN THREE | BOHUSLAV
ROLLER DERBY RINK
DESIGN THREE | BOHUSLAV
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT HOUSTON ST. SAN ANTONIO, TX A NEW DEVELOPMENT TO INTEGRATE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TRANFORM THE WAY PEOPLE INTERACT ON A DAILY BASIS IS APPROACHING. THE PROJECT WAS REALIZED TO ADDRESS THE PEDESTRIANS COMING FROM THE AMTRAK RAIL, THE STREET CAR AND OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION BY CONFIGURING A MIX-USE PROGRAM OF COMMERCIAL, RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL; THEREFORE, COLLABORATING IDEAS WITH TWO OTHER PROJECTS AND REACTING TO THEM.
DESIGN THREE | BOHUSLAV
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT HOUSTON ST. SAN ANTONIO, TX
DESIGN THREE | BOHUSLAV
SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE CAMPUS. ITS PROPERTY LINES MAKE UP A LINEAR NORTH/SOUTH ORIENTATION AS THE SLOPE OF THE BUILDING DECREASES DOWN THE BUILDING. AN EXPERIENCE OF AN AXIS THROUGH THIS BUILDING WOULD BE NECESSARY AS THE BEHOLDER APPROACHES IT TO AND FROM THE KOHLER HOUSE.
DESIGN FOUR | CONNOR
SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING
DESIGN FOUR | CONNOR