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Pablo Pita Castro
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Architect by A Coruña University, Spain
I am a 26 years old recently graduated architect, hardworking and passionate about my career, of which I am attracted and master all it's disciplines, technical and artistic. I am especially interested in the field of rehabilitation. I have lived in Ireland, Rome, Seville and Galicia, and I love travelling, so I can adapt quickly to different environments. I consider myself a curious person and a quick learner of any subject or software.
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I n f o Name......................... Pablo Pita Castro Date of birth............. 20 07 1992........... Nationality................. Spanish.................
Email........................... pablopitaferrol@hotmail.com....... Skype.......................... pablo.pitac......................................... Linkedin...................... www.linkedin.com/in/pablopitac/
C o u r s e s
Education 2010 - 2017 ETSAC. Graduate studies at Architecture college of A Coruña University.
2016 Calculation of installations with CYPE MEP. On-line, 20 hours.
2013 - 2014 ETSAS. Graduate studies at Architecture college of Sevilla University. I took the 4th year of my career in Seville within a national mobility program. There I focused on construction and rehabilitation subjects, as well as in architectural design and installations calculation.
2016 Oficial REVIT ARCHITECTURE course and BIM certification. Classroom course, 120 +15 hours. 2017 Review and modeling of installations in REVIT MEP. Classroom course, 20 +10 hours. 2017 Architectural spaces in 3D STUDIO MAX. On-line, 21 hours.
2018 - 2019 ETSAC. Master's degree in architectural rehabilitation
Work Experience
Publications
2016 - 2017 Freelance. Old flat reform in Ferrol. I helped measuring and drawing the flat, diagnosing pathologies and deciding which partitions could be demolished. I also helped design the interior and chose the materials with the constructor and another architect student. 2018 Architetto progettista junior in Next Urban Solutions, Rome. 6 months. I had the opportunity to work in Rome within the Erasmus Young Entrepreuners programme. Here I worked in the designing process of different projects, in all its phases, preparing layouts for client, m3 counting, deciding materials, taking measures… using predominantly BIM software.
2013 Published project about structures in: Structures 3, workshop exercises and examples. ETSAC. 2017 Published project about Seville's dockyard in: Methodologies and teaching in architecture and urbanism. The experiences of Sao Paulo and Seville. Arlete Maria Francisco. Edited by UNESP.
Workshops 2014 Sevilla University. Pre- EU-TOPIA Workshop. Abandoned spaces in the Seville dockyard. 3rd place.
O t h e r s
2014 Brescia University in Italy. International summer school for advanced studies UNIBS EU-TOPIA urban space.
2011 Driving license - B 2014-15 Participation in the organization of the cultural week of the university. FETSAC.
2017 International Finsa Award for students of Architecture and Design. Education shelter for emergency situations. In the final 25.
2011 Online course. Basics of volunteering in humanitarian cooperation and action.
S o f t w a r e Autocad
Office
Revit
Dynamo
Revit MEP
Grasshopper
Cype MEP
Rhino
Cype Structures
V-Ray
Photoshop
3D-max
Skechup
Indesign
Languages Spanish
Galician Native level
English Native level
CELGA 4 Ability at level C1. 2015
Portuguese
French Almost native level
ESOL international Ability at level C2. 2016
Pre-Basic level Official school of Languages, 1st c. 2017
Italian Basic level
Basic level
PORTFOLIO Pablo Pita Castro
_PFC. Center for postgraduate studies in Elviña, A Coruña _Handball court near the tower of Hercules, A Coruña _Student residence in the abandoned shipyard of Seville _FIN SA AWARD . Ed ucation al shelter for emergency situations _Lloyd's building, by Richard Rogers, construction analysis _Drawings
and others
Center for Postgraduate Studies in Elviña
Title
Center for postgraduate studies in Elviña
Subject
PFC: Final Career Project
Year
2016/17
Description
This postgraduate college had to function like a union between the two university campus of A Coruña, but more importantly, it had to unite the campus with the rural settlement. The project is born from the generation of public space at a village scale, searching for traditional elements and guidelines present in the place that could be used as a reference for the projects construction. The opening of the views, the different rhythms of the structure, present throughout the project, and the spatial continuity in the interior are key points in its conception.
Beginnings: The buildings near the project have a small-scale, in contrast to the large university infrastructures that surround the area. Some elements already present in the place are taken as a reference for the project, like the discontinuities in the built structure or the adaptation to the land.
Model: The model shows the idea of the project functioning as a link between both university and rural scales.
Center for Postgraduate Studies in Elviña Situation: The project is located in an area with a high rural character, between the two university campuses of the city of A Coruña.
University buildings
University of A Coruña
Ancient fortification of Elviña
Village of Elviña
Project
University of A Coruña
Generation: The new centre of studies is generated from its union with the rural village, opening new public spaces, connections and views to the valley. Two different rhythms are created in the project, which coincide with the two structural typologies. The concrete structure refers to the traditional growth of the village, while the wooden structure acts as a link and recovers elements of the traditional architecture of the place. Concrete structure.
Concrete structure and its adaptation.
Wooden structure
Views: Classroom hallway perspective and upper hall view.
Cross section:
Front section: with the four classrooms sectioned in the foreground. Ground floor:
Center for Postgraduate Studies in ElviĂąa
View: Perspective of the ground floor central corridor.
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Constructive details: (1) Zinc-titanium ventilated roof. (2) Insulation made of rock wool with water steam barrier in the inside. (3) Laminated wood beam. (4) Zinc-titanium gutter. (5) Laminated wood pillar. (6) Window with joinery made of cedar of Canada. (7) Tilted glass for skylight formation. (8) Skylights interior panel to avoid reflections from the sun. (9) Concrete blocks for roofing edge formation. (10) Green roof, inverted type, with earth layer of e = 40cm, with water retention layer. (11) Insulation made of extruded polystyrene. (12) Waterproofing laminate. (13) One direction structural Floor made with prefabricated beams and lightweight bricks. (14) Technical ceiling finished using wooden slats. (15) Reinforced concrete edge beam. (16) MDF board finished in cedar of Canada. (17) Insulation made of rock wool. (18) Ventilated chamber system with insulation. (19) Facade finish using solid Canadian cedar planks. (20) Canadian cedar industrial parquet.
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Structure: The structure is not hidden, it is an essential part in the relationship with what exists. Concrete structure: Beams of great height mark the main rhythm. Wood structure: Permeable element which acts as an union with the territory and with elements of the vernacular architecture.
Interior space: As it happens with the structure and the construction, the project and its form cannot be understood without knowing the intentions that are sought in the interior space.
The main idea is to seek for a great spatial continuity that allows the stay and use of the space in multiple forms, with a certain specialization and grouping of service space. The interior invites users to stay to chat when leaving classes, as it happens with the design of public spaces; they are not mere spaces of passage.
Pita Ares Ishihara Arquitectos
Handball court near the tower of Hercules, A Coruña
Title
Handball court in A Coruña
Subject
Construction 7th
Year
2016
Description
The area of the project was very influenced by the presence of the tower of Hercules. I decided to divide the building into two volumes according to its different uses, adapting the scale to them. The game between these two volumes allowed me to generate a public square protected from the wind, which opens its sights to the tower of Hercules. The handball court sinks into the earth as a continuation of that outer space. Again the structure and its rhythms help to design the facades.
Two different volumes: The project is divided into two different scaled volumes, one for the court and another perpendicular one for de changing rooms and offices.
Sports City Project
Tower of HĂŠrcules
Court
Relationship: From the beginning the relationship with the outer space and the tower of HĂŠrcules were main issues. The two volumes help in the creation of the public space, protected from the winds.
Handball court near the tower of Hercules, A Coruña Situation: The project is located in a sports area, very near the tower of Hércules in A Coruña.
Tower of Hércules
Project
Volume of the court
Reflections of the tower
Volume of changing rooms
Public space
Views of the tower
Views of the tower
skylights for court illumination Public space
Front view: The front view combines wood and concrete with a curtain-wall system, with a glass that reflects the tower of HĂŠrcules.
Climbing walls zone
Cross section: Each function has its own scale, that why the court and the change rooms are separated in different volumes, this also protects de public square from de winds.
Public space
Handball court
Handball court near the tower of Hercules, A CoruĂąa
Interior view: The large curtain wall faces north for better lighting and to obtain views of the tower. Roof skylights provide indirect sunlight to avoid reflections and generate a warmer space.
Reinforced concrete pillars
Reinforced concrete walls
Laminated wood trusses
First order joists
Laminated wood beams
Second order joists and wind bracing
Section: The skylights can be seen this section across the handball court, one of these is detailed below trough a constructive axonometric view.
Constructive details: This details can give an resumed idea of the constructive development of the project. (1) Galvanize rain guard. (2) Facade finish using solid Canadian cedar planks. (3) Substructure to support the facade finish layer. (4) Ventilated chamber system with insulation. (5) Automatic openable window. (6) walkable roof with concrete slabs over plastic plots. (7) Waterproofing self-protected laminate. (8) Waterproof board. (9) Insulation made of rock wool with water steam barrier in the inside.. (10) Laminated timber joist. (11) Laminated timber beam. (12) Laminated timber truss, Pratt typology. (6) (1) (9)
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Student residence in the abandoned shipyard of Seville
Title
Student residence in Seville
Subject
Projects 7th
Year
2014/15
Description
The project is situated in an abandoned shipyard with the intention of dialoguing with the large scales related to the construction of ships and, at the same time, generating a space with a human scale for the residents. A large infrastructure is generated in order to support the rooms and allow views over the shipyard. Under this mega structure it appears the outdoor space of the residence, protected and isolated, although also seeking to relate with and preserve the spaces of the industrial architecture.
Scales: The main question was how to dialogue with the industrial buildings at a boat scale, and at the same time create an indoor and outdoor living place at a human and residential scale.
Rehabilitation of the shed for use as a public space.
Central inclined public square
A place in a non-place: The outdoor space, underneath the buildings is a forest of trees and pillars that retains the industrial essence of the place but also provides a totally different and isolated space for students and residents.
Student residence in the abandoned shipyard of Seville Situation: During the course we had to develop four projects in the area in order to revive the abandoned shipyard with new uses.
Train terminal
Student's residence
Entrepreneurs center
Social and concert center Riverside walk
New industrial uses
New university uses
Value: For me it was clear the big value of this industrial architecture, being necessary an integration and preservation of its essence.
Escalonated dispposal in order to not interfere the views
Boat terminal
Views: Different spaces for different situations are created. The corridors are designed to generate relations between residents.
Ground floor:
Study room
Train terminal
Dinning room Central public square
Construction: The construction had to be modular and prefabricated with the intention of using the big industrial buildings of the zone for the construction and assembly of the pieces. Metalic reticular structure
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Technical floor
Air ventilation ducts
Metalic pillars
FINSA AWARD. Educational shelter for emergency situations
Title
Educational shelter for emergency situat.
Subject
FINSA Award
Year
2016/17
Description
A universal form that allows its visualization in any country and culture, of great security and constructive simplicity. We started thinking of a simple, easy and fast assembly system that combined the largest number of functions with the least number of elements. The idea is to design a self-sufficient module, easy to transport, that can be grouped according to the needs of each situation, which guarantees the education and protection of children in emergency situations.
Assembly process: We designed an easy assembly method, with instructions. Constructive details: Simplicity, security and speed of construction were the key factors.
Schoolyard: The configuration seeks to create an outdoor secured space, protect from weather conditions and with easy access control.
Adaptation: The project had to adapt to any culture or need, so we started with a universal well known form, that it worked, and that could be combined in different forms in order to achieve all the standards.
Lloyd's building, by Richard Rogers, construction analysis
Title
Lloyd's building, by Richard Rogers.
Subject
Construction analysis
Year
2015
Description
The purpose of this practice was to understand the operation of the structural, constructive and facility systems of Richard Rogers' project. In the proposal the construction elements are designed to fulfil several functions at the same time, so the return of the ventilation serves to heat the curtain wall, the grid of beams houses technical cameras and lighting, as well as the technical floor and finally, all forms part of the formal proposal.
Structure: The reinforced concrete pillars are joined to the reticule of beams as follows:
Constructive details: These details explain the construction of the building, by understanding the function and functioning of its different layers.
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Drawings and others
Subject
Drawing 2th
Year
2012 - 2015
Description
Most of the following drawings were made in a subject of my career, others in classes or just for entertainment. Usually I support my ideas and start thinking by drawing sketches like the ones displayed before.
More drawings
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