PAULINA LOZANO PORTFOLIO
index cv Music & Arts School museum me inditex office pc/2c park agrovita chair a sofia office debutantes restaurant Teachers residence Almena house
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music & Art school
Site: 3731m2 Park: “ The Music Park”
Location map
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We were asked to carry out a project with the freedom to choose between three pieces of land. Among the pieces of land there was a parking lot for a funeral chapels; the Music Park, which pays homage to great musicians and influential compos-
ers in the city and also there was a wasteland. The three lands are in the center of Monterrey, which has a high historical value, and most of the people living there are seniors. In order to determine the architectural program we went to the field
to actually see what were the conditions of it. In our visits we interviewed people from the town, and they told us what it meant to them the Music Park.
Recover the “genius loci�
Interaction between the arts.
Respect the horizontaly of the site
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LEVEL -1 dance room art room services
LEVEL 1 social space music room services
Transverse section- no scale
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LEVEL 2 social space music room services
Master plan
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Contrary to the information found on the internet, the neighbors shared with us that formerly in the afternoon with the help of a horn they put music to commemorate the Music Park and in this way the park became a very important symbol in their lives. Finally, our concept attempts to rescue the spirit of the place, reminding the people the true meaning of the park. So, our building becomes a “horn� so that music can reach the park and remind people the essence of the park.
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View of the main facade.
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We were requested to carry out a Museum of Sculpture, located within one of the busiest areas of the municipality of San Pedro Garza Garcia. Before designing the museum, I wanted to understand which
qualities the museum should have, so that it could fulfill its purpose. After interviewing experts in the matter, I came to realize that the space should served as a place where you can appreciate the art and not visualy compete against the
sculptures. This led me to investigate the theory of phenomenology and thus apply this philosophy in the museum.
Location map
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Lobby and services area Transition area “light gallery”. Interaction with the garden
LOBY AND SERVICES The interioir areas are structured as a single volume inside the big volume.
TRANSITION AREA. This sidewalk prepares the user’s eye with little light to cause them an impact when they arrive to the gallery.
GALLERIES The galeries permit the entrance of zenithal lighting.
CIRCULATION The circulation is the conjugation of the diffrent volumes with their specific sensations.
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Architectural floor plan
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“Architecture is not a wall, but the space it generates inside it.�
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Visualization, main facade.
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1. Elastic sealant/adhesive 2. Steel plate, recover with enamel gray paint 3. Expanded perlite, recover with mortar. 4. Concrete slab 5. Structure for the suspended ceiling. 6. Natural tempered glass Concrete cast-in-place. Formwok 7. pine wood Wallnut door., natural finish. 8. plywood ramp with steel structure, 9. coated with black carpet Steel frame coated in white enamel 10. paint 11. Air-conditioning duct 12. Concrete surface
View of the interior garden.
View from the interior of Gallery 3
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inditex office.
Calzada Roundabout:
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Only 3 out of 10 companies in Mexico have the ideal conditions to work together, because of the high levels of stress within the workspaces occasioned mainly by “sick buildings”. To counter these statistics, I proposed a design attached to four different items proposed by Daniel Stokols who is an (environmental psychologist )at the UC. 1. The physical layout of the im mediate work area: • existence of windows, especially if you have views of green spaces. 2. The environmental characteristics of the work area: • Physical aspects such as lighting, air quality, noise levels and social density. 3. Physical organization of buildings that give place to a given workplace: • Shared public spaces, integrity of the vertical cores with horizontal circulations. 4. External services and urban characteristics of the installations • The urban layout of the building.
Facade section. no scale
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STRUCTURE The structure functions as a steel frame.
SUN SHADING The position of the traslucid glass variates acording to the facade and sun insidence.
ROTATED FOR VIEWS All the “x” in every facade are rotated according to the roundabout.
Architectural model
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4rth floor: - Terrace( Inditex social area)
2nd & 3rth Floor: - Inditex offices
Street Level: PĂşblic space - Commercial area - Lobby
Level -1, -2 & -3 - Parking lot - Storage
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I Firmly believe in the influence of architecture on human beings due to the fact that spaces have the power to determine our behavior to a certain point due to environmental psychology, and it’s for this same reason that I consider architecture as one of the major disciplines in our society.
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This park was aimed exclusively at students from different universities in the metropolitan area of Monterrey. During the ceremony, which was attended by the mayor and all of the participants, I had the opportunity to give a speech on the importance of public space.
What became the real challenge of design was to optimize financial resources, since there was a limited budget. The authorities gave us a list of needs that the neighbors had given them.
Monterrey, metropolitan area
Cumbres 2ยบ sector, PC/2C park
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Esplanade
track
Bench Lighting
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Track Gym Play groung area Work out area
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Track Gym Play groung area Work out area
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agrovita,
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The agricultural sector has not yet evolutionized accordingly with the current advances in technology of our century. Climate change, demographics and economics have influenced the ratio of people living in urban and rural areas. There is a notable gap between these two, as the years pass by, urban areas have become more dense. According to FAO (2009), by 2050, only 30% of the world population will be living in rural areas. This factor reduces the amount of people available and willing to work in agricultural related jobs.
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Agriculture is an outdated sector compared to other industrial sectors that have been modernizing impressively. Nevertheless, this sector must take advantage of the technological advances and use it to be able to satisfy the needs of the population. Even though some advances have been made in developed countries, the lack of agricultural land and the diminishing job opportunities have diminished. This project suggests a new model where architecture influences and is involved directly with the process of recollection that takes
place in the citrus fields. Our architectural project consists of a mobile work space that makes more efficient this process. Agrovita is situated in a hypothetical scenario in 2050 inferred after studying the current tendencies in the agricultural sector in MĂŠxico and specifically in Ciudad Valles San Luis PotosĂ in Huerta Flor de MarĂa where our project takes place. The new model we propose is decentralized with means that the product that is recollected here actually stays in Ciudad Valles.
Working area.
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Agrovita is design after the principal of “architecture as a productive processâ€? where the objective is to make more efficient and optimize the mobility in the citrus field. This can be possible with the machines that work along with supervisors in order to control the process that takes place in Huerta Flor de MarĂa during recollection. Architecture as a productive process is defined as architecture that has characteristics with contribute to optimize processes, it is dynamic, interactive, optimal, uses innovative technology and is sensible to natural processes. It functions as a link between the current situation in the agricultural sector, which has not yet been completely modernized and the technological advances in urbanized and modernized cities.
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Longitudinal section.
Transverse section.
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Agrovita focuses specifically in improving mobility inside the terrain to improve the production, as well as the new decentralized model proposed. The concept is based in improving recollection time with new automatized technology. Also, the supervisors can have direct contact with the products and observe details from their mobile work space.
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migration from rural to urbanized areas. Since less people will be willing to work in this sector, these jobs will have to be substituted by machines, however, not completely. At least two supervisors are required, one in charge of the products and the other person focused on the mechanical aspects like programing and engineering.
Agrovita is a new working model which optimizes the number of people working in the fields as well due to the constant factor of
Agrovita, is a new decentralized model proposed for Huerta Flor de MarĂa in the year 2050, with is possibility to improve the process of recollection thanks to the “archi-
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tecture as a productive process�. The technology in the agricultural sector has to revolutionize radically and architecture is the one of the means that could contribute to make this possible.
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Diffrent work possibilities thanks to a rail.
“Choice and control is the new status symbol - workers want freedom to choose where and how to work� (Fennema, 2016)
Different lighting possibilities
Structure Magnetic strip Oled lighting
Utopic chair examples: exoskeleton
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The reques for the class was design a furniture piece with two diffrent materials and after that build it in the diffrent workshops of the CRGS. I choose the metal for the structure , because of his structural characteristics that allow me to do more with less. On the other side, I choose the fabric to be confortable for the user and be in armony with the surronding.
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sofia office My role within the company, METRO Proyectos Arquitectónicos, was to lead the interior distribution of the offices as well as the interior design concept. For Distribution, I ensured that my client’s needs were met
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by taking into account their ideas, beliefs, and lifestyles in order to better achieve their expectations for each project. In relation to the Design component, I utilized various tools that reinforced the use of a visual
connection between the exterior and the interior life. So, I decided to choose a color and material palette that fulfills that connection, yet maintains that elegant sensation of the Sofia building architecture.
Material composition in walls
Lighting mood
Recepcinist desk/conceptual view
Lighting mood in the bathroom
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debutantes restaurant The concept of the restaurant tries to recreate the regional culinary art by giving the patrons the opportunity to learn to prepare their own dishes next to one of the most representative chef’s in town. So,
the inspiration includes a central kitchen where the clients can learn to prepare their favorite meals as well as they enjoy a night for dinner and drinks. So part of the intention was to stand out the kitchen by utilizA
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ing a variety of elements such as the materials, the ceiling and the furniture.
Restaurant sketch
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Furniture selection
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Material palette
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Tequila bar
Bathroom
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teachers residence
North facade
East facade
West facade
South facade
The idea was to design two residences for two important educators. The distribution of the floor plan is based on the privacy for each tenant. Both spaces are joined through a hallway which is considered the heart of the project. Its purpose is to give the users a great time while they share the common space, and make them not to forget the life in community even If they enjoy their own privacy.
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Hallway sketch
Conceptual visualization
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Giorgetti Ode Swivel Chair
Giorgetti Ode Swivel Chair
Giorgetti Lounge chair
Restoration Hardware Mlarka Rug dark
Natuzzi Marble Table
Giorgetti Swivel bed
Dixon lamp
Marble desk
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ALMENA house This residence is designed for an American client who strives for architecture similar to what she experienced in the United States. The design preserves the typical cultural American spaces like the modroom and
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the family room as its incorporated different aspects of the Mexican culture. The interior respects that architecture for the house while incorporating the clients Pre-existing furniture to add to the inspiration.
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Family room+ kitchen
Family room+ kitchen
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Family room+ kitchen
Family room+ kitchen
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Living room+ dinning room
Living room+ dinning room
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Living room+ dinning room
Living room
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Paulina Lozano MartĂnez paulina_lozano92@hotmail.com