Jose Lacruz Vela Selected Works 2019 // Portfolio

Jose Lacruz Vela Selected Works

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SPACEGROUP - Architecture Intern Oslo, Norway 3/2018 - 6/2018 Coordinated design strategies for urban plans and architectural prefabrication in international competitions and research commissions , and organized project publications for magazines.

NODO17 GROUP - Architecture Intern Madrid, Spain 6/2017 - 7/2017 Developed technical details for construction phase projects and digital fabrication strategies, while researching on material optimization and construction implementation, in collaboration with BAC Engineering Consultancy Group.

CURRICULUM VITAE

INGENHOVEN ARCHITECTS - Architecture Intern DĂźsseldorf, Germany 3/2017 - 6/2017 Established the massing and performance of sustainable skyscrapers for a commission in Singapore, and on international urban competitions, where I devised the design methodology.

CONTACT

IE MARKETING ADVISORY BOARD - Member Madrid, Spain 1/2017 - 6/2017

+34 639 88 63 68 56 Paris Street Onda, Valencia 12200 Spain

Managed social media and strategy development.

pepe.lacruz.96@hotmail.com

NL ARCHITECTS - Architecture Intern Amsterdam, Netherlands 3/2016 - 7/2016 Detailed interior spaces and construction phases of international commissions, as well as strategies for international masterplans, through models and visualizations, for projects currently under construction.

EDUCATION NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Boston, USA - 9/2017 - 12/2017 Exchange - Bachelor of Architecture TU DELFT Delft, Netherlands - 5/2017 - 6/2017 Rethinking the City: New Approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges (MOOC) IE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Segovia, Spain - 2014 - present Bachelor of Architecture CAXTON COLLEGE Puzol, Spain - 2012 - 2014 A Levels

ANUPAMA KUNDOO ARCHITECTS - Intern Segovia, Spain 9/2015 Participated on the development and construction of the Waterwall pavilion, as part of the HAY festival 2015.

IMPACKT FARM - Co-Founder Madrid, Spain 9/2015 - present Founded a vertical farming startup, which aims to implement and develop ecological aquaponic farming technologies. The startup has already engaged in international competitions and received several awards.

D-LAB - Intern Segovia, Spain 2/2015 - 6/2015 Proposed a re-design of the building for IE School of Architecture and Design and its library.

FABLAB - Designer/Intern Segovia, Spain 9/2014 - present Crafted physical and 3D study models, applying algorithmic design into a parametric installation.

PEZ ESTUDIO - Designer / Job Captain Villena, Spain 7/2014 Collaborated in elCASC 14 architecture festival, designing a temporary pavilion for the Spanish Society of Ecological Agriculture. While producing the pavilion, I was training the local community to use the tools.

PKMN AND ZULOARK - Designer Villena, Spain 7/2013 Produced an ephemeral pavilion showcasing the hidden heritage of Villena for elCASC 13.

AWARDS/HONOURS 2018 STUDIO DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD Awarded by Instructor Izaskun Chinchilla, IE School of Architecture and Design WINNER ARQUIA SCHOLARSHIP 2018 Awarded by the Arquia foundation 2017 STUDIO DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD Awarded by Instructor Romina Canna, IE School of Architecture and Design

EXHIBITIONS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD EXHIBITION 2018 Segovia, Spain - 2018 IE School of Architecture and Design 2015 LE CORBUSIER: 50 YEARS LATER Valencia, Spain - 2015 International congress, UPV

PUBLICATIONS THE ARCHIOLOGIST MAGAZINE Commercial; Vallehermoso Market Issue No.1 2017 AN ATLAS OF NARRATIVES: RETELLING MODERN ARCHITECTURE Essay / Research on Philip Johnson IE School of Architecture and Design 2017

SKILLS GRAPHIC Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, Premiere, Lightroom) MODELING/RENDERING Rhinoceros 3D, SketchUp, Grasshopper, V-Ray, Kerkythea, SU Podium, Maxwell, 3ds Max

AVF AWARD 3rd PRIZE Awarded by Association for Vertical Farming 2016

VIRTUAL REALITY Unreal Engine

TFF SHORTLISTED Awarded by Thought For Food 2016

DRAFTING AutoCAD, LayOut

COACV SOLIDARY - ELCASC Awarded by COACV 2015

BIM Revit, Microstation

PERSONAL EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP Awarded by IE Foundation 2014 PRODUCT DESIGN EXCELLENCE Awarded by CAXTON COLLEGE 2013

ANALYSIS DesignBuilder, XFlow, Ecotect

BIEE DIPLOMA Awarded by Chinese Government 2012

FABRICATION CNC Router, Laser Cutter, 3D Printer, Wood Workshop tools, Foam Cutter

YOUTH CHINESE TEST CERTIFICATE LEVEL 4 Awarded by UPV 2012

GENERAL Microsoft Office, iWork

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

LANGUAGES Native Spanish, Native Catalan ,Fluent English, Intermediate Chinese, Basic French

NEW FARM NEW YORK LECTURE Segovia, Spain - 2015 5x5 student - IE University

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SHAN SHUI ACADEMIC WORK PG06 CITY SYSTEM

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S_LAB ACADEMIC WORK STUDENT HUB PG16

3

THE STONE ON THE PATH WINNER ARQUIA SCHOLARSHIP 2018 PG22 CABANON

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VALLEHERMOSO MARKET ACADEMIC WORK MARKET REHABILITATION PG26

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A NEW SCIENCE PARK ACADEMIC WORK PG34 SCIENCE MUSEUM REHABILITATION

SHAN SHUI Project: Urbanism, Social Housing, Amenities, Sport Facilities, Public Space, City Size: 14 000 000 000 m2 Location: Wuhan - Jiujiang, China Type: Academic

Rapid urbanization in China is an unstoppable scenario, in order to improve the living in China, people have to migrate from the countryside to the city. However, this is not done in optimal conditions, and thus has many flaws.

SHAN SHUI is a project to humanize this, through social housing. The typical unit is arranged from three cells, which perform specific functions for dwelling. The living cell, the resting cell and the opportunity cell, which allows further expansion. In order, to minimize space use, all furniture is built in, to free the space, so it can accommodate three generations at a time.

Cell

Unit

Shift

Lift

Pedestrian paths

Bike paths

Bike storage

Commercial cells

Subtract

Slopped streets

Elevators

Stairs

Living module

Terrace module

Restaurant house

Living module

Shop module

Commercial house

Living module

Workshop module

Workshop house

Living module

Gallery module

Gallery house

Living module

Aquaponic module

Farm house

Living module

Mooring module

Boat house

The urban proposal, explores the relationship between local landscape and modern density, by creating convergent mountain-range-like buildings, which arrange a new city.

As a consequence of shifting units, streets-on-air appear, providing a slopped circulation both for bikes and pedestrians. To serve the needs of the city and a greater good, the units have to mediate the space within the system, arranging in a way to generate a public realm that spreads throughout the city. Therefore this vast complex is a mere convergence of schemes forging an urban ecosystem.

-system axonometric-

-street plan / supermarket-

-street plan / plaza-on-air-

S-LAB Project: Urbanism, Student Hub, Amenities, Sport Facilities, Public Space, Heritage Size: 4 000 m2 Location: Segovia, Spain Type: Academic

S-LAB is a student hub which works as a gate connecting two parts of Segovia´s city; the university venues located at the valley, and the city’s amenities, located at the top of the hill, which are currently separated through program and topography, by creating a vertical village, which shares unique objective; re-establish Segovia and IE University through modern innovation, while maintaining local tradition.

The hub itself is an extended threshold of an existing historical gate, used to access the city.

-food court-

-elevation-

-longitudinal section-

-fab lab / gym / co-working / food court-

-co-working / church-

-entrance / food court-

-landscape and university views-

-co-working-

-Segovia birds view-

THE STONE ON THE PATH Project: Cabanon Size: 24 m2 Location: Sabiñan - Paracuellos, Spain Type: Competition Proposal Status: Winner Arquia Scholarship 2018

THE STONE ON THE PATH is a cabanon that lies in a path in between two rural towns, so that it has views of both settlements, but also to see a mountain range in front of it, and a fruit tree field behind. It is also designed with four actions in mind; reading, bathing, writing and resting, which are reflected in each of the wings of the cabin.

As you approach the cabanon from the path, it tries to blend with the landscape as it uses a reflective film as a finishing, but it also mirrors the town you come from, allowing you to see both towns at the same time.

-south elevation-

-north elevation-

-west elevation-

-east elevation-

-plan-

-section-

VALLEHERMOSO MARKET Project: Skin, Rehabilitation, Farm, Public Space, Market Size: 2 090 m2 Location: Madrid, Spain Type: Academic

VALLEHERMOSO MARKET explores the conjunction between skin and use, through the restoration of an old market in Madrid. Undertaking the need of food production within cities, while generating a new public space, intertwined with a farm and an enclosed market.

The key technique of this intervention is the layering of concepts; the market, the farm, the use and the circulation, stitching them into a consolidated strategy, and improving the performance of the existing building by creating an ecosystem within.

-skin detail-

-farm perspective plan-

-ground floor / street activation-

-basement / market-

-cross section-

-longitudinal section-

-elevation-

-sectioned model-

-farm roof-

A NEW SCIENCE PARK Project: Museum, Performative Landscape, Public Space, Park, Urbanism Size: 2 090 m2 Location: Boston, USA Type: Academic

A NEW SCIENCE PARK consists on the rehabilitation of The Museum of Science and the integration of The Charles River. This new network aims to restore the ecosystem within the river, but also to provide new site specific, interactive and unique exhibitions for the museum, which are both encompassed within the newly shaped existing museum and the newly formed performative landscape in the shape of wetlands.

Both the museum and the river change with the seasons, allowing for temporary exhibits to be scattered through the basin.

-longitudinal s

section winter-

-transversal section-

-waterfront elev

-street elevat

vation summer-

tion winter-

24-04-2018 To whom it may concern: Re: José Lacruz Vela It is a pleasure for me to write this recommendation letter.

I had the chance to get to know José Lacruz, first being a student at IE School of Architecture and later working as an internship at nodo17 group. After all this period I want to stress his learning and working capacity.

I have been professor of Building Technology of José Lacruz during a full academic year. I strongly recommend looking in detail his academic portfolio from Design Studio to Building Technology. It shows multiple skills and tools to manage scales from urban design to construction systems. Over the years he has been able to integrate the complexity of learning architecture.

By the way of example, I want to emphasize his research called imPACKt farm. It shows not only his technical and entrepreneurship concerns, but his continuous interest on learning and researching outside academic boundaries.

Integration was one of the main reasons why José Lacruz started working at nodo17 group. During this period, he proved to be very skilled with the computer work, immediately able to understand the requirements of the projects at the moment in which he became involved. José Lacruz was very rigorous and precise in the implementation of the work, and also very qualified to articulate, explain and conceptualize.

I strongly recommend José Lacruz without hesitation and I have no doubt that he will prove himself to be a great asset to any potential employer, whether he is involved in research tasks or in design tasks. I strongly believe that Jose’s presence in any design team will unveil new and interesting ways to look at urban and architectural issues.

Please, do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information.

Sincerely,

Manuel Perez Romero Phd in Architecture Founding Partner at nod17 group.

www.nodo17.com / mpr@nodo17.com / Madrid +34 914458531 / Washington D.C. +1 202-336-2938

Jose Lacruz Vela pepe.lacruz.96@hotmail.com +34 639 88 63 68 56 Paris Street Onda, Valencia 12200 Spain