Jose Lacruz Vela Selected Works
EDUCATION NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Boston, USA - 2017-present Exchange - Bachelor of Architecture IE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Segovia, Spain - 2014-present Bachelor of Architecture CAXTON COLLEGE Puzol, Spain - 2012-2014 A Levels
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE NODO17 GROUP - Architecture Intern Madrid, Spain 6/2017 - 7/2017 Worked on the management, design and digital fabrication for several projects, including a hotel in Madrid; in collaboration with BAC Engineering Consultancy Group, and in the project of Klekovaca Tourist Centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
CURRICULUM VITAE CONTACT
pepe.lacruz.96@hotmail.com +34 639 88 63 68 56 Paris Street Onda, Valencia 12200 Spain
INGENHOVEN ARCHITECTS - Architecture Intern DĂźsseldorf, Germany 3/2017 - 6/2017 Worked on several architecture and urban projects such as a masterplan in Singapore consisting of a number of commercial skyscrapers, all covered by a large green garden. Also worked on a luxury residential development in Andorra consisting of three 15-storey buildings which act as an extension of the natural landscaping. NL ARCHITECTS - Architecture Intern Amsterdam, Netherlands 3/2016 - 7/2016 Worked on several architecture and urban planning competitions, in collaboration with Inside Outside and BeL. Worked on the design of OCC Jo Coenen theatre and culture centre, in The Hague and Spielbudenplatz urban plan and buildings development, in Hamburg, both soon under construction. IMPACKT FARM - Co-Founder Madrid, Spain 9/2015 - present Vertical farming start-up, that aims to develop ecological aquaponic farming technologies. D-LAB - Intern Segovia, Spain 2/2015 - 6/2015 Worked on the re-design of IE School of Architecture and Desing building and its library.
FABLAB - Designer/Intern Segovia, Spain 9/2014 - present Created physical and 3D study models, applying algorithmic design into a parametric installation. PEZ ESTUDIO - Designer / Job Captain Villena, Spain 7/2014 Worked during elCASC 14, in AGROTABLAO, a community public space project following the AGRONAUTAS project. My role was to organise the group, and to teach people how to use the tools, in order to build the pavilion for the Spanish Society of Ecological Agriculture.
EXHIBITIONS 2015 LE CORBUSIER: 50 YEARS LATER Valencia, Spain - 2015 International congress, UPV
PUBLICATIONS THE ARCHIOLOGIST MAGAZINE Commercial; Vallehermoso Market Issue No.1 2017
PKMN AND ZULOARK - Designer Villena, Spain 7/2013
AN ATLAS OF NARRATIVES: RETELLING MODERN ARCHITECTURE Essay / Research on Philip Johnson IE School of Architecture and Design 2017
Worked during elCASC 13, in two projects; MonuBench Caves and Urban Parliaments. My role was to design and build the structures.
SKILLS
AWARDS/HONOURS 2017 STUDIO DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD Awarded by Instructor Romina Canna, IE School of Architecture and Design AVF AWARD 3rd PRIZE Awarded by Association for Vertical Farming 2016 TFF SHORTLISTED Awarded by Thought For Food 2016 COACV SOLIDARY - ELCASC Awarded by COACV 2015 PERSONAL EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP Awarded by IE Foundation 2014 PRODUCT DESIGN EXCELLENCE Awarded by CAXTON COLLEGE 2013 BIEE DIPLOMA Awarded by Chinese Government 2012 YOUTH CHINESE TEST CERTIFICATE LEVEL 4 Awarded by UPV 2012
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE NEW FARM NEW YORK LECTURE Segovia, Spain - 2015 5x5 student - IE University
GRAPHIC Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, Premiere, Lightroom) MODELING/RENDERING Rhinoceros 3D, SketchUp, Grasshopper, V-Ray, Kerkythea, SU Podium, Maxwell, 3ds Max DRAFTING AutoCAD, LayOut BIM Revit, Microstation ANALYSIS DesignBuilder, XFlow, Ecotect FABRICATION CNC Router, Laser Cutter, 3D Printer, Wood Workshop tools, Foam Cutter GENERAL Microsoft Office, iWork LANGUAGES Native Spanish, Native Catalan ,Fluent English, Intermediate Chinese, Basic French
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SHAN SHUI ACADEMIC WORK PG06 CITY SYSTEM
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S-LAB ACADEMIC WORK STUDENT HUB PG16
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NEW FARM NEW YORK COMPETITION ENTRY PG22 URBAN FARMING
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VALLEHERMOSO MARKET ACADEMIC WORK MARKET REHABILITATION PG28
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-
NEW FARM NEW YORK Project: Urban Farming, Housing, Mixed-Use, Offices, Commercial, Public Space, Sustainability Size: 10 000 m2 Location: New York, USA Team: Jose Lacruz, Sofya Abramchuck, Henry Gordon-Smith, Florencia Costa, Andrew Carter, Max Loessl Type: Competition Proposal Status: Submitted
NEW FARM NEW YORK explores the relationship between the faรงades in a mixed-use housing and retail centre located in the heart of Tribeca. Addressing the pressing need of housing in high-density city planning, NEW FARM NEW YORK seeks to coordinate the residential and urban farm typologies into the urban environment. The design begins with research of faรงade geometries, in order to arrange the functions inside the building, and to analyse the circulation, which ultimately forms the skin.
+ Maximum volume
+ Optimal South faรงade
+ Optimal East faรงade
= Twist to maximise views
Final design
-first floor +0.0m-
-third floor +10.0m-
-fourth floor +13.5m-
-fifth floor +17.0m-
-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-
Jose Lacruz Vela pepe.lacruz.96@hotmail.com +34 639 88 63 68 56 Paris Street Onda, Valencia 12200 Spain