Jose Lacruz Vela Selected Works
EDUCATION
AWARDS/HONOURS
IE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Segovia, Spain - 2014-present Bachelor of Architecture
COACV SOLIDARY Awarded by COACV 2015
CAXTON COLLEGE Puzol, Spain - 2012-2014 A Levels
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 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
CURRICULUM VITAE CONTACT
pepe.lacruz.96@hotmail.com +34 639 88 63 68 56 Paris Street Onda, Valencia 12200 Spain
Worked in several projects such as organising the international competition FROM LIMIT TO LIVE IT, re-design the IE School of Architecture and Design building, and the transformation. Presented design concepts to clients. FABLAB - Designer/Intern Segovia, Spain 9/2014 - present Created physical and 3D study models, applying algorithmic design. Created a parametric art 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 structures for the Spanish Society of Ecological Agriculture. PKMN AND ZULOARK - Designer Villena, Spain 7/2013 Worked during elCASC 13, in two projects; Monu-Bench Caves and Urban Parliaments. My role was to design and build the structures.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE NEW FARM NEW YORK LECTURE Segovia, Spain - 2015 5x5 student - IE University
EXHIBITIONS 2015 LE CORBUSIER: 50 YEARS LATER Valencia, Spain - 2015 International congress, UPV
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
ACTIVITIES -Anupama Kundoo “Waterwall” Workshop -HAY Festival Volunteer -Grupo Aranea Drawing Workshop -Desayuno con Viandantes Workshop -Model-making -Architecture Competitions
SKILLS GRAPHIC Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, Premiere, Lightroom) MODELING/RENDERING Rhinoceros 3D, SketchUp, Grasshopper, V-Ray, Kerkythea, SU Podium, Maxwell DRAFTING AutoCAD, LayOut BIM Revit ANALYSIS DesignBuilder, XFlow FABRICATION CNC Router, Laser Cutter, 3D Printer, Wood Workshop tools GENERAL Microsoft Office, iWork LANGUAGES Native Spanish, Native Catalan ,Fluent English, Intermediate Chinese, Basic French
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CONTENTS
NEW FARM NEW YORK Project: Mixed-Use, Housing, Farm, Offices, Commercial, Public Space, Sustainability Size: 10 000 m2 Location: Tribeca, USA Team: Jose Lacruz, Sofya Abramchuck, Henry Gordon-Smith, Florencia Costa, Andrew Carter Type: Competition Proposal Status: Submitted Collaboration: Agritecture
NEWFARM NEWYORK 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, NEWFARM NEWYORK 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
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Fourth Floor +13.5m
Third Floor +10.0m
Fifth Floor +17.0m
LIBRARY FOREST Project: Library, Public Space Size: 18 000 m2 Location: London, UK Type: Competition Proposal Status: Submitted
The concept behind LIBRARY FOREST is to give back to the public the space taken by the building, therefore the gardened terraces. The building is divided into two parts, the lower one, with separate cubes; which have different programs open to the public, and the library; the intersected cubes on top, which merge the library programs, while all the area, on top of the cubes is planned for public parks to read.
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Main Rooms Library Reception Shelf Area Reprographics and Computer Rooms Video Library Rooms Bar / Restaurant Hall and Exhibition Rooms Magazine and Newspaper Rooms Auditorium
Axonometric
SEA HUB Project: Boat Community, Harbour Bath, Public Space, Museum Size: 5 000 m2 Type: Competition Proposal Status: Submitted
SEA HUB is a new public space for recreation in Ibiza. The platform, surrounded by natural islets and rocky crags, is perfect to practice nautical activities while resting and socialising. It has three main buildings, which allow views of sunset and surrounding nature, while at the same time enjoying Spanish gastronomy and culture. It also contains with Ibiza’s Maritime Museum, located in the bigger building, and a natural swimming pool.
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NEST WALKWAY FAVILION Project: Public Space, Pavilion, Folly Size: 10 000 m2 Location: Segovia, Spain Team: Jose Lacruz, Sofya Abramchuck Type: Academic
NEST WALKWAY FAVILION is a project that combines both pavilion and folly typologies, into public park where to visualise birds and nature in Segovia. The favilion would host events during the Music Festivals during summer in Segovia, while creating a path-frontier between the city wall and nature. The structure; made using local wood would be bent in order to create the desired shapes along the pathway.
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GREEN-HOUSE Project: Housing, Sustainability Size: 150 m2 Type: Research Status: Concept
GREEN-HOUSE is a conceptual residential project of a house that can feed its inhabitants via a greenhouse-corridor which utilises the unused space in a conventional house. The central element of the house is the greenhouse, which provides the house with the main circulation, separates the house into private and public, and illuminates it naturally.
Section Summer Day
Section Winter Day
Section Summer Night
Section Winter Night
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Second Floor +3.25m
INSIDE-OUT Project: Public Space, Education Size: 8 m2 Location: Segovia, Spain Team: Jose Lacruz, Romain Odin Lepoutre Type: Commission Status: Completion 2015
INSIDE-OUT is a project created in collaboration with FAB LAB, to produce an installation, hanging inside a 16th century building, providing shelter inside the building, yet respecting the existing elements. The skin was developed using parametric design, in order to achieve the required form. It was then laser cut and assembled.
DELTA PAVILION Project: Public Space, Education Size: 10 m2 Location: Segovia, Spain Team: Jose Lacruz, Javier Martin, Jorge Diez, Jose Maria Casado, Irene Canovas, Elena Ceribelli, Emrecan Pirinccioglu, Adrian Sanz Type: Commission Status: Completion 2015
DELTA PAVILION is a project we executed during Digital Image and Virtual Space course. The pavilion explores the idea of adaptability, creating a structure which could easily change shape, depending on the use. The pavilion is modular and can be moved easily through the university to perform different roles, such as pin-up space or meeting points for conferences.
COLAGE LA PEDRERA Project: Public Space, Rehabilitation, Urban Furniture Size: 200 m2 Location: Villena, Spain Team: Jose Lacruz, Rocio Egio, Christian Serra, Oscar Hernandez, Maria Grifo, Emma Scott Type: Commission Status: Completion 2014 Collaboration: PEZ Estudio
COLAGE LA PEDRERA is a rehabilitation public space project in the historic area of Villena, in collaboration with local neighbours. The project was constructed behind the agricultural office, as an extension of the center, but also to rehabilitate the space for public use. The project seeks to achieve selfsufficiency for the closer houses, providing a space where to grow food, following the edible park typology.
VILLENA MONUBENCH Project: Public Space, Rehabilitation, Urban Furniture Size: 200 m2 Location: Villena, Spain Team: Jose Lacruz, Oscar Hernandez, Sandra Miguel, Marina Villalonga, Kamila Dohnalova Type: Commission Status: Completion 2013 Collaboration: PKMN Architectures + Zuloark
“Searching for Villena Monubench� is a collective workshop which proposes to detect and analyse heritage resources in Villena; monumental, archaeological and linguistic, with potential to be formalized and constructed as transformerobjects for public use, mixing concepts as icon, facility and commons with added value through a complete process from ideas to real scale production. This project a long term urban project which takes place in the Mediterranean town of Villena, with the aim of empowering local and foreign intelligences in order to improve physical and emotional conditions in the public space of the historic area of the town.
Jose Lacruz Vela pepe.lacruz.96@hotmail.com +34 639 88 63 68 56 Paris Street Onda, Valencia 12200 Spain