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, M.Arch
portfolio architecture + design selected works 2007 | 2014
โA spider conducts operations that resemble those of a weaver, and a bee puts to shame many an architect in the construction of her cells. But what distinguishes the worst architect from the best of bees is this,
that the architect raises his structure in imagination before he erects it in reality.โ
โKarl Marx
*. Structure for Masterโs Project, Art Museum in Shanghai
contents Rรฉsumรฉ | CV
contact | education | experience | skills | languages
Art Museum in Shanghai | Masterโs Project
Location | use | social | cutaway | structure | plans | interior | detail | sizing | concepT | rheotomic
Basque Culinary Center | Academic Project
PATTERN | ADJACENCY | DRAWINGS I | DRAWINGS II | CONSTRUCTION | INTERIOR
Topological Walkthrough | Competition INTERIOR | EXTERIOR | PATTERN
Met(h)aVolume | Art Project CONCEPT
Roof Structure | Academic Project construction | DETAIL
Little Chapel | Personal concept | PATTERN
Collective Housing in Carabanchel | Collaboration EXTERIOR
Research Facility | Academic Project EXTERIOR | LOCATION | CONSTRUCTION
Illustration | Personal HAND DRAWN | PARAMETRIC
Parametric Project | Academic Project MODEL | CONCEPT
Collective Housing in Vallecas | Academic Project Location | UNITS
Townhouse | Academic Project plans
Various| Collaboration exterior
Set Design Proposal | Competition (1st Prize) stages | drawings | model
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๏ฃ๏ค๏๏ฃ๏ฅ๏ฆ๏ง๏๏ฅ๏๏จ๏ฉ๏ฅ๏ช๏ซ๏ง๏๏ฅ๏ฃ๏๏๏ฌ๏๏ญ๏ค๏ฎ๏ฆ ๏ฏ๏ฉ๏ง๏ฅ๏๏ง๏๏ซ๏ฐ๏ง๏ซ๏ฆ๏๏ค๏ฑ๏ฃ๏๏๏ฌ๏๏ค๏ช๏ฉ๏ฒ๏ช๏ง๏๏ฏ๏ค๏ฎ๏ฃ๏ณ๏ค๏ฉ๏ฒ๏ค
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๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏ง๏ฑ๏จ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ผ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ผ๏๏๏๏ก๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ก
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๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ ๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ข๏๏ ๏ช๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ ๏ป๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ฅ๏ง๏ฃ๏ฉ
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๏ค๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ช๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ ๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ข๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏
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๏จ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ป๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏บ๏๏ ๏ฆ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏
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๏ธ๏น๏๏๏ ๏ช๏๏จ๏ช๏บ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ฆ๏๏๏๏๏๏
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๏ฌ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ฃ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ฅ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ฐ๏๏๏๏๏๏ฉ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ฅ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ฉ
๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏ ๏จ๏ท๏ฃ๏ง๏ช๏ ๏ฝ๏พ๏ฟ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฟ
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๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ ๏ฅ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ฉ
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๏๏ข๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ฒ๏๏๏๏ ๏ฅ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ต๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ฉ
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๏ช๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ฑ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏ฌ๏๏๏๏ข๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ฅ๏ค๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ฉ
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art museum in shanghai masterโs project, april 2014 The aim of my Masterโs Thesis/Project was to develop a Contemporary Art Museum proposal for Peopleโs Square in Shanghai, China. The first step was therefore to describe and analyze the location, for which I drawn the urban context in the first place and decided what position was the most suitable.
art museum in shanghai masterรข€™s project, april 2014 Different diagrams depicting function and interconnection. Realistic visualization of the proposal.
art museum in shanghai masterรข€™s project, april 2014 Infographics about Art Market in China, along with some extra information about the city itself.
art museum in shanghai masterรข€™s project, april 2014 Cutaway drawing of the building, located next to the Amusement Park of Peopleรข€™s Square. Two different cross-sections are simultaneously depicted, and some facade an rood elements have been taken away as well.
Art museum in shanghai masterรข€™s project, april 2014 Analytic explanation of the structure, showing the ramp system that runs across the whole building, along with the different รข€˜patiosรข€™, the worm-like holes from bottom to top that hold the vertical loads, and the basement.
art museum in shanghai masterรข€™s project, april 2014 The buildingรข€™s complex shape does not allow for a regular representation of floor plans, given that there is only one single floor, folded and rolled around itself. The drawings here are hence a deployed version of
art museum in shanghai masterรข€™s project, april 2014 Interior view and cross section.
art museum in shanghai masterรข€™s project, april 2014 Environmental strategies and facade detail.
art museum in shanghai masterรข€™s project, april 2014 Finite element analysis performed with SAP2000, along with the sizing an detailing of foundations and a typical slab.
art museum in shanghai masterรข€™s project, april 2014 Conceptual discussion on different paradigms and ideas.
art museum in shanghai masterรข€™s project, april 2014 Early stages of the proposal, while working with rheotomic surfaces, topological models and the Catmull & Clark algorithm.
basque culinary center academic project, nov 2009 The first step in this project was to choose a built paradigm to work with. This comic is an explanation of the Sendai Mediatheque, assuming the identity of Toyo Ito himself to make it clearer. The message is not entirely speculative, but based on various interviews published in the Japanese magazine GA.
basque culinary center academic project, nov 2009 The idea for the Basque Culinary Center comes from a type of topological that I refer to as Cain & Abel house. This object divides any given volume into two different spaces, A and B, which are nondetachable and interwoven despite being totally independent. This idea is linked to the rheotomic surfaces in projects like the Taichung Metropolitan Opera designed by Toyo Ito, but reshaped here in a more rational fashion.
basque culinary center academic project, nov 2009 The idea for the Basque Culinary Center comes from a type of topological that I refer to as Cain & Abel house. This object divides any given volume into two different spaces, A and B, which are nondetachable and interwoven despite being totally independent. This idea is linked to the rheotomic surfaces
basque culinary center academic project, nov 2009
The idea for the Basque Culinary Center comes from a type of topological that I refer to as Cain & Abel house. This object divides any given volume into two different spaces, A and B, which are nondetachable and interwoven despite being totally independent. This idea is linked to the rheotomic surfaces in projects like the Taichung Metropolitan Opera designed by Toyo Ito, but reshaped here in a more rational fashion.
basque culinary center academic project, nov 2009 The idea for the Basque Culinary Center comes from a type of topological that I refer to as Cain & Abel house. This object divides any given volume into two different spaces, A and B, which are nondetachable and interwoven despite being totally independent. This idea is linked to the rheotomic surfaces in projects like the Taichung Metropolitan Opera designed by Toyo Ito, but reshaped here in a more rational fashion.
basque culinary center academic project, nov 2009 The building is placed over a sloping lot, adopting the inclination of the land in the ground floor, but retaking the horizontal plane for the rest of the building. The upper floor is made of a series of interconnected plateaus, while the basement floor is hidden beneath the exterior รข€˜Bรข€™ space. All the holes in the conceptual model have been spitted in half by the perimeter except for the central one, that remains as an abstract court containing the vertical communications. The structure is made of concrete until the plateau level, with post-stressed slabs resting over regular reinforced walls. Over that level, a light rib structure made out of OSB boards retakes the shape of the underlying concrete structure, avoiding stability issues derived from the special geometry of the building.
The building is placed over a sloping lot, adopting the inclination of the land in the ground floor, but retaking the horizontal plane for the rest of the building. The upper floor is made of a series of interconnected plateaus, while the basement floor is hidden beneath the exterior รข€˜Bรข€™ space. All the holes in the conceptual model have been spitted in half by the perimeter except for the central one, that remains as an abstract court containing the vertical communications. The structure is made of concrete until the plateau level, with post-stressed slabs resting over regular reinforced walls. Over that level, a light rib structure made out of OSB boards retakes the shape of the underlying concrete structure, avoiding stability issues
basque culinary center academic project, nov 2009
topological walkthrough student competition, may 2014
Topology is the study of shapes. It is concerned with the properties of space that are preserved under continuous deformations including stretching and bending, but not tearing or gluing. This includes such properties as connectedness, continuity and boundary. For this proposal, I tried to materialize a continuous path, a walk-through, conceived as topological entity. A very simple polygonal model was transformed through the Catmull & Clark algorithm until it fitted the desired, smooth looking shape. There is a pattern design for a paper model as well.
topological walkthrough student competition, may 2014
Topology is the study of shapes. It is concerned with the properties of space that are preserved under continuous deformations including stretching and bending, but not tearing or gluing. This includes such properties as connectedness, continuity and boundary. For this proposal, I tried to materialize a continuous path, a walk-through, conceived as topological entity. A very simple polygonal model was transformed through the Catmull & Clark algorithm until it fitted the desired, smooth looking shape. There is a pattern design for a paper model as well.
Topology is the study of shapes. It is concerned with the properties of space that are preserved under continuous deformations including stretching and bending, but not tearing or gluing. This includes such properties as connectedness, continuity and boundary. For this proposal, I tried to materialize a continuous path, a walk-through, conceived as topological entity. A very simple polygonal model was transformed through the Catmull & Clark algorithm until it fitted the desired, smooth looking shape. There is a pattern design for a paper model as well.
topological walkthrough student competition, may 2014
Met(h)avolume art project, june 2009
roof structure academic project, dec 2010 For this assignment I created a light, large span roof, and analyzed itโs structural behavior under different load cases using SAP2000. The final design takes as inspiration Shigeru Banโs cardboard structures, using waterproof pipes as arcs and rods. The starting points of the arcs and the joints between elements are built in a slightly more techy way than those of Banโs structures, more expensive but probably easier to mount. A second order structure of steel cables has been added in order to ensure rigidity.
little chapel personal project, aug 2009 This little chapel, made just for fun, is the resulting combination of two different spatial strategies. On the one hand, there is a subtractive process starting from a solid box. On the other hand, there is a dematerialization of that solid, making transparent the exterior faces. Those faces are also the only vertical ones, so it is easier to build them with glass. The purpose of this partial dematerialization is to make the piece legible from the outside, while keeping the monolithic perception of the space from the inside.
collective housing in carabanchel Collaboration, jan 2011 I made this image for Eduardo Vadillo, architect. It depicts a proposal for a collective housing competition in Madrid, representing the vertical communications in the inside and the colorful facade in the same picture.
research facility academic project, nov 2008
This research facility was conceived as a low impact, high visibility building, located over a very representative outcrop in the landscape of Madrid. The structure consists of a series of extruded polygonal shapes, elevated over the ground with oblique metallic piers, and accessible through suspended stairs and lifts.
research facility academic project, nov 2008 This research facility was conceived as a low impact, high visibility building, located over a very representative outcrop in the landscape of Madrid. The structure consists of a series of extruded polygonal shapes, elevated over the ground with oblique metallic piers, and accessible through suspended stairs and lifts.
research facility academic project, nov 2008 This research facility was conceived as a low impact, high visibility building, located over a very representative outcrop in the landscape of Madrid. The structure consists of a series of extruded polygonal shapes, elevated over the ground with oblique metallic piers, and accessible through suspended stairs and lifts.
Illustration hand drawn, april 2011 This concept art was created in collaboration with Victor Villalba, illustrator and comic artist, as part of a medieval fantasy setting.
parametric, july 2012 This drawing is the result of a moment of boredom, playing with random population, Delaunay triangulation and hierarchical coloring in Processing.
parametric project academic project, june 201o In this assignment I designed an educational facility, very simple from the functional point of view, focusing over the generative process. Slightly inspired by the Johnson Wax Building made by Frank Lloyd Wright, I used here a Voronoi tessellation to define the underlying diagram, and loft surfaces to generate the roof.
parametric project academic project, june 201o In this assignment I designed an educational facility, very simple from the functional point of view, focusing over the generative process. Slightly inspired by the Johnson Wax Building made by Frank Lloyd Wright, I used here a Voronoi tessellation to define the underlying diagram, and loft surfaces to generate the roof.
collective housing in vallecas academic project, jun 2008
For this assignment I was asked to design a collective housing project for over 700 families. Placed in a new urban area near Vallecas (south of Madrid), this project takes as inspiration the well-known Gifu Kitagata Apartments designed by SANAA. I also tried to to re-elaborate the perimeter block type, so widely used in Spain since the first contemporary developments in the 19th century. The footprint of the buildings was algorithmically generated under preset parameters, starting with a pseudo-random hexagrid and repositioning the tiles through an attractor field. The apartmentรข€™s plan also takes the SANAA project as example, in this case focusing over spatial versatility vs. typological diversity. Every apartment consists of two well defined areas: one is next to the corridor, and therefore to the entrance, containing the kitchen, the bathrooms and the servant space; while the other area is a simple rectangle divided into three equal, undefined rooms. The adjacency diagram is such that one of this spaces, while being equal two the other two, can easily be integrated into the other package in order to satisfy different necessities.
collective housing in vallecas academic project, jun 2008
townhouse academic project, dec 2009 This townhouse was designed over a narrow urban lot, surrounded by party walls. Along with the usual spaces, this house contains a little pottery workshop and a rehearsal room for two young musicians, both located in the ground level. The common areas are located in the basement and lit up by sunken courtyards on both sides. The rooms are located in the first and second floors, along with some double height spaces.
Convoluted Space personal project, oct 2011
national court collaboration, april 2012 This set of drawings was made for Francisco R. Partearroyo and Antonio Riviฤยจre, depicting a refurbishment proposal for the National Court of Spain. The works are currently underway.
Collective housing ii competition, dec 2011 I made this image for Francisco R. Partearroyo, architect. It depicts a proposal for a collective housing competition, explaining the air flow inside of the apartments disposed on both sides of a corridor.
This conceptual model, developed for my Masterรข€™s Thesis, comes in two flavors. In the first place there is a description of a non-simply connected object that can be topologically assimilated to a Moฤลคbius strip. It can also be compared to a double helix, since it provides two different, independent promenades for the same continuous space. This apparently complex shape is nothing but the remeshing of the more simple and architectural object in the second image, closer to the looks of my thesis project. To jump from one to another state of the same topological entity, a Catmull & Clark algorithm was used recursively.
set design proposal competition (1st prize), nov 2012 This proposal to produce Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci was created along with director Rafael R. Villalobos, creative producer Marta Delatte and costume designer Sara Roma, and it was honored with the European Opera Directing Prize 2013, probably the most important award for young artists in this category. The main concept of the proposal is embedding one opera into the other, redrawing the entire network among characters in the most meaningful way possible. The action takes place in a narrow street behind a church, a very distinctive space in Mediterranean towns. The characteristic elements of religious architecture, such as buttresses, irregular perimeters and rose windows, are reinterpreted here deprived of any superfluous feature, paying attention just to the spatial configuration and to any possible symbolic leftovers.
set design proposal competition (1st prize), nov 2012 The characteristic elements of religious architecture, such as buttresses, irregular perimeters and rose windows, are reinterpreted here deprived of any superfluous feature, paying attention just to the spatial configuration and to any possible symbolic leftovers.
set design proposal competition (1st prize), nov 2012 Paper foldable kit of the previous set design proposal, made for travel purposes.
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