CONTENTS Cover
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Urban Zipper
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Simulacra
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Fairy Tales
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Guelph Market
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Clayton & Little
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Architectural Photography
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Page/ Architects
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Installations
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Europe 2018
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Art + Photography
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Resume
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Studio VII - Design Excellence Nomination Prof. Gaelle Breton, Jean-Francois Renault Igor Siddiqui, Fall 2018 In collaboration with Johan Cheah Natalie Avellar
U R B A N ZI PPE R PARIS
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PANTIN
48°53’46”N 2°23’47”E Although roads are meant to create connections between two spaces, roads of the scale at the highway create divides on an urban level. Is there a way to reconnect two fractured sides at a pedestrian-friendly scale? At our site is an existing structure, framed by the tramway, canal and a boulevard, however, and the Peripherique runs down the middle of it. The highway divides Pantin from Parc de la Villette, and in the turn, the rest of Paris. To connect the two sides, an aggregation of
public play and gathering spaces spill through the highway underside and carve into the ground, creating courts, sitting areas, and shops. A “zipper” of the program is used to tie Pantin and Paris together. The existing manufacturing building is transformed into a friendlier, public space for gathering, and production, featuring fabrication labs, exhibition space, coworking spaces, and a brewery. Housing towers are extruded upbringing green space vertical, and life into the area.
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1. Secondary housing / Libary 2. Zipper Line pathway 3. Urban shops 4. Skatepark 5. Urban courts 6. Canale entrance 7. Brewery 8. Office space 9. Tram stop and entrance
PANTIN
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THE PERIPHERIQUE Analysis of the existing context led to the conclusion that there is a lack of urban sports conditions and access to public facilities like libraries and community centers at the edge of the two intersecting cites.
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There is an intriguing factor to a game When an unconventional ďŹ eld condition is applied to conventional sports. When you redeďŹ ne the boundaries of a game like soccer, the formalities transform and the players have to adapt to new and interesting challenges. Below the Periherique Highway 1. Canal de Saint-Denis 2. Bd Serurier bridge passage 3. Skatepark 4. South path from canal 5. Urban courts 6. shopping center 7. Main axis pass 8. secondary shopping center 9. Tram stop, Rue de la Cloture
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THE INFORMAL URBAN COURT The Introduction of informal courts helps to redeďŹ ne the underutilized space below the highway. The biggest issue to the existing site was noise pollution from the cars above the highway. But rather than masking the issue of noise, we thought to express it by concentrating other noisy activities through providing public space for spots in an informal urban condition.
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EXPLODED AXON
Residential Street
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Brewery
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INTERIOR ATRIUM Approaching from the Urban Zipper to Brewery Allocation to the street level and the public space is given hierarchy on site. As it exists, Paris is highly congested due to inner city laws and regulations of preservation. But on the outskirts of the city, more preference can and should be made to the street level. Here you ďŹ nd the experience at the street level of the Brewery to theatrical and telling of its place as you see the hops for brewing growing on display as you approach.
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WALL SECTION 1. Concrete slab 2. Continuous membrane 3. Glass handrail 4. Wood floor decking 5. Wood Finish 6. insulating concrete 7. Aluminum Mullions 8. Reinforced concrete 9. Aluminum louvers
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B&W There is an important difference between color and monochromatic drawings: in black and white you suggest; in color you state. Much can be implied by suggestion, but statements demand certainty that we don’t have in the schematic world. Rather than focusing on the colors of reality, it is much more useful to turn our attention on the spaces and ephemeral characteristics of the day.
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BARTON
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Studio V - Simulacra Spa, Austin Tx Prof. Michel Garrison Spring 2017
As a short conceptual project, I was tasked to develop a spa for the local Barton Springs Pool. Rather than take on the idea of a traditional spa I decided to let the environment shape my spa through the atmosphere to redefine the definition of a spa. I decided that building on this site if any should exist inside the tree conditions as to not disturb the surrounding conditions. By mapping out trees I developed a system of paths that take you into the dense foliage and through to the pool. This becomes a tranquil experience rather than a specific destination.
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Studio VI - Blank Space, NY Prof. Juan Jofre Fall 2017
Fairy Tales competition creates entire worlds of the imagination through 5 Images and one short essay, these immersive stories show as much by what they don’t say, as by what they do. The stories make visible how we shape space, and in turn, how space shapes us. The images and narratives are so wildly outlandish, and yet, so grounded. That is why they are personal and powerful, this is a testament to the power of architecture as a world-builder. In my story, I use architecture as the main character. A building becomes alive and tells its story from life to death. A unique perspective of a building from past to future. It is meant to be a commentary on adaptive reuse in the modern world and the blunders that come with technological advancement. 19
Studio IV - Design Excellence Nomination Prof. Michel Garison Fall 2017
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Vertical Farm
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43°32’33”N 80°14’49”W In an effort to revitalize the downtown area in Guelph, Ontario Canada, the new Market is devised by taking the original 1830’s market footprint and reconfiguring it in its new urban context. Over the past 180 years the market has resided in center of Guelph conjoining the downtown industry districts to the housing
districts. Consequently, the placement of the current railroad hindered the market configuration to its current state, a divided and blundered space. As a result, the new market bridges the divided sections through the placement of 3 key programs. First is a new additional train stop, Second the market hall, and Third is Vertical Farming. 21
FARM TO MARKET
Distance is a contributor to price in Canada, so why not concentrate both in one
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PROCESS
PHOTOTROPISM
Like a plant, the Market tower reorientates its self towards the sun to allow for maximum UV penetration
1. Secondary Shopping 2. Restaurant 3. Main Entrance 4. Market Hall 5. Outdoor seating 6. Auditorium 7. Guelph Armoury 8. Exterior Path
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The train stop provides a new source of transportation between Kitchener and Toronto. The market hall addresses the street condition at roughly the same building height as the surrounding context. And the vertical farming tower takes its shape from the aeroponic towers and orients itself with the sun in a phototropic like fashion for maximum sun exposure for the vegetation inside. All while using the same architectural language of the traditional wood post and beam structures of the area.
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The current Guelph market has no presence in the city. With the placement of the railroad, the site is now cut directly in half. As a result, the market has shrunk down to a third of its original size.There is only one way to merge the sides back together. By creating a train stop in the center of the site to reconjoined the 2 halves.
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Glass Paneling
Metal Framing
Concrete Slab
Glulam Truss Wood Purlin Reinforced Glulam
STRUCTURAL AXON
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STRUCTURE
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1. Gravle 2. Sand 3. Earth 4. Vapor Barrier 5. Concrete Footing 6. Steel Rebar 7. Grout 8. Stone Tiles 9. Ornamental Wood Siding 10. Glass 11. Glulam Beam 12. Radiant Tubing 13. Air Intake Vent 14. Mullion 15. Space Truss 16. Airpressure Piston 17. Rollable High R-Value Blanket 18. Steel Cabels 19.Potovoltic Cells 20. Drip Collection
TRAIN RENDER Approaching by Train from Toronto This design has taken into consideration how the building is seen. In this render, it depicts the proposed entrance from the train station. The train provides a unique glimpse of the building as it hits at the market inside. This new landmark is meant to be a beacon for the city of Guelph and attract new visitors by train.
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Clayton & Little / Internship Austin Office, Aug 2017-May 2018
CIA TEACHING TABLE Culinary School- 116 Istela st. San Antonio, TX In the heart of San Antonio’s famous pearl district is a rich vibrant culture that feeds off of mixed use repurposed unique urban conditions. Here on Istela street is the site location for the CIA Teaching Table. What was once a seafood restaurant now is transformed into a culinary school that urges baypassers to step in and taste some of their professional work
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Interior Pen & Ink Renders
TILE INSTALLATION Clayton & Little Working with local tile artists in the austin area, Clayton & Little proposed a art installation inside the main lobby space in the office. The concept was to create a conďŹ guration of an object like ceramic tiles in such a way that it alludes to being fabric like. Essential I worked to try and document the differences between tiles and develop a pattern for placement. Working in construction documents for the mockup wall and developing multiple concepts to be proposed. Early development required my efforts to be focused on renderings of different conďŹ gurations.
SAXUM VINEYARDS Pasp Robles, California W-Spring 2018
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Architectural Photographer / Photographer + Assistant to Leonid Furmansky Alterstudio - Constant Springs Drive
2017- Present As an Architectural Photographer and assistant, the main goal of mine in any photoshoot is to capture the essence of the project in a simple Frame. Each Architect has a particular perspective as to how a project should be presented and it is my job to work with them in pursuing that architectural story. Inframe there a number of inuences that affect the architecture, Daylight, view, perspective, ďŹ gures, and furniture are all things we have to consider behind the camera.
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Previous shoots for AIA Austin Page/ Perkins + Will Alter Studio Murray Legge Architecture Clayton & Little A Parallel Architects Hugh Jefferson Randolph Tim Cuppett Architects Fab Architects Burnish & Plumb Furman + Keil Architects Matt Fajkus Architects Barley Pfeiffer
Page Architects / Videographer & Photographer Austin Office, May- Nov 2018 Houston Materials Lab 1100 Louisiana st.
The Art of Storytelling Working at Page as a videographer helped me to better understand the art of storytelling in Architecture. I worked side by side with many partners at the ďŹ rm to help visualize the design process, tell the story of the owners, and portray certain aspects of the frim like culture. In this light, I was able to understand what it means to display ones work through media. Often times a Firms work is not always accessible to everyone. So in order to portray the work in an ideal setting certain steps must be made in preparation.
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Installations / Fabrication & Development
ZIPPER Kory Bieg - Waller Creek Show The Creek Zipper draws attention to both the socioeconomic and physical divide in an area of Austin. Zipper is a series of interconnected units that form zipper-like strands. Each unit varies depending on the width of the strand creating a dynamic overall geometry that ebbs and ows much like the water level of the creek itself.
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SERRIFORM SXSWECO Igor Siddiqui, Nerea Feliz Serriform explore issues of serial variation, digitally derived patterning, and robotic painting. The resulting project, is a series of eight architectural backdrops for the sxsw conference, comprised of custom-fabricated columns and robotically-painted textile panels.
BUTTERFLY Kory Bieg , Clay Odom Christian Pena, Draven Pointer The project explores novel formal, spatial, and material effects using computational design and fabrication tools. The ďŹ nal stage backdrop took its from of development took from grasshopper to CNC routered steel and aluminum.
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2018 Europe Program/ Process & Development
THE SKETCHBOOK AS A TOOL As a Designers, it is important to be aware of the built environment around us. We embrace the idea of a personal sketchbook and utilize this as a tool to help observe, measure, record, and assimilate the world around us. But as aspiring architects, we use the hand as a means to understand the process or vibe that a setting or place holds in order to reect within our own work. Rather than relying on photographs, we have to ďŹ lter the information to only what is necessary from our experiences in order to better understand them.
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Art + Photography
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Art is just another tool for communication. As individuals, we perceive the world around us through a lens that is inherently debilitating. But art lets the individual express his or her’s self as a means of understanding and communicating our own realities. This can best be used to help break down the barriers between one another.
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CONTACT
2411 Lasso Dr. Round Rock, Texas 78681 +512 773 5516
RAYMOND CASTRO III
raymond.ray.castro@utexas.edu
EXPERIENCE + INVOLOVEMENT
AIA LATINOS IN ARCHITECTURE / COMMITTEE
UTSOA PARIS ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM/ Teaching Assistant
Jul 2017 - Present
Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
PAGE ARCHITECTURE / Videographer
CREATIVE.ART.COLLABORATORS / DESIGN DIRECTOR
19’
Jan 2018- Jan 2019
May - Nov 2018 AIA HOMES TOUR, AUSTIN / COMMITTEE MEMBER
ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER / Assistant to Leonid Furmansky
Jan 2017- Jan 2019
Jan 2017 - Present A.C.E. AUSTIN / ARCHITECTURE MENTOR
CLAYTON & LITTLE ARCHITECTURE / Intern
Jan - Jun 2018
Aug 2017 - May 2018 A.I.A.S UT / LIAISON
18’
Sep 2016- May 2017
SUMMER ARCHITECTURE ACADEMY / Teaching Assistant Jun - Aug 2017
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C.O.D.E. DIVERSITY + EQUITY / MINORITY REP.
Jan 2017 - May 2018
UTSOA LECTURE & EXHIBITION SPECIALIST Aug 2016 - Jan 2017 MODERN HOMES TOUR / COMMITTEE MEMBER
REEBOK / Co-Designer Intern
17’
Mar - Dec 2017
May - Jun 2016
INSTALLATIONS
COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at AUSTIN / BA ARCHITECTURE Aug 2015 - Present
ORGANIZATIONS ENGINEERS FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AMBASSADOR FOR LOVE HOPE FAITH FOUNDATION SXSW CREW CHIEF BARKARCHITECTURE
TEDx / BUTTERFLY Jan - Mar 2017
Sept - Nov 2016
UTSOA / O.N.D.A. WALL
SXSW ECO ART / SERRIFORM
May - Aug 2017
Sept - Oct 2017
SKILLS Rhino Grasshopper Revit AutoCAD Illustrator Photoshop
PERSONAL
Indesign 3DS Max Laser Cutting CNC 3D Printing
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WALLER CREEK SHOW / ZIPPER
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