PORTFOLIO
SELECTED WORKS
GRAPHIC DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE
2019 - PRESENT
RICO LIZAMA
RICO LIZAMA (he/him)
SKILLS
● Event Planning + Management
● Customer-Service + Adaptability
● Filing + Clerical Duties
● Meeting Transcription + Review
Design Software
● Photoshop
● Ilustrator
● InDesign
● Premiere Pro
CONTACT
Email: rico.s.lizama@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rico-lizama-5a4466226
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture
University of Arizona
College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture [Tucson, AZ]
MAY 2022
WORK EXPERIENCE
Architectural Designer Design Partners Inc. [Honolulu, HI]
Student Worker University of Arizona | Drachman Institute [Tucson, AZ]
Office Aide
University of Arizona | SALT Center [Tucson, AZ]
Design Lab Intern
AUG 2022 - JULY 2023
CAD / 3D Modeling:
● Revit
● Rhino
● Sketchup
● AutoCAD
● Canva
FEB 2022 - APR 2023
● Enscape
● Vray
● Lumion
Productivity Software
Microsoft Office 365:
● Word
● Excel
● Powerpoint
● Teams
Google Suite:
● Google Docs
● Google Sheets
● Google Slides
● Google Meet
AUG 2020 - MAY 2022
University of Arizona | Student Engagement & Career Center [Tucson, AZ]
JAN 2020 - MAY 2020
ACCOLADES
Gordon H. Heck Scholarship Award
University of Arizona | CAPLA SY 2019 - 2020
AIA Guam Micronesia Chapter Scholarhip Award
American Institute of Architects Guam SY 2018 - 2019
Social Media:
● Slack
LANGUAGE
● English (Fluent)
● Spanish (Conversational)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
SKETCH + MODEL
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
DIGITAL + PRINTED SELECTION
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International Students Club Instagram Posts University of Arizona - College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture [Tucson, AZ]
5 Professional Work | 2020 - 2022
Design Lab Research Team Instagram Stories University of Arizona - Student Engagement & Career Center [Tucson, AZ]
Team: Rico Lizama, Sabrina Enriquez, Hameeda Al-Saif, Josiah Maddox
GRAPHIC DESIGN
DIGITAL + PRINTED SELECTION
Creative Team:
Rico Lizama
Bo Su
Anisa Hermosillo
Sam Owen
Mehli Romero
Tony Tian
Andrea Riehle
Tayler Clardy
Designing Tucson's Food Future Ad
Instagram Posts & Stories
University of Arizona
College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture
[Tucson, AZ]
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Creative Team: Rico Lizama, Bo Su, Anisa Hermosillo, Sam Owen
Designing Tuscon's Food Future Exhibition Welcome Poster
University of Arizona - College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture [Tucson, AZ]
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Professional Work | 2021
GRAPHIC DESIGN
DIGITAL + PRINTED SELECTION
Creative Team: Rico Lizama + Bo Su
Designing Tucson's Food Future Exhibition Project Presentations
University of Arizona - College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture [Tucson, AZ]
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9 Professional Work | 2021-2022
Drachman Institute Launch Digital Presentation
University of Arizona - College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture [Tucson, AZ]
Creative Team: Rico Lizama, Bo Su, Andrea Riehle
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION
In the year 2030, people in Tucson have well-acquired unlimited access to public transportation. And on the corner of East Allen Road and North Campbell Avenue, the Center for Collaborative Innovation (aka CCI) serves as a physical connection to this ongoing community and builds social relationships through their own conveniences. Ultimately, this 52,200 sf office building fosters growth in this progressive movement where people utilize ridesharing cars, public-sharing bicycles, and traveling trams with just a tap on their phone screen. And with that said, this design allows its occupants to connect with one another and participate in a community that never stops growing in the Sonoran desert.
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DESIGN FOR INTEGRATION
One of the main sustainability strategies incorporated into the overall design involves utilizing mass timber framing as its structural system along with noted connections that support it from the ground up. In addition, since most of the circulatory systems such as the fire egress are exterior, this encourages occupants to walk outside of the building and reduce wall construction on these structural pieces. And as the north-facing building’s exterior courtyard opens to the sky, the south-facing building heavily shades the courtyard and allows comfortability when people and/or vehicles pass through.
CCI ROOF + SITE PLAN
NORTH CAMPBELL AVENUE
EAST ALLEN ROAD
refer to p.16-17
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(+) 3pm 3pm
public transit sunlink streetcar 12pm 12pm
DESIGN FOR WELL-BEING
The Center for Collaborative Innovation optimizes daylight by utilizing various curtain wall systems along the southern facade as the south-facing building incorporates natural ventilation with a solar chimney to improve indoor air quality. With the second and third level cantilevered from the ground level, this gives the building an opportunity to surround the southern facade with desert gardens that help people get from one end of the site to the other one.
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neighboring building student housing complex
neighboring building banner medical campus
NORTH FACADE: SHARED WORKING AREA
BASEMENT LEVEL PLAN
PROGRAMMATIC LEGEND:
GROUND LEVEL PLAN
LIBRARY
COLLABORATION
DESIGN FOR DISCOVERY
As the Center of Collaborative Innovation is designed at the people’s convenience of using different modes of public transportation, the building’s exterior courtyard can be accessed with vehicles from the East Allen Road aligned with the roundabout from Banner Health University Medical Center. If one would exit from North Campbell Avenue’s tram stop, you would find that the south-facing building is equipped with several pathways including a grand staircase that connects between the two buildings, a breezeway along the desert garden, and the building itself through the main lobby.
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PUBLIC
1. lobby + reception
2. cafe counter
3. cafe prep + storage
4. cafe seating
8. collaborative living room
9. shared work area
10. private work kiosks
11. computer stations
5. guest services/ check-out desk
6. library reference desk + work area
7. library collections
12. meeting room [large]
13. meeting room [small]
14. visiting scholar office
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8. COLLABORATIVE LIVING ROOM
27. main distribution room
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29.
DESIGN FOR CHANGE
In a way, the office building fosters the use of different modes of public transportation by openly splitting itself into two buildings allowing vehicular access to go in between. Hypothetically, if one person gets into a public space using a bus, they can access the exterior courtyard with their own mode of transportation without facing outside traffic. Aside from public transportation, the Center for Collaborative Innovation offers shared work spaces in both buildings that allow people to work efficiently and involuntarily interact with one another.
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LEVEL PLAN 3RD LEVEL PLAN EXTERIOR 20b. outdoor cafe 21. exterior terrace
ADMIN
15. staff work area [open workstations] 16. staff offices [enclosed]
office
17. computer server room 18. it
receiving
director's office
public restrooms
janitor closet
fire riser 25. hvac room 26. mechanical room
19. shipping/
20a.
CIRCULATION/ SERVICES 22.
23.
24.
electrical distribution frame
immediate distribution frame
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30. exterior bus stop
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9. SHARED WORK AREA
DESIGN FOR ECONOMY
Because neighboring buildings consist of heavy concrete constructions, this office building utilizes mass timber framing as its structural assembly in response to the surrounding context. Since construction involves both building material site hardscape, the building relies on cross-laminated timber to make up the structure and require smaller foundations to be inset.
DESIGN FOR ECOSYSTEMS
Along with the office building’s design, the development of its site revolves around vegetatuve species that are native to Tucson. Trees such as velvet mesquites and palo verdes can be found along the original site with their small counterparts like prickly pear cacti and desert spoons. And as a definitive strategy to direct pedestrian traffic, the site organizes these native plants as shading devices along the southern facade and employs them as physical signs that lead visitors to the office building.
PROGRAMMATIC LEGEND:
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PUBLIC 1.
lobby + reception 2. cafe counter 3. cafe prep + storage 4. cafe seating
LIBRARY
5. guest services/ check-out desk
6.
library reference desk + work area 7. library collections
palo verde parkinsonia
prickly pear cactus opuntia
desert spoon sotol
golden dyssodia thymophylla pentachaeta
velvet mesguite prosopis velutina
COLLABORATION
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
8. collaborative
shared work
private
computer
meeting
meeting 14. visiting
8 8 3 2 1 EXTERIOR 20b. outdoor cafe 21. exterior terrace COLLABORATION collaborative living room work area work kiosks computer stations meeting room [large] meeting room [small] scholar office
STREETCAR SCHEDULE
MINUTES)
https://www.sunlinkstreetcar.com/schedule-and-fares 34 63 86 TRANSIT WALKER CYCLIST SCORE SCORE SCORE ADMIN 15. staff work area [open workstations] 16. staff offices [enclosed] 17. computer server room 18. it office 19. shipping/ receiving 20a. director’s office CIRCULATION/ SERVICES 22. public restrooms 23. janitor closet 24. fire riser 25. hvac room 26. mechanical room 27. main distribution room 28. electrical distribution frame 29. immediate distribution frame 30. exterior bus stop 7am-8am 15 10 15 Mon-Wed Thu-Fri Saturday Sunday 15 10 15 15 30 30 30 closed closed closed closed 30 8am-9am 9am-10am 10am-6pm 6pm-8pm 20 8pm-10pm 30 10pm-12am 12am-2am
SUNLINK
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DESIGN FOR ENERGY
As mentioned before, the design seeks to decrease the total energy use and the carbon footprint of the building by utilizing its terracotta enclosure system on a mass timber structural system. Because this office building is 52,200 sf, its passive design opts for passive ventilation strategies using a solar chimney at the south-facing building and an exterior courtyard within the north-facing building to accompany it. Notably, from previous iterations, the southern facade is exposed to sunlight throughout the day during functional use.
REFINED
FLOORPLATE
MASS TIMBER BEAMS + GIRDERS
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relative humidity wet bulb temperature internal heat gain design strategies natural ventilation high thermal mass natural ventilation cooling high thermal mass night flushed comfort dry bulb temperature Deg. F PSYCHROMETRIC CHART humidity ratio dewpoint temperature Deg. F 100% 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 80% 60% .028 .024 .016 008 .020 .012 .004 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 0 ANNUAL DAYLIGHTING
VS. OVERLIT circulation + services vehicle access circulation services exterior mixed program cafe library
UNDERLIT
PARTI DIAGRAM
W/
VOIDS
DESIGN FOR RESOURCES
This project consists of three main materials: terracotta cladding, mass timber framing and double paned windows. As the ultimate goal is to implement sustainable resources in the building’s design, terracotta cladding acts as a protective screen in the enclosure system with horizontal louvers that can be embedded within the architecture. Because cross laminated timber is used throughout the structural system, its less likely to expand during the day and maintains its physical properties.
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LAYER LEGEND rain control layer air control layer vapor control layer thermal boundary
connection detail window sill
connection detail wall assembly
connection detail ceiling joists
south facade: walkway
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
BARCELONA ESCOLA DE MAR (SCHOOL BY THE SEA)
Dedicated to studies in marine biology, this college embraces the culture in the Barcelona beaches. The design itself integrates water into pools of varying depths as functional and decorative features that can be found within the sunken courtyard as well as the interior spaces. As a marine biology student, one can access learning spaces using the exterior corridors shaded by the timber system that spans to the classrooms. Spaces include a terracing lecture hall with
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MAPPING LA BARCELONETA
The main goal in designing a school dedicated to specific expertise includes understandig the fundamental qualities and the particularities of the Parc de La Barceloneta, located in the heart of Spain's neighborhood. Therefore, the outcomes are showcased through there infographic maps to establish a framework for further architectural design. Due to this project's location, the development of Escola Del Mar resides in the philosophy of "bringing the sea to the park in more ways than one."
ZOOMED OUT
METROPOLITAN
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FUTBOL (LA CATALANA)
PARC DE LA CIUTADELLA ENTRANCE
HOSPITAL DEL MAR
PLAYA DE LA BARCELONETA
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CLUB DE
URBAN SITE
ESCOLA
PLAN
1 | PUBLIC EXTERIOR
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a. preserved park
b. entrance overhang
c. exterior seating
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d. bicycle parking
neighboring building: Institut Joan Salvat Papasseit
neighboring building: Institut Joan Salvat Papasseit
DEL MAR GROUND FLOOR
e. sunken f. garden g. public h. site swale
PROGRAMMATIC LEGEND:
CROSS SECTION 1
CROSS SECTION 2
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1 | PUBLIC EXTERIOR
a. preserved park
b. entrance overhang
c. exterior seating
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d. bicycle parking
30' wide green boundary neighbor 1h neighboring building: Institut Joan Salvat Papasseit e. sunken f. garden g. public h. site swale PROGRAMMATIC LEGEND:
ESCOLA DEL MAR SECOND FLOOR PLAN
CROSS SECTION 4
CROSS SECTION 3
2 | PUBLIC INTERIOR
a. main lobby
b. mezzanine cafe
c. public restroom
3 | CIRCULATION
a. staircase
b. elevator / lift
a. dean's office
b. shared office space
5 | EDUCATION
a. lecture hall
b. classroom
c. school auditorium
d. laboratory
e. research pool
f. viewing tank
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garden
public
swale
courtyard
plots
fountain
4 | ADMIN
EUROPEAN SEABASS CORAL RED STARFISH 10' wide 30' wide sunken courtyard public interior proposed design for Escola del Mar 36'+ wide park pavement 2b 5c 5f 1e 1e 1f 16' wide 16' wide 30' wide green boundary garden plot pool 3' deep courtyard public interior proposed design for Escola del Mar 36'+ wide park 5e 5b 5f 1f 1h 1b 4b 5c
DESIGN FOR INTEGRATION
The school itself integrates water into pools of varying depths as functional and aesthetically-pleasing features that can be found within the sunken courtyard as well as the interior spaces. With the average college schedule, it's important to investigate this college at certain timestamps: 9AM, 12PM, and 6PM.
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9:00AM 12:00PM 6:00PM
2ND FLOOR EXTERIOR HALLWAY
DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Escola del Mar utilizes heavy timer framing through it's systematic design as mean of connecting the inhabitants with the natural environment in the heart of Parc de La Barceloneta while still in awe of the city landscape and Mediterranean coast.
SECONDARY ENTRANCE
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2B: EXTERIOR MEZZANINE CAFE
SKETCH + MODEL
PAPER FOREST - SCREEN WALL
Began as an exercise in understanding the adaptability of paper as material, Paper Forest expands upon the investigation by making how it acts as a building material. Thus, by repeating modules of the same material with dimensions, it leads to the development of a screen wall composed of those stackable units. Keeping in mind of the screen wall's existence usually as a shading device from sunlight and a barrier to divide spaces, this project also explores how each paper module affects the overall durability against the harsh Tucson sunlight through several hours of the day. From there, Paper Forest is used to explore the concept of a screen wall as a design tool and how it can be developed using a material that's as accessible as construction paper and technical drawings.
Academic Work | Individual Project
EXISTING SHADOWS
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PHOTO COLLAGE
PROCESS OF PAPER MODULE (FRONT)
PROCESS OF PAPER MODULE (BACK)
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LEGEND 1A 1B 2A 2B
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
CONSTRUCTION OF PAPER MODULE LEGEND
STEPS W/ CUT CONNECTIONS
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TAB A
FRONT ELEVATION OF FULL 5X5 SCREEN WALL
SIDE ELEVATION
CROSS SECTION
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PLAN OF FULL 5X5 SCREEN WALL
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