Rita Aguiar Portfolio by Rita Aguiar

AGUIAR

Rita

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

2019

ABOUT ME

Hello! My name is Rita. I am a 24 year-old architect from Lisbon, Portugal, with a passion for designing impactful architecture through the means of new programming technologies and innovations. I strongly believe in the capabilities of these tools in redefining architectural practices in the years to come. During my academic years, I found great joy in developing people-centered architecture spaces using the latest generative design tools and I wholeheartedly believe in the abilities of these tools in aiding architects to conceive outstanding, creative, and innovative spaces that will define the future of architecture. I am currently looking for an opportunity to contribute to the development and implementation of innovative architecture buildings as well as to contribute towards the automation of the architecture industry. I want to be part of this future generation of architects that will succeed into a better exercise of our profession by redefining its practices and overcoming new boundaries.

INDEX Profile Curriculum Vitae House in Barrocal The Quarry Hotel Papilio Bridge Dubai Towers Hyperboloid Tower Random Building Shenzen Airport

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PROFISSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

SKILLS, INTERESTS, AND LANGUAGES

2018 - present

2015 - 2018

SKILLS

Trainee Architect, Innovation Department TPF-Consultores de Engenharia e Arquitetura, Lisbon, Portugal - Tools’ development to support project teams; - Follow-up of BIM proposals; - BIM Projects’ Coordination; - Maintenance and update of BIM libraries. - Bill of Quantities generation automation; - Providing technological support to colaborators.

Integrated Master’s Degree in Architecture Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal Final grade 16 / 20 Master Thesis on Integrating Structural Performance in Algorithmic Design Grade 18 / 20

Teamwork • Responsibility • Motivation • Organization • Punctuality • Communication • Creativity • Adaptability

2018 - 2019 Scientific Committee Reviewer eCAADe - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe Reviewed extended abstracts for conference acceptance

2015 - 2018 Trainee Researcher Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal - Researcher at the Algorithmic Design for Architecture group; - Algorithmic and Parametric Design Research; - 3D modelling of complex buildings; - Structural and radiation analysis; - Structural optimization.

2016 - 2017 Integrated Master’s Degree in Architecture University of Bath, United Kingdom Erasmus Exchange Program Grade B

2009 - 2012 Padre António Vieira High School, Lisbon Science and Technologies Grade 17 / 20

3D Modeling • Parametric Design • Algorithmic Design • Structural Analysis • Radiation Analysis • Optimization • Rendering

INTERESTS Smart Cities • Virtual and Augmented Reality • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning •Digital Fabrication and Robotics • Data Analysis in Architecture • Digital Twins

LANGUAGES

PORTUGUESE

ENGLISH

SPANISH

FRENCH

Native

Basic

Advanced

Basic

SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMING

CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

MODELLING AND EDITION SOFTWARE

2018

Autodesk AutoCad 2D e 3D

Autodesk Revit

Google Sketchup

Autodesk Revit course certified by AUTODESK LTI DECivil, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal Organization: Qualicad

‘Case studies on the integration of Algorithmic design processes in Traditional design workflows’ Caetano, I., Ilunga, G., Belém, C., Aguiar, R., Feist, S., Bastos, F., and Leitão, A. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Conference: CAADRIA - Association for ComputerAided Architectural Design Research in Asia Learning, Adapting and Propotyping.

Rhinoceros

Microsoft Office

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Racket in Rosetta for CAD and BIM

Grasshopper for Rhinoceros

Phyton in Khepri for CAD and BIM

Dynamo for Revit

C# in Microsoft .NET Visual Studio Revit and AutoCAD APIs

2017 Student Schoolarship Award Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA Schoolarship to support the participation in the conference ACADIA - Disciplines & Disruption

2016 - 2017 Finalist project ‘The Quarry Tower’ / 2016 2017 Lisbon Triennale and Millennium bcp Universities Award Exhibition – Sines: Logística à Beira-Mar Headquarters of the Architecture Triennale in Lisbon (2016) and in Sines’ Arts Center (2017) in Portugal

CURRENTLY LEARNING

2015

3D Studio Max

Web Development: HTML & CSS

Julia for Khepri

Volunteeer at Lisboa Open House 2015 Organization: Headquarters of the Architecture Triennale in Lisbon

2017 ‘Algorithmic-Design and Analysis: Fusing Disciplines’ Aguiar, R., Cardoso, C. and Leitão, A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA Conference: ACADIA - Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture in North America Disciplines & Disruption

2015 ‘Programming for Architecture – The Students’ Point of View’ Aguiar, R. and Gonçalves, A., 2015 University of Technology, Vienna, Austria Conference: eCAADe - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe Real Time

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

House in BARROCAL Individual Project | 2014 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon

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1. Hall 2. Living Room 3. Dinning Room 4. Kitchen 5. Bathroom

6. Bedroom Drawings: AutoCAD Post-Production: Adobe Photoshop

7. Guests’ bathroom 8. Office and studio

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House Plan

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

In this project I was challenged to design a singlefamily housing unit near Reguengos de Monsaraz in Portugal. The small city of Reguengos de Monsaraz is located in the heart of Alentejo. Its surroudings constitute an impressive natural beauty rural area with pre historic occupation evidences as well as historical buildings. The proposed intervention consists of a singlefamily housing that develops according to the surrounding nature. The layout of the house emerges in tune with the pre-existing nature elements, surrounding a green space with two stones and a tree. This confined outer space reflects an image of the sourrounding nature and sets a limit to the construction of the house. The glass curtain walls allow a dialogue between the house and nature as well as breathtaking views over this rural area.

CASA NA HERDADE DO BARROCAL

Projeto de Arquitetura III | Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura | Instituito Superior Técnico

Reguengos de Monsaraz

CASA NA HERDADE DO BARROCAL

Projeto de Arquitetura III | Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura | Instituito Superior Técnico

Reguengos de Monsaraz

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CASA NA HERDADE DO BARROCAL

Projeto de Arquitetura III | Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura | Instituito Superior Técnico

Reguengos de Monsaraz

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Alçado Norte

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Corte A

Alçado Norte

Corte B

Alçado Norte

Alçado Sul

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Alçado Norte

S / South Facade

Alçado Sul

C / Section C

Corte C

Alçado Sul

Alçado Este

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Alçado Sul

Rita Aguiar

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E / East Facade

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Escala 1:100

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Site Plan

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Rita Aguiar

TOWER

The Quarry

Group Project | 2015 - 2016 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon The team was proposed to design an intervention in the territory of Sines, Portugal, to create a new hotel to serve the city. This project was developed in the scope of the Lisbon Triennale & Millennium bcp University Prize Competition and The Quarry Hotel was finalist and present at the exhibition “Sines: Logística à Beira-Mar” (Sines: Logistics by the Seaside), at the Triennale of Architecture in Lisbon and at the Sines Art Center. The site of this proposal corresponds to the Sines’ quarry, a considerable large area of a great visual impact. The quarry is an empty space, abandoned and neglected due to its previous industrial occupation, which profoundly marked the city. We propose to transform this industrial territory in a potential destiny, through the creation of a Hotel, reestablishing a connection between the quarry and the people. The building promotes new perspectives, and introduces a language between architecture and landscape.

Drawings: AutoCAD Modeling: Revit Post-Production: Adobe Photoshop

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67,5 m Terrace

58,2 m Restaurant 55,2 m Kitchen 3 46,2 m Bedrooms 42,6 m Reception 35,8 m Bar

14,8 m Bedrooms 10 m Bottom Entrance 7m Technical Area

1. Site Plan 2. Render Image of the Hotel exterior

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3. Restaurant plan 4. Bedrooms plan 5

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Papilio BRIDGE Group Project | 2016 University of Bath, United Kingdom During my exchange program at the University of Bath, my project team was challenged to elaborate a habitable bridge that crosses the river Lea in Poplar, London. The aim of the proposed bridge scheme is to provide recreational facilities for the immediate community of Poplar. Poplar lacks areas for external recreation and we recognize the importance of parks and other external areas for relaxation, society interaction and improving the public realm. We propose to create a habitable bridge which houses a distinctly different social space: A Butterfly House. The Butterfly House provides additional educational facilities as well as an exciting recreational space that will engage the local community. The nature of the facility means its users are not limited or restricted by age, gender or any other demographic. It is a space for all.

Drawings: AutoCAD Generation and Rendering: AutoCAD & SketchUp Post-Production: Adobe Photoshop

1. North Elevation 2. South Section 3. East Elevation 4. Interior perspective of the main space of the butterfly garden. 5. Exterior view of the bridge over the river Lea (night and day environment). 6. Bridge level plan showing the various spaces and routes.

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Dubai TOWERS Group Project | 2014 -2015 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon The Dubai Towers are a set of four towers, designed by Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates to be part of an urbanism intervention in Dubai - The Lagoons. The towers’ construction began in June 2008, but due to the finantial crisis the project was suspended. Each tower has between 300 and 400 meters of height and its geometry is intented to resemble the movement of a candle flame. In a team of two, we developed a parametric algorithm that generates the 3D model of the Dubai Towers, using the algorithmic design tool Rosetta for the Design Programming and Computing master’s course at the university.

GitHub: DubaiTowers Algorithmic Design Tool: Rosetta Programming Language: Racket Generation and Rendering: AutoCAD & Rhinoceros Post-Production: Adobe Photoshop

1. Schemes and parametric variations of the geometric concepts behind the towers’ design: wave length, radius reduction, and spiral deformation. 2. Exterior render of the Dubai Towers.

Building RANDOM Individual Project | 2019 Developed at ADA, Lisbon The Random Building is a project developed to assess the potential of random design parameters. I developed the design of this building for cultural, educational and leisure activities. The building consists of a circular shape with an open space atrium in its center where the spiral ramp to access each floor is located. This building is fully parametric with several parameters generated randomly that provide interesting results. Each random parameter has a maximum and a minimum value. The opaque and the curtain walls length is randomly generated as well as the frames of the zenith window and the interior walls disposition (2A). The floorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; center coordinates slightly deviates from each other resulting in randomly stacked building floors (2B).

1. Exterior render of the Random Building showing the random positions of the floors and the opaque and curtain walls.

GitHub: RandomBuilding Algorithmic Design Tool: Rosetta Programming Language: Racket Generation: AutoCAD & Rhinoceros Rendering: 3D Studio Max Post-Production: Adobe Photoshop

2. The scheme (A) shows the range of values for each parameter: opaque and curtain walls length and radius of the ramp. The scheme (B) shows the random center position of a floor.

3. Interior rendered image of the Random Building.

TOWER

Hyperboloid

Individual Project | 2018 Developed at ADA, Lisbon The Hyperboloid Tower is a conceptual design conceived to be integrated in a nature landscape, designed for the contemplation of its surroundings and introspection of man. In a world where people inhabit a million cities, characterized by the extensive concrete areas and buildings, this building provides an acknowledgment of nature through a 360 degree view. The towerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior consists in a spiral structural staircase that develops along the main structural column of the building. The external layer of the building consists in a hyperboloid obtained from the disposition of straight elements rotated along its axis (2A). The tower is fully parametric: when changing its total height the spiral staircase (2B), and the hyperboloid elements adapt accordingly.

1. Render of the material elements of the Hyperboloid Tower. 2. The scheme (A) shows how the length of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s steps decreases in height. The scheme (B) shows the straight elements that define the hyperboloid shape.

GitHub: HyperboloidTower Algorithmic Design Tool: Khepri Programming Language: Python Generation: AutoCAD & Rhinoceros Rendering: AutoCAD Post-Production: Adobe Photoshop

3. Rendered Image of the Hyperboloid Tower.

Shenzen AIRPORT Master Thesis Research Project | 2017 2018 Instuto Superior TĂŠcnico, Lisbon The research developed during my master thesis explores the integration of analysis evaluations in the design workflow of buildings, more precisely, Integrating Structural Performance in Algorithmic Design. The traditional design workflow usually does not account for structural analysis concerns during the development phases of projects. Instead, the structural requirements of a building are later addressed by the engineer who spends a significant amount of time building an analytical model of the architectural project. The architect takes this feedback into account, modifies or adjusts the project, and sends it back to the engineer, who has to redesign the analytical model. If the architect wishes to structurally evaluate the different solutions obtained, the analytical models have to be specifically created for this purpose, which takes a considerable amount of time. This thesis intends to explore an interconnection between the algorithmic-based design approach and the automation of structural analysis. Using this methodology, the architect that uses algorithmic design can obtain faster feedback regarding the structural behavior of his designs, to assist him in the initial design phases. The proposed workflow is here applied to a case study, the Shenzen Airport in Hong Kong designed by Fuksas Studio.

1. Birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eye view of the Shenzen Airport. 2. Stress model for a planar Warren truss with verticals. 3. Deformed model for a planar Warren truss with verticals. 4. A script created with the algorithmic design tool can both generate the geometrical model and the structural analysis model 4

5. Perspective Section of the Shenzhen Airport

Shenzen AIRPORT Publication at ACADIA | 2017 Presented at M.I.T., Massachusetts, USA The work developed in my thesis is presented in the paper ‘Algorithmic Design and Analysis: Fusing Disciplines’, published at the ACADIA 2017 conference and presented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The paper explores an implementation of the workflow proposed, named Algorithmic Design and Analysis. Here, this worflow was applied to several case studies such as the Shenzen Airport but also to other case study’s. Two analysis were performed: structural and radiation analysis. Using this method, the same algorithm that produces the digital architectural model can also automatically generate analytical models for different types of analysis. Moreover, architects do not need additional work to perform the analysis, which encourages architects to explore several design alternatives while taking into account the design’s performance. GitHub: ShenzenAirport Algorithmic Design Tool: Rosetta & Grasshopper Programming Language: Racket Generation: AutoCAD & Rhinoceros Rendering: AutoCAD Post-Production: Adobe Photoshop Structural Analysis: Robot & Karamba Radiation Analysis: DIVA for Rhino

1. Parametric study of the interior lighting effect produced by a planar Warren truss with (A) 10, (B) 16 and (C) 20 trusses and a spatial Warren truss with (D) 10, (E) 16 and (F) 20 trusses 2. Radiation Studies: Analytical Model, Radiation Map, and 3D Model

RITA AGUIAR architect

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