Rodrigo Solé 2010-2021 Portfolio
Rodrigo Solé 2010-2021 Portfolio
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Born in Mexico City, Rodrigo received his Bachelor of Architecture from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He later earned his master’s degree in Urban Planning with a concentration in Urban Design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). His interests fall within the intersection of urban design, sustainable environments, affordable housing, and placemaking. His initial work in Mexico called on various scales within architecture and urbanism and eventually inspired and led him to dedicate over seven years working on numerous programs focused on the intersection of housing policy and implementation for the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (Infonavit). In the US, he has worked as an Urban Designer for ZGF Architects developing master plans for public-private urban projects focused on sustainability and social equity in Portland, Oregon. Between his time at Infonavit and upon graduating from GSD, he secured a position as an urban designer at ZGF Architects. He applied planning and urban design
standards for public-private partnerships in urban revitalization and affordable neighborhoods while broadening his understanding of community outreach strategies and civic participation, especially with lower-income communities and people of color in the region. During his time at the GSD, he coordinated the Mexican Cities Initiative, an emerging platform for experimental ideas and actionable knowledge to help guide the transformation of Mexico’s complex urban landscapes. He also received a fellowship to study the development of informal settlements in São Paulo, Brazil; and afterwards, he had the opportunity to study Japanese urban design and architecture during a residency in Tokyo with Toyo Ito & Associates. In academia, he has participated as a design critic for the Architectural Association School of Architecture, Boston Architectural College, Portland State University, University of Oregon, and Kent State University. In Mexico, for Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.
Résumé José Rodrigo Solé Quinzaños 1062 Bergen St Apt 2A Brooklyn, NY 11216 +1 (857) 415-7891 j.rodrigo.sole@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Harvard University Graduate School of Design Master’s in Urban Planning, 2018 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Mexico City National Autonomous University of Mexico Bachelor of Architecture, 2011
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2019 – 2021 Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores (Infonavit) Mexico City Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers www.infonavit.org.mx Interagency Collaboration Manager, Department of Research and Finance - Developed and published applied research on housing issues, urban development, urban revitalization, mobility and transportation, land management, and urban economics. - Redesigned and facilitated a new iteration of Asesoría Personalizada Infonavit. A GIS web-based tool to inform decision-making for Infonavit beneficiaries by analyzing and visualizing urban data such as housing prices, infrastructure, and mobility in Mexico. - Coordinated and designed strategic partnerships with major national academic institutions to develop actionable knowledge in architecture, urban design and planning, urban economics, financing, and public policy to implement in Mexico’s public housing and urban development. - Curated and coordinated research seminars with the participation of renowned national and international practitioners, academics, and specialists who focus their practice on social housing, its financing mechanisms, as well as any related knowledge that adds value to the Institute’s practices. 2018 – 2019
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP www.zgf.com Urban Designer, Portland Urban Design Group - Assembled and drafted with a multidisciplinary team, planning and urban design standards for public-private partnerships in urban revitalization and affordable neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon, and East Palo Alto, California. - Contributed to developing master plans and designed community outreach strategies for public-private partnership projects focused on affordability and social equity for people of color in the Portland Metropolitan Area.
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2016 – 2018
Harvard GSD. Department of Urban Planning and Design Mexican Cities Initiative research.gsd.harvard.edu/mci/ Research Assistant - Mexican Cities Initiative (MCI) supports a public archive of Mexico-based research conducted at the GSD and elsewhere, a network of partnerships in and beyond Mexico, and an annual summer fellowship for innovative student research. Coordinated the 2016 and 2017 Fellows’ research for the MCI yearly publication.
2014 – 2016
Infonavit Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers www.infonavit.org.mx Consultant, Department of Sustainability - Contributed to a multidisciplinary team in developing and executing a sustainable strategy for social housing production and retrofitting. The plan combined urban planning, efficient land use, social programs and job opportunities for Mexican workers. - Planned and implemented a significant program for retrofitting the main housing developments in Mexico City —Mejorando la Unidad— involving the major renovation of public spaces in 787 public housing projects. - Curated the project Old and New Housing for the Next Economy in Mexico alongside Jose Castillo & Rozana Montiel for the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR 2016).
2012 – 2014
AT103 Architecture firm based in Mexico City www.at103.com Project Manager - Led a team on a conceptual project commissioned by Metro (Public Transport System of Mexico City) involving the significant renovations for two strategic metro stations to boost the economic and commuting potential of two city blocks in Mexico City’s Centro and Juarez district. - Collaborated on various projects and competitions with a|911 (founded in 2002 by Saidee Springall and Jose Castillo) noting the revitalization of one of the oldest markets in Mexico City. Distrito Merced was developed and presented alongside a multidisciplinary team involving Diane E. Davis (Harvard GSD) and The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).
Summer 2017
RADDAR Architecture & Urban Design firm based in São Paulo, Brazil www.raddar.org Harvard GSD Community Service Fellowship Program - Collaborated in the implementation of a community engagement plan and a “mapathon” in the favela of Paraisópolis in southwest São Paulo.
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Résumé
Summer 2012
ACADEMIA 2019 – Current
Garduño Arquitectos Architecture firm based in Mexico City & San Francisco www.gardunoarquitectos.com Junior Architect - Collaborated on the interior design project and construction documents for an advertising agency in Mexico City.
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Escuela de Arte Arquitectura y Diseño Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. School of Arts Architecture and Design Faculty and Coordinator. Cátedra ITESM – Infonavit
2019 – Current
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Facultad de Arquitectura National Autonomous University of Mexico. School of Architecture Faculty. Thesis Seminar
2020
Kent State University College of Architecture & Environmental Design Guest Critic. Swimming Pool: São Paulo’s anonymous collective space
2019
American Institute of Architects Guest Critic. AIA Japan Studio
2019
University of Oregon School of Architecture & Environment Lecturer and Guest Critic. Architecture Studio
2018
Portland State University School of Architecture Guest Critic. Urban Design Studio
2018
Boston Architectural College Guest Critic. Architecture Studio 2
2016
Architectural Association School of Architecture Guest Critic. Mexico City Studio
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Summer 2015 Introduction to Real Estate Development & Financing La Salle University, Mexico City Spring 2010
UN-Habitat Sustainable Cities Workshop National Autonomous University of Mexico
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Fall 2016 Urban Planning Student Recruitment Committee Member Fall 2016 Harvard Urban Planning Organization harvardplanning.com/ Volunteer
ARTS/PUBLICATIONS 2012 – 2013 El Fanzine Music, fashion, photography & arts magazine www.elfanzine.tv Contributing Author 2012 – 2013
Arquine Architecture magazine www.arquine.com Contributing Author
Summer 2011
Rodice Taller Artist Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes Studio Collaborator - Assisted the completion of an art installation for a restaurant in Coyoacán, Mexico City.
SOFTWARE COMPETENCIES Adobe Creative Suite, Autodesk AutoCAD, Esri ArcGIS, Microsoft Office, Rhino, SketchUp
LANGUAGES Native in Spanish, full professional proficiency in English, and limited working proficiency in Portuguese
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Selected Works 2010 - Current
Infonavit
2019 - 2021
Urban Planning and Design
Infonavit - ITESM Studios
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Asesoría Personalizada Infonavit
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Design & Economics Competitions
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Broadway Corridor Master Plan
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OMSI Central City Master Plan
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Aimed at the Issues of Affordable Housing in Mexico Research
Informing Decision-making Via a GIS Web-based App Urban Planning and Design
Academic Outreach on Housing Affordability and Financing
ZGF Architects
2018 - 2019
Urban Planning and Design
Affordable Housing and Mixed-use Planning Urban Planning and Design
Land Redevelopment Surrounding the Oregon Museum
Harvard GSD
2016 - 2018 Urban Design
The Lettered Building
A New Model for the Infilling of the Historic Core of Quito
Contents
Urban Planning
Paraisópolis In/Forma Collective Mapping in São Paulo
Urban Planning
East Boston Municipal Harbor Plan A Vision for East Boston’s Future
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Infonavit
2014 - 2016 Research
IABR 2016
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2016 Urban Planning
Disaster Relief
Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila Urban Planning
Housing Retrofitting Mejorando la Unidad
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AT103
2012 - 2014 Architecture
Metro Cuauhtémoc
Transit-Oriented Development Urban Planning
Distrito Merced Competition
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Other Works 2010 - Current
Architecture
CUPA A-422
Modern Apartment Renovation Architecture
Various
Summer Internships & Collaborations
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Professional / Urban Planning and Design
Infonavit - ITESM Studios
Urban Planning and Design Studios Aimed at the Issues of Affordable Housing in Mexico 2019 - 2021 Infonavit Program organization and coordinator
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Conceptualized and implemented in 2018, Infonavit partnered up with the School of Architecture, Art, and Design (EAAD) of the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) to launch a semestral urban planning and design studio aimed at undergraduate architecture students. The initiative’s overarching goal is to foster new generations of professionals into housing affordability issues, planning, and community outreach by involving them with stakeholders and the residents on the ground. By the end of each semester, the students will have a toolkit to impact the future development of defensible urbanism, affordable housing, and quality of life for their communities. Today, the Infonavit - ITESM studio extends to the five regions of the EAAD. Their campuses are in cities with housing developments primarily financed by Infonavit and show signs of deterioration and decay, exacerbated by the effects of the pandemic. 10
The seventh iteration created a dialogue between Infonavit and academia, identifying the vulnerability experienced by the affordable housing development residents in Mexico in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and offering ideas on reducing infection risk in their homes and its urban environment. The studio developed projects and proposals whose results will be considered within the Institute’s ongoing recovery programs. Faced with this crisis, the studio offered to reimagine housing typologies, public spaces, and housing policies to search for solutions that improve housing quality. Furthermore, reducing overcrowding, recovering vacant housing clusters, and improving living and environmental conditions to minimize the risks of infection. Finally, both institutions recognize the capacity of design as a critical element in providing solutions to this great challenge.
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a. In-person final review. December 2019 b. Territorial analysis. Jalisco, 2020 c. Community center proposal. Estado de México, 2020 d. Puebla cohort. December 2019 e. Rooftop farming proposal. Puebla, 2020 f. Street sections. Nuevo León, 2021
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Asesoría Personalizada Infonavit Informing Decision-making Via a GIS Web-based App 2021 Infonavit Team leader
Asesoría Personalizada Infonavit (API) is a webbased tool to empower and offer guidance to Infonavit’s beneficiaries by providing helpful outputs via data and GIS analysis to inform buying a home or applying for other housing products and services by the institution. Currently, the tool consists of two online questionnaires. The first advises the beneficiary on the housing products and services available to purchase a home for own use or rental. The latter requests location inputs on the relevant places the beneficiary would like to have nearby; these will display on a map powered by Google Maps API with the most desirable neighborhoods and nine qualitative urban indicators. Additionally, a toggle lets the user choose between multi-modal (car, transit, bike, or walking) commuting times among the desirable neighborhoods and the user’s selected locations to aid the process of choosing a fitting place.
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API showcases nine qualitative urban indicators per neighborhood nationwide, which provide relevant and nuanced information for better decision-making: 1. Shops and commercial uses 2. Average rental price 3. Average sale price 4. Urban infrastructure 5. Schools 6. Hospitals 7. Average size of the homes 8. Average travel time out of the neighborhood 9. Average commute time For the newest update and to improving the service of the application, the next iteration will allow greater integration with the substantive departments of the Institute to identify and evaluate its effectiveness regarding the closing of loans and mortgages. 12
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a. Online questionnaire b. Relevant location inputs c. Main result screen d. Urban indicators display e. Commuting time toggle display f. Ideal result display
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Professional / Urban Planning and Design
Student Design & Economics Competitions Academic Outreach to Grapple with Housing Affordability and Financing in Mexico 2019 - 2021 Infonavit Program organization and coordinator
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In 2019, Infonavit launched a research agenda that includes developing statistical information systems, publishing economic reports on housing financing, and hosting research seminars with academia and experts in the public and private sectors. As part of this plan, the inter-institutional outreach expanded with more platforms with academia. We launched the first Economics Competition so that undergraduate students enrolled in Mexican universities could deepen their understanding of the housing market and mortgage financing in Mexico by contributing to the analysis of public policies to improve universal access to housing. Participants submitted a research essay that analyzed the housing market and the phenomena behind the current state of housing financing. Finally, they included one or more proposals for actions, aid measures, or public policies to facilitate the acquisition of quality housing, particularly for the lower-income population. 14
On the other hand, we hosted the 7th annual Architecture and Urbanism Competition which also aims to foster undergraduate students in architecture and urbanism within the complex issues around housing and urban development. Through this call for proposals, students engage in: 1. Identifying and framing the urban and social problems experienced by communities in a particular affordable housing development. 2. Developing a diagnostic evaluation methodology based on the urban attributes and sustainability for each site. 3. Drafting multiscale proposals and master plans to mitigate the previously identified issues in each site, considering multiple scenarios and implementation over time.
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a. Advertising artwork. 2020 b. Stakeholder analysis. Puebla, 2020 c. Remote final presentation. April 2021 d. Remote final review. April 2021 e. Master plan proposal. Michoacán, 2020 f. Park and open space proposal. Michoacán, 2020
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Professional / Urban Planning and Design
Broadway Corridor Master Plan Affordable Housing and Mixed-use Planning in Downtown PDX 2018 ZGF Architects Urban planner and designer
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The Broadway Corridor (BC) is a 32-acre site located within the Central City in Portland. The project offers the potential to create nearly 4 million square feet of new economic, business, social, and community development opportunities. Prosper Portland, the city’s economic development agency, owns a significant portion of the site. The location and size of the BC represents an opportunity to realize Prosper Portland’s vision for an equitable economy by advancing prosperity, creating a vibrant neighborhood, and supporting living wage jobs. The BC aims to permanently change Portland’s downtown landscape and knit the city together. It’s envisioned as a unique, diverse, vibrant, sustainable, mixed-use, urban district seamlessly integrated with a regional multi-modal transportation hub. The site is at the heart of a transportation network that includes light rail, pedes16
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trian and bicycle connections, streetcar, and bus, with multiple stops within a few blocks of the site and Prosper Portland-owned Union Station. It will be the gateway to downtown Portland. ZGF Architects, among the project leaders, engaged and partnered with Portland residents to co-design the 32acre site. Input and guidance from the community were crucial and necessary to define the essence of the new addition to the neighborhood. Historically, many development projects in the city have failed to benefit — or have negatively impacted — longtime residents and community members, particularly low-income residents and communities of color. However, through a partnership with the Portland Housing Bureau, at least 30% of housing units will be affordable on this project.
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a. Participatory design workshop boards b. Community engagement c. Nature layout with green loop. Bird’s-eye view d. Discovery layout. Open space visualization e. Participatory design workshop f. Play layout with green loop. Selected by the stakeholders g. Play layout. Conceptual massing
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Professional / Urban Planning and Design
OMSI Central City Master Plan
Land Redevelopment Surrounding the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry 2019 ZGF Architects Urban planner and designer
In 2008, OMSI partnered with ZGF Architects and set forth Vision and Guiding Principles to develop a concept plan for a future campus. Economic conditions and new opportunities continued to evolve the plan. TriMet’s completion of the MAX Orange line and the Tilikum Crossing in 2015 connected the OMSI District to the greater Portland Metro Area like never before and opened new opportunities for collaboration and economic development. In 2016, OMSI began working with Snøhetta on an OMSI District Master Plan, a market-driven strategy that outlined the best economic and environmental uses of OMSI’s physical property. Input gathered from diverse stakeholders—including OMSI members, families, neighbors, community members and partners, industry professionals, and city and state agencies—was key to informing a holistic plan that takes into account future opportunities and needs in the area.
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After completion of OMSI’s Master Plan in mid-2017, OMSI issued a RFP for a Master Developer, which concluded in July 2018 with the selection of Gerding Edlen a Portland-based real estate investment and development firm. As the master developer, Gerding Edlen is responsible for executing the master plan and developing the OMSI campus alongside ZGF as consultant partner. In 2020, Metro awarded a $750,000 grant to the City of Portland and OMSI that will allow them to engage a broad coalition of partners to explore the possibility for the development of a Center for Tribal Nations. The project seeks to leverage the redevelopment of the OMSI property to model a new partnership between the museum, tribal and intertribal organizations, and the city to restore the native community’s presence on the Willamette and address the shared challenges of sustainability, resilience, and inclusion. Also included for consideration in this first phase is a waterfront education park. 18
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a. Transit analysis b. Pedestrian framework c. Conceptual massing d. OMSI master plan 2019
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Professional / Architecture
CUPA A-422
Modern Apartment Renovation 2021 Collaboration with Mariel Lozano & José Esparza Designer
Finished in 1949, the Presidente Alemán Urban Center (CUPA) was the first multifamily housing project in Mexico and Latin America with all the infrastructure and services for more than a thousand apartments in six tall buildings and another six of smaller size. The housing project, built by Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA), was the first to include gardens, shops and commercial spaces, laundry, childcare, medical dispensary, auditorium, movie theaters, and swimming pool. The timeline of the work spanned 24 months from September 1, 1947, the day the work began. In addition to the design proposal, the project was erected with meticulous studies of utilities and ducts, falsework, structures, and local materials such as clay bricks and blocks with tepezil core. Furthermore, the project promoted the rapid urbanization of the south of Mexico City and a new culture of inhabiting modernity. The new urban culture took advantage of social citizenship to coexist with sanitary measures and communion in shared areas.
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The renovation of the apartment follows the following principles: 1. Materiality 2. Light 3. Order 4. Optimization 5. Restoration Reminiscent of the legacy of CUPA, the project aims to achieve the simplicity yet sophisticated materiality of the mid-20th century modern architecture by exposing and restoring the concrete structure and interior staircase. Simultaneously, a contemporary aesthetic will be visible by the dialogue between the restored elements and the brand new material palette of muted tone wood floors and off-white terrazzo. 20
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a. Bird’s eye-view of CUPA circa 1949 b. Current view from the apartment c. Floor plans. Top / Lower floor d. Inhabiting modernity circa 1949 e. Interior elevations. Bedroom / Kitchen f. Work in progress
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Academic / Urban Design
The Lettered Building
A New Model for the Infilling of the Historic Core of Quito Spring 2018 Instructor: Felipe Correa
Using the city of Quito, Ecuador as a laboratory, the studio examined the urban legacy, current decline, and future opportunities of the Spanish-American colonial grid in Latin America. The historic core of Quito poses questions to historical preservation given its status of World Heritage by UNESCO. Nowadays, the area has experienced a steady decline given the linear expansion of the city and internal shifts in economy and migration to the metropolitan area. However, the city is currently implementing their first subway system that will bring an influx of resources and potential residents to the area. Inspired in the book “The Lettered City” by historian Angel Rama where he argues that the Spanish empire exerted their power via the written word through letters sent to America that meticulously described the rules for new city planning and implementation. Therefore, the project seeks to define a new code and the procedures through which a new prototype for mixed-use housing 22
and working can be implemented via the assemblage of existing parcels in the historic center. The building core is defined from the existing geometrical properties of the original block of a 105 by 105 meters subdivided into a grid of 7.5x7.5 meters which allows the insertion of partition walls, services, and underground parking if needed. Therefore, the modular housing units can be plugged into the core and expand in all directions depending on the density and height allowed by current regulations. The Lettered Building proposes a new model for the infilling of dilapidated and underutilized parcels in the historic core. The program integrates new models for domestic living and working within the boundaries of the site and interacts with the adjacencies to promote 24/7 activity in the area. The model will provide Quito’s historic core with a new lease on life by creating a framework for mixed-use residential spaces that could bring residents back to the city center.
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3rd Floor 2BR 109 m2 x .5 Studio Apt 99 m2 x .5 Dormitory 20 m2 x 2
2nd Floor 2BR 109 m2 x .5 Studio Apt 99 m2 x .5 Dormitory 20 m2 x 2
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2BR 109 m2 x .5 Dormitory Lounge
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Paraisópolis In/Forma Collective Mapping in São Paulo Summer 2017 RADDAR Project manager
Paraisópolis is the second largest and densest favela in the state of São Paulo. Its privileged location in between the wealthy neighborhoods of Morumbi and Vila Andrade in the south has sparked in recent price hikes on property value, making a case for the profitable nature of informal structures. It is estimated that the favela houses around 100,000 inhabitants in roughly 200 acres. The project aims to develop a local base of knowledge and data that can be translated into a mapping platform that will aid the decision-making process for the municipality and many non-governmental organizations. In July, we kicked off a workshop on social protagonism, sustainable development, and collective mapping. We sought to engage with the young local student community to first, gauge the social capital in the area, and secondly to assess the feasibility of an ongoing platform for the a.
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development of small-scale acupunctural projects to improve and empower the favela. The workshop had the participation of 75 local students who were engaged in mapping and debating about the ongoing issues that make their neighborhood vulnerable, such as underserved municipalized services, transport infrastructure, the lack of educational and cultural facilities, and the embedded territorial risks of landslides and black water flooding. We implemented a community survey to understand the perception of the residents regarding the provision of spaces for leisure, health and their opinion about insecurity. 250 questionnaires represented the sample with a 95% confidence level to begin to draw statistical information not only for qualitative analysis but also from a demographic standpoint to compare where Paraisópolis stands concerning other informal settlements in the region.
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East Boston Municipal Harbor Plan A Vision to Harness Development Dollars to Invest in East Boston’s Future Spring 2017 Instructors: Daniel D’Oca, Kathy Spiegelman, Stephen Gray Team: Emily Marsh (MUP ‘18)
The primary goal of the East Boston Municipal Harbor Plan is to guide and encourage future development to provide amenities that improve the overall livability of East Boston for current and future residents. Specifically, the East Boston Municipal Harbor Plan provides a framework in which new development will: install flood mitigation measures, expand public realm and waterfront access, provide affordable housing, and spur economic development. The following design principles are intended to support this goal: • • •
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Establish a continuous and diverse network of open spaces, including parks, promenades, and plazas along Boston Harbor and Chelsea Creek. Configure and design the open space and public realm to serve as a city-wide and regional resource. Create walkable and lively public streets, open spaces and pedestrian ways that provide strong visual and pedestrian linkages between the waterfront and inland areas. Provide a range of commercial, recreational, and cultural activities that promote the civic role of the waterfront. Introduce a mix of housing that supports a diverse population of residents. Enhance public views to the waterfront. Design buildings to provide design and character to both the waterfront and street network, and promote equitable access to open space amenities. Celebrate the industrial history of the East Boston waterfront and leverage urban design principles to translate historical industrial architecture for modern industrial needs.
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IABR 2016
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2016 2015 Infonavit, Jose Castillo and Rozana Montiel Concept design, Curator
We grouped these projects into three categories:
The project ‘Mexico: Old & New Housing for the Next Economy’ proposed to share with a broader audience the recent innovative approach by National Housing Agencies in Mexico. INFONAVIT (Mexican National Workers’ Housing Fund Institute) appointed 32 architecture and urban design firms to reimagine solutions for social housing thus urban development in Mexico.
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Projects that deal with the transformation of modern housing canons Projects that deal with innovation from government institutions Projects that deal with changes from both the professional and the private realms
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The approach was twofold: to engage in the physical and social retrofitting of existing housing estates through community participation and the reimagining of the public realm, and to improve the dominant model of single-family housing produced in the 32 states of the country in regards to sustainability, density, and the addition of public space.
Nine projects were carefully selected to highlight how these categories are spatially addressed—with economic implications. The proposal was part of the 7th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam from April 23 to July 10, 2016. a. Social Housing Production & Economy in Mexico Time line, 2015 b. Proposal displayed on site, 2016. José Esparza c. Tactics of appropriation Unidad Santa Fe, 2011. Onnis Luque d. Bosco Residencial, 2015. Alberto Kalach / Taller de Arquitectura X
General Data
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alemán valdés
city mayors
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1960
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General Data
1965
lópez mateos
1970
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Housing and Urban Policies
H 1974 ISSSTE - Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers
1970 70,000 Housings were builtin the metropolitan area
1976 First general urban development program
1967 Underground sewage, the Metro and the Southern part of the Perifercio were built
1959 Credit Cards and the ISSSTE was founded 1959 Construction of Ciudad Satelite,tunnels, Anillo Periferico, Chapultepec and Calzada de Tlalpan
1953 First construction laws
1975 Distrito Federal Urban Development Law 1974 FOVISSSTE - Housing Fund of the Institute for Social Securityand Services for State Workers
1963 Support and Guarantee Fund for Housing Credits (FOGA) 1969 Metro began to work
1942 Water is brought from the Lerma River, the historic center wasn’t used for housing and restoration of the Zocalo
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1968 15,500 housings were built in the south 1963 Fund of Banking Finance for Housing (FOVI)
1958 - PEMEX start housing programs for their workers 1955 Department of Military Pensions
1945 Insurgentes Avenue was built
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Housing and Urban Policies
1959 - 1976 Ministry of Public Works
1954 National Institute for Community and Housding Development (INDECO)
1946 Infrastructure for iIndustries and unorganized growth in the periphery
1940 Foundation of the Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec and reduction of Greenspaces because of Industries
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1943 Founding of Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)
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1958 Multifamiliar housings are built as well as housing on agricultural fields without infrastructure
1972 INFONAVIT (Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers) is founded.
1978 New high speed expressways built
1973 - Trust fund for Social Development in Mexico City (FIDEURBE)
1965 Sistema Lerma, 2nd Stage
1974 Construction starts for inner ring road
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Economy
Economy
Economy
1955 Women recieved the right to vote
E 1973 Televisa was created
1970 Ciudad Nezahuacoyotl grew
1947 TELMEX was founded
1974 Million telephones in mexico
1970 The first World Cup
1940 National Industry (exports)
1972 TELMEX is expropriated by the mexican state 1958 The First Aurrera supermarket
1946 First TV Station
1970 The landing of the Concord 1973 Informalhousing in Ciudad Neza and Coyoacan
1942 Coorporatives are built on Reforma
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9.7 3.6
1.3
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Demography
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3.6 5
10
18.2
Demography
6.6
8
11
8.1
7.6
16.4
3
4.9
9.4
6.2
4.3
3.4
Demography
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1949 Prefabricated schools ZZPedro Ramirez Vazquez
4.9
27.2
21.3
8.2
6.5
3.8
5.8
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mexico city peripheral areas population groth
1954 Centro Médico Nacional, Enrique Yáñez
1952 Ciudad Universitaria 1952 Construction Viaducto Miguel Alemán
Housing paradigms - Local
Housing paradigms - Local
Floor 1
Floor 2 Floor 1
Unit Type 2_87.1m2
Unit Type 3_48.3m2
Floor 2
Unit Type 1_ 70.8m2
Unit Type 4_53.5m2
1950 - 1952 Centro Urbano Presidente Juarez, Mario Pani
1942 Housing Complex Lomas de Becerra Hannes Meyer and Genaro Rosenzweig
1948 Housing Complex Unidad Esperanza
Housing paradigms - Global
1950 -1852 Unidad Balbuena
Tlatelolco, Mario Pani. 1964 11, 960 Units
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Patio
Unit Type 1_ 70.8m2
Housing paradigms - Local Independencia, A. Prieto Posadas; J.M. Gutierrez, 1959-1960 2,235 Units Services on Site: 7 educational institutions 3 shopping centers Site Plan 2 theaters 1 km radio 12 min walk movie theater 100m sports center 0m 300m library health clinic
Patio
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Multifamiliar Presidente Miguel Alemán, Mario Pani. 1949 1, 080 Units Services on Site: swimming pool dressing rooms & restrooms day care center 1 km radio 12 min walk administrative building 100m post office 0m 300m commercial store school (for 600 students) Site Plan
Site Plan 1 km radio 12 min walk 100m 0m
1954 Giancarlot de Carlo
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Floor 2
100m
Unit Type 1_82.2m2
0m
Unit Type 2_50.0m2
Floor 1
300m
Floor 2
Floor 1
Unit Type 1_37.0m2
Unit Type 3_76.0m2
Unit Type 4_87.0m2
1962- Construction Periferic Ring
1958 Santa Cruz Mayehualco 1959 Unidad Independencia
1962- Unidad Kennedy
1964-1966 Unidad Plateros
Housing paradigms - Global 1969 -Instant City, Archigram
1956 Pruitt-Igoe St Louis
Patio
Patio
1 km radio 12 min walk
1955 Van Eyck, Amsterdam Centrum
1955 Viviendas en la Barceloneta Coderch
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El Rosario, P.R. Vázquez; T. González de León. 1972 15,515 Units Site Plan
Housing paradigms - Global 1952 Golden lane Smithsons (competition)
1952 Unite d´habitation of Marseille
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Housing paradigms - Local
Unit Type 1_70.0m2
1954 Unidad Legaria 1954 Unidad Tlatilco 1954 Unidad Narvarte SCOP 1954 Unidad Habitacional Santa Fe
Housing paradigms - Global 1947 Reidy Pedreglho
300m
Services on Site: 21 schools 6 hospitals & clinics 12 office buildings 600 commercial premises 3 sport centers 3 theaters 1 movie theater 6 parking garages
1964 -Plug in City, Archigram
1969 -Barrio de Santiago Sur
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1972 Robin Hood Gardens, Smithsons
1974 Gallaratese, Aldo Rose
1977 Malagueira Quarter, Alvaro Siza
1978 Byker, Ralph Erskine
1978 Experimental housing, Previ
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General Data
1985
1990
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aguirre velázquez
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General Data
1995
2000
zedillo aguilera
Housing and Urban Policies
General Data
2005
2010
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espinoza
cárdenas
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Housing and Urban Policies
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2003 The Second Level of the Periferico was built 1987 FONAVIR - National Rural Housing Fund
8.8 600
15.5
2300
1400 -1.9
29.9
peso-usdollar 17.2
2014 Hipoteca con servicios
GDP (mm$ pesos)
2014 VUR, Rocha
12.5
Economy
3000
11.7
1993 First wal-mart supercenter
6.6 51.9
1992 1000 old pesos =1 new pesos
4.4
2014 VUR, a911
1997 80,000 Housings were built
1995 1 Million mobile phones
5.2
3.7 7
2.8
-1.3
6.8 15.7
Demography -3.8
18.7
6.6 3.6
Demography
5.7
inflation rate 3.9%
6.2
3
3 Demography
3
GDP growth rate 1.3%
-6.9
1985 earthquake
2015 Hermosillo, TAX
10.1
1995 First cinemex cinema multiplex is built
1990 64,000 Mobile phones
51.6
2014 Territorio de gigantes 2014 ARIU
11.3
1988 The planning and building of coorporatives, malls, and educational commerce and housing buildings on the Trash Fields of Santa Fe by SERVIMET 1986 World Cup
2.6 300
2014 VUR 2014 Mejorando la Unidad
2014 Pintemos México
1994 Centro Comercial Santa Fe was built
1989 telmex is sold by the mexican state
1985 The first McDonalds
3.6 150
2014 SISEVIVE
2009 - Green mortgages (INFONAVIT)
Economy
1994 NAFTA was signed
1988 Banking in Mexico is once again privatized
105.7
59.2
-4.2
2007 - 2012 Program for Urban Planning and Development
2001 - National Commission on Housing Promotion (CONAFOVI)
Economy
98.9
50
2007 - 2012 National Development Plan
2009 - Provive
159.2
1982 Due to low oil prices, the government takes control of banking in Mexicto
Demography
2001 - Federal Mortgage Society 2001 - National Council of State Housing Agencies (CONOREVI)
1994 Master Urban Plan for the Development of the City, intent of reorganizing the metropolitan area
t cutting through existing city fabric
29.8
Ésta es tu casa
1992 SEDESOL - Ministry of Social Development
1982 SEDUE - Ministry of Urban Development and Ecology
Economy
mancera
Housing and Urban Policies
2007 - 2012 National Housing Program
2010 - Program “Esta es tu casa”
1985 Hospitals, Infrastructure and housing were rebuilt, 43000 lots for housing and the Programa de Renovacion Habitacional was established
1981 FONHAPO - Trust Fund for National Popular Housing
pena nieto
ebrard 2006 - National Housing Commission ( CONAVI )
1983 Federal Housing Law
1980 Regularization of land ownership
2015
calderón
lópez obrador
Housing and Urban Policies
4
4.5
3.5
3
2
2013 Juan Carlos Tello, CUPA
-4.7 2014 Mejorando la Unidad, Periférica
2014 Mejorando la Unidad, a911
mexico city total population 20.11
Housing paradigms - Local
Housing paradigms - Local
Housing paradigms - Local
Centro Urbano San Buenaventura 1995 20, 000 Units Site Plan
1980 San Francisco 1985 San Pablo Xalpa
1 km radio 12 min walk 100m 0m
300m
1 km 12 min walk
Housing paradigms - Local 2014 Mejorando la Unidad, Ludens
mexico total population 112.33
Services on Site: 3 makets 2 parks 21 schools 7 sports facilities 1 supermarket (built in 2006)
Unit Type 1_42.6m2
1980 Santa Fe Belén
2014 Tacticas de apropiación, Onnis Luque
Housing paradigms - Global
Housing paradigms - Global
Housing paradigms - Global
Housing paradigms - Global 2003 Quinta Monroy, Elemental, Chile
1986 Bushwick House II, Brooklyn
1987 Nemausus Housing, Nouvel
1993 Peter G. Rowe Modernity and housing
1997 Verbena Height, Hong Kong
2008 Mountain dwellings Big
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Professional / Urban Planning
Disaster Relief Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila 2015 Infonavit Relief Team Member
On May 25th, 2015, an F4 tornado struck the south side of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila causing severe damage in four different neighborhoods of low-income housing funded mostly by Infonavit. The institution took action immediately with a relief plan after visiting the site to diagnose the situation. The shortterm measures were: setting up insurance policies on each damaged property, a housing reconstruction pilot project led by Tatiana Bilbao SC and a scheme to hire dwellers to work on their neighborhood reconstruction. 1,384 dwellings were renovated, and 643 houses were rebuilt. Later, a master plan for public spaces and parks was developed alongside Tatiana Bilbao SC to bring back community life to the area. The focus was given mostly in the reforestation of open spaces and vacant lots in the
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development, hence reduce the surface temperatures during warmer seasons to make a well-balanced environment.
Public Spaces & Housing Rehabilitation: • • • • • • • •
9,548.40 m3 of concrete 659.14 tons of steel 758,143 units of concrete bricks 9,964 doors 4,665 windows 25,000+ endemic trees & plants planted 2,493.50 tons of demolition 92,230.52 m2* of total rehabilitation
* 2.3 times the surface of Zócalo Square in Mexico City.
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Professional / Urban Planning
Housing Retrofitting Mejorando la Unidad
2014 Infonavit Concept design, Publishing
The federal government created the initiative Mejorando la Unidad, a plan, operated by Infonavit, that brings together the best architecture firms in the country to design social-oriented projects that improve public spaces. Hence reducing social segregation and the deterioration in Mexico City’s housing projects. During 2014 we worked on the first housing projects, completing ten projects. The communities were benefited by gaining street lighting for improved safety, as well as accessible urban public spaces; sports fields, playgrounds and drinking water systems. During 2015 we developed the next 50 projects and finished rehabilitation works in four additional units. The program will eventually have an impact on all 787 Infonavit housing projects in Mexico City.
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Metro Cuauhtémoc Transit-Oriented Development 2014 AT103 Project manager
Cuauhtémoc is a station of the Mexico City Metro positioned in an area of high strategic value; located at the intersection of four different neighborhoods: Juarez, Centro, Roma Norte and Doctores. The project is proposed to act as a potential engine for future urban regeneration and also considers the current revitalization of Roma Norte might spread to the adjacent areas. The block currently occupied by Juárez Market and the station itself is a boundary that isolates the neighborhood. Therefore, the project is fragmented generating pedestrian links that connect with the urban fabric of the area—structured through functional cores—which condense the services and activities, allowing uncovered land to make a new public space.
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The project comprised a program that integrates new uses for existing activities. At street level, Juárez Market is renovated with new entry points to the Metro, improving its image and functionality. At the top level, a landscaped public plaza also works as the lobby for three mixed-use towers. This project alongside with the renovation for Metro Allende in Centro area was commissioned by the Public Transit Authority of Mexico City.
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Professional / Urban Planning
Distrito Merced Competition
2014 Collaboration with a|911, F304, Diane E. Davis & ITDP Design team
Once the central market in Mexico City, La Merced was overshadowed by recent commercial models and lost relevance given the growth of its surrounding areas and poor planning. Distrito Merced seeks to return this area its vocation of a competitive and economic node; fully integrated into the metropolitan dynamic, where the balance between housing and employment, economic and social development, and between preserving heritage and potentiation of its central condition will deliver an ordered and productive environment. It is based on four strategies that simultaneously deal with spatial, temporary, social, and environmental aspects through urban and architectural tactics of different types: mobility and transportation, housing, regeneration of public spaces, supply and security. Such strategies and tactics articulate a series of complex specific actions of different scale, some simple and relatively quick to perform, and others that will require more planning and time to implement. For example, a simple action like an outdoor cinema at a public plaza responds to urban tactics for the reappropriation of public space and is part of both the temporal and the social strategy. Distrito Merced was awarded third in a nationwide competition and published in the book 100 visiones por La Merced.
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Other Works 2010 - 2012 Garduño Arquitectos SAMPI Rodice Taller
a. Olabuenaga Chemistri. Santa Fe, Mexico City. We designed and executed interior design for Olabuenaga Chemistri new offices—Mexico City based advertising agency—in Santa Fe district. The whole concept was developed around the CEO’s desire to show the “real heart of their daily operations.” b. Sudermann. Polanco, Mexico City. Assisted the design and construction of new interiors for an old apartment located in Presidente Masaryk Avenue in Polanco neighborhood. The client—a single diplomat, living overseas—commissioned the renovation and requested a quiet, warm and flexible space for him to hold meetings without compromising his privacy. c. Corazón de Maguey. Coyoacán, Mexico City. Executed alongside Mexican contemporary artist Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes, a ceiling mounted piece for an Oaxacan restaurant. The piece was conceptualized under Zapotec patterns found in pre-Columbian architecture. The production process involved cardboard and aluminum which could be recycled when the piece was removed to allow a new one.
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