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Data Name Adress Phone e-Mail Born
Samuel Martín Guerra Mallorca 496 Sobreatico, 08013 Barcelona 0034/ 649 953266 samuel.mguerra@gmail.com 23.01.1982 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)
Experience Mar. 2008 - Currently
Architect - OPERA Design Matters- Barcelona
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Development of multiple international architecture projects. Involve in conceptual, design and construction development phases Coordination of competition teams. Responsible for conceptual deve- lopment, graphic presentation and 3d-modelling. Design and workflow coordination between the offices in Barcelona and Lisbon and the engineering in all project phases Office CAD-Standards, Start-up and coordination
Jan. 2008 - Mar. 2008
Architect - Josep Mias Arquitectes, Barcelona- Barcelona • Collaboration Exhibition „The Sky iGuzzini“ for COAC (Chamber of Architects of Catalunya). Responsable for concept & assembling of video Installation
Sept. 2007 - Dic.2007
Architect - WMA Willy Müller Architects- Barcelona • Collaboration International Competition „Hesperia Tower/WorldTrade Center St.Petersburg“, 1stPrize. Responsible for presentation dra- wings, 3d-modelling & visualization • Collaboration Competition „Mercat de Fondo“ ‚Barcelona Development of presentation drawings
Apr. 2006 - Jul.2006
Internship - WERNER SOBEK Engineering & Design- Stuttgart • Collaboration Project House R129- Conceptual Design Phase
Oct 2005 - Mar.2006
Internship - ASW Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten- Munich • Collaboration Project „Landshuter Markt“- Construction Design Phase
CAreer
AWARDS Competitons
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Hesperia Tower/WorldTrade Center St.Petersburg, 1stPrize. WMA Architects Maputo Towers, Mozambique, 1st Prize. OPERA Design Matters Grafanil Sport Complex, Luanda, 3rd Prize. OPERA Design Matters Valdeveas Park & Pavillions, Madrid, 1st Prize. OPERA Design Matters Aiguavida Museum, Lisbon 1stPrize. OPERA Design Matters
Education Jun. 2007 Sep. 2003- Jul2004 Sep. 2000-Jul. 2007 May. 2000
Graduated in Atchitecture from Universität Stuttgart, Germany Final project by Prof. Markus Allmann (IRGE) Architecture at ETSAM Arquitectura Madrid, Spain (Erasmus-Program) Architecture & Urbanism at Universität Stuttgart, Germany Graduation from German High School (Abitur), Las Palmas de G.C, Spain
Software Autocad 2010 Archicad 14
Sketch Up 8 Rhinoceros
(native) (bilingual) (fluent) (basic)
Lenguages Spanish German English Catalan
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Illustrator CS4
MS Office Indesign CS
Projetc Types
Project Uses
Architecture, Urban Planning & Landscape
Project
Date
Phase
Project
Date
Phase
Landshutter Markt Allmann Sattler Wappner
2006
Costruction Documents
Grafanil Sports Complex OPERA Design Matters
2008
Competition 3rd prize
WTC St. Petersburg Willy M端ller Architects
2007
245.000 m2
5.750 m2
Competiton 1st Prize
CCB7 House OPERA Design Matters
2008
800 m2
135.000 m2
Mercat de Fondo Willy M端ller Architects
2007
Competiton
White House Redux OPERA Design Matters
2008
2008
Schematic Design
Maputo Towers OPERA Design Matters
2009
2008
Design Development
Hotel Lobito OPERA Design Matters
2009
2008
Schematic Design 790.000m2
Design Development 23.053 m2
43.093 m2
Cacuaco Masterplan OPERA Design Matters
Competition 1st Prize 110.880 m2
43.690 m2
Jardins do Pontal OPERA Design Matters
Competition Awarded 8.520 m2
4.720 m2
Viana Business Park OPERA Design Matters
Schematic Design
Bulevard Talatona OPERA Design Matters
2009
Schematic Design 11.600m2
Projects
Living
Offices
Shopping
Hotel/ Turistic
Culture
Landscape
Education
Sport
Industrial
Civic
Project
Date
Phase
Project
Date
Phase
Hotel Turismo OPERA Design Matters
2009
Competition
Architecture Fundation OPERA Design Matters
2010
Competiton 2.100 m2
31.000 m2
Sonanol Headquarters OPERA Design Matters
2009
Schematic Design
Valdebebas Park Pavilions OPERA Design Matters
2010
800.000 m2
45.000 m2
Baia Building OPERA Design Matters
2009
Design Development 8.020 m2
Hudein Hospital OPERA Design Matters
2009
Schematic Design
Aiguavida Museum OPERA Design Matters
2010
Darkentara House OPERA Design Matters
2010
Schematic Design
2009
Schematic Design 120m2/ unit
Schematic Design 3.000 m2
C.H.A.R.E Hospital OPERA Design Matters
2010
Competiton 9.500 m2
1.615.755 m2
Benguela Social Housing OPERA Design Matters
Competition 1st Prize 4.720 m2
34.500 m2
Porto Amboim Masterplan 2009 OPERA Design Matters
Costruction Documents
Torres Do Carmo Atrium OPERA Design Matters
2011
Costruction Documents 820m2
Project Phases Leistungsphasen Etapas de proyecto
INDEX
Costruction Documents Phase / Ausführungsplannung/ Proyecto de Ejecución
valdevebas park & pavilions Torres do CArmo Atrium Design Development Phase/ Gehenemigungsplanung/ Proyecto Básico
Baía building Jardins do pontal Schematic Design Phase/ Vorplanung/ Anteproyecto
viana business park CCB7 House Competiton/ Wettbewerb/ Concurso
maputo towers Grafanil cidade desportiva
valdevebas park & pavilions Madrid, Spain Author Location Program Buildingarea Status/Phase Date Involvement
OPERA Design Matters, PROAP Madrid, Spain 90 ha Urban park & 24 mixed used Pavillions 125-400 m2 (variable) International Competition, 1st Prize Under Costruction 2010Design Development Phase . Preliminary costruction drawings . Structural system design studies . Coordination with structural engineering & landscape planning Costruction Documents Phase . Construction drawings & details . Costruction documentation
The border of the 80.000 m2 big Valdevebas Park is an exceptionally important element in the identity and functionality of the new park. It acts as act as a facade that integrates the major gateways, becoming a very effective filter between the city and the park. The border and retaining walls are designed as an architectural piece of great power and dimension, which is developed with great plasticity and is composed of white concrete blocks and gabions. These rectangular containers, fabricated of thick galvanized wire, are filled with stones selected after the necessary process of removing the rocks from the agricultural and forest areas of the park. In fact, the perimeter wall emerges and winds up like a 2600 meters long band, that expands in order to host different programms and activities. The shape and use of the pavilions depend of its relationship with the urbanization and the topography. For the facade, white concrete blocks , gabions and sliding curtain walls are used. The interior structure consists of a fixed modul, containing the wet core with kitchen and public toilets, and a flexible space that can be completly opened to the landscape. There are a total of 24 Pavillions distributed along the “living� wall, offering restaurants, kiosks, shops, children´s playrooms, an environmental education center and an auditorium.
Torres do CArmo Atrium Luanda, Angola Author Location Program Buildingarea Status/Phase Date Involvement
OPERA Design Matters Luanda, Angola Entrance atrium, access to the officeresidential towers and shops 817 m2 Private Commission Under Costruction 2011 Design Development Phase . Preliminary costruction drawings . Interior design/Materiality studies . Coordination with structural engineering Costruction Documents Phase . Final construction drawings & details development . Costruction documentation
The proposal for the interior design aims to take advantege of the geometric conditions of the existing atrium of the building, which is generated from pristine revolution surfaces (cylinders and cones), in order to duplicate the spaciousness of it. In this sense the operation is as simple as a mathematical exercise of multiplying by 2, and at the same time, like that magic jump of Alicia through the mirror. By increasing the ring visually, the viewer tends to complete in his mind the rest of the information, processing it consistently as a closed circular geometry. The strategy is therefore, to enhance those elements which allow the visitor to visualy reconstruct the circular volumes, while hiding those which could immediately expose the optical device. The reflecting plan is constructed as a curtain wall of mirrored glass, which is built with extrem precision using adjustable steel supports to avoid deformations in the reflected image. There are basically three more elements that have a great relevance in the construction of the circular space, the ceilling aluminium slats, which allow for the entry of diffuse light from the skylight, the frontal wood wall and the darker ring over the aircon-nozzles. The wood wall in the lower part of the mirror plane is essencial in order to conceal the visitor´s own reflections, while beeing an artistic reference element for this space.
BaĂa building Lobito, Angola Author Location Program Building area Status/Phase Date Involvement
OPERA Design Matters Lobito, Angola Turistics Apartaments & Offices 8.020 m2 Private Commission Planned realisation 2012 2009Schematic Design Phase . Conceptual develoment . Urban,/Volumetric studies . Appartment typology design . 3d-modelling . Fassade design studie Design Development Phase . Costruction drawings of Appartment Building . Final Ground Floor design
The project aims to develop a high quality office and living mixed-use program taking advantage of its prime location and awesome views of the Lobito Bay and the Atlantic. It was the intention of the promoters to create a building in harmony with the neighbouring modernistic facades, in order to enhance the public space that surrounds it and the rich architectual context of the lobito sandbank. In this sense the project is composed by two volumes responding to two different urban scales. On the one hand, the office block is naturally integrated in the existing square and consolidates the park as public space giving it a coherent facade. It appears as a 4-storey prismatic volume of pure and scathing forms over a glass commercial ground floor and is strongly characterized by the rhythmic composition of the façade. Based on a modernistic formal code, the aluminium metallic orthogonal lattice controls lighting and reduces solar impact on the offices. On the other hand, the seven floors heigh residential building assumes a larger territorial scale creating a new reference that communicates with the large buildings that are part of Lobito´s landscape. All twelve appartments have exceptional sea views and broad terraces allways accesible from the living room and the kitchen, as well as communal pool and garden in the first floor.
Jardins do pontal Portimao, Portugal Author Location Program Building area Status/Phase Date Involvement
OPERA Design Matters Portimao, Portugal 5 Star Hotel, Turistics Apartaments & Housing 43.093 m2 Private Commission Licence Planning 2008Schematic Design Phase . 3d-modelling volumetric Studies . Typologie studies Residential Cubes . Preliminary landscaping plan Design Development Phase . Preliminary costruction drawings Residential Cubes . Structural system design studies . Coordination with structural engineering & landscape planning
Jardins do pontal is a turistic complex located in the coastal city of Portimao, near a sports area with potential to become a green lung for the town. The project results from the topographical analysis of the site, that drops to the south, as well as from the strong municipal regulations applying on the plot. The initial concept takes advantage from the existing topography, producing a cut in the terrain, and folding it up to host the appartments under a inclined vegetation roof, that ensures the visual permeability from the north street. The appartments are accessible by an exterior gallery in the north facade, in order to ensure south-facing livingrooms and the views over the sea and the park. In order to complement the neccesary edificability of the plot, a series of white prismatic volumes of cubic proportions and varying heights breake apparently arbitrarily through the vegetation roof from the upper part of the site. The distribution of the cubes defines the interior boulevard that give access to the appartments and the common services in the ground floor and enhaces multiple diagonal views over the gardens and the beach. The white concrete cubes have a typological solution of two appartments on a central core and an exterior structure that allows for a high degree of flexibility in the facade and the design of the balconies.
viana business park Lisboa, Portugal Author Location Program
Buildingarea Status/Phase Date Involvement
OPERA Design Matters Lisboa, Portugal 5 flexible Officebuildings for Technological Development, 1 Industrialbuilding for assamble lines, Retail, Restaurant & Auditorium 43.690 m2 Private Commission 2008Schematic Design Phase . Conceptual develoment . 3d-modelling & image processing . Preliminary costruction drawings . Inicial coordination with structural engineering . Preliminary landscaping plan to meet basic municipal requirements
The Viana Business Park provides 40,000m2 of floor area for Technological Development, divided into 3 groups of buildings: Public, Office and Industrial buildings. The garden is the organizing element of the project. It consists of a fluid multi-level space that connects the buildings and the different spaces in various heights, filtering the program and establishing the pedestrian routes. Much of the garden is covered by the vegetation roof, which offers more than 30,000 m2 of natural shadow, encouraging the circulation and pedestrian interaction in the open air public spaces. Additionally, the cover will provide natural sun protection for the curtain-walls, improving the natural ventilation of the offices and significantly reducing energy costs and building maintenance. The vegetation roof consists of different types of low-maintenance vines and creepers, planted in boxes embedded in a grid of steel cables that are stretched between the buildings and the masts. The building configuration is developed from large boxes articulated throughout the garden. With a basic office modulation of 8.1 m that is compatible with an efficient parking in the basement floor. A three-bay structure, composed of an 8.8m wide central bay, and two 5m wide exterior bays, allows for different office configurations and, greater flexibility of use.
CCB7 House Luanda, Angola Author Location Program Building area Status/Phase Date Involvement
OPERA Design Matters Luanda, Angola High End Single House 750 m2 Private Commission Planned realisation 2011 2008Schematic Design Phase . Conceptual develoment . Floor/Section layout . 3d-modelling . Fassade design studie . Preliminary costruction drawings . Interior design development
The CCB7 Beach house is located on the south coast of Luanda, near the mouth of a small river and in front of the Kazanga island. This is a plot of 750m2 (50x15 meters) located 15 m above sea level, that drops slightly to the northwest, offering spectacular views over the Atlantic Ocean. In order to control the high temperatures the project will take advantage of this orientation and the prevailing winds from the Atlantic, encouraging the flow of fresh air through the garden and into the house and interior courtyards. The roof is the dominating feature in the design, defining the identity of the house and its exterior image. The CCB7 house is organized from the double fold of the roof, which is supported by two great supports that host the vertical circulation. The facade are offset back under the large overhangs to protect the house from the sun and from being overlooked by neighbours. The waving roof is shaped to produce double spaces on the main floor rooms and courtyards that provide natural light to the basement zones. The house is organized into three levels: the, partially buried, basement level with the garage access, the servants’ rooms and guest suites. On the ground floor, arranged around the entrance hall, are the living rooms, kitchen, and outdoor dining rooms with access to the garden. Finally, on the top floor are the master suites and the private terrace.
maputo towers Maputo, Mozambique Author Location Program
Buildingarea Status/Phase Date Involvement
OPERA Design Matters Maputo, Mozambique Mixed-Use Development High End Appartments, 5 Star Hotel, Class A Offices & Retail 110.880 m2 Limited Competition, 1st Prize 2009 . Conceptual develoment . Presentation drawings . 3d-modelling & image processing . Presentation layout
The site is situated in the district of Polana, within the urban core of the Town of Maputo. A prime, highly desirable residential and commercial area, where most of the diplomatic embassies can be found. The Maputo Towers will reach a height of 159 m, comprising 60 stories, offering spectacular views over the Indian Ocean and Maputo Downtown area. The proposal recognizes the strong pedestrian flow crossing the site between the Armando Tivane Park and Julius Nyerere Avenue, and converts the resulting diagonal axis in the geometric generatrix of the project. With a total floor area of almost 111,000 m2, the project incorporates a shopping mall on the lower floors, and offices, housing and hotel facilities distributed throughout two towers. Both towers grow, symmetricaly to the diagonal axis as truncated pyramids around a large common atrium, where they softly merge. As the towers separate as they grow, the resulting volumetric pyramidal structure provides great structural efficiency and optimized views. The skin is a free-standing structure designed to resist horizontal forces of wind and earthquake, easing the demands on the interior structure. Its bidirectional construction also allows for a relatively light design for the atrium roof, wich is suspended from the towers without pillars, merging into a smooth surface over the commercial area and the main entrances.
Grafanil cidade desportiva Luanda, Angola Author Location Program
Site area Building area Status/Phase Date Involvement
OPERA Design Matters Luanda, Angola Sports & Conventions Complex Football Stadium 30.000 seats , 3 Olimpic Swimmingpools. Indoor Multipurpose Arena , Headquarters Club Desportivo 1 de Agosto, 1 Atletics Stadium, Congresscenter & Hotel , 6 Football Training Grounds Parking Facilities 45 ha 245.000 m2 Competition 3rd Prize 2008 . Conceptual develoment . Presentation drawings . 3d-modelling & image processing
The Sport City of Grafanil will be a Sports & Convention Complex that aims to locate Angola as an international center of sports and cultural events. It will also allow the capital, Luanda, to have a new venue for the organization of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. The proposal arranges the main programs longitudinally along a large centralaxis, connecting the two main esplanade of access to the complex. The secondary facilities, such as parking and training camps, occupy the peripheral areas of the site, in order to improve the accessibility for traffic. Conceptually mirroring a geological process, the proposal builds on the modelling of the terrain in four phases to ultimately shape a new artificial landscape. First, these programs are seen as craters, which are partially buried in the ground, producing slopes in their settlement. During the eruption stage the transition spaces are filled, creating smooth transitions between programs. These new “valleys� will be richly planted with trees to provide shadow along the boulevards and encourage natural ventilation channels. The subsequent erosion breaks and opens the slopes, forming bands that allow the access to the stadiums at different levels. Finally, the new landscape is completed by the addition of the purely architectural equipment. These elements appear as covers, bleachers and large prisms floating above the craters.