CV and Portfolio - Sofía Sánchez Urbano - English version

Cv + Portfolio 2015 SOFÍA SÁNCHEZ URBANO

Curriculum Vitae Personal information

Education June 2015

Architect - Master’s Degree in Architecture - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM) - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

2009

“Selectividad” and “BAC” - Baccalauréat Français, grade: 8,27/10.

Lycée Français de Madrid (LFM)

Colaborations, workshops and professional experience Oct 2015-Today

Architect in “Manzadia Arquitectura”.

2015-Today

Architect in “Rosa Urbano studio / Design, Interior Architecture and Decoration”

2014-2015

Architect: Internship and collaboration with “Mag-Mad Arquitectos”.

2015 (Sept-Dec)

Work Scholarship with “Students Association” / Communication Area - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

October 18th 1991 in Madrid, Spain

2014

Project “Hybrid buiding in Addis Abeba” published in “14km_etiopía“ written by Alberto Morell Sixto and Eduardo Pérez Gómez.

Avenida del Retamar 12, Urb. Fuente del Fresno San Sebastián de los Reyes 28708 MADRID - SPAIN

August 2014

Sustainable Construction Workshop: International Festival of Art and Construction (IFAC) Covarrubias, Burgos.

July 2014

Gothic Construction Workshop - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

June 2014

Work Scholarship with “Students Association” / Graduation Act CLXIV organisation - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

+34 635 120 902

April 2014

Projects and investigation trip to England and Scotland.

sofiasanchezurbano@gmail.com

February 2014

Micro-urban interventions Workshop with “Pez Arquitectos”, Madrid.

2014

Project “Neighborhood and urban regeneration” mentioned in “115 días” magazine.

2013-2014 2013-2014

Coaching MENTARQ program - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

International Comitee Coordinator - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

2013

Internship in Universal Music Germany (Berlín) / Planning and Procurement Department

2012-2013

Secretary of “Students Association” - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

April 2012

Projects and investigation trip to Ethiopia.

2012-2013

Coaching MENTARQ program - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

Sept. 2012

Solar Decathlon Europe Competition / Communication Area / Madrid.

June 2012

Work Scholarship with “Students Association” / FIETSAM event organisation - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

2012

Project “Construction I” from the subject “Obra Gruesa” published and chosen for School Exhibit / Teacher: Alfonso García Santos - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid.

2011

“100x10 Projects” Workshop in Martín Muñoz de Ayllon, Segovia.

2008

Kayaking Counselor Certificate (Arcadia Leadership Certification) Maine, EEUU.

2007

Lifeguard Certificate form the American Red Cross.Maine, EEUU.

Sofía Sánchez Urbano

An efficient and creative young architect interested in architecture for the citizens.

I see architecture in urban projects, as well as in little details such as a handle.

In my experience I have in group and individually worked in Spain and abroad.

Also, I believe that we get to know the architecture through our travels and language skills.

Curriculum Vitae Languages -French bilingual level: Primary and secundary education in the Lycée Français de Madrid.

-English bilingual level: British Council until C1 level - 2007, Madrid.

5 summer vacations in USA (Camp Arcadia-Maine).

-Italian C1 level: 5 years of lessons in the Lycée Français de Madrid.

Superior Standard level C1-C2 de Italiano-2009, Florence -German B2 level: German A1 level :-A1.1 in the Polytechnical University of Madrid.

-A1.2 in the Goethe Institute of Madrid.

German A2 level in TANDEM Academy, Berlín (July-August 2012).

German B1.1 level in the Polytechnical University of Madrid. .(2013) German B1.2, B1.3 and B2.1 level in the Goethe Institute of Madrid (2014)

Computer skills Windows Mac

Microsoft Office CE3X Autocad Revit Sketchup+Vray Rhinoceros+Vray 3DS Max Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Premiere Adobe After Effects Relux Presto

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Otros datos de interés - Graduation act organisation CLXV - Technical School of Architecture of Madrid 2015.

- Organisation of student’s investigation trip to Ehiopia, april 2012.

- Mathematics and languages teacher (individual lessons) - Sports and hobbies: Cooking, reading, cinema, music, tennis, swimming, and kayaking.

Updated Curriculum Vitae - September 11th 2015

Curriculum Vitae Trips and stays

SPAIN: FRANCE: -Alicante -Bordeaux

-Barcelona (x4) -Lyon -Bilbao -Paris

-Saint Lary -Cadiz

-Cordoba (x2)

-Gerona (x2) ITALY: -Huelva

-Florence (1 month) -Pisa

-Madrid (Actual) -Siena -Malaga -Ourense -Viareggio

-San Sebastian -Venice -Segovia

-Sevilla (x4) CZECH REPUBLIC: -Toledo -Prague

UNITED KINGDOM: -Bath -Bradford -Cambridge -Edimburg -Glasgow -London -Nottingham -Oxford

UNITED STATES: -Boston

-New York

-Maine (2 meses x5)

GERMANY:

-Berlin (5 months) -Darmstadt -Frankfurt -Hamburg -N端rmberg

-Weil am Rhein SWITZERLAND: -Basel MOROCCO:

-Marrakech (x2) ETHIOPIA:

-Addis Ababa -Harar

Index Architecture, design and construction 2014-2015

2013-2014

2012-2013

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- Master Thesis of Architecture: Pop cultural center in “Battersea Power Station”

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- Contest: “Bombyx Mori” - Urban renovation and library, Almería

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- Contest “A miraculous Apparition” - VELUX 2014

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- “DECUT” Neihgborhood and urban regeneration / Barrio del Pilar, Madrid - Spain

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- Old Legazpi’s Market renovation, Madrid - Spain - Social housing, Córdoba - Spain - House renovation, Madrid - Spain - House renovation, Córdoba - Spain

Drawings and photography

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- Drawings of projects and trips - Landscape and architecture photography

Pop cultural center / “Battersea Power Station”, London Master thesis of architecture / tutor: Luis Pancorbo

The project takes into account the proximity of the station to the Thames River to create a path around the river that would communicate the Nine Elms area on its northern perimeter.

The project consists of the transition and communication between the vertical plane “attached” to the east building of the Battersea Power Station, and the “empty” horizontal plane between the buildings of the station.

In order to create this, the vertical modulation of the previous vertical structure is adopted. The transition between the two planes works through of vertical bands, modulated according to the aforementioned structure to accommodate communication elements and the primary and secondary entries. When we reach the horizontal plane these bands “land” creating a square. Height differences allow the visitor to rise to the museum entrance.

The main material in the enclosure is metal grid, which allows a translucent effect and at the same time a structural resistance in a walkable roof. The vertical structure of this layer follows the modulation of the bands by pillars HEB-500 type. The beams are performed in-situ and space them “trays” support described below.

It is taken as a reference the structure designed by Marcel Lods in the second half of the 20th century, whose floor is prefabricated, and streamlines the process.

First floor plan +37,8 m and longitudinal section

Cross section and construction details

Construction system: Floor structure made of spacial grid

“They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself...� - Andy Warhol

“Bombyx Mori”

Contest: Urban renovation and library, Almeria, Spain Colaboration with Javier Ciancas Martínez

MOMBYX MORI, aims to be a driving element that brings together urban cultural activities and creates a recognizable Almeria for the citizens of this city landmark. There are two different areas in which it acts differently: -Santos Zarate road side: Composed of walls parallels to the front facade.

These walls will break crosswise to make way for the new circulations.

-Concordia road side: It has greater spatial movement due to its tectonic structure inside. It is where the parts of the broader program are located.

Our parasite ascends to the floor, guiding the visitor from the access toward public parts that need immediate access. These areas are communicated inside the building or across the courtyard through gateways.

This double movement allows different combinations to cut the passage depending on the activity being performed. We continue ascending to the first level where there are more obvious differences between the languages​​ of the two sides.

In the Concordia part of the floor structure disappears between the first and second floor to form a single height that hosts the Reading Room and Newspaper Archive on the mezzanine.

Below the mezzanine continues, in the Santos Zarate side, the books lodge which is compressed between the following load-bearing walls, creating close areas to work.

It includes the bibliographic resource and the children’s reading room, whose access is totally separate from the access to the general reading room.

The second level of the Santos Zárate side deals with the administrative area.

Furthermore, the second level of the general reading room has access to the terrace directed to the south, where outdoor events will be organized.

VELUX Contest: A miraculous Apparition

Every seven years, the image of the Virgin of “El Rocio” is taken from his village to another called ‘Almonte’, where originally the 15th century apparition took place.

On August 18 of each year, when the sun sets, members of fraternities cover the figure of the virgin entirely and carry it through the dark and dusty road.

Our intervention improves the transition to natural light to stimulate the mystical moment when the Virgin and the pilgrims gather in the morning.

The project consists of a cocoon that works like a torch along the dark road. The cocoon is made of a textile composite that is structured by cells which combine two different technologies: The external part using photovoltaic cells to generate electrical charges to activate the movement of opening and closing of the fabric. Inside, each cell has the geometry of a small dowel and light that forms the stable geometry when the textile polymer closed.

The material used for this special material is also known as “artificial muscle”. It is made of two laminar conductive polymer bonded together by a layer of polyelectrolyte. The direction followed by the bulk flow of electrons makes conductive polymers stretch and shrink, respectively.

“DECUT” Neighborhood and urban regeneration / Barrio del Pilar in Madrid Spain Projects 8 - 2013

Group José González Gallegos The current situation in the del Pilar” is rather a degraded Because of this present gaps in that would return the character necessary to unify the residents in

neighborhood of “Barrio place due to its history. the block, a performance to the neighborhood is the place where they live.

The operation makes a straight cut 6 meters high in this group of buildings, providing a unique joint between blocks, releaseing communications and offering a variety of functions.

The program consists of different levels: First we hace basic functions in the block perimeter that are shared between residents such as laundry, clothesline and workshops. The closer we get to the central blocks, we find more general functions for a bigger amount of people.

To connect the “CUT” to the neighborhood, we use walkways and bridges linking the project to the site and ensure the option of multiple entries, from the shopping center or the subway.

Finally, the “CUT” affects nearby plants spreading to nearby homes with “porosity,” while those that are farther away are more private. There are different forms of occupation through convertible furniture and walls that can be collected during the day, changing the concept of space according to what is needed.

General floor plan

Possible levels of “porosity” in the floor plans

“Porous” housing under the CUT

Transversal Section of a block

Old Legazpi market renovation, Madrid, Spain Projects 7 - 2013

Group Ruiz Cabrero Teachers: Gabriel Ruiz Cabrero / Álvaro Soto / Sergio Martín Blas / Isabel Rodríguez Martín Colaboration: Álvaro Rodríguez Caballero / Nacho López Carrizo / Melissa Piret (erasmus) At the edge of the Manzanares River, and at the end of “Madrid Rio”, is located the former fruit and vegetable market of Legazpi.

The project, designed by the architect Javier Ferrero Usía and the engineer Luis Bellido, occupies an area of ​​31,354 m2 and has been in use since the 80s.

The project is based on bringing together different functional volumes through the re-use of the existing “street” with 6 m minimal width. The vertical communication is done through vertical lift and stairs and the culmination of this street in the form of ramp that overlooks the square of Legazpi.

Downstairs are located the bus station (which solves the accumulation of the square), workshops, coworking spaces, multipurpose spaces that give access to Madrid river, shops, and in the southern corner is located an auditorium. The first floor houses facing the street and Madrid River lie on the one hand, and on the other hand offices and workspacesform the coworking area. The houses are divided into three types according to the number of occupants, 1, 2 or 4, aimed at students and coworking members.

First floor plan

House floor plan

1/2000 scale Model

Social housing, Cordoba, Spain Projects 6 - 2012

Group Ruiz Cabrero Teachers: Gabriel Ruiz Cabrero / Sergio Martín Blas / Isabel Rodríguez Martín In the Costanillas Street, across the river from the Mosque of Cordoba, is where the project is situated. Around it, there were a hotel and different sets of houses and the river Guadalquivir.

The project consists of several blocks that are organized as terraces at different heights because the area isn’t plane. In this way, each block has a pedestrian access from the street nearby without using stairs. Moreover the garden terraces are a nice and cool place, whose function is to be transit area and playground.

To organize the various blocks of flats, the projects uses a grid of 5x5 m, exact mesure of each house’s width. In the basement we find the garage with 90 places and 45 storage rooms. The houses are in a row type, and have two floors each of them.

Every block consists of two overlapping houses and walkways are used to communicate the blocks between them. The houses all start from the same base on the ground floor, and develop differently depending on the number of users. (1,2,4 or 5).

Gorund floor plan

Transversal Sections

1/2000 scale Model

House renovation in Entrevías neighborhood, Madrid - Spain Projects 6 - 2012

Group Ruiz Cabrero Teachers: Gabriel Ruiz Cabrero / Sergio Martín Blas / Isabel Rodriguez Martín During the 50s, there was a strong movement of migration from the countryside to the city. In the case of Madrid, the neighborhood Entrevías was designed to receive people from the countryside in the form of social housing for the minimum needs and customs.

The housing group was made of rows of houses which depth was 3,6 m since the plan was modulated in a grid of 3,6x3,6 m. At the entrance there was a garden area and behind the kitchen was located a terrace, while the rooms were on the top floor. The project consists of a renovation that brings together two row houses creating one. This way we find 3 concrete walls as the basis of the project structure: 2 on either side and one on the central axis of the project.

On the ground floor of the project we found the hall, guest toilet, and the kitchen which gives access to the terrace, and finally the lounge next to the dining room that is double- height. Upstairs there are two bedrooms for single or double occupants and a double room, while the bathroom is common to all of the rooms.

Ground floor plan

Longitudinal constructive section

House renovation in Cordoba - Spain Projects 6 - 2012

Group Ruiz Cabrero Teachers: Gabriel Ruiz Cabrero / Sergio Martín Blas / Isabel Rodriguez Martín

Cordoba is well known for the concept of “Patio House” developed in the historic town.

This project which is located in the Costanillas Road nº 36 is a house for four users: Two adults and two children. Around the courtyard are the different rooms in the house.

On the ground floor there is the kitchen, a guest toilet and the living room. On the first floor we can find the main rooms, among which there are two individuals that face the street while parents double room is illuminated by the yard.

On the top floor we have a terrace and a workspace. The courtyard in the project plays an important role as it maintains a cool temperature in summer and can be decorated with vegetation. It is undoubtedly the place where family life takes place, the heart of the house.

Planta Baja

Secci贸n longitudinal

Drawings of projects and trips

Trip to Ethiopia: Urban analysis in different zones

Access view to Rio Tinto Museum Project

POP Culture Center, square view in London (Master Thesis Final Project)

Landscape and architecture Photography https://www.flickr.com/photos/128675518@N08/