PORTFOLIO SOFÍA ELOSÚA ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN
SOFÍA ELOSÚA
EDUCATION
Phone: 0467624669 sofielosua@gmail.com
SKILLS
2010 - 2016 Bachelor of Architecture Tecnológico de Monterrey
(ITESM) Campus Monterrey
2012 - 2013 Semester Abroad
REVIT REVIT MEP
University of Newcastle
PHOTOSHOP
NSW, Australia
ILLUSTRATOR
EMPLOYMENTS - Staff Member at the Summer Camp in The Planetarium Alfa in Monterrey. - Collaborator at the Jockey Club of Newcastle during Semester Abroad. - On Site and Supervisor and Plan Editor at Construction Metals PHD, from June to November 2013. - Designer at The Architecture firm TERRAX in Monterrey, from January to June 2016.
AWARDS AND OTHERS - Active participation and Member of the Board as the Activity Coordinator at the LIFE Congress. As well as being part of the Graduation Board. -Graduate Diploma for Student Development and Participation on Leadership Activities on Campus. -First Place in The Creative Writing Contest Level Tecnológico de Monterrey. - Participation in the Architecture Exhibition PROYECTA, with some of the most Outstanding Projects of August-December 2015.
SKETCHUP STAAD INDESIGN MICROSOFT OFFICE
VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS -IMPULSO URBANO
The main goal of this Organization is to generate sustainable communities by making specific interventions in the city. We work with students and members of the community to create better public and private spaces.
-LATIDOS Monterrey
A student group involved in social action, that aims to support children and adolescents in vulnerable state through a comprehensive child development projects.
INTERESTS | PHOTOGRAPHY | FOOD | TV SERIES | ANIMALS | BOOKS | COFFEE | COOKING |
REFERENCES
LANGUAGES English : Advanced Level TOEFL exam, 2010 570 points
AUTOCAD
English : Advanced Level IELTS exam, 2016 8.0 Average
French: Intermediate Level DELF exam B1
TERRAX Direct Supervisor: Erika García Medina | erikagarciamedina10@gmail.com TERRAX Human Resources: Yana Ivanova | yana@terrax.mx University Teacher: Diego Rodriguez | darodrig@itesm.mx University Teacher: Rena Overgaard | rporsen@itesm.mx Personal Contact: Ashleigh Kilgannon | Phone: 0434622672
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Resume
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Index
06-09
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Aged Care Facility
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Hidalgo Tower
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Mmo Modern Art Museum
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Linares, Magic Town
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Northeast Forest
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TERRAX
AGED CARE FACILITY Expansion .................................................................................................
THE PROJECT
CORTE 1:75
This Aged care facility admits only mentally disabled patients into their faculty. Therefore it was very important to provide natural stimulation and relationships with the outside world, seeing as they are not allowed to leave the premises very often. This was a project of intervention, renovation and expansion. Half of the premises was already in service, and another block was aquired right behind the original house, making a connection on both sides of the active streets. The main goal was to maintain all or most of the original structure and incorporate a central garden that would be the soul of
The incorporation of a central garden enriches all the interior spac-
the house. The main social ac-
es with natural light and good air circulation. The main purpose is to
tivities would take place in the
make the living spaces more active, as well as changing their atmo-
garden and the three living ar-
sphere, stimulating patients’ everyday lives with the joys of a garden/
eas around it. This way patients would be able to leave their
terrace where they can enjoy diferent recreational therapies and activities.
rooms and have a more active lifestyle.
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SOUTH SUR 1:75
CORTE LONGITUDINAL 1:75
GARDEN SECTION
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The Central Garden and Multiple Living Room areas in the building, create a harmonic ambient and more accessible areas for the patients and their guests.
FIRST FLOOR. 1. Service Entrance 2. Examination Room 3. Bedroom 2 4. Women Bathroom 5. Men Bathroom 6. Garden 7. Living Room 8. Foyer 9. Waiting Room 10. Bedroom 1 SECOND FLOOR. 11. Service Area 12. Kitchen 13. Bedroom 4 14. Dinning Room 15. Living Room 2 16. Women Bathroom 17. Men Bathroom 18. Bedroom 3 THIRD FLOOR. 19. Service Terrace 20. Laundry 21. Room 5 Bathroom 22. Staff Room 23. Room 5 24. Office 25. Living Room 26. Room 6 27. Room 6 Bathroom 28. Room 7 29. Room 7 Bathroom 30. Roof Terrace
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FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
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HIDALGO TOWER Mixed Use Building ................................................................................................. NORTE
UBICACIÓN Zona centro de Monterrey, N.L.
CONTEXTO
MAQUETA
TEC DE MONTERREY CAMPUS MONTERREY EAAD DICIEMBRE 1, 2014
PROPUESTA
TORRE HIDALGO
PROYECTOS V: CONJUNTOS DE USOS MIXTOS ARQ. JOSÉ LUIS ORTIZ DURÁN
A01190983 PRISCILA SALDAÑA A01175220 SOFÍA ELOSÚA A00810411 PEDRO TAMEZ
THE PROJECT
This mixed use project, based in downtown Monterrey, incorporates a market, retail spaces, an art gallery, offices, business suites, a rooftop garden and a gymnasium. The main purpose of this new building is to maintain some of the old, by keeping a local market, and bringing some of the new by incorporating new buisnesses on the retail spaces. The center of Monterrey has been losing its population due to deterioration and inadequate maintainment of the area. However with the right infrastructure, there can be new light and opportunities, for both business and housing. The market can bring activity to the plaza during the mornings, the offices continue during the afternoons, and finally the retail space and art gallery can provide activity during the evenings.
This project is based in what used to be one of the biggest local markets in the center of the city. Therefore, a market was incorporated in the base floor of this instalment. Making it a free plan for pedestrians, as well as residents, provides easy access in and out of the busy roads on each side.
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EXPLODED ISOMETRICS
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The first floor contains a plaza facing the Hidalgo Park, the local markets, and the main entrance and lobby for the suites and offices. Secondly, we have different topologies for retail spaces such as restaurants, jewlery or clothes stores, as well the staff rooms, offices and bathrooms FIRST FLOOR
required. On the third floor visitors find the art gallery with a very spacious plan that can be rearranged, depending on the exposition being held, along with offices and meeting rooms.
SECOND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
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FOURTH FLOOR
FIFTH FLOOR
UNDERGROUND PARKING
The fourth floor of the building has a rooftop garden and a gymnasium. This floor is accesible by both the residents and the employees. Finally, from the fifth floor and on, half the floor is set out as business suites, while the other half is designated as accomodation for workers. These areas are divided by the vertical circulations of the building.
CORTE LONGITUDINAL ESCALA 1:400
CORTE TRANSVERSAL ESCALA 1:400
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QUINTO NIVEL
ELEVACIÓN ESTE EAST
TEC DE MONTERREY CAMPUS MONTERREY EAAD DICIEMBRE 1, 2014
ESTACIONAMIENTO
ELEVACIÓN OESTE
ELEVACIÓN NORTE NORTH
ELEVACIÓN SUR WEST
TORRE HIDALGO
PROYECTOS V: CONJUNTOS DE USOS MIXTOS ARQ. JOSÉ LUIS ORTIZ DURÁN
SOUTH
ESCALA 1:400
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MODEL WITH CONTEXT
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Mmo Modern Art Museum .................................................................................................
THE PROJECT The Mmo project would serve as a new museum of modern art in Monterrey, featuring exhibitions of national and international modern art. This design aims for freedom of travel for the patron, allowing them to travel a clearly defined path and enjoy the various exhibitions. This unique experience consists of two main sections connected by a stepped gallery that links them both together. Among the sections are several galleries, an auditorium, a restaurant, a cafĂŠ, a ballroom and a central open-air patio. In travelling thorugh, the patron lives a true experience of the museum. This project was designed in cooperation with SOCSA engineering company, made during a high performance engineer workshop at ITESM.
The museum incorporates natural light in a very singular way in the stepped gallery. This is because the facade on the outside has perforations that allow the entrance of light creating a unique space that changes throughout the day.
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STRUCTURAL EXPLODED VIEW
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EAST
WEST
NORTH
SOUTH
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Linares: A Magic Town .................................................................................................
THE PROJECT The city of Linares has been working in recent years to strengthen its focus as a tourist destination and as an example of an historic city in northern Mexico. It is of particular interest to find a way to preserve this centre and propose new strategies for its continuous evolution. The challenge is to keep urban and architectural qualities while ensuring dynamic developments for future uses and activities within the historical framework . This is a sample of how the intervention methodology works and The project is presented in four
is applied to the city of Linares. The Intervention Methodology is
phases: methodology, test anal-
based on the methods of Kevin Lynch, taken to the next level of
ysis, architectural proposals and
process analysis, proposals and construction.
project management. The intervention method for Linares is based on 4 of the The analysis shown aims to be-
5 elements in Kevin Lynch’s method, which are the following:
come a model to solve problems and generate solutions in urban spaces. In the future, it can be applied throughout Linares or rep-
PATH
EDGE
NODE
LANDMARK
licated elsewhere.
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BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
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To the right, we can see the 4 points of intervention after prior analysis of the issues facing Linares. 1. PATH: In the broadest street we have included a 2.5m wide footpath on the North side, space for traffic of 6.00m and another 1.5m pathway on the South side. In the narrowest street, there are 1.5m wide sidewalks on each side and 6.00m for traffic. 2. EDGE: A Green belt focuses on the transition between the river and the city of Linares. 3. NODE: We have taken advantage of unused space around a focal point of motor and foot traffic, giving it purpose as a throughfare or parkland. 4. LANDMARK: Extending the public area in front of the church makes it more friendly to residents and visitors, providing spaces to sit, walk or secure your bike.
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Northeast Forest Urban Plan .................................................................................................
THE PROJECT “Take a deep breath ... and Learn now that the air entering his lungs is the most polluted in Latin America. A study by the Clean Air Institute (CAI) with data from 2011 found that, of the 22 major cities in Latin America evaluated, Monterrey was the city with the dirtiest air in measurements of suspended particles smaller than 10 microns (PM10). Furthermore was the worst in the analysis of sulfur dioxide and ozone. Research “Air Quality in Latin America: A Vision Overview”, which was funded by the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank, found that in PM10, Monterrey reached an annual average concentration of 85.9 micrograms per cubic meter. The recorded level is more than four times the maximum limit of 20 micrograms per cubic meter recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).”
How to inhabit the most polluted area, in the most polluted city of latin america?
Source: Martínez A. y Vázquez A.,
El Norte Monterrey, México , 28 April 2013. Pueblo BIcicletero. Org *Translated from Spanish
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DATA SHEET: Total Area: 202,888 m2 20.28 Hectares 28% Open and green areas: 57,473 m2 72% Built Environment: 568,066 m2 (Total Floorspace)
24% Housing: 478,781 m2
14% Offices: 28,470 m2
31% Commerce: 59,439 m2
.6% Auditorium: 1,376 m2
4163 Houses 208 Dwellings per hectare
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An extremely dense temperate forest has on average 680 trees and bushes per hectare. In our property of 20 hectares, this would equal around 13,600 trees. The project calls for approximately 200 homes per hectare. In an extremely dense forest this equals 3.4 trees or bushes per household. If we are able to provide even one tree or bush per household, this allows for in excess of 5 hectares of dense forest covering more than 25% of our build area.
Students
Workers
Young families
The transformation of the area into a temperate forest aims to improve air quality and to cleanse the former industrial sector of high contaminants in the air.
1 tree or bush per person could make up a 5 hectare forest.
What would happen if we transform the ground into a forest?
What are template forests? They are ecosystems dominated by tall trees, mainly pines and oaks, inhabiting mountainous areas with moderate to cold weather. Mexico contains half of all pine species in the world and close to a third of oaks. The vegetation is characteristically made up of three or four species of trees per square kilometre, including oak, willow, walnut and fir. Large areas of Mexico’s temperate forests have been destroyed for building human settlements and roads. In addition, illegal logging has meant that millions of trees are felled with no regard for reforestation.
1. 1/4 of the land is transformed into a forest. This will provide a healthy environment and direct contact with nature. This provides improved air quality and a more harmonious environment. 2. One tree per house. According to previous calculations, reforesting the area requires only one tree per residence within this dense urban project. 3. Average height of five to six floors. The typical building height is five to six floors, providing a connection with nature at every level. With the addition of courtyards this creates a more natural environment amidst a busy urban setting.
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Housing.
5 to 6 floors, in front of the Avenue.
Student housing.
Housing for students, closer to university.
Housing Plus.
Individual and family apartments.
Mixed-use buildings.
floor commerce, remainder housing.
First
Offices + Commerce.
3 floors of commerce and 2 office towers of 18 floors each.
Large-scale retail space.
Auditoruim. Civic plaza.
With a monument dedicated to the workers of the area.
Metro Station.
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The forest acts as a thermal regulator, allowing for lower power usage. It filters air and provides better quality of life for the inhabitants of the urban center, by generating an atmosphere of serenity and tranquility in direct contact with nature.
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ACRYLIC MODEL
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TERRAX Designs .................................................................................................
CLUB HOUSE This project is part of a residential development of 15 houses. The Club House is integrated into the private entrance at the front of the development. As part of this project I focused on a wide range of interior designs and preparing the presentation to the client.
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HOTEL The hotel project is based in the center of Monterrey. The site was completely remodeled leaving only the structure of the old building, allowing for a refurbished modern interior. I was in change of creating floor plans for each level, as well as the interior design of the two main types of room shown in the renders to the right.
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HOUSING
These are some personal designs that I presented to the firm when asked to provide concepts for new types of compact housing. The idea behind these designs is that of open gardens that intersect the main house, leaving space for an expansion to the second floor in the future. I was in charge of the overall design, as well as the interiors shown in the renders above and the to the right.
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HOUSING This is another type of compact housing strategy, with only 135 square metres of floorspace, containing all basic necesities and comforts for a family of 4. I was in charge of this design, the plans and the renders shown below.
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CAFE & WAFFLE SHOP
This is a project for a Waffle/Coffee restaurant garden. I was in charge of presenting a design for the area, which was to become a cafe-restaurant. Some of my designs are shown to the left and below, incorporating a raised platform for a more dynamic and compact floor plan.
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