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Stephanie Riofrio
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U niversity o f Mi am i S c h o o l o f A rc h i te c ture
BIOGRAPHY Stephanie Riofrio was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1994. She is currently studying at the University of Miami and will obtain her architecture degree in May 2017. Stephanie have worked as an architect onsite for Riofrio Constructora in Quito on the project Torres del Bosque. She served on the board of advisors for U-Doodle. Stephanie interned with the Street Planning Collaborative, an endeavor of Miami Beach’s bicycle Implementation and Expansion Plan. In 2015, Stephanie worked on a wood model of the project Torres del Parque, designed by the latin-american architect Rogelio Salmona in 1965 in Bogotá, Colombia. The model was exhibited in the Latin America an in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980 exhibition at the MoMA in New York City. Stephanie interned with Robert A.M Stern Architects in New York City, where she worked in Dan Lobitz’s studio on the One Bennett Park project. That fall, she studied sustainable urbanism with professor Vicente Guallart, director of the new Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona. In 2016, Stephanie participated in the Rome program of the University of Miami School of Architecture. During the summer of 2016, she was commissioned to design the interior of a penthouse apartment in Quito. The project was a 3385 square foot penthouse with three bedrooms and four bathrooms. During the fall of 2016, Stephanie developed an urban plan for the Magnolia site in Charleston under professor Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. Stephanie was awarded an honorable mention in the School of Architecture Resiliency Competition in 2013 and has been part of the US Green Building Council Students Miami Chapter. She has attended the annual Greenbuild Conferences since 2012, and this year attended the United Nations Habitat III Conference in Quito.
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Biography Foreword
B u i lt W o r k Penthouse in Quito Exhibition at the MoMA, NYC U-Doodle Pop-up Stall
Academic Work Le Passage de la Boucle Verte Angolo del Giardino dell’Eden Key West Preschool Solaris Hill Garden and Loggia Church and Rectory of the Little Flower
Urban Design Mid-town Magnolia Smart Cities
Other Works Watercolors in Rome ICAA Classical Architecture Intensive Maholikahaus The Tropical Fruit Pattern
Thanks to the former dean of The School of Miami, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk February 2017 Miami Florida, USA
FOREWORD
As the philosopher Albert Camus said “Freedom is not constituted primarily of privileges but of responsibilities” As the education of an architect conforms one of the most important element, allowing him to imagine the endless solutions for a problem; He who has a wide knowledge of disciplines, is constrain by the context of a place. Appropriateness and contextually comes from the exploration which process involves all senses and factual information. The architect is the composer of all subjects and gives a solution that is truthful to its context. Therefore, he is whose freedom is constrain by knowledge and responsibility. The School of Architecture of the University of Miami is one of the few academies that focus its effort in teaching “theory and practice”. The school conveys the idea of practice not only from the vernacular methods of construction but also from a holistic process of construction documents. In the other side, theory is consider a heritage that we acquired from history. Throughout Vitruvius, Plato, Aristoteles, Alberti, Michelangelo, Da Vinci and other great contributors of the architecture encyclopedia. Therefore, the education of an architect should be constantly expanding. In the matter of designing architecture, the school of Miami has though us in the same system of the School of Beaux-art, first expressing an idea thru a squisse or parti. After follow by the development of the drawings under a mentor or thru the Charrette approach. Along with this exercises the clear notion of proportion, scale and appropriateness. The built environment relates to nature as the human body relates to the divine proportions; therefore the architect is able to absorb queues in nature and interpret them into built form.
B U I LT P R O J E C T S
F ree dom is not consti tute d pr i mar i ly of pr i vile d ge s b u t of resp onsibi li ti e s. A l be r t C a m u s
PENTHOUSE IN QUITO Quito, Ecuador
La aspiración de todo creador de arte es que su palabra, que su voz, sea cada vez más clara y más honda. Que lo que pinte sea cada vez más simple y más profundo en el tiempo. Oswaldo Guayasamin
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An architect’s house The 333 square meter penthouse is located in the top of the hill of the neighborhood El Bosque in Quito. The apartment is consider to be my future residence. The interior design needed to be as flexible as possible for different arrangements and an undetermined decoration. Although the possibility for the program of this space was endless, the final decision was made to make this space into a home. The apartment contains main rooms such as living room with a music salon, formal dining room, kitchen, terrace, BBQ, family room, vestibule, laundry room, three bedrooms and four bathrooms. The spatial distribution took three months and the execution other three months. The materials were chosen from local suppliers which made the process more efficient. Textures and colors were chosen to maintain a harmony with the views of the city and the mountains.
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Engineer Carlos Buitron Architect Advisor Andres Nivelo
1. Panoramic vista from the penthouse 2. Diagrams of the private and public space 3. Picture of kitchen and family room, kitchen is cover vin Laurel wood veneer (photographer: Dominique Riofrio)
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L at i n A m e r i c a i n Co n s t r u c t i o n A r c h i t e c t u r e From 1955-1980|MOMA New York, NY
A diferencia de otras artes, la arquitectura, sustancialmente abstracta aunque materialmente utilitaria, esta condicionada por los acontecimientos y el contexto del cual forma parte.
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Rogelio Salmona,
An Urban Transformation Torres del Parque is a project design by Rogelio Salmona in 1965 for the city of Bogota, Colombia. The project is an urban experiment meant to integrate the private and the public realm. This project was an innovated solution to the social problems that colombians were facing with crime. The architect proposed to continue the park adjacent to the site and also integrate the existing bull ring. The building respond to its surrounding and also to the appropiateness of the place. The materials used are brick cladding in the facade and concrete structure. With the geographical limitations of the site,a series of scalators were given to the public realm which are connecting both sides of the block to the main transit corridor. A continuation of the park and the creation of an icon for the city of Bogota made this buildings important for the architecture of latin america
2 Professor Francoise LeJeune Built January 2015 Collaborators - Sophie Juneau and Zachary Anderson 1. Photography of the top view of the model showing the distribution of the towers 2. Photography showing brick engraving, trees and scalators 3. Photography showing the elevation plane of the model 4. Photography of the perspective view of the model as it was displayed at the MoMA 3
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U-Doodle Pop-Up Stall Wynwood, Miami
“The private has become the new public space, the point of reception for most news of the world... Unlike the social gatherings of people that may occupy a street or other site at a specific moment for a parade, ceremony, or spontaneous event. Jordan Magid
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An Urban Revival Doodle-Ville was a project commission by the U-Doodle nonprofit which objective is to increase social interaction and built a strong sense of community. The project is meant to give them a quick set up method that would serve them in pop-up interventions, fairs or public gatherings. The installation resembles the art of Doodling in an intercalated setting of solids and voids, creating a mesh that a person can walk thru and get surprise by framed views of others making doodles at the other end. The project allows for dozens of arrangements and the advantage of easy cleaning after used. The materials that were used were wood and star foam of a strong finish which both were sealed against water.
Built in January 2014 Collaborator- Gerardo Delgadillo
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The thought must ar ise e ve n i n cir cle s untouche d b y A rt , t h a t witho ut... and without the constant hand and tou ch of A rt upo n e ve r y de tail, a be autif ul city can ne ve r be buil t . Otto W a g n e r, 1 91 2
L e PA S S A G E D E L A B o u c l e V e r t e La Villete, 19 arron. Paris
In fact, before mechanization takes command, human beings move around more by their own means, nor less fundamental differences being that they move within a continuum of natural and man-made places Leon Krier, 1946
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A Street with a Green Belt
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Prof. Allan Shulman Designed September 2014 Collaborator - Rogelio Cadena
Le Passage is situated in Paris, 19eme arrondisement. A block away from the Parc de la Villete, in the intersection between le canal de L’Ourcq and the Voie Communale Viaduc de la Villette. The nostalgy of the old railroad track and the industrial past of the site lead us to uncover the potential of this empty lot. The project’s objective was to create a new urban street that would connect the future pedestrian walk to the river. The current rehabilitation of the old railroad tracks along other sectors of the city, took us to the conclusion of a green ribbon that would connect different areas around the city, making out site a destination for shopping, tourism and offices for local craftsman. Therefore project proposes a mix used building that also emphatizes with the existing building on-site.
1. Location Map showing the location within the nolli plan of Paris 2. Perspective drawn as one approaches the site in boat 3. Perspective of the main commercial street created in between the two masses of the building
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1. Second floor plan showing the typical layout of the building 2. Ground floor plan showing floor patterns in the new street and on top of the railroads 3. River Elevation showing the three urban conditions of an office building, residential building and a historic preservation 4. Longitudinal section thru both buildings showing all the amenities which includes a community hall, co-working spaces, gymnasium, pool, residential units, lofts, and a interior green space 5. Section cut thru the passage showing the interior elevation of the new commercial street and the added green area on the railroads
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1. Unit axonometric showing the distribution of the space within a loft unit 2. Detail Section of a portion of a balcony of the new commercial street 3. Detail of the room terrace on the top floor of the residential units 4. Section cut of one bay of the recidential building showing the floor to floor heights, use of the balconies for planters and a metal structure 5. Render of the office building how it is perceived from the railroad 6. Diagrams of circulation throughout the office building which walks the visitor around the gymnasium area, then the co working spaces and the loft units, and lastly the community hall on the top floor of the building with increidible views towards the river and the city.
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A n g o l o D e l G i a r d i n o D e l l’ E d e n Roma, italy
Chiesa dedicata a San Carlino de padri del riscatto de lla natione spagnola. Su le monte Quirinale alle quattro Fontane Arquitetura del “Capo” Borromini Picture caption 1
A roman street pattern
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Prof. Jorge Hernandez Designed January 2016
The Quattro Fontane designed by Domenico Fontana is located at the intersection of the Via Sistina and Via del Quirinale. The sculptures at the corners of this intersection represent the Eden Garden and desribes the Genesis chapter of the Bible. The Chiesa de San Carlino occupy one corner of this intersection, design by the barroque architect Francesco Borromini in 1638. Aftre doing a deep study on the concepts of sacri mundi, axis mundi, and the creations of hierophanies in the geometry of Borromini’s church, the street pattern was developed. The use of squares, triangles and circles in this pattern reveals the beauty of a mathematical approach. The idea of the Bella Natura. The creation of spaces derived from geometry represent the platonic world, the world of ideas and vitruvian proportions.
1. The roman nolli plan 2. Photography of the corner of the Church of San Carlino 3. vFinal rendition of the street pattern design inspired in the pinecone symbol of the Roman Empire.
2 Site documentation Diagram of San Carlino, its geometry in plan and section Figure ground Photographies
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Key West Pre-School
Ke y We s t , F lo rida
A true place is by nature complex, hierarchical, polyfunctional, individual, and multiform. Leon Krier 1
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Professor Oscar Machado January 2013 Collaborator-Shahad Abdulah
The pre-school in Key West had as a main component the security of the children coming to this facility. The typology was similar to the one found on site, which is the wooden construction. The creation of interior courtyards ensured the protection of the kids and also form patios where several activities could take place. The project has a civic hall located in the corner intersection, classroom spaces located in the aisle of the building and dormitory rooms found in the second floor of the facilities. This project considers main ideas of passing cooling such as cross ventilation.
1. Roof plan showing the three buildings that are joint by hallways and convey into a main courtyard 2. Perspective view drawin from the corner intersection 3. Study of precedent “Adubon House� which is one of the main housing typologies found in in Key West
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1 1. Ground floor plan showing classrooms and teacher offices 2. Oblique Elevation of the south facade 3. Oblique elevation taken from the corner intersection 4. Section cut thru the main hall, courtyard, classroms and sleeping rooms
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Solaris Hill Garden and Loggia
Ke y We s t , F l o rida
Nature is process, that it is interacting, that it responds to laws, representing values and opportunities, for human use with certain limitations Ian McHarg
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A Loggia and a Roman Garden The Solaris Hill Garden and Loggia are located in the straits if Florida in Key west. The site is adjacent to the Pre-School project previously shown. Not only as a complement to the project but also as a bridge between the existent cemetery and the houses around the site, the garden serves as a place for meditation, to come back to nature and to give the opportunity to interact with natural elements. The garden has a Roman style because in the middle there is a fountain around which one can circulate and enjoy under the shadows of the trees. The loggia is meant to guard under a roof different activities. The design is inspired on the details of la alhambra which been pattern obtain from nature becomes relevant to this project.
2 Professor Oscar Machado January 2013 Collaborator-Mary Wissinger 1. Location map that shows the whole region 2. Photography of a wood model made by hand 3. South and East elevation of the loggia with the screen patterns reveated on the window frames 4. Site plan colour made with color pencils by hand 5. Longitudinal section showing the the benches and trees around the water fountain
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Chapel and Rectory of the Little Flower
Co r a l G a b l e s, F l o rida
The growing number of comforts within the modern shelter had, one by one, eliminated the desire for pageantry in the space outside. The underlying idea of the forum and the plaza, through out the ages the focal points of classical and medieval cities, took on less social and political meaning
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Camillo Sitte Building a Community
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Professor Steve Fett September 2012
The chapel of the Little Flower and the rectory are located in Coral Gables Florida. The concept of this project was to combine pubic and private spaces within one block. The complex included a small Chapel, a library and a community dinning hall. These public building would be for the use of the rectory therefore, the housing units did not required a kitchen. The rectory is based on the couryard typology, in which the fabric of the city if maintain but we create interior private gardens within the units. The units have plenty of light since there are design with louver windows and are thing enough to have cross ventilation.
1. Location map that shows where the site is located adjacent to the Church of the Little Flower 2. The detail drawing of the louvers which have a specific operation for maximum flexibility when operating 3. An axonometric drawing showing the completion of the project in a block structure. The two public building have different looks and are diagonal to each other
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1. The elevation of the small Chapel in a classical lenguage and requires the use of landscape to complete the design 2. The East elevation of the site in which we can see the herarchy of the buildings 3. The ground floor showing the distribution of spaces within the units and the public buildings. The back building contains in the first floor the food court and in the second floor the library. The Church is surrounded by small gardens that are enclosed by hedges. 4. Section showing the lifting of the housing units to increase the privacy in the bedrooms when seen from the streets.
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The community must r e vive ... The iss ue r e mains, unse nti me ntally, r e ali ty: the b e a u t y of what we have , how to se e i t as it i s and value i t f or w h a t it is , ho w to make it, de mocr atically, mor e comple te and t h e l a w of the l and . Vincen t Sc u l l y, 1 920
Midtown Magnolia Charleston, So uth Carolina
While, therefore, be must recognize the curved roads, be must resist the temptation to produce aimlessly wandering lines, in the hope that accidents may result therefrom. Raymond Unwin, 1909
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A town within nature The Magnolia site is a community located in the narrow portion at the Charleston peninsula. The new development is limited by the Ashley River in the west side and is connected by I-95 to the Downtown, the airport and North Charleston. The intension of this master plan is to create a series of neighborhoods that represent the community of Magnolia, which is aware of the ecological changes and it’s in harmony with nature. The master plan was developed considering geographical location of the site and the history of the phosphate mining. The development encompass 190 acres, a density of 17 units/ acre, 780 000 sq ft of office space, 10 000 sq. ft. of retail, civic buildings that include a school, a meeting hall, a library, a theater, a cemetery, and a boat dock.
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Prof. Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk Designed September 2016 1. Nolli plan 2. Perspective View of the dock 3. Sketch of the sideyard house, common typology found in Charleston 4. Master Plan of Magnolia
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Smart Cities Miami Design District, Florida
The re-naturalization of the city, the definition and promotion of self-sufficient blocks, guaranteeing the city’s urban connectivity, among others Vicente Guallart
A Self Sufficient District The developing of the Miami Design District Smart city master plan had as an objective study the different alternatives and proposals in which the district could become 100% self-sustainable. The project considered energy production, food production, recycle of trash and the restoration of unused space. Altogether would resemble the smart city which have self-driven automobiles, smart systems for taxi, parking detectors and other technological advantages. One of the most important aspects of this system is the generation of energy. Energy efficiency could be generated if only if there is an access to the internal energy grid, which is manage by the Florida Energy Company. However, the goal of obtaining all the energy spent on site to be produce on-site it is possible to achieve by using solar panels and energy production sensors along the highway.
Prof. Vicente Guallart Designed September 2015 Collaborators Anna Luisa Leite, Ariela Grubel, Ahmed Jawdat, Kalil Mella, Hannah Breedlove, Una Wang
1. Axonometric view with all the projects merge into one 3D model of the Design District
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Design str uctur e s f unctional r e lati onships, quantit a t ive l y a n d q ual itati ve ly, and i t i s a sophi sti cate d tool whose pow e r e xc eeds its cosme tic attr i bute s. Andr es Duany and Eliz abeth Pl a t e r-Z ybe r k
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Professor Carmen Guerrero January 2016
1. Watercolor of Adalberto Libera first building in Como, Italy 2. Watercolo of E.U.R Foto Italico in Roma, italy 3. Watercolor of Novocomo by Giusseppe Terragni in Como, Italy
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ICAA Workshop New York, NY
Shall be models of taste and good architecture, and of a variety of appearance, no two alike, so as to serve as speciments for the Architectural lecture” Thomas Jefferson
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An Architectural Language The intensive course in classical architecture that I was able to attend at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art though me a series of tools and deep knowledge on classical elements of architecture. Throughout the Beaux-Art methodology, they taugh us from basic construction of the four classical orders, their proportions and rules of thumb. Also, we learned to construct the temple front, measure drawings, geometric proportions given by the square root of three and the golden rectangle. We were able to learn how to elaborate drawings with ink wash, and shaded pencil drawings as well as, analyze light and shadow with a cast. The final project was a presentation of a classical pavilion in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. We were limited in time and we had to develop a squisse in less than two hours and spend the next day developing plan section and elevations of this 13 ft by 26 ft by 24 ft pavilion. Finally we had to choose a classical order and applied it to the design.
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1. Ink wash drawing in an 8” x 8” watercolor paper of a drawing of a Tuscan column 2. Detail drawing of a classical pediment and its construction 3. Final project for the ICAA Intensive Program. Doric pavilion in Prospect Park. The pavilion is construct with geometric forms that create the herarchy of spaces in the central bay.
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Majolikahaus
V i e n na 1 8 9 9 , Austria O t t o Wa g ne r
“Something impractical cannot be beautiful� Otto Wagner
Professor Oscar Machado September 2013 Collaborator - Reem Najar
1. Wallpaper of the facade of the Majolikahaus and background inspired on the leaves on the balconies
The Tropical Fruit
Mi a m i , F l o r i da
Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together. Alvar Aalto
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A Blueberry Drawing The tropical fruit exercise was made as an introduction to color, coloring with pencils and using computer softwares. The creation of a pattern that would create harmonius repetitions as well as, emcompass the colors correctly and proportionaly was the greatest chanllenge. Altough the procress of acquiring inspiration from nature is a deep process of understanding the scales and repetitions of shapes.
Professor Oscar Machado September 2013
1. Pencil color drawing made in a 18� x 18� sheet of paper, Representations of several blueberries 2. Tile or wall paper design inspired in the blueberries. The colors are combinations of strong yellow-orange chromas and dark blue and purple hues.