TEVA PEĂ‘A Architect based in Guatemala City, Central America. Student of life, amateur photographer and nature lover. Passionate for traveling and learning new skills for the development of society through architecture and public spaces to explore and stablish a harmonious relationship between nature, human being and its environment. Promoter of contemporary, minimal and clean spaces.
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BOTANICAL GARD E N
P O S T G R A D U AT E
URBAN A N A LY S I S
CROSS HILL PARK
Z ON4 MULTIFUNCTIONAL
CONTE MPORARY MUSE UM
Centre. A building containing corporative offices, clinics, apartments and commerce for one of the most occupied zones of Guatemala City, 2016.
Site museum that conforms a revitalization and urban planning for “El Naranjo” settlement, in the suburbs of Guatemala City, 2015.
Graduation projecto for the Earth’s Sciences and Systems Institute, San Carlos University, 2017.
Studies Centre for San Carlos University to be located in Antigua Guatemala, 2015.
Of the urban core of San Juan la Laguna in the Department of Sololá, Guatemala. Professional practice, 2017.
And Viewpoint of San Juan la Laguna, a public space located on the route to Indian’s Nose, a turistic place from Lake Atitlán, 2017.
BOTANICAL GARDEN For the Earth Sciences and Systems Institute LOCATION
Agronomy Academic Test Centre -CEDASan Carlos University, Zone 12, Guatemala City Guatemala
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73,685 m2
ASSIGNMENT
Architectonic Design (Project) 9 Graduation Project.
REQUIREMENTS
Master plan and green house design for professors and researchers from San Carlos University and the Earth Sciences and Systems Institute.
PRERREQUISITES
Reorder and adequate the original Master Plan for the –CEDA- and to implement a botanical garden at the E - SE side of the site with a contemporary green house and its service areas included for work-shops, research and exposition.
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ORIGINAL SITE
WITHDRAWAL LIMIT
SITING DEFINITION
Where the Agronomy Academic Test Centre is currently located, as well as sown ground fields of practice from the faculties of Agronomy and Veterinary.
The site is divided by a ravine, which has been stablished as a risk area, therefore the project needs a rearrangement respecting a withdrawal limit of 50 meters of each side of the ravine’s central axis. This graphic shows the first proposal by Vinicio Pérez and Tony Delgado, 2013.
Axes were traced over the site according to its topography, formal composition and slopes to define circulations, form and direction in order to place the different areas in the best place as a result of site analysis.
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DRY WEATHER The first zone located at the entrance of the greenhouse, it contemplates 991 m2 for exposition, sown and management of species from the East part of the country, the space reaches up to 13 meters of height. This zone was located first because it doesn’t need water reservoirs inside of it and typically plants of this type of weather don’t reach up too high.
After defining the Master Plan areas, the following space to work with was the botanical garden, in order to place it, several things were under consideration: the withdrawal limit and the use that will be provided to the ravine since it was not able to be occupied by a residential type of use. Therefore, a greenhouse was contemplated in the beginning of the gorge where the slope is still maneageable. The South East side of the remaining site and the ravine will be used as exposition gardens, services and sowing areas; the North East area will remain as a preserve area with transitional greenhouses and investigation areas.
TROPICAL-HUMID WEATHER Central part of the greenhouse is for a huge variety of species from Guatemala’s North and South, which are tropical zones. With an area of 1,305 m2, water reservoirs and fountains are located to mantain a humid environment. The space reaches a 18 meter height that will be useful to grow species like palms and native trees. COLD HUMID WEATHER Biggest and last zone with 1,440 m2, 16 meters of height and a variety of platforms to adapt tall species. Moving panels are adapted to this part of the greenhouse in order to have pasive environmental and climate control on the inside accordin to weather conditions. Every zone has its own workshop area and reunion spots to give academic tours.
The main structure is the greenhouse area, which covers and adapts to the topography at the beginning of the gorge. Several platforms were created in order to modify the less amount of land possible. At the front part a water reservoir is reinstated, from which the different areas of the garden will have source. A geodesic structure was designed in order to cover with a semi-circular form the wider section of the gorge. Modular stainless steel dome with a leaf shaped cut at the top will cover the three main weather zones of Guatemala on the inside.
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POSTGRADUATE Studies Centre for San Carlos University in Antigua Guatemala
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San Juan Gascón village, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala
AREA
4,500 m2
ASSIGNMENT
Architectonic Design (Project) 8
REQUIREMENTS
- Investigate, design and plan a proposal for the Postgraduate Studies Centre of Univeristy of San Carlos, to be located at the entrance of Antigua Guatemala, in accordance to the legal, commercial, and technical feasibility of the place and it’s social, educational and economic condition. - Route evaluation and readjustment and implementation of public spaces at the immediate environment of the site.
PRERREQUISITES
Adapt the project to its natural environment, respecting the cultural and natural heritage of the place including Pensativo River and the Aqueduct’s Ruins. Project designed in collaboration with Architects María Barrios Ordóñez and Brandon Samuel Linares
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The site is located at the entrance of Antigua Guatemala, a colonial place where the City of Santiago de los Caballeros from Guatemala was originally stablished, until an eruption from the Water Volcano swept it away in 1,527. A village reestablished again by the name of “Ciudad Vieja” (OId City of Guatemala), nowadays known as Antigua Guatemala, one of the most visited places in Central America. The first step was to visit the site and analyze of the existent infrastructure, ways and roads, to design and change the intersecting roads from san Juan Gascón Village and the main road to Antigua Guatemala, also, accesibility of the place and it’s cultural heritage, since an aqueduct’s ruin is settled and currently abandoned on the main entrance of the site. An entrance was designed and placed according to the pedestrian and traffic flow where all pedestrians, bicycle riders, cars and buses can enter to the compound.
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The project consists of the following areas: Administration, classrooms, workshops, residencies for educational visitors, services areas, and a semi-basement parking lot. Pensativo river passes at the borderline of the site, a withdrawal limit of 30 mts. from its centerline was stablished by the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction -CONRED-. The remaining space was destinated
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as a nature reserve which can be used as a space of coffee plantation, which will produce an income for the centre through workshops of harvest, roast and production of national coffee. The Centre is accesible by pathways and rideways for San Juan Gascรณn Village, Antigua Guatemala an its surroundings, and by car and bus for Guatemala City and other origins.
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Topography and solar studies were crucial for designing and locating the different areas of the project. Since a colonial city is settled nearby (Antigua Guatemala), where house-patio style has been used since its stablishment, different volumes were developed saving the same modality, with the difference that
the blocks were adapted to the site in different platforms. Solar analysis was useful to define orientation and location of the areas, solar incidence treatment and wind control through facades and vegetation.
Front facades were separated from the main volumes, so that shadows will protect interiors from direct sunligh. A pattern was created mantaining proportion, between concrete walls and wood panels, as a reinterpretarion of colonial fachades in Antigua Guatemala. Square and clean spaces were designed in order to respect the modern architecture movement in Guatemala, which is represented in San Carlos University’s buildings.
Infrastructure was contemplated so the project can still be functional despite any failure on the basic services (water and energy). For water provition a well will be located at the top of the site, providing water by gravity to an hydropneumatic system, also, a water tank will be used to mantain the water from reservoirs located at the central patios. Gray waters drainage system will be separated from waste raters, receiveing a primary treatment then sent to a water tank for reuse in non-consuming activities, like irrigation and cleaning.Waste waters will be sent to a treatment plant and then deposited in an absorption well.
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URBAN ANALYSIS Of San Juan la Laguna, Sololá Department Guatemala, Central America
- Based on the study make a proposal of diverse project that’ll help to develop, reorUrban core of San Juan la Laguna, Investigate, visit and analyze at a urban sca- ganize, plan and improve with solutions the Sololá Department, Guatemala le the town of San Juan la Laguna as part of current lack of planning. Central America a contribution to the supervised professional practice and the Municipal Planning PRERREQUISITES AREA Office. Search on the Municipal files for informa95 hectares approx. tion regarding to the information mentioREQUIREMENTS ned above, improving, completing and upProject designed during the Supervised - Investigate and analyze the following: dating it with a plan and diagram series. Professional Practice at a rural community Location, accesibility, urban area and its deof Guatemala, 2017. velopment, road hierarchy, residential density, land use and environmental situation.
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Location and accesibility to the town was the first step to analyze, and how the surrounding towns are conected and influence on each other through economical, social and political relationships stablished since they foundation. Since its located on a lake basin, San Juan is not easily accesible by land, due to the condition of the main roads. The fastest way to get there is by boat, making its development slower. San Juan also is integrated by three villages, Psajquim, Palestina and Panyebar, which are located in the upper part of the basin, and there’s only one route to get there.
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The Urban core is divided by hamlets, some ways are not clearly specified and there are traffic meeting points that need to be solved
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DENSITY
The central zones of San Juan are the most occuppied not only by commerce but urban equipment, people first stablished on the center then the growth pattern went by until reaching the suburbs and sorroundings pieces of land dedicated to farming and agriculture, specially coffee plantations.
RISK AND CONTAMINATION
Some ortophotos gave information about the growing progress of the urban core, these were helpful to predict according to the topography and natural events where the urban area will expand to. It was predictible to show the directions of growth since the topographical surface of the basin will limit the settlement. They also showed how the lake’s water level has affected throughout the years to the border of town, letting the authorities know the urgent need and the importance of having contingency measurements in case of a flood. Land use gave parameters of the social activity of San Juan, being most of it dedicated to local commercial activities and tourism, with agriculture as a secondary activity.
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Natural environment and geographic features of the site limits the form and spread of San Juan’s town. But it goes beyond than just topographic surface, natural disasters like Stand Storm and earthquakes have affected settlement. Visual, environmental, auditive contamination and pollution were found. Some areas are vulnerable, considered as risk areas for landslides, flood and/or natural split.
PROJECT PROPOSAL
Several projects were suggested in terms of environmental, infrastructure, urban equipment, recreation and turism requirements. They are proposed based on research and both urban and cultural analysis in the aim of improving life quality of San Juan la Laguna’s inhabitants. Some of they are: treatment plant, transport station, beltway road for heavy transport, parks, viewpoints, cultural museums, hospice, public schools, public showers and pool, sidewalks, traffic signals, etc.
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CROSS HILL PARK And Viewpoint of San Juan la Laguna LOCATION
“Cerro de la Cruz” (Cross Hill) San Juan la Laguna, Sololá Department, Guatemala
AREA
420 m2
ASSIGNMENT
Tipe B recreational project, as part of the Supervised Professional practice in a rural community of Guatemala.
PRERREQUISITES
Revitalisation of an abandoned site that is actually used to store one of the three collective water tanks from San Juan la laguna and is located on the hiking pathway to Indian’s Nose, a turistic viewpoint from Lake Atitlán.
The project was accomodated to a site with existent platforms, in order to reduce land movement costs since its located in a higher point than the town and its only accesible on foot.
The Municipal Planning Office asked to make the project economically sustainable, so a commercial space was enabled along with sanitaries; both services will be charged.
Thinking about the users, three main areas were designed: playground for children, viewpoint for visitors who just want to hike up to that point, and resting areas for those who will hike all the way up to Indian’s Nose; all of these for both locals and tourists.
As a cultural reinterpretation a dock was designed with a resting triangular space, which will be covered with tension elastic strips to provide shadow, taylored by artisans with cultural patterns used in mayan textiles.
REQUIREMENTS
Implementing a recreational park and turistic resting point on the way to Indian’s Nose, with sanitary and commercial service spaces.
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The project is located on street intersection and commercial area in zone 4, having the potential to be developed as a multifunctional centre. As a result of urban and climatic analysis of the zone, a multifunctional building comprised of three modules was designed and located at the most profitable area of the site.
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Multifunctional Centre for Zone 4 in Guatemala City
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Zone 4, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Site Area: 6,710 m2 Built Area: 4,500 m2
ASSIGNMENT
Architectonic Design (Project) 7
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- Design the complex based on research and Guatemala City’s Lowland Regu Design a building taking in count its- lation, respecting withdrawal and height liprofitability by generating commercial, bu- mits; taking in count the topography of the siness and habitational areas, including an site to adjust the building area. underground parking, urban, recreational - Implement structural systems acand public spaces. cording to the building functional and formal design. PRERREQUISITES
REQUIREMENTS
- Respect and analize the trafflic flow in order to establish the accesibility to the complex, without disturbing nor modifying Project designed in collaboration with Architect Brandon Samuel Linares. the actual streets.
The first and biggest is the commercial module, with 70 retail spaces of 50 and 60m2 distributed on the first 2 floors. From this module two towers come out, being the tallest a residential area, and the remaining a business centre; both connected by a central circulation module. Their height was attained due to the exterior granted area for public spaces, through which pedestrian accesses are located, one on the busiest street, with bus and car stops, a front square and bicycle parking and the other in the back part, through a parking lot covered with a green space on top as a recreational area. Car access was designated on a secondary street in order to not disturb transit on the main street.
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For both offices and apartments it was crucial to maintain a good orientation, ventilation, and natural lighting due to the technical and rental needs of the project. Open and semi-open spaces were created to manage these aspects on the best way possible, also leaving ducts to manage pipelines and other special installations that may be required on the future. Business area circulation module structurally connects both towers in order to mantain its stability and support in case of an earthquake, yet both areas have their own circulation and access halls. Rentability of the project is reached by its variety of options, three types of apartments and offices were designed in order to fulfill the different needs of customers.
As for facades and form, the objective was to create and mantain a geometrical design that doesn’t disturb with the urban image and cultural heritage, since the national theatre is located in front of the complex.
Public and private areas are well managed and separated so privacy can be mantained. Parking lot of the commercial and business area is separated from the residential. Both are designed with underground, natural ventilation through shafts. Solar incidence was managed with mullions and cantilevers coming out from slabs.
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CONTEMPORARY Site Museum for “El Naranjo”, Guatemala LOCATION
“Cerro El Naranjo” (El Naranjo Hill) Mixco, Guatemala City, Guatemala Central America
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2,400 m2 distributed in 5 floor plans for the museum and 5,600 m2 for underground parking lot and service areas.
ASSIGNMENT
Architectonic Design (Project) 6. As a result of a previous urban analysis and planning for an area of “El Naranjo” settlement near Guatemala City.
REQUIREMENTS
A conteporary site museum to be settled near El Naranjo Hill as part of urban equipment and zone revitalization.
PRERREQUISITES
Settle on the new urban proposal a contemporary space dedicated to a public space and museum and experiment design through topologycal and organic forms.
With the aim of preserving one of the few remaining green areas in Guatemala City’s central core, the urban proposal for the entrance zone to El Naranjo settlement was traced sorrounding the hills with urban equipment and open spaces to limit and frame the natural areas. The Site Museum complex started by generating an open square, lo-
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cating the building on a different level, below the floor plane to integrate the organic form through topologycal design to its environment. Layers and facade treatments will merge a technological and innovative place with its surroundings, giving the users the opportunity to experiment inside and out of recreational and cultural activities and expositions.
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Experiencing with organic forms traced and connected, an interesting volume was developed with open spaces at its borders and a flexible structure.
For its function, three main floors were designed, leaving two more spaces at the top part of the volume as flexible areas to diverse activities. Central circulation and After several attempts of dis- slabs oppenings let the space breatance, formal and height propor- the and connect with each other. tions a mass and its structure were A modular facade was desiggenerated and settled on the site ned as a reinterpretation of Quetcentre square on a the platform be- zalcรณatl, one of the most important low ground level, giving the sensa- gods of ancient Mayan culture, who tion of coming out of the ground. was represented as a feathered snake.
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