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TRI-CONTINENTAL MASTER'S DEGREE IN ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN The contemporary practice of architecture is undergoing an accelerated process of globalization. To take advantage of the great business opportunities offered by international markets, as well as theoretical knowledge and practical experience, companies in the sector need architects with the skills to work in complex interdisciplinary teams and achieve common success. The Tri-Continental Degree in Advanced Architectural Design offered by Universidad Europea de School of Architecture aims to meet this demand through joint academic- professional periods in three world-class universities, located on different continents. During the program, students will carry out specific assignments that are coordinated in each host city: SPAIN: Universidad Europea de Madrid. School of Architecture, Madrid. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CHINA: Tongji University Architectural Design and Research Institute, Shanghai. PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP USA: NewSchool of Architecture and Design, San Diego.
The program offers students a platform that combines in one year the knowledge, experience, and the skills of an internationally- oriented architect, which a traditional training in architecture cannot offer. Upon completion of the program, the extensive exposure of students to intercultural contexts and the networks of personal contacts established, will facilitate their access to leading positions in any international public or private engineering or architectural firm or studio. At present, there is no graduate program in Spain with a scope equaling that of the Tri-Continental Degree in Advanced Architectural Design by Universidad Europea de School of Architecture. The program is designed, developed, and taught by leading professionals and specialists with real market experience in international architectural projects.
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MADRID MD01 MD02 MD03 MD04 MD05 MD06 MD07 MD08 MD09 MD10
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UEM
SPAIN_UEM (Universidad Europea de Madrid. School of Architecture, Madrid) The Universidad Europea de Madrid is one of the most prestigious private institutions in Spain. It is a member of Laureate International Universities, world leader in higher education. The School of Architecture has a strong international profile, is devoted to become a reference of academic excellence.
FOUNDATIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Theory-based sessions are structured in complementary workshops in which students learn how to integrate the technological, artistic and contextual parameters that embody the complexity of architectural and urban themes. Learning is structured around a series of case studies of recognized quality and the assignment of related architectural design projects.
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MD01 - MATTER AND GEOMETRY
SPIRALLED APPLE
WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE?
INTENTIONS?
The project consists of creating a double sized apple considering what is the most important thing that makes it an apple.
Using a 3D model of a spiraled sphere I can assume how an apple is growing to be double sized.
WHAT MAKES APPLE?
WHAT NOW?
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To me it's the skin, if you don't see the skin you might not think it's an apple at all.
Carving a regular apple in a spiral shape I could now measure so I can make a model.
SUPER SIZED APPLE?
NEW DISCOVERIES?
A double sized apple must have thicker skin so it would protect the hit when it hits the ground and form protection against animals that want to eat it..
After carving the apple, I noticed that the spiral can be arranged the same way if its part of a whole or hollow, so using this theory I can carry on.
ANY REFERENCES?
FINAL PRODUCT?
figured that most things in nature grow un spirals (flowers, shells, etc).
In the end I formed spherical spiral with a holding it together represents the heart apple). .
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a big center (which of the
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MD02 - GROUPING
PUZZLE PIECE TABLE CLOTH WHAT IS GROUPING?
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Grouping can be many things, but the most important one is the planned arrangement of things into a group.
Simple, make a hole in the center of the square and keep getting it bigger.
HOW CAN IT BE APPLIED?
WHAT NOW?
There are many applications, in this case I am going to use a reference of Japanese art, designers Francesca Rogers and Daniele Gualeni Design Studio called "light form".
Create a table cloth.
USE OF GEOMETRY?
NO 3D?
Geometry is a fundamental tool for everybody, so I'm going to use the most basic shape of all, the square.
With a few tweaks and turns you can bend the pieces to create plates and bowls, but the are only for decorating and not for eating! (image is only an example)
BASIC GEOMETRY?
FINAL PRODUCT?
No, with a few tweaks I'm going to change the square into 5 different pieces, and all that pieces have to be able connect with each other.
The final product is the model of the table cloth, made out of a material only for the concept, the real thing needs to be in some kind of flexible plastic, but hard enough for holding the shape of the bowls and plates.
MD03 - HOW MANY TIMES?
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SILVER ALIEN OBJECTIVE?
HOUSING BUILDING?
To create a building that works perfectly using 3 different buildings. A museum, an auditorium and a housing building.
The LOVFT building in Monterrey, because of its height and use of multiple staircases.
REFERENCE?
WHAT NOW?
There is no direct reference for this, only a platypus, because it is composed of 3 parts (reptile, birds and mammals).
Create the new building.
MUSEUM?
JOINTS?
The Jewish museum in Berlin by Daniel Libeskind, because it is a unique building that has an unusual shape for a museum and can be arranged iv various ways.
AUDITORIUM? The Jay Pritzker pavilion in Chicago by Frank Gehry, because of its open space and can mutate easily with its surroundings.
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Using the external staircase of the housing building and one of the elevators I was able to separate de Jewish museum into sections and pile them under the same staircase, and de auditorium sits at the bottom of the Jewish museum using the emergency exit as the entrance to the auditoriums rooms and backstage.
DOES IT WORK? Yes it does, because of the complexity of the jewish museum that acts like a catalyst that makes the platypus building look like it was all done at the same time and not from bits and pieces of different buildings, also the museum and the auditorium have the same facade material, which joins them even more perfectly.
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MD04 - ANALOGICALLY SMART CITIES
_ What is the ambient noise level on a street at rush hour? _ How do shadows of trees change its position on a public square during a journey? _ What are the patterns and intensity of use and the circulatory flows on a public space? _ Which names are the neighbours inhabiting a determinate building? _ What is the energy consumption level used to light an avenue for a year? _ What is the level of CO2 emissions due to materials used to pave a sidewalk? As a matter of fact our increasing capacity to have access to a high level of information in real time has modified our way to do some daily things, such as the way in which we relate to each other or do the shopping. Paradoxically there are many other questions concerning us daily but that are still exclusively managed by specialized technicians, that becomes particularly significant when we consider data and information associated to management and design of public spaces in our cities. imagine the way in which we would live and experience a urban space where all users could openly visualize the diagram of shadows projected by adjacent buildings, the distance between the facades of these buildings or the origin of the paving stones used to pave it. also imagine that we can see all this information and data physically drawn on the surfaces composing this space and on the elements to which it refers. Would there be a change on the way in which citizens use, perceive and interpret a urban public square in which all these data have been made visible?
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MD05 - RETURNABLE
R(ECYCLE)OUNDABOUT WHAT IS THERE TO DO? We have too pick one dead space inside the city. WHAT IS A DEAD SPACE? A dead space is something that is supposed to be public space but it is not used as one.
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HOW? Canalize the water from the roundabouts surroundings so it can reach it easily.
WHY A ROUNDABOUT?
WHAT NOW?
Because its the biggest and most common "dead" space inside cities, and it can work as many things.
Recycle the water.
PROBLEMS OF A ROUNDABOUT?
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CLEAN WATER?
- Hard to get to because of traffic all around it. - Not very pretty to look at. - Only perceivable use is as green space.
It can help with the irrigation of plants near the roundabout and/or for public toilets.
WHAT TO DO?
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Make a mini water recycling plant inside of a roundabout using the waste water from the community near it.
The final product can be pumped into irrigation systems or to a bigger water tank for storage and the government can take it anytime.
MD06 - URBAN SUSTAINABILITY WHAT IS THERE TO DO?
HOW?
Create a urban machine that helps people use plazas and be more conscious about how the plaza works.
Taking the design of an electric motor or power generator and some cable it is possible to create all of the electricity you need.
URBAN MACHINE?
WHAT EXERCISES CAN YOU DO?
A machine can create or destroy, in this case we are making a machine that does both things.
Basically, anything that you can imagine. All of the exercises you see and do at any gym are pushing or pulling, and that is what you can do with this machine.
WHAT DO YOU CREATE?
HOW DOES IT MAKE THE USER MORE CONSCIOUS ABOUT WHAT HE/SHE IS DOING?
This machine can create electricity, and all goes to a battery so it can light up the plaza at night.
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ELECTRIC WORKOUT
It marks how many watts you are creating automatically, and when you start to charge the battery that will help power up the plaza at night.
WHAT DO YOU DESTROY?
EXTRAS?
By making an exercise machine, you destroy fat and make it into carbohydrates (energy) that help you be more active. So in a way you are also creating...
As a bonus feature, you can also charge your phone or connect to the power source anything that you want to, and it will work as long as you are exercising with the machine. And the best of all, its FREE power.
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MD07 - ENERGY APPS WHAT IS MAPPING? Mapping term is also sometimes used for geospatial data collection, but in fact it is not mapping. In other words, the acquisition of data with (geographic) coordinates directly from terrain or imagery does not mean mapping but surveying.
MEDIUM DENSITY
HOW CAN IT BE APPLIED?
HIGH DENSITY?
It can be applied in many ways, but in this case we are going to map the density of people that uses a public plaza/park.
These areas are the most used in the plaza.
PLANNING
LIGHTS and SHADOWS
How can we measure different densities of persons on a plaza? We would have to go there and check how many persons are in which areas and for how long.
These areas are the lighting of the plaza and the shadows at critical times (3:00pm).
LOW DENSITY
WHERE TO INSTALL THE ENERGY MACHINE?
These are the places of the plaza that almost nobody uses.
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These areas are most likely to be used only for walking to another place or area of the plaza.
Based on all of the parameters, we can decide where the best place to put our energy saving machine.
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MD08 - HYBRIDS
BOOKSLIDE WHAT IS A HYBRID?
WHERE TO INSERT THE BOOKS IN AN ALREADY OCCUPIED BUILDING?
Anything that is composed by 2 or more different things.
Empty, public or "gray" areas.
WHAT IS THERE TO DO?
NOT ENOUGH SPACE?
Insert 1,5 million books into a regular block of Gaztambide.
Create a new bookshelf that the books can move by triggering a search. SECTION
HOW MUCH BOOKS?
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46 books in a shelf are 1mL so 1,500,000 books are 32,608.70 mL or 32,7 Kilometers.
Yes because all books will move and you can access them from different points in the building. Like an ATM on the street.
METHODOLOGY?
HOW WILL IT LOOK?
All books accessible.
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It should look like a big water slide spiraling on top of the building, but inside of the building you should not see it because its inside the walls and stuff like that.
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MEGABLOCK WHAT TO DO?
HOW DO THEY MIX?
Choose seven blocks to join them into one big block.
Mixing the entrance of houses with the other programs makes the other programs automatically become something different that it is. It can basically become anything that the users want to.
HOW? Separating the programs of each block into five parameters is the way to go.
PROGRAM?
HOUSING ------------ 336,695.00 m2 GARDENS -------------- 6,783.00 m2 COMMERCIAL ------- 59,471.00 m2 MEDICAL ------------------ 813.00 m2 RELIGION --------------- 2,168.00 m2
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HOW TO UNIFY THEM? Unity is important, and what I plan to do is to mix programs to turn them into a kind of hybrid. Mixing every program with the housing program is better because this program is has de biggest cubic meters and it is better to use it to connect programs. DISTRIBUTION? For the distribution of the programs I'm going to use the same fibonacci sequence, that way it makes more sense for it to come together In order to get the more surface area for the programs I have to mirror the sequence.
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Thanks to the mixing technique I can easily make the program for the hole building.
APPEARANCE? Apparently the programs do not mix, but they do on the inside.
FINAL PRODUCT? The final product is a very tall building that has mixed uses at its first 14 floors, and then it becomes only housing.
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SHANGHAI
TJAD
CHINA_TJAD (Tongji Architectural Design (Group), Shanghai) Founded in 1958, TJAD is one of the leading design groups in China with the most comprehensive range of disciplines available in the country, allowing it to carry out a large variety of design projects. The Institute employs 933 professionals including 112 State-Registered First Class Architects and 146 State-Registered First Class Structural Engineers.
PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP A selection of specific professional internships will allow students to experience the different stages of the development of real architectural projects, using representative works in Shanghai. During this period, the working method of the participants in the teams.
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HEMINGWAY SUN TIME HOTEL
A 5 star Hotel in the Hemingway Marina; it is a 8 floors and have 620 rooms, which are: 556 Regular double rooms. 6 Regular rooms for handicapped guests 4 Mini suites 25 Junior suites 27 One dorm suites 2 Presidential suites (Two bedroom suites are One bedroom suite + Regular double room) Sitting on a 70,000 m2 plot the hotel must have all the amenities and facilities of a worldwide 5 star hotel. This being a hotel near the ocean it should be resistant to the salty weather and must be able to withstand any kind of hurricane.
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HEMINGWAY SUN TIME HOTEL
Room types SR ------------ Regular double room. JR ------------ Junior suite OBS ---------- One bedroom suite TBS ---------- Two bedroom suite SR ... -------- Regular double room connectable to suite
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MOUNTAIN MASTER PLAN
A multi purpose master plan for a 350,000 m2 plot with a mountain in the middle of it. Programs for the master plan include: Hotel Offices Retail Housing Private Housing (villas) Sports Museum Convention Center National Park (mountain top)
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VILLA SAVOYE MODIFICATION "VILLA CHINOYE"
After talking to the clients, they decided that people would like a savoe-like villa in the private housing part of the master plan. So I had to decompose the villa savoye and turn it into something completely new, especially because they wanted it to be a 600m2 house and full of terraces oriented to the south.
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SH04 GRAPHIC ASSISTANCE IN SPECIAL WORKSHOP
Volunteer work for data gathering and graphic representation of that data collected in a special 3 hour workshop inviting architects, engineers and politicians.
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SAN DIEGO
NSAD
USA_NSAD (NewSchool of Architecture and Design, San Diego) NSAD is one of Laureate International Centers of Excellence in Architecture, Art and Design. It provides an international landscape for the exchange of curriculum, faculty, and students, as well as opportunities for dual degree programs. The New School of Architecture and Design, located in San Diego, California, is a leader in architecture education.
The graduation project will be a synthesis that links the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous theoretical and practical phases within a common theme. Supervised by a group of coordinated faculty members, students are required to carry out a complete project, from the preliminary study of the context to the publication of a finished and detailed project.
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MILLION EYES Million eyes is an observation tower in balboa park that will take back all of the lost views from the park to the rest of san diego's landmarks, and will create a new landmark itself. So, why do we need this tower?, the truth is that in order to bring back the old glory of balboa park -especially the prado- we need to look back at its history. Balboa Park began as 1400 acres of land set aside in 1868 by San Diego civic leaders. Known then as the scrub-filled mesa that overlooked present day Downtown San Diego sat without formal landscaping or development for more than 20 years.(Today the Park's total land parcel has been reduced to 1,200 acres.)
Just after the turn of the century, a master plan for Park improvements and beautification was formally introduced. Supported by a City tax levied in 1905, the process began in 1903 and continued through 1910. Water systems were installed, planting continued, roads were built, and the Park began to take on much of the familiar look of today.
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San Diego was set to play host to the 1915 Panama Exposition, and was a less-than memorable or distinctive name for such an internationally prestigious event. The Park Commissioners decided on the name Balboa Park, chosen in honor of Spanish-born Vasco de Balboa, the first European to spot the Pacific Ocean while on exploration in Panama. Most of the arts organizations along Balboa Park's famous El Prado pedestrian walkway are housed in Spanish-Renaissance style buildings constructed for the 1915 Exposition. It was one of the first times that this highly ornamented, flamboyant architectural style had ever been used in the United States. The California Tower and dome, which houses the San Diego Museum of Man, the Cabrillo Bridge (historic 1,500-foot-long bridge) and the Spreckels Organ Pavilion (one of the world's largest outdoor pipe organs) were built for the 1915 Exposition-some of the few permanent structures designed for the fair.
That created a big problem for the old strategies that had the park built in the first place, some of them are: Preserve views from park to bay and it surroundings. Achieve beauty by organic arrangement. Conserve, develop and utilize all natural resources. Today the views are totally lost, organic arrangement was gone when they built the prado for the expo, and we still use the natural resources, which is a good thing. My first take on this problems was of course the views, how can I give those views back to the people without tearing down the parks beautiful trees or the prado itself. The answer was easy, get high enough. Starting with the IDEA district concept, which stands for Innovation, Design, Education and Arts, The Prado already have all these things, it has a large sum of museums and education for children places. It has a Spanish-Renaissance style to most of its buildings and corridors. Also has some important innovation programs, including the air and space museum and the San Diego art institute.
So the next question was where to do this, since the park is huge and already filled with hills and canyons, buildings and streets, important landmarks and memorial gardens. So I went there and did a study of the area and found a big big problem, I found that the park is not totally used, people only use one side of it, and this is only because of one single thing, well actually two things but they feel like one. I noticed that the park is separated by a street (park blvd) and that creates a boundary, an edge, a limit, and people don't even try to cross it because when they are at the prado, the prado ENDS at the fountain, it has a big curved bench-like thing with a lot of plants and shrubs planted behind it, so you can not even see what is beyond that point. And the worst part of it all is that on the other side of the street there are some beautiful memorial gardens an natural vegatation, filled with nature trails and bike paths. Some people do use it, but I think that they want to keep it sectret. And I though to myself that this was great, because I believe that the park had solved one of the most important questions of the proyect ... where to place this observation tower. Now I know that somehow I need to have a direct link between the prado the rest of the park. There is a pedestrian bridge close to the prado, but it is tucked away and to the side, so you can rarely see anyone use it. So I need to have a new wider and friendlier pedestrian bridge that can get you across park blvd and into the east side of the park. But my main objective stays the same, the views, they are the most important thing and must be available for everyone. This raises another question, how high do I need to be in order to see all the way to the bayfront?, doing some quick study about hights and distance I came to a conclusion that the observation tower needs to be at least 50m high (164ft).
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From that now I can establish different hights and direction of important viewpoints for interesting parts of the park and san diego. Such as the world famous zoo, you can get an aerial view of the prado, a golf course and a sports center that are inside of balboa park, the canyons and nature trails, and of course, san diego bay and coronado island with its magnificent bridge. Its is important to notice that cliff swallows come to san diego every year, and not only to San Juan Capistrano. This gave me an idea to incorporate the swallows into the project, and them being one of the most sociable bird species of the world, shoud create a big and exiting event during the year, so that would attract more and more peolpe to use the park and not only go to the museums and zoo. Swallows, particularly cliff swallows often live in close proximity to people. Cliff Swallows originally inhabited open canyons and river valleys with rocky cliffs for nesting. Many still nest in these habitats, but others have adapted to nesting on man-made structures. Cliff Swallows feed almost entirely on flying insects.
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Cliff Swallows have tidy, well-constructed nests, formed from balls of mud that they collect in their beaks. These nests are built on vertical walls, natural or man-made, frequently with some sort of sheltering overhang. Bridges, and large buildings are regularly used. Cliff Swallows migrate to and from southern South America in large flocks, over a considerable period of time. Most return to California in early March. The date of fall departure varies from year to year, although fall migration typically begins by early August, soon after the young become independent. By taking advantage of man-made nesting sites, Cliff Swallows have expanded their range considerably, exploiting many new areas. Although the Cliff Swallow can nest solitarily, it usually nests in colonies. Colonies tend to be small in the East, but further west they can number up to 3,700 nests in one spot. Nest is a covered bowl made of mud pellets, with a small entrance tunnel on one side. Lined with grass. Nest placed on a vertical wall, usually just under an overhang. The gregarious Cliff Swallow nests in large colonies on buildings, cliffs, and under bridges. The gourd-shaped mud nests can number up to several hundred or thousand in a single location.
Swallows breeds in a variety of habitats with open foraging areas and cliffs or buildings for nesting. Avoids heavy forest, desert, or high mountains. Catches insects in flight, often high above ground. Extreme coloniality makes population monitoring difficult and causes large variations in an area over time. Populations appear to be increasing. In order to attract cliff swallows to nest in the area I only need a few things, water and flyings insects. Water has to be on natural soil so it can create mud for the nests of the swallows and the insects are already in the park, but I can plant some specifical plants to atract certian species that are not dangerous or annoying to the public. Also the swallows need some kind of overhang for the nesting, because the nests are made of mud, they need protection from rain, and any other kind of precipitation. I found out, almost by accident about a plant that changes color during the year, it changes from season to season, so it is perfect to let everyone know that the swallows are arriving or leaving. This plant is called the safari sunset and its a perennial plant, which means that it has leaves and flowers all year long, so it doesn't go bald during the winter.
African native is related to proteas. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants. These shrubs need fast-draining soil. Plant in full sun.
winter and spring. Now I know that the observation tower needs to be open, with overhangs so the cliff swallows can nest there, some kind of lake so the birds can have mud for the nests, and different kinds of plants to attract a variety of insects.
Views being my main strategy of design, I can start to put everything together. Starting with the height and direction of the important viewpoints from the observation tower. Then I can concentrate on the needs of the cliff swallows. And because I would like it to be accessible for every one, it needs to be free of charge. So that means that I need to insert some kind of program to the tower, so it's not just a vertical promenade. Choosing some levels of the tower that have litte or no use at all, I will place different kind of program into them, starting with public restrooms, cafes, restaurants/bars and small farmers markets where you can buy all sorts of local fruits and vegetables. This will create a better experience for the users and generate some money for the city and mainenance of the observation tower and balboa park. Because of that placement of the program some of the floor plans get a slight or a big deformation, creating a more interesting project and walkway. So in some floors you can hear the birds, in other you can smell, touch or taste flowers or food, and of course in most of them you can have amazing views. Making this a program for the senses. There are several accesses to the observation tower, directly from the prado, through some ramps from the rose garden or the nature trails, from the new lake that sits directly below, and from the whole new park blvd experience, which will hava a trolley line from the zoo to city college, wider sidewalks with planted trees to create a nice shaded walkway from the park to the city and viceversa. Because the cliff swallow colonies get bigger and bigger every year, the observation tower will be ever evolving, each year getting a little bit bigger in size and bird density. Also would be a vertical garden, it is easier to control the growth of plants in a vertical garden that regular gardens on normal soil, so it will need little maintenance. So it will change every season with the safari sunset flower that changes color, and evey year with the growth of the swallow colonies.
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Important strategies followed in the past are: - Preserve views from park to bay, coast and surrounding mesas. - Achieve beauty by organic arrangement. - Conserve, develop and utilize all natural resources.
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BUILDINGS, LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES
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+ Most buildings are looking to a central corridor. + Most buildings have the same kind of architecture.
- Buildings have a urban grid, not likely of a park. - Limits and boundaries create a difficult experience for pedestrians. - Central corridor is used by cars also.
VEGETATION AND WATER FEATURES
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+ Lots of kinds of vegetation, which means that most plants can grow here. + Water features create a fresher environment.
- Some areas need more natural shading. - Vegetation changes on each sides of Park blvd. - Water features are too far apart from each other.
CONNECTION BETWEEN IMPORTANT PLACES AND GOOD VIEWS
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+ Most connections are direct from the walkway. + Changing views from different places along the central corridor.
- Some connections need to be improved (east and west from Park blvd). Feels like the park is only the east side. - Some views are restricted because of intentionally planted shrubs and trees.
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In some floors you can hear the birds, in other you can smell, touch or taste flowers or food, and of course in most of them you can have amazing views. Making this a program for the senses.
RAMP Provide direct access the observation tower from the rose garden and nature trails. Also provides a future shelter for cliff swallows and is easily accessible for handicapped people.
RAMP/STAIRS Provide direct access to the prado and the observation tower from the street and is easily accessible for handicapped people.
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BRIDGE THE PRADO Provides activities and culture for tourists and locals with its large variety of museums and social spots.
Provides a direct connection between the observation tower (East) and the Prado (West). Also creates future nest sites for the cliff swallows under the bridge.
NATURE TRAILS Can take you directly from the observation tower to the canyon and further into the golf course or the Balboa Sports Center.
There are several accesses to the observation tower, directly from the prado, through some ramps from the rose garden or the nature trails, from the new lake that sits directly below, and from the whole new park blvd experience, which will hava a trolley line from the zoo to city college, wider sidewalks with planted trees to create a nice shaded walkway from the park to the city and viceversa.
LAKE Creates a fresh environment and provides the necessary mud for the cliff swallow's nest.
OBSERVATION TOWER Provides all of the "lost" views of San Diego and has some public program. Also creates future nest sites for the cliff swallows in its cantilever and open spaces.
ROSE GARDEN Creates a diverse ecosystem of bugs that are essential to the cliff swallow's diet.
PARK BOULEVARD Provides a new trolley line going from city college to the zoo and is now with wider sidewalks with planted trees to create a nice shaded walking experience to and from the park.
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_ Sancho Madrilejos
_ Scenic Architecture
_ Ted Smith
_ Nieto Sobejano
_ Archi-union
_ Rob Quigley
_ 2+1 Arquitectos
_ David Alan Chipperfield
_ Eric Owen Moss
_ Selgas Cano
_ EMBT
_ Xten Architecture
_ Matos Castillo
_ ARUP
_ Morphosis
_ Acebo X Alonso
_ ALYA
_ Clive Wilkinson Architects
_GMP Architekten
_ Richard Meier & Partners
_ Ecosistema Urbano
_ BAU
_ Teddy Cruz
_ Rubio y Alvarez Sala
_ Pro-Form Architecture
_ Luce et Studio
_ Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
_JWDA
_ Malmuth + Garcia
_ Anton Garcia-Abril
_ Enclave
_ Hector Perez
_ 10 Design
* Salk Institute * Eames House
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1985. Born in Monterrey, Mexico. 2007 - 2010. Studied Architecture in Universidad Regiomontana (UR) at Monterrey, Mexico. 2009. Degree in landscaping and sustainable architecture in Fachhochschule Frankfurt a.M. at Frankfurt, Germany. 2010 - 2011. Worked at Construcciones y . Studied a Tri-Continental Master's Degree in Advanced Architectural Design in Univeridad Europea de Madrid (UEM) at Madrid, Shanghai and San Diego.