[ Victor H. Rivera Andino ] Architecture.Portfolio.
Victor H. Rivera Andino 607 e. duffy Savannah, GA t. (787) 300-1697 v.rivera321@gmail.com
African.Slavery.Museum
Detroit.Living the.River
240 W. broughton
celebration.of.Death
Field.Conditions
[graduate studio 2|3_2013]
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The African Slavery Museum has as main objective to serve as a knowledge source and tell the story of the journey of slaves in America until they reach their freedom. This project aims to transmit through architecture the experience, feelings and difficulties that the slaves felt during their struggle. But at the same time the Museum will celebrate the people and groups that stood up against slavery and fought for equality. This museum will become a journey, a living experience of a permanent past that can change the future.
program|experience research
site| jacksonville, FL
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African.Slavery.Museum
the portal of [sorrow] wind drew the landscape in front of me sun warmed my skin with a nice touch my eyes were glad of what they saw but suddenly, everything went dark screams, sounds unrecognizable to me, everything was confusing air, was taken from me, my path has become a secret silence and darkness has become my worst enemy forces escaped from me, sliding down these chains that wrap my hands light has returned but my nightmare is still present I turn my head and I see myself in many faces eyes, the looked empty, dead, hopeless there is no difference between day and night, I can only keep walking desperation has taken over my senses cold, I run as if there was no time fatigue and pain has become my sounding board uncertainty, is it worth the fight what I seek? they fight, I don’t know if it is for me or to forgive their conscience promises, appear on the horizon, more and more away and unreachable dreams? reality? I can only keep walking my shadow has become my only guide it all makes sense to me, everything is clear colors? white, black, none of that matters I can feel it so close that my soul smiles for what I have struggled, suffered and wept is before me now I have only one thing to do .... close my eyes and receive my Freedom [v.h]
[site location]
[city axes]
[project mass|landscape design]
[topography integration]
[reflective pool addition]
[form develpoment]
[courtyard]
[ship journey room]
[main galeries]
[freedom garden]
Detroit.Living the.River [graduate studio 1_2012|with Michael J.]
The Detroit Riverfront Competition is an extraordinary opportunity to create a new icon/landmark that is representative of the transformation of the City and the People of Detroit. We recognize the challenge of the competition and the need of revitalizing the riverfront area of the city; but more than that, addressing all the problems that affect the city: education, housing, transportation, economy and social problems. The city has made a call to see if with a new input Detroit can go back on track and reestablishes itself as a prominent city on the map.
[city axonometric|site analysis]
[concepts diagrams]
[topography section]
[highway section]
[energy input to the city] [power plant] [longitudinal section through site
[retail space|highway]
[topography and public space]
[riverwalk]
[aquarium]
240 W. broughton street infill
.siteplan|context [savannah, georgia]
[graduate studio IV_ 2013]
.design concept|development
1 site context
2 building mass
3 division of mass
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look up and enjoy!
to invert the storefront concept from a street scape level to the 3rd floor maximizing the store potential and experience of customers.
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create intrigue with circulation
partial floor plan
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detailed elevation 35
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section perspective 0
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celebration.of.Death [graduate studio IV_2013]
The colonial park cemetery is an scenario of dual purposes. Even dough is experienced as a park basically the majority of time we cannot neglect that the park history is based on death. It is on this neglect that this diagrams are born. Elements on the space, for examples benches, trees and paths attract and suggest people to interact with the site as a park. The same way graves, the fence around and the atmosphere at night completely change the perception of the place. This overlapping of information has a consequence of lost of significance to the event of death and a replacement of the ordinary in the lost of life. Park and cemetery becomes a battlefield. Who is more important? Instead of giving an answer I would suggest that the one place in where the two elements can coexist is underground. The recognition of absence is achieved, living and death intersect each other. A celebration of Death.
.colonial park cemetery|context [savannah, Georgia]
Field.Conditions [2nd Design Studio_2009]
Phase I [ 2D Representation ] Field Conditions was composed of a series of analytical reasoning that started with the research of a auto-generative system. For this research I investigated the mantis shrimp which has a complex visual structure, this structure permits this animal to zoom at specific points, use x-ray and even thermal sensitive registration. The first phase of the project was to diagram the structure of the eye and had a 2-d representation of this analysis to then identify materials that reflected the properties of the visual structure.
.mantis eye
.3d representation
.2d analysis
.2d eyes representation diagram
.hinge [movement]
.Mantis Shrimp
.screw [attachment]
.glass lense [optics]
Phase II [ 3D Representation ] During Phase II, a 3D representation was presented. This model articulated the properties of both, the visual structure and the diagramatic drawing. The materials used on this model were: raw optic lenses, which had different correction to represent the ability of the mantis to zoom at different areas; hinges, which allowed the model to move giving the notion of “living� to the project. From this physical models we had to diagram using both 2d and 3d representations and articulate an architectural design for the phinal phase. .Phase 2 Final Model
.final form analysis
Phase III [ Architectural Development ] The architectural phase of the project is sited in a dry dock, in the port area of San Juan. The program proposed for this phase was a observatory pavillion. The folded facade represents the movement of the eyes and the model and an important aspect of the project would be the openings on the facade. This openings are a source of light and visibility.
.Context [San Juan, P.R.]
.Site Plan
[program] .observatory .pavillion .teleferic .gathering space