GONZÁLEZ PALOS, ANDREA

2011- present ArchitectureUniversidad Iberoamericana6th Semester

2013 Student CouncilForo ENTRE/2013 organization

June 2013 IAAC Summer School 2013:-Design Research Studio-Parametric Urbanism andDigital Fabrication

ACADEMIC TRAINING

December 2012 Diámetro ArquitectosDigital drawing and design,model making.

June-August 2013 Springall-Lira ArquitectosProposal development for“Antel Arena, Chile” contest.

August 2013-present Interior and facade remodelingfor Cuajimalpa, Mexico localmarket.In construction.

Spanish Advanced

Advanced

Intermediate

Intermediate

English

German

Italian

LANGUAGES

Adobe Creative Suite IllustratorPhotoshopInDesign

AutoCADMaya3D MAX

AutoDesk

Microsoft O�ce

SOFTWARE

WORK EXPERIENCE

April | 15 | 1993Portón de las Flores 36 int. E202Col. Lomas Country Club, Huixquilucan,Estado de México, México. CP. 52779andiesticks@gmail.com(044) 55 1953 2529

AcademicFall 2012

Work Team:Estefanía AnayaCamila Ocejo

La Havana, Cuba.

STUDENT RESIDENCE During the third semester, the course made a trip to La Havana, Cuba in order to understand the city’s necessities and the culture of the local people. It was then that the need for a student residence building in the city center, near the university, was identi�ed. The project seeks to integrate the functional living space program, with public services and plazas both for the students and the inhabitants of the area. To achieve this, three di�erent space categories were established. A purely public ground �oor, with cafeteria, spaces for commerce and other services. Semi-public spaces in each �oor for the students, and private two �oor bedrooms.Tectonically, the building consists of two completely solid volumes in the facade, which hide the private spaces, and a very transparent and permeable volume that contains the public spaces, that connects everything. This central volume is at a di�erent plane from the other two simmetrical volumes, in order to create a plaza for the project, which is a very important element of cuban culture and urbanism.The dorms are small rooms with two �oors, where the living and cooking area is in the �rst �oor, and the second �oor contains the resting space. Di�erent elements such as wooden curtain protections in the facade are considered in order to respond to the extreme heat in La Havana.

URBAN PROPOSAL In the fourth semester, an extensive urban analysis was made in order to understand a very contrasting and important part of Mexico City, the area that surrounds the main public university of the country. This area, consists of the university grounds and lower class residential family buildings and self-con-structed houses. However, the two areas are divided by a large street and railroads for the city’s subway system.For the workshop, the class had to make a utopic urban proposal that could solve the lack of connec-tivity between the two areas and provide new spaces for commerce and services that would help the local communities. As a team, a decision was made to reutilize the residual space that was left on top of the subway railroads and literally create a bridge over them that joined the university and houses.We created a megastructure that left space for the �ow of the subway and on top of it, at di�erent levels, included services that went from galeries, auditoriums and workshops, to a day-care, commer-cial spaces and a market. All this is made in a linear space where services and living spaces are spread throughout the project, in order to create a mixed used enviornment to guarantee that the di�erent spaces are always in use, making them more active and secure.Two types of livig typologies where established. One of the buildings consists of small apartments for students, which can have di�erent sizes and a �exible con�guration. The second one targets small families, with the option of one or two �oored apartments. Having di�erent typologies was important for us in order to have a diversity in the user’s age and economic and social status.

AcademicSpring 2013

Work Team:Nathalie FranquebalmeCamila OcejoAlexia Tardán

Av. Delfín Madrigal.Coyoacán, DF. Mexico.

FAMILY AND DUPLEX APARTMENTSPROPOSAL

STUDENT ACCOMODATION

AcademicFall 2013

Secretaría de Marina, DF. Mexico.

APARTMENT BUILDING From the beginning of the project two important aspects where taken into consideration for the design process. First, to take advantage of the great views to the ravine in the back of the lot, and second, to make the structure as clear and simple as possible.Two achieve the �rst objective, both facades where left completely open. This provided illumination and views for all the spaces in the apartments. However, being completely trasparent, over-heating of the rooms in the south facade became a problem. This was solved by making the structural walls 1m bigger than the apartments, creating balconies and shadows for the windows. In more private spaces like bathrooms, kitchens and services rooms, a brick jalousie was used in order to conserve the natural light and ventilation but keep this spaces private.The structure for the building consists in a series of structural walls that go in one direction through the whole building. These walls generate the internal spacial distribution and eliminate the use of other divisorial elements. The �oor slabs are made with a co�ered method which is left apparent, as all other elements and material in order to show the project’s constructive sincerity.

ARCHITECTURAL PLAN

Movable Window6mm Glass

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Black aluminum frame6mm clear glass

Black aluminum rails

Balcony detail

Metal grating

1/2 “ Metalic plate

Welded aluminum structure

Steel beam.

Steel beamConcrete base

Reinforced concretegirder

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Electrical installations

Black apparent concrete blockWooden �oor.

Concrete base.

Ceramic 30x30cms�oor

CONSTRUCTIVE DETAILS

CROSS SECTION

Detail1

Detail 4

Detail 5

GENERAL TYPOLOGY

PARKING FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

Detail 2 Detail 3

1 2 3

ProfessionalFall 2013

Work Team:Camila Ocejo

Veracruz 76, DF, México

LOCAL MARKET REMODELING A project requested by the Neighborhood of Cuajimalpa’s government. The project consists in the design and renovation of the market’s facade and well as the improvement and maintenance of its interior and the graphic design for the local stores. The modi�cations from the original project include the creation of a sunken plaza that functions as a parking lot and public space for the di�erent activities that take place in the market. Being beneath street level, it protects the pedestrians from the vehicular �ow of the area.In the facade, the materials were changed to new anti-gra�ti ceramic tiles. Clay jalousies are used in the facade too to create natural light and ventilation in the interior. The existent arched porch was removed and replaced by a steel structure with wooden beams that create emphasis on the entrance and shadow underneath.In the interior, the �oor in some areas was replaced and new doors and gates were installed.

INICIAL LOOK

REMODELING PROCESS

CURRENT STATUS

Green and agricultural areasPublic Services

PublicPrivateSanitary Services

AcademicSpring 2014

Port au Prince

In order to understand the urban structures in emergency camps in Haiti, an extensive investigation was made taking into account data from the country’s government and di�erent help organizations. Emergency campings in Haiti result unsuccesful because they lack the traditional “lakou” structure used in previous urbanism in the country and the needs of the population are not fully analyzed, creating temporal solutions to a big problem. Such is the case of the refugee camp in corail, which has no spaces for commercial development, no urban public spaces for the recreation and interaction of its inhabitants and its sanitary and public services are innadecuate and not enough. That is why people in Haiti have opted to create their own self constructed emergeny living spaces, such as the informal establishment in Sugar Canaan. There, private spaces are organized between and surrounding public services and green spaces; commercial and residential areas are mixed and di�erent housing typolo-gies exist, creating a diverse and functional community.With this information, a question arises: How can architects and urban planners create emergency housing and establishments that can be succesful on the long run? What can be done to current emergeny establishments in Haiti and other countries to improve them? This questions were purely theorical and are left into consideration for a later project.

HAITI URBAN ANALYSIS

REFUGEE CAMP IN CORAIL, HAITI SELF CONSTRUCTED EMERGENCY CAMP IN SUGAR CANAAN, HAITI

Aluminum or Zinc Sheet

Wood Structure

Concrete Beams

Aluminum or Zinc Sheet

Wood Structure

Concrete Beams

Concrete Columns

Wood Columns

Block that elevates �oor

Concrete Block Walls

Concrete Block Walls

Wood or bamboo coverage

As well as the understanding of the urban structures in Haiti, the housing typologies and construction methods and materials were of great importance too. Again with information of private investigation, local help organizations and government issued documents, a pattern in the building methods, spatial distribuition and materials was found.Traditional haitian “kay” houses are made either with a wooden or concrete frame structure. In rural areas, walls are covered with wood or bamboo and the roofs are made with aluminum of zinc sheets over a wooden structure. In urban areas, the material used for walls is generally concrete blocks, which represent stability and a higher social status.This analysis was of great importance in order to understand the local construction techniques and materials. This knowledge is to be applied later on in the design of a project for a local institution.

HAITI HOUSES ANALYSIS

Public Plaza

Semi-Public Plaza

Private PlazaPrivate Plaza

Agriculture Agriculture

OfficesAuditoriumMultiple-use Space

Dining Space

Rooms

Rooms

AcademicSpring 2014

Port au Prince

After an extensive analysis of Haiti’s urban conditions and the local construction techniques and materials, a project for a local private organization’s headquarters was developed.The program consisted of spaces for the organization’s sta� (reception and o�ces), for the haitian community (plazas, multiple-use space and auditorium) and for volunteers (dining space and rooms.)

The idea was to create a project that could be constructed in di�erent stages, according to the economic possibilities and spatial needs of the organization. To achieve this, the project consists of solid nucleus built with concrete blocks that contain the main services that each part of the program needs such as storage space, kitchen and bathrooms. The rest of the structure is a completely �exible modulated wooden structure that consists on columns and the roof. With this system, the building can grow as much as it needs and the spaces between columns can be closed with doors, windows, panels or solid walls to achieve di�erent levels of privacy or permeability in each space.

The public program is at the front of the lot, this includes the auditorium, multiple-use space and o�ces. The dining space acts as a transitional element between the public and private areas of the project. The rooms for volunteers are at the back of the project and form small private plazas with each other. In addition, areas for agriculture are considered in order to have a self-su�cient project.

FOI ET JOIE HQVOLUNTEER CAMPCOMMUNITY SPACES

Constructive System Constructive Steps

Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3

LANDSCAPE = MOVEMENT Photography and digital editing.

An interpretation of the urban landscape as movement, and in this case, as the movement of people. Trying to capture the traces of movement of a person and overlapping di�erent images into one continuous one, a texture is created, where the feeling of general movement can be noticed.

VIDEO: http://instagram.com/p/dktjOguv75/#

REPETITION - LIGHT POSTS Photography

An exercise of observation inspired by the photography of Bernhard and Hilla Becher, where the same typologies and objects are photographed in di�erent places but in the same way. A hundred di�erent lamp posts where photographed at di�erent places and hours, but attempting to keep a uniform image throughout the series.

SELF PORTRAIT Photography

Using the short �lm by danish director Jorgen Leth “The Perfect Human” as the main inspiration for the aesthetics and idea of self portrait, the composition is made up of di�erent frames of the same activities. Viewing the activities from di�erent distances and angles provides a more information on the subject of the portrait.

BLUE BALL-POINT PEN Drawing

Imitating the work of Korean artist Il Lee, I created a series of drawings that experimented with di�er-ent textures, strokes, restrictions and forms. They represent the abstract bond between controled and anarchic expression.

HABITATIONAL ARCHEOLOGY Digital Drawing

What are the elements that make up a space? How do people �ll up space with personal objects? An analysis of a room with the permanent (furniture) and temporal (objects) elements that compose it, represented in architectural form, with top and side views.

Academic EventOctober 18-20, 2013.

Planning and coordination.

Oaxaca, Mexico.

FORO ENTRE/2013 Conferences by:

-Arq. Alejandro Sánchez-Ing. Marcos Betanzos-s-AR: Arq. César Guerrero, Arq. Ana Cecilia Garza-Arq. Frida Escobedo-Arq. Gabriela Carrillo

Activities-Conferences-Talks-Workshops

400 students

web (in spanish):cargocollective.com/entre