Master of Architecure PortfolioEriverto Espinoza

Eriverto EspinozaMasters of Architecture, December 2012University of Oregon - Portland and Eugene

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Re-Emergent Center for Urban Ecology Rose Quarter Eco-District : Winter and Spring 2012

An Urban Incubator for InnovationMixed-Use Towers : Fall 2011

Orfanato Alas de EsperanzaOrphanage in Guadalajara, Mexico : Winter 2011

Salem Police DepartmentSustainable Cities Initiative - Salem, Oregon: Fall 2010

Intersecting CulturesPortland Center for International Arts: Winter 2010

Professional ExperienceJeffrey Rome and Associates

Digital PhotographyMoments of Harmony.

Re-Emergent Center for Urban Ecology

Design Studio: 3rd year Masters Thesis Project - Winter and Spring 2012

Advising Professor:Nancy Cheng

Site:Portland, Oregon

Digital Media:Rhino, 3D Studio Max Design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, AutoCAD, Autodesk Vasari and Arc GIS.

Project Description:The Re-Emergent Center for Urban Ecology is an educational building filled with exhibition spaces, formal meetings rooms, learning labs and gathering spaces where children and adults come together to learn and help restore the natural ecologies that once existed along the Willamette River. The his-tory of most of the developments along the river reveals that humans have not appropriately reponded to the natural context and before 1850, the river’s edge was a thriving zone of natural habitats. Today, only 60% of the original riparian zone remains since most industrial, agricultural and urban developments have destroyed the habitats. In response, this project seeks to ameliorate that condition by re-emerging natural habitats through restorative efforts of the Center for Urban Ecology. The C.U.E aims to be the catalyst for future developments by promoting ecological building design practices, the preservation and regeneration of natural habitats in a more harmonious way with nature. The C.U.E. will educate the youth in fun and exciting ways as the whole site becomes a dynamic teaching tool with green roofs that become outdoor labs for learning about native species and passive building strategies that children can learn about. Over all, the hope is to empower children of diverse backgrounds to become proactive players in re-thinking how hu-mans, buildings and the natural environment are all interwoven and affect each other.

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Portland Metro The Context:The site is situated on the east bank of the Willamette River in the Rose Quarter - Portland, Oregon. It is adja-cent to the downtown giving it amazing views of the city + natural surroundings. Site Analysis:1. Ped. routes - Portland is a highly pedestrian friendly city and an effort was made to extend the existing east bank esplande into the proposed site to enhanc-es the waterfront experience.

2. Public transit - The Rose Quarter is highly connected with max and bus lines that make the site easily ac-cessible for many.

3. Major Arteries - There are small and large transpo-ratation arteries that create site boundaries which in effect cause the site to become almost invisible from afar.

4. Housing - The Rose Quarter lacks a critical mass and so housing was proposed as a means to increase the permanent density and economic vitality of the site.

A Re-Emergent Site: The site was shaped by trying to connect the Rose Quarter to the waterfront, thus, creating a site that grows from the Earth as a connective landbridge full of vibrancy, life and ecology. Public gatherings and axis were established when mapping out areas of public use as well as re-establishing a “green zone” for natural habitat to re-emerge on site. Lastly, the site parti includes the critical mass needed to sustain development: housing, commercial spaces of 2,500 sq. ft. on the street level, office spaces and the center for urban ecology. This mix will hopefully bring about healthy urban developments in the future.

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Early Conceptual Sketch Outdoor Learning Labs1. A goal of the project was to make the site and building a tool for learn-ing about the impact of urban developments on the natural environment. With a constructed wetland serving as a focol point for outoor gathering, children and adults may interact directly with natural elements and at the same time learn about the use of a constructed wetland in managing stormwater runoff, how green roofs may provide passive cooling and how a double skin facade can become a wind tunnel for passive cooling dur-ing the summer.

A Riparian Esplanade2. The existing East Esplanade is to be stretched into the site in an undulat-ing manner that creates serene salmon spawning pools, a boardwalk that allows pedestrians to enjoy the river and a stretch of land that children may use to restore native riparian habitats.

The Landbridge3. In an effort to connect the Rose Quarter to the waterfront - a landbridge was created. This landform grows out of the land to connect people to nature in a graceful way. The landbridge then goes on to allow people to plant riparian species and also to be used as a place to stop, take in the amazing views of downtown Portland and the Willamette River.

The Nucleus1. The atrium is centrally located with expansive views and southern exposure. It is a space that is showered with natural daylight, exhbits the array of structural members and system, has a visual con-nection to the outdoors, is a place for gathering and central circulation. Tectonics2. The armature of the building is a rigid frame - post and beam system with concrete slab floors and intermediary braced walls in the interior. The double skin was inspired using biomemetics of fish gills that breath/filter air and water. The array of the struc-ture also enhances the experiential qualities of the spaces so it was essential to expose and celebrate the structure. Building Ecology 3. Several analysis were performed using Autodesk Visari to determine the prevalent winds, wind pres-sures on the building form, solar gains and ultimately a design to address these conditions. High Performance Enclosure4. The inspiration for the double-skin enclosure was the Chinook Salmon - a native specie of the Wil-lamette River. The idea of fish gills being used as a means to filter oxygen out of water was an impor-tant concept in designing the facade. The double-skin is operable and addresses changing conditions : cooling/ heating seasons, solar orientation, wind availability and rain screen issues.

Nature’s Exhibit5. The gallery serves as a space for the children that visit the site to exhibit pieces of art that are inspired by the natural surroundings. The space is ample with views of the Willamette and showered in diffused-natural daylight.

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An Urban Incubator for Innovation“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does

the attitude of the world change towards him. We need not wait to see what others do.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Design Studio: 3rd year, Fall 2011

Advising Professor:Donald Genasci

Site:Portland, Oregon

Digital Media:Rhino, 3D Studio Max Design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, AutoCAD and Autodesk Vasari.

Project Description:Portland today is a wonderful place not only because of its amazing green belt around the city, but also because of the culture that exists there. It is at the forefront of a sustainability movement that re-analyzes the way we look at the built environemnt as it relates to society, nature and economics. It is through these lenses that the Urban Incubator was concieved. The proposal for an Urban Incuba-tor includes a mixed-use of programmatic elements such as: commercial spaces, office spaces, an urban agriculture department and housing that seeks to enhance and elevate the urban fabric. The curvilinear towered form is a direct reponse to the natural forces present all while forming a new kind of urban experience through the introduction of dynamic forms, urban agricultural roofs and passive design strategies that seek to become a catalyst for change in the urban development. The hope is that this kind of project will ripple through the city and induce developments to become more ecologi-cal all while creating economic opportunities for everyone.

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Context1.The proposed site is in the Northeast part of the downtown area and is an important yet under-served part of the city. The site is in proximity to The Union Station, The Greyhound Station and The Post Office, thus, making it a key area for voyage. It is an area of high traffic, but currently has the issue of wayfind-ing given that there is a lack of urban definition. Urban Design2. The existing urban condition is full of voids and opportunities to give shape to the neighborhood. A new experi-ence was made by superimposing a leader line that curves about and goes on to carve nodes for public gather-ings at 2 important places. The last step was to add density and scale to create an urban experience full of life and a dynamic experience as people travel about.

Morphology3. The bldg. was formed through these iterative moves: scaled the building to the local vicinty, stepped down to create green roofs/pedestrian scales, sliced through the center to create a nucleus/ axis / to allow for natural daylight, raised the northern blocks in a stepped fashion to provide housing with views/natural daylight all around with wind turbines in the “alleys”, curved the profile of the building to optimize PV panel orientation and to create a graceful building ascent that elevates an urban experience.

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The Atrium (Perspective)1.The design of the atrium is meant for it to become a focal point for many activities to happen including: circulation, a place for gathering, a place of natural daylight illuminance and wayfind-ing. The atrium is a Smithsonian Art Museum inspired roof where the connection to the outdoors is strong and passive heating dur-ing the winter is ample. A New Gateway (Perspective)2. A new scale, pedestrian experience, life and economic vitality.

Floor Plans3. The programme called for sustainability elements that would enhance the urban experience in an innovative manner en route to healthy developments. As a result, the first floor activates the street life, while the typical office floors (2-7) combine office spaces with urban agriculture. Urban agriculture was essential in the programme make-up since food supply to the businesses on the ground floor were deemed more effecient than to acquire it externally. Lastly, housing (7-27) was also deemed necessary to increase density using a smaller footprint that is formed for opti-mal daylight.

Sustainable Innovations4. Ecological development is a a long shot, but small steps can be made to better the world. In this design, I harnessed natural elements that in Portand, Oregon were deemed important: Solar heat gains (facade was optimized by using vertical/horizontal louvers to block/allow heat gains in summer/winter), use water catchment, wind power harnessing, solar PV power, natural day-light and urban agriculture was harvested on rooftops.

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Orfanato Alas de Esperanza“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as

one.” - John Lennon

Design Studio: 2nd year - Winter 2011

Advising Professor:Diego Urrutia

Site:Guadalajara, Mexico

Digital Media:Rhino, 3D Studio Max Design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign and AutoCAD.

Project Description:The ophanage issue in Mexico and Latin America is of epedemic proportions. The number of orphans globally is growing, yet there aren’t systemic interventions to ameliorate the situa-tion. This Orphanage in Guadalajara, Mexico presents a unique opportunity: to raise aware-ness around the issue, empower the orphans and to give the orphans a sense of connection to the outside world. While the proposal for an orphanage does not have the capacity to fully resolve the orphanage issue, micro-interventions may be taken with the hope of making a positive impact on the orphans and by also changing soceties attitudes towards orphans. The programmatic elements include administration, housing and play with an opportunity to learn about sustainable resource consumption and resource revitalization - skills that the oprhans may take back into the real world to implement. Moreover, it is of utmost importance for the orphanage to empower the little ones and that’s where the inspiration for the wing-like forms were drawn from. Everday, the hope is that they’ll get to experience visually and congnitively the feeling of having wings to fly anywhere their mind desires. At the same time, the interior courtyard for gatherings let’s them know and feel that they are not alone on this journey and that together and with a little help from others, they can go anywhere.

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Context1.The proposed site for an orphanage is in the Northwest region in Guadala-jara, Mexico. It is 6 miles away from the central downtown area of Guadala-jara and may be reached only through highways and major arteries. Courtyard Typology2. An interestng urban pattern that was discovered was the use of a courtyard in many urban forms around the Zapo-pan area. This architectural element is important in bringing people together to a central place where community is essentially nurtured.

Lack of Green Spaces3. Green spaces/parks are an impo-rant piece of the urban fabric since it helps to vitalize a community or city. Zapopan lacks green spaces and so a proposal for green space within the orphange was implemented to help with the health and well-being of the orphans.

Arteries4. The site is very well connected and much traffic and noise pollution comes from the eastern part of the vicinity. In reponse, the site was formed fac-ing opposite so that there is a sense of serenity and calm that opposes the loud and unsettling major arteries on the east.

Site Morphology5. The site was formed by super-impos-ing a welcome corner, a courtyard, green spaces and connections.

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Hope and Prayer1. The Chapel is programmatically seperated to give a sense of seclusion and privacy. It is of con-crete beams that are tilted against each other with glazed openings for light to penetrate into the space. Programmatic Separations2. The seperation of both boys and girls / chil-dren and teens was important in trying to avoid issues between them. As a result, the boys were placed on the north housing complex and the girls were placed on the south housing complex. In addition, children and teens were further sep-erated programmatically by floor levels as well.

Circulation3. Circulation throughout the site is organized about a central axis that leads one from the entry all the way to the playground area to the eastern part of the site.

Chain Links4. The programme is sub-divided and connected via a chain link with interstitial spaces in between that serves as a place of circulation and gather-ing. Structure5. The structural systems used for the buildings is of local methods using concrete beams and columns as the main aramature of the buildings. The precast concrete forms were then shaped in a manner that resemble wings of hope. Platform for Cultural Gatherings5. The auditorium serves as the gradient between the private orphanage and the public realm. It is a place where performances bring people of all backgrounds together to celebrate culture.

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Salem Police DepartmentSustianable Cities Initiative, Salem

Design Studio: 2nd year - Fall 2010

Advising Professor:Christine Theodoropoulos + Joshua Hilton

Site:Salem, Oregon

Digital Media:Sketchup, Maxon Cinema 4d, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign and AutoCAD.

Project Description:The existing Salem Police Station is no longer suitable for its occupants.Currently, the police station is located in the basement of the Civic Center with only 20,000 square feet of allocated space. This location was intended to be a temporary facility, and with no opportunity for expansion, the staff has outgrown the space. Severe overcrowding has resulted in a lack of stor-age space, poor working environment, and inefficient circulation. As a result, police staff desire to work in an atmosphere reflective of their positive public standing. Along with providing an adequately spaced 70,000 square foot new police station, goals for the new police station is to express the con-nection between law enforcement to the public by providing a variety of safe public spaces, strengthen the connections to the natural environment and improve the site’s connectivity to the greater urban fabric.

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downtownSalem Context1.The library, Civic Center and Fire Station are located on a 4-block campus, directly south of Salem’s downtown. The campus is one block east of the Willamette River, though the high banks along the river limit its visibility from the site. Lastly, one site was to be selected based on the potential to enhance the site’s conditions. Site Issue #1: Barriers2. The existing 3 monolithic blocks (Library, Civic Center and Parking Structure presents themselves as huge bar-riers that don’t allow for central site circulation making wayfinding very difficult.

Site Issue #2: No Cental Connections3. As a result of the monolithic barriers peripheral site cir-culation is used to travel about the site.

Site Issue #3: Hardscape Dominance4. In addition to the monolithic concrete structures, the site is also heavily paved with concrete making the site more hardscape than landscape.

Site Issue #4: Disconnect to Nature5. There is a small water feature to the North and a stream that connects into the Willamette River to the West, but the current site does not allow one to take ad-vantage of this opportunity given that nature should be easily accessible.

Site Morphology6. The site was formed by: 1-selecting one of the 3 sites, 2-establishing a “green zone” next to the stream, 3-cre-ating a passageway to connect both sides of the street while creating plazas, 4-notching a piece of the footprint to create a courtyard between the (E)/(N) buildings, 5- extruding the site up 4 floors (70,000 sq. ft. programme), 6-punching an atrium for light/circulation and 7-establish-ing a site axis from north-south to bring in density and life.

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Stair Design1.The stair design is intended to make refer-ences to the monolithic character of the existing site typology and at the same time be light and transparent, but with wayfind-ing capabilities.

Atrium (Perspective)2.The atrium serves as a central focus point that helps to connect and bring together the community, the police force and the natural elements. It is a space where there is ample daylight and its cetral circula-tion offers great views of the outdoors and indoor environment. This is by far the most active space in the whole building and it reminds everyone that they are all part of the greater Salem community.

Sustainable Strategies3. The strategies used to reduce resource consumption, reduce stormwater pollu-tion while actively creating energy were: passive south-face daylighting, use active shading devices to reduce cooling loads in summer, use thermal massed concrete floors for passive heating, use PV’s on the roof to create electricity, use a water catchment system for potable water col-lection, use of stack effect for passive col-ling and use a riparian zone to filter storm-water runoff that leads to the creek.

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International Arts Academy

Design Studio: 1st year - Winter 2010

Advising Professor:Jenny Young

Site:Portland, Oregon

Digital Media:Revit Architecture, Rhino, 3D Studio Max Design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign and AutoCAD.

Project Description:The 50,000 sq. ft. International Arts Center is a proposal to host fellows in the Portland context. This project presents a unique opportunity for both Oregonians and the hosted multi-cultural fel-lows to create a meshing together of dynamic and exciting relationships. This venture creates a dynamic condition where factors intersect at a common point - the site. These converging and divergent points are in the form of psycho-social-cultural differences or similarities between the cultures and also discipline. Furthermore, the center will bring together fellows from an array of disciplines and practices - they include sculpture artists, painters, architects, musicians and sci-ence scholars. Bringing these fellows from different disciplines calls for a collaborative and com-munity-like environment where the fellows may cross perspectives with each other in spaces for gathering. Lastly, the major goals for the design is to connect the building to the urban fabric in a familiar way, provide public spaces for gathering and exhibition, provide spaces conducive to collaboration/innovation and a building that is a healthy work environment full of natural daylight that’s well connected to the north park blocks.

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downtownPortland Context1.The 100’X100’ site is situated in the downtown area of Portland, Oregon where it stands adjacent to the North Parks blocks and one block north of Burnside Street.

Atrium (Perspective)2.The atrium serves as a central place for gath-ering, circulation and daylight showers. It is an important place to connect to the outdoors and also to be connected with every occupant in the building. It is like being in a treehouse or in nature.

Nature in the City3. The park blocks are a series of 6 blocks con-nected as a chain link and it was important for the proposed site to connect to it as an extension of the park.

Influx4. Pedestrian influx to the site mainly comes from Burnside Street so this traffic flow was carefully considered when desigining the site’s orientation and focus.

Courtyards and Corners Typology5. Two observations made about the urban form is the use of courtyards and open corners. Central courtyards help to break the monolithic 200’x200’ blocks and allows for light to penetrate the bldg. Corners were also used heavily since they offered a seductive way to lure or gather people onto the site.

Morphology6. The building was formed by matching the context scale, notching a welcoming corner, punching an atrium for light and then elevating a volume that people use to gather, meet and con-nect to the natural environment outdoors.

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Chain Links Diagram1.The intersection for collaboration between the hosted artists, archi-tects and scholars happens with a series of chain linked connectors that bonds all three together. This setup will hopefully get these dis-ciplines to work together and ex-change ideas on how to make the world a better place.

Horizontal Circulation2. Circulation happens at the core of the building where an atrium helps to give better wayfinding and a sense of connection to everyone there.

Vertical Circulation3.There are two emergency stair-cases on each end of the building, one central elevator and a central stair case that weaves the five floors together.

Lounge Area (Perspective)4. The lounge area is in important space for informal gatherings and enjoyment of the outdoor views of the park.

Entry Lobby (Perspective)5. The materials selection was in-spired by the natual character of the park blocks. This material con-nection essentially makes the build-ing an extension of nature.

Balboa “B” Street - LTE Technology

Design Firm: Jeffrey Rome and Associates

Project Team:Absolam Fesili (Black and Veatch rep. for At&t), Emmanuel Figueroa (JRA - Project Manager), Eriverto Espinoza (JRA Job Captain/Designer), Joshua Brigman (JRA Job Captain/Designer), Jeff Cook (JRA Drafter) and Matt (JRA Drafter).

Site:San Diego, California

Project Description:The telecom project for AT&T called for a mechanical screen enclosure to conseal AT&T antenna equipment and a structural platform. The consealment design was made using Fiber Reiforced Plastics to allow for optimal cellular signal and to decrease blockage. The city of San Diego required that the equipment be integrated to the building rooftop in a stealth-like manner as to preserve the aesthetic quality of the existing building and the greater urban fabric.

Project Role:This telecom project required that I start off as a designer/drafter at its early stages working un-der a project manager and job captain. As time passed, I was able to be awarded Job Captain duties and to take responsibility for coordinating the whole San Diego Market which included 12 sites. I was heavily invloved in the design of the FRP enclosure, detailing, building code compli-ance research and ultimately permit approvals through the city jurisdiction.

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Bixby BridgeSubject/Location - Adryana de la Rosa on Bixby Bridge near Big Sur, California.Description - This image tries to capture the beauty that happens when human development and the natural forces of gravity are in harmony with each other.

ReflectionsLocation - Lagun in Eastern, Oregon.Description - Nature is full of visual vibrancies - it is the reason why I love to travel. In this image, I tried to capture the wide color spectrum present in nature and the layering of water, land and sky. Each element provides a visual stimulant that vibrates the soul.

Stretch Towards the SkySubject/Location - Sundial Bridge by Santiago Calatrava in Redding, California.Description - One of the exciting challenges in Architecture is dealing with gravitational forces. This project aimed to connect people to two sides of landforms in a graceful manner. The bridge is light in structure - using steel cables - and inspires one to stretch architecture to new limits.

Structural ArraysSubject - Cristina Villa and Ruben Bretado in Washington D.C. Smithsonian Metro Stop.Description - The image captures how the waffle-concrete structure that encloses a metro station in D.C. shoots arrays out in an amazing rhythmic manner. Structure, when efficient, can be full of beautifully repeated grids that give one a sense of order, safety and familiarity to what we understand.

Re-Emergent EarthLocation - North bank of the Columbia River Gorge in Washington.Description - This image tries to capture a natural phenomenon of Earth layers submerging and then re-emerging up to create a dynamic experience for the road tripper - like myself.

California Plaza TowerSubject - California Plaza Tower in Los Angeles, California by AC Martin and Arthur Erikson Architectural Corp.Description - This image captures the beauty in building facade cladding and the color vibrancies present on the skin that propel one’s experience into the heavens - on a California Winter day.

Bixby Bridge, California

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Re-Emergent Earth California Plaza Tower

Thank you,Eriverto EspinozaT: 562-338-1235E: EspinozaArchitecture@gmail.com