f_zapata undergraduate portfolio

architecture PORTFOLIO

FEDERICO ZAPATA2004-2009


GRADUATE

Analytical studies Exploration of materials, technologies and designs.

Work as a research associateHabana and Its landscapes.

PhotographyDiscovering the visual beauty of buildings.

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others

CONTENTS

academic work

Beginning to end Vs limitlessInca symbolism.

Membranes: Reading spaceStructural/spatial space from fabric.

This is the placeBe part of the new live style!.

Miami Pier MuseumThe Museum hovers between wet and dry.

Habana interventionFrom communism to individual expression.

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competitions and charrette

Theatre as a ritual of purification of human consciousness.Ideal theatre

The Branding of a StreetUrban mixed-use thoroughfares/commercial streets.

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others

CONTENTS

academic work






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competitions and charrette

Theatre as a ritual of purification of human consciousness.Ideal theatre


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academic work2006 - 2008





Habana interventionFrom communism to individual expression

Habana,Cuba

Partner, Pedro Gomez

M a l e c o n - E l V e d a d o

The idea behind this whole project is based on the initiative of taking an approach to the actual problem of the city, focusing on the people that are living the oppression of the communist regime, and how these people perceive and respond to that situation. The main point for the project is to serve as a nucleus for the reconstruction of the city, but more than the physical reconstruction of the city we want to emphasize the reconstruction of the citizen.The spaces created for this project should work as a tool to diminish the impact of the transition of the citizen of Havana from his actual life in oppression, and as an object of the communist regime, to a life full of liberties and where each individual counts for his own capabilities (the humanization of the citizen).

La Habana that we long for.

New reality that the Cuban population lives

Cubans living in oppression

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M a l e c o n - E l V e d a d o

The idea behind this whole project is based on the initiative of taking an approach to the actual problem of the city, focusing on the people that are living the oppression of the communist regime, and how these people perceive and respond to that situation. The main point for the project is to serve as a nucleus for the reconstruction of the city, but more than the physical reconstruction of the city we want to emphasize the reconstruction of the citizen.The spaces created for this project should work as a tool to diminish the impact of the transition of the citizen of Havana from his actual life in oppression, and as an object of the communist regime, to a life full of liberties and where each individual counts for his own capabilities (the humanization of the citizen).

La Habana that we long for.

New reality that the Cuban population lives

Cubans living in oppression

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Collector street

Main artery

Minor artery

Secondary path

Regulated intersection

Project site and propose development area

Malcon pedestrian path

Road networks Populat ion and funct ional i ty

Housing

Culture and educationAdministration and serviceHealth

GastronomyParking

Sports and green areas

Zone with high landscape value

The region has 29,000 residents with 45 % of the compositio composed by men, the predominant nucleus is between 3 and 4 family members. A very important data constitutes the density of net inhabitants by hectare; in the 134 net hectares live 29,000 inhabitants that throws 215 hab/Ha. The labor force is arrange in inhabitants between 18 and 59 years old that is the 65% of the population. Other interesting data is that the 52% are workers, the 19% are students and 15% are retired.

The strategy to reach a successful completion of the project would be divided in two faces, diagnosis and implementation. The diagnoses part of the process would consist on the investigation and clear understanding of la Havana citizens in terms of living conditions (shelter, nutrition, education, health, etc…) and mentality; this first part of the process also includes the understanding of transition processes similar to the one that would undergo la Havana after the end of the actual situation. From this investigation we will come up with different visual and special languages that would later be implemented on the design of the project. On the second face, we would work on the implementation of the information collected on face one, in an effort to come up with the best symbolic and functional scheme for project that needs to serve as a tool to diminish the impact of the transition process, and that would also work as an engine for the reconstruction of the Havana citizens.

Current developments models maximize property road access either through a street grid or, as in much of suburban America, by snaking roads through subdivisions. Though this maximizes edge length, the surface area of the roads has increased exponen-tially, creating inefficient property to road ratios.

What can be done?Social identity

• Solid

• Homogeny

• Flat

• Heavy

• Filter of light

• Dissolved

• Individual

• Lightness

• Desintegration• Layered• Stacked

Public Semi-private Private

Concept

Learning/Retail

Recreational

Circulation

Living space

Living space

Recreational space

Learning space

Circulation

Retail space

Adjacenc ies / Space sequences

Living

Library

Main PublicSpace

Public Parking

Calle G Accesspoint

Retail Spaces

Calixto Garcia Monument Lanscape

Housing

Library Entry

Housing Circulation

Main axis

Circulation

Learning/Retail Recreational space

Living space

Before the revolution During the revolution After the revolution

Living space condition Space comprecion

Degradation of the compresion of space to fully open environment

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Collector street

Main artery

Minor artery

Secondary path

Regulated intersection

Project site and propose development area

Malcon pedestrian path

Road networks Populat ion and funct ional i ty

Housing

Culture and educationAdministration and serviceHealth

GastronomyParking

Sports and green areas

Zone with high landscape value

The region has 29,000 residents with 45 % of the compositio composed by men, the predominant nucleus is between 3 and 4 family members. A very important data constitutes the density of net inhabitants by hectare; in the 134 net hectares live 29,000 inhabitants that throws 215 hab/Ha. The labor force is arrange in inhabitants between 18 and 59 years old that is the 65% of the population. Other interesting data is that the 52% are workers, the 19% are students and 15% are retired.

The strategy to reach a successful completion of the project would be divided in two faces, diagnosis and implementation. The diagnoses part of the process would consist on the investigation and clear understanding of la Havana citizens in terms of living conditions (shelter, nutrition, education, health, etc…) and mentality; this first part of the process also includes the understanding of transition processes similar to the one that would undergo la Havana after the end of the actual situation. From this investigation we will come up with different visual and special languages that would later be implemented on the design of the project. On the second face, we would work on the implementation of the information collected on face one, in an effort to come up with the best symbolic and functional scheme for project that needs to serve as a tool to diminish the impact of the transition process, and that would also work as an engine for the reconstruction of the Havana citizens.

Current developments models maximize property road access either through a street grid or, as in much of suburban America, by snaking roads through subdivisions. Though this maximizes edge length, the surface area of the roads has increased exponen-tially, creating inefficient property to road ratios.


• Solid

• Homogeny

• Flat

• Heavy

• Filter of light

• Dissolved

• Individual

• Lightness

• Desintegration• Layered• Stacked

Public Semi-private Private

Concept

Learning/Retail

Recreational

Circulation

Living space

Living space

Recreational space

Learning space

Circulation

Retail space

Adjacenc ies / Space sequences

Living

Library

Main PublicSpace

Public Parking

Calle G Accesspoint

Retail Spaces

Calixto Garcia Monument Lanscape

Housing

Library Entry

Housing Circulation

Main axis

Circulation

Learning/Retail Recreational space

Living space

Before the revolution During the revolution After the revolution

Living space condition Space comprecion

Degradation of the compresion of space to fully open environment

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2. Entry hall1. Outdoor space

3. Circulation desk4. Restaurant space5. Mall entrance

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2. Entry hall1. Outdoor space

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Level one

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Level tree Level five

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The units are designed to provide

the opportunity of liberated open space

and communication among other units.

Living unit system

Integration of elements

Full assembly

Outdoor space

Indoor space

Level 11

Circulation

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The units are designed to provide

the opportunity of liberated open space

and communication among other units.

Living unit system

Integration of elements

Full assembly

Outdoor space

Indoor space

Level 11

Circulation

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Inca MONASTERYInca symbols generating architecturePeru,Cusco

The horizontal axis, represents the path from birth to death, beginning to end, and linear time.

The circle is the symbol of the sun in its limitless or boundless aspect. It has no beginning or end, and no divisions, making it the perfect symbol of completeness, eternity, and the soul.

Like some of the Roman emperors, the Incas identify themselves with the sun. The most sacred idol in the Inca pantheon is a great golden disc representing the sun. Great religious ceremonies, sometimes lasting several days, are based upon the pattern of dawn and dusk, day and night.

Can Inca symbols generate architecture?Circle Vs line

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The horizontal axis, represents the path from birth to death, beginning to end, and linear time.

The circle is the symbol of the sun in its limitless or boundless aspect. It has no beginning or end, and no divisions, making it the perfect symbol of completeness, eternity, and the soul.

Like some of the Roman emperors, the Incas identify themselves with the sun. The most sacred idol in the Inca pantheon is a great golden disc representing the sun. Great religious ceremonies, sometimes lasting several days, are based upon the pattern of dawn and dusk, day and night.

Can Inca symbols generate architecture?Circle Vs line

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Level two

1. Main entrance2. Convention hall3. Public dining4. Educational areas5. Library6. Circulation

8. Resting units9. Offices10. Private dining

7. Chapel

11. Work shops

Level tree

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1. Main entrance2. Convention hall3. Public dining4. Educational areas5. Library6. Circulation

8. Resting units9. Offices10. Private dining

7. Chapel

11. Work shops

Level tree

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be part of the new life style!THIS IS THE PLACE

Flagler streetengaging the urban corridorMiami,USA

In the city and suburbs, roads envelop all surfaces, a seemingly andless network.

Current developments models maximize property road access either through a street grid or, as in much of suburban America, by snaking roads through subdivisions. Though this maximizes edge length, the surface area of the roads has increased exponentially, creating inefficient property to road ratios.

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In the city and suburbs, roads envelop all surfaces, a seemingly andless network.

Current developments models maximize property road access either through a street grid or, as in much of suburban America, by snaking roads through subdivisions. Though this maximizes edge length, the surface area of the roads has increased exponentially, creating inefficient property to road ratios.

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The second annual In the Driver’s Seat Road Rage Survey found that the least courteous city in the country is Miami. It’s the second consecutive year that Miami claimed the top spot.

What are the limitations and cost of our transportation infrastructure?

Despite the enormous area dedicated to cards within the city and the landscape, roads still suffer from congestion. In dense cities like Miami inhabitants returns to a single level in order to move laterally. In suburbs, the intense hierarchy of the road networks and the disconnection of neighborhoods places stress on the primary roads, while feeder streets remain underutilized. In 2003, congestion delayed U.S. travelers 79 million more hours and wasted 69 million more gallons of fuel than in 2002.

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The second annual In the Driver’s Seat Road Rage Survey found that the least courteous city in the country is Miami. It’s the second consecutive year that Miami claimed the top spot.

What are the limitations and cost of our transportation infrastructure?

Despite the enormous area dedicated to cards within the city and the landscape, roads still suffer from congestion. In dense cities like Miami inhabitants returns to a single level in order to move laterally. In suburbs, the intense hierarchy of the road networks and the disconnection of neighborhoods places stress on the primary roads, while feeder streets remain underutilized. In 2003, congestion delayed U.S. travelers 79 million more hours and wasted 69 million more gallons of fuel than in 2002.

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Original block layout

Vacant area

Propose circulation grid

Propose zoning

Circulation alternatives

Prospect buildings for removal

New program new expression!

How many of these buildings deserve

consideration of optimism?

The immense horizontal expansion of the region has demanded drastic increase in the speed of getting about, falling to create methods of transportation. Systems that change the perception as movement goes pass, yet the image of the region is derived from the series of impressions produced by all these systems interacting with one another and with the impressions gained while moving about the ground floor on foot. All these movements systems must be thought of simultaneously is to produce the impression of a coherent hole.

Edmund Bacon

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Exercise

Relax

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Relation to subsequently blocks

Program connections (shares spaces)

Green roof

Residential space

Commercial space

Reatil space

Public plaza-Green space

Circulation

Exisiting buildings

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ParisPopulation: 2,144,700 Area: 41 mi²

DubaiPopulation: 1,241,000 Area: 1,500 mi²

SeoulPopulation: 10,331,24 Area: 238 mi²

TokyoPopulation: 10,331,24 Area: 238 mi²

San FranciscoPopulation: 744,041Area: 47 mi²

Cairo Population: 6,789,479 Area: 83 mi²

Cairo Population: 193,956 Area: 46 mi²

BostonPopulation: 595,698 Area: 48 mi²

BarcelonaPopulation: 1,605,602 Area: 38 mi²

LondonPopulation: 7,172,036 Area: 609 mi²

New YorkPopulation: 8,214,426 Area: 309 mi²

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Weakness sites

Barrier edge

Interest area differentiation

Change interest

Improve relationship

Effects on district

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along the river

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Original block layout

Vacant area

Propose circulation grid

Propose zoning

Circulation alternatives

Prospect buildings for removal

New program new expression!

How many of these buildings deserve

consideration of optimism?

The immense horizontal expansion of the region has demanded drastic increase in the speed of getting about, falling to create methods of transportation. Systems that change the perception as movement goes pass, yet the image of the region is derived from the series of impressions produced by all these systems interacting with one another and with the impressions gained while moving about the ground floor on foot. All these movements systems must be thought of simultaneously is to produce the impression of a coherent hole.

Edmund Bacon

Live

Work

Produce

Exercise

Relax

Nurtute

Consume

Eat

Play

Relation to subsequently blocks

Program connections (shares spaces)

Green roof

Residential space

Commercial space

Reatil space

Public plaza-Green space

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Exisiting buildings

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ParisPopulation: 2,144,700 Area: 41 mi²

DubaiPopulation: 1,241,000 Area: 1,500 mi²

SeoulPopulation: 10,331,24 Area: 238 mi²

TokyoPopulation: 10,331,24 Area: 238 mi²

San FranciscoPopulation: 744,041Area: 47 mi²

Cairo Population: 6,789,479 Area: 83 mi²

Cairo Population: 193,956 Area: 46 mi²

BostonPopulation: 595,698 Area: 48 mi²

BarcelonaPopulation: 1,605,602 Area: 38 mi²

LondonPopulation: 7,172,036 Area: 609 mi²

New YorkPopulation: 8,214,426 Area: 309 mi²

1 mile

Low contamination area

Weakness sites

Barrier edge

Interest area differentiation

Change interest

Improve relationship

Effects on district

Miami dividedImprove the drastic transition

along the river

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Systems integration

Section

Buildings

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Systems integration

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Circulation Vs green

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Theatre as a ritual of purification of human consciousness.



Ideal theatre

competition and charrette2008 - 2009

wet foot dry foot

Miami Pier MuseumThe Museum hovers between water and land, wet and dry, unreachable and accessible.Miami,USA

Team, John Stuart and Roberto Rovira

the “Wet-foot, Dry-foot” policy was agreed upon between Cuba and the

United States. It was the first immigration policy to base immigration status solely upon a physical positioning between land and water. A Cuban immigrant—and controversially only an immigrant from Cuba—could legally remain in the U.S. if they had “Dry Feet” or had successfully made it all the way to land. If intercepted at sea, Cuban immigrants were considered to have “Wet Feet,” and were deported even if only a few feet away from dry land. Land, water, ocean currents, tides, winds, and sun and shade all have enormous impact on the concept of immigration to the coast of Cuba. Our Wet Foot Dry Foot Immigration Museum on Miami Beach likewise hovers between water and land, wet and dry, unreachable and accessible. It invites visitors to question the stability of their own identity, and to reconsider the fragility of human existence within this context. We introduce visitors to a carefully calibrated experi-ence that begins along a colonnade of vertical markers that run from 5th Street to the entrance of the museum. Once in the museum, the visitor slips along the tempo-rary and permanent exhibition galleries toward the auditorium at the very far eastern end of the museum. Open spaces between the galleries open to the sea. In these spaces, visitors are invited to question their own relationship to the idea of immigration through more intimate contact with the sea. The museum culminates in the east with an auditorium, which is only accessible to visitors during low tide. Its rhythm of use will be based upon the lunar, rather than solar calendar.Prevailing winds determine the height of waves and have an enormous impact on the success of immigrants traveling to Florida by boat. Our museum relies upon harnessing wind for power. After several days without wind, there will be no power in the museum. The wind, therefore, forms a critical conceptual and experiential link between the immigrant and visitor experiences.

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Our investigation questioned the social and political conditions of immigrant journeys. Accounts often reference heaven and hell. They strive for the enlightenment ideals of progress and the pursuit of happiness. Our project engages these notions through individual and collective experiences. Political distinctions among groups are often rendered impossible to discern. The trajectory through the museum’s spaces comment on the ambiguities of these journeys.

Prevailing winds determine the success of an immigrant journey. Our site is ideally suited to harness wind power for use in the museum. This creates an analogy between the environmental forces on the museum and those upon a drifting boat.

The Wet Foot Dry Foot Policy depends upon the ever-shifting line between water and land defined by tides. The tides allow or deny access to specific parts of the museum, which references the ebb and flow tides political and social.

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the “Wet-foot, Dry-foot” policy was agreed upon between Cuba and the

United States. It was the first immigration policy to base immigration status solely upon a physical positioning between land and water. A Cuban immigrant—and controversially only an immigrant from Cuba—could legally remain in the U.S. if they had “Dry Feet” or had successfully made it all the way to land. If intercepted at sea, Cuban immigrants were considered to have “Wet Feet,” and were deported even if only a few feet away from dry land. Land, water, ocean currents, tides, winds, and sun and shade all have enormous impact on the concept of immigration to the coast of Cuba. Our Wet Foot Dry Foot Immigration Museum on Miami Beach likewise hovers between water and land, wet and dry, unreachable and accessible. It invites visitors to question the stability of their own identity, and to reconsider the fragility of human existence within this context. We introduce visitors to a carefully calibrated experi-ence that begins along a colonnade of vertical markers that run from 5th Street to the entrance of the museum. Once in the museum, the visitor slips along the tempo-rary and permanent exhibition galleries toward the auditorium at the very far eastern end of the museum. Open spaces between the galleries open to the sea. In these spaces, visitors are invited to question their own relationship to the idea of immigration through more intimate contact with the sea. The museum culminates in the east with an auditorium, which is only accessible to visitors during low tide. Its rhythm of use will be based upon the lunar, rather than solar calendar.Prevailing winds determine the height of waves and have an enormous impact on the success of immigrants traveling to Florida by boat. Our museum relies upon harnessing wind for power. After several days without wind, there will be no power in the museum. The wind, therefore, forms a critical conceptual and experiential link between the immigrant and visitor experiences.

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Our investigation questioned the social and political conditions of immigrant journeys. Accounts often reference heaven and hell. They strive for the enlightenment ideals of progress and the pursuit of happiness. Our project engages these notions through individual and collective experiences. Political distinctions among groups are often rendered impossible to discern. The trajectory through the museum’s spaces comment on the ambiguities of these journeys.

Prevailing winds determine the success of an immigrant journey. Our site is ideally suited to harness wind power for use in the museum. This creates an analogy between the environmental forces on the museum and those upon a drifting boat.

The Wet Foot Dry Foot Policy depends upon the ever-shifting line between water and land defined by tides. The tides allow or deny access to specific parts of the museum, which references the ebb and flow tides political and social.

LOW TIDEAUDITORIUMTEMPORARY EXHIBITS PERMANENT EXHIBITS

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“Ideal Theatre”design Competition 2009

Miami,USA

Theatre is the art of human expression, an exploring of man’s innermost emotions, a temple where the human body resembles as a deity. The project begins with the recognition of theatre as a ritual of purification of human consciousness through the transition of daily life into the fictional realm recreated on the stage. Given that premise, the design of the “Ideal Theatre” seeks to attribute the building that very human condition of having a body and using it to evoke emotions. As one enters the building, the transformation of the space in terms of form, materiality and function acknowledges the character of the building which speaks of multiple personalities interacting each other and gathered in one body represented by the theater conceived as the core of the building.


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Theatre is the art of human expression, an exploring of man’s innermost emotions, a temple where the human body resembles as a deity. The project begins with the recognition of theatre as a ritual of purification of human consciousness through the transition of daily life into the fictional realm recreated on the stage. Given that premise, the design of the “Ideal Theatre” seeks to attribute the building that very human condition of having a body and using it to evoke emotions. As one enters the building, the transformation of the space in terms of form, materiality and function acknowledges the character of the building which speaks of multiple personalities interacting each other and gathered in one body represented by the theater conceived as the core of the building.


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Offices (6,000 sf)

Main Thatre 352 seats (20,000 sf) First Floor

Costume Lab (2,300 sf)

Exposition space and circulation (3,100 sf)

Scenary Construction (4,500 sf)

Black Box (3,500 sf)

Acting Labs (3,000 sf)

Lighting lab ans lights storage (3,500 sf)

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Offices (6,000 sf)

Main Thatre 352 seats (20,000 sf) First Floor

Costume Lab (2,300 sf)

Exposition space and circulation (3,100 sf)

Scenary Construction (4,500 sf)

Black Box (3,500 sf)

Acting Labs (3,000 sf)

Lighting lab ans lights storage (3,500 sf)

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10 ft 5 ft0

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In the past decade the practice of design has undergone a revolution. Today, designers are experiencing a blurring of boundaries between disciplines where designers are asked, and expected to, practice a non-traditional, more cross-disciplined and universal form of design. Further, the subject of branding has moved into the discipline of design. Today it is important that the design of a place, space or object is associated with a brand, a unique and identifiable symbol or connection that acts as a differentiator to achieve the user’s goal.


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In the past decade the practice of design has undergone a revolution. Today, designers are experiencing a blurring of boundaries between disciplines where designers are asked, and expected to, practice a non-traditional, more cross-disciplined and universal form of design. Further, the subject of branding has moved into the discipline of design. Today it is important that the design of a place, space or object is associated with a brand, a unique and identifiable symbol or connection that acts as a differentiator to achieve the user’s goal.


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others2004 - 2009

DesignTadao Ando - Koshino house

Methods and MatherialsLouis I. Kahn - Salk tInstitute

Methods and MatherialsThe beauty of concrete and steel

TechnologiesNorman Foster - Hearst Towert

Analytical studies Exploration of designs, methods, materials, and technologies.

Tadao Ando arranged two organic concrete boxes in parallel so as to avoid the scattered trees, and had they buried half-way into the ground. The two boxes are linked by an underground corridor and they accommodate the different spaces. The stepped courtyard generated between the two volumes functions as an outdoor living room, and wide stairs receive and reflect the natural light trickling through the trees and serve as an extension of the stage for everyday life. It is an autonomous exterior space, a part of nature that has been isolated and fashioned by man.

Louis Kahn's Salk Institute for Biological Studies on the Pacific coast near La Jolla aspires within its own spirit to an order achieved through clarity, definition, and consistency of application. Working with simple materials, notably brick and concrete. Kahn applied his principles to create buildings instilled with the spiritual qualities for which he strove through a masterful sense of space and light.

Concrete as a construction material is still rightly perceived and identified as the provider of a nation's infrastructure and indirectly. Concrete is so easily and readily prepared and fabricated into all sorts of conceivable shapes and structural systems in the realms of infrastruc-ture, habitation, transportation, work and play. Its great simplicity lies in that its constituents are most readily available anywhere in the world; the great beauty of concrete, and probably the major cause of its poor performance, on the other hand, is the fact that both the choice of the constituents, and the proportioning of its constituents are entirely in the hands of the engineer and the technologist

Hearst Tower is the first "Green" Building in Midtown Manhattan. The importance of the building is the one million square feet of office space. It rises above the old building, linked on the outside by a transparent skirt of glazing that floods the spaces below with natural light and encourages an impression of the tower floating weightlessly above the base. The main spatial event is a lobby that occupies the entire floor plate and rises up through six floors. Like a bustling town square, this dramatic space provides access to all parts of the building. Structurally, the tower has a triangulated form - a highly efficient solution that uses 20 percent less steel than a conventionally framed structure. With its corners peeled back between the diagonals, it has the effect of emphasizing the towers vertical proportions and creating a distinctive facetted silhouette.

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DesignTadao Ando - Koshino house

Methods and MatherialsLouis I. Kahn - Salk tInstitute

Methods and MatherialsThe beauty of concrete and steel

TechnologiesNorman Foster - Hearst Towert

Analytical studies Exploration of designs, methods, materials, and technologies.

Tadao Ando arranged two organic concrete boxes in parallel so as to avoid the scattered trees, and had they buried half-way into the ground. The two boxes are linked by an underground corridor and they accommodate the different spaces. The stepped courtyard generated between the two volumes functions as an outdoor living room, and wide stairs receive and reflect the natural light trickling through the trees and serve as an extension of the stage for everyday life. It is an autonomous exterior space, a part of nature that has been isolated and fashioned by man.

Louis Kahn's Salk Institute for Biological Studies on the Pacific coast near La Jolla aspires within its own spirit to an order achieved through clarity, definition, and consistency of application. Working with simple materials, notably brick and concrete. Kahn applied his principles to create buildings instilled with the spiritual qualities for which he strove through a masterful sense of space and light.

Concrete as a construction material is still rightly perceived and identified as the provider of a nation's infrastructure and indirectly. Concrete is so easily and readily prepared and fabricated into all sorts of conceivable shapes and structural systems in the realms of infrastruc-ture, habitation, transportation, work and play. Its great simplicity lies in that its constituents are most readily available anywhere in the world; the great beauty of concrete, and probably the major cause of its poor performance, on the other hand, is the fact that both the choice of the constituents, and the proportioning of its constituents are entirely in the hands of the engineer and the technologist

Hearst Tower is the first "Green" Building in Midtown Manhattan. The importance of the building is the one million square feet of office space. It rises above the old building, linked on the outside by a transparent skirt of glazing that floods the spaces below with natural light and encourages an impression of the tower floating weightlessly above the base. The main spatial event is a lobby that occupies the entire floor plate and rises up through six floors. Like a bustling town square, this dramatic space provides access to all parts of the building. Structurally, the tower has a triangulated form - a highly efficient solution that uses 20 percent less steel than a conventionally framed structure. With its corners peeled back between the diagonals, it has the effect of emphasizing the towers vertical proportions and creating a distinctive facetted silhouette.

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The project focused on the challenges of preserving Havana’s architecture and cultural resources in an environmentally sustainable way while also addressing the pressing needs of residents, such as housing and infrastructure.

Havana and Its LandscapesA vision for future reconstruction in Cuba

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The project focused on the challenges of preserving Havana’s architecture and cultural resources in an environmentally sustainable way while also addressing the pressing needs of residents, such as housing and infrastructure.

Havana and Its LandscapesA vision for future reconstruction in Cuba

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