Alvar Cortada Kosonen 674 S 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19147

(267) 251-6340 www.alvarck.net alvar@alvarck.net

Alvar Cortada Kosonen 674 S 13th Street, Philadelphia PA 19147 (267) 251- 6340 alvar@alvarck.net www.alvarck.net

OBJECTIVE Multi-lingual, Revit, Sketchup and Autocad experienced architect seeking an opportunity to take my career to the next level with a company that is innovative and creative, and will encourage me to apply my dynamic skills to help advance their reputation in the architecture and design industries.

WORK EXPERIENCE DCM architecture & engineering (Camden, NJ)

3/12-Present Architect, Project Director Responsible for managing all the aspects of the project: Scheme Design, Design

Development & Construction Documents Assist Lead Architect with client presentations

IDOM-ACXT (48TH in the World Architecture 100 2012)

2011-2012 2010-2011 2006-2010

Architect, Project Director One of the lead designers for an airport in Natal, selected for the “Bienal de Sao Paulo”

2012, Brazil Managed all aspects of the project: Scheme Design, Design Development &

Construction Documents. Interface with the clients and oversee the collaboration with technical architects, engineers, and drafters

BIM Manager Functioned as lead REVIT Architectural expert on multiple projects including the new

emergency building 112 of Barcelona (cover of Revit 2013) Managed Architect Collaborators in all phases of the project

Architect Collaborator Collaborated on numerous projects of varying typologies, such as, emergency facilities,

airports, sport complexes, office buildings, urban planning & housing (see page 2 for list of projects)

Clara Peña Architect

7/05 - 8/05 Project Collaborator Assisted on aspects of the bid to design a new City Hall building in La Oliva,

Fuerteventura (Canary Islands)

Mindesign: Design & Architecture

8/04 - 12/04 Project Collaborator Participated in the bid of 4 social housing buildings in Sant Joan d’Espi

Croquis

1/04 - 3/04 Project Collaborator Designed exhibitions for The Forum of the Cultures in Barcelona

SOFTWARE SKILLS

DESIGN SOFTWARE PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

Autocad 2D/3D

Sketchup (+V-Ray)

Rhinoceros

3D Studio Max

Revit Architecture

Revit Structure

Revit MEP

Inventor

PROFICIENT

PROFICIENT

Intermediate

Skilled

PROFICIENT

Intermediate

Skilled

Intermediate

Indesign

Photoshop

Word, Excel & Powerpoint

Flash

PROFICIENT

PROFICIENT

PROFICIENT

Skilled

EDUCATION

Graduated 2008 Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona - School of Architecture of Barcelona, 6 year program including final degree project, with Honors in Projects X

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English, Spanish, and Catalan

SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS

Alvar Cortada Kosonen 674 S 13th Street, Philadelphia PA 19147 (267) 251- 6340 alvar@alvarck.net www.alvarck.net

HADDONFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 2012 New library for the HHS in Haddonfield, NJ; Project Architect

SOUTH KENSINGTON LP, 2012 Triplex Building in Philadelphia, PA; Project Architect

PBCIP, 2012 9 Social Houses (townhouses) in Camden, NJ; Project Architect

CARDINAL INVESTEMENTS, 2012 New restaurant “Fat Radish” in New York, NY; Project Architect & Interior Designer

PBCIP, 2012 New mix-use building in Camden, NJ; Architect Collaborator & Interior Designer

City Hall of Vitoria, 2011 New office building for the City Hall of Vitoria, Basque Country; BIM Manager

Prefeitura de Sao Paulo, 2011 Bid for different urban interventions in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Architect Collaborator

Consortium GAP-FIDENS, 2011. (Selected for the Biennial of Sao Paulo 2012) Bid for the design of the new Airport of Natal, Brazil. Architect Collaborator

Novus International, 2011 Rehabilitation of an office building in Constantí, Tarragona. Project Director

CLINIC Hospital, 2011 Bid for the new Research Building in Barcelona. Architect Collaborator

City Hall of Rio de Janeiro, 2011 Bid for the new urban plan in Porto Olimpico, Rio de Janeiro. Architect Collaborator

Generalitat of Catalonia, Interior Department, 2010 New emergency building 112 of Barcelona. Architect Collaborator & BIM Manager

City Hall of Girona, 2010 Bid for the new Entry Urban Plan in Girona. Architect Collaborator

Andorra’s Government, 2010 Operation of roads center. Architect Collaborator

UTE L9, 2009 Architectural development of 6 subway stations, Barcelona. Architect Collaborator

Sports Institute of Barcelona, 2009 Sport Center in Vía Favencia, Barcelona. Architect Collaborator, BIM Manager

District Council of Barcelona, 2008 3 Social House Buildings in Pineda de Mar, Barcelona. Architect Collaborator

ANAV (Nuclear Association Ascó, Vandellós), 2008 2 dressing and office buildings for the Nuclear Center of Ascó, Tarragona. Project Architect

REPSOL Chemistry, 2008 Control building in Tarragona. Project Architect

AENA (Spanish Airports), 2007 Bid for the expansion of the Airport Terminal in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Architect Collaborator

AENA (Spanish Airports), 2007 Bid for the design of the new Terminal Airport in Reus, Tarragona. Architect Collaborator

University of Barcelona (UB), 2007 Bid for the Center of Scientific Infrastructure for Research and Innovation (CICRIT). Architect Collaborator

City Hall of Barcelona – Promotion of the Old Center, 2006 – 2008 Rehabilitation of a house building in Barcelona . Project Architect

City Hall of Barcelona, 2006 Bid for the New Market of Encants in Barcelona. Architect Collaborator

City Hall of Barcelona, 2006 Bid for the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (finalist). Architect Collaborator

Brilten Real Estate, 2006 – 2007 2 Industrial buildings in Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona. Architect Collaborator

City Hall of Ciutadella, Menorca, 2005 Velodrome, athletics track and field archery. Architect Collaborator

AREAS (Service area company of Mexico), 2005 Service Area on a highway in Mexico. Architect Collaborator

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Bio

I attended one of the most reputable universities of architecture in Europe, ETSAB (School of Architecture of Barcelona). It was at ETSAB that I had the privilege to study under renowned architectural professors like Jordi Badia, Jaime Coll, Antonio Sanmartin, Antonio de Moragas and Lluis Vives among others.

While I was studying, I also completed internships at various architectural firms. At Croquis, I was working on the exhibitions for the Forum of the Cultures in Barcelona. It was this project that helped me to understand the importance of taking care of the finer details. Next I moved to Mind-esign, where I collaborated on 4 bids for social housing in Sant Joan d’Espi, a town next to Barcelona. I enjoyed designing for social housing because of the challenge to create a residence with all the standard criteria, but with a very small budget. You still need to think of a new interpretation of the lifestyle. As a result, some of the best ideas come from designing social buildings.

One of the most exciting opportunities I’ve had as a student was to stay in the Canary Islands to work with Clara Peña. There I assisted on a very im-portant bid to design the new city hall of La Oliva in Fuerteventura. Learning how to transfer the culture of the islands into the design of the building was a great task that we were successfully able to achieve, therefore winning the bid.

I later began my full time career at IDOM, a global company, and one of the largest engineering companies in Spain. I worked as a scholarship holder for 3 years in their architectural division known as ACXT, and after completion, I was hired full time. During my 6 years at ACXT, I designed and managed projects of all different typologies such as, emergency facilities, airports, sport complexes, office buildings, urban planning, housing, etc., and I was a professor of REVIT to my colleagues in Barcelona and Vitoria. I participated in some of the most significant projects at the firm, including the 112 Emergency Building which will be the next main picture of the REVIT products (Autodesk) and the Airport of Natal, Brazil, which was selected for the next Bienal of Sau Paulo.

Index

University of EnvironmentBarcelona, SpainACADEMIC

Final Degree Project

COMMERCIAL

EMERGENCY

LABORATORIES

112 Emergency BuildingBarcelona, Spain

Clinic Research buildingBarcelona, Spain

Encants MarketBarcelona, Spain

02

04

06

08

Reus, social housingTarragona, Spain

UB Supercomputing CenterBarcelona, Spain

HOUSING

OFFICES

SPORT

TRANSPORT

URBAN PLANNING

USA

Natal AirportNatal, Brasil

Favela RehabilitationSao Paulo, Brasil

HHS LibraryCecil’s CubePBCIP New OfficesCamden Social Townhouses

Guatemala StadiumGuatemala city

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10

14

16

18

2001

AcademicFinal Degree Project

University of EnviromentBarcelona, Spain

The erosion is the wear or destruction produced in the surface of a body by the continuous or violent friction of another. An example is the wear that the water of a river produces on a stone formation caus-ing it to break through.

The project is situated at the end-beginning of a natural park. This park connects the old town with the new. The idea is to design a building that doesn’t function like a barrier but as a gateway between the city and the field.

To accommodate the building program, I created 5 buildings that have different functions, and are attached by a main corridor. This 5 buildings are crossed by passageways that arise from the “wear” produced by a continuous flow of people. The pas-sageways are parallel to the buildings and perpen-diculas to the main corridor.

Year: 2008Scope: Schematic Design, Design Development & Contruc-tion Documents

02

03

Encants MarketBarcelona, Spain

The conditions of the site, triangular with inclination towards one side, allow us to use the topography to generate two squares at different altitudes. The bot-tom gives access to all the permanent shops whose passable roofs generate the upper square.

One of the main aspects of the project has been to maintain this “idea of square” as a large covered atrium that receives the part of the “more open” pro-gram market and provides the most direct contact with the perimeter streets.

The cover is the protagonist that will give character and unity to the building and strengthening the idea of the market as a public space: open and covered. A deck that is rooted in the Earth, becomes its own square forming an interesting link between square, market and city.

Office: ACXT Year: 2006Role: Architect CollaboratorCategory: BidScope: Schematic Design

Commercial

04

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PLAÇA SUPERIOR

PLAÇA INFERIOR

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ACCÉS

ARRENCADA ESTRUCTURA

COBERTA

PLAÇA SUPERIOR

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PLAÇA INFERIOR

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DESCOBERT

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ALÇAT SUPERIOR

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112 Emergency BuildingBarcelona, Spain

In volumetric terms the architectural ensemble fits into different urban scales. On the one hand, the Sagrera axis marks a major alignment, determin-ing an extensive façade which relates with the city, blending in with the highest buildings in Barcelona. On the other, there is a smaller scale, contextual-ized by industrial structures and a future develop-ment of teaching and residential buildings among public open spaces. Faced with this situation, the building represents a stepped response, respecting the heights and volumes of the area.

The functional design strategy is clear: to vertically align working areas. This scheme aids with the development of the administrative program, topped by two levels of greater area corresponding with the dimensions of the heliport on the roof.

Office: ACXT Year: 2010Role: Architect Collaborator & BIM ManagerCategory: OrderScope: Schematic Design, Design Development & Contruc-tion Documents

Revit 2013 cover

Emergency

Sustainability

This building was designed to obtain the Platinum LEED certificate.

Architecture Structure MEP

BIM

07

Clinic Research BuildingBarcelona, Spain

The purpose of the building program is for Labora-tories (animal facilities), an Institute of Investigation and Surgical Innovation, an Area of Image, and a Reserve.

It will be formed by two volumes. The horizontal piece will be all the scientific work program (inves-tigation and innovation), while the vertical piece will contain all the administrative program and the spaces of relation.

The cover of the horizontal volume acts as a facade of the building that evolves like an extended cloak. This skin floats and adopts soft and fluid forms that evoke the image of the sea.

Office: ACXT Year: 2011Role: Architect CollaboratorCategory: BidScope: Schematic Design

Laboratories

09

Barcelona Supercomputing CenterBarcelona, Spain

The new BSC is a project that is generated from a symbiosis between an existing building (parking of Can Girona) and a new emerging volume forming a perfect twinning.

A building that breathes... that oxygenates the resulting urban space... that interacts with public space... that participates with the place. A deeply-rooted, close to the landscape element... which responds to a green, tranquil, pausing envi-ronment.

A building that orders... that acts as the vertebrae... which anchors all the nearby buildings creating a pleasant and harmonious environment.

A building that enhances the whole architecture without giving up the existing landscape.A project that has a logical functionality... that is understandable...

Office: ACXT Year: 2006Role: Architect Collaborator Category: BidScope: Schematic Design

Offices

10

1 FASE

Cotxeres de Can Girona

2 FASE

Cos edificatori

Buidat

Enderroc

3 FASE 4 FASE

Reforç

estructural

façana

CPI-8

CONNEXIÓ FORJAT

5 FASE 6 FASE 7 FASE 8 FASE

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Housing

Reus, Social HousingTarragona, Spain

The building is located in an area of growth, and on a square where 3 other structures close the block leaving free interior space. The building is defined by the geometry of the site and is in the shape of an “L”. It consists of 7 floors of housing and 2 floors of underground parking. It’s main purpose is for social apartments, a ground floor fot commercial space, and interior garden space.

The building has 3 basic objectives; maximum use of space, facilitate industrialization with economic and sustainability improvements, and response to the street-interior duality by adapting each by their conditions of privacy, sunning, noise, etc.

Office: ACXT Year: 2009Role: Project ArchitectCategory: BidScope: Schematic Design

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13

Guatemala StadiumGuatemala city

The stadium is situated near a topographic forest depression. The vegetable cover projects the slope and extends the forest mass that slides on the stadium imitating the form of a volcano (the city is near of Pacaya volcano).

The program has some exterior fields and a com-mercial area. The fields unfold around the stadium utilizing the cover for the stands, while the commer-cial area is situated underneath.The project is completed with towers of offices and hotels.

Office: ACXT Year: 2011Role: Project ArchitectCategory: BidScope: Schematic Design

Sports

15

Natal AirportNatal, Brasil

This project consists of a Passenger Terminal based on a system in harmony with the region’s weather, independent of the projects according to the formal imagery of flight (birds bone structure, steel struc-ture of the plane) but without renouncing them. The objective is for the pre-flight experience to become an end, and not a means.

Thus, we depart simple and straightforward as-sumptions (slope roof, skylights triangulated,structure, etc..). As these assumptions are put together, the building is formalized as something proper to Natal.

Selected for the Bienal of Sao Paulo 2012

Office: ACXT Year: 2011Role: Architect CollaboratorCategory: OrderScope: Schematic Design

Transport

Structure

ConceptConstruction

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Favela RehabilitationSao Paulo, Brasil

Our proposal foresees a meticulous study of the areas of risk and of the demands of resettlement. As a result we studied the flood areas, declivities, and new accesses to the road system and to the public equipment. It proposes the redeployment of dwellings and relocation of the inhabitants inside the perimeter and resettlement in other areas of provision.

The proposal of integration foresees the construc-tion of a Linear Park that unites the neighborhood, in search of identity, and appropriation of the public space. It makes feasible the connection to the green corridors and to the corridors of predicted transport in the Regional Plan, helping to control the urban expansion and the undesired occupation.

Office: ACXT Year: 2011Role: Architect CollaboratorCategory: BidScope: Schematic Design

Urban Planning

19

USA

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HHS LibraryHaddonfield, NJ

The Haddonfield Historical Society Library is the building designated to hold the historical docu-ments of the town. It’s placed next to the buildings of the museum, a set of 3 Victorian style buildings. The design for the Library is not to imitate the style of the existing buildings but to be a modern construction. It is a reinterpretation of the Victo-rian style that respects the existing conditions and adapts to the environment.

The Library, situated in the small portion of forest that belongs to the HHS garden, flows between the trees as a fallen trunk. The inside is divided in 2 areas: a closed space with an under control atmosphere where the historical documents are saved, and an open space with work stations and the consulting area.

Office: DCM Year: 2012Role: Project ArchitectCategory: OrderScope: Schematic Design

Cecil’s CubePhiladelphia, PA

This apartment building is situated in the grow-ing area of north Philadelphia at the Cecil B. Moore Avenue. It is a 3 story building with a cellar, 2 simple apart-ments and a duplex.

Office: DCM Year: 2012Role: Project ArchitectCategory: OrderScope: Schematic Design, Desing Development & Construc-tion Documents

21

Camden Social TownhousesCamden, NJ

PBCIP is a nonprofit company specializing in the rehabilitation of abandoned houses into social houses in order to renew and reoccupy some areas of the city.

This is a new construction project for 9 new town-houses which conserve the existing style while bringing modernism to the neighborhood.

Office: DCM Year: 2012Role: Project ArchitectCategory: OrderScope: Schematic Design

PBCIP New OfficesCamden, NJ

The home of PBCIP, is a new mix use Building that will demonstrate how an energy efficient, sustain-able, community-based project can be built and evoke neighborhood revitalization in the City of Camden, New Jersey

Office: DCM Year: 2012Role: Architect Collaborator & Interior Designer Category: OrderScope: Schematic Design, Desing Development & Construc-tion Documents

This building was designed to obtain the Gold LEED certificate.

Alvar Cortada Kosonen 674 S 13th Street, Philadelphia PA 19147 (267) 251 6340 alvar@alvarck.netwww.alvarck.net