portfolio

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under
graduate
Bachelor of Architecture

2004 - 2009

apartment building

O1 MeCANo

commodation, inappropriate distribution of spaces, spaces

2007 I 08

IV YEAR ARCHITECTURE

needs and economies.

WHAT MeANs

Social concerns leading to the design of a MECANO building that

can be adapted to the tenants as a puzzle.

HoUsING

MODULABE

structure

bAse
moDUle
[prefabrication]

semI
AUTo
construction

pUBlic
People can choose a space within
the structure proposed taking into
consideration views, orientation and
the number of modules to be merged
-dimension of their house- to be .

holders.

PriVAte
[spaces]

cAMping
PUZZLe

[MANUAL] USeS

-citizens, companies, authorities...- .

changes.

plAceS

gARdens

O2 UrBAnism THeORy

THesiS

O1

repoRT

ARchitecture

FINAL PROJECT

The thesis report is based on the idea of the revitalization within the boundaries of the Galician town, Ferrol.

practical + design

prOject

Based on the principles of a sustainable urbanism, some wasted spaces are

create collective spaces with the help of the individual participation -spaces
that produce surprising effects, mutable places with permanent and short live

URBAn

rehabilitation
to blur limits

derelict spaces

EXCHANGE

public space

SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION

stRAtegy

The strategy consists of rising a conceptual network trough the territory

come a pole of attraction.
-

NETS

ments- keeping places identities.

-

recovering
DeRelict

...spaces

connecting different activities, interests and needs.

a same way = different scenes, different situations

O2 finAl

linking
pole Of
AttrAction

Who talks about routine?

RECIMIL NEIGHBOURHOOD (1940-1954)

project

1032 houses
10 tipologies from 40 to 140 m2

2 hoUses

project was focused on one of

the poles of attraction and its nearest derelict spaces.

sTAir CAse

MODUle

aprogrammatic and transport alignments.

mil. The role of the neighborhood is important because it is the place where
Recimil will become a place where educational and cultural activities can be

The main objective is to revitalize both spaces creating a new public space for
ving aspects of students and neighbours life.

hoUsing
[modules]

commUnity
BUILDING developed

nets

pole Of
AttrAction

recimil

2008 I 09
YEAR ARCHITECTURE

facades

HoUsing

INTERVENTIONS

(spaces in between)

(introduction)
of elevators

neigBOrghoOd
private residences
+public residences
+ public buildings

derelict spAce

neW
UNIVersitARiAn

corridor

EDUCATIONAL

neT

university campus

O2 UrBAnism
FINAL PROJECT

ARchitecture

recimil

comMUnity bUilding

With the objective of designing one of the buildings, a group of eight housing
modules settled in cul de sac has been chosed as the paradigm of the urban

RECIMIL NEIGHBOURHOOD (1940-1954)

1032 houses
10 tipologies from 40 to 140 m2

FUNCTIons uses

MIXED
classrooms

housing
8 mod.

pRiVate

pRoPOsAL

garden
public

BAR

01

ORiginAl

pAtio

02

NeighborhOod

03

PIeces

PIECE

LIBRARY

UniVersity

piece

Boxes

USES

cRoss Piece

THe WALL

UPPER FLOOR
classrooms

librARY

acess

2008 I 09
YEAR ARCHITECTURE

WoRkIng

model

cOnstructioN

details

design principles of the building.

liBRAry

A constant transition between private

building.

neighborhOod

piece

This new neighbourhood will be provi-

dules will be removed to place these

-

BAR

STAR
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2009 - 2010

STAR

O1 AUDIToriUm
ELCHE

Works selected and elaborated during a work emplacement (2009-10) in the

STAR strategies + architecture
dam, The Netherlands.

2009 I 10

OPEN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. Dec 09 / Jan 10

Participation in design, drawings and models

circUlAtion

circulation independent

or connecting with

the public roof

proGRAm

auditorium (2 halls) 6.681 m + social centre 1.966 m + parking 12.203 m + public roof 3.168 m + square 2.768 m

THe
MAGIC

BOX

The

Square and the Building as one

pUBlic HALL

FACAde detAil

STAR

O2 execUtion

Work carried out STAR Strategies+Architecture.

area.
Participation in design, drawings and models
October December 2009

project
Reurbanization of the Station Avenue

ELCHE

THe
pUBlic

SPACE
promenade area + new square + green zones

pAlm

TREE AREA

PAVEMENT OF SMALL TILES

new simulation

continUity

WHY

STAR Strategies + Architecture the main topic was to design a viewpoint

to contemplate the Palm tree area that caraterizes
the location.
the pedestrian area that we have developed as the

Concept Phase
Construction Drawings Phase

2009 I 10

O3

STAR

ContempOrAry Architecture

Foundation IN CRDOBA

Work carried out STAR Strategies+Architecture.

2009 I 10

OPEN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. Jan 10

Participation in design, drawings and models
Ranking: Last rounds + Selected for publication

sTReeT
building

FAcAde

A4

NO

distraction
white space

circulation

Each function can be connected and work as one,

but also can also be comother function.

AUtonOmy

THe
doOR

post
graduate

Masters degree

2010 - 2011

O1

MASTER

Selected works produced through the Masters of Advanced Architectural

Design (2010-11) in the School of Architecture in Madrid.
-

Advanced

2010 I 11

research

Architectural Design

Selection
theoretical
WOrks

ABsTrActs

WALTer

THE INTRUDER OF THE CROWD

benjAmin

TEACHER. Juan Miguel Hez de Len

-

As designers we cant plan what it is going to happen in the future. We must propose how something is
anticipate what designers can not predict.

detects a blas attitude, and Walter Benjamin, that takes from Baudelaire
city, cinema, analysis, experience, individual

the ARchiteCtUre

TEACHER. Juan Carlos Sancho

CinemAtic vision

from falling into the indifference. What would be the trigger that causes the
image that takes out the individual from the crowd to the surface to make
ture, it would be possible to introduce the factor of intrigue, the non-coded

InTeRMITeNT
plAce

nUMBeR of

The stroller is dissolved in the crowd with an indolent and defensive attitu-

TEACHER. Emilio Tun + Luis Mansilla

seclUsiVe

object

traveling fast.

FlAneUr

BlAs

TEACHER. Federico Soriano

ephemeral, intermittent or permanent events providing answers to users.

ACTION LED FACADE. MADRID

WORDs

main topics

shock

individual
attention
distraction
perception

One object

2 FUNCTIONS

O2

MASTER

2010 I 11

research

Advanced

Architectural Design

steps

TEACHER. Javier Maroto + lvaro Soto

ecOnom c
foldable
trAnspOrtAble

shelter + catastrophe +
+ foldable + origami

A space is developed under several self-imposed premises

responding to the design of an economic, fast-assembled
Based on the design of the joint the structure is produced,

AlUcOBond
PLASTIC CORE

0,5 mm ALUMINIUM

2.
2.

1.

WORDs

O3

MASTER
Advanced

Architectural Design

2010 I 11

FInAl
disertAtion

research

TUTOR. Daro Gazapo de Aguilera

(In)sensitiVity towArds wOrth VAlUe of things

-

LUKAS EBENSPERGER, SUPARNA CHOUDHURY Y JAN SLABY

ABsTrAct
-

INDIVIDUAL +CITY +PERSONALITY +PERCEPTION+

WORDs

attention and adaptation

GeoRG simMeL
culture

part in that decision.

MODERN LIFE

INDIVIDUAL

geoRg simMel

Intrusion to break imposed codes

eLIe DURInG

CLAUDe KHAziziAn

REFERENCES
An excess

in design
nO
efFoRt
from the individual

Make-up/Hands-up

MARThA Rosler

ATKINS
Doha, State of Qatar

Warrington, UK

2012 - to present

O1

Doha
ATKINS

Doha West (LR&DP)

Selected work undertaken in Doha since 2012, as part of the Streetscape team in WS ATKINS.
Role as Designer includes the preparation of submission packages, diagrams, 2D and 3D models, renderings, standard details and reports of full urban design from concept to detail.
Role as Assistant discipline manager
coordination, resource and cost planning and managing design work from in-house and offshore teams.

Ongoing project
-

Within this programme, Atkins has been assigned as the Design Consultant in charge of the concept, detailed design and construction supervision in

user.

design conditions in the region.

qatar

URBAN DESIGN

West

Corniche

Airport
Aspire

Doha West schemes area, 20.000 hectares

2012 i 14

KEY AREAS

563ha

348ha

597ha

schemes

DohA West
strategies

02
03

01

Recreational cycle route

2012 i 14

Clerodendrum inerme as shrub

Sikka

Resting and gathering area

Azadirachta indica creating

groups of trees at singular areas

04

Albizia Lebbeck

Furniture strip with seating areas and cycle

storage

Schinus molle

Hard patterned median combining

different sizes of gravel mulch

LegiBle

streetscape

TechniCAL

detAils

Standarisation of soft and hardlandscape design solutions

cODifiCAtion

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