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Verónica Andreína Eulacio Guevara

Design better communities with the application of

green strategies, in order to provide a better future for

everyone.

Table of Content

Studio Projects: Connecting Ft Lauderdale. Medical-Tourism Facility 5

ArtUrbain Design competition Submital (Rome, Italy) 13 Municipal Courthouse Cripe Design Competition [Miami, Fl] 17

Breathing skin - a study of movement based on a human tendency 25 MFCDC Internship 29 Handrawings 33

Connecting Ft. Lauderdale - Arch 601Group Project with Michelle Armand

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Every design decision in this project echoes of connections. Spaces connect users with the surrounding context, the natural environment and with other visitors through a series of carefully considered spaces. The building relates to users on the public and private scale. On the public scale, we are establishing connections with pedestrians by offering retail shops and restaurants surrounding the exterior of the site. Additionally, we have created a sloping green space which draws users from the beach up into the public spaces on the upper floor. This shared front porch offers building users and public pedestrians the chance to connect through shared views and experiences. The privacy gradient fades as a user travels deeper and/or higher into the site.

Circulation Core

Public area

Medical Center

Parking

Retail

Guest Rooms

Form:

• White stucco finished walls set atop undulating stone floor planes

• Wooden louvers are affixed either vertically or horizontally to provide shading from the harsh Florida sun while maintaining views.

• Green space is woven throughout the building helping to bring the natural environment into the built environment

View from Bonnet House

View from the Beach 7

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Retail Retail Pharmacy RetailStreetLobby

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Conference Center

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Lab

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First Floor

Main Lobby Entrance

View from the second floor into the Lobby

Second Floor

Third Floor

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GymMassageSpa

Spa

Restaurant

Bar

BusinessCenter

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Room ofthe House

OneBedroom

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Room ofthe House

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Housekeeping

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Pool View

Community Gardens View

One of the main amenities of the hotel is in the fourth level, a 20’ high space that provides the guests with a spa, gym, restaurant, mini golf, and two pools; this is considered the most public community space of the building.

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Even Floors

Odd Floors

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Structure:• Supported on an irregular grid developed to respond to the angled hotel rooms• Top structure transferred to a 40’x 40’ grid structure via a large transfer beam on the fourth floor.• Fourth Floor height is raised to accommodate transfer beam • Typical steel framing transfers joist loads to beam loads to columns• Concrete walls/floors, wood louvers, and glazing

attach to structure via typical construction methods

Louvers/ Overhangs (shading).

PV and Thermal Panels (inbeded in raling).

Light weight concrete panels with white stucco finish.

Triple Pained Glass (operable windows).

Mechanical:• Mechanical loads centralized on second and third floors around the service core• Ductwork travels via two large shafts to bottom floors or fifth floor where it is further distributed via a plenum space• Air arrives to individual rooms via smaller shafts integrated into the built-in room furnishings• Public spaces in building are centrally controlled, while air is heated or cooled individually in hotel room zones

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Atrium:• Topographic surfaces bring in the feel/form of the natural environment and restore previously displaced green spaces• Outdoor hill connects many different user groups : the community of Fort Lauderdale, tourists from the beach, and/or hotel guests• Adds value to the design by creating a picturesque destination space • Topography transforms from green space to fritted glazing to operable windows back to green space• Atrium provides an indoor vertical connection between the lobby, restaurants, and medical facilities, while reaching up to the hotel floors on the exterior.

Triple Pained Glass - 3”

Steel Structural Mullions - 5” diameterConcrete Slab with Ceramic finish 1’ Concrete Slab with Concrete finish - 1’

Green Roof - 1.5’

The Illuminating Connection- Arch 502- Rome, Iraly

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Group Project with Bryan Heritage and Will Nederhoed

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Change in elevation is underutilized by not providing a gathering space that could be use as a connection point between monuments.

Lack of safe and coherent passages for pedestrians through the site restrict acces.

Imposing geometric forms. Difficult intersection for cars and pedestrian to navigate through.

Poor illumination at night does not portray public areas well. Parked cars invade spaces that could otherwise be used for pedestrian circulation.

The Celio neighborhood has become a broken bridge between the Coliseum, San Giovanni in Laterano, and the Aurelian Wall as the result of the forgotten spaces that exist throughout the site.

Pedestrian circulation around the site is unsafe and lacks adequate space to travel. Juxtapositions of geometric forms force unnatural vehicular traffic, forcing the invasion of sidewalks and residual areas by parked cars. Potential gathering points on high elevations are underutilized. At night, public and private areas of the site become difficult to differentiate between, due to poor lighting.

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DCS. Givanni in Latearno, before. S. Clemente, before.

In front Coliseum, before.

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Providing a more direct cross walk and a set of inviting stairs will allow people to have a new perspective of the monument.

Enhancing existing medians will provide new places to sit and linger, as well as a nicer, more clear cross walk.

Night time accent lighting and the new illuminated benches will differentiate public and private areas.

Quality of social life: Revived residual areas create a circuit between them. The sense of community will be more palpable within the neighborhood. The new district market will redirect the focus back to Celio.

Respect for the environment: The simplicity of the design requires minimal production of energy for each individual node. Sight disruption to the existing environment.

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DC S. Clemente, after

In front Coliseum, after.

B Adding an elevated walkway to the ancient wall along Via Claudia will allow pedestrians to navigate safely from the Coliseum to the district market.

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10 mSection A-A

The district market is inbeded in the ground for sustainable reasons: to utilize geothermal heaing/cooling, provide a green roof, and maximize direct sunlight on the plaza.

Cypress Tree

Photovoltaic Panels

Monolithic marble seating

Accent lighting (photovoltaic power)

Energy storing system

Architectural quality: The site-specific benches appear as though they have always been a part of the site and create elements of community. The manipulation of traffic and pedestrian walkways will provide safe pedestrian circulation and create a connection between Celio and its surroundings.

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A Lending Hand - Arch 401

A Lending Hand - Arch 401

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Neighborhood

government district

Bridging between the government and community Main Site Entrance

Site Overview Community Amphitheater

Storage/Backstage/ Public restrooms

Family gathering shelter

The courthouse’s form came into being with the idea of making a connection between the community and the government, using a hand as a symbol of bridging the two together. The development of this site will be beneficial for both the people in the community as well as for those who participate in business and government. While this is a public space, division within the building itself is necessary as a way to allow for the distinction between private and public functions, and to enhance security for the building users. Not only does this building have the role of ensuring the safety of the city, but it will also be environmentally efficient by the use of sustainable techniques that improve the quality of the building as well as its surrounding community.

The intents of the courthouse include many aspects of society. The main goal is to

give back to the community by providing public spaces which are welcoming, and not intimidating. This will be possible by the new public areas that are contained within the site. The green areas of the park offer opportunities for family gatherings, business meetings, and entertainment at the amphitheater. Another goal for the park is to promote and allow for further development of the community. By developing a structure that reaches from the government district towards the community, and engages the citizens within itself, the surrounding neighborhood will feel the need for improvement. It will also allow the community and its citizens to connect and relate to the surroundings in the space they live at. By doing so, the integration of different cultures, and connectivity and unity in the community will be achieved.

Site concept - Hand reaching towards the community

Private functions

Public area

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The Courthouse follows the lines created by the “community reaching hand” and its structure is divided between the public and private functions. The first half of the building is very clear and open, with the use of glass and steel as its main materials. This allows for informal surveillance and invites the community to use the space. In order to get to the more important areas of the building, such as the courtrooms and offices, the users must go through a security check point located in the center of the public half of the building. This second layer of security helps to filter the people that get to use the private areas. A third layer of security involves the materials used in the courtrooms and offices. Since the courtroom is the heart of the building it will be hermetically sealed with the use of the Emmedue construction system, in the walls and ceiling. The offices are semi-private, therefore their ceiling consists of glass and aluminum panels that open and close depending on the users’ needs.

Public vs Private - enhancing security

The courtrooms are the most secure spaces in the building

Public

Private

Water Collection System

Rain

Pipes [supply water to the building]

Public

Private

The materials used in the building provide not only a more secure structure, but also enhance the energy efficiency of the courthouse. The Emmedue construction system insulates the walls, since it consists of a foam membrane covered with concrete. This will decrease the heat gain within the building. The glass utilized in the public spaces combined with the reflective property of the Kawneer aluminum panels, will keep the extreme Miami heat away. The curvilinear roof allows for water collection to be possible. The water tanks that are directly below the roof and around the building, hold rain water that can be used for the building and site irrigation. These water tanks also provide security around the building, blocking any possible attackers from getting in. The combination of these main sustainable strategies with a series of others, makes this building Leed Silver Certified.

Finished concrete skin

Sprayed concrete 2”

FRA EPS Reinforced with calv steel mesh

FCAM sincle panel (PSME 170) 6”

Steel truss 2’

Steel exterior structure 1’

Hurracaine proof low-e glass 3”

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Floor Plan

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1. Courtroom2. Jury suit3. Judge’s Chamber4. Secure holding5. Judges entry6. Clerk of the Court’s office

7. Administrative and private offices8. Security checkpoint9. Service room10. Public restrooms11. Meeting hall12. Media room

LEED NC 2.0 Credits:

-Sustainanble site: SS1, SS2, SS4.1, SS 4.4, SS 5.1, SS 5.2, SS 6.1, SS 6.2, SS 7.1, SS 7.2, SS 8.

-Water Efficiency: WE 1.1, W.E. 1.2, WE 2, WE 3.1, WE 3.2.

-Energy and atmosphere: EA 1, EA 2, EA 3, EA 4, EA 5, EA 6.

-Materials and resources: MR 2.1, MR 2.2, MR 3.1, MR 4.1, MR 5.1, MR 6.

-Indoor Environmental quality: EQ 1, EQ 2, EQ 3.1, EQ 3.2, EQ 4.1, EQ 4.2, EQ 4.3, EQ 4.4,EQ 5, EQ 6.1, EQ 6.2, EQ 7.1, EQ 7.2.

Total points earned = 46

Steel Structure

Shading Kawneer Aluminum panels

Retractable piston

Solar Monitor

Motor

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Construction Detail

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Physical Model

Breathing Skin - Arch 501

Breathing Skin - Arch 501

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The façade will simulate the movement of breathing with the help of a movable skin which changes throughout the day according to the building user’s needs.

The intent behind this project was to design a movable façade based on a human tendency. The human tendency represented in this project is “breathing - to calm down”.

The skin consists of two intertwined layers of fabric that are connected to the wall at specific points. As one of the movable points on the wall move, the surface of the rest of the facade morphs as well, creating multiple possible façades.

Skin Motion System

Solid Layer

Glass Steel Structure

Connector TensionMember

Spring SpringReceptor

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Opened Skin

Closed Skin

MFCDC Internship

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These abandoned houses are located in the Mapleton Fall Creek Neighborhood in Indianapolis. existing conditions had to be acquired in order to draft floorplans and design a few improvements. The houses are going to be under construction between Fall 2010 and Spring 2011.

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The main part of this internship was spent analyzing the office building of the “Mapleton Fall-Creek Development Corporation” located in Indianapolis, Indiana. MFCDC is rennovating a number of houses around the Mapleton Fall-Creek neighborhood and they want to implement sustainable strategies in the new homes, because they are aware of the benefits of having energy efficient homes.

Following the LEED for Existing Buildings requirements, a “Guide to Sustainability” was developed for the MFCDC staff to determine which changes they were to implement in their office building. The document includes strategies for Energy and Atmosphere, Water Efficiency, Sustainable Sites, Indoor Environmental Quality, Materials and Resources and a cost analysis of the possible changes.

For more information and to find the “MFCDC Guide to Sustainability” refer to - http://vaeulaciogue.wordpress.com/about-4-2/

Handrawigns

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Terme di Caracalla Rome, Italy. Media: pencil.

Drawing from Antonio Gaudi’s “La Pedrera”. Media: micron pens. Style: stippling.

Top: Drawing from Antonio Gaudi’s “La Pedrera”. Media; Pencils.

Bottom: Drawing from Antonio Gaudi’s “LA Pedrera”. Media; Colored pencils.

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Perspective from Arch 201 project “MAC’s Coffee Shop and Dormitories”. Media: Colored Pencils. Style: traced from a digital model.

In April 2009, I received an invitation to participate in Genzyme’s “Expression of Hope” program. Genzyme is a company that produces medicines for Lisosomal diseases. “Expression of Hope” is a traveling gallery that they produced with the help of patients and family members from all over the world. After submitting my work on May 29th, it was chosen to be a part of the aforementioned gallery. I was invited to speak at the gallery opening at the Genzyme building in Boston, MA in February 2010.

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