2. PERSONAL
Graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2015 with a Masters in Architecture from Florida International Uni-
versity. While completing my studies I worked part-time and freelanced as a Cad Draftsperson for various
firms, where I was in charge of producing construction documents and client presentations. This, along
with my experience in graphic design, advertising and project mannagement has given me a well-round-
ed start at many aspects of the profession. I am looking to obtain a challenging architecture position
where my skills will be tested and my knowledge strengthened.
• Mixture of youthful exuberance and determination to develop new ideas and inspiring designs.
• Multi-cultural background; at ease in adapting to different groups and a great team leader and player.
• Fluent in Spanish and English, basic Italian and Portuguese.
• Experience in international architectural environments.
• Knowledge and experience in financial analysis, market analysis, web design and sustainable systems.
• +2 years experience in woodworking and metals machinery. Strong building skills.
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, MIAMI, FLORIDA
2011 - 2015 3.8 GPA, MAGNA CUM LAUDE
2014 Architecture in Genoa Study Abroad Program - Urban Interfaces
2012 Netherlands Study Abroad Summer Program - Social Housing and Living with Water
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS IN ARCHITECTURE MIAMI DADE COLLEGE, MIAMI, FLORIDA
2009 - 2011
AutoCad, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketchup, Rhino, V-Ray, Microsoft Office, modeling, lasercutting.
2 Years of Woodshop/Metalworking experience.
2014 Villagers Scholarship Award
2014 Miami Beach‘Design by Complaint’ Charrette 2nd place
2013 Tau Sigma Delta Honors Society
‘09-’14 Dean’s List (Miami Dade College, Florida International University)
2009 State Academic Excellence Award (Caracas, Venezuela)
2015 FIU Graduate Certificate in Architectural History, Theory and Criticism
2014 ‘Start-Up Living: a live-work development project’.
Featured on particlehaus.com and criticalrevival.com
2011 AIAS member
2012 VotoDondeSea volunteer (Venezuelan Voting Awareness Organization)
2013 Tau Sigma Delta National Honors Society
DN’A DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE MIAMI, FLORIDA
Junior Designer June 2015 - present
Develop construction documents and assist in the design of boutique hotels
and residential projects.
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY MIAMI, FLORIDA
Graduate Assistant January 2015 - April 2015
Research assistant for the Study Abroad program. Documented,
organized and designed the student works booklet from the 2014
Study Abroad Paris/Milan program.
SDH STUDIO AVENTURA, FLORIDA
Architectural Drafter September 2013 - January2014
Produced and redlined architectural and construction documents,
as well as organized and classified the company’s library of catalogs
and compiled material/finishing schedules for 4+ projects.
CITIMARINE YACHTS LLC MIAMI, FLORIDA
Advertising Designer October 2012 - August 2014
Web Assistant Brand development for the company, including logo design,
creating advertising layouts and graphics for sales, event flyers and
branding merchandise, as well as editing product photographs. Also
collaborated in building and maintaining the company website
using (Prestashop: Ecommerce software).
OMM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT MIAMI, FLORIDA
Administrative Intern June 2012 - August 2012
Archived and managedthe company’s legal documents, assisted in
supervising the construction and maintenance work on the
property, as well as in the organization and overall supervision of
cultural events such as lectures and workshops.
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3. THIRDSPACE
AN EXPLORATION OF LIMINAL SPACE AND THE
IN-BETWEEN EXISTENCE OF AN IMMIGRANT
Spring 2015
Masters Thesis Project
Instructor Eric Peterson
Exhibited at the FIU Wolfsonian
Urban Studios
A stair is a transition between two
spaces or conditions. Much like the state
that most immigrants find themselves
in when they are forced to leave their
homes; their lives become a sort of in-
between condition where one is never
really here nor there; one inhabits a sort
of thirdspace, defined by indecision
and uncertainty. Being a Venezuelan
immmigrant myself, I feel very
identified with this concept. This
transformed my thesis project into a
personal exploration of sorts, about
studying what is liminal space and
relating it to this in-between existence
that I am living through: that of the
immigrant.
As an architectural concept,
liminal space is basically defined as the
condition of a blurred edge, or of
shifting thresholds where it becomes
unclear where something begins
and where something ends. What
exactly defines a space is lost in
uncertainty.
“A space of transformation
between phases of separa-
tion and reincorporation.
It represents a period of
ambiguity, of marginal
and transitional state.”
- Victor Turner
Taking departure on this concept, the
staircase becomes a very unclear
ascension, where the treads and
facade elements are begin to blur,
and it becomes confusing to determine
which is which. The distinction is very
vague, as to what is a tread and what
is only facade. Seen in profile, it does
not look like a stair at all; it gives the
appearance of a bookshelf, or a stand.
This concept of shifting the ground
plane was wonderfully mastered by the
architect Carlo Scarpa. His works had
a big influence on this project, and a
lot of time was alotted to an in depth
analysis of his Querini Stampale
project and the staircase at the Olivetti
showroom in Venice. Materiality plays
a fundamental role in both, as well as
tectonics: at the Querini Stampale,
the bridge starts and ends on different
ground planes. Scarpa elevates the
ground by adding a first step in the
same materiality as the floor, resulting
in that we never are entirely sure where
the ground ends and where the stair
begins.
The Olivetti staircase was the biggest
inspiration for this project: its graceful
blending of spaces through a somewhat
overlooked element such as a stair led
to a complete transformation of the old
Venetian building.
The first tread in this project is a heavy
concrete slab that seems to emerge
from the ground itself. It then thins out
to the same thickness of the wooden
treads, leaving ambiguous the start
of the stair and the end of the ground
plane.
Conceptual models
Full staircase rendering
Side Elevation Front Elevation
4. Exploded Axonometric
Hundreds of lengths of different types
of timber make up the facade systems,
blurring boundaries while directing
views and movement. The heavy
treads blend with the light, floating
facade.These facade systems are
open and appear to be very lightly
suspended by the steel,
implying a spacial condition but entirely
defining it. This creates a blurred
condition of interior and exterior space
as the individual ascend the staircase.
Developing this project was a very
personal experience for me. Our
bodies have left but our minds and
souls are still back home; a constant
worry, guilt and sorrow make living
on the edge of two lives a very diffi-
cult emotional state. Translating this to
architectural terms was a great
challenge.Full Staircase Rendering
Finished Full-scale Detail
Full-scale Detail Axonometric
5. SUBMERGED CITYSCAPE:
MAPPING THE EDGE
CONSTRUCTING AN URBAN INTERFACE BETWEEN CITY
AND SEA IN GENOA, ITALY
Fall 2014
Design Studio Ten
Instructor Matthew Rice
Exhibited at UNIGE, Univercita degli
Studi di Genova
The aim is to reevaluate the relationship
between the city and the water. Being a port
city, Genoa’s city life is still very separate from
its industrial activities; therefore we seek to
bring these two together by extending the
urban grid and creating a new city edge.
With this intention we analyzed cruiseliners
and how they are basically a city within itself;
then when it docks in the port it creates an
extension of this life and activity from the
land out into the water. This is what we aim
to achieve: a superstructure that works as
an extension of the city out into the water.
Much like Archigram’s various
reinterpretations of the city (No-Stop
City, Walking City), it becomes a group of
multiple components that connect and work
together to create a system, or in this case
a city. This new city edge is created by
extending the urban grid out into the
water and mirroring it, recreating the same
proportions and spatial experiences as the
city itself, but reinterpreted through a play
of mass and void, solid and transparent.
This strategy gives emphasis to the idea
of not only bringing the city out into the
water, but bringing water into the city as well.
These negative and positive spaces become
present in the form of buildings, sunken
piazzas, bodies of water, etc. The
extension becomes a grid of different
spaces and typologies that recreate the
dynamism of Genoa’s architectural and urban
composition.
The structure is to function as an
extension of the city; it is to contain
housing, commercial space, public space.
The particularity lies in continuing your
daily life through this structure, not having
the notion that you are underwater except
at certain moments. The piazza is a public
room which functions as well as a market.
The structure is to function as an exten-
sion of the city; it is to contain housing,
commercial space, public space. The par-
ticularity lies in continuing your daily life
through this structure, not having the no-
tion that you are underwater except at
certain moments. The piazza is a public
room which functions as well as a market.
Urban strategy:
mirroring/ flipping the city grid
Conceptual collage and sections
Exploded Axonometric
Masterplan proposal for Genova, Italy
6. The development of one of the blocks
utilizes the same urban strategy,
implemented at a smaller scale;
subtraction and addition of spaces of a
volume. The block becomes a fort-like
structure with a core of buildings along the
inside of a thick, inhabitable wall, wrapping
a piazza space in the center that reflects the
experienceofbeingoutinanypiazzainGenoa.
The different types of treatments create
a transition of spatial densities within the
project: there is a procession from the open
piazza space to the light, basket structure, to
the thick carved wall, to the sea. The carved
out spaces create courtyards and various
public spaces within the megastructure.
Typical residential floor plan
Masterplan site models
Typical residential floor plan
Typical residential floor plan
Hand-drawn floor plans
7. START-UP LIVING
A SUSTAINABLE SMALL-BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR
OVERTOWN MIAMI
Spring 2014
Design Studio Nine
Instructor Olivia Ramos
Featured as a proposal for
http://criticalrevival.com
and on http://particlehaus.com
Working with the growing movement
towards shared office spaces and more
independent businesses starting to take
over the market, this project seeks to
create a new model of a live/work
community, where young entrepreneurs
interact and network in a communal
environment.
The live/work program helps bring
fellow entrepreneurs together, creating a
network that helps them learn, develop
and grow by sharing clients, brainstorming
together and also living together.
This personal connection will bring
a stronger bond between residents
that will help in their professional
relationships as well. Working closely with
developer Chris McLeod, a passionate
campaigner for the conservation of North
Miami Ave as a Historic District, we
focused this project on strengthening this
neighborhood’s identity and its
entrepreneurs, preserving the small-
scale feeling of a small community that
grows and depends on local markets.
This utopian idea of “keeping it local”
is the very basis of this project, giving
entrepreneurs an opportunity to create a
successful business from scratch with the
support of fellow business owners and their
community.Itwillalsoserveasanewmodelfor
sustainable living, through the efficient tank
system that will serve the entire building and
contribute to making it function off the grid.
Each unit is specifically tailored to the needs
of a person in that field, every unit connected
by the common area/lobby that serves as a
meeting room and kitchen Each floor of the
residential building will be made up of live/
workspacesthatcanbeoccupiedbyonlyone
professional/entrepreneur of each industry.
Self-sustaining wall
Conceptual sketch
growing movement
towards shared office
spaces
more entrepreneurial
start-ups in every
industry
new model of live-
work community
“Integrated Living” conceptual collage
INTEGRATING ENTREPRENEURS
=
LIVE WHERE YOU WORK
This will create a unique job market that lends
itself to each resident collaborating with
one another and sharing clients, securing
business/work in a way that the commune
is self-sustaining and work is guaranteed.
Many shared office spaces have been
popping up in the Miami area, such as Buro,
Pipeline, LAB Miami and others. It becomes
clear that entrepreneurs want to be around
other entrepreneurial minds, to brainstorm,
network and feed off each others energy.
This community style business model has
been around for a while, with groups such
as BNI, a community that allows only one
professional from each industry per
meeting. This was there is no direct
competition, and members feel at ease to
share clients and intel.
Shared lobby, meeting room and kitchen space
Street view
8. Typical unit floor plan
1. Lobby/ common space
2. Kitchen
3. Miscellaneous Unit
4. Lawyer Unit
5. Architect Unit
6. Artist Unit
7. Business Unit
8. Programmer Unit
Artist Unit
One professional of
each industry
Each unit specially
designed for its
industry
All connected
through a community
of business referrals
In this building, conveniently located
between the financial district of Brickell
and arts movement center of Wynwood,
creates an affordable opportunity for young
entrepreneurs who are just starting
out, and do not have the resources to
finance an office as well as living quarters.
Start-Up Living provides a specially tailored
live-work unit for each industry, with six
different typologies on each floor. The units
each are designed as loft spaces, with an
office/ workspace on ground level and a
bedroom upstairs.
Programmer Unit
Business Unit
Ground floor plan
The ground floor retail targets the more
public services, perfect for a
restaurant, bar or coffeshop. Their intimate
dimensions are tailored to smaller
businesses as an affordable space to start
out, with a loft bedroom space that looks
over the shop.
Each shop has its own entry and street-side
seating, while the residential floors have a
separate entrance an lobby. Architect Unit
Miscellaneous Unit
Lawyer Unit
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9. CHAPEL OF LIGHT
PROPOSAL FOR A CEREMONIAL SPACE FOR SCHNEBLY’S
REDLANDS WINERY AND BREWERY
Fall 2013
Design Studio Eight
Instructor Camilo Rosales
Taking advantage of the scenic surroundings,
the “Chapel of Light”blends seamlessly to its
surroundings in materiality and form. The
most important aspect in spiritual spaces is
light; this together with a tranquil natural
setting make for a perfect space for intimate
gatherings. The chapel is essentially a plane
that folds over itself to create a space inside,
becoming larger as it arrives to the altar.
Located on the hill proposed in this
masterplan,itissurroundedwithjustenough
landscapetopermitaprivateceremony,while
still being connected to the rest of the site.
The structure is a light frame of wooden
elements that wrap around the space,
filtering the light and allowing it into
the space in a delicate manner that
changes as the day goes by. The chapel is
oriented in a way that the setting sun will
light up the altar with a beautiful glow.
The structure’s openness and
lightness renders it
exposed to the elements and s
urroundings, resulting in a
structure that is hollistical-
ly experiential and spiritual.
A covered walkway offers a
sheltered path from the
foyer to the banquet hall.
Between these is a small
garden, which lends itself to
small outdoor receptions. The
view to the rest of the winery
provides a perfect backdrop
to any event in the chapel.
Conceptual sketch
Final model
Floor plan
Roof plan
Longitudinal Section
Cross Section
Model Photograph
10. BALLOONIA
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR PUBLIC INSTALLATION ON
LINCOLN ROAD, MIAMI BEACH
Spring 2011
Design Studio Nine
Instructor Brett Moss
Exhibited and awarded Second Place in the
Wolfsonian’s “Power of Design” Charette
This installation was a proposal for the
Wolfsonian’s first annual “Power by
Design” charette for FIU students. Its aim
was to redesign the public pavilion which
defines how the pedestrian walkway of
Lincoln Road terminates at the urban
intersection with Washington Avenue,
recontextualizing the existing pavilionns
along Lincoln Road designed by Morris
Lapidus.
Balloonia’s concept was to create an
interactive public space that
symbolizes Miami’s unique identity and
encourages commuunity spirit among its
visitors. The pavilion is an interactive
structure that represents in a playful and
vibrant way the great diversification that
makes up Miami’s “melting pot”. Hundreds
of bright, differently colored balloons hang
at different levels, representing the different
cultures that make Miami such a unique and
wonderful city.
The visitors are immersed among
balloons of different colors and sizes,
symbolizing the diffferent cultures, and
they can interact and gather with other
visitors in the gathering saces inside,
enhancing the idea of different
cultures coming together. These gathering
spaces, formed by the balloons that surround
it, make a symbolic reference to Lapidus’s
original pavilion that once marked this plaza.
At night, the balloons light up with a soft
glow, and shine brighter when the visitors
brush against them, enhancing the idea
of plic interaction in the pavilion and how
the balloons come together as a single,
glowing entity.
The pavilion is a place that gives
pedestrians a fun, enticing place to come
to and begin their Miami Beach experience,
bringing together people and cultures in the
dynamic way that Morris Lapidus intended.
Balloonia is a unique introduction to the Lin-
coln Road Mall, and a symbol of Miami’s spirit.
Plan diagram of Lapidus inspired
gathering spaces
Original Morris Lapidus pavilion
Front Elevation
Longitudinal Section
Structure prototypeOld circulation Proposed circulation
11. SKETCHES
ON-SITE ANALYTICAL SKETCHES FROM THE GENOA
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM
Fall 2014
Architecture and the City Seminar
Instructor Matthew Rice
Selected for FIU Study Abroad
Student Works Website
One of the best experiences from my
education at Florida International
University was the semseter abroad in
Genoa, Italy. Taking advantage of our
program’s position in the north of Italy,
we were able to visit and see first-hand
many contemporary and modern works in
Basel, Lyon, Milan, among others. It was
an amazing experience to understand
more in depth the strategies and concepts
used in Europe, that we could observe in
older structures as well as modern works.
Analytical sketching helped me develop a
deeper understanding of architecture and
its development; being able to see beyond
tthe form and seeing the strategy, and then
putting it to paper, was a great way to
broaden my architectural mindset and
conceptual thinking.
The broad spectrum of architectural works
that we visited taught us about urban
transformations in a city, and how
architectural structures function as
urban catalysts. Italy is a perfect place
to learn about the relationship between
buildings and public spaces, of how the
piazzas and buildings are strategically
connected to create communities and
translate hierarchy, history and culture
through form.
Laurentian Library - Florence
Bocconi University - MilanSant’Ignazio Chapel - Rome
Villa Giulia - Rome
Il Redentore - VeniceMedici Chapel - Florence
Notre Dame Du Haut - Ronchamp
