Felix Claus Team: Carlos Chauca 2018 The project proposes a new housing typology based on the idea of buttresses. These buttresses are conceived as vertical circula- tion cores that generate new horizontal planes for housing. The buttresses are conceived as a structural and spatial element that allows the generation of new housing inserted in the existing context, without affecting its perimeter conditions. Location: Casa de las Flores, Madrid, Spain Professor: Felix Claus “Buttress”. Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, XII century (Paris, France) 40 41 Existing conditions of Casa de las Flores Conceptual diagram of the buttresses 

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A R C H I T E C T U R E P O R T F O L I O
C A R L O S C H A U C A G A L I C I A
M C H S E L E C T E D W O R K S
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ARCHITECT - RBTA RICARDO BOFILL TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA - SPAIN
Xiongan new area competition, master plan project. Hebei, China.
PROJECT LEADER - JSa JAVIER SANCHEZ ARQUITECTOS - MEXICO
Los Juarez 12 , collective housing project. Mexico City, Mexico.
Normandia 68, collective housing project. Mexico City, Mexico.
Nuevo Leon 122, collective housing project. Mexico City, Mexico.
Prado Sur 125, offices building. Mexico City, Mexico.
Hotel [U]MBRAL Mexico City, Mexico.
PROJECT LEADER - JSa JAVIER SANCHEZ ARQUITECTOS - PERU
Cetram Evitamiento, development oriented transit. Lima, Peru.
El Olivar , collective housing project. Lima, Peru.
H&M office. Lima, Peru.
ARCHITECT - JSa JAVIER SANCHEZ ARQUITECTOS - PERU
Capitan Quiñones 175, collective housing project. Lima, Peru.
Parque Acosta 153, collective housing project. Lima, Peru.
Pezet 299, apartment remodeling. Lima, Peru.
ARCHITECT - BENAVIDES & WATMOUGH
INTERN - LLOSA CORTEGANA
WORK 08/2018 - Today
02/2015 - 06/2017
11/2013 - 01/2015
07/2012 - 10/2013
01/2012 - 06/2012
01/2010 - 07/2010
SKILLS ***** AutoCAD, SketchUP
**** Rhinoceros
***** Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator
***** Microsoft Office Suite
Native Spanish - Advanced level in English
EDUCATION SUPERIOR TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE OF MADRID (ETSAM)
SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ZURICH (ETH)
Faculty of Architecture
MAS in Collective Housing - Architecture Master of Advanced Studies UPM/ETH
NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO (UNAM)
Faculty of Archtitecture
15 Diploma in Real Estate
PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERU (PUCP)
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
Architectural Degree. 5 year Bachelor Degree in Architecture
ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION OF LONDON (AA)
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE (PUC)
Visiting School DESERTA
Visiting School GAME (ON)
CARLOS CHAUCA GALICIA
2018
2016
2008-2013
2011
2010
AWARDS SECOND PRIZE - II NATIONAL COMPETITION OF SOCIAL HOUSING “CONSTRUYE
PARA CRECER”
Department of Housing, Construction and Sanitation of Peru.
Peruvian Government.
FIRST PRIZE - IV ALACERO COMPETITION IN STEEL FOR ARCHITECTURE STU-
DENTS
Latin American Association of steel.
FIRST ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE PRIZE
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru - Faculty of Archiecture and Urbanism.
2014
2011
2011
Architect
Candidate MAS in Collective Housing 2018
carloschaucag@gmail.com
Travessera de Dalt 66, 08024 Barcelona, Spain.
+34 684162164

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CONTENT
This portfolio contains selected works of design projects de-
veloped during three stages in the MCH (Master in Collective
Housing). The first stage includes group or personal works
during the “Workshops”. The projects developed are prag-
matic approaches to how housing casuistry could be ap-
proached in different contexts and realities. The second stage
includes the exercises carried out for “Housing Projects”,
and the third stage the projects for the different “Specialties”.
The projects were chosen to highlight the different and diverse
scales, and the approaches covered during the duration of the
master; related to explorations of spatiality, tectonics, materiality,
scale and solutions for different problems in different contexts.
STEPPED SLOW LIVING, El Altazar, Madrid, Spain.
Hrvoje Njiric
INHABITABLE DEPTH, Madrid, Spain.
Andrea Deplazes
XVI. XVII. XIX CENTURY, Madrid, Spain.
Dietmar Eberle
THE CURTAIN WALL, Valdebebas, Madrid, Spain.
Cino Zucci
BUTTRESS HOUSING, Casa de las Flores, Madrid, Spain.
Felix Claus
MAHOU GROUNDLINE, Mahou Calderon, Madrid, Spain.
Alison Brooks
MAT [PUBLI] BUILDING, Carabanchel, Madrid, Spain
Amann, Canovas, Maruri
PACKARD PLANT, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Anne Lacaton
HUACA, Lima, Peru.
Annette Gigon
PLAZA DEL CARMEN, Madrid, Spain.
Jose Maria Ezquiaga
ACOUSTIC NEIGHBORHOOD, Madrid, Spain
Gines Garrido
INHABITING THE DESERT, Atacama, Chile
Javier Garcia German
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HOUSING PROJECTS
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WORKSHOPS

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STEPPED SLOW LIVING
[SETTLEMENT] The commission consists of resolving a settle-
ment in El Altazar, a town that has its origin in the reservoir that
Franco ordered to build. In addition to this, the project has to
interpret the slow living of our days. Thus, for the site, the proj-
ect reinterprets the most basic way to occupy a slope, and does
so through the staging and terracing. Housing becomes the ele-
ment that will contain the earth and generate different levels for
develop life. The project is solved with two typologies that allow
the containment, one of them horizontal and the other vertical
that emerges as milestones. The slow living is articulated with
the principle of containment, and the project becomes an inter-
vention of landscaping and habitability, and is configured as a
solution that evokes the salt ponds of Maras.
Location: El Altazar, Madrid, Spain.
Professor: Hrvoje Njiric
Assitant professor: Diego Garcia Setien
Team: Miguel Valverde, Georgi Kafelov
2018
“Salt ponds of Maras”(Sacred Valley of the Incas, Perú)

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El Altazar, ocupation diagrams for the slope Tipology A, like a retaining wall (inspired in PREVI - Charles Correa). Tipology B, like a split level ( inspired in Diagoon Houses - Hertzberger)

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Ascending view of the slope Descending view of the slope and platforms

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Tipology A, like a retaining wall (inspired in PREVI - Charles Correa) Tipology B, like a split level ( inspired in Diagoon Houses - Hertzberger)

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INHABITABLE DEPTH
[DEPTH] The challenge of this project is to solve a typology of 18
meters depth. The starting point is given from the understanding
and relation between life and light. The project differentiates two
types of activities, some that require natural light and others that
happen at night. Therefore, the house is divided into two bays,
one that has 3 meters in front and 5 m. of height, and the other
one that has the same front and 2.5 m. of height. This section is
configured as an L-shaped extrusion, which allows that in the
space with the highest volume of air there are no twilight zones,
while those of simple height are intended for rest and service.
The stacking occurs alternately. The structure is conceived from
the arc, which when extruded forms a vault, which allows the
distribution of the load in both domestic bays.
Location: Madrid, Spain
Professor: Andrea Deplazes
Assitant professor: Fernando Altozano
Team: Prajakta Gawde
2018
“Forced perspective - Palazzo Spada”. Borromini, S. XVII. (Roma, Italy).

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Studies of light and height for 18 meters depth Studies of asscembly in cross section

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South facade showing the section like an extrusion Interior double height space

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Typical assembly plan Cross section

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XVI, XVII, XIX CENTURY
[SUPPORT] The workshop proposes the premise of solving dif-
ferent temporal and social contexts, based on different architec-
tural approaches. Contexts refer to realities of the s. XVI (La Lati-
na), XVII (Chamberí) and XIX (Sanchinarro). The architectural
points of view are the volume, the façade and the circulation. The
proposed realities are totally different and the proposal proposes
is to solve the order from the structure, architectural topical that
configures the space and consequently the living. The façade had
the challenge of solving a cantilevered corner, for that reason a
bracket structure is proposed, in which the openings dictate that
it is structure and bearing and that it is only enclosure. Circula-
tion, as an element that articulates the project is resolved from
elements that are structure and circulation, and at the same time
resolve how the building touches the floor. The architectural el-
ements seek to demonstrate the tectonic clarity of the building.
Location: Sanchinarro + La Latina, Madrid, Spain
Professor: Dietmar Eberle
Assitant professor: Victor Ebergenyi
Team: Luis Martin
2018
“Gas Tanks”. Bernd and Hilla Becher, 1965 – 2009. (Germany)

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Project in the s. XIX context, and how the building touch the groind floor East facade and structural circulation core

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S. XVI Project. Structure like a facade system Tectonic of the facade. Bay window and projection towards the exterior

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THE CURTAIN WALL
[BOUNDARY] The premise of the workshop requires solving a
housing building in Valdebebas with the façade as a crucial point.
The order allows you to re-think the relationship between the fa-
cade and the living space. It is so that the proposal raises the reso-
lution of the facade from generating different intermediate spaces.
The facade becomes a succession of layers, where the exterior is
totally open, proposing almost the absence of the façade. The in-
termediate layer is the one that will control the different degrees
of privacy of the dwelling with a curtain, a mobile, ephemeral
element that generates different atmospheres and different spac-
es. An approach to the Cafe Samt & Seide by Mies Van der Rohe
and Lilly Reich. The last layer is the one that allows the control
of the temperature, and it is a folding glass enclosure. Thus, the
boundaries between interior and exterior are blurred.
Location: Valdebebas, Madrid, Spain
Professor: Cino Zucchi
Assitant professor: Belen Hermida
Team: Rosario Pastore
2018
“Cafe Samt & Seide”. Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, 1927 (Berlin, Germany)

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Conceptual diagram about the geometry of the boundary. Treatments of the curtain Possibilities of occupation

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Zoom in of the facade Frontal view. Structure and blurred edges

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Typical plan Detail section

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BUTTRESS HOUSING
[PRE-EXISTENCE] The project preserves the existing conditions
of the “Casa de las Flores” with the city, that is, it recovers the
perimeter and does not affect it, but rather creates a new develop-
ment towards the interior of the complex, generating a different
atmospheres and conditions for living in XXI century. The project
reconsiders the idea of the large garden on the ground floor and
distributes it vertically among the occupants. So that each owner
has an outdoor space to expand the house, from the ground floor
to the level 5 floor. Despite living at height, the unit feels like a
house, and not part of a vertical serialization. The volumetry of
the project is staggered, so that units of different depths are de-
veloped, but with the same structural bay. The stepped typology
allows to generate a buttress building, which at the same time
that it is deployed vertically, generates a terracing.
Location: Casa de las Flores, Madrid, Spain
Professor: Felix Claus
Assistant professor: Nieves Mestre
2018
“Iron frame house with glazed earthenware clading ”. Viollet - le - Duc, 1871 (Paris, France)

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Longitudinal section. Ground level, first level, second level plans Cross section. Third level, fourth level, rooftop plans

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Cross section Buttress housing building

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MAHOU GROUNDLINE
[GROUND] From the analysis of the site we inferred that the
area, in order to be regenerated, requires both programming,
urban and architectural interventions, capable to break the
boundaries. Thus, we produced a strategic urban plan that puts
in order and hierarchizes the elements and the identities of the
area. The memory of the Mahou industry is returning with pro-
ductive functions, mainly located in the underground floors.
The open public collective space of the ground floor include leisure
andculturefacilities,stores,akindergarten andapubliccourtyard.
In the underground levels the media lab program is proposed.
This encourages the attraction of a wider audience regarding the
production process, connects the working space with the neigh-
borhood. We want this new center of Madrid to be inhabited all
days and hours from a diverse audience that works and lives there.
Location: Mahou Calderon, Madrid, Spain
Professor: Alison Brooks
Assitant professor: Alejandro de Miguel
Team: Eve Vervelidou, Gabriela Burbano
2018
“Somerset House”. Sir Williams Chambers, 1776 (London, United Kingdom)

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Generative diagrams of groundline Shape, volume, and depth of groundline

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Ground floor plan. Isometric view Typical floor plan. Isometric view

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Facade. Longitudinal and cross section Perspectives and model

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MAT [PUBLIC] BUILDING
[RIBBON] The workshop proposes to solve specific problems in
existing collective housing buildings. In this case, the building
assigned is the 82-unit building in Carabanchel, designed by
ACM. After analyzing the reality of the building and the context,
it is concluded that the problem is the urbanism of Carabanchel,
and that the strategy is to reinterpret the limits of the buildings
with the city. That is why the proposal raises the solution from
understanding the ribbon as an open system that can be replicat-
ed in Carabanchel and with it rethinking the intermediate space.
The proposal is a mat building that runs through Carabanchel,
both on upper floors and on the ground floor. The ground floor
becomes the main articulator between street and house, generat-
ing a topography that blurs the limits and that at the same time
democratizes the city.
Location: Carabanchel, Madrid, Spain.
Professor: Atxu Amann, Andres Canovas, Nicolas Maruri
Assitant professor: Gabriel Wajnerman
Team: Melina Pekholtz, Francisco Espinosa, Laura Soto
2018
“Reconstruction center of Frankfurt”. Josic, Candilis and Woods, 1963 (Frankfurt, Germany)

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Urban situtation of Carabanchel Reinterpretation of the ACM building, through the ribbon system

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Mat building and ground activities in Carabanchel Topography and soil treatment

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Continous topography blurring limits in ACM building Programmatic ground

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SPECIALTIES + HOUSING PROJECTS

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PACKARD PLANT
[RE-USE]. The following proposal focuses on the reuse of the
Packard Plant in Detroit. Building #10 has been taken as proto-
typical but its scope pretends to be applicable to the whole com-
plex. In this case structure and urban positioning are given and
our intervention focuses on the interior assembly of solids and
transparencies to accommodate new dwelling needs. Our typical
floor where production, living and leisure happen has its main
connection points to the exterior in the ground and roof floors. In
the roof, the connection with all residents of the building revolves
around leisure and sport while in the ground, the main exchange
point connects with neighboring residents and furthermore the
city of Detroit. In this typological exploration, living, working
and playing have new boundaries, which are not determined by
walls but by desires.
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Professor: Anne Lacaton
Assitant professor: Diego Garcia Setien
Team: Andrea Mantecon, Candelaria Caceres
2018
“Conical Intersect”. Gordon Matta Clark, 1975 (Paris, France)

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Typologies. Inhabitable capsules and shared space for production Isometric with uses

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Conceptual cross section. Vertical voids and horizontal enfilade Intermediate space. In between

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HUACA
[CO-EXISTENCE]. How the neighborhood or the city can be im-
proved, starting from a residential building? This was the prem-
ise received by Annettee Gigon. In Lima, as in many millenary
cities, different temporalities coexist in the same urban fabric. In
the specific case of the Peruvian capital, on the coast, the hua-
cas (pre-Hispanic sanctuaries) have been relegated within the
contemporary fabric, and instead of being attractive, they have
become urban gaps. The project proposes the integration of the
huacas to the new fabric, creating a continuity of public space,
that is why the proposal includes the continuity of the huacas
towards the interior of the collective space. What is generated is
a staggered house looking at the pratrimonio, repeating the same
gesture of the sanctuary, and towards the interior a continuity
of the public space, blurring the interior and exterior limits and
integrating the patrimony with living daily.
Location: Lima, Peru
Professor: Annette Gigon
2018
“Huacas de Lima”. (Lima, Peru)

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Typical plan. Cross section and relation with the Huaca Perspectives

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PLAZA DEL CARMEN
[ATMOSPHERE]. The Plaza del Carmen is a palimpsest of layers,
which show its history. Over time, this square has become the
backyard of the Gran Via and Calle de la Montera, however the
potential is that this square reveals a different speed of under-
standing the center. The project proposes the creation of an urban
oasis in the heart of Madrid, and it does so by reconfiguring the
current design to create a continuous space where the most im-
portant thing is sensory and protection, what will be expressed as
texture in the ground and shade of trees. The result is a square,
with different experiences, that allows not only to cross but that
welcomes you and allows you to rest from the accelerated rhythm
of the center. In this way, the project reinterprets the conception
of the typical square, and what it does is humanize the urban
space, generating different conditions of border, shadow and stay.
Location: Plaza del Carmen, Madrid, Spain
Professor: Jose Maria Ezquiaga
Assitant professor: Gemma Peribañez
Team: Yasemin Yalçin, Jorge Tofiño
2018
“RHS gardens”. Piet Oudolf, 2002 (Wisley, England)

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Existing flow and proposed flow for Plaza del Carmen Plaza del Carmen, Calle de la Montera and Red de San Luis through the time

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Materiality and species. Flora and faunaProposed tesellation in Plaza del Carmen

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PerspectiveCross sections with differents atmospheres

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ACOUSTIC NEIGHBORHOOD
[SOUND] The neighborhood between the M30 way and the
Manzanares river takes place in a privilieged location, almost
adjacent to the Casa de Campo, however the neighborhood has
many problems such as noise and lack of connection due to the
presence of the traffic lane. The proposal aims to take advantage
of the proximity to the Casa de Campo and generate a different
atmosphere for the neighborhood. The location is an experience
and an interesting relationship between river and landscape is
created through the neighborhood, in order to change the current
habitat with specific interventions. The conformation of an axis,
the consolidation of cultural facilities, the appearance of a slope,
and the sensory work of the ground will be the starting point of
the intervention. Later, the endemic species will be those that
propitiate the appearance of specific fauna, and with it the radical
change of the current conditions.
Location: Casa de Campo, Madrid, España.
Professor: Gines Garrido
Team: Laura Soto, Elena Congiu, Jorge Tofiño
2018
“Acoustic mirrors RAF Denge”. 1920s (Kent, England)

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Potential of Manzares river. Connection with Casa de Campo Cultural facilities. Talud like a landscape and sound mirror

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Perspective. Talud and sound mirrorMasterplan

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INHABITING THE DESERT
[THERMODYNAMIC]. The desert-adapted person can sweat
freely but must deal with the water loss involved; hence, he is
usually thin but not tall. This adaptation minimizes both water
needs and water loss. Skin pigmentation is moderate since ex-
treme pigmentation is good protection from the sun but allows
absorption of heat, which must be lost by sweating. Adaptation
to night cold is also common in desert-adapted people. habitabil-
idad. For this physiological reason is that the proposal becomes a
tangential grouping of units, with different measures and orienta-
tions, so that the result is habitable spaces with different thermal
conditions, for the day or for the night, be it winter or summer.
Thus, the proposal is summarized in a cluster type growth system
where the intermediate patio and heat sources become the ele-
ment that determines the way of living. Spacefully the interstices
become rich spaces for shade or storage.
Location: Antofagasta, Chile
Professor: Javier Garcia German
Team: Francisco Espinosa
2018
“Tulor village”. 800 CE (Antofagasta, Chile)

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San Pedro de Atacama and SQM minning complex. Thermodynamic performanceTulor village and Atacameño settlement. Thermodynamic performance

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Cross section. Thermodynamic analysis of the unit Cross section. Thermodynamic analysis of the complex

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Aerial perspective Interior courtyard

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