This portfolio document summarizes David Dana's 20 architecture projects from 2004-2011. It includes 10 pages of resume information on his educational and professional background, as well as descriptions and images of the 20 projects. The projects span his academic work at universities in Mexico, Australia, and the US, as well as professional work in architecture offices in Mexico, the US, and Australia.

1. Portfolio
David Dana
20 Architecture Projects
2004 - 2011
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3. Contents: Resume 6
Professional Work
01 / CAF 10
02 / Colonia Obrera 14
03 / Forum of The Future 18
04 / Smith Vosler House 24
Academic Projects
05 / Morpho’Logical (Architecture)26
06 / Morpho’Logical (Landscape) 34
07 / The Bay Bridge Project 40
08 / Biomimicry ‘Globe Fish’ 46
09 / The Mekong River Project 50
10 / Energy & Environment 56
11 / Flexible Market 60
12 / Digital Design Center 62
13 / Visualizing the virtual concourse 66
14 / Floodplains 70
15 / Housing in Doctores District 74
16 / Housing in Queretaro 76
Projects of his own
17 / Arquine Competition 80
18 / Garden City 86
19 / Lilas Corporate Building 90
20 / Vivienda Emergente 96
Awards & Recognitions 104
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4. DAVID DANA
E david0dana@gmail.com
P 415 676 16 51
1970 Fell Street 1
resume/architecture San Francisco CA 94117
M Arch Uc Berkeley
AIA Henry Adams Certificate
Award
Born in Mexico City, August 8th, 1985.
Currently living in San Francisco, Ca.
Professional Practice: Name of the Office/Director of the Office/Name of the Projects/
Position/ Country.
2010 ‘Ehdd Architecture’, Office of Charles Davis. Arnold Schwarzenegger &
Maria Shriver Forum of the Future. Internship, San Francisco, Ca.
2010 ‘Nilus Design’, Office of Nilus de Matran. Presidio House, San Rafael
House. Junior Architect, San Francisco, Ca.
2008-2009 ‘Ten Architects’, Office of Enrique Norten. Several Projects. Junior
Architect, Mexico City.
2008 ‘Dellekamp Architects’, Office of Derek Dellekamp. Venice Biennale 2008.
Junior Architect, Mexico City.
2008 ‘Reforestamos Mexico’, Office of Pavel Valdez. Centre for Reforestation
Villa del Carbon. Non-profit, Mexico, City.
2008 ‘Geometrica’, Office of Rafael Dana. Concepts and sketches for hous-
ing in Vallejo. Design Documents, Mexico City.
2006-2007 ‘24/7 Firm’, Office of Rosallea Monacella and Craig Douglas. Conceptual
Design for a House in Inverloch, Office in Swanston street & Helen
Lempriere competition. Melbourne, Australia.
2006 ‘ARPA-Arquitectura de Paisaje’, Office of Armando Oliver. House in
Pedregal. Design Documents. Mexico City.
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5. DAVID DANA
E david0dana@gmail.com
P 415 676 16 51
1970 Fell Street 1
resume/architecture San Francisco CA 94117
M Arch Uc Berkeley
01 educational facilities restoration 02 site analysis 03 diagram of pedestrian Certificate
AIA Henry Adams flow
Award
Awards and Recognitions: Name of the- recognition, award, competition or
publication/ Specifications/Location.
2011 ‘AIA Henry Adams Certificate’. University of California Berkeley, Master in
Architecture. Graduated with honors_Cum Laude & awarded with a
Scholarship. Berkeley, Ca
2010 ‘San Francisco Chronicle Publication’. The Bay Bridge Project, Design
Fantasies for obsolete Bay Bridge Span, Alternatives to demolition offered
by John King (Chronicle Urban Design Writer). San Francisco, Ca.
2010 ‘M_Art International Competition Opengap Network’. The Bay Bridge
Project, awarded with an Honorable Mention. Madrid Spain. (Published in
the: Future, A+A & Accesit Magazine.)
2010 ‘Archdaily Publication’. Docapesca Archipelago Urban Project, EWWUD
Workshop. Lisbon, Portugal.
2010 ‘Generative Components Lecture & Exhibition’. The Mekong
River Project. Uc Berkeley.
2009 ‘Caf International Competition’. Office of Enrique Norten, Mixed use Build
ing, Awarded with an Honorable Mention. Caracas, Venezuela.
2008 ‘Participation in the Venice Biennale 2008’. Office of Derek Dellekamp.
Obrera District Project, Alternatives for Social Housing in the Doctores
Neighborhood. Mexico City.
2007 ‘Homo Faber Exhibition’ Presented in The Melbourne Museum. Architect
Mark Burry and SIAL Laboratory. The Digital Design Centre Project.
Melbourne, Australia.
2007 ’Visualizing the Virtual Concourse’. Participation in the Venice Biennale
2007. Professors: Leon Van Schaik, Tom Kovac and Sean Kelly. Academic
Research, RMIT Melbourne, Australia.
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6. DAVID DANA
E david0dana@gmail.com
P 415 676 16 51
1970 Fell Street 1
resume/architecture San Francisco CA 94117
M Arch Uc Berkeley
AIA Henry Adams Certificate
Award
04 conceptual section 05 conceptual landscape proposal
2006-2007 ‘Helen Lempriere Competition in Tasmania’. Office 24/7 In Collaboration
with Rosalea Monacella. Voronoi Sculpture Project. Melbourne, Australia.
2006 ‘Opportunities Competition’. National competition for architectural
students. Garden City Project, awarded second place. Mexico City,
Mexico.
2005 ‘University Iberoamericana, Competition for students in Latin America’.
Intervention in Xochimilco Project, Finalist. Mexico City, Mexico.
2005 ‘University Iberoamericana, Low Income Housing Competition’. Housing
Project in Queretaro” awarded First place. Mexico City, Mexico.
2005 ‘University Iberoamericana, Eco-House Competition’. Sustainable house
Project, awarded First place. Mexico City, Mexico.
2004 ‘University Iberoamericana Frank Lloyd Wright Competition’ Falling Water
House Project, awarded First price. Mexico City, Mexico.
Academic Degrees: University/Country/Degree/Awards.
2009-2011 ‘University of California Berkeley’. Master in Architecture.
Graduated with honors-Cum Laude, awarded with a Scholarship
& The ‘AIA Henry Adams Certificate’.
2004-2008 ‘Universidad Iberoamericana’. Mexico City. Bachelor degree in
Architecture and Urbanism. Graduated with honors-Cum Laude.
2006-2007 ‘Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’. Melbourne Australia.
Exchange program to Architecture and Landscape. Awarded with three
High Distinctions.
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7. DAVID DANA
David Dana
E david0dana@gmail.com
P 415 676 16 51
resume/architecture 1970 Fell Street 1
San Francisco CA 94117
M Arch Uc Berkeley
AIA Henry Adams Certificate
award
06 conceptual design 07 conceptual massing 08 public space
High Distinctions in RMIT: Subject/Professors/University/Location
2006 ‘Visualizing the Virtual Concourse’ with Professors, Leon Van Schaik, Tom
Kovac and Sean Kelly. RMIT. Melbourne, Australia.
2007 ‘Photography an Introduction’ with Professor Lloyd Godman, RMIT.
Melbourne, Australia.
2007 ‘Poise’ Design studio. With Professor Mark Burry. RMIT.
Melbourne, Australia.
Projects of his own: Client/Name of The Project/Theme/Location
2008 Geometrica, ‘Housing Complex in Vallejo’ Concept of 600 low income
apartments Mexico City. (Under Construction).
2006 Geometrica, ‘Entrance to Residential La Palma’ Concept for an entrance
In Bosques de las Lomas, Mexico City.
2005 Geometrica, ‘Bedroom x’ Concept and design for a bedroom of a
Modern House In Bosques de las Lomas, Mexico City.
Proficiencies: Lenguages:
Auto Cad 95% Confen 70% English 90%
Revit 70% Illustrator 100% Spanish 100%
Rhino 95% Photoshop 100%
Maxwell 95% In Design 90%
Sketch Up 70% Power Point 100%
3d Max 70% Word 100%
Ecotect 50% Excel 70%
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8. Professional Work
01
CAF New headquarters
International competition in Caracas Venezuela, 2008.
Ten Architects.
Office of Enrique Norten.
Honorary Mention, International Design Competition.
The new headquarters for the Corporation Andina de Fomento
(CAF) is conceived as a detonating element of the new north
south axis that will connect the central valley with the Caracas
mountain range, with vegetation and Geography taking a
leading role.
This project expands the number of ground floors public spaces
and connects two large urban parks. It also promotes the
pedestrian and vehicular flow between urban sectors, public
spaces and new developments.
Plazas, parks, mass transit stations, paths and various urban ac-
tivity centers are allocated along this new axis, which also sets
a framework for a breathtaking view to the Avila Mountain.
The proposal doubles the public space of plaza Altamira and
Promote public transportation by providing extra parking
spaces directly connected to an important mass transit hub.
Along the axis an increase of density is proposed for the
Altamira Sur district.
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12. Professional Work
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Colonia Obrera
Venice Biennale 2008.
Delekamp Architects.
Office of Derek Dellekamp.
The Colonia Obrera is a neighborhood of Mexico city which
was developed in the beginning of the 1900´s, as a housing
quarter for working class of those days.It was founded for
industry workers, artisans and countrymen that would work
in the center of Mexico City. Since then the urban fabric has
remained practically the same as it is today. All though there
has been an inclusion of subways, metro bus, a major freeway
(called Central Axis or Eje Central), and many transformations
that have happened in the central core since then.
The contradiction of this neighborhood is that although the city
has evolved, in many different ways, the identity and scale of this
neighborhood has remained intact, so how come the city has
grown to an unprecedented scale, without transforming this area?
The reasons why this has happened are not the purpose of this
project, but the ways to create higher quality housing, with
high density, taking advantage of the existing infrastructure
and proximity of the city center. This project stretches the
limits of common sense by preserving the buildings in the area
we believe have value, densifying without creating an urban
ghetto, connecting in a low scale with other blocks, creating
an almost 80% green footprint due to terraces and green roofs,
exhacerbing the principles of a community through public
space which at the moment are inexistent.
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13. Site Area 25,537
Constructed 92,967
Housing 48,844
Green 16,765
Retail 9,418
Service 6,749
Parking 11,191
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14. We believe in the essence of “the barrio” (neighborhood) as the structure of our thought.
We believe in architecture as a discipline capable of creating values in the way humans interact.
We believe in social interaction, cohesion and sharing resources.
We believe in accessibility with independence.
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15. We believe in sports, bicycles and outdoor living in an enclosed city space.
We believe in privacy inside an artificial ecosystem which is the essence of a city.
We believe in a programmatic hybrid, in space and in the capacity of an individual
to take over it.
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16. Professional Work
03
Arnold Schwarzenegger
& Maria Shriver Forum of
the Future
Leed Building proposal for the University of California Davis, 2010.
Ehdd.
Office of Charles Davis.
Sustainable Architecture.
The aim of this project was to propose a zero energy building
for the University of California Davis.
The program consisted in the development of educational
facilities for environmental studies. As part of the client
requirements the building incorporates the office for the
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Our first approach for the proposal was to design two different
massings, each varies in functionality and operation.
Important topics like optimum orientation, wind flow, daylight-
ing, and the use of local materials were the foundation of a
very successful and high quality development for sustainable
design.
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22. Professional Work
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Smith Vosler House
Residential House in San Rafael Ca, 2010.
Nilus Design.
Office of Nilus de Matran.
Residential Project, Under Construction.
Located above the hills of the San Rafael Mountains, the Smith
& Vosler family decided to restore their house.
The proposal not only addresses the existing space but also
expands the volumetry of the house by the creation of a sec-
ondary tower.
One of the primary requirements of the client was to transform
the southern wood facade into a curtain glass wall. This deci-
sion turned the project into a challenge; which consisted in
understanding the thermal comfort performance, to develop a
solution that avoids over heating. In response to that we de-
signed a trellis above the terrace to provide shade.
This project is currently under construction.
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A A
ALL EXISTING WINDOWS TO REMAIN UNCHANGED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
DINING ROOM WINDOWS - W2.1, W2.2 AND W2.3
W2.2 IS A NEW WINDOW IN EXISTING OPENING AND WINDOWS W2.1 AND W2.3
ARE NEW WINDOWS, ALL TO MATCH EXISTING.
GARAGE
NO WORK
STRUCTURAL NOTES:
EXISTING 4X12 RIDGE BEAM ALONG GRIDLINE 'C.5' FROM 'GRIDLINES '3' TO '4'
TO REMAIN WHEN EXPOSED BY REMOVING EXISTING SOFFIT.
EXISTING 4X12 RIDGE BEAM ALONG GRIDLINE 'E.5' FROM GRIDLINES '8' TO '3.2' DECK
TO REMAIN.
WHEN OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION,
THE ADDITION OF A NEW SHEAR WALL ALONG GRIDLINE 'E'; REPLACE DOOR
AND THE ADDITION OF A NEW SHEAR WALL ALONG GRIDLINE 'B'
PER STRUCTURAL BUILDING EVALUATION.
D2.1
B NAILING PATTERN FOR NEW SHEAR WALLS SHALL BE: B
10d @ 4" O.C. ALONG THE EDGES, AND
10d @ 12" O.C. IN THE FIELD.
NEW DOOR TO BE RATED 20-MIN.
NEW DOOR TO HAVE SELF-CLOSING HARDWARE
NEW SHEAR TO
BE ADDED
D2.5
(E) SKYLIGHT D2.4
TO REMAIN
C C
D2.3
(E) SKYLIGHTS (E) 4X12 RIDGE
TO REMAIN ENTRY POWDER ROOM
BEAM TO REMAIN NO WORK
SEE STRUCT. WORKSHOP
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REPLACE DOORS
REINFORCE (3)
TYP. OF 4
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REPLACE (E) POST 1-3/4" X 7'1/4" MICROLAM
WITH 4" DIAMETER
STL. TUBE COLUMN OVEN REF.
NEW WALLS
DINING ROOM
(E) 4X12 RIDGE BEAM TO REMAIN, SEE STRUCT.
FAMILY ROOM DECK
NEW SEE-THRU NO WORK
GAS FIREPLACE REPLACE (E) POST
LIVING ROOM MFGR: MAJESTIC
MODEL: MARQUIS
WITH 4" DIAMETER
STL. TUBE COLUMN NEW CABINETRY 25
NO.: KSTDV NEW WINDOW IN
(E) OPENING
NEW SHEAR TO BE ADDED
SEE NAILING NOTE ABOVE KITCHEN
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W2.1 W2.2 W2.3 DW
DECK
NEW 2'-0" X 5'-0"
WINDOWS TO
MATCH EXISTING
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24. Academic Projects
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Morpho’Logical
Educational Facilities
A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree
of ‘Master in Architecture’ in the graduate division of UC Berkeley.
Committee in charge: Susan Ubbelohde, Tom Buresh, Marc
L’italien, & Peter Bosselman.
The aim of this thesis was to explore the parallel recovery and
evolution of Buildings and Landscapes through time.
Morpho’Logical Restoration seeks to maximize the potential of
postindustrial sites through decades of sequential architectural
interventions. This study asks how the preserved architectural el-
ements in the former ‘Bayview Hunters Point’ Naval base could
stay alive and yet be adapted to evolve over time.
After the 2030 Challenge I believe that Architecture is confront-
ing a period of re-configuration and is more aware of future
challenges. It represents an open door for new ideas, technolo-
gies and possibilities.
The project consists in a ‘continuos and periodical adaptive
reuse strategy’ of a military base into a Media Park.
-Against the current proposal of redevelopment for a football
stadium, I believe that the existing historical buildings have
great potential to be recycled.
The buildings that are located on site offer the spatial qualities
to be restored into a continuos and connected complex.
Performance Goals of the Project:
Envelop would be preserved and readapted.
26 Program would be active and changeable.
Spatial Configuration would be flexible and dynamic.
Module would achieve maximum spans.
Skeleton would provide maximum rigidity.

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29. 8 ft 58 ft 58 ft 100 ft 70 ft 27 ft 120 ft 75 ft 24 ft
GROUND PLAN
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31. 50 x 45 sq ft
VERTICAL SPACE FRAME
prefabricated structure is delivered to site for vertical
expantion + cantilievers construction
50 x 45 sq ft
STEEL REINFORCEMENT
structure is reinforced with a new modularity that
allows more flexibility, adaptability & rigidity in spatial
configuration
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REVEAL STRUCTURE
as a response to the program requirements, parts of
the facade get demolished to create a series of
public plazas

32. Academic Projects
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Morpho’Logical
Media Park
A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree
of ‘Master in Architecture’ in the graduate division of UC Berkeley.
Committee in charge: Susan Ubbelohde, Tom Buresh, Marc
L’italien, & Peter Bosselman.
A Media Park represents the perfect bond of education and
nature. The proposal brings together a social, technological,
environmental and cultural program.
Social: The project would offer primary education, job oppor-
tunities, social participation, recreational programs and also a
sense of community.
Technological: An implementation of an integral energy trans-
portation system, the construction of educational facilities of
high performance, and finally the promotion of green sustain-
able technology.
Environmental: The project not only recovers but also expands
its habitat and biodiversity. It is respectful of the environment by
the recycle of landscape and buildings. It also saves land by
a construction strategy of ‘Urban Infill’ (by densifying the edu-
cational facilities footprint, the project releases vast areas for
landscape architecture, recreational areas and open space).
Cultural: The park would offer, ‘active educational and cultural
programs, that would reinforce the identity of the local com-
munity. Also recognizes its history by the preservation of impor-
tant architectural buildings and by the construction of ‘The
Hunters Point History Museum’.
Objectives of the Project:
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Secure the remediation, rehabilitation and re-densification of the site.
Reorganize and optimize the access, circulation and attractions of the site.
Activate beneficial sustainable cycles for the area and for the local community of Bayview.
Connect the area with the neighborhood and with the rest of the urban fabric.

33. 01CLEAN UP source: Vanal Facilities Engineering Command Parcel E Feasibility Study
test sites: not toxic
test sites: not toxic
02 ACTIVATION
heavy metals
oak tree
sVOCs
cyanide community gardens
insecticides permaculture
p arcel e pesticides oak tree
hydrocarbons
diesel
motor oil
meadow
LAND HEALING SEEDING REFOREST
developing of a cap for protection First phase/ fertilization of land reforestation strategy
and clean up gradient from oak to meadow
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COMMUNITY
DOGPARK WETLANDS BIRD WATCHING OPEN SPACE GRASSLANDS TREELAND
GARDENS
vacant vacant
Media Park Bayview Hunter Activities
Program Point & Events
Lectures/Concerts
wetlands
Auitorium 20,000 SF
History Museum 40,000 SF Temporary/Stable Exhibition pond
Cultural
Digital Media Lounge 60,000 SF Restaurant/Bar/ Caffe/Festivals
11%
pond
Commercial Workshops/Diplomats/Open Studios picnic
Design
MediaLabs100,000 SF picnic marsh
dog park
Mediatheque 100,000 SF Workshops/Exhibitions/Competitions
BEACH pond
meadow
industrial Educational Center marsh COMMUNITY GARDEN
preseve
lookouts
Farmers Market 150,000 SF Food & Flower Festivals
hike GRASSLANDS
streams recreational area
Dog Park100,000 SF Dog Festivals
pond main plaza
Agricultural Special Tour TIDAL MARSH field shrubs
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Bird Watching100,000 SF
Community Gardens100,000 SF
Workshops/Trainings lessons/ Diplomats picnic area playground courts camp
open space lookouts picnic
Bayview Waterfrontpicnic
Park park path mediatheque
Mountain Biking/ Bike Lanes/ Hikes
30%
Open space Tree Forest 200,000 SF
landfill Ecological visitor center
marsh
media lounge
Recreational Flower Gardens 200,000 SF
Flower Exhibition/ Workshops creek marsh labs
media media park picnic
lookouts picnic workshops museum
design workshops
recreational area
Permaculture Lands 200,000 SF Workshops/Trainings lessons/ Diplomats lookouts
transport
Paths/Looks outs
WOODS secondary plaza
Bike Trail
Shrub/Meadows 200,000 SF
restore picnic
Bird watching
Paths/Looks outs
Wet Lands 300,000 SF lookouts
Wild &
Passive 59%
Sport fields/Paths
year 2011 year 2030 (proposed)
Open space 800,000 SF
year 2030 (proposed)
70% Landfill/Industrial/Vacant 80% Nature/Leisure/Recreational/Educational Sport fields/Paths Events/Activities & Proposed Program
Commercial/Cultural
Grasslands 800,000 SF

34. NEW PROGRAMS
DIGITAL DESIGN CENTER
morphological, progressive restoration
NEW HABITATS
ISLANDS & CHINAMPAS
land sculping, farming beds
& wetlands
HARDCSAPES
surface cover
entry, main
& secondary plaza
SOFTSCAPES
landscape surface
grasslands,treelands
&recreational areas
NEW PATHWAYS
network of various
paths
walking, running, hiking
& biking
CIRCULATION
internal transportation
system
2 lines that connect the
entire media park
URBAN MATRIX
urban proposal
for media park
bayview hunterspoint
waterfront park
LAND SCULPING
retaining walls and
manipulation of
topography
wetlands and tidal marsh
restoration
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CELEBRATE WATER
regeneration of various
ecosystems
wetlands and tidal marsh
restoration

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37. The Ecological Park program consists in recreational sport fields and community
the creation of wetlands, grasslands & gardens & also a gradient of tree-land
flower gardens. The implementation of areas from oak to meadow.
03 RECOVERY 03 MUTATION
low grass water pockets
water canal
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high grass
high grass
SUSTAIN LAND SCULPING INUNDATION
growth of landscape excavation process + storage of opening of barriers for inundation
grasslands soil for future land filling of water canals

38. Academic Projects
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The Bay Bridge Project
The Bay Bridge ‘Studio” M Arch UC Berkeley, 2011.
Professors: Frederic Schwartz & Marc L’italien.
Published in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Awarded with an Honorable Mention, in the international
Competition ‘M_Art’ Madrid Spain.
The project consists in the creation of a self sufficient commu-
nity that grows food and flowers.
A progressive active and changeable program of “Local De-
velopment and Manufacture on site”.
From the environmental and ethical perspective, I am preserv-
ing a very historical site, “The Bay Bridge”.
As most people are focusing on the construction of the new bay bridge,
slated to be finished by 2013. Others are thinking of ways to reuse the old
one. “A structure that cost approximately $80 million Dollars.
The infrastructure and Architecture for the Master Plan are
driven by ‘sustainable design and green technology’. Creating
structures and using processes that are environmentally respon-
sible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle.
-Flexibility, Adaptability, Deployability and Prefabrication, were
some of the explored concepts for the creation of this prom-
enade of modular architecture.
A PROMENADE OF HOUSING UNITS, WORKSHOPS MODULES, FARMING BEDS AND SERVICES,
SET FOR THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR ENJOYMENT, “AN URBAN MARKET IN THE BAY BRIDGE”
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LOWER DECK
2 WATER TANK 2
3 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
UPPER DECK
4 FLOWERS DEPLOYABLE STANDS
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THE MARKET 5 ARTS & CRAFTS MOVABLE STANDS
6 VERTICAL FARMING BEDS (STRUCTURE
BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF SCAFFOLDING)
7 VERTICAL CIRCULATION
1
LOWER DECK 8 STORAGE AREA
HUMAN CAPABILITIES OF CREATING ECOSYSTEMS

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41. 01 Aerial view of the
community center &
the residential area.
02 Aerial view of
the hotel and the
residential area
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03 Section of the
hotel & transporta-
tion system

42. 01 Perspective
view of the Hotel,
and prefabricated
modular units
HOUSING + WORKSHOPS
SMALL MODULE: 360M2+
PUBLIC SPACE
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
CRAFTMANS WORKSHOPS
BIG MODULE: 360M2
02 Front view of the
mixed use complex
FARMING BEDS +
VERICAL CIRCULATION
MARKET SPACE
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FARMING BED PLATFORMS
WORKSHOP, ADMINISTRATION
CAFFE BAR AND HOTEL

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44. Academic Projects
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Biomimicry ‘Globe Fish’
Elasticity Inquiries Studio M Arch UC Berkeley, 2011.
Professor: Maria Paz Gutierrez.
Implementation of ‘Biomimetics’ into the creative design pro-
cess.
This project consisted in the development of a pneumatic
structure by studying a living organism.
As part of my personal research I focused in The ‘Globe Fish’
and his capacities to expand and contract his spinal chord.
Thousand of years ago, The Globe fish used to be very slow, and easy to be
captured. Through the course of time & ‘evolution’ he developed two de-
fense mechanisms: the first one was to become poison by eating bacteria,
and the second was to inflate himself by filling his body with water. Once his
body is inflated, the metamorphosis that his spinal chord experience is an
incredible method to study, mostly for structural elements that have torsion,
expansion & contraction.
In response to that, I invented a bio-dynamic pneumatic struc-
ture that has the ability to be expanded and contracted by air
pressure; A structure that later was incorporated to ‘Generative
Components’ as Parametric design.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
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45. SIMPLIFICATION OF VERTEBRA GEOMETRY
FOR UNIT PROPOSAL
1 2 3 4 5
TESTING OF TRIANGULAR GEOMETRY IN REPRESENTATION OF THE SPINAL CORD IN TORSION
CURVED SURFACES
A B C D E F G H I J L
elevation
INDEPENDENT VERTEBRA MOVEMENT MOVEMENT BASED ON A CENTER POINT
ANALYSIS
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46. 3D PRINTING
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TORSION BASED ON A CENTER POINT
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48. Academic Projects
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The Mekong River Project
Elasticity Inquiries Studio part II M Arch UC Berkeley, 2011.
Professor: Maria Paz Gutierrez.
Incorporation of a pneumatic structure into a dynamic land-
scape in the Mekong river area.
Project submitted to KERB competition, Melbourne Australia.
The aim of this proposal was to design a system that would
allow ‘farm production’ of local communities of Mekong, dur-
ing the monsoon and rainy season.
In the past years, research has proved that communities of
farmers had been greatly affected by floods and greatly un-
stable confronting: disease, hunger and loss of land.
In response to that I designed a dynamic structural foundation,
with a pneumatic unit prototype that has the potential to be
vertically stacked. Each module would have a different func-
tion that would provide each family the basic needs to survive
The modules would be conformed by a farming bed, a housing
unit, a storage unit and a water cistern. By being stacked verti-
cally they would create a self-sufficient life cycle that would
maintain the community on site during the flood season.
The result proves to be a self-generative grid that could be
deployable, transportable and easily constructed. A progres-
sive dynamic landscape that has the abilities to produce and
survive.
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50. VEGETATION
SMART MEMBRANE
GROWING MEDIUM
DRAINAGE, AERATION, WATER STORAGE
AND ROOF BARRIER
INSULATION
ROOFING MEMBRANE
STRUCTURAL SUPPORT (PNEUMATIC JOINT)
MEMBRANE AND UNIT JOINT
PNEUMATIC SMART MEMBRANE
STRUCTURAL SUPORT (PNEUMATIC JOINT)
BAMBOO STAIRS
INTERNAL STRUCTURAL FRAME
PREFABRICATED GALVANISED STEEL FRAME
LOCAL WOOD FLOOR
PNEUMATIC SLAB JOINT
STRUCTURAL SUPORT (PNEUMATIC JOINT)
MEMBRANE AND UNIT JOINT
PNEUMATIC SMART MEMBRANE
STRUCTURAL SUPORT (PNEUMATIC JOINT)
BAMBOO STAIRS
INTERNAL STRUCTURAL FRAME
PREFABRICATED GALVANISED STEEL FRAME
LOCAL WOOD FLOOR
PNEUMATIC SLAB JOINT
STRUCTURAL SUPORT (PNEUMATIC JOINT)
MEMBRANE AND UNIT JOINT
PNEUMATIC SMART MEMBRANE
STRUCTURAL SUPORT (PNEUMATIC JOINT)
BAMBOO STAIRS
INTERNAL STRUCTURAL FRAME
PREFABRICATED GALVANISED STEEL FRAME
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LOCAL WOOD FLOOR
PNEUMATIC SLAB JOINT
STRUCTURAL SUPORT (PNEUMATIC JOINT)

51. Scale 1.5 :1
Axial Load
Axial Load
Axial Load
Axial Load
Axial Load
Axial Load Axial Load
1
1
2 2
3 3
4 5 4
6 7 6 5
Elastic Recovery
Elastic Recovery
Elastic Recovery
Elastic Recovery
Elastic Recovery
Elastic Recovery
ing
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54. Academic Projects
10
Energy & Environment
Building Sciences M Arch UC Berkeley, 2011.
Professor: Allan Daly & Charlie Huizenga .
This course explores energy simulation programs for sustainable
design.
During the class we researched & tested the latest energy
simulation programs for environmental design including: Con-
fen, Resfen, Ecotect, Energy Plus & E-Quest.
My personal research was focused in energy simulations for
‘Indoor Vertical Farming’. During the design process I had the
opportunity to run several simulations to find the best possible
solution either in: type of window, type of frame, daylighting,
air flow and high performance facade.
At the same time I took advantage of the weather tool in Eco-
tect to fully understand the site of the project and its context,
including optimum orientation, prevailing winds, humidity and
rainfall.
As a result, the energy simulation tools provided me precise
data of the units orientation, & vegetables location.
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55. 11 12
300°
%
10
13 11 12 Daylight Analysis 41.5+
D a y lig ht F a c to r
37.5
10 Value R ange: 1.5 - 41.5 %
13 © E COT E CT v5
33.5
09
29.5
9 25.5
1 s t J un 21.5
14 17.5
14
08 13.5
8
9.5
°C 5.5
285°
88.0+ 1.5
1st May
135° 84.0
120°
7 150°
07 105° 80.0
1st D ec 165° 76.0 15
1 s t N ov
90° 72.0
1st O c t 68.0
180°
64.0
75° 1st S ep
60.0
06 15
56.0
1 s t A ug 195° 13
52.0
13 12
1 s t J ul
1 s t A pr 48.0 12
60°
14
14
16
210°
270° 15 11
15 11
45°
16
16
225°
SINGLE GLAZED TIMBER FRAME
DOUBLE GLAZED LOW E ALUM FRAME
17
30° 1st Mar 16
17 10
17 10 300° %
270°
Lighting Analysis
285°
1 s t J un
315°
330° 42.4+
240° D a y lig ht a ya c to r
1st M F
1 s t A pr 38.4
Value R ange: 2.4 - 42.4 %
255° © E COT E CT v5 345°
1st Mar 34.4
30.4
1st Feb
255° 1st Jan
1st Jan N 26.4
240°
15°
22.4
1st Feb 18.4
1st Feb 14.4
225° 15°
10.4
6.4
255° 2.4
17
1st Jan
1st Mar 30°
210°
09
N 17 9
17 08
8
16
09
16 195°
45°
1 s t A pr 9
240° 15 270°
10
15
18 14 10
11
14 13 12
11
345° 13 12
1st May
180°
1 s t J un
285° 1 s t J ul
08
8 1 s t A ug
330°
225° 135°
300°
75°
315° 165°
SIMULATIONS FOR VERTICAL FARMING
1st S ep
1st O c t
C STORAGE AND CIRCULATION WARM-COLD GROUP VEGTABLES
A
A
STRAWBERRYS CARROTS SPINACH LETTUCE
C
WARM GROUP VEGTABLES
B
B
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CUCUMBER PEPERS TOMATOES EGG PLANT GREEN BEANS
FARMING BED PLAN ANALYSIS

56. lu x
Prevailing Winds 12000+
Daylighting 11280
10560
50 km/ h hrs 9840
490+
440
392 9120
40 km/ h 342
294 8400
30 km/ h 245
196 7680
147 6960
20 km/ h 98
<49 6240
5520
10 km/ h
4800
energy simulations for optimum performance
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57. OPTIMUM ORIENTATION
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PREVAILING WINDS

58. Academic Projects
11
Flexible Market
Course: Cinematic Landscape.
Professor: Cesar Torres
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Theme: Flexible Market.
The aim of this exercise was to propose a design strategy that
addresses the problems found on site, and to
propose new ways of organizing dynamic systems.
My proposal was to create a Flexible Market based in the
concept of the Mexican illegal Tiaguis. For that I created an
urban plan based on rules and parameters to control the
everyday development. .
CONSTRUCTION DETAIL
Inserting this daily system to this part of the city, is something
new and it creates a positive chaos. Analyzing this type of
masses in a city like this is unique and also interesting.
Finally I see this project as a human body with soul, which is in
constant movement, connected to the behavior of the city,
the period of time, the season of the year and the needs of the
environment.
Plates. Tubes the shape of the stands are an
abstraction of the geometry .
conceptual section
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conceptual section
weekdays winter weekends summer Special Events
Soccer World Cup
Food
Food
winter clothes Australian team
food Summer Clothes
Hot Drinks clothing

59. FLOW DIAGRAMS IN FLINDER STATION.
swan
swan
swan
onst
ston
ston
stre
7-9:30am
stre
et
7-9:30am
stre
12:30-3:30pm
et
et
3:30-7pm
et
stre
et ers
stre et flind
ers stre
9-12:30pm flind 12:30-3:30pm flind
ers
9-12:30pm
3:30-7pm
PLAN OF URBAN ACTIVITIES. Footy Final.
Picasso Exposition.
Open Tianguis.
Closed Tianguis.
CONSTRUCTION DETAIL
Common Market. Public Tianguis
Back to school. Semi Public Tianguis
Fringe Festival. Private Tianguis
Spring Festival. Zone A.
Footy Final. Open Tianguis. Mexican Film Festival. Zone B.
Picasso Exposition. Closed Tianguis. International Film Festival.
Pearl Jam.
Zone C.
T
Common Market. Public Tianguis Student Biennale.
RMIT Students Exposition.
T.L.
Tr.
Back to school. Semi Public Tianguis Winter Arts Festival. Free entrance.
Australian Open. Pay entrance.
Fringe Festival. Private Tianguis Fat Boy Slim. 1 min/Take Away Tianguis
30 Minutes Tianguis
Spring Festival. Zone A. 1 hour Tianguis
Mexican Film Festival. Zone B. More than 1 hour Tianguis
Marketer (Costant Movement)
International Film Festival. Zone C. Marketer (Trans. structure)
Marketer (Stable structure)
Pearl Jam. T
Student Biennale. T.L. Thesaurus
RMIT Students Exposition. Tr. Footy Final. Open Tianguis.
Winter Arts Festival. Free entrance. Picasso Exposition. Closed Tianguis.
Public Tianguis
Common Market.
Australian Open. Pay entrance. Back to school. Semi Public Tianguis
Fringe Festival. Private Tianguis
Fat Boy Slim. 1 min/Take Away Tianguis Spring Festival. Zone A.
Zone B.
30 Minutes Tianguis Mexican Film Festival.
Zone C.
Plates.
International Film Festival.
1 hour Tianguis T
Tubes hour Tianguis RMIT Students Exposition. shape of the stands are an
Pearl Jam.
More than 1 the
Student Biennale. T.L.
Tr.
Free entrance.
Winter Arts Festival.
Marketer (Costant Movement)
Marketer (Trans. structure)
abstraction of the geometry .
Australian Open.
Fat Boy Slim.
Pay entrance.
1 min/Take Away Tianguis
30 Minutes Tianguis
1 hour Tianguis
Marketer (Stable structure) More than 1 hour Tianguis
Marketer (Costant Movement)
Marketer (Trans. structure)
Marketer (Stable structure)
TRAIN FLOW DURING THE DAY.
6 6
Frankston 12 Pakenham and
12 Belgrave and 12 12 12 12
Cranbourne Lilydale Alamein
conceptual section3
7-8=11 7-8=11 6-7=15 7-8=4
9 8-9=18 3 9 8-9=20 3 9 7-8=16 3 9 9-10=4 3 9 8-9=8 9 8-9=6
9-10=13 4-5=6
9-10=12 8-9=14 10-11=4
6 6 6 6
Sandringham Glen Waverley
THE EVENT DEFINES THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE MARKET. Expansion
conceptual section
weekdays winter weekends summer Special Events
Soccer World Cup
Food
Food
winter clothes Australian team
food Summer Clothes
Hot Drinks clothing
Ice Cream and
cold drinks Mexican Team
Swanston
Swanston Swanston clothing
Swanston
Food 61
Federation
Federation Federation
Federation square
square square
square
Yarra River
Yarra River Flinders Yarra River
Yarra River Flinders Flinders
INTERCONECTING THE STANDS TO CREATE AN URBAN LANDSCAPE.
Flinders
Australia vs Mexico

60. Academic Projects
12
Digital design center
‘Poise’ Multidisciplinary Studio B Arch RMIT, Melbourne Australia 2007.
Professor: Mark Burry
This studio converged students from different disciplines (graph-
ic design, fashion design, industrial design, landscape architec-
ture, & architecture). for the creation of a digital design center.
Brief: We want to define the architecture and landscape
through projection. That gives the flexibility for every changing
possibilities. Nobody can posses the space, nobody can earn
it. It should be truly public space. We don´t want to create a
piece of architecture or landscape architecture, we want to
create an experience. It should be more like a self reflection,
an interactive space.
Methods:Communication through images and text
Defining shape through projection
Multifunctional rooms
Decisions:Main theme as projection
Projection as Architecture & Landscape
Public space, not private in the context of rules and regulations
Flexible, unlimited and non-permanence
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62. Proposal of several projections in the Facade.
Projecting grass into the facade Projecting art into the facade
Projecting into the landscape to create a
Projection test based on intensity virtual experience
64
Projecting animations into the project

63. Final results
Dots
Intensity of activity within the building.
The more people, the smaller the dot s and
therefore more dots.
colours help in differentiating levels of
buildings, in this case - 2 levels.
Water
Another measurement of activity within
the building.
This relates back to water, by using less
obvious visuals in to show the intensity.
White lines will animate on levels with the
most activity while black lines will animate
on the least intense level. The spaces in
between will be used to blend these two
animations together.
Voice
This is a combination of ideas that involves the
intensity parameters, voice recognition and
noise level measurement.
Speech bubbles will appear on the facade
relating to approximate whereabouts of the
person speaking. Recognisible words from a
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database will be displayed one at a time at a
certain interval.
Newly updated speech bubbles will overlap
older ones, how loud the word is spoken also
effects the size of it.

64. Academic Projects
13
Visualizing the virtual con
course
Research studio B Arch RMIT, Melbourne Australia 2006.
Professor: Leon Van Schaik, Tom Kovac, Sean Kelly, Alvin Low.
The aim of this studio was to create a Research for the Venice
Biennale.
The research is based in the development of new ways of
‘studying’, taking advantage of the tools that the modern
world has provided us.
Synopsis: The emergence of virtual learning environments has
revealed short-comings in the fundamental assumptions made
about learning itself, chief amongst which has been the failure
to base models on learning as a socially structured activity.
The same can be said of the translation of research and
enterprise practices into virtual environments. Expert solutions
have been proposed that address technical refinements or
information delivery models of learning and that do not answer
the questions being asked by users, and their need to operate in
communities of practice.
The VIRTUAL CONCOURSE is an Innovation concept that unites
researchers and product developers in the pursuit of a long
term goal, and that enables the development and applica-
tion of partial solutions to the needs of a wide range of clients
who share a similar long term and evolving goal. The concept
begins with user perceptions and requirements and embraces,
like a Portuguese man-of-war, a colony of agents who work
on processing and digesting the information that the concept
draws into contention. This model is non-judgemental about
participants, but provides a ‘platform for change’ (Beer, 1975)
on which people can engage at their own pace, and in the
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65. Venice Biennale
student pavilion
67

66. Topics of low interest / the plane of repulsion
68
Rating the different topics of interest Interconnecting different degrees

67. Topics of high interest
69
Different cores of studies Expansion of the virtual concourse

68. Academic Projects
14
Floodplains
SIAL Laboratory B Arch RMIT, Melbourne Australia 2007.
Professor: Mark Burry.
Local competition for Architectural students. First Place award-
ed. (awarded with the entrance to the Homo Faber Exhibition
at the Melbourne Museum).
The aim of this course was to explore a concept connected
with the topic of water and therefore to create an architec-
tural project.
For this project I worked and analyzed the evolution of ‘flood-
plains’ for the development of a water Laboratory in the south-
ern part of Melbourne.
The main physical composition and elements of the flood-
plains are based on water flow and the eroded ground surface
(which are called ‘islands’).
Based on the studies and the abstraction of these 2 elements I
defined rules and parameters for a better performance of the
project.
Analogies like structural elements, pedestrian flow & daylight-
ing performance were some of the explored concepts that
were studied during the process.
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you
put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a
bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes
the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash.
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Be water, my friend.”
Bruce Lee.

69. 71

70. Abstraction of the
floodplains
Different possibili-
ties of transforming
the floodplain into
architecture
72
Transforming the
common drainage
patterns into
architecture

71. Analysis of the
floodplains in a
3D diagram
Using the pattern in
different ways.
73
Working in section
based on the
concept of flow.

72. Academic Projects
15
Housing in Doctores District
Proyectos 5 B Arch & Urbanism University Iberoamericana, Mexico City 2005.
Professor: Salvador Arroyo.
The aim of this project was to propose a system to challenge
poverty, overpopulation and pollution in the Doctores Neigh-
borhood.
The people in Doctores Neighborhood are now confronted
with big increases in density that continues to threaten their
open spaces, (which is the most important quality of this area).
The Project re purposes an idea to confront overpopulation
by the cantilevering of units in to the façade. In this way I am
creating an interesting architectural intervention and also I am
creating more space for more families to live in.
The building is created with sustainable technology and recy-
cled materials.
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74. Academic Projects
16
Housing in Queretaro
Proyectos 4 B Arch & Urbanism University Iberoamericana, Mexico City 2005.
Professor: Isaac Broid and Mauricio Rocha.
Local competition for Architectural students,
First place awarded. (Awarded with the Entrance to
the Xochimilco National competition).
This Project consisted on making a housing complex in
Queretaro for people with low economical resources.
A Residential building of 100 apartments with 64 SQ Mts each.
The ground floor is designed with a public central plaza which
provides interaction and social reunion for the local commu-
nity. The façade generates public spaces on higher levels, and
the entire project uses materials that surround the area.
The façade in the higher levels has movable shutters that pro-
tects the apartments from the sun, and gives privacy to the
users. It also generates movement to the project, and creates
a more flexible & dynamic building.
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78. Projects of his own
17
Arquine Competition
International Competition, Mexico City 2009
Individual Participation in the Arquine Competition.
The guidelines for this competition were to create an architec-
tural intervention adjacent to the Satelite Towers (a highway
sculpture constructed by Mathias Goeritz and Luis Barragán, fifty
years ago).
The program consisted in the development of educational
facilities that incorporates: classrooms, studios, workshops &
administration offices.
Having in mind that most of the competitors would propose
a ground level intervention (to respect the towers) I decided
that catalyzing the area would be better by the construction of
a ramp/building that not only expands the public space and
generates social integration, but also has the courage & the
intention to become an integral vertical element into our well
respected historical towers.
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80. classrooms studios public space
administration workshops program
Generate Public Space by the Respect the Satelite towers and
expansion of the public plaza into develop and additional archi-
the ramp/building campus. tectural intervention to catalyze
the area
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81. ESCALERA/RAMPA
PROYECTO ARQUITECTONICO
RAMPA INTERIOR/INTERVENCION
URBANA
ARQUITECTURA DE PAISAJE
CESPED
SUPERFICIE INTERIOR
TALLERES DE GRAFFITI
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84. Projects of his own
18
Garden City
National Competition, Mexico 2005
Concurso Oportunidades, Competition for architectural
students in Mexico. Awarded Second place.
This competition consisted in creating the most intelligent pro-
posal for Mexico City. There wasn’t a specific site or a specific
theme.
For this competition I started to map all the abandoned indus-
tries that are stocked in the middle of the city, and I proposed
to use the potential of this sites to create the concept of garden
cities. For that I followed the MVRDV BUGA Plant Intervention.
“Might be conceivable to construct a park, with no style of its
own, where all elements of a garden, all the plants, even ell
the styles are loosely linked together?
The result will be a true garden neighborhood, not just a number
of homes besides a strip of parkland.
By positioning park-like elements, sport and recreational elements
and buildings in a way that is unexpected and flexible, variety
becomes an object in its own right: a “pixel town” where the
boundaries between park and building become indistinct and
where the building dissolves into a landscape of differences”.
PRIVATE SPAVE AND
ABANDONED
INDUSTRIES.
SEMI PUBLIC SPACES.
86 SEMI PRIVATE SPACES.
CURRENT SITUATION
I SEE THIS PART OF THE CITY AS A COMPLETLY FAILURE. GREEN AREAS.
THERE IS A MASSIVE LACK OF GREEN AREAS IN MEXICO CITY..

85. CURRENT SITUACION
PROPOSAL FOR THE NEW URBAN TRACE.
PROCESS OF LITIFICACION. EXPANING TRACE TO MARIO PANI’S PROJECT.
PIXEL GARDEN TRACE.
STRETCHING THE URBAN TRACE.
PIXEL GARDEN TRACE
BUILDINGS TO CONSERVE. STRETCHING THE URBAN TRACE.
STRETCHING THE URBAN TRACE.
FLOWER. NAME. I ANALYZE THE SHADOWS IN THE PROJECT, AND BASED ON THAT IDEFINE
THE PLANTING LOCATION.
Abutilum
Megapo.
Abutilum
Pictum
Abutilum
Hybridum
Arce
Japones.
Camelia
Laurel
Americano
Banksia
EXAMPLE OF THE PROCESS.
Lavandula. THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE FLOWER TO AREAS
WITH NO LIGHT AT ALL. 87
THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE FLOWER TO AREAS OF
Cistus Spp LIGHT AND SHADOW.
THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE FLOWER TO THE AREAS
WITH NO SHADOW AT ALL.
Artemisa. THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE FLOWER TO THE DRY
AREAS WITH NO SHADOW AT ALL.

86. PROPOSAL OF BUILDING TYPE A.
PROPOSAL OF BUILDING TYPE B.
PROPOSAL OF BUILDING TYPE C.
PROPOSAL OF BUILDING TYPE D.
FINAL RESULT OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE PROJECT.
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87. Abutilum Abutilum Abutilum Arce
Megapo. Japones. Camelia
Pictum Hybridum
Laurel
Americano Banksia Lavandula. Cistus Spp Artemisa.
INTERVENTION 1: AREAS WITHOUT LIGHT.
INTERVENTION 2: SMALL AREAS WITH LIGHT AND SHADOW.
INTERVENTION 3: BIG AREAS WITH LIGHT AND SHADOW.
INTERVENTION 4: SMALL AREAS WITHOUT SHADOW.
INTERVENTION 5: BIG AREAS WITHOUT SHADOW.
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FINAL RESULT OF THE GARDEN CITY

88. Projects of his own
19
Lilas Corp. Office Building
Mixed use Building, Mexico City 2009
Client: Geometrica Developers.
Office of Rafael Dana.
Design Documents - Construction begins in 2012
Lilas Corporate is a mixed use project in Mexico City.
The site is located in the border of Santa Fe and Lilas on a hillside
topography with stunning views of the city.
The Commercial and Office spaces wrap the perimeter of the
site, forming an open courtyard. The project is divided into two
interlaced towers that are planed to be constructed in two dif-
ferent phases.
The main tower floats on an understated base of long, slender
columns. Inside the structure is divided into single and double
height spaces.
The program is targeted to middle income firms that need to
be close to the Santa Fe Financial District.
The project is awaiting final permits to start the construction of
the first phase.
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89. 91

90. restriccion
10,00
D E
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
97,18
101,67
4,18 3,82 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 9,80 1,40
0,48
1
A A A A
3,84 A A
2
A
7,30
3 A A A
10,80
4 A A A A
C C'
10,80
baja
sube
5 A A A
10,80
6 A A A A
87,68
10,80
B B'
7 A A A A
SUBE
LLEGA DE E-2 A E-1
10,80
baja sube
8 A
A A'
4,93
10,80
BAJA
DE E-1 A E-2
9 A A
7,30
A
10
A A A
A A
A
4,45
11
CAJONES GRANDES 286
planta E-1
CAJONES CHICOS 23 n.p.t-1.680
CAJONES DISCAPACITADOS 16
D' E' CAJONES TOTALES E-1 325
Parking Lot AREA 8,790.58 M2
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91. D E
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Ñ O
105,65
101,76
4,18 3,82 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 1,65
1
3,84
2
7,30
3
privativos 264.20 m2
sevicios 282.94
m2
10,80
areas comunes 7.44 m2
total
554.58 m2
4
C sube
C'
10,80
baja
5
10,80
6
87,99
87,68
10,80
B B'
7
10,80
baja
8
privativos 2,113.84 m2
A sevicios 187.72 A'
m2
10,80
areas comunes 160.00 m2
total 2,561.56
m2
9
7,30
10
4,45
11
restriccion
10,00 PLANTA BAJA N.P.T. +1.720
D' E'
Ground Floor
93

92. D E
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Ñ O
105,65
101,76
4,18 3,82
1
2
3
4
C sube
C'
baja
5
privativos
1,558.74 m2
sevicios
143.57 m2
areas comunes
141.63 m2
6 total
87,99
87,68
1,843.94 m2
B B'
7
8
privativos 1,125.74 m2
A A'
A Z O T E A sevicios
m2
144.24
areas comunes 70.00 m2
total 1,339.98
m2
9
10
4,45
11 PLANTA NIVEL 5 N.P.T. +22.720
PLANTA NIVEL 6 N.P.T. +26.745
PLANTA NIVEL 7 N.P.T. +30.770
PLANTA NIVEL 8 N.P.T. +34.795
PLANTA NIVEL 9 N.P.T. + 38.820
PLANTA NIVEL 10 N.P.T. +42.845
PLANTA NIVEL 11 N.P.T. +46.870
D' E'
Typical
Floorplan 5-11
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93. O Ñ N M L K J I H G F E D C B A
109.340
105.647
1.647 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 3.818 4.182
NIVEL PRETIL
N.C.P. +97.170
NIVEL AZOTEA
2.000
N.P.T. 95.170
4.025
NIVEL 22
N.P.T. 91.145
4.025
NIVEL 21
N.P.T. 87.120
4.025
NIVEL 20
N.P.T. 83.095
4.025
NIVEL 19
N.P.T. 79.070
4.025
NIVEL 18
N.P.T. 75.045
4.025
NIVEL 17
N.P.T. 70.020
4.025
NIVEL 16
N.P.T. 66.995
4.025
NIVEL 15
N.P.T. 62.970
4.025
NIVEL 14
N.P.T. 58.945
4.025
NIVEL 13
N.P.T. 54.920
PRETIL
N.C.P. 52.895
4.025
AZOTEA NIVEL 12
2.000
N.P.T. 50.895 N.P.T. 50.895
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 11 NIVEL 11
N.P.T. 46.870 N.P.T. 46.870
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 10 NIVEL 10
N.P.T. 42.845 N.P.T. 42.845
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 9 NIVEL 9
N.P.T. 38.820 N.P.T. 38.820
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 8 NIVEL 8
N.P.T. 34.795 N.P.T. 34.795
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 7 NIVEL 7
N.P.T. 30.770 N.P.T. 30.770
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 6 NIVEL 6
N.P.T. 26.745 N.P.T. 26.745
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 5 NIVEL 5
N.P.T. 22.720 N.P.T. 22.720
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 4 NIVEL 4
N.P.T. 18.695 N.P.T. 18.695
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 3 NIVEL 3
N.P.T. 14.670 N.P.T. 14.670
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 2 NIVEL 2
N.P.T. 10.645 N.P.T. 10.645
4.025
4.025
NIVEL 1 NIVEL 1
N.P.T. 6.620 N.P.T. 6.620
4.900
4.900
PLANTA BAJA PLANTA BAJA
N.P.T. 1.720 N.P.T. 1.720
BANQUETA
N.P.T. 0.000
1.720
CORTE/FACHADA B-B'
Section
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94. Projects of his own
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El Faro de Oriente
National Competition, Mexico City 2008
University in Acapulco, “El Faro de Oriente”.
Vivienda Emergente Competition.
National Competition for architectural Students.
This competition consisted in proposing a project based in re-
cycled and prefabricated materials.
The site is located in between a favela (slum) and a rich neigh-
borhood that are not integrated. Taking the concept of filter
and border I created a project that gives opportunity to both
local communities with entertainment cultural activities and
education.
The Architecture of the project stands that the public space in
this area would be the best solution for social integration. The
project is constructed with a prefabricated concrete space
frame and shipping containers. This intervention of units are not
only recycled but also prefabricated, and gives flexibility to
future changes.
The result of the project was a variety of programs in 6 different
buildings, several public plazas, and the access for the Favelas
to the university, making them part of our everyday routine.
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B Arch M Arch 2004 - 2011.
San Francisco
Chronicle. ‘The Bay
Bridge Project 2010
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‘The Bay Bridge Proj-
ect’ 2010
ARTIST´S COLONY
FU T URO + PROME TED OR
FU T URO + PROME TED OR
MARKET
Después de la intervención, la Artist’s
Colony deja el lugar y deja atrás su mol-
de. Este Mercado gentilmente imprime
sus calidades en el lugar y el carácter
permanente urbano real se queda.
PRIMERA MENCIÓN, Hungría
Atelierarchitects
Zsuzsanna Kiss-Gal, Gergely Kiss-Gal, Peter Debreczeni, Margo Petro
TRUNK CO. A
TRUNK CO. C
TRUNK CO. B
La propuesta del Artist’s Colony Market analiza los mercados, cómo funcionan en un en-
torno urbano, como se adaptan a las circunstancias, cómo las reflejan. El diseño utiliza Nuestro objetivo ero lo de crear un sistema fá-
lo que ya existe, genera desarrollo, evolución en zonas y áreas de la red urbana.Creamos cilmente adaptable al Mercado de cada ciudad
una matriz que es como la base de un sistema modular y la distorsionamos, así como la y cada estructura. Para hacer en escala nues-
red de la ciudad es distorsionada. Diseñamos la silueta de cinco “baúles” o modulos, con tro diseño hemos escogido un lugar rodeado
diferentes altezas y superficies, crean la idea de la silueta de una calle urbana. Cada uno por cortafuegos de edificios residenciales e
puede ser utilizado como se prefiere, puede ser rotado, girado, reflejado, en acuerdo con la TRUNK CO. E industriales colindantes en Hungría, el séptimo
matriz, y al mismo tiempo puede ser adaptada a cualquier lugar. distrito de Budapest. TRUNK CO. D
THE BAY BRIDGE
PROJECT
SEGUNDA MENCIÓN, México Introducción:
David Dana Cohen Me interesa mucho el rol de la
“Innovación y Conservación” en
la historia del mundo
Propuesta:
Conservar sitios históricos y maximizar su potencial para desarrollos futuros.
En este caso estoy proponiendo la preservación del Puente de San Francisco-Oakland Bay y
desencadenar una economía basada en oportunidades existentes en los alrededores. Tenien-
MRT312118
do en mente el objetivo de diseñar formas innovadoras de espacio, propongo un sistema de
manufactura local y desarrollo en situ que integra una programa de artesanía, agricultura y
cultivo vertical. Flexibilidad, adaptabilidad, deploiability y prefabricación, han sido algunos de los
conceptos explorados para la creación de esta promenade de arquitectura modular. En este par-
ticular contexto, he encontrado un gran potencial por el desarrollo local de comida y artesanía.
En mi experiencia personal, he encontrado en esta una región llena de diversidad y creatividad,
y en gran necesidad de expresión artística. Contando con una grande cantidad de gente joven,
TERCERA MENCIÓN, Colombia
me hizo pensar en la combinación de ambos: cultivo vertical+artes y crafts, para el envisioning Arq. Jorge Adrián Gaviria Gómez
del proyecto.
Arq. Juan David Botero Osorio
Arq. Daniel Santiago Herrera Díez
Arq. Víctor Hugo Rodríguez Agudelo
El módulo de comercio se diseñó pensando en 5 parámetros básicos: trans-
porte, fácil construcción, morfología, flexibilidad, colectividad empresarial y
materiales nobles con el medio ambiente. Se propone una construcción en
seco de estructura plástica reciclada, que permita un fácil ensamble del mo-
A+ A Magazine, ‘The
Bay Bridge Project’
dulo para cualquier persona, permitiendo que funcione a partir de 1 módulo, y
a medida que se van agrupando, generan diferentes esquemas de comercio,
haciéndolo versátil y adaptable a cualquier lugar. Su forma triangular brinda
estabilidad y una excelente agrupación; la cubierta en forma de abanico da
2010
rigidez, y por sus pliegues permite la canalización de aguas de lluvia; el aca-
44 bado puede ser diseño de cada artesano. 45
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David Dana Cohen
B Arch M Arch 2004 - 2011.
Media Highlights Design fantasies for obsolete Bay Bridge span
JANUARY 13, 2010
January 2010 JOHN KING
{ UC Berkeley’s top stories for the month }
Provided by M e d i a R e l at i o n s | U C B e R k e l e y P U B l i C a f f a i R s
Vol. 1
Environmental design students assigned
to envision new uses for the soon-to-be-
obsolete span of the Bay Bridge included Lan
Hu, who proposed turning a portion of it
into a futuristic hotel, reachable by ferry. David Dana/UC Berkeley
It's a safe bet that most Bay Area residents "There's no reason it can't be transformed
view the eastern half of the Bay Bridge as an into something wondrous, a fusion of nature
aged structure that can't be replaced soon and the machine," said Frederic Schwartz,
enough. a New York architect who spent last fall
as the college's Joseph Esherick Visiting
But a handful of designers see much more, Professor in Architecture.
an icon ready for a bold new life – such as a
working farm that shares the deck with a Schwartz, who studied at Cal in the 1960s
hotel. Or a park stretched atop long blocks under Esherick, is best known as a leader of
of housing. Or a hotel shaped like the prow the design team that was a runner-up in the
of an ocean liner. competition to plan the new World Trade
Center.
As fantastical as these notions sound, they're
products of a recent graduate course at UC High Line a model
Berkeley's College of Environmental
Design. And the architects who conceived Living and working in New York he's
the semester-long studio say it starts with a witnessed the impact of the High Line, a
UC Berkeley Public valid question: Why demolish one of the
Bay Area's most recognizable structures
1.45-mile stretch of railroad tracks 30 feet in
the air on Manhattan's West Side. Once
rather than retain at least some of it for slated for demolition, the first nine-block
Affairs. ‘The Bay public use? stretch reopened last year as a landscaped
Bridge Project 2010 newsCenteR.BeRkeley.edU | Blogs.BeRkeley.edU
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NORTHERN NEWS
American Planning Association
A Publication of the Northern Section of the California Chapter of APA
Making Great Communities Happen
MARCH 2010 PROPOSITION 16
Links to articles in this issue:
Pacific Grab of Electric?
Secretary of State Debra Bowen on January 29th announced the
ANNOUNCEMENTS proposition numbers for five measures that will appear on the June 8,
12 Northern Section Awards Program 2010, Statewide Direct Primary Election ballot. Among them is
now underway! Proposition 16, “New Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Local Public
13 Summary of latest CEQA changes available Electricity Providers. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.”
According to the official ballot summary prepared by the Office of
15 Planners seeking employment
the Attorney General (California), the initiative “Requires local
governments to obtain the approval of two-thirds of the voters before
DEPARTMENTS providing electricity to new customers or expanding such service to
The park will span the full length of the top deck until just after the cantilever, where the old bridge will be cut short
new territories if any public funds or bonds are involved. Requires
3 Director’s Note to make way for the new bridge. In the space between the existing top and bottom decks will be two stories of residential
same two-thirds vote to provide electricity through a community
4 Where in the world? and commercial space. This is an inversion of the typical street, with the public park and circulation above and the
choice program if any public funds or bonds are involved. Requires
retail and residential below. The park “folds down” below the top deck, funneling light and plants to the areas below.
5 Northern California roundup the vote to be in the jurisdiction of the local government and any
7 What others are saying new territory to be served. Provides exceptions to the jurisdiction of
the voting requirements for a limited number of identified projects.”
13 Onward and upward David Dana—Farming on the Bay Bridge. Urban dwellers are detached from the farming process. Having the
According to Ballotpedia.org, “the initiative reduces the ability of
15 Letters opportunity to farm on the former Bay Bridge would be an attraction for locals—and an opportunity to explore and
people to choose between private and public utility companies” and
21 Calendar exploit the potential of the site for artificial farming.
will make it “more difficult than it is currently for local entities to
form either municipal utilities, or community wide clean electricity
districts called Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs).” (Both
OUR PROFESSION
Marin County and San Francisco plan to rollout community choice
9 A Void in the Plan aggregation programs this year.) “The CCA program, established in
11 They passed the test 2002, allows local governments to purchase blocks of power to sell to
11 Beyond the Priesthood residents, and to construct municipal electricity generation facilities,
which means that cities and counties can become competitors to
14 Vote in the APA–AICP national election!
private utilities.”
16 Reevaluating affordable On February 1st, the Palo Alto “City Council voted unanimously
housing policy tools to oppose the PG&E initiative, calling it a ‘power grab’ by the giant
17 Bay Bridge studio envisions new uses utility that could threaten the well-being of the city-owned electric
for old eastern span utility which for more than a century has provided power to Palo Alto
residents and businesses. Other California cities, including Redding,
Northern News, ‘The
Roseville, and Lodi, have passed similar resolutions opposing the
initiative. The company [PG&E] had initially named the initiative Bay Bridge Project’
‘The Taxpayer Right to Vote Act,’ but the state Office of the Attorney
(continued on next page) 2010
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Northern News 19 March 2010
Fast Company, ‘The
Bay Bridge Project’
2010
Inhabitat ‘The Bay
Bridge Project’ 2010
M_Art International
Competition, Honor-
able Mention 2010
A collection of student work from Prof. Maria-Paz Gutierrez’s
Spring 2009 and Spring 2010 studios
6:00pm Welcome and Introduction
Ed Wright Bentley Representative/ Prof. M.Paz Gutierrez (UC Berkeley)
6:10pm Salt Habitats [Sp 2009]
Plamena Milusheva & Jeff Gaines
Atacama Desert
[ Hygrothermal active membrane for climatic regulation ]
6:20pm Breathable Membrane [Sp 2009]
Taeyeon Kwon & Qingyue Li
Atacama Desert
[ Multi-layered building envelope for wind energy generation and air humidification ]
6:30pm Hygroshell [Sp 2009]
Jungmin An & Lan Hu
Atacama Desert
[ Condensation collection membrane system for air humidification and light transmission control ]
6:40pm Pneumatic Islands [Sp 2010]
David Dana & Jessica Jin Yang
China
[ Vertical disaster relief shelter with adaptive pressurized membrane ]
6:50pm Pneu-Urbanism [Sp 2010]
Rocky Hanish & John Faichney & Steven Brummond
Port au Prince, Haiti
[ Deployable disaster relief infrastructure for damaged urban conditions in flood prone areas ]
7:10pm Flash Pneumatics [Sp 2010]
Kyung Jin Han & Kwan Chun Sing & Timothy Kim
Dakka, Bangladesh
[ Pneumatic shelter system with flash-flood driven protective aggregation ]
7:15 - 8:00pm Poster Sessions & Reception
Poster Sessions
UCB Lecture, 107
HydroLoops [Sp 2009]
Brian Gillet
Integrating Cerro Negro [Sp 2009]
Amber Nelson & Robert Nichols
‘The Mekong River
Project’ 2010
Atacama Desert Atacama Desert
[ Tubular Solar desinfection of [ Roof membrane for fog collection and
water and thermal storage ] photo transmission control ]
Desert Retina [Sp 2009]
Jansen Aui & Matt Nelson
Future Magazine,
Atacama Desert
[ Photosensor and Hydroponic Network ]
www.bentley.com
M_Art Competition
2011

106. Awards & Recognitions
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David Dana Cohen
B Arch M Arch 2004 - 2011.
Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technol-
ogy, High Distinction
2007
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University
Iberoamericana
graduated with
‘Honors’ Cum
Laude 2009

107. EWWUD Lisbon
Portugal Sustainable
Waterfront Workshop
2010
Archdaily ‘Docap-
esca Archipelago’
EWWUD 2010
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AIA Henry Adam
Certificate, University
of California Berkeley
2011