PRESENTACION 4

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ALEXANDRA COHEN ABRAHAM
Maracaibo, Venezuela - Architect since 2013 - URU. Universidad Rafael Urdaneta. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
THE CONCEPT
FIELD CONDITIONS
“All grids are fields, but not all fields are grids. One of the potentials of the field is to redefine the relation between figure and
ground. If we think of the figure not as a demarcated object read against a stable field, but as an effect emerging from the field
itself – as moments of intensity, as peaks or valley within a continuous field – than it might be possible to imagine figure and field
as more closely allied”
Stan Allen
DIAGRAMS AND THEORY
"Models that refigure the conventional opposition
between figure and abstraction, or systems of
organization capable of producing vortex, peaks,
and protuberances out of individual elements that
are themselves regular or repetitive.
A moire is a figural effect produced by the
superposition of two regular fields. Unexpected
effects, exhibiting complex and apparently
irregular behaviors result of the combination of
elements that are in and of themselves repetitive
and regular. But moire effects are not random.
They shift abruptly in scale, and repeat according
to complex mathematical rules. Moire effects
are often used to measure hidden stresses in
continuous fields, or to map complex figural forms.
In either case there is an uncanny coexistence of a
regular field and emergent figure.
In the architectural urban context, the moire
effects begs the question of the surface. The field
is fundamentally a horizontal phenomenon.
What these field combinations seems to promise
in this context is a thickening and intensification
of experience at specified moments within the
extended field of the city."
(Field conditions by Stan Allen 1985)..
TRANSVERSAL WORKSHOP
Stan Allen´s theory caught my attention because of the mystery, the "not knowing" of how the final project would look like
before constructing it, but knowing as it is growing, because of the flexibility and variability that it presents just by taking the
identity of different forms and compositions; without looking at them as they simply are, but what emerge from them, creating
very interesting areas.

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MIAD. Master In Integrated Architectural Design - Barcelona 2015-2016
URL. La Salle Campus Barcelona, - ETSALS. Escola Tècnica i Superior d’Arquitectura. Barcelona
MASTER PLAN
URBAN SPACES
THE CONNECTION
EXISTING BUILDING
CREATIVE CONTAINERS
INDEX
The project it’s structured by a sequence of
scales, starting on the master plan of the area
of intervention, which will contain the general
guidelines for the following scales of the project.
The next scale will be the connection between
the city and the project, that will be represented
by a traffic circle. Then the urban scale will
dictate the distribution of the public spaces.
Followed by the rehabilitation of an existing
building, taking advantage of some parts of its
actual composition that will contain the final
stage composed by containers offering a variety
of uses on the inside.
Based According to the theory of Fiel Conditions,
the master plan is created by dispersion, the
connection by metting point, the urban spaces
by cluster, the existing building by transformation
and the creative containers by the union of the
shape.
1:9000
1:1000
1:500
1:200
1:50
INTEGRATING
TRANSITION
Dispersion
Meeting Point
Cluster
Transformation
Union

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MASTER PLAN
According to the concept, the principal idea of the intervention is born out of the actual identity of the
place, where the protagonists are the industrial actitivities of the port of Barcelona themselves. Over the
mountain the main views are the containers, that generate the composition of the shape which dictates
the basis of the master plan. Empty spaces and solid spaces give form to areas with different purposes
through dispersion and integration of the form, where architecture intervenes and transforms shapes
into the field itself, offering flexibility and variety to the general project in the composition of the blocks,
streets, urban spaces, and others.
A master plan where the architecture is generated by the accident but mantains at the same time the
principal identity, forgetting about the traditional way and breaking the rules without sacrificing a clear
structure of connections and transitions.
Master Plan Project
Section

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PARK
TRANSITION
The plan is to blend
Montjuic with the city
through a park with
lots of vegetation,
integrating different
uses such as cultural,
recreational, residential
and others.
SUBWAY
CONECTION
Maintaining its route
at the bottom of the
coastline round, the
existing railway lines
from the graveyard are
reused. Using different
tunnels and stations to
cross the mountain.
STREETS
The proposal is to
create a main road
where the parking
entrances are laid
in a perpendicular
manner, thus clearing
the parallel streets
from vehicular traffic.
In addition, each block
will allow pedestrian
crossing in between its
buildings, improving
the comfort of the
inhabitants.
BLOCKS
Following the concept
and flexibility of the
project, the layout
of some buildings
changes by integrating
the public places.
BUILDINGS
HIGHS
To generate a better
use of the different
visuals, the height of
the buildings will be
decreasing as they
approach to the sea.
PrincipalStreet
PedestriansFlowTraffic Flow
Park Transition
Subway Conection
Streets
Buildings Highs
Blocks Flexibility

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THE CONNECTION
The access to the new part of the city is characterized by the narrowest encounter between the
mountain and the port, where a roundabout protagonizes this stretch area and completly cuts
pedestrians transition. Thereby the next intervation, to create a continuous and pleasant access to both
the pedestrian and vehicles to the intervened area.
The concept takes the curves of the mountain as the principal form that, according to the composition
creates a meeting point which conforms a public space that serves as the principal connector.
The vehicular node is transformed mantaining the
levels of existing roads. A public space takes place
under the new roundabout taking advantage of
existing levels and withouth intervening on the
ronda litoral, optimizing pedestrian continuity
through a direct connection between spaces.
On the one side the soft longitudinal and green
transition gets into the public space with a drastic
change as it starts to relationate with the port,
where the solid pavements begin to appear and
a new building with vertical circulation connects
the public space with the port side over the ronda
litoral.
The lower level of the
public space is the
same as the basement
of an existing building
that integrates the area,
adding a new access to
the building.
The roads serves as
sun protection to
the public space and
integrates recreational
and cultural uses under
them.
SketchesLocation
Under the streets (Public Space) Streets
Views
Perspective Sketch

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URBAN SPACES
The concept is about the grouping of the form
that provides the design of the next project.
A variable and flexible design is created using
two types of concrete blocks (A and B 1m x 1m),
gravel, and vegetation; generating different ways
of crosswalks, street furniture, and green areas.
The composition of the pavements give form to
furniture, benches, gardens, bins, lighting, and a
lot more are created by matching up the blocks
in different ways; getting very interesting designs
due to the flexibility and variety born out of the
accident.
Pavements Plan
Urban Furniture
Concrete Blocks Section
Pavements and Furniture Composition

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EXISTING BUILDING
REHABILITATION
The following project is proposed according to
the transformation of the form that allows space
variation.
This is the rehabilitation of an existing industrial
building, which is located in the access area to the
new part of the city.
With 9000 m2 of surface, six sheds, maintaining
its structure, doors, arcways and, perimeter wall
the idea is to reduce the power consumption by
replacing the cover and upper part facade with
polycarbonate panels. Inside, the six sheds are
divided in half generating crosswalks, public
spaces and, access to lots. The dimensions of
these lots can change according to the user
needs, starting with one or joining with another
and creating bigger surfaces that can be use to
residential, gastronomic or recreational purposes.
WHATSTAYS
Structure
Doors
Low Wall
Blocks
A
ccess
Lots Variability
A
ccess
Private residencial
Hostals and Offices
Gastronomic and Recreational
Parks
Circulation
180m
50m

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CLIMATE COMFORT
The big structure of the building creates a microclimate providing
approximately between nine and ten degrees of either heat or cold for
thermal confort and to lower energy consumption.
In summer 50% of the panels on the facades and 20% of the covert are open
to generate crossed ventilation, and the new beams provide sun protection
which, depending on the use of the space underneath them, they will have
more or less separation allowing through different amoutnts of sunlight.
In winter the panels remain closed to retain the sunheat and lower down the
climatizing consumption; approximately 84% of the radiant energy passes
through the panels, 16% is reflected to the exterior. (Panels U:1,27w/m2k).
To guarantee the air rennovation when the panels are closed, 12 window
panels are Type 1, having 6.240m3/h of the interior's air rennovate complying
with the normative.
WATER RECOLLECTION
Taking advantage of the area of the covert,
the maximun ammounth of water recollection
according to the pluviometry in Barcelona is
about 819L monthly.
The recollective water goes into two prefabricated
foundations (6mx2.40mx1m - 14.4L each one)
having 48 recollective modules which allows the
ammounth of 690L monthly; recollecting 95% of
Barcelona's pluvial water on september, 76% on
october and 100% on the rest of the months.
Summer Sketch
Winter Sketch
Detail A
Section (Water Recollection)
Detail B
A B C D
PANELS
Four different dimensions for prefabricated
policarbonate panels (A, B, C, D) are used on the
covert, supported over the secondary beams by
screws.
Depth: 32mm
Thermal transmition:1,27W/m2k
Min curvature radius: 6400mm (having 5mm)
Panels
0.45mx1m
1.10mx1m
1.75mx1m
3.00mx1m

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CREATIVE CONTAINERS
The spaces in this project are determined by the
union of all of its shapes.
Within the grid established in every parce, the
containers turn into the shapes that when joined
together, they generate spaces with different uses
depending on their composition.
The lots are subdivided
by yard, containers
area and a creative
space for expositions
and workshops located
on the main access.
An specific grid
determinates the basis
for the containers
composition,
maintainig an
empty margin for
sanitary, electrical
and mechanical
instalations.on each
lot.
The grid provides
flexibility to the project
but supporting its
principal indentity.
Block Configuration
Bases For Fundations
An Example For Distribution
Section
YARD CONTAINERS EXPOSITIONS
Different Module

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PREFABRICATED MODULES
CONTAINERS: 6mx2.40mx2.60m
SIMPLE FOUNDATIONS: 3mx2.40m (Variaty of
highs)
WATER RECOLLECTIVE FOUNDATIONS:
6mx2.40mx1m 2xLOT)
VEGETATION MODULES: According to spaces
The mixer of different types of modules integrates
the plan showen before, where according to the
previous basis, it provides variety of uses such
as residential, recreational and gastronomic, and
composition by the union of the same form which
in this case represents the containers.
Foundations
Variability

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